Patent ID: 7485977
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: F02B,H02K

Abstract:
1. A power generating system comprising: a miniature internal combustion engine (MICE) having a piston and shaft axially moving within a casing and the shaft being operatively connected to a first end of a spring a second end of the spring being fixed to the casing, the shaft being further inter-connected to an alternator assembly in which axial movement of the shaft causes relative movement of an alternator coil with respect to a magnet assembly; and a fuel/air mixture intake assembly in fluid communication with an intake port of the MICE generator including a heater that elevates a temperature of the intake assembly and of the fuel air mixture above an ambient environmental temperature assembly includes an intake plenum defining an enclosed space around the intake port, and the plenum being in fluid communication with a fuel atomizer and air intake that delivers the fuel/air mixture in an atomized state to the intake plenum.