Linear hydraulic drive system for a Stirling engine

Patent · 20 February 1984

OSTI ID:864887

Walsh, Michael M ^[1]

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1. Schenectady, NY

A hydraulic drive system operating from the periodic pressure wave produced by a Stirling engine along a first axis thereof and effecting transfer of power from the Stirling engine to a load apparatus therefor and wherein the movable, or working member of the load apparatus is reciprocatingly driven along an axis substantially at right angles to the first axis to achieve an arrangement of a Stirling engine and load apparatus assembly which is much shorter and the components of the load apparatus more readily accessible.

• Assignee: Mechanical Technology Incorporated (Latham, NY)
• Patent Number(s): US 4432204
• Application Number: 06/384,303
• OSTI ID: 864887
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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