Rotary shafts – gudgeons – housings – and flexible couplings for ro – Housing
Patent
1982-08-06
1984-03-27
Levy, Stuart S.
Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for ro
Housing
464178, F16C 3502
Patent
active
044391692
ABSTRACT:
The pressure containment device for containing pressurized gas within a Stirling engine is characterized by enclosing a drive mechanism housing with a cylindrical pressure hull having first and second ends whereby a portion of the drive mechanism housing extends through the first end of the pressure hull and the second end thereof, is rigidly connected to the drive mechanism housing. An o-ring is used to seal the connection where the drive mechanism housing extends through the first end of the pressure hull to allow small axial and radial relative motions therebetween. An output shaft extends along the axis of revolution of the pressure hull and is supported by front and rear main bearings and a thrust bearing, all rigidly connected to the drive mechanism housing. A rotating shaft seal, also connected to the drive mechanism housing, prevents pressurized gas from escaping along the output shaft.
REFERENCES:
"Evaluation of the Potential of the Stirling Engine for Heavy Duty Application", Final Report by Meizer and Ziph, Contract No. NA53-22226, May 1981.
A Variable Angle Wobble Plate Drive for a Stroke Controlled Stirling Engine, American Chemical Society, Paper 799258, 1979.
Conceptual Design of a Variable Displacement Stirling Engine for Automotive Propulsion, R. J. Meijer and A. P. J. Michels, S.A.E., Paper 789351, Oct. 1978.
Brown Robert J.
Meijer Roelf J.
Ziph Benjamin
Huynh Dao Van
Levy Stuart S.
Stirling Thermal Motors, Inc.
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