Patents by Inventor Ernest Watkins

Ernest Watkins 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).

  • Planetary Rotary Internal Combustion Engine
    Publication number: 20060191510
    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 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: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: Power Source Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest Watkins, Bobbie Watkins, Lawrence Hendrix, Barton Watkins
  • 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
    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