Independently variable phase and stroke control for a double acting Stirling engine

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:864575

Berchowitz, David M ^[1]

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1. Scotia, NY

A phase and stroke control apparatus for the pistons of a Stirling engine includes a ring on the end of each piston rod in which a pair of eccentrics is arranged in series, torque transmitting relationship. The outer eccentric is rotatably mounted in the ring and is rotated by the orbiting ring; the inner eccentric is mounted on an output shaft. The two eccentrics are mounted for rotation together within the ring during normal operation. A device is provided for rotating one eccentric with respect to another to change the effective eccentricity of the pair of eccentrics. A separately controlled phase adjustment is provided to null the phase change introduced by the change in the orientation of the outer eccentric, and also to enable the phase of the pistons to be changed independently of the stroke change.

• DOE Contract Number: DEN 3-32
• Assignee: Mechanical Technology Incorporated (Latham, NY)
• Patent Number(s): US 4387566
• OSTI ID: 864575
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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stroke
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stirling
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pair
eccentrics
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series
torque
transmitting
relationship
outer
eccentric
rotatably
mounted
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orbiting
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output
shaft
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normal
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rotating
respect
change
effective
eccentricity
separately
controlled
adjustment
introduced
orientation
enable
changed
controlled phase
rotatably mounted
output shaft
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phase change
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control apparatus
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stroke control
transmitting relation
independently variable
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