V-engine equipped with means for taking measurements
AssigneeSociete Hispano-Suiza
InventorChristian Marie Michel Roger
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Abstract
For the purpose of taking measurements within a V-engine while it is running during development of the engine, a first of the two banks of piston and cylinders defining the V is provided with measurement sensors and is arranged to run normally performing the normal cycle of induction, compression, combustion, and exhaust, and each cylinder of the second bank has its fuel inlet closed and its combustion chamber open to the atmosphere whereby the second bank functions without compression and combustion and is effectively inert, the second bank serving as a mechanical support for conveying signals from the measurement sensors.
Claims9
An internal combustion piston engine comprising a plurality of pistons and cylinders disposed in first and second banks defining a V, wherein said first bank is provided with measurement sensors and is arranged to perform the normal cycle of induction, compression, combustion, and exhaust, and wherein each cylinder of said second bank has a fuel inlet closed and a combustion chamber open to the atmosphere whereby said second bank functions without compression and combustion and is effectively inert, said second bank serving as a mechanical support for means for conveying signals from said measurement sensors.
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