公开(公告)号：US20170356336A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-14

申请号：US15181262

申请日：2016-06-13

申请人： Ford Global Technologies, LLC

发明人： Xiaogang Zhang

IPC分类号： F02B75/30

CPC分类号： F02B75/30 ,  F01B7/20

摘要： An engine system is provided. The engine system includes a first piston movable within a cylinder, a second piston movable within a hollow body of the first piston, the movement defining a boundary of a reservoir within the hollow body, a spring device coupled to the first piston and the second piston, and a vent passage fluidically connecting the reservoir to the cylinder.

公开(公告)号：US09828886B1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-28

申请号：US15077576

申请日：2016-03-22

申请人： Thermal Power Recovery LLC

发明人： James V. Harmon, Sr.

IPC分类号： F01K23/06 ,  F01B29/04 ,  F01L25/04 ,  F01K21/02 ,  F01B9/02 ,  F01B31/28

CPC分类号： F01K21/02 ,  F01B7/20 ,  F01B9/02 ,  F01B17/04 ,  F01B21/02 ,  F01B31/28 ,  F01B2250/001 ,  F02B41/00 ,  F02B75/30 ,  Y02T10/14

摘要： A high efficiency steam engine or steam expander includes a cylinder, cylinder head and piston in which cylinder clearance volume is zero or nearly zero together with a negligible amount of compression such that any pressure in the cylinder clearance volume just before the power stroke is as low as ambient pressure or condenser pressure to provide superior thermal efficiency in a compact compound engine having a high pressure expansion chamber within the piston and low pressure chamber in the cylinder. The inlet valve is opened slightly by piston movement and a steam assist force then drives it to its fully open position. Steam passes from the high pressure chamber to the low pressure chamber through a transfer valve located in the head of the piston and steam is released through an automatic exhaust valve in the cylinder head.

公开(公告)号：US09689259B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-27

申请号：US15210589

申请日：2016-07-14

申请人： Aquarius Engines (A.M.) Ltd.

发明人： Shaul Haim Yaakoby

IPC分类号： F02B71/00 ,  F02B71/04 ,  F02B25/08 ,  F02B23/00 ,  F01B11/00 ,  F02B75/00 ,  F16J1/12 ,  F16J9/12 ,  F16J1/00 ,  F01N13/10 ,  F02F1/00 ,  F02F1/06 ,  F02F1/24 ,  F02F3/00 ,  F02M35/10 ,  F02M61/14 ,  F16J7/00 ,  F02F1/22 ,  F01L7/02 ,  F02F3/28 ,  F16J9/06

CPC分类号： F01B11/001 ,  F01B7/20 ,  F01L7/02 ,  F01N3/26 ,  F01N13/10 ,  F02B1/04 ,  F02B3/06 ,  F02B71/00 ,  F02B71/04 ,  F02B75/002 ,  F02B75/30 ,  F02F1/00 ,  F02F1/06 ,  F02F1/22 ,  F02F1/24 ,  F02F3/0015 ,  F02F3/28 ,  F02M35/1015 ,  F02M61/14 ,  F16J1/005 ,  F16J1/008 ,  F16J1/12 ,  F16J7/00 ,  F16J9/06 ,  F16J9/12 ,  F16J9/20

摘要： An engine may include a cylinder having a first combustion chamber at one end thereof and a second combustion chamber at an opposing end thereof, first and second cylinder heads at an end of the first combustion chamber and the second combustion chamber, respectively, and a double-faced piston slidably mounted within the cylinder. The piston may be configured to move in a first stroke from the first end to the second end of the cylinder. The piston and the cylinder may be configured such that the first stroke includes an expansion stroke portion during which chemical energy from combustion in the first combustion chamber is converted into mechanical power of the piston, and a momentum stroke portion during which the piston continues to move to the second end of the cylinder and gases are exchanged between the first combustion chamber and a location outside the cylinder.

公开(公告)号：US09638100B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-02

申请号：US14689001

申请日：2015-04-16

申请人： Mabrouk Telahigue

发明人： Mabrouk Telahigue

IPC分类号： F02B75/28 ,  F04B9/02 ,  F04B17/05 ,  F04B11/00 ,  F01B23/08 ,  F02B71/04 ,  F01B11/00 ,  F02M59/44 ,  F02B75/30 ,  F02B75/40 ,  F02B63/06

CPC分类号： F02B75/28 ,  F01B11/004 ,  F01B23/08 ,  F02B63/06 ,  F02B71/04 ,  F02B75/30 ,  F02B75/40 ,  F02M59/44 ,  F04B9/02 ,  F04B11/0008 ,  F04B17/05

摘要： An engine can include at least one piston, a block, a fluid delivery system, and an output shaft. The block can define at least one cylinder. The piston can be received in the cylinder. The piston can be operable to reciprocally move rectilinearly while positioned in the cylinder. The fluid delivery system can be operable to communicate air and combustible fuel to the cylinder. The piston can be operable to compress the air and combustible fuel. The output shaft can be driven in motion by the piston and extend beyond the block to a distal end. The output shaft is limited to rectilinear movement.

公开(公告)号：US20170016329A1

公开(公告)日：2017-01-19

申请号：US15210609

申请日：2016-07-14

申请人： Aquarius Engines (A.M.) Ltd.

发明人： Shaul Haim YAAKOBY

IPC分类号： F01B11/00 ,  F02F1/06 ,  F02M61/14 ,  F16J9/12 ,  F02B75/00 ,  F02F1/00 ,  F16J7/00 ,  F02F1/24 ,  F02F3/00

CPC分类号： F01B11/001 ,  F01B7/20 ,  F01L7/02 ,  F01N3/26 ,  F01N13/10 ,  F02B1/04 ,  F02B3/06 ,  F02B71/00 ,  F02B71/04 ,  F02B75/002 ,  F02B75/30 ,  F02F1/00 ,  F02F1/06 ,  F02F1/22 ,  F02F1/24 ,  F02F3/0015 ,  F02F3/28 ,  F02M35/1015 ,  F02M61/14 ,  F16J1/005 ,  F16J1/008 ,  F16J1/12 ,  F16J7/00 ,  F16J9/06 ,  F16J9/12 ,  F16J9/20

摘要： A linear reciprocating engine may include a cylinder having a first combustion chamber at one end and a second combustion chamber at an opposing end, first and second cylinder heads located at an end of the first and second combustion chambers, respectively, and a double-faced piston slidably mounted within the cylinder. The engine may further include a first piston rod portion having a first recess extending from a first face of the double-faced piston through the first combustion chamber, and a second piston rod portion having a second recess extending from a second face of the piston through the second combustion chamber. The engine may further include at least one port in a peripheral wall of the cylinder, for alternatively communicating gases between at least one region external to the cylinder and at least one of the first combustion chamber and the second combustion chamber.

摘要翻译： 线性往复式发动机可以包括在一端具有第一燃烧室的圆筒和位于相对端的第二燃烧室，分别位于第一和第二燃烧室的端部的第一和第二气缸盖，以及双面 活塞可滑动地安装在气缸内。 发动机还可以包括第一活塞杆部分，其具有从双面活塞的第一面延伸穿过第一燃烧室的第一凹部，以及具有从活塞的第二面延伸的第二凹部的第二活塞杆部分， 第二燃烧室。 发动机还可以包括在气缸的周壁中的至少一个端口，用于可选地在气缸外部的至少一个区域与第一燃烧室和第二燃烧室中的至少一个之间连通气体。

公开(公告)号：US20170016327A1

公开(公告)日：2017-01-19

申请号：US15210289

申请日：2016-07-14

申请人： Aquarius Engines (A.M.) Ltd.

发明人： Shaul Haim YAAKOBY

IPC分类号： F01B11/00 ,  F02M35/10 ,  F02F1/00 ,  F01N13/10 ,  F16J9/12 ,  F02B75/00 ,  F02M61/14 ,  F02F1/06 ,  F02F1/24 ,  F16J7/00 ,  F02B71/00 ,  F02F3/00

CPC分类号： F01B11/001 ,  F01B7/20 ,  F01L7/02 ,  F01N3/26 ,  F01N13/10 ,  F02B1/04 ,  F02B3/06 ,  F02B71/00 ,  F02B71/04 ,  F02B75/002 ,  F02B75/30 ,  F02F1/00 ,  F02F1/06 ,  F02F1/22 ,  F02F1/24 ,  F02F3/0015 ,  F02F3/28 ,  F02M35/1015 ,  F02M61/14 ,  F16J1/005 ,  F16J1/008 ,  F16J1/12 ,  F16J7/00 ,  F16J9/06 ,  F16J9/12 ,  F16J9/20

摘要： An internal combustion engine may include an engine block, a cylinder defining a combustion chamber, and a piston in the cylinder. The piston may travel in a first stroke from one end to an opposite end of the cylinder, and may be sized relative to the cylinder to enable an expansion stroke portion of the first stroke while the piston travels under gas expansion pressure, and a momentum stroke portion of the first stroke for the remainder of the first stroke following the expansion stroke portion. A piston rod portion may be connected to the piston and extend from a location within the combustion chamber to an area external to the cylinder. A recess in the piston rod portion may form a passageway to continuously communicate gas flow between the combustion chamber and the area external to the cylinder when the piston is in the momentum stroke portion.

摘要翻译： 内燃机可以包括发动机缸体，限定燃烧室的气缸和缸中的活塞。 活塞可以在第一行程中从气缸的一端行进到另一端，并且可以相对于气缸的尺寸来确定第一冲程的膨胀行程部分，同时活塞在气体膨胀压力下行进，并且动量行程 在第一行程的剩余部分中的第一行程的一部分在膨胀冲程部分之后。 活塞杆部分可以连接到活塞并且从燃烧室内的位置延伸到气缸外部的区域。 当活塞处于动量冲程部分时，活塞杆部分中的凹部可以形成通道，以连续地连通燃烧室与气缸外部区域之间的气流。

公开(公告)号：US20160326953A1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-10

申请号：US14708046

申请日：2015-05-08

申请人： Ray Fitzgerald Woods

发明人： Ray Fitzgerald Woods

IPC分类号： F02B71/04 ,  F02B75/28

CPC分类号： F02B75/28 ,  F02B71/00 ,  F02B75/285 ,  F02B75/30

摘要： The present invention is a linear internal combustion free-piston engine with three acting pistons per combustion chamber, that has the ability to store energy until needed. This engine utilizes a spring to store potential energy after combustion. The present invention also introduces additional air into the combustion chamber during the combustion cycle providing a more complete burn of the fuel, has the ability to self-start, and does not idle. Multiple engines can be married together and run as a single unit.

摘要翻译： 本发明是一种具有每个燃烧室具有三个作用活塞的线性内燃自由活塞发动机，其具有在需要之前储存能量的能力。 该发动机利用弹簧来储存燃烧后的潜在能量。 本发明还在燃烧循环期间引入额外的空气进入燃烧室，从而提供更完整的燃料燃烧，具有自启动并且不空转的能力。 多个引擎可以结合在一起，作为一个单元运行。

公开(公告)号：US08448440B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-28

申请号：US12959025

申请日：2010-12-02

申请人： Jerry A. Peoples ,  James V. Harmon, Sr.

发明人： Jerry A. Peoples ,  James V. Harmon, Sr.

IPC分类号： F01B29/04 ,  F01B1/00 ,  F01K23/06 ,  F01K23/10 ,  F01K27/00 ,  F01K13/00 ,  F02B33/44 ,  F02B75/28 ,  F02B75/30 ,  F15B15/22 ,  F02M33/02

CPC分类号： F01B7/20 ,  F01B17/04 ,  F01B21/02 ,  F02B41/00 ,  F02B75/30 ,  Y02T10/14 ,  Y02T10/16

摘要： A high order of thermal efficiency is achieved in a steam engine or steam expander having a piston clearance that approximates zero together with a negligible amount of compression, such that pressure in the clearance volume approximates ambient pressure, i.e. atmospheric or condenser pressure as the case may be at the end of the piston return stroke when the clearance is essentially zero and constitutes a new engine apparatus and Rankine operating cycle that can be referred to as “zero clearance with zero compression”. The steam admission valve assembly can be operated either automatically responsive to piston contact or by means of a cam shaft or electrically by means of a solenoid. A normally open exhaust valve permits residual steam to be exhausted through the piston return stroke, closed by the piston or cam then held closed by a fresh charge of steam.

摘要翻译： 蒸汽发动机或蒸汽膨胀器的蒸发发动机或蒸汽膨胀机的高阶达到，其活塞间隙接近零，压缩量可忽略不计，使得间隙容积中的压力接近环境压力，即大气压或冷凝器压力，视情况而定 当间隙基本为零时，在活塞返回行程结束时，构成新的发动机装置和兰金运行循环，可以称之为“零间隙，零压缩”。 蒸汽进入阀组件可以自动响应于活塞接触或通过凸轮轴或通过螺线管电气操作。 常开排气阀允许残余蒸汽通过活塞返回冲程排出，由活塞或凸轮关闭，然后由新鲜蒸汽保持关闭。

公开(公告)号：US20110083434A1

公开(公告)日：2011-04-14

申请号：US12959025

申请日：2010-12-02

申请人： Jerry A. Peoples ,  James V. Harmon, SR.

发明人： Jerry A. Peoples ,  James V. Harmon, SR.

IPC分类号： F01K23/10 ,  F01B29/06

CPC分类号： F01B7/20 ,  F01B17/04 ,  F01B21/02 ,  F02B41/00 ,  F02B75/30 ,  Y02T10/14 ,  Y02T10/16

摘要： A high order of thermal efficiency is achieved in a steam engine or expander having a piston clearance that approximates zero together with a negligible amount of compression, such that pressure in the clearance volume approximates ambient pressure, i.e. atmospheric or condenser pressure as the case may be at the end of the piston return stroke when the clearance is essentially zero. These two provisions working together simultaneously provide a method and apparatus which constitute a new engine apparatus and Rankine operating cycle that can be referred to as “zero clearance with zero compression”. The invention also provides an improved steam admission valve assembly that can be operated either automatically responsive to piston movement or by means of a cam shaft and cam or electrically by means of a solenoid that provides an intermittent magnetic field for operating one or more valves. A biphasic exhaust system is described in which a piston operated valve opens to exhaust steam in a primary phase at or near maximum displacement, and in a secondary phase an auxiliary, normally open exhaust valve facing the top of the piston permits virtually all residual steam to be exhausted through the approximate end of the piston return stroke after which it is closed by the piston, by a lifter on the piston or by the cam and finally held closed during the power stroke by a fresh charge of steam injected through the steam admission valve into the clearance volume as it approaches zero.

摘要翻译： 在具有接近零的活塞间隙的蒸汽发动机或膨胀机中实现高效率的热效率以及可忽略的压缩量，使得间隙容积中的压力接近环境压力，即大气压或冷凝器压力，视情况而定 在活塞末端返回行程时，间隙基本为零。 这两个规定同时提供了构成新的发动机装置和兰金运行循环的方法和装置，其可以被称为“零间隙与零压缩”。 本发明还提供了一种改进的蒸汽进入阀组件，其可以自动地响应于活塞运动或通过凸轮轴和凸轮或通过提供用于操作一个或多个阀的间歇磁场的螺线管电动地操作。 描述了一种双相排气系统，其中活塞操作的阀打开以在最大位移处或最大位移处的主相排出蒸汽，而在次级相中，面向活塞顶部的辅助常开排气阀几乎允许所有残余蒸汽 通过活塞返回行程的大致端部排出，之后由活塞关闭，活塞上的提升器或凸轮，并且在动力冲程期间最终通过通过蒸汽进入阀注入的新鲜蒸汽进行关闭 进入间隙体积，因为它接近零。

公开(公告)号：US20090293480A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-03

申请号：US12539987

申请日：2009-08-12

申请人： James V. Harmon, SR.

发明人： James V. Harmon, SR.

IPC分类号： F01B29/04

CPC分类号： F01B7/20 ,  F01B17/04 ,  F01B21/02 ,  F02B41/00 ,  F02B75/30 ,  Y02T10/14 ,  Y02T10/16 ,  Y02T10/166

摘要： A high efficiency combined cycle internal combustion and steam engine includes a cylinder having a piston mounted for reciprocation therein with an internal combustion chamber outward of the piston, a fixed cylinder cap sealingly and slidably mounted within the piston and a steam expansion and recompression chamber inside the piston adjacent the cylinder cap. The cylinder cap can be unheated or heated externally to reduce condensation of steam entering the steam chamber from a steam generator fired by waste combustion heat. After a steam exhaust valve closes at the top center position, residual steam is recompressed during an inward stroke of the piston up to admission pressure prior to admitting the next charge of steam. A wrist pin that is connected to an inner part of the skirt of the piston and located inwardly of the cylinder cap is coupled to a connecting rod that is secured at its inner end to a crankshaft. One valve or a pair of retractable steam inlet valves connected in series within the cylinder cap inside the piston act in cooperation with steam recompression and a variable clearance volume to achieve an effective zero steam chamber clearance and a gain in mean Rankine cycle temperature to maximize efficiency. The amount of steam admitted each outward stroke is continuously regulated to reduce fuel consumption. Engine coolant can be evaporated in an engine cooling jacket to form steam that is superheated in a combustion exhaust manifold.

摘要翻译： 高效率的联合循环内燃机和蒸汽机包括一个气缸，该气缸具有安装成往复运动的活塞，内部燃烧室位于活塞的外部，一个密封和可滑动地安装在活塞内的固定气缸盖，以及位于活塞内部的蒸汽膨胀和再压缩室 活塞靠近气缸盖。 气缸盖可以不加热或从外部加热，以减少通过废燃烧热量燃烧的蒸汽发生器进入蒸汽室的蒸汽冷凝。 在蒸汽排气阀在顶部中心位置关闭之后，在进入下一次蒸汽之前，残余蒸汽在活塞的向内冲程中再压缩至进入压力。 连接到活塞裙部的内部并且位于气缸盖内部的腕销联接到连接杆，该连杆在其内端固定到曲轴上。 串联连接在活塞内的气缸盖内的一个阀门或一对可伸缩蒸汽入口阀与蒸汽再压缩和可变间隙体积协同工作，以实现有效的零蒸汽室间隙和均匀兰金循环温度的增益以最大化效率 。 每个向外冲程进入的蒸汽量被不断调节以减少燃料消耗。 发动机冷却剂可以在发动机冷却套中蒸发以形成在燃烧排气歧管中过热的蒸汽。