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US 12,338,764 B2Granted
Hybrid combustion-electric generator
OwnerChance Matainventor
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Abstract
A generator includes one or more combustion units. The generator also includes one or more ring housings coupled between the one or more combustion units. The one or more combustion units and the one or more ring housing form a circular pathway. The generator also includes one or more rotary pistons comprising one or more magnetic devices. The one or more rotary pistons are positioned to travel around the circular pathway when driven by a force generated by combustion in the one or more combustion units. The generator includes one or more coils positioned along the circular pathway. A current is induced in the one or more coils when the one or more magnetic devices pass through the one or more coils.
Claims17
A generator comprising:
- one or more combustion units each comprising:
- a housing comprising an internal cavity,
- a combustion valve configured to enter the internal cavity and divide the internal cavity into a combustion chamber and a compression chamber,
- a fuel supply valve configured to deliver a fuel/oxidizer mixture to the combustion chamber,
- an ignition source configured to ignite the fuel/oxidizer mixture in the combustion chamber, and
- a compression valve configured to extract, from the compression chamber, compressed gases generated by the motion of the one or more rotary pistons;
- one or more ring housings coupled between the one or more combustion units, wherein the one or more combustion units and the one or more ring housing form a circular pathway;
- one or more rotary pistons comprising one or more magnetic devices, wherein the one or more rotary pistons are positioned to travel around the circular pathway when driven by a force generated by combustion in the one or more combustion units;
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- one or more coils positioned along the circular pathway, wherein a current is induced in the one or more coils when the one or more magnetic devices pass through the one or more coils.
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A device comprising:
- one or more combustion units positioned at equal distances along a ring housing, wherein the ring housing comprises a cylindrical cavity, wherein each of the one or more combustion units comprises:
- a housing comprising an internal cavity,
- a combustion valve configured to enter the internal cavity and divide the internal cavity into a combustion chamber and a compression chamber,
- a fuel supply valve configured to deliver a fuel/oxidizer mixture to the combustion chamber,
- an ignition source configured to ignite the fuel/oxidizer mixture in the combustion chamber, and
- a compression valve configured to extract, from the compression chamber, compressed gases generated by the motion of the one or more rotary pistons;
- one or more rotary pistons comprising one or more magnetic devices, wherein the one or more rotary pistons travel in a circle within the cylindrical cavity due to combustion within the one or more combustion units;
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- one or more coils positioned along the cylindrical cavity, wherein a current is induced in the one or more coils when the one or more magnetic devices pass through the one or more coils.
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A hybrid combustion-electric generator, the generator comprising:
- a first combustion unit and a second combustion unit positioned at equal distances along a circular pathway, wherein each of the first combustion unit and the second combustion unit comprises:
- a housing comprising an internal cavity,
- a combustion valve configured to enter the internal cavity and divide the internal cavity into a combustion chamber and a compression chamber,
- a fuel supply valve configured to deliver a fuel/oxidizer mixture to the combustion chamber,
- an ignition source configured to ignite the fuel/oxidizer mixture in the combustion chamber, and
- a compression valve configured to extract, from the compression chamber, compressed gases generated by the motion of the one or more rotary pistons;
- at least two ring housings coupled between the first combustion unit and the second combustion unit, wherein each of the at least two ring housings comprises a cylindrical cavity, wherein a first internal cavity of the first combustion unit, a second internal cavity of the second combustion unit, and the at least two ring housings form the circular pathway;
- a rotary piston comprising one or more magnetic devices, wherein the rotary piston travels in a circle within the cylindrical cavity based on a force provided by the first combustion unit and the second combustion unit;
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- one or more coils positioned along the cylindrical cavity, wherein a current is induced in the one or more coils when the one or more magnetic devices pass through the one or more coils.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.