Class 60/515 - Having control means for heating or cooling means

Subclass of Class 60 - Power plants
Definition: Apparatus of a working chamber having means exterior of
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 02/12/2008

Number	Title	Issue Date
7329959	Micro power generator and apparatus for producing reciprocating movement There is provided a micro power generator enhanced in efficiency and power generation output, and having an increased temperature range for operation. The micro power generator comprises: a high-temperature heat source; a low-temperature heat source; an enclosed bod...	02/12/2008
7293412	Electrically variable pneumatics structural element The internal pressure p1 of the hollow body of a pneumatic structural element that comprises a hollow body (1), at least two traction elements (4) and at least one compression member (2) can be electrothermally varied by means of a fl...	11/13/2007
7293411	Energy scavengers which adjust their frequency by altering liquid distributions on a beam A selectively configurable beam and systems utilizing such are disclosed. The distribution of mass of the beam can be selectively adjusted or altered by adjusting one or more characteristics of the beam. Specific strategies utilizing continuous electro-wetting, and ...	11/13/2007
7237380	Compact actuator A compact electrothermal actuator includes a housing having a longitudinal axis. A slot extends through the housing. A chamber within the housing contains a working fluid that changes phase upon heating. A piston is slidably disposed within the housing and movable a...	07/03/2007
7174732	Cooling control device for condenser Cooling control device for a condenser is provided which includes the condenser, a cooling device for cooling the condenser, and a control device for controlling the cooling device. The cooling device includes a first cooling fan for cooling a gaseous-phase portion ...	02/13/2007
7076950	Internal explosion engine and generator using non-combustible gases Internal explosion engine and generator having an explosion chamber, a movable member forming one wall of the chamber, a charge of non-combustible gas sealed inside the chamber, means for repeatedly igniting the gas in an explosive manner to drive the movable member...	07/18/2006
7073331	Steam engine In a steam engine having a heating device, a cooling device, and an output device, the output device comprises a piston reciprocally moving by a self-excited fluid vibration of a working fluid in a fluid container. The piston is reciprocally moved by the output devi...	07/11/2006
7000389	Engine for converting thermal energy to stored energy The engine for converting thermal energy to stored fluid energy includes expansion cylinders (61a–f) with expansion chambers (62a–f) and flexible membranes (63a–f). Heating and cooling of working fluid inside the cylin...	02/21/2006
6978611	MEMS closed chamber heat engine and electric generator A heat engine, preferably combined with an electric generator, and advantageously implemented using micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technologies as an array of one or more individual heat engine/generators. The heat engine is based on a closed chamber containi...	12/27/2005
6758040	High heat producing power system A high heat producing system which encapsulates a deflected rotating laser beam in a chamber and propagates it through a gaseous medium within the chamber. The heat energy of the deflected rotating laser beam agitates the molecules of the gaseous medium such that th...	07/06/2004
6755020	Shockproof mechanism, in particular for use in space sector The invention concerns a device forming a mechanism, in particular for use in the space sector, characterised in that it comprises in combination: a material (300) with low melting point capable of producing a soldering joint, at least heating means (400	06/29/2004
6499297	Micromachined parylene membrane valve and pump A micromachined fluid handling device having improved properties. The valve is made of reinforced parylene. A heater heats a fluid to expand the fluid. The heater is formed on unsupported silicon nitride to reduce the power. The device can be used to form...	12/31/2002
6474058	Warren cycle engine This is the mechanization of an external combustion hot air engine cycle known as the "Warren Cycle". The "Warren Cycle" has four parts. They are: 1. cooled compression; 2. stored heat released from a regenerator and heat added to the working fluid at con...	11/05/2002
6470679	Apparatus and method for transferring entropy with the aid of a thermodynamic cycle The invention relates to regenerative working and thermal processes, the drive energy of which is supplied by external combustion of the fuel. The heat supply for this, almost always assumed to be isothermic, is achieved only in exceptional cases, since t...	10/29/2002
6463731	Two stroke regenerative external combustion engine This invention is a two stroke, regenerated, external combustion, reciprocating engine. Each unit of the engine has cylinder 12 that is closed at one end by cylinder head 4 and contains power piston 18 that is connected to power output shaft 22, and plung...	10/15/2002
6430925	Method and device for operating a heating and cooling machine functioning on the basis of a regenerative gas cyclic process A method and a device for operating a heating and cooling machine, in particular a Vuilleumier heat pump, that functions on the basis of a regenerative gas cyclic process are described. The device includes a burner as the source of thermal driving, energy...	08/13/2002
6405532	Metal hydride artificial muscles New artificial muscles and actuators, that are operated by hydrogen gas as working fluid stored interstitially in metal hydrides as a hydrogen sponge. These artificial muscles and actuators are operated both electrically and thermally. The artificial musc...	06/18/2002
6345502	Micromachined parylene membrane valve and pump A micromachined fluid handling device having improved properties. The valve is made of reinforced parylene. A heater heats a fluid to expand the fluid. The heater is formed on unsupported silicon nitride to reduce the power. The device can be used to form...	02/12/2002
6336326	Apparatus for cooling a heat engine A heat engine is constructed from sheet metal and the like. The heat engine has an outer container and inner container which contains a displacer and a power piston. A plurality of positioning members are provided to dimensionally stabilize the inner and ...	01/08/2002
6332319	Exterior cooling for a heat engine A heat engine is constructed from sheet metal and the like. The heat engine has an outer container and inner container which contains a displacer and a power piston. A plurality of positioning members are provided to dimensionally stabilize the inner and ...	12/25/2001
6332318	Solidification engine and thermal management system for electronics A thermal management system is disclosed by selectively breaking the thermal connection between the heat sinks and the electronics being cooled. This preserves the excess heat generated by the electronics rather than dissipating it, thereby maintaining th...	12/25/2001
6282894	Engines driven by laser kinetic cooling A confined gaseous mixture of carbon dioxide and nitrogen is irradiated with a carbon dioxide laser which excites a significant portion of the gas to vibrational energy levels, thereby reducing the translational energy and therefore the temperature of the...	09/04/2001
6279319	Heat engine An apparatus has a heat engine and a power output member drivenly connected to the piston of the heat engine and having an output for supplying work. The displacer is driven by an adjustable drive member. An adjustable signal generator is provided for mod...	08/28/2001
6269640	Heat engine An apparatus has a heat engine and a power output member drivenly connected to the piston of the heat engine and having an output for supplying work. A feedback member responsive to power demand from the apparatus by a load is provided to modulate the amo...	08/07/2001
6269639	Heat engine An apparatus has a heat engine and a power output member drivenly connected to the piston of the heat engine and having an output for supplying work. The displacer is driven by an adjustable drive member. An adjustable signal generator is provided for mod...	08/07/2001
6250078	Engine cycle and fuels for same An engine cycle that is carried out in a reciprocating piston/cylinder engine consists of a working stroke in which exothermic decomposition of at least one liquid compound is caused to occur without combustion so as to produce a gaseous product of the de...	06/26/2001
6247309	Cylinder piston unit, especially for steam engines The invention relates to a cylinder piston unit, especially for steam engines with expansion by heat influx, which is constructed as follows: a piston guided in the cylinder element has a displacer, a heating device is mounted on the cylinder element for ...	06/19/2001
6109035	Motion control method for carnotising heat engines and transformers Incremental control of motion in the thermodynamic phase space of a heat engine, by modulating the piston speed to control the instantaneous rate of change of temperature relative to the instantaneous heat flow during each cycle. The modulation is indepen...	08/29/2000
6052992	Heterogeneous structure for accumulating or dissipating energy, methods of using such a structure and associated devices The invention relates to a heterogeneous structure for energy accumulation-dissipation (10), the structure being constituted by a porous capillary solid matrix (11) of open capillary porosity and of controlled topology, with capillary passages (12) of var...	04/25/2000
6041599	Thermal power machine having a moving regenerator The invention relates to a thermal machine having a housing (2, 2a, 2a', 2b) which defines an operating space, an operating space, an operating medium which is contained in the operating space, a heat source (6, 6') which is arranged in the housing (2, 2a...	03/28/2000
6012286	High heat producing system A high heat producing system which transforms a alternating current or a pulsating direct current having a relatively low voltage such as one hundred and ten (110v) volts to a very high electric volt arc wherein the very high electric volt arc has a base ...	01/11/2000
5927094	Apparatus for cooling an electronic device A cooling apparatus is provided in an electronic device, where the cooling apparatus operates on waste heat provided by a heat producing component, such as a computer processor. The cooling apparatus has at least one chamber which is thermally coupled wit...	07/27/1999
5899071	Adaptive thermal controller for heat engines A solar to mechanical or electric power conversion system which has a controller that varies the speed of a cooling fan and cooling fluid pump fan in accordance with the available solar energy intensity, ambient temperature surrounding the system and othe...	05/04/1999
5186001	Transient energy release microdevices and methods A microdevice in the form of a microactuator or micropump. A microdevice for providing reciprocating motion at a high repetition rate, including a cell having an output wall with at least a portion movable, such as a diaphragm or inlet and outlet valves. ...	02/16/1993
4452047	Reciprocating solar engine A reciprocating solar engine includes at least one cylinder 3 which has an essentially transparent head 4 and a pistion 12 disposed in the cylinder 3. A gas-particle mixture 7, 8 is injected into the cylinder 3 between the piston 12 and the transparent he...	06/05/1984

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