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Free piston engine pump with energy rate smoothing

US4435133A · kind A · utility

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32Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 17, 1977
Grant dateMar 6, 1984
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Expiry dateOct 17, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04B49/22
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A free piston engine pump which utilizes plural hydraulic piston areas or hydraulic pressures, with suitable valving to properly "phase" these areas or pressures during the engine stroke, to generate plural hydraulic work rates in order to smooth out the energy or work rate of the free piston engine and minimize the inertia-storage of energy required.

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