Abstract:
A supercharged internal combustion engine (10) has a supercharger (11) operable to selectively supply a mass of air from below through above atmospheric air pressure according to the operating requirements of the engine (10). The supercharger (11) has a shuttle (87) combined with a throttle valve (46) that controls the mass of air directed to an air mass bypass opening (84) and supplied to the internal combustion engine (10). The shuttle (87) has rollers (124,126,131,132,133,134,136,137) that ride on rails (143,148) that allow the shuttle (87) to move to open and close the air mass bypass opening (84) in communication with a casing (41) that directs a mass of atmospheric air and a bypass mass of air interfused with the mass of atmospheric air to an air mass inlet (50) of the supercharger (11).
Abstract:
A supercharged internal combustion engine is drivably connected to a variable displacement supercharger operable to continuously supply varying amounts of an air mass to the engine in response to the varying power requirements of the engine. The variable displacement capability eliminates blowdown losses of fixed displacement superchargers and substantially reduces the need for throttling of the intake air. The device also presents an air- motoring mode that can recover a portion of the engine throttling losses as positive power returned to the engine crankshaft when the engine intake manifold is below atmospheric pressure.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine (10) has rotary valves (27) associated with movable shutters (142, 154) operable to vary the closing of intake air/fuel port sections (34, 35) to obtain peak volumetric efficiency over the entire range of speed of the engine. The shutters (142, 154) are moved automatically by a control mechanism (169) that is responsive to the RPM of the engine. A foot-operated lever (173) associated with the control mechanism (169) is also used to move the shutters (142, 154) between their open and closed positions.