Abstract: In one embodiment, a centrifugal force generating device comprises a first hydraulic rotor, a second hydraulic rotor, and one or more hydraulic control valves. The first hydraulic rotor comprises a first mass and is configured to rotationally drive the first mass around a first axis of rotation using a first flow of hydraulic fluid through the first hydraulic rotor. The second hydraulic rotor comprises a second mass and is configured to rotationally drive the second mass around a second axis of rotation using a second flow of hydraulic fluid through the second hydraulic rotor. The one or more hydraulic control valves are configured to control the first flow of hydraulic fluid through the first hydraulic rotor and the second flow of hydraulic fluid through the second hydraulic rotor.

Abstract: Described herein is a device comprising: a chamber wall comprising outer and inner surfaces, wherein the inner surface encloses a lobed chamber with a plurality of lobes and the inner surface comprises segments of arcuate surfaces, each of the segments of arcuate surfaces being tangent with its immediate neighboring segments, and wherein the chamber wall further comprises channels connecting the outer surface and the inner surface of the chamber wall and/or channels through an end surface of the chamber wall; a lobed piston configured to translate along a circular path relative to the chamber wall, the outer surface of the piston and the inner surface of the chamber wall engaged during translation; and holes fluidly connected to the lobed chamber and configured to allow fluid discharge from the lobed chamber through the holes and to prevent fluid flow into the lobed chamber through the holes.

Abstract: A rotary mechanism including a rotor assembly having a plurality of piston members distributed about its periphery, and a rotary member in peripheral engagement with the rotor assembly. The rotary member (7) includes a plurality of piston receiving formations in its periphery for receiving the piston members, whereby during rotation of the rotor assembly the piston members move into and out of the piston receiving formations, and a plurality of conduits arranged to connect peripheral portions of the rotary member to an interior portion thereof. The rotary mechanism includes a flow separation device having an inlet port for receiving fluid into the rotary mechanism and an outlet port for enabling fluid to exit the rotary mechanism, a first passageway for connecting the inlet port with the interior side of at least one of the conduits formed in the rotary member and a second passageway for connecting the outlet port with the interior side of at least one of the conduits formed in the rotary member.

Abstract: An energy transfer machine, for example, a positive displacement internal combustion device, has a fixed or rotating outer housing, an internal rotating carrier and one or more inner rotors with rotational axes which are offset from the inner rotor carrier rotational axis. Circumferentially expandable projections from the outer housing and rotor mesh with each other to define variable volume chambers.

Abstract: An energy transfer machine, for example, a positive displacement internal combustion device, has a fixed outer housing, an internal rotating carrier and one or more inner rotors with rotational axes which are offset from the inner rotor carrier rotational axis. Projections from the fixed outer housing and rotor mesh with each other to define variable volume chambers. In another energy transfer machine, in which the outer housing may be fixed or rotating, projections of the rotor are expandable within cylinders defined by projections of the outer housing.

Abstract: An energy transfer machine, for example, a positive displacement internal combustion device, has a fixed or rotating outer housing, an internal rotating carrier and one or more inner rotors with rotational axes which are offset from the inner rotor carrier rotational axis. Circumferentially expandable projections from the outer housing and rotor mesh with each other to define variable volume chambers.

Abstract: An energy transfer machine, for example, a positive displacement internal combustion device, has a fixed outer housing, an internal rotating carrier and one or more inner rotors with rotational axes which are offset from the inner rotor carrier rotational axis. Projections from the fixed outer housing and rotor mesh with each other to define variable volume chambers. In another energy transfer machine, in which the outer housing may be fixed or rotating, projections of the rotor are expandable within cylinders defined by projections of the outer housing.

Abstract: The rotary piston power system includes a housing having a drum and a cover rotatably mounted on the drum. The drum has high pressure and low pressure ports defined in its peripheral wall and a central separator wall having arcuate end faces and a pair of semicylindrical recesses defined in opposing sidewalls. A pair of pistons are rotatably mounted on axles on opposite sides of the separator wall and fit closely between the separator wall and the peripheral wall. Each piston has a plurality of radially disposed cylindrical recesses defining slots in the piston's peripheral wall. The cover has a plurality of radially disposed vanes extending into the drum defining a number of cylinders or chambers double the number of recesses defined in a single piston. An input/output shaft extends from the opposite side of the cover for coupling to a prime mover or to a load.

Abstract: A device for lubricating a rotary piston air pump driven by an engine penetrated by lubricating oil return conduits. The device includes a rotary housing including a casing and two side walls and rotatably mounted on a stationary axle having an eccentric thereon. The axle penetrates the housing perpendicular with respect to the side walls and receives on its eccentric a rotating piston, which is in camming engagement with the casing and limits volume changing operating chambers. The surface of the eccentric on which the piston is mounted is provided with a recess in communication with a suction conduit and a recess in communication with a discharge conduit. The piston has control openings for successively communicating the recesses with the operating chambers during rotary movement of the piston.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a rotary engine operable as an internal combustion engine or powered from an external source, the engine comprising essentially three parts: (1) an outer housing or body, (2) a valve shaft extending axially through the body and having an eccentric mounted thereon, and (3) a rotor journalled on the eccentric. The shape of the internal surface of the housing and the rotor is such as to define a plurality of variable volume working chambers between the rotor and the housing. The rotor and internal surface of the housing may be cylindrical with the variable volume working chambers formed by sealing means projecting from the rotor in contact with the internal surface of the housing. The rotor and internal surface of the housing may also have a multi-lobed configuration with there being one less projecting lobe on the rotor than lobes in the housing with the projecting lobes of the rotor being essentially the same size and shape as those of the housing.

Abstract: A rotary gas expansion and compression device having a pair of rotors provided respectively with external and internal flutes differing in number by one, the form of which provides a continuous vertical contact. The rotors are meshed so that they form closed chambers which during rotation continuously vary in volume providing expansion and compression chambers.