Patents Assigned to Power Source Technologies
  • Planetary rotary internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7044102
    Abstract: An apparatus for a rotary internal combustion engine. The engine has three rotating members that orbit about the center of a three-armed rotor as the rotor rotates within a housing with three lobes. The tips of the rotating members engage the lobes and a circular cutout in the rotor (1002) as the rotor rotates. A back plate includes inlet and exhaust ports that are sequentially opened and closed by the rotating members and rotor as they move within the housing. A front plate rotates with the rotor and separates the combustion chambers from a planetary gear assembly that ensures the alignment of the rotating members as they orbit the rotor shaft. Fuel is injected after the compression cycle is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Power Source Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bobbie Watkins, legal representative, Lawrence A. Hendrix, Barton W. Watkins, Ernest R. Watkins, deceased
  • Planetary rotary internal combustion engine
    Publication number: 20050235947
    Abstract: An apparatus for a rotary internal combustion engine. The engine has three rotating members that orbit about the center of a three-armed rotor as the rotor rotates within a housing with three lobes. The tips of the rotating members engage the lobes and a circular cutout in the rotor (1002) as the rotor rotates. A back plate includes inlet and exhaust ports that are sequentially opened and closed by the rotating members and rotor as they move within the housing. A front plate rotates with the rotor and separates the combustion chambers from a planetary gear assembly that ensures the alignment of the rotating members as they orbit the rotor shaft. Fuel is injected after the compression cycle is initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: Power Source Technologies
    Inventors: Ernest Watkins, Bobbie Watkins, Lawrence Hendrix, Barton Watkins
  • Planetary piston rotary engine
    Patent number: 6932047
    Abstract: An apparatus for a rotary internal combustion engine. The engine has three rotating members that orbit about the center of a three-armed rotor as the rotor rotates within a housing with three lobes. The tips of the rotating members engage the lobes and a circular cutout in the rotor (1002) as the rotor rotates. A back plate includes inlet and exhaust ports that are sequentially opened and closed by the rotating members and rotor as they move within the housing. A front plate rotates with the rotor and separates the combustion chambers from a planetary gear assembly that ensures the alignment of the rotating members as they orbit the rotor shaft. Fuel is injected after the compression cycle is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Power Source Technologies
    Inventors: Bobbie Watkins, Lawrence A. Hendrix, Barton W. Watkins, Ernest R. Watkins
  • Planetary piston rotary engine
    Publication number: 20050051129
    Abstract: An apparatus for a rotary internal combustion engine. The engine has three rotating members that orbit about the center of a three-armed rotor as the rotor rotates within a housing with three lobes. The tips of the rotating members engage the lobes and a circular cutout in the rotor (1002) as the rotor rotates. A back plate includes inlet and exhaust ports that are sequentially opened and closed by the rotating members and rotor as they move within the housing. A front plate rotates with the rotor and separates the combustion chambers from a planetary gear assembly that ensures the alignment of the rotating members as they orbit the rotor shaft. Fuel is injected after the compression cycle is initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: Power Source Technologies
    Inventors: Ernest Watkins, Bobbie Watkins, Lawrence Hendrix, Barton Watkins