5 results about "Stationary engine" patented technology

An assembly for a snowmobile includes an airbox having a plenum for coupling to a throttle body of an engine and two branches defining openings for air intake. A storage box is mounted between the two branches and defines area for receiving a console. The airbox is part of a hood of the vehicle and includes an opening over a storage box. The disclosure also includes a ribbed bumper mount with a latch assembly for securing the hood.

A system and method are provided for hybrid electric internal combustion engine applications in which an electric motor generator, a narrow switchable coupling and a torque transfer unit therebetween are arranged fore of the engine in applications such as commercial vehicles, off-road vehicles and stationary engine installations and positioned in a constrained environment. The electric motor generator is preferably positioned laterally offset from the switchable coupling which is arranged coaxially with a forward end of the engine crankshaft. The switchable coupling is an integrated unit in which a crankshaft vibration damper, an engine accessory drive pulley and a disengageable clutch overlap such that the axial depth of the clutch-pulley-damper unit is nearly identical to that of a conventional belt drive pulley and engine damper. The fore end motor generator system includes an electrical energy storage which receives electrical energy generated by the motor generator when the coupling is engaged. When the coupling is disengaged, the motor generator can drive the pulley portion of the clutch-pulley-damper to drive engine accessories independent of the engine crankshaft using energy returned from the energy storage.

This invention relates to a crankless piston internal combustion engine and its operating method, which can be widely applied to various motor vehicles and stationary engines. Engines according to this invention will provide higher economic efficiency and longer service life during operation. The engine efficiency according to this invention is achieved by applying a basic kinematic scheme that converts the linear reciprocating motion of the piston into the rotational motion of the engine drive shaft (9). The piston (21) performing the working cycle stroke completes its full working stroke by rotating the drive shaft (9) by 90°, instead of 180° as in conventional engines. Each stroke begins with drive gear sets (10, 11, 12, 13) (each set corresponding to one piston (21)) arranged at an angle of approximately 45° relative to the direction of piston (21) motion, and the sets are offset from each other by approximately 90°. The offset angles between the drive gear sets, starting with the drive teeth of the "expansion" stroke, are arranged at different angle values, allowing two, three, or more "expansion" strokes to be performed simultaneously. Each piston stroke does not begin with a zero torque value, but rather with a value equal to the maximum torque value of the crank-driven engine. According to the present invention, the engine torque and power values ​​are approximately three times, six times, and nine times that of an engine with a crank mechanism, respectively, at the same speed.

A sensing system and method for detecting wear of an abradable layer on a stationary engine casing is provided. The system is capable of measuring the abradable thickness of the abradable layer by embedding abradable sensor in the abradable layer and measuring the changing electrical properties as the abradable sensor wears.

Improvements in the method of simultaneous hydrogen production and emission control are disclosed as a device that is configured for hydrogen generation methods for auto, truck, and stationary engine use. This apparatus and method may be applied to any single or multi-cycle, rotary engine applications including but not limited to two-stroke, four stroke or multi-cycle and gasoline, diesel, turbine, air compressor and alternative dual fuel or hybrid applications.