Abstract: A combustion system and apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus employs a groove-shaped combustion area and a trap composed of a lid and a door. The lid is disposed in communication with the trap and is configured to slide within and over the groove-shaped combustion area during use. Combustion occurs within the groove-shaped combustion area, pushing the trap, whereby a rotor is forced to rotate, conveying power from a combustible material to perform work. As a corollary, the apparatus may be configured for use in the field of air compression and air decompression. Multiple groove-shaped combustion areas may be configured in a parallel or series orientation. Gas compression/decompression only utilizes a single groove, whereas combustion preferably utilizes a compression groove and a combustion groove.

Abstract: A split-cycle internal combustion engine includes a variable displacement compressor having two or more cylinders, an adjustment mechanism for varying the displacement volume of the compressor and possibly the phase between the compressor and the motor, and a rotary motor having two or more expansion chambers. A passage valve system located between the compressor and the motor transfers working fluid and combustion exhaust products, and, in addition, mechanically and thermally isolates the compressor from the high pressures and temperatures present in the motor.

Abstract: This invention relates to the field of internal combustion engines and compressors in general and to linear compressors, in particular these used as in U.S. Pat. No. 8,056,527, by accurately controlling the pressure being delivered into the combustion chambers of said engine while returning unused energy of the compression phase into the motor for complete expansion. Another improvement relates to a pressure compensated vane to be used inside grooves of the motor assembly rotor. This invention enables the vane to seal against the cavity of the housing tightly with minimal force.

Abstract: Gas driven motors are presented including: a housing defining a circulation chamber and a shutter chamber, where the housing includes an intake port and an exhaust port; a drive axle positioned along a pair of parallel circulation chamber walls and rotatably attached thereto, where the drive axle is perpendicular to the pair of parallel circulation chamber walls; a vane having an attached edge, a leading edge parallel with and opposite to the attached edge, and a pair of vane side edges, where the pair of side edges are parallel with respect to one another and form a matching curve with respect to one another, where the vane includes a curved surface defined by the pair of side edges, where the vane is mechanically coupled with the drive axle along the attached edge.

Abstract: The invention relates to heat engines and more specifically to positive displacement internal combustion engines, and is particularly concerned with oscillating engines i.e. engines, in which piston executes oscillating motion. The invention provides the optimal, “canonical” form for the two stroke oscillating engine of unique strenght and compactness.

Abstract: Internal combustion engine has intake with compression in piston/cylinders and combustion and exhaust in a turbine. Turbine assembly includes a rotor connected to an output shaft and has variable blades pivotally mounted to rotor. The output shaft is connected to a crankshaft that is connects to the pistons to synchronizes intake and compression with combustion and exhaust. While the rotor spins centrifugal force causes the blades to swivel outwardly. The blades swivel inboard of the rotor as the space between them and the turbine housing cam contour gradually decreases. After partial compression, air enters the turbine assembly's combustion and exhaust chamber. Once full compression is attained, combustion takes place initiating a power cycle causing the turbine to rotate. When the power cycle is completed, the inner cam contour forces the blades inboard and exhaust is cleared by the subsequent variable blade, facilitating the next combustion and exhaust cycle.

Abstract: Method and apparatus to improve the efficiency of internal combustion engines in which compression and combustion of an Air/Fuel mixture is carried out without a compression stroke as used in conventional internal combustion engines and expansion of the combusted mixture is performed to increase the expansion ratio resulting in an increase in the amount of work extracted. An externally compressed Air/Fuel Mixture is combusted in a variable volume combustion chamber and expanded into a conventional cylinder displacing a power piston to produce rotation of a crankshaft to drive a vehicle or other device. Separation of the variable volume combustion chamber from the conventional cylinder eliminates the conventional Otto Cycle compression stroke and provides a substantially larger expansion ratio than the compression ratio in a conventional engine.

Abstract: The invention concerns an internal-combustion engine, the engine comprising an engine housing having a combustion chamber and a piston travelling within the combustion chamber along a path of movement delimited between an upper dead center position and a lower dead center position. The engine housing comprises a first housing part and a second housing part, the first housing part and the second housing part delimiting portions of the combustion chamber, abutting each other, and defining a parting plane, the parting plane being arranged parallel to the path of movement of the piston.

Abstract: The invention provides the proper form for the rotary positive displacement internal combustion engine. The construction of the engines according to the invention is based on a specific form of four bar mechanism and features unique simplicity (only three moving parts, no valves or camshafts, no gears to transfer piston movement to rotary movement), compactness and strength that make the engines according to the invention similar in these and some other aspects (e.g. power density) to gas turbines.

Abstract: The split-chamber rotary engine includes a rotary power module having a case with a circular rotor installed therein. At least one, and preferably two or more combustion chambers are formed peripherally in the rotor. The generally circular rotor cavity of the case includes at least one, and preferably two or more, peripheral expansion chambers. A corresponding number of reciprocating compressor modules are installed upon the case, with the compressor module axis being aligned generally tangentially to the rotor periphery. The compressor module includes concentric reciprocating pistons and valves that compress the air charge and transfer the compressed charge to the rotary power module for power production. The compressor module is driven purely by combustion gas pressure acting upon its inboard piston. No mechanical linkage exists from power module to compressor module. The engine may include multiple rotor and case rows, as desired.

Abstract: Presented is a very low speed, high torque, horizontally opposed, rotary, valveless, Otto cycle piston engine producing four power strokes per revolution, the engine consisting of a fixed engine case assembly having upper and lower plates, the engine rotor assembly having upper and lower plates, sandwiching a single, closed ended cylinder assembly, the cylinder containing intake and exhaust-intake ports, independently reciprocating power and head pistons, each piston being reciprocally controlled by its vertically projecting piston bearing sets contacting respective sets of upper and lower, inner and outer peripheral cam plates, the engine being thus rotated, the cylinder being lubricated by a sealed, recirculating air-oil mist system, the engine rotor assembly having a lower, vertically projecting gear box housing containing a gas porting cap, a vertical drive shaft, two counter rotating output shafts, intake and exhaust pipes, and an exhaust gas filter canister.

Abstract: A rotary piston machine has a housing in which are arranged at least two pistons which are able to revolve together in the housing about an axis of rotation which is fixed with respect to the housing, the pistons being mounted slidingly in a piston cage which is mounted in the housing and revolves together with the pistons about the axis of rotation, the two pistons executing mutually opposing reciprocating motions while revolving about the axis of rotation in order alternately to increase and decrease the volume of a working chamber defined by end faces oriented towards one another of the two pistons and by the piston cage, the axis of rotation passing through the working chamber and the piston cage having a gas exchange opening for admitting and discharging gas to and from the working chamber.

Abstract: The problems of prior compressor structures relying upon conventional check valves are obviated by using, instead, flow control passages which operate to control flow while avoiding mechanical moving elements which may become problematical.

Abstract: The split-chamber rotary engine includes a rotary power module having a case with a circular rotor installed therein. At least one, and preferably two or more combustion chambers are formed peripherally in the rotor. The generally circular rotor cavity of the case includes at least one, and preferably two or more, peripheral expansion chambers. A corresponding number of reciprocating compressor modules are installed upon the case, with the compressor module axis being aligned generally tangentially to the rotor periphery. The compressor module includes concentric reciprocating pistons and valves that compress the air charge and transfer the compressed charge to the rotary power module for power production. The compressor module is driven purely by combustion gas pressure acting upon its inboard piston. No mechanical linkage exists from power module to compressor module. The engine may include multiple rotor and case rows, as desired.

Abstract: A rotary device for use with compressible fluids comprises a first rotation element mounted to rotate about a first axis and a casing having a surface enclosing at least a part of the first rotation element. An elongate cavity of varying cross sectional area is defined between a surface of the first rotation element and the casing surface. The rotary device also comprises a number of second rotation elements mounted to rotate about respective second axes. Each second rotation element is mounted to project through the casing surface and cooperate with the first rotation element surface to divide the cavity into adjacent working portions. At least one on the Working portions defines a closed volume for a part of a cycle of the device. As the first and second rotation elements rotate, the volumes of the working portions vary.

Abstract: A rotary device for an engine includes a stator and a rotor concentric with and rotatable about an axis with respect to the stator. The rotor and the stator cooperate to provide a working chamber. A plurality of vanes are supported for radial movement on one of the stator and the rotor. Fluid is taken into the working chamber through an intake port and exhausted from the working chamber through an exhaust port. A biasing device biases each of the vanes to seal against one of the stator and the rotor. An actuator moves each of the vanes radially against the biasing device to a retracted position to vary a thermodynamic cycle of the rotary device as the rotor rotates with respect to the stator.

Abstract: An improved rotary engine that involves sealing the engine with double spigot seals and redesigning the cam so that the engine duplicates every 10 degrees rather than the 18 degrees of the most relevant prior art. The first part of the cam separates the intake from the exhaust and has a close tolerance fit that prevents the exhaust from containing the air/fuel mixture. In the compression/power area of the cam, a gap is created that allows the transfer of the air/fuel mixture to be moved into firing position.

Abstract: A radial motor or pump has a stator inside which a rotor rotates. The stator carries one or more radial cylinders in each of which a piston is slidable. The end of each cylinder or a ring slidable therein bears against and is a sealing rubbing fit with the internal surface of the stator. The pistons are connected as by connecting rods to a crank pin of a crankshaft. Gears interconnect the stator, rotor and crankshaft to cause the rotor and crankshaft to rotate at the same speed but in opposite directions.

Abstract: The engine includes a housing having a circular cavity with a rotatable flywheel defining a radially extending power piston(s) disposed therein. An abutment disc connects to a compression piston rotor and rotates synchronously with the flywheel. Compression piston(s) rotate on separate axes within the compression piston rotor and move in and out with respect to the outer periphery of the compression piston rotor. A compression piston stator seals off the top of the compression piston rotor causing the compression pistons to compress a charge of gas to be delivered on top of the power piston(s). Fuel is injected and the combustion zone is ignited. The expanding gases force the power piston(s) and flywheel around the housing producing work. The previous products of combustion are forced out the exhaust system in front of the power piston.

Abstract: An engine system includes a plurality of adjacent expansion rotor housings each having a generally cylindrical expansion rotor cavity. The expansion rotor cavity of each expansion rotor housing is substantially aligned with the expansion rotor cavity of each other expansion rotor housing. An elongated shaft extends through the expansion rotor cavity of each expansion rotor housing along a respective longitudinal axis of each expansion rotor cavity. A set of adjacent combustion assemblies is attached to each one of the expansion rotor housings. Each one of the combustion assemblies includes a combustion chamber. An expansion rotor is mounted on the shaft in the expansion rotor cavity of each expansion rotor housing such that the elongated shaft extends through a centroidal axis of each expansion rotor. A fuel delivery system is attached to each one of the combustion assemblies for providing a supply of fuel to each one of the combustion chambers.

Abstract: A portable, combustion-engined tool including a combustion chamber (1), a piston (8) adjoining the combustion chamber (1), with a pressure build-up in the combustion chamber (1) providing for movement of the piston (8) from its initial position, in which the piston adjoins the combustion chamber (1), away from the combustion chamber (1), a brake device (43) for retaining the piston (8) substantially in its initial position during build-up of pressure in the combustion chamber (1), and elements for changing a braking force applied to piston (8).

Abstract: Disclosed is a rotary combustion unit for a rotary internal combustion engine usually cooperated with a cooperative compressor unit having a two-blade cam piston with a main shaft rotated in a cylinder, two spring-loaded reciprocating gate members reciprocated by the cam piston formed a power stroke and a reset stroke being alternatively repeated while the spark plugs ignite the compressed mixed gas delivered by the cooperative compressor unit repeatedly for a certain instant; and a series of sealing devices disposed to all moving contact surfaces to seal the leakages in all condition even if the contact surfaces were worn out due to a long period of engine running.

Abstract: The rotor engine of the present invention includes air compressing components and engine components provided with a combustion chamber. One of the air-compressing components is rotor air-compressing and the other is piston air compressing. Air intake grooves are cut into the air-compressing rotor, and expansion grooves are cut into the engine rotor. Abutments are radially located at the position of the air-compressing rotor and the engine rotor, which divide the air intake groove and expansion groove into volume varying chambers. A gas shield disk is fitted between the air-compressing rotor and engine rotor, and end seals are fitted at the two ends of these two rotors. As a result of this construction, air-intaking, compressing and work-doing, exhausting are completed in the air-compressing components and work components respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed is a rotary internal combustion engine having a generally circular geometry in vertical cross section. The engine's rotor is circular, and it is disposed in a housing in two portions, each portion being a section of a different circle, the circles being offset along the engine's vertical centerline. One of these circles is identical in center and radius as the rotor. The other, owing to the displacement between its center and the center of rotation of the rotor, has a gap between it and the rotor. The engine's crank shaft rotates about an axis passing through the center of this second circle. The rotor has a plurality of radially extending holes connected by connecting rods from the crank shaft, each connecting rod having attached to it a sealing means making the holes effective as combustion chambers. This improved engine is unique in the design of the individual combustion chambers and pistons which undergo reciprocal movement within said chambers.