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US 5,987,886 AGranted
Stirling cycle engine
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Sekiya, Takashi Inoue
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Abstract
A Stirling cycle engine includes: a housing having at least one cylinder; a motor element disposed in the housing; and a Stirling refrigerator portion driven by the motor element. The cylinder is made to be a cross guide for a piston or a displacer of the Stirling refrigerator portion. Thus, it is possible to provide a desired Stirling cycle engine, for example, a Stirling refrigerator, a Stirling engine generator, etc. with a single configuration.
Claims6
A Stirling cycle engine comprising:
- a housing having at least two cylinders;
- a motor disposed in said housing;
- a Stirling refrigerator portion having a displacer reciprocating in one of the two cylinders;
- a piston reciprocating in the other of the two cylinders and being driven by said motor;
- cross guide heads mounted inside said housing for guiding the piston and the displacer of said Stirling refrigerator portion;
- and
- a crank shaft for connecting the motor to the piston and the displacer.
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A Stirling cycle engine comprising:
- a housing having at least two cylinders;
- an electric generator disposed in said housing;
- a Stirling refrigerator portion having a displacer reciprocating in one of the two cylinder;
- a piston reciprocating in the other of the two cylinders and driving the electric generator;
- cross guide heads mounted inside said housing for guiding the piston and the displacer of said Stirling refrigerator portion;
- and
- a crank shaft for connecting the electric generator to the piston and the displacer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.