Patent ID: 9032912
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: F02B,F02D,F02M

Abstract:
1. An air connector for use in a vehicle having a compressed air storage tank and an internal combustion engine having intake and exhaust ports connected to associated intake and exhaust pipes, the air connector comprising: a rod formed with an air passage therein; a stopper mounted on an end the rod, a portion of the air passage also extending therethrough; a check valve movably arranged in the air passage of the rod and biased to seal the portion of the air passage extending through the stopper; and an actuator operable to move the stopper via the rod; wherein the air connector serves to enable the tank to be filled with gases compressed by the engine, the air connector being mountable opposite an intake or an exhaust port within an associated intake or exhaust pipe; and wherein, during use of the air connector, the stopper is movable by the actuator between an open position in which the port communicates with the associated intake or exhaust pipe and a closed position in which the stopper isolates the port from the associated intake or exhaust pipe and establishes communication between the port and the tank by way of the air passage in the rod and the check valve.