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Internal combustion engine

US9803541B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Volvo Truck Corporation · SE

Inventors

Arne Andersson · Mölnlycke, SE
Bincheng JIANG · Handen, SE
Staffan Lundgren · Malmö, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 2014
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 28, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02B2075/027
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An internal combustion engine includes a first low-pressure cylinder housing a first low-pressure piston, and a first high-pressure cylinder housing a first high-pressure piston, the first high-pressure cylinder being arranged in upstream fluid communication with the first low-pressure cylinder for providing exhaust gas into the first low-pressure cylinder. The internal combustion engine further includes a second low-pressure cylinder housing a second low-pressure piston, the second low-pressure cylinder being arranged in upstream fluid communication with the first high-pressure cylinder for providing compressed gas into the first high-pressure cylinder, and a second high-pressure cylinder housing a second high-pressure piston, the second high-pressure cylinder being arranged in downstream fluid communication with the first low-pressure cylinder for receiving compressed gas from the first low-pressure cylinder, and further arranged in upstream fluid communication with the second low-pressure cylinder for providing exhaust gas into the second low-pressure cylinder.

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