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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2016
Achates Power, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
John J. Koszewnik, San Diego, CA (US);
ACHATES POWER, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An opposed-piston engine system equipped for full hybrid compressed-air/combustion includes capacity for storing air compressed by the engine during a combustion mode of operation. The hybrid opposed-piston engine system includes a control mechanization for operating the opposed-piston engine in a combustion mode by provision of fuel, in a compressed-air mode by provision of stored compressed air, and in a combustion mode supplemented by provision of stored compressed air. A method of operating a hybrid vehicle equipped with an opposed-piston engine includes storing air compressed by the engine during a combustion mode of operation and operating in the vehicle a compressed-air mode by provision of stored compressed air.