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US 5,397,922 AGranted
Integrated thermo-electro engine
OwnerMarius A. Paul, Ana Paulinventors
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Abstract
An internal combustion unit having a cylinder with at least one power piston with thermal means for reciprocating the power piston in the cylinder, the power piston and cylinder defining a combustion chamber, and a generator unit having a linear inductor piston coupled to the power piston for reciprocation together with the power piston and a stationary coil stator constructed in the configuration of an annulus, wherein the inductor piston reciprocates in the annulus of the coil stator and electrical current is generated in the stator.
Claims10
A thermo-electric engine comprising:
- a) an internal combustion unit having a cylinder formed in a first housing section with at least one power piston with thermal means for reciprocating the power piston in the cylinder, the power piston and cylinder defining a combustion chamber, and,
- b) a generator unit having a linear inductor piston coupled to the power piston for reciprocation together with the power piston and a stationary coil stator constructed in the configuration of an annulus, formed in a second housing section, wherein the inductor piston reciprocates in the annulus of the coil stator and electrical current is generated in the coil stator, and, wherein the first housing section of the power piston cylinder is connected to the second housing section of the inductor piston annulus with the stationary coil stator isolated from the cylinder that in part defines the combustion chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.