Class 60/523 - Having electrical heating means for mass

Subclass of Class 60 - Power plants
Definition: Apparatus wherein heat is supplied to one of said expansible
No. of patents: 29
Last issue date: 01/05/2010

Number	Title	Issue Date
7640740	Stirling engine A high efficient stirling engine with excellent thermal efficiency, which can increase the heating temperature of a high temperature section, is obtained by preventing the heat from being lost in a member connecting the high temperature section and a low temperature...	01/05/2010
7536860	Thermo-magnetic actuator A thermo-magnetic actuator includes a housing; a chamber within the housing; a working fluid changing phase upon heating and located in the chamber; an electrical heater disposed within the chamber for heating the working fluid; a piston rod slidably disposed in the...	05/26/2009
7325399	Coolant penetrating cold-end pressure vessel An improvement is provided to a pressurized close-cycle machine that has a cold-end pressure vessel and is of the type having a piston undergoing reciprocating linear motion within a cylinder containing a working fluid heated by conduction through a heater head by h...	02/05/2008
7308787	Thermal improvements for an external combustion engine An external combustion engine having an exhaust flow diverter for directing the flow of an exhaust gas. The external combustion engine has a heater head having a plurality of heater tubes through which a working fluid is heated by conduction. The exhaust flow divert...	12/18/2007
7257949	Stirling engine Through stroke control whereby the stroke of a piston is detected and controlled to be equal to a target stroke, the piston is prevented from colliding with a displacer, and the refrigerating performance of a Stirling refrigerator is enhanced. Different target strok...	08/21/2007
7200994	Free piston stirling engine control A control system for a Stirling engine including the use of a synchronous power converter (“SPC”) which is connected to the terminals of the alternator in a linear alternator/FPSE power system. According to the teachings of the present invention, the attached SP...	04/10/2007
7027856	Method for determining a metric of non-sustained arrhythmia occurrence for use in arrhythmia prediction and automatic adjustment of arrhythmia detection parameters An implantable medical device and associated method are provided for detecting non-sustained arrhythmias and determining a metric of non-sustained arrhythmias. The metric may be used for predicting the occurrence of a sustained arrhythmia or for automatically adjust...	04/11/2006
6968688	Two-cycle hot-gas engine A two-cycle hot-gas engine comprising an expansion piston in a heatable cylinder member and a compression piston in a coolable cylinder member. The expansion piston and the compression piston are disposed along a common axis. ...	11/29/2005
6664885	Thermally activated latch A device is described for latching an actuator to a substrate where the substrate includes a thermally activated material located on the substrate and a heater capable of heating the thermally activated material until it softens. The actuator includes a c...	12/16/2003
6578359	Stirling engine To generate electric power efficiently with a thermoelectromagnetic generator using the heat regenerator of a Stirling engine. When a high-temperature operating gas and a low-temperature operating gas alternately pass through a heat regenerator of a Stirl...	06/17/2003
6381958	Stirling engine thermal system improvements A thermal cycle engine having a heat exchanger for transferring thermal energy across the heater head from a heated external fluid to the working fluid. The heat exchanger has a set of heat transfer pins each having an axis directed away from the cylindri...	05/07/2002
6336541	Actuation device having improved working speed An actuation device is described, having: an actuator with a movable actuation element; at least a transmission element being capable of moving from a respective first operating condition to a respective second operating condition under the action of the actua...	01/08/2002
6286310	Heat engine A heat engine uses magnetic fields to hold at least one of the displacer and the piston in position and to move the at least one of the displacer and the piston....	09/11/2001
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
6226990	Heat engine An apparatus for providing cooling has a heat engine in which the cycle profile of at least one of the displacer and the piston is variable for to provide efficient cooling at various temperature differences....	05/08/2001
6161381	Stirling engine In a Stirling engine with a cylinder head which can be heated, with a plurality of heating pipes bent in approximately U shape and with a cooler the the heat transfer to the heating pipes and the efficiency of the cooler are improved. This For this purpos...	12/19/2000
6050092	Stirling cycle generator control system and method for regulating displacement amplitude of moving members A Stirling cycle machine control system includes an energy converter having a moving member. A detector is operatively associated with the moving member. The detector is configured to detect stroke of the moving member. A converter circuit is coupled with...	04/18/2000
5987886	Stirling cycle engine A Stirling cycle engine includes: a housing having at least one cylinder; a motor element disposed in the housing; and a Stirling refrigerator portion driven by the motor element. The cylinder is made to be a cross guide for a piston or a displacer of the...	11/23/1999
5937648	Gas compression/expansion apparatus The gas compression/expansion apparatus comprises: a working section for compressing/expanding therein a working gas by pistons each connected with a rod; a drive section including sliders each connected at one end thereof with the rod and connected at on...	08/17/1999
5822964	Hot-gas engine electric heater A hot-gas engine electric heater that is partially disposable in a heat exchange tube of a hot-gas engine and supplies heat to a working fluid in the hot-gas engine wherein the heat exchange tube has a contour. The heater includes a thin and circular-shap...	10/20/1998
5367878	Transient energy release microdevices and methods A microdevice in the form of an electrical switch. A microdevice for providing switching at a high repetition rate, including a cell divided into two chambers by a bistable movable membrane. A charge of gas in the cell and a source for directly heating th...	11/29/1994
4666081	Programmable thermostat and system therefor A thermostat member (10) disposed within a coolant flow passage (12) of an engine comprises a valve (32,34,36,40,42) movable between first and second positions for opening and closing the flow passage (12) and when in the first condition prohibiting coola...	05/19/1987
4245477	Internal heater module for cryogenic refrigerators and Stirling heat engines Heat energy is supplied to the hot volume of a Vuilleumier cycle cryogenic refrigerator, or to a Stirling cycle heat engine, with and by the inventive heater module which is disposed within the hot working volume of the machine. The heater module is in co...	01/20/1981
4210030	Servo motor The invention relates to a servo motor assembly in which the linkage is provided between a linearly movable motor part and a rotatable member being controlled. The linkage includes two separate links and the arrangement prevents or minimizes lateral react...	07/01/1980
4084376	Heating system A heating system for supplying thermal energy to a heater of a machine such as a hot gas engine, this system using a heat-transporting medium which flows within a closed space between a heat-receiving portion to a heat-discharging portion. Thermal energy ...	04/18/1978
4057962	Device for decreasing the start-up time for stirling engines The closed fluid working system of a Stirling cycle engine is disclosed having incorporated therein an improved regenerator assembly which modifies the thermodynamic responsiveness of the working system particularly during cold-start conditions. A foramin...	11/15/1977
4033130	Heating device comprising a heat accumulator A heating system including a heat pipe containing evaporable heat transporting material, a closed reservoir containing heat-accumulating material within said heat pipe, and a quantity of said evaporable material in said reservoir for maintaining the same ...	07/05/1977

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Class 60/523 - Having electrical heating means for mass