Patents by Inventor Amit HELFAND

Amit HELFAND has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Transfer mechanism for a split-cycle engine
    Patent number: 11668231
    Abstract: A split-cycle engine includes: a compression chamber, housing a first piston, that induces and compresses working fluid; an expansion chamber, housing a second piston, that expands and exhausts the working fluid; and a transfer chamber, housing a third piston and a fourth piston, wherein the third piston and the fourth piston move relatively to vary a volume within the transfer chamber and to selectively fluidly couple the volume within the transfer chamber to the compression chamber and the expansion chamber. A method of operating an engine includes: inducing working fluid in a first chamber; compressing the working fluid in the first chamber; moving a first moveable boundary of a second chamber; moving a second moveable boundary of the second chamber; expanding the working fluid in the third chamber; and exhausting the working fluid from the third chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Tour Engine, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael H. Wahl, Amit Helfand, Gilad Tour, Yehoram Hofman, Hugo Benjamin Tour, Oded Tour
  • TRANSFER MECHANISM FOR A SPLIT-CYCLE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20220010724
    Abstract: A split-cycle engine includes: a compression chamber, housing a first piston, that induces and compresses working fluid; an expansion chamber, housing a second piston, that expands and exhausts the working fluid; and a transfer chamber, housing a third piston and a fourth piston, wherein the third piston and the fourth piston move relatively to vary a volume within the transfer chamber and to selectively fluidly couple the volume within the transfer chamber to the compression chamber and the expansion chamber. A method of operating an engine includes: inducing working fluid in a first chamber; compressing the working fluid in the first chamber; moving a first moveable boundary of a second chamber; moving a second moveable boundary of the second chamber; expanding the working fluid in the third chamber; and exhausting the working fluid from the third chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Tour Engine, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael H. WAHL, Amit HELFAND, Gilad TOUR, Yehoram HOFMAN, Hugo Benjamin TOUR, Oded TOUR