公开(公告)号：US11473520B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-18

申请号：US16827142

申请日：2020-03-23

Applicant: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Steven M. Weinzierl ,  Michael J. Fuchs ,  Alexander Seybold-Epting

IPC: F02D41/40 ,  B64D27/04 ,  B64D31/06 ,  F02C9/26 ,  F02D35/02 ,  F02D41/00 ,  F02D41/28

Abstract: A control system for an aero compression combustion drive assembly, the aero compression combustion drive assembly having an engine member, a transmission member and a propeller member, the control system including a sensor for sensing a pressure parameter in each of a plurality of compression chambers of the engine member, the sensor for providing the sensed pressure parameter to a control system device, the control system device having a plurality of control programs for effecting selected engine control and the control system device acting on the sensed pressure parameter to effect a control strategy in the engine member A control method is further included.

公开(公告)号：US11428157B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US16632783

申请日：2018-07-20

Applicant: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Michael J. Fuchs ,  Steven M. Weinzierl ,  Oliver Schneider ,  Markus Evers

IPC: F02B75/24 ,  B01D45/12 ,  F01M13/04 ,  F01P3/02 ,  F01P3/18 ,  F01P7/14 ,  F02B61/04 ,  F02F1/14 ,  F02F1/24 ,  F02F7/00 ,  F01P7/16 ,  F02F1/10 ,  F02B75/18

Abstract: A ferritic aero diesel engine. The ferritic aero diesel engine includes an iron crankcase, a steel crankshaft and eight steel piston assemblies. The iron crankcase has a flat, horizontally opposed eight cylinder arrangement with a first set of cylinder walls defining a first set of cylinders in a first bank and a second set of cylinder walls defining a second set of cylinders in an opposed second bank. The steel crankshaft is rotatably mounted at least partially within the iron crankcase. Each of the steel piston assemblies of the plurality of steel piston assemblies is received within a respective cylinder of the iron crankcase and is coupled to the steel crankshaft. The first and second sets of cylinder walls have a minimum wall thickness of between approximately 4.8 and 5.2 mm.