Abstract: The invention pertains to a rotary piston internal combustion engine for vehicles, aircraft, vessels or a power generation plant, in particular a planetary piston internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A rotary piston engine having a casing and a rotary piston rotating in the casing, wherein the casing comprises a casing wall enclosing the rotating rotary piston, in which casing wall a cavity is disposed for a cooling medium to flow through, and wherein an insertion bush for a spark plug is arranged in the casing wall through the cavity, and wherein the insertion bush is arranged in such a way as to be in direct contact with a cooling medium flowing through the cavity.

Abstract: A rotary piston engine having a casing and a rotary piston rotating in the casing, the casing comprising a central casing part with a casing wall enclosing the rotating rotary piston, the central casing part being covered by a first cover part and a second cover part on opposite sides to form a closed casing interior, and the central casing part comprising an inner cooling channel, the first cover part comprises a first outer cooling channel and the second cover part comprises a second outer cooling channel, into which a cooling medium flows via an inlet, which cooling medium flows out of the same via an outlet, and wherein the inlet comprises a metering element configured to supply a varying amount of coolant to the inner cooling channel and respectively to the first outer cooling channel and the second outer cooling channel.

Abstract: A rotary combustion engine includes a peripheral housing, side housing plates, a piston, and an eccentric shaft, where the triangular piston mounted on the eccentric shaft rotates between the side plates around an epitrochoidal orbit with a long and short axis inside the housing to form three working spaces, where the gas exchange is controlled by an intake port and an exhaust port. Fuel is supplied by an injection nozzle located on the short axis of the peripheral housing, and combustion is initiated by a spark plug located shortly after the injection nozzle in the housing relative to the direction of rotation of the piston. Nozzle bores in the injection nozzle are designed in such a way that, in conjunction with a multi-fuel injection system, they guarantee reliable ignition of the fuel during each cycle.

Abstract: A rotary combustion engine with at least one working unit, which has essentially a peripheral engine housing, a side housing plate on one side, a side housing plate on the power takeoff side, a triangular piston, and an eccentric shaft. The piston is configured of several parts, which are connected to each other. The connection is accomplished by electron-beam welding under vacuum, which yields excellent results as long as certain conditions are met. The one sidewall and the power takeoff sidewall of the piston are preferably welded to a piston housing, as a result of which the casting molds can be of simpler design and simpler contours can be used, which leads to welds of higher quality and to a decrease in the costs of casting.

Abstract: A rotary combustion engine includes a peripheral housing, a front housing plate, a rear housing plate, a piston, and an eccentric shaft, where the piston rotates to form three working spaces separated from each other by the tips of the piston. Shaft seals and piston seals seal off the oil-carrying interior space of the internal combustion engine, and the piston is sealed off against the front and rear housing plates by arcuate strips, which are bounded radially on the inside by an envelope curve. The gas forming in the working space during the combustion phase is under high pressure. Some of this gas leaks around the arcuate strips and flows inward along the flat surfaces of the front and rear plates by way of ring-shaped channels in the piston, thus arriving in recessed areas inside the envelope curves, from which it is then escapes through vent channels.

Abstract: A rotary combustion engine with one or more working units, which include a peripheral housing, a front housing plate, a rear housing plate on the output side, an eccentric shaft, and a piston, where the eccentric shaft includes an eccentric, and front and rear sealing parts. Lubricating oil is conveyed by an oil pump from an oil tank through the eccentric shaft to first and second main bearings, and to an eccentric bearing, from which a bevel on the front sealing part conveys it to a piston space, from which it is conveyed by way of a bevel on the piston and a rear bevel back to the oil tank to close the oil circuit. The bevels direct the oil circulation from the front of the working unit to the rear, reduce splash losses, and increase the cooling action on the internal surfaces of the piston.

Abstract: An eccentric shaft for an internal combustion engine, especially for a rotary combustion engine, the working unit of which comprises essentially a peripheral housing, side housing plates, and a triangular piston mounted on an eccentric of an eccentric shaft, the tips of the piston moving along an epitrochoidal orbit inside the peripheral housing to form three separate working spaces, where the rotary combustion engine can have several working units. The eccentric shaft consists of several parts, which have radial teeth at their ends, by means of which these shaft parts can be connected positively to each other by the use of a tie rod. In rotary piston engines with more than one working unit, as many inner shaft parts of identical design as there are working units can be used in modular fashion to construct the eccentric shaft.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a rotary combustion engine with at least one working unit, having essentially at least one peripheral housing, a terminal side plate, a side plate on the power takeoff side, and optionally at least one center housing, where a triangular piston in the working unit is mounted on an eccentric shaft and rotates around an epitrochoidal orbit, forming three working spaces, in which the combustion pressure produces high housing forces. To stabilize the working unit and to reduce the deformations caused by the pressures, the side plates, the peripheral housing, and optionally the center housing be welded together. In addition, reinforcement in the form of a binding element is used to further enhance the ability of the housing to withstand the housing forces and to realize components of smaller volume and lower weight.

Abstract: A rotary combustion engine with at least one working unit, which has essentially a peripheral engine housing, a side housing plate on one side, a side housing plate on the power takeoff side, a triangular piston, and an eccentric shaft. The piston is configured of several parts, which are connected to each other. The connection is accomplished by electron-beam welding under vacuum, which yields excellent results as long as certain conditions are met. The one sidewall and the power takeoff sidewall of the piston are preferably welded to a piston housing, as a result of which the casting molds can be of simpler design and simpler contours can be used, which leads to welds of higher quality and to a decrease in the costs of casting.

Abstract: A rotary combustion engine includes a peripheral housing, side housing plates, a piston, and an eccentric shaft, where the triangular piston mounted on the eccentric shaft rotates between the side plates around an epitrochoidal orbit with a long and short axis inside the housing to form three working spaces, where the gas exchange is controlled by an intake port and an exhaust port. Fuel is supplied by an injection nozzle located on the short axis of the peripheral housing, and combustion is initiated by a spark plug located shortly after the injection nozzle in the housing relative to the direction of rotation of the piston. Nozzle bores in the injection nozzle are designed in such a way that, in conjunction with a multi-fuel injection system, they guarantee reliable ignition of the fuel during each cycle.

Abstract: An eccentric shaft for an internal combustion engine, especially for a rotary combustion engine, the working unit of which comprises essentially a peripheral housing, side housing plates, and a triangular piston mounted on an eccentric of an eccentric shaft, the tips of the piston moving along an epitrochoidal orbit inside the peripheral housing to form three separate working spaces, where the rotary combustion engine can have several working units. The eccentric shaft consists of several parts, which have radiai teeth at their ends, by means of which these shaft parts can be connected positively to each other by the use of a tie rod. In rotary piston engines with more than one working unit, as many inner shaft parts of identical design as there are working units can be used in modular fashion to construct the eccentric shaft.

Abstract: A rotary combustion engine includes a peripheral housing, a front housing plate, a rear housing plate, a piston, and an eccentric shaft, where the piston rotates to form three working spaces separated from each other by the tips of the piston. Shaft seals and piston seals seal off the oil-carrying interior space of the internal combustion engine, and the piston is sealed off against the front and rear housing plates by arcuate strips, which are bounded radially on the inside by an envelope curve. The gas forming in the working space during the combustion phase is under high pressure. Some of this gas leaks around the arcuate strips and flows inward along the flat surfaces of the front and rear plates by way of ring-shaped channels in the piston, thus arriving in recessed areas inside the envelope curves, from which it is then escapes through a vent channel.

Abstract: A rotary combustion engine with one or more working units, which include a peripheral housing, a front housing plate, a rear housing plate or central plate on the output side, an eccentric shaft, and a piston, where the eccentric shaft includes an eccentric, a front sealing part, and a rear sealing part. Lubricating oil is conveyed by an oil pump from an oil tank through the eccentric shaft to a first main bearing, to a second main bearing, and to an eccentric bearing, from which it arrives by way of a conically shaped formation on the front sealing part in a piston space, from which it is conveyed in turn by way of a bevel on the piston and a rear bevel back to the oil tank to close the oil circuit. The bevels give a clearly definable direction to the oil circulation from the front of the working unit to the rear, reduce splash losses, and increase the cooling action on the internal surfaces of the thermally stressed piston.

Abstract: A system of fastening a flywheel on an output end of a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, the flywheel being combined into a single component with a clutch plate unit and a clutch disc. The fastening can be achieved with essentially axial joint surfaces on the output end on one hand, and on the flywheel on the other hand, wherein the joint surfaces are designed as tapered or cylindrical surfaces which are self-locking in the axial direction.

Abstract: An input component (3) of a clutch is fastened to the output end (5) of the crankshaft (7) of an internal combustion engine by a force-fit coupling (11) in which a radial force fit is produced by axial forces which are applied to the coupling (11) by a tool inserted through the hub (21) of a clutch disc (23) or applied to the hub, which in turn applies the axial force on the coupling. The coupling enables the clutch (1), including the flywheel (3) and the clutch disc (23), to be installed on the crankshaft (7) as an assembled unit. The force-fit coupling (11) comprises an expanding conical, element (61), arranged in a central opening (59) of the output end (5) of the crankshaft (7), which expands the output end (5) of the crankshaft radially.

Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment of the invention, a planetary gear box is combined with an electric generator of a motor-vehicle. The planetary gear box comprises a free wheel and a gear change clutch. Such, the transmission ratio of the planetary gear box is changeable. The components of the gear box are arranged at least partially in axially overlapping relationship so that a small overall axial dimension is obtained.

Abstract: According to an illustrative example of the present invention, an internal combustion engine is provided with a gear box. This gear box is driven by an end portion of the crank shaft. A belt pulley is provided around the axis of the gearbox. The belt pulley drives through a belt an electric power generator. The gear box contains a planetary gear of variable transmission ratio. The change of transmission ratio is effected by an hydraulically operated clutch. The hydraulically operated clutch is actuated by a hydraulic actuating device. The hydraulic actuating device is actuated by oil pressure. The oil pressure is obtained by a hydraulic pump integrated into the gear box. Further components of the circuitry containing the pump and the hydraulic actuating device are provided outside the gear box. These external components are carried by a carrier plate. This carrier plate contains side by side channels of the hydraulic circuitry.

Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment of the invention, a planetary gear box is combined with an electric generator of a motor-vehicle. The planetary gear box comprises a free wheel and a gear change clutch. Such, the transmission ratio of the planetary gear box is changeable. The components of the gear box are arranged at least partially in axially overlapping relationship so that a small overall axial dimension is obtained.

Abstract: A torque transmission unit is connectable to an internal combustion engine in order to drive a secondary unit with different transmission ratios in dependence upon the rotation rate of the internal combustion engine so that in the case of a low rotation rate of the internal combustion engine the transmission ratio is greater and in the case of a great rotation rate of the internal combustion engine the transmission ratio is less. The torque transmission unit comprises a planetary gear, a free-wheel and a clutch. By the clutch a part of the planetary gear can be coupled to or separated from another part of the planetary gear or a stationary support part, according to choice. The clutch is hydraulically actuable. The pressure for the hydraulic actuation of the clutch is delivered by a hydraulic pump which is integrated into the torgue transmission unit and is independent from the lubricant circuit of the internal combustion engine.