Multi-stage system
AssigneeKn Gg IP Holding and Licensing, LLC
InventorsKenneth Nicholson, George Gounaris
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Abstract
A multi-stage system includes a block defining a cylinder, the cylinder comprising an inlet thereto and an outlet therefrom and a linear grove disposed axially within the cylinder, an infinity; a power transfer shaft configured for rotation within the cylinder, the power transfer shaft comprising a shaft portion and an infinity portion, the infinity portion defining an infinity profile; and a piston configured to reciprocate within the cylinder, the piston defining a first compression chamber and a second compression chamber within the cylinder, the piston slidably engaging the infinity profile of the power transfer shaft.
Claims28
A multi-stage system, comprising:
- a block defining a cylinder, the cylinder comprising an inlet thereto and an outlet therefrom;
- a power transfer shaft configured for rotation within the cylinder, the power transfer shaft comprising a shaft portion and an infinity portion;
- and
- a piston configured to reciprocate within the cylinder, the piston defining a first compression chamber and a second compression chamber within the cylinder;
- wherein:
- one of the infinity portion of the power transfer shaft or the piston defines an infinity profile;
- and
- an other of the infinity portion of the power transfer shaft or the piston slidably engages the infinity profile.
A method of completing a thermodynamic cycle, comprising:
- compressing a first gas within at least a first chamber in a first compression step;
- compressing at least one of the first gas or a second gas in a second chamber in a second compression step;
- initiating a combustion event to generate expansion work;
- and
- venting exhaust generated by the combustion event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.