Supercharging apparatus

• US 3,232,044 A
• Filed: 01/17/1964
• Issued: 02/01/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Louis Gratzmuller Jean
• Original Assignee: Louis Gratzmuller Jean
• Inventors: LOUIS GRATZMULLER JEAN
• Application Number:
  US04/338,401
• Time in Patent Office: 746 Days
• US Class Current: 60/599
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 29/0412 Multiple heat exchangers arranged in parallel or in series
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 29/0443 Layout of the coolant or refrigerant circuit
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 3/06 with compression ignition compression ignition engines using air or gas for blowing fuel into compressed air in cylinder F02B13/02
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 37/16 by bypassing charging air
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies

Claims

1. SUPERCHARGING APPARATUS FOR USE WITH DIESEL ENGINES HAVING INTAKE MEANS, EXHAUST MEANS, AN INTERNAL WATER COOLING SYSTEM AND A SEPARATE LUBRICANT COOLING SYSTEM, SAID SUPERCHARGING APPARATUS COMPRISING:

(A) AN INTAKE AIR PATH INCLUDING COMPRESSOR MEANS FOR COMPRESSING AIR, AND COOLING MEANS FOR COOLING COMPRESSED AIR, (A) SAID COOLING MEANS COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND SUCCESSIVELY ARRANGED HEAT EXCHANGERS AND BEING COUPLED TO SAID COMPRESSER MEANS TO RECEIVE COMPRESSED AIR THEREFROM AND COUPLED TO SAID INTAKE MEANS TO DIRECT COOLED COMPRESSED AIR THERETO;

(B) SAID FIRST HEAT EXCHANGER BEING CONNECTED IN SAID INTERNAL WATER COOLING SYSTEM AS PART THEREOF;

(C) SAID SECOND HEAT EXCHANGER BEING CONNECTED IN SAID SEPARATE LUBRICANT COOLING SYSTEM AS PART THEREOF;

(B) AN EXHAUST AIR PATH INCLUDING TURBINE MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID COMPRESSOR MEANS, SAID TURBINE MEANS BEING COUPLED TO SAID EXHAUST MEANS TO RECEIVE ENGINE EXHAUST GASES TO DRIVE SAID TURBINE MEANS, (C) A DIVERSION AIR PATH INCLUDING DUCT MEANS FOR DIVERTING COMPRESSSED AIR FROM SAID INTAKE AIR PATH TO SAID EXHAUST AIR PATH, AND (D) CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF COMPRESSED AIR THROUGH SAID DUCT MEANS.