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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2017
Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US);
John M. Antonevich, Bemus Point, NY (US);
Reid Irish, Stockton, NY (US);
Stephen D. Cofer, Jr., Sugar Grove, PA (US);
Kent H. Clark, Panama, NY (US);
Garrett Blum, Sugar Grove, PA (US);
Michael Kosinski, Ashville, NY (US);
Beth Wagner, Jamestown, NY (US);
Mark Gray, Falconer, NY (US);
Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US);
Abstract
An energy storage device is provided for a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The energy storage device includes first and second end connectors connected to respective ones of a piston and crankshaft, and a flexible connection rod portion rotatably connected with the first and second end connectors. The flexible connection rod portion elastically buckles above a predetermined cylinder pressure threshold to store combustion energy and provide a more constant pressure combustion process.