Patent ID: 7762056

Claim:
An engine combination for generating forces, the engine combination comprising: a gas turbine engine having an air inlet open to the atmosphere, an air compressor, a combustor, a turbine with an exhaust manifold thereabout from which fluids can be transferred to the turbine and an exhaust exit nozzle open to the atmosphere all positioned along a fluids flow path passing therethrough for generating force, the air compressor having an air transfer duct extending therefrom so as to be capable to provide compressed air in that air transfer duct at one end thereof; and an internal combustion engine provided as an intermittent combustion engine having an air intake and an exhaust outlet each coupled to combustion chambers therein and a rotatable output shaft also coupled to those combustion chambers for generating force, the air transfer duct being connected at an opposite end to the air intake to be capable of transferring compressed air thereto, the exhaust outlet having an exhaust transfer duct extending therefrom so as to have the intermittent combustion engine be capable to provide exhaust therefrom in that exhaust transfer duct at one end thereof, and the exhaust transfer duct being connected at an opposite end thereof to the exhaust manifold to be capable of transferring intermittent combustion engine exhaust thereto.