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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Troy O. Mcbride, Norwich, VT (US);
Benjamin Bollinger, Windsor, VT (US);
John Mccormick, Norwich, VT (US);
Benjamin Cameron, Hanover, NH (US);
Inventors:
Troy O. McBride, Norwich, VT (US);
Benjamin Bollinger, Windsor, VT (US);
John McCormick, Norwich, VT (US);
Benjamin Cameron, Hanover, NH (US);
Assignee:
SustainX, Inc., Seabrook, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 1/10 (2006.01); F02C 6/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In various embodiments, dead space and associated coupling losses are reduced in energy storage and recovery systems employing compressed air via use of a compressed-gas reservoir for maintaining a connector between cylinder assemblies at an intermediate pressure, thereby reducing the volume of dead space in the connector and increasing efficiency of the energy storage and recovery.