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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Liquidpiston, Inc., Bloomfield, CT (US);
Inventors:
Alexander C. Shkolnik, Cambridge, MA (US);
Nikolay Shkolnik, West Hartford, CT (US);
Assignee:
LiquidPiston, Inc., Bloomfield, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 53/00 (2006.01); F02B 53/02 (2006.01); F01C 1/22 (2006.01); F01C 9/00 (2006.01); F01C 21/04 (2006.01); F01L 7/02 (2006.01); F02B 25/08 (2006.01); F02B 75/00 (2006.01); F02M 25/03 (2006.01); F02B 17/00 (2006.01); F02B 75/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 53/02 (2013.01); F01C 1/22 (2013.01); F01C 9/002 (2013.01); F01C 21/04 (2013.01); F01L 7/026 (2013.01); F02B 17/005 (2013.01); F02B 25/08 (2013.01); F02B 75/00 (2013.01); F02M 25/03 (2013.01); F01L 2101/00 (2013.01); F02B 2075/025 (2013.01); Y02T 10/121 (2013.01); Y02T 10/17 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating an internal combustion engine having a housing with a recess, and a piston rotatably mounted in the housing, wherein the housing and the piston form, over the course of shaft rotation, initial, second and third volumes in differing amounts for the phases of compression, combustion and expansion, in a manner that is smooth and continuous, which method includes (a) compressing air into a chamber formed by the recess and the piston, (b) introducing fuel into the chamber of compressed air, and (c) igniting the mixture of compressed air and fuel.