Magnet-Driven Piston Conversion for Low-Voltage Hybrid Engines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Internal combustion engines suffer from poor efficiency, mechanical and thermal dispersions, atmospheric pollution, and high fuel and maintenance costs, with hybrid vehicles relying on expensive high-voltage batteries and limited range.
Innovation Solution
A system using magnets and electromagnets to move pistons within a conventional internal combustion engine, powered by a lower voltage electric circuit, with a CPU and H bridge to invert magnetic polarity, allowing conversion to an electric or hybrid engine.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If high-voltage batteries are used in hybrid vehicles to replace internal combustion engines, then fuel efficiency is improved, but battery cost and disposal cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the voltage parameter from high-voltage (current hybrid vehicle standard) to low-voltage (12V automotive battery), fundamentally altering the energy system's cost structure while maintaining fuel efficiency benefits through magnetic field actuation of pistons
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the high-voltage battery system with a low-voltage electromagnetic system that uses magnetic fields to directly actuate pistons, eliminating the need for expensive high-voltage batteries while maintaining electric motor functionality
2Power
If internal combustion engines operate with fuel combustion, then mechanical power is produced, but mechanical and thermal dispersions reduce efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent substitutes the fuel combustion process with an electromagnetic system where coils generate magnetic fields to directly move pistons, eliminating thermal losses from combustion and improving mechanical efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the energy conversion mechanism from chemical combustion to electromagnetic actuation, fundamentally altering how mechanical power is generated while reducing energy losses
3Adaptability or versatility
If internal combustion engines are used, then vehicles can operate independently of electric infrastructure, but atmospheric pollution and fuel costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the internal combustion process with an electromagnetic system that uses low-voltage batteries and coils to move pistons, eliminating exhaust emissions while maintaining vehicle independence from external infrastructure
Solution Approach 2:
The patent converts the traditional harmful combustion process into a beneficial electromagnetic actuation system that eliminates pollution while using the existing piston-cylinder mechanical structure to its advantage
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Reduces fuel consumption, maintenance costs, and environmental impact by converting internal combustion engines to electric or hybrid systems using lower voltage batteries, while maintaining existing drive systems and reducing magnetic interference.
Implementation Method 1
Said magnetic field is created by an electromagnet installed on the upper part of the engine, at each piston
Implementation Method 2
Each electromagnet is adapted to emanate a magnetic field which, thanks to polarity inversion, is able to attract and repel the magnet installed on the fixed polarity piston
Implementation Method 3
The current flow which flows through the electromagnet was therefore inverted by the CPU, by using a H bridge, or a particular configuration of the electrical system which enables the current to invert its flow, therefore inverting the polarity of the magnetic field created by the electromagnet
Data Source
AI summary
System for optimizing an internal combustion engine adapted to modify a common internal combustion engine, or a similar mechanical structure and which uses the same drive system, by applying a plurality of magnets; said system comprising:—at least a common internal combustion engine or a similar mechanical structure; —a plurality of pistons, adapted to move the drive shaft; at least a magnet (11), installed on the head of the piston (10), having a fixed polarity; —at least an electromagnet, installed above each piston; —at least an additional electric circuit (16); —at least a H bridge and a CPU (17), adapted to manage the inversion of polarity of the electromagnets; —at least an on-board computer, connected to the CPU (17), adapted to coordinate and optimize the inversion of polarity of the electromagnets; —one or more accumulators of the type already used on vehicles in circulation and however, with at least 12 V and with at least 3 Ah, charged by the dynamo fitted in the vehicle and/or from the external, by connecting to the power mains or with the other systems currently fitted in circulating electric vehicles; —at least a container (12), located above each piston (10), adapted to comprise—therein—the electromagnet which moves the relative piston; —at least a system for cooling the electromagnet.