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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047312 | Steamoline: a gas-electric-steam power hybrid automobile A much more fuel-efficient automotive vehicle can be made utilizing an internal combustion engine paired to a conventional piston-type steam engine. There is a gasoline-powered boiler to produce the steam as well as a condenser to recycle spent steam. ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7314104 | Steam driven road vehicle A steam driven road vehicle having a firebox, a boiler, a drive mechanism operated by steam from the boiler, a water supply supplying water to the boiler, and a drive connection connected between the drive mechanism and an axle of the vehicle. A fuel bin is supporte... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7290393 | Method for synchronizing an induction generator of an ORC plant to a grid The invention is a system and method for synchronizing an induction machine to an electrical grid. The embodiment described is an ORC power plant having a motor-generator in mechanical communication with a turbine. The motor-generator is operated with open windings ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7253353 | Thermoelectric augmented hybrid electric propulsion system A thermoelectric augmented hybrid electric propulsion system for a hybrid electric vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a combustion engine and an electric motor for rotating wheels of the vehicle. A thermoelectric device having a hot side provided in thermal c... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7056251 | Hybrid vehicle A Rankine cycle system for recovering a heat energy of an exhaust gas is mounted on a hybrid vehicle including an internal combustion engine as a drive source for the vehicle and an electric generator motor. An output from the Rankine cycle system is input to a tran... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7042111 | System, method and apparatus for a redundant prime mover system The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for a redundant prime mover system to drive a machine having an engine coupled to the machine, and a motor/generator coupled to the machine and an electrical network connection. The controller operates th... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7003964 | Heat pump system A heat pump system (10) including a heat generator (15), a heat engine (26) supplied with heat engine working fluid (18) by the heat generator (15) having a heat engine cylinder chamber (34), a heat engine piston (32)... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6919050 | Method and arrangement for supplying a waste heat exchanger with exhaust gas from a gas turbine A method and arrangement for supplying a waste heat exchanger with exhaust gas from a gas turbine are provided. The exhaust gas is guided through a diverter having a pivotable butterfly valve. When the valve is opened for initial entry of gas into the exchanger, the... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6450283 | Waste heat conversion system The invention waste heat conversion system for a motor vehicle includes a waste heat converting vapor engine coupled by a one way clutch to a motor-generator which is coupled through an engageable clutch to the vehicle drive train. The motor-generator of ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6311797 | Self contained compressed air system A self-contained compressed air system comprising a modified Wankel engine for driving various vehicles, mining gear boxes, pumping oil and water in oil fields and industrial plants, electrical power generators, and specifically, a 5-speed transmission fo... | 11/06/2001 |
| 5385214 | Heat storage system utilized in heat engine drive system A `heat battery` or heat storage device based on the phenomena that at a particular temperature and pressure water becomes supercritical and can absorb increasing quantities of heat without a corresponding increase in either temperature or pressure. The d... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5191766 | Hybrid internal combustion/steam engine A hybrid engine is disclosed which utilizes the heat from the exhausted combustion gases of an internal combustion engine to generate steam externally of the cylinders of the engine. The steam is used to power turbines which may be effectively connected t... | 03/09/1993 |
| 4909530 | Protecting device for a plastic fuel tank of a motor vehicle A flame cutoff plate is disposed between an exhaust pipe of an exhaust gas system of an engine and a side wall of the fuel tank, an inside of which becomes free of fuel earlier than other portions of the fuel tank so as to prevent heat transfer from the e... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4326598 | Steam driven road vehicle A firebox, steam boiler and steam condenser are mounted in a road vehicle such as a passenger automobile. A steam powered drive member, such as a steam turbine, is operated by the steam pressure from the boiler and has drive connection with the drive axle... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4226294 | Engine system using liquid air and combustible fuel An automobile engine runs on liquid air and gasoline. The liquid air is initially pumped up to a high pressure such as 200 atmospheres (or 200 bars) and is then warmed toward the ambient temperature in a heat exchange and changes to the gaseous state. Sub... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4133403 | Means for propelling a wheeled vehicle Electric motors are connected to the front wheels of a vehicle to commence the propulsion of the vehicle. Fluid pressure motors are connected to the rear wheels of the vehicle to propel the vehicle once the electric motors have commenced the propulsion th... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4094377 | Electrically powered vehicle A battery powered drive system for vehicles comprising a pair of electrical storage batteries designed to be connected alternately to an electric motor which propels the vehicle. A steam engine having a shaft drives a generator also designed to be alterna... | 06/13/1978 |
| 3973470 | Hydraulic injection engine The present invention relates to an hydraulic motor adapted to be used in automobiles and other vehicles and which is derived from a standard reciprocating piston engine. Instead of igniting a fuel/air mixture, the present invention supplied hydraulic flu... | 08/10/1976 |
