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    Bill Gates Files Patents For Electromagnetic Engine, Plasma Injectors

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    Image of FЯeeMan FЯeeMan
    04/14/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Files Patents For Electromagnetic Engine, Plasma Injectors
    So, this is a gas powered version of my post-apocalypse shake-it-like-a-Bill-Murray-ball-washer... powered flashlight, only bigger and for cars?
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    Image of FlakJack FlakJack
    04/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Files Patents For Electromagnetic Engine, Plasma Injectors
    Is this a joke? What's the caption to this drawing?


    (Fig. 1 - A nine-fingered carny woman gives Voltron a handjob.)

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/14/09

    @FlakJack: HA! Excellent!
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    04/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Files Patents For Electromagnetic Engine, Plasma Injectors
    ...And the plasma injectors are skilfully crafted from only the highest 4C-graded dilithium crystals, hand-faceted and mounted by Orthodox Hasidic Vulcans in Redmond, from families who've been in the gem trade for generations ...
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    Image of -Core- -Core-
    04/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Files Patents For Electromagnetic Engine, Plasma Injectors
    In my opinion you should not be able to file a patent unless you have a working prototype.


    But besides that.. looks extremely complicated.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/14/09

    @-Core-: That actually used to be true, long ago. But the US Patent Office ran out of space to store them, even the miniatures.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Files Patents For Electromagnetic Engine, Plasma Injectors
    I'm surprised no one has made a snide comment about Big Oil buying the rights to these yet.
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    Image of thunder; now eta-powered thunder; now eta-powered
    04/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Files Patents For Electromagnetic Engine, Plasma Injectors
    You don't think for a minute this is an original idea, do you? You know where he got it? He stole a time-travel ship back in the early '80's and ahs been reverse-engineering bits a little at a time. The guy he stole it from ended up a bum in SanFran.


    I saw it on TV; it must be true.

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    04/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Files Patents For Electromagnetic Engine, Plasma Injectors
    This has a very long way to go before it has any practical applications, You'll need some exceptionally powerful magnets or very high rod speeds in order to generate appreciable current. This may be best suited for very small engines, and not have much scalability - unless your looking at rod lengths generally found in the engines of supertankers.
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    Image of parkwood60 parkwood60
    04/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Files Patents For Electromagnetic Engine, Plasma Injectors
    I have the same question about this that I did about the "Hop Rod" gas powered pogo stick. Without a crank shaft and connecting rod, how do you stop the piston that just fired down the cylinder like a cannon ball?
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    04/13/09

    @parkwood60: With another explosion at the other end.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    04/13/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: @driggity: Still won't work. You'll need a power stroke to run the compression stroke, or the exhaust stroke in the opposing cylinder. But you can't have both. I didn't read through the entire patent filing (I hate patent attorney speak), but it looks like a 4 stroke. The only way that it would feasibly work is as a two stroke.


    As a 2 stroke, it would need positive intake pressure, but without a crankcase, it needs an external pump, preferably positive displacement, like the roots style pump on a 6-71 two stroke diesel. At the bottom of the stroke, both valves would open, and as pressure was relieved through the exhaust valve, the pressurized intake would displace the spent gasses, before the valves closed just before the opposing cylinder fired to compress the fresh mixture.


    It won't work, but at least it seems possible.


    As a four stroke, it is completely impossible. If you map out each of the four strokes, for each of the opposing cylinders, you'll find that 6 out of the 8 strokes have no way of working. Well, I suppose 5 out of 8, since the exhaust stroke of one of the cylinders is theoretically possible, if you ignore the fact that both cylinders can't have a power stroke.

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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    04/13/09

    @smalleyxb122: And even as such, if it did work, sinusoidal motion is a better regulation of piston speed than purely compressive damping.


    Especially when the compressive damping would be inconsistent in a throttled application. I guess it's gotta be diesel.

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    Image of MechE Hokie MechE Hokie
    04/13/09

    @smalleyxb122: I like your analysis. However, did you notice that the opposed cylinder design uses three separate windings? I think the middle one is the power generation winding, and the last to would act as solenoids to keep the piston away from the valves. By varying the current through the end windings, you would be able to increase the opposing force.


    Would this help out your stroke calculations?

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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    04/13/09

    @MechE Hokie: I see to what you are referring, and it would probably make it functional, but there are inherent inefficiencies with that. That would mean that you are using additional energy expressly to dissipate energy. That's a lose/lose, in my book.
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    04/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Files Patents For Electromagnetic Engine, Plasma Injectors
    so this is a wraped coil with plasma injectors?
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    04/13/09

    @damnelantra™: fail alert... warp...
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Files Patents For Electromagnetic Engine, Plasma Injectors
    So instead of replacing the engine when it seizes, you just hit "Ctrl+Alt+Delete"?
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    04/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Files Patents For Electromagnetic Engine, Plasma Injectors
    Yes but how fast can I download porn with it?
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    Image of .357 .357
    04/13/09

    @pres is Jalopnik Dolomite: Well, since you asked, 249.254689 km/h.
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    04/14/09

    @Lord Pferdestärke the 357th:


    So porn is on the metric system these days? That would explain the popularity of the whole Russian school girl trend.

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    04/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Files Patents For Electromagnetic Engine, Plasma Injectors
    Come on, guys. Jalopnik Gold was so two weeks ago.
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    Image of .357 .357
    04/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Files Patents For Electromagnetic Engine, Plasma Injectors
    I want to like it, but I don't want a million viruses to infect my pistons.
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    Image of 85_GN 85_GN
    04/13/09

    @Lord Pferdestärke the 357th:


    Isn't your piston already infected?

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    04/13/09

    @85_Grand_National: The doctor said it was normal!
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