Cylinder cooling system
AssigneeAerodyme Corporation
InventorJames D. Richards, III
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Abstract
A cylinder cooling system for aircraft engines is disclosed in which an air intake leads to multiple air chambers and the air is divided among the air chambers, which lead to the cylinders of the engine. In this way, approximately equal amounts of air of approximately the same temperature are able to pass over each cylinder, thereby providing more even cooling, resulting in more efficient engine performance. In addition, the cylinder cooling system is easily removable to access the engine spark plugs and fuel injectors for inspection and routine maintenance while not requiring the spark plug wiring or fuel lines to be disassembled in any way.
Claims18
A device for directing air in order to provide cooling comprising:
- a first plenum and a second plenum, the first plenum and the second plenum designed to be removably attached to opposite sides of an aircraft engine, each of the first plenum and the second plenum including:
- an air inlet designed and configured to divide incoming air into a plurality of airstreams;
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- a plurality of air chambers coupled to the air inlet, each of the plurality of air chambers configured to receive a respective one of the plurality of airstreams, wherein each of the plurality of air chambers is designed and configured to direct a respective received one of the plurality of airstreams to a different cylinder of the aircraft engine when the plenum is attached to the aircraft engine.
A cooling system comprising:
- an air inlet designed and configured to divide incoming air into an upper airstream and a lower airstream;
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- a plenum connected to the air inlet and including a first air chamber into which the upper airstream flows and a second air chamber into which the lower airstream flows, wherein the first air chamber directs the upper airstream to exit at a location that is further away from the air inlet in a downstream direction than a second location, and wherein the second air chamber directs the lower airstream to exit at the second location that is downstream of the air inlet and closer to the air inlet than the first location.
A cylinder cooling system comprising:
- an air inlet designed and configured to divide incoming air into a plurality of airstreams;
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- a plenum including a plurality of air chambers, each of the plurality of air chambers having an entrance opening and an exit opening, wherein the air inlet and the plurality of air chambers are configured such that a one of each of the plurality of airstreams enters the entrance opening of a corresponding one of each of the plurality of air chambers, wherein the plenum is designed and configured to be secured on a portion of an aircraft engine having a plurality of cylinders, wherein the plurality of cylinders are positioned from a forward most position to an aft most position, wherein the plurality of air chambers and the plurality of cylinders are equal in number, and wherein the exit opening of each of the plurality of air chambers is configured to deliver the one of the plurality of airstreams that entered that air chamber to a corresponding one of the plurality of cylinders.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.