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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:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
May. 28, 2004
James William Griffith Turner, Norfolk, GB;
Jeffrey Allen, Norfolk, GB;
James William Griffith Turner, Norfolk, GB;
Jeffrey Allen, Norfolk, GB;
Lotus Cars Limited, Norwich, Norfolk, GB;
Abstract
The present invention relates (with reference to FIG.) to an internal combustion engine in which a combustion chamber () can be connected to a reservoir () for storing compressed air. Gas flow control valve means () controls flow between the chamber () and reservoir () so that air pressurised in the chamber () can be relayed to charge the reservoir () and pressurised air can be delivered to the chamber () to drive piston (). The chamber () is also used for combustion of fuel. The invention also relates to a valve mechanism for controlling the flow of pressurised air between the chamber () and reservoir (), in which a balancing force is applied to the gas flow control valve () to cancel the force on the valve () arising from the pressure applied to the back face of the valve ().
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