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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2024
Applicant:
Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuyuki Koda, Osaka, JP;
Masato Kitazaki, Osaka, JP;
Jiro Fukudome, Osaka, JP;
Osamu Sakamoto, Maibara, JP;
Nobu Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 1/047 (2006.01); F02G 1/05 (2006.01); F02G 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 1/047 (2013.01); F02G 1/05 (2013.01); F02G 1/06 (2013.01); F02G 2243/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A Stirling engine includes: the thermosiphon that accommodates the heating medium receiving heat from a heat source; and an engine unit that has a body accommodating working gas. A heater that gives heat to the working gas by the heating medium is arranged in the body. The Stirling engine includes an engine controller that executes control for increasing an absorbed amount of thermal energy from the heating medium when at least one of the pressure and the temperature of the heating medium exceeds a predetermined value.