38 results about "Stationary engine" patented technology

The metal housing of the case of a contactor includes an annular rib extending continuously opposite the cylindrical periphery of the main stationary core, the rib having an internal diameter respectively greater than that of the ferrule and smaller than that of the housing, so as to ensure the locking of the different parts of the case and the crimping of the housing on the stationary magnet following local deformations exerted on the reduced diameter of the swaged part defining the rib.

A gas turbine engine rotor blade has an airfoil portion containing one or more internal conduits. Each conduit extends to an end of the airfoil portion. The blade has a shroud at the end of the airfoil portion for sealing the blade to a facing stationary engine portion. There is a fillet portion which joins the end to the shroud. The fillet portion eases the transition from the outer surface of the airfoil portion to the outer surface of the shroud and has a cavity which extends from each conduit and expands laterally relative thereto. The area of the cavity on a cross-section through the fillet portion perpendicular to the radial direction of the engine and at an expanding part of the cavity is greater than the area of the conduit, or the combined areas of the conduits, on a parallel cross-section at the end of the airfoil portion.

A casing for a laser spark plug, in particular, of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, or of a stationary engine; the casing including at least one casing part and a combustion chamber window joined to the casing part to form a seal at least regionally; characterized in that at least one sealing element, whose coefficient of thermal expansion at an operating temperature of the laser spark plug is greater than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the casing part at the operating temperature of the laser spark plug, is provided between the casing part and the combustion chamber window.

A method for reducing turbolag in a turbocharged internal combustion engine includes demanding torque for shifting the internal combustion engine from a stationary engine mode to a transient engine mode, closing an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve during the transient engine mode, repositioning guide vanes of a Variable Geometry Turbine (VGT) turbo unit from a first position when in the stationary engine mode to a second position when in the transient engine mode, increasing a duration of overlapping of at least one inlet valve and at least one outlet valve provided in a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine from as first duration when in the stationary mode to a second duration when in the transient mode for increasing the amount of air flowing from an inlet manifold to an exhaust manifold and thereby increasing acceleration of a turbine of the VGT turbo unit.

A system and method for dissipating vehicle under hood heat accumulated during stationary engine operation at high load or RPM and / or under high temperature ambient conditions is installed in a vehicle having an engine positioned within an engine compartment, and a cooling fan selectively driven by way of a fan clutch. The system includes a controller connected to the engine and to the fan clutch. The controller determines whether the period of stationary engine operation occurs at or above a threshold engine load or RPM, at or above a threshold engine operating temperature, at or above a threshold ambient temperature, and / or for or longer than a threshold stationary engine operation duration. If so, the at least one controller increases a low idle set point of the engine and commands the fan clutch to engage or remain engaged for a cool-down period following the period of stationary engine operation.

A variable compression ratio engine comprises a stationary engine block in which movable members interact to enable a piston to translate in a combustion cylinder of the engine block, defining a stroke of the combustion piston. The engine further comprises a self-contained device for adjusting a position of a top dead center of the combustion piston, the self-contained device being connected to or built into at least one of the movable members and having a high-pressure hydraulic chamber to counteract the combustion and inertial forces at a bottom dead center, a low-pressure hydraulic chamber to counteract the inertial forces at the top dead center, at least one calibrated conduit to enable hydraulic fluid to flow between the high- and low-pressure hydraulic chambers, and return means to bring the device back to a nominal position.

A system and method are provided for hybrid electric internal combustion engine applications in which a motor-generator, a narrow switchable coupling and a torque transfer unit therebetween are arranged and positioned in the constrained environment at the front of an engine in applications such as commercial vehicles, off-road vehicles and stationary engine installations. The motor-generator is preferably positioned laterally offset from the switchable coupling, which is co-axially-arranged with the front 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 the same as a conventional belt drive pulley and engine damper. The front end motor-generator system includes an electrical energy store that receives electrical energy generated by the motor-generator when the coupling is engaged. Whenthe coupling is disengaged, the motor-generator may drive the pulley portion of the clutch-pulley-damper to drive the engine accessories using energy returned from the energy store, independent of the engine crankshaft.