SBIR/STTR Research Award
VENTILATED BAND SEALS FOR NON-MAGNETIC DIESELS
Award amount
$353,368Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1985Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- FOSTER-MILLER, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- XDF1FRDG8KK4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
NON-MAGNETIC UNLINED ALUMINUM ENGINE BLOCKS ARE CURRENTLY FEASIBLE IN GASOLINE ENGINES, BUT NOT FOR DIESELS, WHERE PRESSURE LOADINGS AT THE FOR DIESELS, WHERE PRESSURE LOADINGS AT THE NOVEL VENTILATED BAND SEAL APPROACH WILL SOLVE THAT PROBLEM,AND WILL ALSO REDUCE FUEL CONSUMPTION IN ANY PISTON DRIVEN DEVICE. FEATURES INCLUDE: POSITIVE CONTACT FOR LOW LEAKAGE AND DIRT EXCLUSION, A VENTILATED FACE FOR LOW FRICTION AND WEAR, RADICAL COMPLIANCE AND A STATIC BACK SEAL FOR CONFORMANCE TO BORE DISTORTIONS AND TAPER. RESEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A BLIND CYLINDER WITH A PISTON RING PACK DRIVEN BY AN EXISTING SEALED SLIDER CRANK MECHANISM. A THEORETICAL MODEL WILL BE EMPIRICALLY VERIFIED.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Electromechanically and Sensor Enhanced Endoscopic Tools
- Novel Hydrogel-Based System for Hemorrhage Control
- Self-Assembling System for Targeted Nanodelivery of Proteins (STOP)
- Clean Burning Waste Gasifier to Produce Tar-Free Gas for Internal Combustion Engines
- High Temperature Ionic Liquid Lubricant for Advanced Aircraft Turbine Engines
Research funding history
924 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2006). Reported award amounts total $172,256,128. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency