Threaded sealing flange for use in an external combustion engine and method of sealing a pressure vessel
AssigneeTiax LLC
InventorsRoberto Pellizzari, Laurence Penswick
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Abstract
A pressure vessel for containing a mechanical device operable to convert heat to mechanical or electrical power, comprising: a high temperature section, the high temperature section having a first end and an open second end, a sealing flange, the sealing flange having a first end and a second threaded end, the first end bonded to the open second end of the high temperature section, and a low temperature section having an open threaded first end, the open first end in sealing engagement with the second threaded end of the sealing flange. Also provided are a Stirling engine and a method of hermetically sealing a pressure vessel of a Stirling engine.
Claims29
A pressure vessel for containing a mechanical device operable to convert heat to mechanical or electrical power, comprising:
- a) a high temperature section said high temperature section having a first end and an open second end;
- b) a sealing flange, said sealing flange having a first end and a second threaded end, said first end bonded to said open second end of said high temperature section;
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- c) a low temperature section having an open threaded first end, said open first end in sealing engagement with said second threaded end of said sealing flange.
A Stirling engine, comprising:
- a) a pressure vessel having a high temperature section, said high temperature section having a first end and an open second end, a sealing flange, said sealing flange having a first end and a second threaded end, said first end bonded to said open second end of said high temperature section;
- and a low temperature section having an open threaded first end, said open first end in sealing engagement with said second threaded end of said sealing flange;
- b) a displacer cylinder formed within said pressure vessel, said displacer cylinder having a high temperature end and a low temperature end;
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- c) a displacer for traversing said displacer cylinder from said high temperature end to a low temperature end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.