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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:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pierre Duret, Sartrouville, FR;
Assignee:
Institut Francais du Petrole, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
417364 ; 91 47 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an internal-combustion engine having at least one piston sliding in a cylinder, at least one combustion chamber (4) and a compressed air or gas storage tank (14) connected to a volume compressed by the motion of said piston via a connection means provided with a nonreturn device (16) allowing a gas at a pressure greater than or equal to that of the compressed volume to be stored in said tank (14). According to the invention, the gas under pressure present in said tank (14) fulfills a purpose other than that related to the feeding of the combustion chamber (4).