Attachment of cylinders in the housing of free-piston stirling machines
Abstract
An improvement to a free-piston Stirling machine having a cylinder mounted within a housing. The cylinder has a flange for mounting the cylinder within the housing to a transition plate with a central opening for receiving the cylinder. An elastic rim bounds and surrounds the opening and extends in an axial direction from the plate to a crest of the rim. The crest of the rim is in contact against a first axially facing side of the cylinder flange. The interior side of the rim is outwardly spaced from the exterior side of the cylinder. A compliant clamp is attached to the transition plate and is positioned on the opposite, axially facing side of the cylinder flange. The compliant clamp has an elastic spring extending against the cylinder flange which applies a force urging the cylinder flange in an axial direction against the crest of the elastic rim.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sunpower, Inc., Athens, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1531377
- Patent Number(s):
- 10156204
- Application Number:
- 15/494,690
- Assignee:
- SunPower, Inc. (Athens, OH)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02G - HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AR0000604
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2017-04-24
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Cale, E. Todd, and Stanley, John. Attachment of cylinders in the housing of free-piston stirling machines. United States: N. p., 2018.
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Cale, E. Todd, & Stanley, John. Attachment of cylinders in the housing of free-piston stirling machines. United States.
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"Attachment of cylinders in the housing of free-piston stirling machines". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1531377.
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author = {Cale, E. Todd and Stanley, John},
abstractNote = {An improvement to a free-piston Stirling machine having a cylinder mounted within a housing. The cylinder has a flange for mounting the cylinder within the housing to a transition plate with a central opening for receiving the cylinder. An elastic rim bounds and surrounds the opening and extends in an axial direction from the plate to a crest of the rim. The crest of the rim is in contact against a first axially facing side of the cylinder flange. The interior side of the rim is outwardly spaced from the exterior side of the cylinder. A compliant clamp is attached to the transition plate and is positioned on the opposite, axially facing side of the cylinder flange. The compliant clamp has an elastic spring extending against the cylinder flange which applies a force urging the cylinder flange in an axial direction against the crest of the elastic rim.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2018},
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