Patents Examined by Carlton R. Croyll
  • Patent number: 4069672
    Abstract: A waste heat recovery system for an internal combustion engine having a mixture of ammonia and water used in the cooling system. The hose and radiator portion of the cooling system is protected from high pressures within the water jacket by a pressure regulator valve. A pump is provided for pumping the coolant from the low pressure system to the high pressure system. Water vapor leaving the water jacket with the ammonia vapor is removed and returned to the water jacket by means of a rectifier. The ammonia vapor is super heated by engine exhaust gases and is then used to drive a turbine. The ammonia gas which has been cooled by expansion in the turbine is used to cool a secondary fluid before the ammonia is returned to the radiator absorber. The secondary fluid cooled by the returning ammonia vapor is used to provide cooling for the rectifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1978
    Inventor: Robert W. Milling
  • Patent number: 4025247
    Abstract: A corner seal member for use in a rotary internal combustion engine is constructed with an apex seal groove and an elongated cavity. The elongated cavity forms a thin wall having a substantially semicircular cross-section in the opposite side of the apex seal groove. The gas pressure delivered into the elongated cavity is advantageously used for urging the corner seal towards the inner surface of the corner seal groove, thereby preventing the gas pressure from leaking into an adjacent working chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1977
    Assignees: Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd., Nippon Piston Ring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kurio, Tadashi Ebihara