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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:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
William H Houtman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Stirling Thermal Motors, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60517 ; 60525 ;
Abstract
A stirling engine having multiple mutually parallel distant cylinders which operates in a double acting cycle configuration. The engine includes a drive case having a rotatable drive shaft which is mounted to a cylinder block. The cylinder block includes mutually parallel cylinder bores and mutually parallel cooler bores. A generally flat retainer plate is mounted to a flat mounting surface of the cylinder bore to affix cylinder extensions and regenerator housings to the block mounting surface in alignment with the cylinder bores and regenerator bores.