Sliding surface lubrication particularly advantageous for a free piston stirling engine
US4802332A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 20, 1987 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02G2253/02
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A Stirling cycle engine is provided with gas cavities at an interface between an engine piston and a mating surface that guides the piston in its reciprocative motion to thereby achieve improved lubrication with the resulting gas film.
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