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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. 17, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian D Mallen, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123217 ; 123243 ;
Abstract
A sliding vane internal combustion engine that provides one or more expansion gas ducts directing pressurized gases from expansion volumes of the vane engine into an intake charge so as to increase the intake charge density. One or more intercoolers may be coupled to the expansion gas ducts to cool the pressurized gases flowing into the intake region. One or more bypass passages may also be provided to direct the pressurized gas flow around the corresponding intercooler. One or more flow control valves may be provided to control the rate of the pressurized gas flow into the intake region.