Supercharged internal combustion engine arrangement

Claim 1

A SUPERCHARGED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE ADAPTED TO BURN A MIXTURE TO COMPRESSED AIR AND FUEL; A TURBO SUPERCHARGER COMPRISING AN AIR COMPRESSOR DRIVEN BY A HOT GAS TURBINE AND A COMBUSTOR; MEANS FOR DIVIDING THE COMPRESSED AIR DISCHARGED BY SAID AIR COMPRESSOR INTO A FIRST AND A SECOND PART; MEANS FOR DELIVERING SAID FIRST PART OF SAID COMPRESSED AIR TO SAID INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND FOR DELIVERING SAID SECOND PART OF SAID COMPRESSED AIR TO SAID COMBUSTOR; MEANS FOR DELIVERING EXHAUST GASES FROM SAID INTEGRAL COMBUSTION ENGINE TO SAID COMBUSTOR; MEANS FOR BURNING SAID MIXTURE OF SAID COMPRESSED AIR WITH SAID EXHAUST GASES IN SAID COMBUSTOR TO THEREBY GENERATE A TURBINE DRIVING GAS MIXTURE INCLUDING MEANS FOR ADMITTING FUEL AT A CONTROLLABLE FLOW RATE INTO SAID COMBUSTOR; MEANS FOR DELIVERING SAID TURBINE DRIVING GAS MIXTURE TO SAID TURBINE FOR DRIVING SAID TURBINE AND SAID AIR COMPRESSOR AT A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT SPEED SUBSTANTIALLY INDEPENDENT OF THE SPEED OF SAID INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE; DETECTION MEANS FOR DETECTING A PRESELECTED OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC OF SAID INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE; FLOW DIVIDER CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE AMOUNT OF AIR IN SAID FIRST PART OF SAID COMPRESSED AIR IN RESPONSE TO SAID DETECTED OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF SAID INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE; AND BAFFLE MEANS ADJACENT THE AIR INLET ON SAID AIR COMPRESSOR FOR VARYING THE AMOUNT OF AIR FLOW INTO SAID AIR COMPRESSOR IN RESPONSE TO SAID DETECTED OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC OF SAID INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.