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7603970 Split-cycle air hybrid engine  
A split-cycle air hybrid engine operatively connects an air reservoir to a split cycle engine. A power piston is received within a power cylinder and operatively connected to a crankshaft such that...
7353786 Split-cycle air hybrid engine  
A split-cycle air hybrid engine operatively connects an air reservoir to a split cycle engine. A power piston is received within a power cylinder and operatively connected to a crankshaft such that...
7219630 Internal combustion engine with regenerator, hot air ignition, and naturally aspirated engine control  
An internal combustion engine and method is disclosed wherein separate compression and power cylinders are used and a regenerator or pair of regenerators is mounted between them to provide heat for...
7140182 Energy storing engine  
The Energy Storing Engine is the mechanization of a hot air engine cycle. Constant temperature compression is achieved by using a multi-stage-intercooled compressor. Energy is stored in a...
7104063 Device for producing mechanical energy  
The invention relates to a device for producing mechanical energy. Said device contains an internal combustion engine and an expansion engine ( 20, 21 ) which is fed with superheated steam from a...
7047745 Method for operating a hybrid engine  
According to a prepared program and the signal from a crank angle sensor, a computer switches two operation modes A and B in which an electric motor operates, and the computer creates a pair or...
6986252 Internal combustion engine with steam expansion stroke  
A method for controlling an internal combustion engine, and an internal combustion engine, having at least one cylinder ( 1 ), a reciprocating piston ( 16 ) arranged in the cylinder ( 1 ), a...
6922997 Engine based kinetic energy recovery system for vehicles  
A motor vehicle kinetic energy recovery system uses one or more cylinders of an internal combustion engine as the first or primary stage in a multi-stage high pressure air compression system, a...
6868673 Traveling-wave thermoacoustic engines with internal combustion and associated methods  
Systems and methods for manipulating acoustic energy are presented. In some embodiments, a combustion zone provides heat to a regenerator using a mean flow of compressible fluid. In other...
6796127 One cycle internal combustion engine  
A one cycle internal combustion engine ( 10 ) configured for powering a vehicle (V) is disclosed. The engine ( 10 ) broadly includes an engine block ( 12 ) defining three cylinders ( 14, 16, and ...
6606970 Adiabatic internal combustion engine with regenerator and hot air ignition  
An internal combustion engine and method is disclosed wherein a separate compression cylinder and an adiabatic power cylinder are used and a regenerator or pair of regenerators is mounted between...
6363723 Method and device for reacclerating a vehicle equipped with high-pressure air compressors  
A method and device for reaccelerating a vehicle equipped with a compressor supplying high-pressure compressed air for cleansed or cleansing engine is provided, in which, during decelerating and/or...
6253745 Multiple stroke engine having fuel and vapor charges  
A six-stroke cycle engine burns an air-fuel charge for a first power stroke, the exhaust gases being directed to a heat regenerator located in a vapor heating chamber. A second power stroke is...
6094915 Method and devices for eliminating the pollution of cyclic internal combustion engines with an independent combustion chamber  
A pollution control method and related devices for cyclical internal combustion engines having a separate combustion chamber (1), wherein the compression chamber, the combustion chamber (1) and the...
5896746 Engine assembly comprising an internal combustion engine and a steam engine  
An engine assembly that includes an internal combustion engine and a steam engine both designed to operate at speeds of optimal efficiency at normal engine driving conditions. A heat exchanger...
5638681 Piston internal-combustion engine  
The invention concerns a piston internal-combustion engine with separate compression (K) and expansion (E) chambers and a compressed-gas transfer device (7) which feeds compressed gas from the...
5179839 Alternative charging method for engine with pressurized valved cell  
An internal combustion engine of the gasoline-burning variety has an essentially constant maximum displacement or volume. This requires compromises in design to achieve acceptable power output at...
5121607 Energy recovery system for large motor vehicles  
An energy recovery system for wheeled vehicles is characterized by a compressor/expander which operates as an expander in the run mode to assist the engine in driving the vehcile and as a...
5035115 Energy conserving engine  
An energy conserving engine particularly for heavy power requirements in freight movers and power plants, consists of an Otto cycle Diesel engine modified to receive superheated water injection for...
4894995 Combined internal combustion and hot gas engine  
A combined internal combustion and hot gas engine employs a working space surrounding a cylinder in an engine block. A piston reciprocates within the cylinder between combustion and expansion ends....
4817388 Engine with pressurized valved cell  
An internal combustion engine has an auxiliary cell connected thereto by a transfer valve. Approximately isothermally compressed gas, which may be a combustible mixture, is introduced into the cell...
4809511 Internal combustion engine  
An improved six cycle internal combustion engine is provided comprised of an engine block; a crank shaft mounted within said engine block; at least one cylinder within which a piston is slidably...
4798053 Kinetic energy reclaiming system for vehicle  
A vehicle kinetic energy reclaiming system employs the vehicle's engine (10) to compress air when the vehicle decelerates and reuses the stored compressed air to drive an air motor (78) which...
4783963 Internal combustion steam engine  
A high temperature, high pressure, four-cycle piston engine having two companion cylinders or multiple pairs of companion cylinders connected by a transfer valve or valves and working together to...
4712381 Fluid handling elements and combustion engines  
A cylinder in a fluid handling device in which high pressures and temperature vary in a periodic cycle. An outer chamber surrounding the cylinder in which a pressurized fluid is used to equalize...
4706462 Method for driving an engine  
A method is described wherein the efficiency of an internal combustion engine is upgraded. Heat from the engine block is used to generate high pressure steam. The steam is generated in a chamber...
4630447 Regenerated internal combustion engine  
A thermally regenerated four-stroke cycle internal combustion engine, comprises a cold side cylinder having intake and exhaust valves independently located through cold side cylinder wall, and a...
4513568 Method for the transformation of thermal energy into mechanical energy by means of a combustion engine as well as this new engine  
An energy transformation cycle in which the number of strokes is higher than four, at least four of which are: a. the compression of air contained in a variable volume chamber, into a preheating...
4492192 Diesel piston engine  
A diesel piston engine having at least one modified cylinder adapted for use as an engine cylinder or as a compressor cylinder. The modified cylinder has an extra valve, a biasing member biasing...
4433549 Air fuel engine  
An engine which utilizes gas and compressed air to provide propulsive force. A compressor and a turbo are connected to the engine to provide compressed air for driving the engine to either...
4433548 Combination internal combustion and steam engine  
Each cylinder of an internal combustion engine is provided with a reciprocative piston and a combustible fuel intake port controlled by an intake valve. A steam generation chamber communicates with...
4417447 Combined internal combustion and steam engine  
The power of a fuel injected internal combustion engine is augmented by forming in the head of the engine piston or pistons a chamber within which superheated steam is generated from cyclically...
4402182 Combined internal combustion and steam engine  
An internal combustion engine in which a compact ring type boiler pack is installed at the top of each cylinder recessed into the cylinder head. Water is pumped through each boiler at a rate...
4377934 Combustion engine with steam powered piston assist  
The present invention entails a combustion type engine of the internal reciprocally mounted piston type. Formed adjacent the conventional combustion pistons and communicatively open thereto are a...
4364233 Fluid engine  
A modified Stirling cycle type engine (10) includes a pair of cylinders (12,14) in which pistons (16,18) are reciprocably mounted to define a hot and cold side to the engine, a passageway (30)...
4361204 Hot gas vehicular power system with regeneration  
A motor vehicle is operated with a hot gas power system which includes a compressor which compresses air in normal driving when being driven by the motor and upon slowing or running down hill when...
4322950 Combined internal combustion and steam engine  
My invention relates to internal combustion engines that are intermittently operated as steam engines with the changeover from one phase to the other controlled by the heat of the metal of the...
4301655 Combination internal combustion and steam engine  
An improved cylinder head for a fuel injected internal combustion piston engine is channeled so as to form a miniature steam boiler at the combustion end of the cylinder bore enabling injected...
4149498 Internal combustion engine  
An internal combustion engine is provided that has a stationary cylinder block in which cylinders contain reciprocating pistons that are sequentially actuated to impart torque to a revolving rotor....
4143518 Internal combustion and steam engine  
A six-stroke cycle engine fires a fuel charge for a first power stroke, the exhaust gases being directed to a thermally insulated jacket surrounding the cylinder and having fins and/or baffles to...
4074533 Compound regenerative engine  
An Ericsson-Stirling type engine is disclosed having a semi-open regenerative working fluid system employing intermittent internal combustion. The regenerator is modified to act also as a catalytic...
4062338 Steam cooling system for internal combustion engines  
The invention relates to a system for the periodical steam cooling of the inner spaces of internal combustion engines, aiming partly to reduce the contaminations in the exhaust gas and partly to...
3986575 Hybrid motor unit with energy storage  
An automotive engine unit comprises an internal combustion engine adapted to meet the power requirements of a vehicle under steady speed running conditions, a hot air turbine unit of higher power...
3964263 Six cycle combustion and fluid vaporization engine  
A reciprocating piston engine of the type including a piston reciprocal in a cylinder toward and away from an expansion chamber at one end of the cylinder and also provided with intake and exhaust...
3963379 Convertible engine-air compressor apparatus for driving a vehicle  
A vehicle is provided with an engine which is adapted to serve as an air compressor. Air supply apparatus is provided for interrupting the supply of fuel to the engine and for supplying air to the...
3722209 ENGINE-STARTING SEPTEM  
A combination relay and check valve for use with a fluid actuated engine starting system. The valve includes a housing which contains a diaphragm connected to a valve. The valve divides the housing...
3513929 LOW-POLLUTING ENGINE AND DRIVE SYSTEM  
2884908 Method of and means for converting diesel internal combustion engines to steam actuated engines  
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