Power booster internal combustion engine flywheel

Patent · Tue Aug 08 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5452239

Dingess, B E

This patent describes a flywheel apparatus for an internal combustion engine. The engine comprises a crankshaft, a cam shaft, a means of advancing the crankshaft in rotation on the power strokes to that of the flywheel, means of retarding the crankshaft on the compression strokes the flywheel. The apparatus further comprising, a first flywheel, linkage means connecting a flywheel shaft to the crankshaft, a first flywheel housing, bearing means of linking the first flywheel to the flywheel shaft, a plurality of cylinders housed to the first flywheel housing, a plurality of nitrogen charged bladders housed within the cylinders, a plurality of cam action rods housed within the cylinders, a cam housed to the flywheel shaft, linkage means linking the cam action rods to the bladders, second linkage means linking the cam action rods by way of a cam roller to the cam, a freewheeling flywheel housing, bearing means linking the freewheeling flywheel to the flywheel shaft, third linkage means linking a freewheeling clutch between the freewheeling flywheel housing and the flywheel shaft, a shifter apparatus comprising means of locking the first flywheel housing to the freewheeling flywheel housing in a first position, means of connecting the flywheel shaft and the freewheeling flywheel housing by way of the freewheeling clutch in a second position, a front flywheel comprising means of driving the cam shaft at a balanced rotational speed from the crankshaft when the crankshaft is rotating at varying rotational speeds within each revolution of the crankshaft.

• Assignee: NOV; NOV-89-081164; EDB-90-001837
• Patent Number(s): US 4854274
• Application Number: PPN: US 7161111A
• OSTI ID: 5452239
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330100* -- Internal Combustion Engines
330500 -- Advanced Propulsion Systems-- Flywheel Propulsion
DESIGN
ENGINES
FLYWHEELS
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MACHINE PARTS
MECHANICAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
OPERATION
SHAFTS