US4902952A
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Cooling apparatus
Assignee: BAE Systems PLC
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Filing: 1989-05-17
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Granted: 1990-02-20
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Expires: 2009-05-17
Abstract
Abstract A Stirling cycle cooling engine with separate linear motor drives for the compressor and displacer, the drives being powered by a common oscillator via respective look up table/digital to analog converter circuits and respective displacement regulating servo-loop circuits and to regulate the temperature of the element cooled by the engine, a temperature sensor arranged to control the amplitude of the compressor piston displacement.
Inventors
- 👤 Brendan Lavery
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 09:00
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02G; F02G1/00; F02G1/04; F02G1/043; F02G1/0435; F25; F25B; F25B9/00; F25B9/14; F25B2309/00; F25B2309/14; F25B2309/1428
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
A Stirling Cycle cooling engine comprising: electromagnetic drive means for electromagnetically driving a compressor for generating pressure variations in a working fluid of a cold finger assembly and for electromagnetically driving a cold finger displacer; and means for energizing the electromagnetic drive means for the compressor and cold finger displacer, comprising a common oscillator, two digital memories arranged to be addressed in dependence upon an output of the oscillator and each storing respective output waveform sample look-up tables, two digital-to-analog converters for converting respective outputs of said digital memories to analog waveforms, and two servo loop circuits for receiving respective ones of said analog waveforms and forming respective energization signals for the electromagnetic drive means based thereon.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
117 words
A Stirling Cycle cooling engine comprising: electromagnetic drive means for electromagnetically driving a compressor for generating pressure variations in a working fluid of a cold finger assembly and for electromagnetically driving a cold finger displacer; and means for energizing the electromagnetic drive means for the compressor and cold finger displacer, comprising a common oscillator, two digital memories arranged to be addressed in dependence upon an output of the oscillator and each storing respective output waveform sample look-up tables, two digital-to-analog converters for converting respective outputs of said digital memories to analog waveforms, and two servo loop circuits for receiving respective ones of said analog waveforms and forming respective energization signals for the electromagnetic drive means based thereon.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A cooling engine as in claim 1 wherein said servo-loop circuits includes means for amplifying said analog waveform.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
A cooling engine as in claim 2 further comprising means for detecting a temperature of an element to be cooled, wherein said amplifying means includes means, responsive to said temperature detecting means, for adjusting a gain of amplification, dependent thereon.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
A cooling engine as in claim 1, further comprising means for sensing a position of at least one of said compressor and said displacer, and wherein said servo-loop circuits include means, coupled to said sensing position means, for providing a feedback indicative of a position to said servo-loop circuits.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A cooling engine as in claim 4 wherein said servo-loop circuits includes means for amplifying said analog waveform.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
A cooling engine as in claim 5 further comprising means for detecting a temperature of an element to be cooled, wherein said amplifying means includes means, responsive to said temperature detecting means, for amplifying said waveform by an amount dependent on said temperature and said position.
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