Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-purpose drive for internal combustion engine
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Application No.: US17299455Application Date: 2019-11-27
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Publication No.: US11655754B2Publication Date: 2023-05-23
- Inventor: John Rutledge
- Applicant: Perkins Engines Company Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Peterborough
- Assignee: Perkins Engines Comapny Limited
- Current Assignee: Perkins Engines Comapny Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Peterbourough
- Agency: von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
- Priority: GB 19699 2018.12.03
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/025421 2019.11.27
- International Announcement: WO2020/114625A 2020.06.11
- Date entered country: 2021-06-03
- Main IPC: F02B39/04
- IPC: F02B39/04 ; F02B33/40 ; F02B39/12

Abstract:
An engine assembly comprises: an internal combustion engine having: a combustion chamber; an air inlet for supplying air to the combustion chamber; a fuel injector for supplying fuel to the combustion chamber; an exhaust outlet for releasing exhaust gas from the combustion chamber and a rotatable drive shaft, wherein combustion of fuel in air within the combustion chamber results in rotation of the drive shaft. The engine assembly further comprises: a turbocharger system comprising: a turbine configured to recover energy from exhaust gas provided via the exhaust gas outlet; and a turbocharger compressor configured to receive energy from the turbine and thereby to compress air for use in combustion of fuel in the combustion chamber. The engine assembly further comprises: a supercharger system comprising a supercharger compressor configured to receive kinetic energy from the drive shaft and to compress air for use in combustion in the combustion chamber. The engine assembly further comprises: a flywheel configured for kinetic energy storage; a first linkage between the drive shaft and the flywheel, wherein the linkage comprises a variable belt drive; and a second linkage between the first linkage and the supercharger compressor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220056839A1 Multi-Purpose Drive for Internal Combustion Engine Public/Granted day:2022-02-24
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