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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 steam generator. Exhaust gases of the internal combustion engine ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6957536 | Systems and methods for generating electrical power from solar energy Systems and methods capable of producing electrical power from solar energy through the use of air cycles without fossil fuel combustion. The system includes a solar receiver, a generator, a compressor, and an expander. The expander is coupled to the generator to dr... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6810668 | Steam temperature control system for evaporator In order to control an actual temperature of a vapor generated by en evaporator (3) for heating water by an exhaust gas from an engine (1) to a target vapor temperature by varying the amount of water supplied from a supplied-water amount control inject... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6694737 | Compensation system for an engine of a vehicle A compensation system for a vehicle has a main reservoir, a vapor collector, an expansion tube, a working liquid supplying reservoir and an oil tank. The main reservoir is connected with the vapor collector via a heat absorbing pipe. The expansion tube is... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6460520 | Exhaust gas recirculation cooler An exhaust gas re-circulation system provides for intake of exhaust gases from a first end 206 into one of a plurality of corrugated inner tubes 204 housed within an outer tube 200. Corrugations in said inner tube 204 provide for an increased surface area... | 10/08/2002 |
| 5934076 | Heat engine and heat pump An internal combustion engine has a compression cylinder with a liquid spray apparatus for spraying sufficient liquid into the cylinder such that the liquid absorbs the heat of the gas as it is compressed without vaporizing. A separator removes the liquid... | 08/10/1999 |
| 4779576 | Water cooled scavenged crankcase type otto internal combustion engine In an internal combustion type engine having a piston disposed within a cylinder, a plurality of ceramic cylinder inner surface sections are provided for covering surfaces of the cylinder chamber and the piston which are directly exposed to the ignited co... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4599863 | Compound internal combustion and external combustion engine A compound engine having at least one internal combustion cylinder operating in a conventional manner, and an air or external combustion cylinder associated therewith. The external combustion cylinder operates according to the same cycle as the internal c... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4019324 | Internal combustion engine In order to make better use of the energy which is generated by the combustion of fuel and air in an internal combustion engine, such an engine is provided with a turbine through which the hot exhaust combustion gases are expanded to drive a power output ... | 04/26/1977 |
