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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2011
Applicant:
Haruo Nakamura, Wako, JP;
Inventor:
Haruo Nakamura, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermoacoustic engine includes first and second stacks disposed in parallel in a looped tube and a heat storage unit disposed in the looped tube. A circuit length between a center of the first stack and a center of the heat storage unit is equal to a circuit length between a center of the second stack and the center of the heat storage unit. A first acoustic circuit including the first stack and the heat storage unit has a circuit length which is equal to a circuit length of a second acoustic circuit including the second stack and the heat storage unit.