AU2002332015A1 - Internal combustion engine using opposed pistons - Google Patents

Internal combustion engine using opposed pistons

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Publication number
AU2002332015A1
AU2002332015A1 AU2002332015A AU2002332015A AU2002332015A1 AU 2002332015 A1 AU2002332015 A1 AU 2002332015A1 AU 2002332015 A AU2002332015 A AU 2002332015A AU 2002332015 A AU2002332015 A AU 2002332015A AU 2002332015 A1 AU2002332015 A1 AU 2002332015A1
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Australia
Prior art keywords
combustion engine
internal combustion
opposed pistons
pistons
opposed
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Abandoned
Application number
AU2002332015A
Inventor
Gene Beverly
Neil Kant
George Kelch
Daniel C. Mikkelson
Rudolph Novotny
Jere Osmer
Sam Owen
Jim Rannie
Robert Sellers
Rick L. Sizemore
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Delphi Technologies Inc
Original Assignee
Delphi Technologies Inc
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Publication date
Application filed by Delphi Technologies Inc filed Critical Delphi Technologies Inc
Priority claimed from PCT/US2003/018902 external-priority patent/WO2005008038A2/en
Publication of AU2002332015A1 publication Critical patent/AU2002332015A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01B—MACHINES OR ENGINES, IN GENERAL OR OF POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT TYPE, e.g. STEAM ENGINES
    • F01B3/00—Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis
    • F01B3/0002—Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis having stationary cylinders
    • F01B3/0017—Component parts, details, e.g. sealings, lubrication
    • F01B3/002—Cylinders
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B75/00—Other engines
    • F02B75/26—Engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main-shaft axis; Engines with cylinder axes arranged substantially tangentially to a circle centred on main-shaft axis
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B75/00—Other engines
    • F02B75/28—Engines with two or more pistons reciprocating within same cylinder or within essentially coaxial cylinders
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02F—CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02F1/00—Cylinders; Cylinder heads 
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05C—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO MATERIALS, MATERIAL PROPERTIES OR MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR MACHINES, ENGINES OR PUMPS OTHER THAN NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F05C2251/00—Material properties
    • F05C2251/04—Thermal properties
    • F05C2251/042—Expansivity
    • F05C2251/046—Expansivity dissimilar
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05C—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO MATERIALS, MATERIAL PROPERTIES OR MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR MACHINES, ENGINES OR PUMPS OTHER THAN NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F05C2251/00—Material properties
    • F05C2251/04—Thermal properties
    • F05C2251/048—Heat transfer

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Cylinder Crankcases Of Internal Combustion Engines (AREA)
  • Combustion Methods Of Internal-Combustion Engines (AREA)
AU2002332015A 2001-12-18 2002-10-02 Internal combustion engine using opposed pistons Abandoned AU2002332015A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US34178101P 2001-12-18 2001-12-18
US60/341,781 2001-12-18
PCT/US2002/031438 WO2003106827A1 (en) 2001-12-18 2002-10-02 Internal combustion engine using opposed pistons
PCT/US2003/018902 WO2005008038A2 (en) 2001-12-18 2003-06-17 Internal combustion engine using opposed pistons

Publications (1)

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AU2002332015A1 true AU2002332015A1 (en) 2003-12-31

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EP (1) EP1474594B1 (en)
AU (1) AU2002332015A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2003106827A1 (en)

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EP1474594B1 (en) 2012-08-15
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WO2003106827A1 (en) 2003-12-24

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MK6 Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase