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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
John M Clarke, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60620 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and a method control the passage of gases into and from a combustion cylinder of an engine. Each combustion cylinder of the engine is associated with a respective induction-compression and an exhaust-expansion cylinder and the compressed gases of these cylinders are controllably passed at preselected intervals from one cylinder to the next.