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AMENDED CLAIMS
received by the International Bureau on 25 March 2013 (25.03.13)
1. A piston-chamber combination comprising a chamber (162,186,231) which is bounded by an inner chamber wall (156, 185,238), and comprising an actuator piston inside said chamber to be engagingly movable relative to said chamber wall at least between a first longitudinal position and a second longitudinal position of the chamber,
said chamber having cross-sections of different cross-sectional areas and different circumferential lengths at the first and second longitudinal positions, and at least substantially continuously different cross-sectional areas and circumferential lengths at intermediate longitudinal positions between the first and second longitudinal positions, the cross-sectional area and circumferential length at said second longitudinal position being smaller than the cross-sectional area and circumferential length at said first longitudinal position,
said actuator piston comprising a container (208,208',217>217',228,228',258,258', 450,450') which is elastically deformable thereby providing for different cross-sectional areas and circumferential lengths of the piston adapting the same to said different cross -sectional areas and different circumferential lengths of the chamber during the relative movements of the piston between the first and second longitudinal positions through said intermediate longitudinal positions of the chamber,
the actuator piston is produced to have a production-size of the container (208,208'>217,217,,228,228,,258,258,,450,450') in the stress-free and undeformed state thereof in which the circumferential length of the piston is approximately equivalent to the circumferential length of said chamber (162,186,23 1) at said second longitudinal position, the container being expandable from its production size in a direction transversally with respect to the longitudinal direction of the chamber thereby providing for an expansion of the piston from the production size thereof during the relative movements of the actuator piston from said second longitudinal position to said first longitudinal position,
the container (208,208',217,217\228,228',258,258',450, 450') being elastically deformable to provide for different cross-sectional areas and circumferential lengths of the actuator piston, characterized by the fact that
• the combination comprises means for introducing fluid from a position outside said container into said container, thereby enabling pressurization of said container, and thereby expanding said container,
• a smooth surface of the wall of the actuator piston, at least on and contineously until nearby its contact area with the wall of the chamber,
thereby displacing said container from a second and to a first longitudinal position of the chamber, wherein the piston is self-propelled.
2. A piston-chamber combination comprising a chamber (162,186,231) which is bounded by an inner chamber wall (156,185,238), and comprising an actuator piston inside said chamber to be engagingly movable relative to said chamber wall at least between a first longitudinal position and a second longitudinal position of the chamber,
said chamber having cross-sections of different cross-sectional areas and different circumferential lengths at the first and second longitudinal positions, and at least substantially continuously different cross-sectional areas and circumferential lengths at intermediate longitudinal positions between the first and second longitudinal positions, the cross-sectional area and circumferential length at said second longitudinal position being smaller than the cross-sectional area and circumferential length at said first longitudinal position,
said actuator piston comprising a container (208,208',217,217',228,228',258,258', 450,450') which is elastically deformable thereby providing for different cross-sectional areas and circumferential lengths of the piston adapting the same to said different cross-sectional areas and different circumferential lengths of the chamber during the relative movements of the piston between the first and second longitudinal positions through said intermediate longitudinal positions of the chamber,
the actuator piston is produced to have a production-size of the container (208,208',217,217·,228,228,,258!258',450,450') in the stress-free and undeformed state thereof in which the circumferential length of the piston is approximately equivalent to the circumferential length of said chamber (162,186,231) at said second longitudinal position, the container being expandable from its production size in a direction transversal ly with respect to the longitudinal direction of the chamber thereby providing for an expansion of the piston from the production size thereof during the relative movements of the actuator piston from said second longitudinal position to said first longitudinal position,
the container ^Οβ,ΖΟβ'^Π^ΙΤ^β^δ'^β^δ',^Ο, 450") being elastically deformable to provide for different cross-sectional areas and circumferential lengths of the actuator piston, and comprising an enclosed space,
characterized by the fact that
• the combination comprises means for changing the volume of the enclosed space
communicating with said actuator piston of said container from a position outside said container, thereby enabling pressurization of said container, and thereby expanding said container,
• a smooth surface of the wall of the actuator piston, at least on and cotitineously until nearby its contact area with the wall of the chamber,
and thereby displacing said container from a second to a first longitudinal position of the chamber, wherein the piston is self-propelled.
1. A iston-chamber combination according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said actuator piston inside or outside said chamber ta be sealingly movable relative to said chamber wall.
4. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 1 , 2 or 3, wherein a part of said chamber, positioned adjacent to said actuator piston are communicating with each other through a channel or through the atmosphere.
5. A piston-chamber combination according to any of claims 1 - 4, wherein the chamber is elongate.
6. A piston-chamber combination according to any of claims 1 -4, wherein the chamber is circular.
7. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 6, wherein the chamber is formed around a circleround centre axis.
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8. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 1-7, wherein the actuator piston is depressurized and not engaging with the wall of the chamber.
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9. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 8, wherein the piston is moving from a first to a second longitudinal position of the chamber.
10. A piston chamber combination according to claims 1 -7, wherein a part of the lengh of the wall of
the chamber is parallel to the centre axis of said chamber.
11. A piston chamber combination according to claim 10, wherein said wall of the chamber is positioned at an end of a stroke of the actuator piston.
12. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 1-7, wherein the container (208,208',217, 217, )228,228',258,258',450,450') is comprising a deformable material (205,206).
13. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 12, wherein the deformable material (205,206) is a fluid or a mixture of fluids, such as water, steam and/or gas, or a foam.
14. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 12 or 13, wherein in a cross-section through the longitudinal direction, the container, when being positioned at the first longitudinal position of the chamber (186,231), has a first shape which is different from a second shape of the container when being positioned at the second longitudinal position of said chamber.
15. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 14, wherein at least part of the deformable material (206) is compressible and wherein the first shape has an area being larger than an area of the second shape.
16. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 14, wherein the deformable material (206) is at least substantially incompressible.
17. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 1-7, wherein the container is inflatable.
18. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 1-7, wherein the container (208,208',
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217,217',228,228\258,258',450, 450') additionally comprises an enclosed space (210,243) communicating with the deformable container.
1 . A piston-chamber combination according to claim 18, wherein said introduction of the fluid from a position outside said container into said container is done through a first enclosed space, which is communicating with said enclosed space.
20. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 1, 3-7, further comprising means for removing fluid from said container to a position outside the piston, thereby enabling contraction of said container.
21. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 20, wherein the removal of fluid is done through a second enclosed space, which is communicating with said enclosed space.
22. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 2-7 or 18, wherein said means are communicating with said enclosed space of said piston, by changing the volume of said enclosed space, increasing said volume and thereby depressurizing said actuator piston, thereby enabling contraction of said container.
23. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 22, wherein the piston is movable relative to said chamber wall at least from a first to a second longitudinal position of said chamber.
24. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 1 -7, wherein the wall of the container (208,208',217,217',228,228',258)258',450, 450') comprises a bendable reinforment layer,
25. A piston-chamber combination according to any of the previous claims, wherein the cross- section of the contact surface of the container and the wall of the chamber is cutting the central axis of said container in the longitudinal direction approximately just aside the middle point of said section of the elastically deformable wall of the container, at the side of a second longitudinal position.
26. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 25, wherein the cross-section of the contact surface of the container and the wall of the chamber is cutting the central axis of said container in
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the longitudinal direction approximately outside the middle point of said section of the elastically deformable wall of the container, at the side of a second longitudinal position.
27. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 12, 17, 20 or 22, wherein the actutor piston is comprising a piston rod, which is comprising said enclosed space.
28. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 26, wherein the piston rod is comprising engaging means outside said chamber.
29. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 28, further comprising a crank adapted to translate the motion of the piston between second and first longitudinal positions of the chamber into a rotation of the crank.
30. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 28, wherein the crank is translating its rotation into a movement of the piston from first to second longitudinal positions of the piston.
31. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 19, 21 or 28, wherein the crank is comprising said first and said second enclosed space.
32. A combination according to claims 1-7, wherein the cross-sectional area of said chamber at the second longitudinal position thereof is 95 - 15 % of the cross-sectional area of said chamber at the first longitudinal position thereof.
33. A combination according to claims 1-7, wherein the cross-sectional area of said chamber at the second longitudinal position thereof is approximately 50% of the cross-sectional area of said chamber at the first longitudinal position thereof.
34. A combination according to claims 1-7, wherein the cross-sectional area of said chamber at the second longitudinal position thereof is approximately 5% of the cross-sectional area of said chamber at the first longitudinal position thereof.
35. A combination according to claims 1-6, wherein said chamber comprising convex shaped
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walls of longitudinal cross-sectional sections near a first longitudinal position, said sections are updivided from each other by a common border, a distance between two following common borders defines a heigth of the walls of said longitudinal cross-sectional sections, said heigths are decreasing by an increasing overpressure rate of said actuator piston in relation to the pressure in said chamber, the transversal length of the cross-sectional common borders is determined by the maximum work force of said actuator piston, which is chosen constant for said common borders.
36. A combination according to claims 1-6, wherein said chamber comprising convex shaped walls of longitudinal cross-sectional sections near a first longitudinal position, said sections are updivided from each other by a common border, a distance between two following common borders defines a heigth of the walls of said longitudinal cross-sectional sections, said heigths are decreasing in a direction from a first longitudinal postion to a second longitudinal position, the transversal length of the cross-sectional common borders is determined by the maximum work force of said actuator piston, which is chosen constant for said common borders.
37. A combination according to claims 35 or 36, wherein said chamber is further comprising a wall which is parallel to the centre axis of said chamber.
38. A combination according to claims 35-37, wherein said chamber is further comprising a concave shaped wall.
39. A combination according to claim 38, wherein said chamber is further comprising a transition between said convex shaped wall and said parallel wall, wherein said transition may be comprising a concave shaped wall.
40. A shock absorber comprising:
a combination according to any of claims 1 to 39,
means for engaging the piston from a position outside the chamber, wherein the engaging means have an outer position where the piston is at the first longitudinal position of the chamber, and an inner position where the piston is at the second longitudinal position.
41. A shock absorber according to claim 40, further comprising an enclosed space,
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communicating with the container.
42. A shock absorber according to claim 41, wherein the enclosed space has a variable volume.
43. A shock absorber according to claim 41, wherein the enclosed space has a constant volume.
44. A shock absorber according to claim 41 , wherein the enclosed space is adjustible.
45. A shock absorber according to claims 41 - 44, wherein the container and the enclosed space form an at least substantially sealed cavity comprising a fluid, the fluid being compressed when the piston moves from the first to the second longitudinal positions of the chamber.
46. A pump for pumping a fluid, the pump comprising:
a combination according to claims 1-39,
means for engaging a second piston in a second chamber from a position outside the chamber,
a fluid entrance connected to the second chamber and comprising a valve means, and
a fluid exit connected to the second chamber.
47. A pump for pumping a fluid, the pump comprising:
a combination according to claims 1-39,
means for engaging a piston in the chamber from a position outside the chamber, a fluid entrance connected to the chamber and comprising a valve means, and
a fluid exit connected to the chamber,
48. A pump according to claim 46 or 47, wherein the engaging means have an outer position where the piston is at the first longitudinal position of the chamber, and an inner position where the piston is at the second longitudinal position of the chamber.
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49. A pump according to claim 46 or 47, wherein the engaging means have an outer position where the piston is at the second longitudinal position of the chamber, and an inner position where the piston is at the first longitudinal position of the chamber.
50. The use of a piston-chamber combination according to claim 1 or 2 in a motor, specifically a car motor.
51. A motor, characterized by the fact that it comprises attached hereto a piston-chamber combination according to claim 1.
52. A motor, characterized by the fact that it comprises attached hereto a piston-chamber combination according to claim 2.
53. A motor according to claims 1 , 3 - 39, 46 - 51 wherein the crankshaft is comprising a second enclosed space, communicating at one end with an external pressure source, and at the other end with the enclosed space of said actuator piston.
54. A motor according to claim 53 wherein the crankshaft is comprising a third enclosed space, communicating the enclosed space of the actuator piston, and and at the other end communicating with a repressuration pump, which is communicating with an electric motor, said motor gets it energy from a battery which is charged by an energy source, such as solar power, or a fuel cell, such as a H2 -fuel cell, or an alternator which is communicating with said main axle and/or an energy source outside said electric motor, such as the mains.
55. A motor according to claim 54. wherein said alternator is communicating with the axle of an auxiliarly power source, such as a combustion motor which is burning H2 derived from electrolysis of conductive water, and 02 of the air, the water coming from a tank which can be filled up externally, or an electric motor, which is charged by an energy source.
56. A motor according to claim 54, wherein the last mentioned pump is communicating with the axle of an auxiliarly power source, such as a combustion motor which is burning H2 derived from
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electrolysis of conductive water, and 02 of the air, the water coming from a tank which can be filled up externally, 6r an electric motor, which is charged by an energy source.
57. A motor according to claim 53, wherein the communication between the pressure source and the enclosed space of said actuator piston takes place during a part of each crankshaft turn.
58. A motor according to claim 54, wherein the communication between the enclosed space of said piston and the repressuration cascade takes place during a part of each crankshaft turn.
59. A motor according to claims 57 and 58, wherein said communications are separated in time from each other.
60. A motor according to claim 59, wherein said communications are performed by a T-valve, being controlled by a computer which is electrically communicating with the main axle of said motor.
61. A motor according to claim 60, wherein the pressure and/or volume of the supply channel to said T-valve is being controlled by a reduction valve, said reduction valve being controlled by a speeder.
62. A motor according to claim 61, wherein said reduction valve is communicating with a pressure storage vessel, which is communicating with a repressuration cascade of pumps, of which at least one pump is communicating with the main axel [of said crankshaft, through another
crankshaft,] while at least one pump is communicating with an electric motor, said motor gets it energy from a battery which is charged by an energy source, such as solar power, or a fuel cell, such as a H2 -fuel cell, or an alternator which is communicating with said main axle
and/or an energy source outside said electric motor, such as the mains.
63. A motor according to claim 62, wherein said alternator is communicating with the axle of an auxiliarly power source, such as a combustion motor which is burning H2 from electrolysis of conductive water, and 02 of the air, the water coming from a tank which can be filled up externally, 6r an electric motor, which is charged by an energy source.
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64. A motor according to claim 63, wherein the last mentioned pump is communicating with the axle of an auxiliarly power source, such as a combustion motor which is burning H2 from electrolysis of conductive water, and d of the air, the water coming from a tank which can be filled up externally, 6r an electric motor, which is charged by an energy source.
65. A motor according to claims 62 - 64, wherein said pumps are piston pumps or rotational pumps.
66. A motor according to claims 2 - 39, 46 - 51, wherein the enclosed space, the second enclosed space and the third enclosed space form a closed cavity.
67. A motor according to claim 66, wherein the pressure in said cavity is being controlled by a piston-chamber combination, which communicating with a bi-directional piston-chamber combination which is controlled by a reduction valve, which is controlled by a speeder.
68. A motor according to claims 67, wherein said bidirectional actuator piston-chamber
combination is which is communicating with a pressure vessel, said vessel is communicating with a repressu- ration cascade of pumps, of which at least one is communicating with the main axel [of said crankshaft, through another crankshaft], while at least one pump is communicating with an electric motor, said motor gets it energy from a battery which is charged by an energy source, such as solar power, and/or by electricity from a fuel cell, such as a ¾ -fuel cell, and/or by an alternator which is communicating with said main axle.
69. A motor according to claim 68, wherein the last mentioned pump is communicating directly with the axle of the auxiliarly power source, such as a combustion motor which is burning H2, derived from electrolysis of conductive water, and 02 from the air, the water coming from a tank which can be filled up, and when necessary from a conductive means storage tank
70. A motor according to claim 67-69, wherein the pressure in said cavity is being additionally controlled by a piston-chamber combination, which is communicating with said pressure vessel.
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71. A motor according to claim 65, wherein the pressure in the closed cavity of a piston is controlled by a piston-chamber combination, which is communicating with the main axle of said motor, electronically by a computer.
72. A motor according to claim 65, wherein the pressure in the closed cavity of a piston is controlled by a piston-chamber combination, which is communicating with the main axle of said motor through a cam wheel, which is communicating with a cam shaft.
73. A motor according to claims 61 or 70 , wherein said pumps are piston pumps or rotational pumps.
74. A motor according to claims 1 - 4, 6 - 73, wherein a piston is rotating around the centre axis of the chamber.
75. A motor according to claims 1 - 4, 6 - 73, wherein the chamber is rotating.
76. A motor according to claims 74 and 75, wherein the piston and the chamber are rotating.
77. A motor according to claim 74 -76, wherein the actuator piston-chamber combination is comprising at least two sub-chamber, which are comprising an actuator piston, said sub-chambers are positoned in continuation of each other, whereby a first circular position of sub-chamber is adjacent to a second circular postion of another adjacent sub-chamber.
78. A motor according to claim 77, wherein the sub-chambers are identical.
79. A motor according to claim 78, wherein each sub-chamber is comprising an actuator piston, said pistons are identical, where each piston is positioned at a different circular position per sub- chamber, in relation to each other.
80. A motor according to claims 74-79, wherein the shape of the piston is not changing during the stroke.
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81. A motor according to claims 62 or 68, wherein the pressure vessel is being pressurized by an external pressure source, through a pluggable connection.
82. A motor according to claims 54-56, 62-64 or 68, wherein the battery is being charged by an external electrical power source through a pluggabe connection.
83. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 51 or 52, further comprising an elongate chamber (70) which is bounded by an inner chamber wall (71,73,75) and comprising a piston means (76,76',163) in said chamber to be sealingly movable relative to said chamber at least between first and second longitudinal positions of said chamber,
said chamber having cross-sections of different cross-sectional areas at the first and second longitudinal positions of said chamber and at least substantially continuously differing cross- sectional areas at intermediate longitudinal positions between the first and second longitudinal positions thereof, the cross-sectional area at the first longitudinal position being larger than the cross-sectional area at the second longitudinal position,
said piston means being designed to adapt itself and said sealing means to said different cross- sectional areas of said chamber during the relative movements of said piston means from the first longitudinal position through said intermediate longitudinal positions to the second longitudinal position of said chamber,
characterized by the fact that
the piston means (76,76', 163,189,189') comprises:
a plurality of at least substantially stiff support members (81,82,184) rotatably fastened to a common member (6,23,45,180),
said support members being provided in elastically deformable means (79), supported by said support members, for sealing against the inner wall (71,73,75, 155,156, 157, 158) of the chamber (70) said support members being rotatable between 10° and 40° relative to the longitudinal axis (19) of the chamber (70),
- the support members (81,82,184) are bendable.
84. A piston- chamber combination according to claim 83. wherein said piston inside or outside said chamber to be sealingly movable relative to said chamber wall.
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85. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 83. wherein the support members having a pre-determined bending force.
86. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 83, wherein the support members
(81 ,82,184) are rotatable so as to be at least approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis (19).
87. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 83, wherein the elastically deformable means (79) is made of Polyurethane-foam.
88. A piston-combination according to claim 87, wherein the PU-foam is comprising a Poly- urethane Memory foam and a Polyurethane foam.
89. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 88, wherein the Polyurethane foam is comprising a major part is Polyurethane Memory foam, and a minor part Polyurethane foam.
90. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 87 - 89, wherein the Polyurethane foam is provided with a flexible impervious layer.
91. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 90, wherein the impervious layer has an unstressed production size of which the circumference is approximately the circumference of the wall of the chamber at a second longitudinal or circular position.
92. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 83 or 86, wherein the common member is attached to a crankshaft.
93. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 83 or 88, wherein the common member is attached to a piston-chamber combination, which is an external bidirectional actuator.
94. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 51 or 52, further comprising an elongate chamber (70) which is bounded by an inner chamber wall (71 ,73,75) and comprising a piston means (76,76', 163) in said chamber to be sealingly movable relative to said chamber at least between first and second longitudinal positions of said chamber,
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said chamber having cross-sections of different cross-sectional areas at the first and second longitudinal positions of said chamber and at least substantially continuously differing cross- sectional areas at intermediate longitudinal positions between the first and second longitudinal positions thereof, the cross-sectional area at the first longitudinal position being larger than the cross-sectional area at the second longitudinal position,
said piston means being designed to adapt itself and said sealing means to said different cross- sectional areas of said chamber during the relative movements of said piston means from the first longitudinal position through said intermediate longitudinal positions to the second longitudinal position of said chamber,
characterized by the fact that
the piston means (49, 49') comprises:
a plurality of at least substantially stiff support members (43) rotatably fastened by an axLe (44) to a piston rod (45),
said support members being supported by a sealing means (41 ), said sealing means being supported by spring 42, for sealing against the inner wall (71 ,73,75, 155,156, 157,158) of the chamber (70) said support members being rotatable between βι° and β2° relative to the longitudinal axis ( 19) of the chamber (70),
a flexible impervious membrane (sheet) (40) is mounted in said sealing means (O-ring) (41),
and is positioned perpendicular to the centre axis (19) of said chamber (1 ),
said membrane (flexible impervious sheet) is comprising a reinforment layer,
said support members (means), said sealing means (O-ring), said flexible impervious membrane (sheet) and said (lying) spring are vulcanized on each other.
95. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 94, wherein the support members (8 1 - ,82, 184) (means) are rotatable so as to be at least approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis (19).
96. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 94, wherein said flexible reinforment layer (sheet) is comprising a spiral shaped reinforcement.
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97. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 94, wherein said reinforment layer (sheet) is comprising a concentrically shaped reinforcement, positioned around the centre axis of said chamber.
98. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 94, wherein said flexible impervious membrane (sheet) having a more than 90° angle with the centre axis of said centre axis of said chamber.
99. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 98, wherein said flexible impervious membrane (sheet) is mounted on said piston rod.
100. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 98, wherein said flexible impervious membrane (sheet) is vulcanized on said piston rod.
101. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 83 or 94, wherein the common member is comprised in a piston-chamber combination.
102. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 94, wherein the flexible impervious sheet is being supported by a foam.
103. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 102, wherein said foam is being reinforced with stiff member, which are rotatably fastened to the piston rod.
104. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 1, 2, 5, 6, 51, 52, further comprising a chamber (162,186,231) which is bounded by an inner chamber wall (156,185,238), and comprising a piston means inside said chamber to be engagingly movable relative to said chamber wall at least between a first longitudinal position and a second longitudinal position of the chamber,
said chamber having cross-sections of different cross-sectional areas and different circumferential lengths at the first and second longitudinal positions, and at least substantially continuously different cross-sectional areas and circumferential lengths at intermediate longitudinal positions between the first and second longitudinal positions, the cross-sectional area and
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circumferential length at said second longitudinal position being smaller than the cross-sectional area and circumferential length at said first longitudinal position,
said piston means comprising a container (208,208\217,217',228,228',258,258', 450,450') which is elastically deformable thereby providing for different cross-sectional areas and circumferential lengths of the piston adapting the same to said different cross-sectional areas and different circumferential lengths of the chamber during the relative movements of the piston between the first and second longitudinal positions through said intermediate longitudinal positions of the chamber,
the piston means is produced to have a production-size of the container (208,208, >217,217',228,228·,258,258,,450,450·) in the stress- free and undeformed state thereof in which the circumferential length of the piston is approximately equivalent to the circumferential length of said chamber (162,186,231) at said second longitudinal position, the container being expandable from its production size in a direction transversally with respect to the longitudinal direction of the chamber thereby providing for an expansion of the piston from the production size thereof during the relative movements of the actuator piston from said second longitudinal position to said first longitudinal position,
the container (208,208,,217,217',228>228',258,258l,450, 450') being elastically deformable to provide for different cross-sectional areas and circumferential lengths of the actuator piston, characterized by the fact that
the piston means (92,92', 146,146',168,168') 208,208',222J222',222") comprises an elastically deformable container comprising a deformable material (103,103', 124,124', 136, 137,173,173', 174,174', 20 ,205',206,206'215,215\219,219').
105. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 104, wherein said container in said chamber to be sealingly movable relative to said chamber wall.
106. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 104 or 105, wherein the deformable material ( 103, 103', 124, 124*,136,137,173,173',174,174',205,205',206,206'215,
215',219,21 ') is a fluid or a mixture of fluids, such as water, steam and/or gas, or a foam.
107. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 106, wherein the deformable material (124,124', 136,174,174*,205,205',219,219') is at least substantially incompressible.
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108. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 106 or 107, wherein the container is inflatable.
109. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 104 or 105, wherein the
combination additionally is comprising a piston rod. the wall of the container is comprising a flexible material, which is vulcanized on said piston rod.
110. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 109, wherein the wall of the container is comprising at least a layer with a reinforcement, positioned nearest to the piston rod and vulcanized on that, and a layer without a reinforcement which is vulcanized upon said layer with a
reinforcement.
11 1. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 1 10, wherein the reinforcement strengs are laying parallel to the centre axis of said piston, and are bendable.
1 12. A piston-chamber combination according to claim 108 or 109, wherein the wall of the container is comprising two reinforcement layers, where the reinforcements of said laywers are crossing each other with a very small angle.
113. A piston-chamber combination according any of the claims wherein the length of a
container type piston is enlarged, so that the shape of an ellipsoide shaped piston at a second longitudinal position is remaining its shape, but not its size when being on a first longitudinal position.
1 14. A motor according to claim 51 , wherein a pressure regulator which is
communicating with a pressure vessel and a third enclosed space, is communicating with a speeder.
1 1 . A motor according to claim 51 , further comprising two cylinders, wherein the third enclosed space of each cylinder are communicating with each, other through the connection of the two sub-crankshafts which are comprised in the crankshaft of said motor, and the second enclosed spaces of each cylinder are communicating with each other outside said crankshaft. (Fig. 1 )
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1 16. A motor according to claim 1 15, wherein the crankshaft configuration of two
piston-chamber combinations the connector rods are positioned 180° from each other. (Fig. 1 )
1 17. A motor according to claim 1 15 and 1 16, further comprising more than two cylinders, wherein a second enclosed space is connected through the connection of said sub- crankshafts of the existing two cylinders, with the second enclosed space of the sub-crankshaft of the cylinder to be added. (Fig. 19)
118. A motor according to claim 52, further comprising two cylinders, wherein the 2nd longitudinal position of one cylinder is at the same geometrical level of the 1 st longitudinal position of a second cylinder, both actuator pistons are communicating with each other through a crankshaft, said crankshaft is comprising two connected sub-crankshafts, one for each actuator piston, where the connection rods to these actuator pistons are positioned 180° from each other. (Fig. 17)
119. A motor according to claim 1 18, further comprsing ESVT pumps for each of the
cylinders, wherein said pumps are combined for said two cylinders into one pump, through communication of the enclosed space of one of the actuator pistons with the enclosed space of the other of the actuator pistons, said enclosed spaces being comprised in said crankshaft, said enclosed spaces are communicating with each other at the connection point of said sub-crankshafts. (Fig. 17)
120. A motor accordung to claim 11 , further comprising valves, which are opening and closing the connection between said ESVT-pump and said second or third enclosed spaces, while each connection has a check valve or check valve function, said valves are controlled by either the pressure of said ESVT-pump and/or by tappets, said tappets are communicating with a camshaft, which is communicating with the main axle of an auxilliarly motor. (Fig. 17)
121. A motor according to claims 118 - 120, further comprising more than two cylinders, where each added cylinder is communicating through the enclosed spaces of the connected sub- crankshafts of the existing sub-crankshafts. (Fig. 17)
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122. A motor according to claim 52, further comprising two cylinders, wherein the 1 st longitudinal position of one cylinder is at the same geometrical level of the 1 st longitudinal position of a second cylinder, both actuator pistons are communicating with each other through a crankshaft, said crankshaft is comprising two connected sub-crankshafts, one for each actuator piston, where the connection rods to these actuator pistons are positioned 0° from each other. (Fig. 18)
123. A motor according to claim 122, further comprsing ESVT pumps for each of the
cylinders, wherein said pumps are combined for said two cylinders into one pump, through communication of the enclosed space of one of the actuator pistons with the enclosed space of the other of the actuator pistons, said enclosed spaces being comprised in said crankshaft, said enclosed spaces are communicating with each other at the connection point of said sub-crankshafts, (Fig. 18)
124. A motor accordung to claim 123, further comprising valves, which are opening and closing the connection between said ESVT-pump and said second or third enclosed spaces, while each connection has a check valve or check valve function, said valves are controlled by either the pressure of said ESVT-pump and/or by tappets, said tappets are communicating with a camshaft, which is communicating with the main axle of an auxilliarly motor. (Fig. 18)
125. A motor according to claims 122 - 124, further comprising more than two cylinders, where the enclosed space(s) of each added (couple) cylinder(s) is(are) separated through a filler in the connection with said existing sub-crankshafts, and where the power strokes of the added cylinders are simultaneously the return strokes of the existing cylinders. (Fig. 18)
126. A motor according to claim 52, further comprising 2 cylinders wherein the connection rods are in a position of 180° from each other, while the chambers have an identical geometrical position of their 1st and 2nd longitudinal positions. (Fig. 18)
127. A motor according to claims 1 15 - 126, wherein the piston-chamber combinations for each of the enclosed spaces in a sub-crankshaft, which are changing the speed/pressure in a cylinder are communicating with each other through the electric pressure regulator of the 2-way actuators, which is moving the piston rod of each of said piston-chamber combinations, and is communicating with the external speeder.
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128. A motor according to claims 115-127, wherein the piston rods of the pumps,
pressurizing the fluid in said pistons, are being powered by a 2 way actuator piston powered by a battery, which is powered by an auxilliarly power source.
129. A motor according to claims 115- 128, wherein the piston rods of the pumps,
pressurizing the fluid in said pistons, are being powered by a 2 way actuator piston powered by a battery, which is powered by an auxilliarly power source.
130. A motor according to claims 11 - 129, wherein the piston rods of the pumps,
pressurizing the fluid in said pistons, are being powered by a 2 way actuator piston powered by a crankshaft, which is powered by an auxilliarly power source.
131. A motor according to claims 1 15-130, wherein the piston rods of the pumps,
pressurizing the fluid in said pistons, are being powered by a 2 way actuator piston powered by a cramshaft, which is powered by an auxilliarly power source.
132. A motor according to claim 52, which is comprising a circular chamber and a
actuator piston, wherein the piston rod is sealingly movable in a cylinder, and the enclosed space inside said piston rod is communicating with pressure controller, which is communicating with a remotely positioned speeder, while the size of the enclosed space is regulated by a pump with a conical chamber, of which end is running over a cam profile, said cam profile is driven by an auxilliarly electric motor which is turning said cam, and turning independantly of said motor around the same main motor axle.
133. A motor according to claim 132, wherein said actuator piston having a wall a reinforcement, said wall being mounted on an end fixed on said piston rod, and on a movable end, which can sealingly slide on said piston rod.
134. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 1, 2, 1, 52, further comprising an elongate chamber (70) which is bounded by an inner chamber wall (71,73,75) and comprising a piston means (76,76', 163) in said chamber to be sealingly movable relative to said chamber at least
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between first and second longitudinal positions of said chamber,
said chamber having cross-sections of different cross-sectional areas at the first and second longitudinal positions of said chamber and at least substantially continuously differing cross- sectional areas at intermediate longitudinal positions between the first and second longitudinal positions thereof, the cross-sectional area at the first longitudinal position being larger than the cross-sectional area at the second longitudinal position,
said piston means being designed to adapt itself and said sealing means to said different cross- sectional areas of said chamber during the relative movements of said piston means from the first longitudinal position through said intermediate longitudinal positions to the second longitudinal position of said chamber, the piston means (1300) is comprising:
a plurality of at reinforcement pins (1302,1303,1304) rotatably fastened to a holder plate (1307) which is comprised by a holder (1308),
said reinforcement pins being provided in elastically flexible foam, supported by said reinforcement pins, for sealing against the inner wall (XXXX) of the chamber (70) said reinforcement pins being rotatable between 0° and 40° relative to the longitudinal axis (13 19) of the chamber (70),
an impervious layer 1305, which is elastically flexible,
characterized by the tact that
the reinforcement pins are made of metal,
said holder plate is made of metal, and is comprising small closed , rounded off end holes
(1329, 1330, 1331) in more than one row (1326, 1327, 1328),
said reinforcement pins are being fastened by magnetic force to said holder plate.
135. A piston-chamber combination according to claims 1, 2, 51 , 52, further comprising an elongate chamber which is bounded by an inner chamber wall and comprising a piston means in said chamber to be sealingly movable relative to said chamber at least between first and second longitudinal positions of said chamber,
said chamber having cross-sections of different cross-sectional areas at the first and second longitudinal positions of said chamber and at least substantially continuously differing cross- sectional areas at intermediate longitudinal positions between the first and second longitudinal positions thereof, the cross -sectional area at the first longitudinal position being larger than the cross-sectional area at the second longitudinal position,
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said piston means being designed to adapt itself and said sealing means to said different cross- sectional areas of said chamber during the relative movements of said piston means from the first longitudinal position through said intermediate longitudinal positions to the second longitudinal position of said chamber, wherein
the piston means comprises an elastically deformable container comprising a deformable material, the deformable material is a fluid or a mixture of fluids, such as water, steam and/or gas, or a foam,
characterized by the fact that
the wall of said container is comprising a separate wall part (2106, 21 12, 21 1 3, 2123, 2133, 2142, 2143, 2207, 22xx, 22xx", 2244, 2244"; 2145, 2199, 2238), said separate wall part has a bigger circumference than the rest of the wall of said container, and is comprising the contact area with the wall of said chamber
136 A piston-chamber combination according to claims 1 , 2, 51 , 52, further comprising an elongate chamber (70) which is bounded by an inner chamber wall (71 ,73,75) and comprising a piston means (76,76', 163) in said chamber to be sealingly movable relative to said chamber at least between first and second longitudinal positions of said chamber,
said chamber having cross-sections of different cross-sectional areas at the first and second longitudinal positions of said chamber and at least substantially continuously differing cross- sectional areas at intermediate longitudinal positions between the first and second longitudinal positions thereof, the cross-sectional area at the first longitudinal position being larger than the cross-sectional area at the second longitudinal position,
said piston means being designed to adapt itself and said sealing means to said different cross- sectional areas of said chamber during the relative movements of said piston means from the first longitudinal position through said intermediate longitudinal positions to the second longitudinal position of said chamber, the piston means (1300) is comprising:
a plurality of reinforcement pins (1352, 1353,1354) rotatably fastened to a holder plate (1358) which is comprised by a holder (1359),
said reinforcement pins being provided in an elastically flexible foam, supported by said reinforcement pins, for sealing against the inner wall (XXXX) of the chamber (XXXX) said reinforcement pins being rotatable between 0° and 40° relative to the longitudinal axis (1319) of the chamber (70),
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characterized by the fact that
the reinforcement pins are made of a plastic, having sphere shaped ends (1355, 1356,
1357),
said holder plate is comprising small closed , rounded off sphere cavities (1360, 1361 , 1362) in more than one row (1326,1327,1328),
said sphere shaped ends fit into said rounded off sphere caivities,
said holder plate is further comprising openings (1363, 1364,1365) foT guiding said
reinforcement pins.
137. A motor according to any of the claims 1-136, further comprising a circular chamber (4001) in which
a piston (4000) is moving around the centre point (3995) of said chamber, a connecting rod (4003) having a centre axis (4008), and an axle (4002) having a centre axis, wherein said piston (4000) is connected to said axle (4002) by a connecting rod (4003),
138. A motor according to claim 137, wherein the connecting rod (4003) is positioned perpendicular to said axle (4002), the centre axis (4008) of the connecting rod (4003) and the centre axis of axle (4002) are going through the center point (3995).
139. A motor according to claim 137 or 138, further comprising an
extension rod (4020), wherein said connecting rod (4003) is connected through an extension rod (4020) to said piston (4000), the distance (Ι, ) between the crossing point (3990) of the centre axis
(4008) of the connecting rod (4003) and the centre axis (3996) of the chamber (4001) and the end (3991) of the extension rod (4020) is variable.
140. A motor according to claim 137 or 138, further comprising a pressure
management system, and a hub which is mounting said connecting rod onto said axle, wherein said piston (4000) is communicating with said pressure management system, through a channel 4004 of said axle (4002), a channel (4006) in the wall of said axle (4002), a channel (4006') in said hub
(4009) , a channel (4005) of said connecting rod (4003), and a channel (4025) in said extension
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(4020) to the space (4026) of said piston (4000), through a channel (4027) in the extension rod (4020).
141. A motor according to claims 137-140. wherein said hub (4009) is comprising a contra weight (3994).
142. A motor according to claims 137 - 141 , wherein said axle (4002) is slidingly mounted onto said connecting rod (4003) by a hub (4009), which is comprising teeth (4007) fitting into grooves (4007'). of said axle (4002).
1 3. A motor according to claim 142, wherein the communication between the inside
(4026) of said piston (4000) and said pressure management system through the channels (4025), (4005), (4006'), (4006) and (4008) of the extension rod (4020), the connecting rod (4003), the wall of the hub (4009), the wall of the axle (4002), and the axle (4002), respectively, is constant.
144. A motor according to claims 137 - 143, wherein the axle (4032) is connected to the connecting rod (4033) by a hub (4038) which is comprising teeth (4007) fitting into grooves (4007') of said axle (4002), and additionally wherein said circular chamber 4001 is connected through spokes (4034) mounted on a hub (4035) to said axle (4002), where in between said hub (4035) and said axle (4002) a bearing (4039) is positioned, wherein between said hub (4038) which is connected to the connecting rod 4033, and said axle (4032), having a channel (4043) which is constantly communicating with said channel (4046) of said connecting rod (4033) through said channel (4045) in the wall of said hub (4038), and with the channel (4034) of said axle (4032) through said the channel (4044) in the wall of said axle (4032). (Fig. 9 IB)
145. A motor according to claims 137- 144, wherein the bearing (5100) is both a part of the hub (5101), which is assembling the (piston through the) connecting rod (5102) to the axle (5103), and part of the hub 5104, which is connecting the spokes (5105) (suspending the chamber) to the axle (5103), said connecting rod (5102) having a channel (5109) and the axle (5103) having a
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channel (51 14), the communication between said channels is interrupted by said bearing ( 100). (Figs. 91C,D).
146. A motor according to claiml44 or 145, wherein said axle (4002) is comprising an additional channel 4041, by a reduced diameter of the part 4046 of said axle 4040, and is positioned near the channel 4042 in the wall of said part 4046.
147. A motor according to claiml46, wherein the communication between the channel (4035) of said connecting rod (4003) and the channel (4034) of said axle (4032) is constant.
148. A motor according to claims 137-147, further comprising 3 circular chambers with pistons moving therein, a housing, a hub, a motor axle and a gearbox, wherein said chambers (4092) are positioned parallel to each other and interconnected by said housing (4095), and wherein said pistons ((4091) are assembled onto said motor axle (4094) by a hub (5005), the motor axle (4094) is communicating directly with the axle (5004) of the gearbox (4093), comprising a driveshaft axle
(5000) and the channel (5002) within said motor axle (4094) is communicating with the enclosed space (5003) of each piston (4091), and communicating with the pressure management system
(5001) .
149. A motor according to claims 137-147, further comprising 3 circular chambers with pistons moving therein, a housing plate, a motor axle, and a gear with variable pitching wheels and belts, wherein said chambers are connected to each other by said housing plate (5017), said pistons (5011) are connected to said motor axle (5013) by a connecting rod (50xx) and a hub (5019), a pitching wheel (5014) is positioned on each of the two sides of said motor (5010), and where said variable pitching wheels (5014) are connected to comparable wheels (5015) by a belt (5021), mounted on a wheel axle 5016 of a vehicle, said variable pitching wheels (5014, 5015; 5014', 5015') may be pitched low and high., wherein the distance x between the wheel axles 5016 of said pitching wheels (5014, 5015; 5014', 5015') remains unchanged.
150. A motor according to claims 137-147, further comprising 3 rotating circular chambers, a central axle, hubs, corners on each side of a chamber, an external gearbox and a pressure management system, wherein the corners (5023, 5023') are connected to each chamber (5021), the
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central axle (5022) is comprising a bearing (5033) and an inner axle (5032), said inner axle (5032) is comprising a channel (5037) communicating with the internal space (5038) of each piston (5025) through a channel (5039) of a connecting rod and a hub (5034), said central axle (5022) is comprising parts (5022') outside each hub (5034) of each piston (5025) and further comprising a bearing (5033), which is comprising parts (5033'), corresponding to the parts of said central axis (5022), and the hubs 5034 are mounted onto the inner axle 5032, said central axis 5022 is communicating with an external gearbox (5024) , while each chamber (5021) is comprising a ring (5026) which is positioned farthest from the central axis (5022).
151.A motor according to any of claims 1 - 150, further comprising a pressure
management system, and a vehicle, amoung others two parallel positioned wheels, mounted on each wheel a motor, said wheels are capable of turning around a center, wherein said pressure management system (1983) for each of the motors (1970, 1971) is controlled by the turning angles a and b, resp., where angle a > b, through the signals (1981 , 1982), which are being transferred to a computer (1983), are being worked in and resulting in control signals (1984, 1985), which are being transferred to each of said motors (1970,1971).