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US 2006/0219227 A1Published application
Toroidal intersecting vane supercharger
OwnerEric Ingersollinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to the discovery that employing a toroidal intersecting vane machine (TIVM) within the internal combustion engine provides substantial improvements in controlling pressure, air pressure and air flow into an engine, while maintaining a simplified mechanical system and providing a compressor with little or no parasitic load on the engine. This invention covers the use of the TIVM for the purpose of providing this control.
Claims27
An internal combustion engine system comprising:
- a combuster;
- one or more fuel supply systems in communication with said combuster, capable of injecting fuel into each said combustion chamber;
- an air intake line operatively connected to the combuster and to a toroidal intersecting vane compressor, to provide compressed air to the combustion chamber(s) from the compressor;
- an exhaust line also operatively connected to the combuster, to receive exhaust gas from the combustion chamber(s);
- and
- a main crank shaft functionally attached to and driven by said combuster.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.