公开(公告)号：US20170009701A1

公开(公告)日：2017-01-12

申请号：US15113033

申请日：2015-01-16

申请人： TOUR ENGINE INC.

发明人： Hugo Benjamin TOUR ,  Oded TOUR ,  Gilad TOUR ,  Ehud SIVAN ,  Michael H. WAHL

IPC分类号： F02G1/055

CPC分类号： F02G1/055 ,  F01L5/04 ,  F01L5/06 ,  F01L7/02 ,  F01L7/022 ,  F01N5/02 ,  F02B33/12 ,  F02B41/06 ,  F02G1/02 ,  F02G1/043 ,  F02G2244/00 ,  F02G2244/08 ,  F02G2270/55

摘要： An engine includes a compression chamber that intakes and compresses working fluid; an expansion chamber that expands and exhausts working fluid; and a transfer chamber that receives working fluid from the compression chamber and transfers working fluid to the expansion chamber, wherein an internal volume of the transfer chamber decreases during the transfer of working fluid.

摘要翻译： 发动机包括进入和压缩工作流体的压缩室; 膨胀室，其膨胀和排出工作流体; 以及传送室，其从所述压缩室接收工作流体并将工作流体输送到所述膨胀室，其中所述传送室的内部容积在所述工作流体的传送期间减小。

公开(公告)号：US20180266308A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-20

申请号：US15544497

申请日：2016-01-19

申请人： Tour Engine, Inc.

发明人： Gilad TOUR ,  Oded TOUR ,  Hugo Benjamin TOUR

IPC分类号： F02B33/22 ,  F02B41/06 ,  F02B33/44 ,  F01L5/04

CPC分类号： F02B33/22 ,  F01L5/045 ,  F01L7/02 ,  F02B33/44 ,  F02B41/06

摘要： A split-cycle internal combustion engine (ICE) is provided, comprising a compression cylinder, an expansion cylinder and a crossover valve having a valve cylinder housing inside a shuttle and a combustion chamber structure defining a combustion chamber. The shuttle is configured to perform reciprocating motion inside the valve cylinder synchronously with a compression piston and an expansion piston, thereby alternatingly fluidly coupling and decoupling the combustion chamber with the compression cylinder and with the expansion cylinder, selectively. Sealing rings positioned between the valve cylinder and the shuttle prevent gas leaks between them during the reciprocating motion. In some embodiments, a phase shift between the pistons may be set or varied by a piston phase transmission gear. A bi-directional fluid flow split-cycle internal combustion engine (ICE) is also provided having a first cylinder, a second cylinder, a combustion chamber and a single crossover valve fluidly communicating them. A three-cylinders split-cycle internal combustion engine (ICE) is also provided, having a compression cylinder and a combustion chamber, wherein a single crossover valve alternatingly fluidly couples the combustion chamber to two or more expansion cylinders.

公开(公告)号：US20160305311A1

公开(公告)日：2016-10-20

申请号：US14817142

申请日：2015-08-03

申请人： Tour Engine, Inc.

发明人： Hugo Benjamin TOUR ,  Oded TOUR ,  Gilad TOUR

IPC分类号： F02B33/30 ,  F02B33/22

CPC分类号： F02B33/30 ,  F02B19/02 ,  F02B19/18 ,  F02B33/18 ,  F02B33/22 ,  F02B2710/036

摘要： An internal combustion engine, including a combustion chamber with a first aperture; a compression chamber with a second aperture; and a crossover valve comprising an internal chamber, first and second valve seats, a valve head, and first and second valve faces on the valve head, wherein the first aperture allows fluid communication between the combustion chamber and the internal chamber, the second aperture allows fluid communication between the compression chamber and the internal chamber, the first valve face couples to the first valve seat to occlude the first aperture, and the second valve face couples to the second valve seat to occlude the second aperture.

摘要翻译： 一种内燃机，包括具有第一孔的燃烧室; 具有第二孔的压缩室; 以及交换阀，包括内部室，第一和第二阀座，阀头以及阀头上的第一和第二阀面，其中第一孔允许燃烧室和内部室之间的流体连通，第二孔允许 在压缩室和内部室之间的流体连通，第一阀面联接到第一阀座以封闭第一孔，并且第二阀面联接到第二阀座以封闭第二孔。

公开(公告)号：US20220010724A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-13

申请号：US17292394

申请日：2019-11-08

申请人： Tour Engine, Inc.

发明人： Michael H. WAHL ,  Amit HELFAND ,  Gilad TOUR ,  Yehoram HOFMAN ,  Hugo Benjamin TOUR ,  Oded TOUR

IPC分类号： F02B41/06

摘要： 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.