Power plants – Pressure fluid source and motor – Pneumatic motor with gas supply or removal device
Patent
1995-10-24
1998-03-10
Lopez, F. Daniel
Power plants
Pressure fluid source and motor
Pneumatic motor with gas supply or removal device
60410, 60412, 60431, F16D 3900
Patent
active
057248117
ABSTRACT:
A gas-based transmission which has a self-regulating mechanical advantage that is continuously--and, essentially, infinitely variable. A high-pressure reservoir receives either exhaust gas from an engine or air from a compressor that is run by the drive shaft from an engine. A pressure regulator on the output of the high-pressure reservoir controls the engine resistance and decouples the engine from the the drive forces. The pressure can be set at a given level which will approximate the power curve for the engine or can be controlled by a computer so that the engine will produce the power desired by the operator at the lowest engine speed capable of producing such power, i.e., the engine will operate precisely on its power curve. The gas or air passes from the pressure regulator to a variable-pressure reservoir. The variable-pressure reservoir is connected to a gas-operated drive motor so that when the pressure within the variable-pressure reservoir has reached the precise level necessary for the gas-operated drive motor to operate against the existing drive force, the gas or air will begin leaving the variable-pressure reservoir and start rotating the drive shaft of the gas-operated drive motor. The gas or air can be directed through the gas-operated drive motor in a reverse direction to cause the drive shaft to turn in a reverse direction. Braking is accomplished by drawing air into the output of the gas-operated drive motor and conducting it to the high-pressure reservoir. Energy storage is also available.
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Fehr Thompson E.
Lopez F. Daniel
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