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US 2017/0321554 A1Published application
Pneumatic engine and related methods
AssigneeSunnyco Inc.
InventorBun Wong
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Abstract
A pneumatic engine includes a plurality of pneumatic motors and an engine drive shaft. Each motor has a motor gas inlet, a motor gas outlet, and a rotor driven by gas flow between the motor gas inlet and the motor gas outlet. The engine drive shaft is drivingly coupled to the motor drive shaft of each of the pneumatic motors.
Claims29
A pneumatic engine comprising:
- a plurality of pneumatic motors, each motor having a motor gas inlet, a motor gas outlet, and a rotor driven by gas flow between the motor gas inlet and the motor gas outlet;
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- an engine drive shaft drivingly coupled to the motor drive shaft of each of the pneumatic motors.
A method of operating a pneumatic engine, the method comprising:
- receiving an input of gas flow at a plurality of pneumatic motors, and
- driving an output shaft using each of the plurality of pneumatic motors simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.