Patents by Inventor Dietrich Eckhardt

Dietrich Eckhardt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8534259
    Abstract: A central-axis rotary piston internal combustion engine has a rotor housing closed off by housing covers, has an outer rotor which rotates in the rotor housing with uniform speed, and has an inner rotor which rotates in the interior of the outer rotor with non-uniform speed. The outer rotor has three inwardly pointing pistons rigidly connected to one another and arranged at uniform angular intervals from one another. The inner rotor has a corresponding number of radially outwardly pointing mating pistons which are rigidly connected to one another and which engage between in each case two pistons of the outer rotor so as to delimit in each case two working chambers. Each working chamber is assigned a combustion chamber and each combustion chamber communicates via a control window with stationary inlet and outlet openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Reyhani Design United Services GmbH
    Inventors: Dietrich Eckhardt, Huschmand Sabet
  • Publication number: 20100024765
    Abstract: The invention relates to a central-axis rotary piston internal combustion engine, having a round cylindrical rotor housing (1) which is closed off by a drive-output-side and a drive-output-opposite housing cover (3, 2), having an outer rotor (13) which rotates in the rotor housing (1) about its central axis with uniform speed and supports a drive-output-side and a drive-output-opposite rotor side disk (12, 15), and having an inner rotor (31) which rotates in the interior of the outer rotor (13) about the central axis with uniform speed, wherein the outer rotor (13) has a plurality of inwardly pointing pistons (13a-c) which are rigidly connected to one another, and the inner rotor (31) has a corresponding number of radially outwardly pointing mating pistons (31a-c) which are rigidly connected to one another and which engage between in each case two pistons of the outer rotor (13) so as to delimit in each case two working chambers (AK), and wherein each working chamber (AK) is assigned a combustion chamber and
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Dietrich Eckhardt, Huschmand Sabet
  • Patent number: 5722361
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine with rotating pistons works on the basis of the cat and mouse principle. The charge is axially exchanged over one of the housing lids (28) and the adjacent rotary side disk (24). The combustion chambers (34) are formed by axially open recesses in the pistons (24) of the outer rotor (12) which communicate transversely to the axial direction with the adjacent working chambers (20). The fuel is supplied by injection nozzles (30) oriented in the corresponding housing lid (28) in the direction of the rotary side disk (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Huschang Sabet
    Inventors: Huschang Sabet, Willi Springer, Dietrich Eckhardt
  • Patent number: 5324182
    Abstract: A rotation piston internal combustion engine has a substantially stationary housing defining a plurality of blind holes, and a rotor rotatably mounted within the housing for rotation at a substantially uniform velocity about an axis. A hub has four pistons and is rotatably mounted within the rotor for rotation about the axis at a non-uniform velocity. Four crankshafts are each rotatably mounted through a respective rib of the rotor and coupled to a respective gear wheel so that the gear wheel rotates with the crankshafts. A ring gear is coupled to the housing for engaging the gear wheels to permit rotation of the gear wheels relative to the housing. The ring gear has a plurality of apertures having a second diameter, each corresponding in position to a respective blind hole in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: Huschang Sabet
    Inventors: Huschang Sabet, Dietrich Eckhardt
  • Patent number: 4370109
    Abstract: A rotary piston-internal combustion engine has a stationary engine housing with a central axis. A rotor is positioned within the housing and includes a cylinder with first pistons integral with and spaced uniformly apart around the inner surface of the cylinder. The first pistons are sector-shaped. The rotor rotates at a constant velocity. A hub is located within the cylinder coaxial with the central axis and can rotate relative to the cylinder and first pistons. Second pistons are fixed to the hub and each extends radially outwardly from the hub between a pair of adjacent first pistons. Openings extend through the cylinder and are arranged symmetrically relative to axially extending central plane of the first pistons. Seals are provided around the openings between the outside surface of the cylinder and the interior of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1983
    Assignee: Huschang Sabet
    Inventors: Huschang Sabet, Dietrich Eckhardt