USRE30565E - Internal combustion engine and operating cycle - Google Patents

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USRE30565E
USRE30565E US06/023,764 US2376479A USRE30565E US RE30565 E USRE30565 E US RE30565E US 2376479 A US2376479 A US 2376479A US RE30565 E USRE30565 E US RE30565E
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    • 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
    • F02B57/00—Internal-combustion aspects of rotary engines in which the combusted gases displace one or more reciprocating pistons
    • 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
    • F01B3/0032—Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis having rotary cylinder block
    • F01B3/0035—Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis having rotary cylinder block having two or more sets of cylinders or pistons
    • 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
    • F02B41/00—Engines characterised by special means for improving conversion of heat or pressure energy into mechanical power
    • F02B41/02—Engines with prolonged expansion
    • F02B41/04—Engines with prolonged expansion in main 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
    • 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
    • F01B3/04—Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis the piston motion being transmitted by curved surfaces
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US4996953A (en) * 1990-04-02 1991-03-05 Buck Erik S Two plus two stroke opposed piston heat engine
US5070825A (en) * 1990-02-08 1991-12-10 Morgan Edward H Rotating piston diesel engine
WO2001018360A1 (en) 1999-09-05 2001-03-15 David Taran Pair of interacting gear rims of the rotary machine
US6401671B1 (en) * 1999-04-06 2002-06-11 Malcolm Leathwaite Draw rotary engine
US6662775B2 (en) 1999-03-23 2003-12-16 Thomas Engine Company, Llc Integral air compressor for boost air in barrel engine
US6672263B2 (en) 2002-03-06 2004-01-06 Tony Vallejos Reciprocating and rotary internal combustion engine, compressor and pump
US6698394B2 (en) 1999-03-23 2004-03-02 Thomas Engine Company Homogenous charge compression ignition and barrel engines
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US20050241302A1 (en) * 2002-05-14 2005-11-03 Weber James R Air and fuel supply system for combustion engine with particulate trap
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US20050247286A1 (en) * 2002-02-04 2005-11-10 Weber James R Combustion engine including fluidically-controlled engine valve actuator
US20050247284A1 (en) * 2002-05-14 2005-11-10 Weber James R Air and fuel supply system for combustion engine operating at optimum engine speed
US7191743B2 (en) 2002-05-14 2007-03-20 Caterpillar Inc Air and fuel supply system for a combustion engine
US7201121B2 (en) 2002-02-04 2007-04-10 Caterpillar Inc Combustion engine including fluidically-driven engine valve actuator
US20070089416A1 (en) * 2002-05-14 2007-04-26 Weber James R Combustion engine including engine valve actuation system
US7222614B2 (en) 1996-07-17 2007-05-29 Bryant Clyde C Internal combustion engine and working cycle
US7252054B2 (en) 2002-05-14 2007-08-07 Caterpillar Inc Combustion engine including cam phase-shifting
US7281527B1 (en) 1996-07-17 2007-10-16 Bryant Clyde C Internal combustion engine and working cycle
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WO1984004354A1 (en) * 1983-04-28 1984-11-08 Anthony Gerace Internal combustion engine and operating cycle therefor
EP0137621A1 (en) * 1983-08-15 1985-04-17 Andreas Demopoulos Improvements in or relating to engines
US5070825A (en) * 1990-02-08 1991-12-10 Morgan Edward H Rotating piston diesel engine
US4996953A (en) * 1990-04-02 1991-03-05 Buck Erik S Two plus two stroke opposed piston heat engine
US7222614B2 (en) 1996-07-17 2007-05-29 Bryant Clyde C Internal combustion engine and working cycle
US8215292B2 (en) 1996-07-17 2012-07-10 Bryant Clyde C Internal combustion engine and working cycle
US7281527B1 (en) 1996-07-17 2007-10-16 Bryant Clyde C Internal combustion engine and working cycle
US6662775B2 (en) 1999-03-23 2003-12-16 Thomas Engine Company, Llc Integral air compressor for boost air in barrel engine
US6698394B2 (en) 1999-03-23 2004-03-02 Thomas Engine Company Homogenous charge compression ignition and barrel engines
US6401671B1 (en) * 1999-04-06 2002-06-11 Malcolm Leathwaite Draw rotary engine
WO2001018360A1 (en) 1999-09-05 2001-03-15 David Taran Pair of interacting gear rims of the rotary machine
US7201121B2 (en) 2002-02-04 2007-04-10 Caterpillar Inc Combustion engine including fluidically-driven engine valve actuator
US20050247286A1 (en) * 2002-02-04 2005-11-10 Weber James R Combustion engine including fluidically-controlled engine valve actuator
US20050284425A1 (en) * 2002-03-06 2005-12-29 Tony Vallejos Reciprocating and rotary internal combustion engine, compressor and pump
US6672263B2 (en) 2002-03-06 2004-01-06 Tony Vallejos Reciprocating and rotary internal combustion engine, compressor and pump
EP1499797A1 (en) * 2002-04-30 2005-01-26 Thomas Engine Company, LLC Single-ended barrel engine with double-ended, double roller pistons
EP1499797A4 (en) * 2002-04-30 2005-05-18 Thomas Engine Co Llc Single-ended barrel engine with double-ended, double roller pistons
US7191743B2 (en) 2002-05-14 2007-03-20 Caterpillar Inc Air and fuel supply system for a combustion engine
US20050247284A1 (en) * 2002-05-14 2005-11-10 Weber James R Air and fuel supply system for combustion engine operating at optimum engine speed
US7178492B2 (en) 2002-05-14 2007-02-20 Caterpillar Inc Air and fuel supply system for combustion engine
US20050241597A1 (en) * 2002-05-14 2005-11-03 Weber James R Air and fuel supply system for a combustion engine
US20050098149A1 (en) * 2002-05-14 2005-05-12 Coleman Gerald N. Air and fuel supply system for combustion engine
US7204213B2 (en) 2002-05-14 2007-04-17 Caterpillar Inc Air and fuel supply system for combustion engine
US20070089416A1 (en) * 2002-05-14 2007-04-26 Weber James R Combustion engine including engine valve actuation system
US20050241302A1 (en) * 2002-05-14 2005-11-03 Weber James R Air and fuel supply system for combustion engine with particulate trap
US7252054B2 (en) 2002-05-14 2007-08-07 Caterpillar Inc Combustion engine including cam phase-shifting
US20040118118A1 (en) * 2002-05-14 2004-06-24 Caterpillar, Inc. Air and fuel supply system for combustion engine
US20050235950A1 (en) * 2002-05-14 2005-10-27 Weber James R Air and fuel supply system for combustion engine
US8046299B2 (en) 2003-10-15 2011-10-25 American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. Systems, methods, and devices for selling transaction accounts
EP1893856A4 (en) * 2005-06-09 2011-08-24 Thomas Engine Co Llc Piston assembly for barrel engine
EP1893856A2 (en) * 2005-06-09 2008-03-05 Thomas Engine Company, LLC Piston assembly for barrel engine
US8215270B2 (en) 2008-01-11 2012-07-10 Mcvan Aerospace, Llc Reciprocating combustion engine
US8578894B2 (en) 2008-01-11 2013-11-12 Mcvan Aerospace, Llc Reciprocating combustion engine

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