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Patent No.:

US 9328692 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2010

Opposed piston engines with controlled provision of lubricant for lubrication and cooling

Applicants:

Gordon E. Rado, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Louis F. Medeiros, Oceanside, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gordon E. Rado, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Louis F. Medeiros, Oceanside, CA (US);

Assignee:

ACHATES POWER, INC., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:

Terrance A. Meador

Primary Examiner:

Lindsay Low

Assistant Examiner:

Omar Morales

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 1/02 (2006.01); F02F 1/18 (2006.01); F01B 7/14 (2006.01); F01M 1/08 (2006.01); F01M 11/02 (2006.01); F02B 75/28 (2006.01); F01M 5/00 (2006.01); F01M 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 1/186 (2013.01); F01B 7/14 (2013.01); F01M 1/08 (2013.01); F01M 11/02 (2013.01); F02B 75/282 (2013.01); F01M 5/007 (2013.01); F01M 2001/066 (2013.01);
Abstract

In multi-cylinder opposed engine constructions provision of lubricant for lubricating bearings, for cooling cylinders, and for cooling pistons includes pumping an inlet stream of lubricant through a gallery in the engine that is in fluid communication with bearing lubricant passages and cylinder coolant passages and providing lubricant from the inlet stream of lubricant into at least one piston coolant manifold in response to a first engine operating condition.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Rado, Gordon. (2016). Opposed piston engines with controlled provision of lubricant for lubrication and cooling (U.S. Patent No. 9328692). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9328692

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