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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7155912 | Method and apparatus for storing and using energy to reduce the end-user cost of energy The invention relates to an energy storing method and apparatus for use by end-users of energy, such as commercial property owners and operators. The system differs from past systems, insofar as it is not intended to be used by and in connection with energy supplier... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146814 | Micro-machine and a method of powering a micro-machine A rotatable micro-machine is comprised of a solvent reservoir, a porous evaporation region and a channel connecting the solvent reservoir to the evaporation region. The evaporation region may be constructed of capillary paths that enable a capillary action which pul... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7131269 | Process and an apparatus for utilizing wave energy The invention relates to a method for utilising wave energy. In the method, the reciprocating movement of a water mass (5) in the vicinity of the bottom (6) of a water basin is adapted to actuate a body (2) or its part attached to the bottom of ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127896 | Engine cogeneration system In an engine cogeneration system in which power generators 5 to 8 are driven by a plurality of engines 1 to 4 to thereby supply electric power to power load 22 of a general household, at the same time, heat produced by cooling each... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127892 | Techniques for determining turbocharger speed One embodiment of the present invention includes an internal combustion engine with a turbocharger. The turbocharger includes a compressor with an outlet coupled to an intake of the engine and a turbine coupled to an exhaust manifold of the engine. A a turbocharger ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124582 | Method and apparatus for determining turbocharger boost A method of determining an adjusted boost signal includes determining a steady-state boost for a turbocharger (103, 105) for an internal combustion engine (101). The steady-state boost is adjusted (509, 513) for at least one of current transient... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124580 | Sub-zero condensation vacuum system A pre-condenser is provided for condensation of water at sub-zero degree Celsius temperatures. A brine solution is cooled below 0 degrees Celsius and delivered to the pre-condenser. The brine solution contacts the vapors and gases from a scrubber, thereby condensing... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124585 | Scroll-type expander having heating structure and scroll-type heat exchange system employing the expander The present invention provides a scroll-type expander that simultaneously performs expansion and re-heating such that efficient expansion is realized and there is no reduction in efficiency caused by pressure loss occurring during the supply of an working fluid to t... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117840 | Rotary piston machine with an oval rotary piston guided in an oval chamber A rotary piston machine with a housing forming a prismatic cavity with a cavity wall. The cross section of the prismatic cavity is a cavity oval. A rotary piston is guided for rotary movement in the cavity. The rotary piston moves in consecutive intervals of motion ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111461 | System and method for testing a rotary flow device A diagnostic system and method for testing the operation of a rotary flow device, such as a turbine or compressor of a turbocharger with a variable-geometry mechanism, such as adjustable vanes, is provided. The system includes a flow generator configured to provide ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104061 | Fluid machine A fluid machine for a waste heat collecting system for an internal combustion engine has an object to make most use of the collected waste heat and an operation of a compressor, an alternator or the like by a rotational driving force from an expansion device functio... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7104056 | Design of ferromagnetic shape memory alloy composites and actuators incorporating such materials The present invention employs an optimized cross-sectional shape for a ferromagnetic shape memory alloy (FSMA) composite that is used in a spring-type actuator, an improved hybrid magnetic trigger for use in FSMA based actuators, an a FSMA composite based spring typ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104055 | Pressure vibration generator In the pressure oscillation generator 1, self-excited vibration is generated in a work transfer tube 30 by heating a heat input section 22 and also a resonator 50 is resonated, and when a work is inputted into a heat exchanger 20, ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100375 | System for limiting rotational speed of a turbocharger A system for limiting the rotational speed of a turbocharger is disclosed. The turbocharger includes a compressor having an outlet fluidly coupled to an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine and a compressor outlet, a turbine having an inlet fluidly coupl... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096860 | Charge cooling circuit for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine with a turbo-supercharger In a charge-air cooling circuit for a multicylinder internal-combustion engine 1 with a turbo-supercharger 2, downstream from the turbo-supercharger 2 the charge air fed to two separate charge-air coolers 6, 6′, whereby the first charge... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096665 | Cascading closed loop cycle power generation Cascading Closed Loop Cycle (CCLC) and Super Cascading Closed Loop Cycle (Super-CCLC) systems are described for recovering power in the form of mechanical or electrical energy from the waste heat of a steam turbine system. The waste heat from the boiler and steam co... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089737 | Housing for a turbocharger A housing for a turbocharger comprises a housing shell which surrounds, at least partially, a rotor space, at least one manifold of a combustion engine, a pipe for connecting the housing shell with at least one manifold of the combustion engine, and a cylinder head ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086230 | Pop-off valve for an aircraft engine having a turbocharger control system and propeller control system by stepper motor A pop-off valve that, in one embodiment, provides overboost protection for an aircraft engine, is described. The pop-off valve includes a housing adapted for connection to a portion of a drive device containing a pressure medium. It also includes a pressure body mov... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082763 | Exhaust gas turbocharger The invention concerns an exhaust gas turbocharger (1) having a shaft (2) on which a turbine wheel (4) and a compressor wheel (3) sit and which is guided in radial bearings (5, 6) and in at least one axial bearing (9), which... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082764 | Burnt gas-scavenging indirect-injection internal-combustion supercharged engine and supercharged air supply method for such an engine The present invention relates to a supercharged internal-combustion, notably indirect-injection engine comprising at least one cylinder (10) with two types of supercharged air intake means (12, 14), one type for non-carbureted supercharged air intake (... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080509 | System for obtaining rotational energy from ambient forces The intended purpose of my invention is to create a point of origin in system from which driving thrusts could evolve. In this system, vacuum can be developed with less force than it naturally is required to create said vacuum. By posting a cylinder, containing two ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7076954 | Turbocharger system A system for controlling intake pressure of a combustion engine operably coupled to a power generation system includes a sensor configured to output a signal indicative of a pressure in an intake system of the combustion engine and a sensor configured to output a si... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076952 | Supercharged internal combustion engine A supercharged internal combustion engine system wherein the supercharger assembly includes an ejector pump driven by high-pressure air for pumping intake air into engine combustion chamber. Included are means for sensing engine power demand and controlling the supe... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076955 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine having at least two exhaust-gas turbochargers A method for operating an internal combustion engine having at least two exhaust-gas turbochargers, which allows the synchronous operation of the two exhaust-gas turbochargers to be reliably set (adjusted). For each of the at least two exhaust-gas turbochargers, an ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073332 | Stop device with shape memory actuator A stop device with a shape memory actuator includes two stop elements sliding within a fixed support structure and usually hold in their mutual distant position by cam means pushed through spring means. A shape memory actuator is started through an electric current ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066157 | Supercharge control apparatus and supercharge control method for supercharged internal combustion engine A detecting device detects boost condition of each of a plurality of superchargers. The detecting device includes at least two of a pressure ratio detecting unit, which detects the ratio of the pressure downstream each supercharger to the pressure upstream each supe... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065969 | Power cycle and system for utilizing moderate and low temperature heat sources A new thermodynamic cycle is disclosed for converting energy from a low temperature stream, external source into useable energy using a working fluid comprising of a mixture of a low boiling component and a higher boiling component and including a higher pressure ci... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066158 | Homogeneous charge compression ignition internal combustion engine that performs EGR, and ignition timing control method for the engine A combustion chamber of a homogeneous charge compression ignition internal combustion engine that performs EGR communicates with an intake passage and an exhaust passage. The combustion chamber is opened and closed to the intake passage with an intake valve, and is ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7062915 | High-efficiency otto cycle engine with power generating expander High-efficiency combustion engines, including Otto cycle engines, use a steam-diluted fuel charge at elevated pressure. Air is compressed, and water is evaporated into the compressed air via the partial pressure effect using waste heat from the engine. The resultant... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055507 | Continuously variable drive for superchargers A drive assembly for a supercharger for an internal combustion engine provides a continuously variable drive ratio between the engine and supercharger to provide a substantially, constant drive speed to the supercharger, thereby optimizing performance. The continuou... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051720 | Engine with charge air-cooling system with water fumigation An engine charge air-cooling system with water fumigation for an internal combustion engine includes a charge air cooler having a housing, a heat exchanger core, an air inlet and an air outlet. The charge air cooler inlet is connected to an outlet of a compressed ai... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047740 | Boost pressure estimation apparatus for internal combustion engine with supercharger An opening is provided for an exhaust bypass pipe that bypasses an exhaust turbine of an exhaust turbine supercharger. According to the opening, an exhaust gas amount bypassing the exhaust turbine is calculated. An exhaust gas amount supplied to the exhaust turbine ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047739 | Exhaust-gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine An exhaust-gas turbocharger in an internal combustion engine having a compressor in the induction tract and an exhaust-gas turbine in the exhaust-gas line wherein the exhaust-gas turbine has at least two spiral ducts which in each case open into a radial flow inlet ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047744 | Dynamic heat sink engine A dynamic heat sink engine including a storage vessel having a working fluid outlet and a working fluid inlet. The lower portion of the storage vessel contains a cryogenic working fluid, such as liquid hydrogen, at a temperature at near its boiling point. The engine... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047743 | Electric turbo compound configuration for an engine/electric generator system An engine/electric generator system includes an internal combustion engine, a primary electric generator driven by an output shaft of the engine and providing electrical power. A turbocharger has a first turbine driven by exhaust gasses from the engine and a compres... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7043912 | Apparatus for extracting exhaust heat from waste heat sources while preventing backflow and corrosion In a waste heat recovery system wherein a heat exchanger derives heat from an engine exhaust, a venturi is fluidly connected to an engine exhaust port so as to thereby increase the flow rate and reduce the pressure in a manifold which is fluidly connected between th... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040303 | Combined aftercooler system with shared fans A cooling system including an intake air cooling subsystem and a liquid cooling subsystem for controlling intake air temperatures in a supercharged internal combustion diesel locomotive engine. The intake air cooling subsystem includes an air-to-water aftercooler an... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036315 | Apparatus and method for detecting low charge of working fluid in a waste heat recovery system In a waste heat recovery system having a superheat controller, a reference superheat controller operating trajectory is established and compared with operational superheat controller trajectories from time to time and measuring the deviation therebetween to determin... | 05/02/2006 |
