ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,822, issued on July 28, was assigned to HENENG (HAINAN) TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Hainan, China).
"Internally heated engine" was invented by Muze Lin (Beijing), Heyuan Lin (Beijing) and Hefei Lin (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internally heated engine, which comprises a Stirling engine and heating facilities. The internally heated engine, by means of altering a means of external heating of the Stirling engine, is provided with the heating facilities in a hot cylinder to push a piston to output power."
The patent was filed on Nov. 15, 2022, under Application No. 18/832,676.
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