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Exterior cooling for a heat engine

  • US 6,332,319 B1
  • Filed: 03/10/2000
  • Issued: 12/25/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A heat engine body for a heat engine comprising:

  • (a) a container defining a sealed region within which a working fluid is circulated when the heat engine is in use, the sealed region having first and second ends which are in fluid flow communication via a working fluid passageway, the first end is at a different temperature than the second end when the heat engine is in use; and

    , (b) the heat engine body having a longitudinally extending outer wall having an outer surface and a heat exchanger is mounted on at least a portion of the outer surface of the outer wall, the heat exchanger comprising at least one cooling fin having a wall portion defined by first and second opposed sides and having openings therethrough, whereby a cooling fluid may flow through the wall portion via the openings from the first opposed side to the second opposed side.

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