Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis
Heater for a stirling engine
 A heater for use with a Stirling engine and a method for heating a working fluid for a Stirling engine is disclosed. The heater has a burner, heater tubes disposed in the burner, a space formed around the heater tubes which is filled with heat-storing material, and a high-temperature heat source. The heat-storing material is sealed by a seal member. Heat produced by the high-temperature heat source is supplied to the heater tubes via the heat-storing material; hence the heat-storing material acts as a secondary heat source. Heat is stored in the heat-storing material in the form of sensible heat or latent heat, or a chemical reaction is employed. 
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
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Nobuhiro Ryojiro Tetsumi Tomokimi
Tanatsugu Akiba Watanabe Mizuno