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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2009
Applicants:
James U. Lemke, La Jolla, CA (US);
William B. Mchargue, Cardiff by the Sea, CA (US);
Inventors:
James U. Lemke, La Jolla, CA (US);
William B. McHargue, Cardiff by the Sea, CA (US);
Assignee:
Achates Power, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 75/18 (2006.01); F16C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electrical generator includes an opposed piston, internal-combustion engine with a piston and a hypocycloidal drive connected by a rod to the piston. The construction of the hypocycloidal drive imposes a sinusoidal period on the linear motion of the piston and connecting rod. As generator associated with the piston produces a sinusoidal voltage in response to the liner motion of the piston and connecting rod.