Abstract: A side housing for a rotary internal combustion engine, has: a side wall; a side plate having a rotor-engaging side facing away from the side wall and a back side opposite the rotor-engaging side and facing the side wall, the side plate defining first threads located on the back side, the first threads extending circumferentially around a central axis of the side plate; and a nut rotatable relative to the side wall about the central axis of the side plate and axially locked to the side wall relative to the central axis, the side plate secured to the side wall via a threaded engagement between the first threads of the side plate and second threads defined by the nut.

Abstract: A rotary engine having a crankshaft, a housing provided with lobe accommodating portions arranged to surround the crankshaft, and combustion chambers communicating with the lobe accommodating portions, a rotor rotatable eccentrically with respect to the crankshaft and provided with lobes continuously accommodated in the lobe accommodating portions, a housing cover provided with a bearing portion through which the crankshaft is inserted so as to be rotatably supported, and a lubricating unit to supply oil to the bearing portion, wherein the lubricating unit includes an oil pan to accommodate oil therein, an oil pump to pump up oil filled in the oil pan, and an oil supply passage having both ends located in the oil pump and the bearing portion, respectively, is provided. This structure may allow direct and effective lubrication of the bearing portion, and can employ a journal bearing.

Abstract: A method is provided to control a hybrid powertrain to achieve gear shifts without torque interruption, comprising a gearbox with input shaft and output shafts; a first planetary gear connected to the input shaft and a first main shaft; a second planetary gear connected to the first planetary gear and a second main shaft; first and second electrical machines respectively connected to the first and second planetary gears; a first gear pair and a third gear pair between the first main shaft and a countershaft; and a second gear pair between the second main shaft and the countershaft, which is connected with the output shaft via a fifth gear pair.

Abstract: An internal rotor-type fluid machine includes a rotary shaft, a rotor which rotates together with the rotary shaft, a support portion which is provided on the rotary shaft or the rotor, and which supports the rotary shaft to be tiltable with respect to the rotor, and a pressure chamber inner wall surface which configures a pressure chamber by contacting an end surface of the rotor in an axial direction. The rotor is pressed toward the rotary shaft by a high fluid pressure, based on a pressure difference in the pressure chamber between a high pressure side and a low pressure side having a lower pressure than the high pressure side. The support portion is deviated in a direction away from the pressure chamber inner wall surface further than a center position of the rotor in the axial direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to seal assembly for a rotary piston internal combustion engine comprising a rotating block (11) of a rotational 12 shape with radially situated cylinders (12) with pistons (13) and an outer stationary case (10) with at least one intake port (14) and/or exhaust port (15). The outer surface (16) of the rotating block (11) is a rotational surface with a straight line or curved profile curve, on which transverse and/or side sealing parts, which are placed in the stationary case (10), sit. In circular side grooves (2) there is a side seal consisting of circular side sealing segments (1) that are always placed between neighbouring transverse sealing strips (3), which are placed in transverse grooves (4). Those sealing strips (3) go through the side grooves (2) across. In the place, where the side sealing segments (1) and transverse sealing strips (3) meet, there are joints (5) with notches (7) for inserting the side sealing segments (1) and transverse sealing strips (3).

Abstract: A rotary engine includes a casing having a first circular boring and a second circular boring smaller than the first circular boring. The first circular boring interconnects with the second circular boring. A piston rotor can move in a rotating manner within the first circular boring in the casing. A power head, ported to pass exhaust gases through a hollow center shaft, can move in a rotating manner within the second circular boring in the casing. The piston rotor and the power head can be coupled via a gear system to properly rotate during operation, with the piston rotor rotating counterclockwise and the power head rotating clockwise, or vice versa.

Abstract: A rotor of a rotary internal combustion engine, including an annular oil seal assembly snugly received within each oil seal groove, each oil seal assembly including a seal ring retaining first and second axially spaced apart annular sealing elements in substantial radial alignment with one another, the seal ring radially pressing each of the sealing elements in sealing engagement with a respective surface in the groove in opposite directions from one another, and a spring member biasing the seal ring axially away from the end face.

Abstract: An oil management system includes an engine housing assembly which defines a first rotor volume and a second rotor volume. An oil cooler assembly arranged between the first rotor volume and the second rotor volume.

Abstract: Internal-combustion engine (1), comprising an engine housing (2), which has an interior space (3) with an inner wall (4), which section-wise corresponds to a segment of a circular cylinder and section-wise corresponds to a segment, which deviates from the form of a circular cylinder, wherein a rotary disc (5) is centrally rotatably mounted in the interior space (3) around an axis of rotation (6), and an intake area, a compression area, an ignition area, a working area and an exhaust area are formed, wherein the rotary disc (5) is designed substantially in the form of a circular cylinder, wherein said rotary disc (5) has two slots (8, 9) in the circumferential area (7), into each of which slots a sliding element (10, 31) is inserted, wherein each sliding element (10, 11) is able to move along the slot concerned (8, 9), and is moved along the slot concerned (8, 9) on rotation of the rotary disc (5), wherein the end of the first sliding element (10) facing away from the axis of rotation (6) is guided along the i

Abstract: According to the invention, a rotary engine is disclosed. The rotary engine may include a body, a rotor, and an ignition element. The body may define a rotor cavity, an intake channel, and a first exhaust channel. The rotor may be disposed within the rotor cavity and may define at least one chamber. Each chamber may receive a fuel from the intake channel when the rotor is in a first position. Each chamber may also at least partially contain combustion of the fuel when the rotor is in a second position. Each chamber may further output an exhaust to the first exhaust channel when the rotor is in a third position. The ignition element may be in communication with each chamber when each chamber is in the second position.

Abstract: The rotary mechanism with articulating rotor may be adapted as a pump or compressor when external power is applied to its shaft, as a motor when differential pressure is applied to its inlet and outlet ports, or as an internal combustion engine when provided with fuel, air, and ignition source. The mechanism includes an internal chamber having major and minor diameters. An articulating rotor having four linked segments rotates therein. The segments allow the rotor to articulate between square and rhomboid shapes as it rotates within the chamber, the rotor segments forming variable volume chamber portions as they rotate. The rotor segments are linked to the central shaft either by a transverse arm rotationally affixed to the central shaft and to diametrically opposed rotor segments, or by telescoping rods connecting the linked ends of the rotor segments to the central shaft.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a rotary internal combustion engine with a sealing structure that enables a rotor and a plurality of wings within a housing to form a plurality of sealed chambers. The wings are connected to the rotor and can rotate about a first axis with reference to the rotor, and the rotor can rotate about a second axis with reference to the housing, the second axis parallel to the first axis. As the rotor rotates within the housing, the wings follow a predefined path, causing the sealed chambers to change in volume. In some embodiments, each sealed chamber undergoes the intake, compression, power, and exhaust cycles of a four stroke engine.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine has a chamber that has a longitudinal centerline, inlet valving operable to admit constituents of a combustible mixture into the chamber for combustion in the chamber to provide a pressure increase in the chamber and outlet valving operable to release an outflow of liquid from the chamber under an influence of the pressure increase. An annular flow passage is defined in the chamber to conduct liquid towards the outlet valving and cause spiraling of the liquid in the flow passage by which a rotatable part exposed to the spiraling flow is caused to rotate. An electrical generator disposed externally of the chamber is driven by rotation of the rotatable part.

Abstract: An oil cooled rotary engine comprising a centrally mounted timing gear arrangement. A stationary gear is mounted on a stationary shaft positioned concentrically with the output shaft of the engine. A rotary engine comprising a coaxially positioned expander unit.

Abstract: A rotor of a rotary internal combustion engine, with each of the end faces having at each of the apex portions a recess defined therein in communication with the at least one apex groove, an end seal received in the recess in sealing engagement with the apex seal of each of the at least one apex groove, a first seal member in sealing engagement with the end seal and with the face seal of the face groove defined between the apex portion and a first one of the adjacent apex portions, and a second seal member in sealing engagement with the end seal and with the face seal of the face groove defined between the apex portion and a second one of the adjacent apex portions.

Abstract: A toroidal engine that can be powered by a fuel/air mixture or by a compressed gas source. The toroidal engine uses one-way bearings to transfer torque generated in a toroidal chamber directly to a drive shaft. Pairs of pistons are mounted on two crank assemblies, which are concentric with the drive shaft. One-way bearings allow the crank assemblies to turn, one at a time, in one direction only. The crank assemblies are directly coupled to the drive shaft, which eliminates the need for complex gear and linkage arrangements. A system can be used with the toroidal engine to alternately stop the crank assemblies at a pre-determined position and to time the ignition of the engine.

Abstract: A rotary internal combustion engine includes an arcuate compression chamber, an arcuate expansion chamber, an output shaft, and a piston coupled to the output shaft for movement through the arcuate compression chamber and the arcuate expansion chamber. The piston has a leading end, a trailing end, an inlet valve that is located at the leading end of the piston for receiving a compressible fluid from the compression chamber and an outlet valve that is located at the trailing end of the piston for expelling a combustion gas into the arcuate expansion chamber.

Abstract: A rotary internal combustion engine of the Wankel type having a housing with a two lobed epitrochoidal inner peripheral surface, a shaft journalled in end housings and a rotor eccentrically mounted on the shaft and geared to rotate at one third the speed of said shaft whereby working chambers are formed between the flanks of the rotor and the housings which vary in volume as the rotor rotates. The rotor is cooled by a fully closed circuit system wherein pressurised gasses are circulated by a centrifugal fan which is directly mounted on the main eccentric shaft, and circulates the gases through a heat exchanger which is integrated into the cool sector of the rotor housing, all components being enclosed within the pressurised system and only one drive shaft using a single high pressure shaft seal assembly emerges from this system.

Abstract: A rotatory internal combustion engine is provided. The engine includes a power module, wherein all moving parts of the engine are positioned within the power module, a housing including an intake and an exhaust, wherein the housing is configured to retain the power module, and a sleeve configured to couple in the housing, the sleeve including a sleeve intake and a sleeve exhaust.

Abstract: Described is an assembly for an internal combustion rotary engine of a single or multi-rotor type. The assembly includes parts without cooling channels that comprise a monolithic ceramic material or ceramic matrix composite material capable of allowing the engine when assembled to operate at elevated temperatures that would cause metal parts of a metal engine to lose strength, lose structural and mechanical integrity, suffer excessive oxidation/corrosion and/or fail. The ceramic material also allows the engine when assembled to operate with significantly lower heat loss to the surrounding environment as compared with a similar engine made using all metal parts. The ceramic material allows the engine when assembled to operate without requiring substantial cooling elements or an external fluid (e.g. water) cooling system. The engine when assembled as described will retain more heat or operate with a substantially reduced rate of heat rejection when compared to an entirely metal rotary engine.

Abstract: A prime mover uses detonation chambers to provide rotary power through a center hub. The center hub has a center shaft able to rotate and mounted to the center hub, and rotating arms are mounted to the center shaft. A detonation chamber is mounted to each rotating arm at a distance from the center hub which establishes a force moment about the center hub. Fuel passages connect an external fuel source, such as hydrogen and oxygen, with the detonation chambers to deliver fuel to the detonation chambers. Fuel delivered to the detonation chambers is ignited to establish a reaction force which is transferred through the rotating arms and the center hub. The rotating force is used to drive a generator.

Abstract: A rotary engine according to the present invention comprises a main housing assembly and a rotor assembly rotatably supported within the housing. The rotor assembly has two rotors, an intake/compression rotor rotatably disposed within the intake/compression housing, and a power/exhaust rotor rotatably disposed within the power/exhaust housing. The rotors have N number of apexes and sides, wherein N is an integer greater than 2. A rotating chamber is formed between each side of the each rotor and the inner wall of the respective housing. The stages of the thermodynamic cycle of the engine occur within these chambers. For example, if the rotors have three sides, the rotors will have a triangular-like shape with three apexes. The apexes form the outermost radial part of the rotors which engage the inner wall of the respective housing bore. Each of these chambers is split into two divided chambers by a reciprocating vane, thereby forming 2 times N divided chambers in each of the respective housing bores.

Abstract: A single stroke engine fixed vane rotary abutment engine is provided in which all for phases of combustion are completed during one revolution of a main rotor. Intake and exhaust ducts are timed to be open or closed depending on which of the intake, compression, power and exhaust events is occurring. At least one abutment rotor cooperates with the main rotor having vanes thereon to define a combustion chamber and uncover ports in the stator of the engine to allow air and fuel to enter the combustion chamber and to all exhaust to exit the chamber.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for noise attenuation of a generator set are disclosed. The generator set includes an internal combustion engine enclosed within a compartment that substantially isolates the internal combustion from ambient air and a load connected to the internal combustion engine. A heat exchanger is disposed within or coupled to the compartment and is operable to cool air in the compartment without directly exchanging ambient air with compartment air.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprises a chamber having a longitudinal centerline, inlet valving operable to admit constituents of a combustible mixture into the chamber for combustion therein to provide a pressure increase and outlet valving operable to release an outflow of liquid from the chamber under the influence of that pressure increase as an energy output of the chamber. The chamber has a flowpath defined therein for flow of the liquid towards the outlet valving. The flowpath diverges from centerline in a downstream direction thereof and has a cross-section area in a direction perpendicular to the centerline that remains substantially equal or decreases in the downstream direction of the flowpath.

Abstract: A hybrid internal combustion engine (variants thereof) comprises a casing having an annular working chamber with intake, exhaust ports, and overflow channels; and two drive shafts coaxial with the working chamber; a stationary central gear wheel; an output shaft having an offset portion fixedly carrying a carrier and a planetary gear; connecting rods pivotally connecting the carrier and the arms of both drive shafts, wherein the overflow channels are adjacent to the working chamber and connect the compression and expansion sections thereof.

Abstract: The rotary engine includes a circular stator, a circular rotor rotating about the stator; the rotor and the stator being separated by a circular cylinder and at least one element with two flanges. The rotor includes two compression pistons attached to the inner surface of the rotor. These two pistons are located at the two extremities of a first diameter of the rotor and kept substantially in contact with the outer surface of the stator. The stator includes a recess at each extremity of a diameter. Each recess forms a compression chamber with the compression piston positioned at the end of the recess in the direction of rotation of the rotor and one of the flanges of the element with two flanges, referred to as the cylinder head flange. The motive force is applied to the compression piston when the pressure of the gases inside the compression chamber is suddenly increased to a predefined value.

Abstract: A rotary machine is provided which includes a chamber. The chamber includes an island having an island outer surface. The outer surface is an elongated convex shape. The island includes a crankshaft port. The chamber includes a front-plate attached to a front surface of the island. A concave shaped contour is included, which is biased toward the island outer surface and which rotates with respect to the island. A working volume is defined between an inner surface of the contour and the outer island surface. At least one front-plate engaging bearing is provided, which extends from a front surface of the movable contour and over a guide edge of the front-plate. The front-plate engaging bearing engages the guide edge during a combustion cycle.

Abstract: A split-cycle variable capacity rotary spark ignition engine system having at least a first rotary configuration (C1) including repetitively volume variable working chambers [60, 61, 62] for carrying out the combustion-expansion and exhaust phases and at least a second rotary configuration (C2) including repetitively volume variable working chambers (70, 71, 72) for carrying out the intake and compression phases of a four phase engine cycle. Dividing seal means (73, 74 of C1, 75, 76 of C2) for periodically dividing each of successive working chambers into a volume enlarging leading portion and a volume contracting trailing portion. Discharge valve means for varying compression chamber capacity through discharging fraction of trapped intake gas from compression chambers. A first phase altering arrangement is provided for varying the phase relation between the first rotary configuration (C1) and the second rotary configuration (C2).

Abstract: A biased dual tip seal arrangement for the rotor (106) of a rotary engine (102). The dual tip seals (100-T, 100-L) are located on opposite corners of the tip (130) of a planetary rotor (106). The rotor (106) orbits within a cutout (126) in a main rotor (108). The seals (100-T, 100-L) are biased away from the corners to make sealing contact with the sealing surfaces of the asymmetrical lobe (112) and the cutout (126) of the main rotor (108). Biasing is implemented with springs (1202, 1302, 1412) and with conduits (1006) that pressurize the area under the seals (100-T, 100-L). An asymmetrical lobe (112?) includes a transition zone (802) on the surface of the lobe (112). In the transition zone (802), at least one seal (100-T, 100-L) on the tip (130) maintains contact with the surface (112?) while alternating contact from one seal (100-T, 100-L) to the other.

Abstract: A power unit (14) which has a spark-ignition engine unit (1) of the Wankel type including a three flanked rotary piston (R) mounted on an eccentric shaft (63) rotating eccentrically within a cavity within a two lobed epitroochoidal inner peripheral surface (14), the cavity including an inlet port (7) through which air at ambient pressure is induced into the working chambers, and an outlet port (45) through which exhaust gasses are exhausted from the working chambers, and the power unit also including a rotary expander unit (4) which has a two flanked rotor (24) mounted on an eccentric shaft (12) rotating eccentrically within a single lobed epitrochoidal chamber (25), both shafts (62, 63) being coupled to rotate together, and the exhaust port (45) of epitrochoidal cavity of the engine unit (1) being connected to an inlet port (26) of the expander unit (4) so that the exhaust gasses from the engine unit (1) are further expanded in the expander unit (4).

Abstract: Direct circular rotary internal-combustion engine with toroidal expansion chamber and rotor without moving parts, which directly converts the combustion expansion into a rotary movement of the shaft thereof, receives the compressed oxidizing agent at high pressure, does not require inertia in order to function, and in which combustion can take place in a static combustion chamber.

Abstract: The innovation concerns an orbiting planetary gearing system and an internal-combustion engine employing the same. In aspects, the engine can comprise an engine housing having a first wall delimiting a first combustion chamber, a first primary member having a first piston and a second primary member having a second piston. The pistons can also delimit the first combustion chamber. The first wall defines at least a section of a toroid, and the pistons are guided along a curved path defined by the section of the toroid. The primary members can be coupled to an intermediate member. In various embodiments, the intermediate member can couple motion of the primary members to a crankshaft via an orbiting planetary gearing system.

Abstract: The present invention is an engine, which includes a positive displacement compression process, a variably fueled, continuous combustor and/or heat exchanger, and a positive displacement, work-producing expander. This arrangement avoids the traditional stochiometric mixture requirements utilized in spark-ignition based engines and the emission problems associated with diesel engines.

Abstract: Rotating bar within eccentric wheel was previously invented. But that was only suitable for pumps. In my proposed invention I used two dissimilar bars of same length named as prime mover and follower which are incorporated within eccentric wheel. The follower bar-end is hinged with prime mover bar-end while that prime mover bar-end is fixed at the centre of the circular housing named as power shaft. Prime mover rotates the eccentric wheel and that wheel rotates the follower the hinged joints and this assembly rotation creates differential volume repetitively and spark in compression stage creates combustion. This principle of engine operation also includes different sealing types and outward opening type cam assembly. In conventional reciprocating engine lots of power is lost because of change of direction of piston motion. This problem can be overcome by my proposed engine design which will lead to higher efficiency in automobile.

Abstract: A Wankel engine with a peripheral wall of the stator body including a non-circular opening formed therethrough and defining at least part of a port. The opening has a perimeter defined by a first edge and remaining edges, with the remaining edges being located downstream of the first edge with respect to a direction of rotation of the rotor. The remaining edges extend non parallel to a longitudinal axis of the apex seals.

Abstract: The present invention is a rotary internal combustion engine, comprising an outer stator shell which forms several equal-sized stator chambers and an oscillating axle which forms several pistons corresponding to the stator chambers and separating each stator chamber into two sealed combustion chambers. When operating, the combustions of the combustion chambers cause the oscillating axle to oscillate. The oscillating motion is then translated to a mono-directional rotary motion, which provides the power output.

Abstract: A rotary engine has a rotor that has rockers pivoting in chambers. As each rocker pivots, it rotates an outer crankshaft. Each outer crankshaft has a spur gear that engages a stationary ring gear. Spur gear rotation causes the gears and the outer crankshafts to revolve around the ring gear. This cause the rotor to rotate. As the rotor rotates, successive chambers are positioned at the intake, compression, ignition, and exhaust positions. Igniting the fuel in the ignition position pushes the rocker inward to rotate the outer crankshaft associated with that rocker to cause the rotor to rotate.

Abstract: A straight shaft non-planetating rotary piston engine includes a housing and at least one rotating piston mounted for circular rotation about an axis within the housing. The piston and the housing define an expansible combustion chamber that produces at least one combustion events for every rotation of the piston about the axis. The invention also includes a moveable cylinder head having a profile roller. The profile roller cooperates with an open face profile impressed into a rotary encoder. The open face profile is configured to pull the cylinder head into near-contact with the rotating piston face, and the moveable cylinder head is spring biased to repel the moveable cylinder head away from the rotating piston face.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprising a rotor comprising a block (2), a drive shaft (5) and at least one piston set (1), all of them jointly rotating, wherein said piston set (1) is radially located with respect to the drive shaft (5); and a stator comprising a carcass (21), a first and second rotating support means (18, 19), and a first and second attachment means (17, 23); wherein the carcass (21) has guides (6) on its internal surface, which delimit the trajectory of each piston set; and wherein the inner end of the piston set (1) comprises a piston head (15) located inside the block (2), delimiting a combustion chamber, while at its outer end said piston set (1) contacts the guides (6).

Abstract: An internal combustion engine having combustion chambers that rotate about a main shaft axis in a step-wise manner. A first and second rotors each have elongate pistons that are interdigitated so that when one rotor rotates with respect to the other rotor, some chambers between the interdigitated pistons are reduced in volume and other chambers are increased in volume. Respective one-way bearings connect the first and second rotors to the main shaft to incrementally rotate it. Fuel mixture and exhaust apparatus is connected to one end of the engine to feed a fuel mixture to the increasing-volume chambers and extract the exhaust from other decreasing-volume chambers. At the same time, yet other chambers are experiencing compression and ignition cycles. An oil pump is driven by the first and second rotors for circulating a lubricant from a reservoir, through the engine parts to be lubricated and then back to the reservoir to cool the lubricant.

Abstract: The rotary piston engine 10 has a stationary central core 12 having a primary axis and radially offset inlet and combustion sections, the cylinder rows and their pistons rotating about the offset inlet and combustion sections, and the outer housing 18 rotating concentrically about the primary axis of the core 12. The cylinder rows are linked to the outer housing 18 to provide a 1:1 rotational correspondence, despite the different rotational axes of the cylinder rows and outer housing 18. The pistons are connected to the concentrically rotating outer housing 18 by connecting rods, thus moving inwardly and outwardly in their cylinders as their cylinder rows rotate about the radially offset inlet and combustion sections of the core 12. The engine 10 is devoid of complex valve mechanisms due to the rotary valve effect provided by the rotation of the cylinder rows around the stationary core 12.

Abstract: A rotary piston internal combustion engine of the Wankel type has a housing (1) with a two lobed epitrochoidal inner peripheral surface (14) a shaft (8) journalled in end casings (3, 4), a rotor (9) eccentrically mounted on the shaft (8) and geared to rotate at one third speed of the shaft (8) whereby working chambers (34, 35, 36) are formed between flanks of the rotor (9) and the end casings (3, 4), which chambers vary in volume as the rotor (9) rotates, the rotor (9) being cooled by a cooling medium in a generally closed cooling circuit, the medium being circulated by a circulating pump (27), via connecting passageways (20, 18) in the end casings (3, 4) and an internal passageway (21) of the rotor (9), and through an external cooling heat exchanger (24), the cooling medium being blow-by gasses from the high pressure working chambers, which gasses have leaked past the rotor side seals (26) into the rotor cooling passages.

Abstract: A combustible fluid-operated orbital engine having sets of cooperating cylinder and piston members with respective parallel axes of rotation. Respective cylinder and piston carrier wheels with respective axes of rotation parallel to the piston/cylinder axes of rotation carrying the pistons/cylinders circularly and orbitally and at all times in opposed relation on a common longitudinal axis along intersecting counter paths. Respective gearing structures or belts/sprockets supported by the cylinder and piston carrier wheels rotate the pistons/cylinders counter to their circular motion direction to maintain their opposed relation for their periodic interfittment when their respective paths intersect. A combustible fluid supply is provided to the cylinder member for combustion coincident with the periodic interfittment in engine operating relation. The pistons/cylinders may include ceramic material. The compression sealing system is located in the entry of each cylinder rather than being connected to the piston.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine having a generally rotary design is described. The engine includes a rotor that alternately rotates about first, second, and third axes of rotation as the rotor circulates within the engine. Each axis of rotation is about perpendicular to the other two axes of rotation. The rotor includes two flanges that alternately compress fluid in combustion chambers as the flanges rotatably enter and sweep through compression lobes. Detonation of compressed, combustible fluid occurs in the combustion chambers, force from the detonation driving the rotor about the axes of rotation. The rotor exerts maximum leverage on a power shaft at the point of detonation, and continues to exert similar leverage on the power shaft as the rotor rotates. The engine typically includes one or more power modules, each of the one or more power modules having three compression lobes and three combustion chambers.

Abstract: A rotary engine is provided. The engine has a main body that fits within a housing to form an annular chamber. A piston moves within the annular chamber along an annular path. A door assembly operates to block and unblock the annular chamber, opening to unblock the chamber as the piston approaches the door and closes to block the chamber after the piston has travelled past the door. A temporary combustion chamber is formed between the closed door and the piston as the piston moves away from the door.

Abstract: According to the invention, a rotary engine is disclosed. The rotary engine may include a body, a rotor, and an ignition element. The body may define a rotor cavity, an intake channel, and a first exhaust channel. The rotor may be disposed within the rotor cavity and may define at least one chamber. Each chamber may receive a fuel from the intake channel when the rotor is in a first position. Each chamber may also at least partially contain combustion of the fuel when the rotor is in a second position. Each chamber may further output an exhaust to the first exhaust channel when the rotor is in a third position. The ignition element may be in communication with each chamber when each chamber is in the second position.

Abstract: A multi-rotor internal combustion engine has a plurality of rotary internal combustion units axially distributed along an engine axis. Each unit has a rotor mounted on an eccentric portion of the shaft inside a housing. The housings of adjacent rotary internal combustion units have different angular positions about the engine axis so as to angularly offset the housing from adjacent housings, which may provide for a more uniform temperature distribution around the housings and may also or instead allow optimising of the balancing of pressure induced side loads on the shaft of the rotors.

Abstract: The engine includes a stator including an inlet to admit a compressed gaseous oxidant flow, and an exhaust to discharge burnt gases; and a rotor mounted in the stator in a fluid-tight manner and rotatable with respect to the stator around a rotation axis. The rotor has an inlet orifice oriented in the axial direction and faces the inlet opening in a manner to receive the compressed air flow, a combustion chamber communicating with the inlet orifice, and an exhaust duct which leads in a transverse direction from the combustion chamber to the periphery of the rotor for discharging burnt gases through the exhaust. The inlet, the combustion chamber and the exhaust duct are arranged in fluid communication with each other during the rotor rotation, without the interposition of valve members. Seal members seal the inlet orifice and the exhaust duct when they face the internal surface of the stator.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine is provided. The engine comprises at least one combustion chamber. The engine is suitable for various types of fuel. The engine, depending on fuel type, may have at least one spark plug. The engine uses an external source of compressed oxidant, such as air, which is delivered from a compressor and/or pressurized storage tank. Compressed oxidant, such as air, is delivered directly into the combustion chamber. Fuel is delivered directly into the combustion chamber. Oxidant and fuel mixture is ignited either by means of a spark plug, laser ignition, or by other means, or ignites spontaneously, depending on fuel type and pressure in the combustion chamber. The engine may comprise at least one cylinder, or may be of rotary or other type. A hybrid vehicle based on such an engine is provided. An automatic parking system for such a vehicle is provided.