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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Thomas E. Briggs, Jr., Helotes, TX (US);
Charles E. Roberts, Jr., Helotes, TX (US);
Kevin L. Hoag, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, San Antonio, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 1/26 (2006.01); F01N 5/02 (2006.01); F01P 9/00 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 1/26 (2013.01); F01N 5/02 (2013.01); F01P 9/00 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); F01P 2060/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Combustion engines, and more particularly, integrating a supercritical fluid passageway into a cylinder head and/or cylinder block of an engine, and preferably, a combustion engine. Both a combustion engine system and a method of cooling a cylinder head in an internal combustion engine, utilizing supercritical fluid, are disclosed.