Alternately Approaching And Receding Elements Patents (Class 123/245)
  • Patent number: 11300044
    Abstract: A rotary piston engine is provided. The rotary piston engine includes a shell and a rotor, the rotating rotor is arranged in the shell and divides a rotor cavity into compression chambers with a variable volume, a plurality of combustion chambers rotating around a main shaft of the rotor are arranged on an outer ring of the shell, and any one of the plurality of combustion chambers is communicated with the compression chambers; the plurality of combustion chambers are in a transmission connection with the main shaft of the rotor via a transmission system, and each of the plurality of combustion chambers drives the main shaft of the rotor to rotate by a combustion of a compressed combustible gas mixture. The shell includes an upper cylinder cover and a lower cylinder cover, and a boss of the upper cylinder cover is fitted with a spigot of the lower cylinder cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Baowei Fan, Yuanguang Wang, Jianfeng Pan, Yaoyuan Zhang, Yonghao Zeng, Shaowen Liu
  • Patent number: 11255258
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine has a plurality of engine units, each having a working space, in which two rotary pistons are arranged so as mesh with each other and thereby divide the working space into an inflow region and an outflow region. Each engine unit has a closable inlet opening to the inflow region and a closable exhaust gas outlet opening. The internal combustion engine further includes a feed-line pipe to the inlet openings and an exhaust gas collection pipe connected to the exhaust gas outlet openings, so that the engine units are connected in parallel with each other. The internal combustion engine further includes exhaust gas lines which connect the engine units with each other in series. In certain cases, a control device operates some of the engine units either as internal combustion engines, or as expansion engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUELSAVE GMBH
    Inventor: Dirk Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 10767328
    Abstract: The invention provides a dock waler moulded from a settable material, where the dock waler defines a main body which encloses a volume and defines at least one interior cavity. The main body also defines at least one engagement structure arranged to engage with a complimentary engagement structure formed in a dock float assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Pultron Composites Limited
    Inventor: Peter Louis Renshaw
  • Patent number: 9828907
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Inventor: Randy Koch
  • Patent number: 9611693
    Abstract: A longer-lasting, lower cost, more powerful, all metal, mud motor than the presently available progressing cavity type mud motors for drilling boreholes into the earth. A mud motor apparatus possessing one single drive shaft that turns a rotary drill bit, which apparatus is attached to a drill pipe which provides high pressure mud to the mud motor, wherein the drive shaft receives at least a first portion of its rotational torque from any high pressure mud flowing through a first hydraulic chamber within the apparatus, and receives at least a second portion of its rotational torque from any high pressure mud flowing through a second hydraulic chamber within the apparatus. The mud motor apparatus possesses two hydraulic chambers, each having its own power stroke, and return stroke, and acting together in a controlled fashion, provide continuous power to a rotary drill bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc.
    Inventors: William Banning Vail, III, Tomislav Skerl, Damir S. Skerl
  • Patent number: 9228489
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Inventor: Antonio Domit
  • Patent number: 9046033
    Abstract: A combustion engine can include an engine block having interior and exterior block surfaces and a combustion generating system connected thereto, with the inner block surface defining a cavity therein; an exhaust port between the inner and exterior block surfaces; a crankshaft rotatably fixed within the cavity and configured to rotate around an axis; and leading and trailing blades connected to the crankshaft. During a combustion event, the inner block surface is complementarily shaped to the leading and trailing blades, such that the inner block surface is outside the blades' ranges of travel. A combustion generating system can supply and ignite an air fuel composition to create a combustion force positioned closer to one of the blades, forcing the one of the blades to rotate away from the combustion force, which rotates the crankshaft around the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Inventor: Christopher Bradley Orthmann
  • Publication number: 20150128896
    Abstract: An engine configuration that uses multiple opposing piston pairs to form respective expansion chambers for expanding a gas within to move the pistons to drive a main shaft. The engine can be configured to operate as an internal combustion engine that uses diesel fuel, gasoline, or natural gas, or it can be configured as an expander to convert high pressure high temperature gas to rotary power. The pistons may be mounted on the circumference of one or more disks. For any given set of choices of numbers of pistons and sizes of pistons, disks, and gears, there are disclosed dimensional constraints useful for more efficient functioning of the engine. This engine can be provided with a compact design which results in high power to weight ratios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen L. Cunningham, Martin A. Stuart
  • Patent number: 8996222
    Abstract: The inventive concept is directed to a “COMPEL” system. The word compel is an acronym of the words “compressed air and electricity”. The compel system is a system of mechanical devices aligned together to propel a vehicle without employing any fossil fuel and creating very little or no detectable pollution. The motion source is a single electric engine that drives the vehicle by way of a transmission. The source/s for producing the electricity originate in two different manners. One source is of the motion of the vehicle itself and responsible for the action of the second source. Conversely, the second source provides the energy to propel the vehicle, Thus, each source is generally dependent upon the other. However, the holding reserve capacity of the fuel tank allows for the compressed air engine source to mobilize the vehicle from a dead stop and thereby re-engage the other generating source/s. The other energy generating sources are elements driven by the axle of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Inventor: Fred F. Penrod
  • Patent number: 8978619
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a non-piston rotary engine that utilizes flywheel motion to generate power. In some embodiments, the non-piston rotary engine comprises a pair of flywheels and a plurality of rotor assemblies for generating mechanical energy. In some embodiments, each rotor assembly comprises a multi-vane compressor that rotates within a vane compressor housing. In some embodiments, each rotor assembly comprises a rotating combustion disk in a combustion housing. In some embodiments, the combustion housing comprises a plurality of combustion disk chambers for igniting the combustible gas and expelling exhaust fumes created after combustion, wherein combustible gas forced into each combustion disk chamber is combusted, causing the rotor to move in a direction to release exhaust from the combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Inventor: Arlen Dennis Purvis
  • Patent number: 8950377
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Inventor: Yevgeniy Fedorovich Drachko
  • Patent number: 8944025
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine, and more particularly a rotary internal combustion engine, is provided with said engine having multiple combustion chambers delimited by piston heads and an engine housing wall that defines at least a section of a torus. Additionally, a method for operating the internal combustion engine is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Inventor: Heinz-Gustav A. Reisser
  • Patent number: 8931455
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved rotary engine having one positive motion stroke, the rotary engine comprising at least one of a piston having at least one piston vane. At least one of a unidirectional bearing is operationally coupled to the piston, wherein the piston is configured to allow the piston vane to rotate and the unidirectional bearing prevents the piston vane from rotating during a combustive force or a thrust force injection. A peddle block is positioned in the pathway of the piston vane, wherein as the piston vane approaches the peddle block a secondary exhaust pressure increases against the piston vane surface, the secondary exhaust pressure, in part, causes the piston vane to rotate and self-align for a subsequent cycle. Other exemplary embodiments allow for a secondary exhaust pressure to rotate a piston vane causing the piston vane to self-aligning for the next cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Inventor: Boots Rolf Hughston
  • Patent number: 8919322
    Abstract: An engine configuration that places multiple pistons on one or two oscillating discs. The engine can be configured to operate as an internal combustion engine that uses diesel fuel, gasoline, or natural gas, or it can be configured as an expander to convert high pressure high temperature gas to rotary power. For any given set of choices of numbers of pistons and sizes of pistons, disks, and gears, there are disclosed dimensional constraints useful for more efficient functioning of the engine. This engine is especially suited as a driver for electrical power generation as it delivers high torque at low engine speeds, among other uses. Its compact design results in high power to weight ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen Lee Cunningham, Martin A. Stuart
  • Publication number: 20140348678
    Abstract: Heat engine comprising a body (2) provided with an annular cavity (3) therein, two coaxial discoidal sectors (7, 7?) that comprises two diametrically opposite tangential pistons (7a and 7c or 7?b and 7?d) that project, both radially and axially, from their corresponding discoidal sector and can slide through the annular cavity, each pair of consecutive pistons defining a chamber (Cab, Cbc, Ccd, Cda), a means of control of the rotational speed of the two discoidal sectors that makes their respective rotational speeds to vary cyclically and in antiphase between a maximum speed and a minimum speed, so that the speed of each sector is kept at a substantial maximum for most of the duration of a half-cycle, and is kept at a substantial minimum for most of the duration of the other half-cycle, and a means (8) of integration of the speeds of the sectors into a mean speed for the power transmission shaft (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Juan Antonio Castillo Álvarez
  • Patent number: 8707929
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Jean Thomassin, Richard Ullyott, André Julien
  • Patent number: 8684714
    Abstract: An orbital engine with a first outer generally tubular body with a first axis, and a second generally tubular inner orbiter body with a second axis, the second inner body being moveable within the first outer body. The first and second axes are parallel, but not colinear. The second inner body revolves, but does not rotate, within the first outer body Vanes extending generally radially relative to both the inner and outer bodies define multiple chambers in the space between the outside of the inner body and the inside of the outer body. The vanes reciprocate relative to both the inner and outer bodies, and no vane traverses the entire inner surface of the outer body. When fitted with ports in the outer body and valves, the orbital engine may be implemented as an internal combustion engine, gas compressor, liquid pump, air motor, blower, fan or turbine, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Inventor: Frank W. Leonard
  • Patent number: 8671907
    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).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventor: Jiban Jyoti Mistry
  • Patent number: 8662052
    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).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Inventor: David W. Garside
  • Patent number: 8578908
    Abstract: A dual-rotor engine comprises a cylinder assembly, a transmission output mechanism, a rotor control mechanism and a lubrication system. The cylinder assembly comprises a tubular cylinder (6) and two rotors (1a, 1b). Each of the rotors (1a, 1b) comprises an inner cylindrical cylinder (99a, 99b), a rotor journal (20a, 20b) integrated with the inner cylindrical cylinder (99a, 99b) and two sector pistons (17a, 17b) symmetrically secured to the inner cylindrical cylinder (99a, 99b); four sector pistons (17a, 17b) of two rotors (1a, 1b) are arranged crosswise to each other, and two adjacent sector pistons (17a, 17b) form a combustion chamber. The transmission output mechanism comprises two rotor gears (2a, 2b) and two driving gears (3a, 3b) which engaged with each other respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Zhenming Zhang
    Inventor: Zhenming Zhang
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8511276
    Abstract: Provided is a cat-and-mouse type internal combustion engine of concentric two-rotor/six-piston type, which has a cooling chamber in its cylinder housing and which needs neither any lubricating oil nor any valve mechanism so that its structure is simple and compact and can be easily manufactured. Further provided are a variable correlation type crank for a constant-pressure burning (CPB) engine of a variable compression ratio, and an inertial correlation type crank for a premixed compression ignition (HCCI), thereby to realize an internal combustion engine, which matches fuels of various kinds and which has a high energy efficiency and a clean exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Inventor: Tatsunobu Omori
  • Patent number: 8511277
    Abstract: A “TurboMotor” positive displacement rotary-piston machine comprises a casing having an annular working chamber and intake and exhaust ports, two drive shafts coaxial with the annular surface defining the working chamber and provided with rotary pistons on one end thereof and with arms on the other end thereof, a stationary central gear coaxial with the surface defining the working chamber and with the drive shafts, an output shaft concentric with the drive shafts and having an offset portion carrying a carrier and a planetary gear, the planetary gear being in mesh with the stationary central gear the carrier being pivotally connected to the arms of both drive shafts through the connecting rods. The annular working chamber of the casing communicates with the intake ports and exhaust ports and/or exit channels and entrance channels arranged sequentially and contiguously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Inventor: Yevgeniy Fedorovich Drachko
  • Patent number: 8434449
    Abstract: Axially protruding, centrally cooled pistons rotate around a stationary primary rotation axis within a cylindrical piston chamber. The pistons are held on both of their axial ends by concentrically rotating crank disks as intertwined rotary assemblies. On the outside of each crank disk is hinged a driving piston that slides in a radial guide of two flywheels oppositely axially adjacent the piston chamber and crank disks. The flywheels rotate around an offset secondary rotation axis. As a result. The pistons are individually and oppositely alternately accelerated and decelerated. Volumes between them angularly expand and contract. Inlets and outlets are positioned along the piston chamber circumference in correspondence with expansion and contraction phases of the rotating volumes. A low number of moving parts, area sealed volumes, no valves, no dead volume, balanced mass forces, vibration free rotation and short force transmission paths provide for lightweight construction and high rotational speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Inventor: Johannes Peter Schneeberger
  • Patent number: 8418672
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Inventor: James L. Groves
  • Patent number: 8408179
    Abstract: Combustion engine (10) comprising a stator (11) provided with a compartment (16), inside which a rotor (20) is mounted rotatable, which comprises two parts (22, 23) each comprising a peripheral surface (47) and articulated one with respect to the other and both mounted rotatable, around the same axis of rotation (21) substantially coaxial with the compartment (16). The combustion engine (10) comprises kinematisms (60) to coordinate cyclically the rotations of the two parts (22, 23) around the axis of rotation (21), so that each of the parts (22, 23) accelerates or decelerates synchronously with respect to the other, while still both rotating in the same direction and at the same average angular velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Valmax S.R.L.
    Inventor: Mariano Manganaro
  • Patent number: 8322323
    Abstract: The fluid system is intended for an oscillating-piston engine (100) which has at least two double-armed oscillating pistons (4) arranged in a spherical housing (19) and revolving together about an axis (23) of revolution arranged in the housing center, wherein the oscillating pistons, when revolving, mutually perform reciprocating oscillating movements about an oscillation axis (24) perpendicular to the axis (23) of revolution, and guide members (5) attached to at least two pistons (4) engage in at least one guide groove (17) formed in the housing (19) and serving to control the oscillating movements. The fluid system (70) comprises at least one central feed opening (1), lying in the vicinity of an end of the axis (23) of revolution, for a fluid, continuous cavities and/or bores (10) in the pistons (4) for the fluid, and a fluid discharge on the outer side (3) of the respective piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Inventor: Arnold Wagner
  • Patent number: 8297253
    Abstract: A rotary piston engine with a frame, a cylinder liner mounted rotatably therein, a rotor mounted coaxially in the cylinder liner and a gear mechanism connecting the frame, the liner and the rotor, where the gear mechanism is outside a working space arranged between liner and rotor and where the gear mechanism couples the cylinder liner and the rotor for a relative movement periodically oscillating between positive and negative rotational speed. The gear mechanism and the liner form with the rotor a transmission with five rotational joints with a degree of freedom of one and one rotational/prismatic joint, where the gear mechanism has a rotational element mounted rotatably by a first rotational joint on the frame and a connecting rod connected rotatably by a second rotational joint to the rotational element and rotatably by a third rotational joint to the cylinder liner and by the rotational/prismatic joint to the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Inventor: Waldemar Kurowski
  • Publication number: 20120266841
    Abstract: FIG. 2 suggests an engine idea in which two interlocked rotors stop and turn in alternate fashion. If this suggestion is restructured as follows it would lead into the useful embodiments of this patent and more: The blades of a Front rotor are interlocked with the blades of a Back rotor. With the help of a Front motor and a Back motor, a computer is able to drive said Front rotor and said Back rotor. The computer controls the sealed chambers between the blades of the Front rotor and the blades of the Back rotor to bring about the strokes similar to the strokes of the conventional internal combustion engines. Said structure therefore yields to the formation of three embodiments: a Rotary Internal Combustion Engine (RICE), a Rotary Internal Combustion Generator, and a Rotary Compressor/Liquid Pump (RC/LP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventor: Seyd Mehdi Sobhani
  • Patent number: 8286608
    Abstract: A sealing system for oscillating-piston engines that include two oscillating pistons that revolve together in a spherical housing. The pistons perform reciprocating oscillating movements in opposite directions about an oscillation axis perpendicular to the axis of revolution for the pistons. Guide members are provided on the pistons and engage at least one guide groove formed in the housing. Sealing elements are disposed on or in the vicinity of all moving edges surrounding working chambers and prechambers for the engine. The sealing elements seal all the gap regions present between machine parts displaced relative to one another by revolving and/or oscillating movements and not in direct contact. Sealing elements prevent excessive penetration of lubricating fluid into inlet and outlet openings in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Peraves AG
    Inventor: Arnold Wagner
  • Publication number: 20120204829
    Abstract: A rotary engine comprises a substantially circular hollow chamber including an outer wall portion and an inner wall portion. A piston moves through the chamber in response to combustion of a fuel and air mixture in the chamber, the piston being connected to a piston rod which drives a shaft outside the chamber. A gate is formed in the chamber to provide a transverse seal therein, the gate and piston being configured so that the piston or gate are movable relative to each other between a first position in which the chamber is sealed by the gate and a second position in which the piston avoids the gate as it moves through the chamber. The inner wall of the chamber comprises a fixed wall portion which does not move relative to the piston and a traveling wall portion which moves with the piston, the fixed wall portion and traveling wall portion of the inner wall forming a substantial seal therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventor: Reza Fatemi
  • Patent number: 8230836
    Abstract: A highly efficient, low weight-to-power ratio and adjustable high compression, gasoline or diesel internal combustion engine consisting of a multitude of cylindrical casings parallel to each other or aligned sequentially on one axle. Each casing having one radially extending vane affixed to a shaft rotatably mounted within the casing upon two end plates and one longitudinally extending wall affixed on the inside of the casing. The casing and/or the end plates equipped with plurality of ports and conduits which enable communication between interior chambers of the cylinders, allowing for intake of combustible air-fuel mixture and exhaust thereafter. Ignition means delivering a spark at the end of each working cycle. An extendable and adjustable connecting rod assembly converting the oscillating bi-directional rotary motion of the power output shaft into a continuous unidirectional motion of the main shaft. A self lubricating mechanism incorporated into the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Inventor: Kamen George Kamenov
  • Patent number: 8210151
    Abstract: The inventive volume expansion rotary piston machine includes a body (1) with a circular working cavity which is provided with and intake and exhaust channels (18, 19) and in which bladed pistons (5, 6) are disposed on two coaxial shafts (2, 3). Said shafts have arms (4) which are connected, by means of connecting rods (10), to crankshafts with planet toothed wheels which are fastened to said crankshafts and are engaged with a fixed central toothed wheel (12). The volume expansion rotary piston machine comprises an output shaft (7) with an eccentric (8) on which a planet wheel (11) with a carrier (9) are rigidly connected and mounted, and which planet wheel is kinematically connected to the arms (4) of the two shafts (2, 3) by means of the connecting rods (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Inventor: Yevgeniy Fedorovich Drachko
  • Patent number: 8176892
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Inventor: Heinz-Gustav A. Reisser
  • Patent number: 8037861
    Abstract: This invention provides a rotary engine and the type engine design method. This engine mainly has two nested rotors and a cylinder body. This invention publicizes in detail about the rotary engine movement principle and the work mechanism. This type engine can the automatic control compression ratio, the running rate be high, Structure simple and so on many kinds of merits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Inventor: Liang Liang
  • Publication number: 20110247583
    Abstract: A rotary internal combustion engine includes crank-driven gates to synchronously form chambers for the intake, compression, combustion, expansion and exhaust of a working medium during a high-efficiency hybrid engine cycle. A variety of rotor geometries and sealing apparatuses may work with a rotary engines in the execution of various engine cycles including, but not limited to, a high-efficiency hybrid engine cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: LIQUIDPISTON, INC.
    Inventors: Nikolay Shkolnik, Alexander C. Shkolnik, Stephen L. Nabours, Gnana Prakash Gnanam, David Collis Kieke, Yehoram Hofman
  • Patent number: 8033265
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine, and more particularly a rotary internal combustion engine, is provided with said engine having multiple combustion chambers delimited by piston heads and an engine housing wall that defines at least a section of a torus. Additionally, a method for operating the internal combustion engine is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Inventor: Heinz-Gustav A. Reisser
  • Publication number: 20110239981
    Abstract: An engine configuration that places multiple pistons on one or two oscillating discs. The engine can be configured to operate as an internal combustion engine that uses diesel fuel, gasoline, or natural gas, or it can be configured as an expander to convert high pressure high temperature gas to rotary power. For any given set of choices of numbers of pistons and sizes of pistons, disks, and gears, there are disclosed dimensional constraints useful for more efficient functioning of the engine. This engine is especially suited as a driver for electrical power generation as it delivers high torque at low engine speeds, among other uses. Its compact design results in high power to weight ratios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen Lee Cunningham, Martin A. Stuart
  • Patent number: 8011346
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for producing a rotary motion force by means of a compressed gas rotary engine, rotary type with pistons in the circular rotor, consisting of a housing, a rotor with cylinder chambers containing pistons that has a rod containing a bearing which rotates against a stationary cam, the rotor is connected to a shaft, and combined with a r rod guiding system This engine may be produced in any suitable size and contain as many pistons as needed. More than one engine may be attached together. The engine has many uses such as to power machinery, automobiles, motorcycles, boats, generators, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Inventor: David H. Blount
  • Patent number: 8001949
    Abstract: An engine with expansion piston located on the end of a motion arm connected to the engine shaft. On the shaft, rotating compression pistons are mounted. The distance between the two piston types allows for the production of great torque. The geometry of expansion chamber and compression chamber is concentric toroidal. A pressure chamber stores the air-fuel mixture coming from the compression chamber to the expansion chamber and is therefore interposed between the two. The timing of the two or more sliding ports attached to the compression chambers determines the compression volume, while the valves control the communication of the pressure chamber with the other chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Inventor: Savvas Savvakis
  • Publication number: 20110126795
    Abstract: This invention involves internal combustion engine, especially the olive-shaped rotary engine. The olive-shaped rotary engine not only overcomes the defects of large reciprocating inertia the existing piston reciprocating engine has, complex structure and large volume but also overcomes the defects of small output torque the existing rotary internal combustion engine has, the fuel not being able to fully combust and high manufacturing process requirements. If the fuel can't be fully combusted, it will lead to a higher amount of fuels. This invention consists of crankshaft, shell and triangle rotor. Within centre hole of the triangle rotor is equipped with connecting handle, which is connected with crankshaft through gear set. The shuttle-like moving path when the rotor of the connecting handle is connected with the centre of the crankshaft results from the driving of the gear set, realizing the basic working process of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: SHANGDONG ICD HIGH PERFORMANCE FIBRES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Feng Hua
  • Patent number: 7931006
    Abstract: A rotatably alternating air or water cooled two-stroke internal combustion engine comprising a cylindrical casing, and a rotor comprising two radially extending vanes affixed to a shaft rotatably mounted within the casing upon two end plates. Two longitudinally extending walls affixed to the casing. Sealing strips provided between said walls, the shaft, the vanes, the casing and the end plates respectively. Working and supercharging interior chambers between the vanes and the walls. The casing and/or the end plates equipped with ports which communicate with the interior chambers, allowing for intake of combustible air-fuel mixture and exhaust thereafter. Ignition means delivering a spark at the end of each working cycle. An extendable and adjustable connecting rod assembly converting the oscillating bi-directional rotary motion of the output shaft into a continuous unidirectional motion of the main shaft. A self lubricating mechanism incorporated into the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Inventor: Kamen George Kamenov
  • Patent number: 7909014
    Abstract: An oscillating piston engine comprises a housing in which at least one piston is arranged which can revolve in the housing about an axis of rotation which is fixed in relation to the housing, and which performs when revolving about the axis of rotation reciprocating pivoting movements about pivot axis extending perpendicularly to the axis of rotation between a first end position and a second end position, the at least one piston having a running element which runs, as the piston revolves about the axis of rotation, along at least one control cam which is configured in such a way that the pivoting movements of the at least one piston are derived from the revolving movement of the running element along the control cam. A second running element mounted to the piston and/or a negative-pressure source applying a negative pressure to the backside of the piston are provided for assisting the return of the piston from the first end position to the second end position of the pivoting movement of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Inventor: Herbert Huettlin
  • Publication number: 20110048370
    Abstract: A revolving piston engine incorporating dual revolving pistons for improving fuel efficiency, increasing power output, easy sealing, easy cooling and reduced vibration. One or more of revolving pistons, each consisting of one piston and one cylinder head, revolve within a ring cylinder, around a common axis in a same direction, but with different velocities. A revolving piston compressor is also disclosed, incorporating appropriately designed and relocated ports/valves for both of associated intake and outlet components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventor: Vishvas Ambardekar
  • Publication number: 20110030652
    Abstract: This invention called the IRICE uses rotational pistons (cystons). The IRICE is more efficient than a conventional piston engine by negating loses caused by reversal of the pistons in the engine bore. The IRICE contains two or more adjacent cystons with at least one head per cyston separating chambers contained in the housing between adjacent cyston heads. Cystons alternate their motions via a fluid or gas, called the pf, under pressure in relation to the pressure in adjacent chambers. The cyston(s) currently in motion, called the MOP cyston(s), contacts part of the IRICE, called the pushcan, producing torque. The cyston(s) static in relation to MOP(s) are called the SIP cyston(s). SIP's contacts a section of the IRICE called the clampcan that restricts it's motion allowing pf pressure in the chamber between the two aforementioned cyston's heads to exhort force moving the MOP cyston(s) and the pushcan to do work. Pf is moved through the IRICE chambers via inlets and outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventor: Robert Kirk Spencer, SR.
  • Patent number: 7866284
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oscillating piston engine comprising a housing that contains a first and at least a second piston, both of which can rotate about a fixed rotational axis in the housing and which when rotating about said axis execute counter-rotating displacements back and forth about a pivoting axis that runs perpendicular to the rotational axis through the centre of the housing. A working chamber is situated between opposing end faces of the first and at least second piston. The housing is provided with at least one gas exchange opening for admitting or discharging a gas into or from the working chamber. The pistons are arranged in such a way that the rotational axis runs through the working chamber. The pistons are mounted to slide in a piston cage, which is located in the housing, is concentric with the rotational axis, and rotates together with the pistons about said axis. The gas exchange opening is arranged eccentrically in relation to the rotational axis, on one end face of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Inventor: Herbert Huettlin
  • Patent number: 7849822
    Abstract: A reciprocating rotary engine includes a torus-shaped chamber which is divided into two regions. Each divided region forms a sealed chamber. Each sealed chamber is divided by a piston attached to a shaft whereby four sealed chambers are formed. A power converter includes two power combination devices and two motor/generator dual role electric motors. Each combination device has three rotational axes with the torques of two axes being combined together and transferred to the remaining axis. The two electric motors modulate the torque of an axis periodically in accordance with reciprocating rotary motion of the engine, to provide a counterforce to oscillating power and transfer unidirectional torque to a drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Aden Limited
    Inventor: Jin Whan Yim
  • Publication number: 20100300401
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for producing a rotary motion force by means of a compressed gas rotary engine, rotary type with pistons in the circular rotor, consisting of a housing, a rotor with cylinder chambers containing pistons that has a rod containing a bearing which rotates against a stationary cam, the rotor is connected to a shaft, and combined with a r rod guiding system This engine may be produced in any suitable size and contain as many pistons as needed. More than one engine may be attached together. The engine has many uses such as to power machinery, automobiles, motorcycles, boats, generators, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: David H. Blount
  • Patent number: 7827956
    Abstract: A revolving piston engine incorporating revolving pistons for improving fuel efficiency, increasing power output, easy cooling and reduced vibration. One or more of revolving piston pairs, each consisting of one piston and one cylinder head, revolve within a ring cylinder, around a common axis in a same direction, but with different velocities. A revolving piston compressor is also disclosed, incorporating appropriately designed and relocated ports/valves for both of associated intake and outlet components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventor: Vishvas Ambardekar
  • Patent number: 7828532
    Abstract: A rotary-vane machine, has a stationary tubular housing having a lubricated pump with an oil carter, and an oil-free section, with two pairs of ports through which a working medium enters or exits, a housing cover plate, a sun gear attached to a boss, a bearing and oil transferring member, a cover disc attachable to the end of the oil-free housing section, and a tubular rotor inside of which are fixedly attachable, two tapering vanes rotatable, together with the rotor, at a uniform speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventor: Leonid Volftsun