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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037862 | Simplified multifunction component rotary engine An internal combustion rotary engine has a chamber defined by a chamber wall and a rotor valve body in three locus-sealing contact with the chamber wall to define a series of three subchambers including a first subchamber for sequential compression, transfer, and co... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7913663 | Rotary piston machine A rotary piston machine 10 includes an enclosure 12 having a cavity 14 therein with arcuate side walls 16a,b,c defining a plurality of arcuate recesses 18a,b,c and a piston member 20 rotationally disposed in th... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7434563 | Rotary engine The rotary engine includes a cylinder body having a cylinder chamber, an intake port, an exhaust port, and a spark plug, and a rotor which is received in the cylinder chamber to eccentrically rotate while coming into contact at seal faces thereof with an inner circu... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7264454 | Rotary combustion engine with an improved inner seal A rotary combustion engine includes a peripheral housing, a front housing plate, a rear housing plate, a piston, and an eccentric shaft, where the piston rotates to form three working spaces separated from each other by the tips of the piston. Shaft seals and piston... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7192263 | Pump and ink jet printer mounting the pump The pump is provided with a housing 31, a rotor 40, and a separating member 50. Rotor 40 and separating member 50 are rotated within housing 40. Separating member 50 separates the cavity of housing 31 into a divided space 77a, a divided space 7b and a ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192264 | Hyrdraulic motor The invention relates to a hydraulic motor having an outer casing and eccentric means for rotating a power shaft by means of fluid through a pressure chamber arrangement. The eccentric means comprise an eccentric part formed in the power shaft, a first eccentric rin... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168690 | Multiple circuit—single valve metering system for carburetor A carburetor for an internal combustion engine includes idle passages (22A and 22B) extending through the carburetor body adjacent each cylinder bore (18A–18-D) of the carburetor, such that the idle passages bypass the cylinder bores. A... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7073477 | Gorski rotary engine A rotary engine is provided with solid vanes which extend through the rotor and engage opposing interior wall portions of the stator housing. A series of grooves in the interior wall permit the expanding exhaust gases to by-pass the minimal surface area of vanes pro... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6994071 | Two-cycle engine for counter-rotation especially for aviation applications A counter-rotating 2 cycle piston engine with a combustion chamber and an output shaft rotatably mounted to rotate independently about the same propeller centerline of an aircraft. The Internal combustion power is transmitted to the output shaft by means of a conven... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6988482 | Dual rotor internal combustion engine An engine including a housing formed with a pair of side-by-side intersecting substantially cylindrical cavities, and a pair of counter-rotating power rotors rotatably mounted within the cavities. The pair of power rotors include intermeshing lobes that each define ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6983729 | Rotary piston machine A rotary piston machine having a housing defining a prismatic chamber the cross section of which forms an oval of odd order. A rotary piston is guided in the chamber and, in each position, subdivides the chamber into two working chambers. Piston-fixed instantaneous ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6928977 | Adapter, to interface counter-rotating torque producing engine mechanisms with stationary support accessories, for torque free output and torque sensitive environments The present invention is a novel hydraulic/electric, rotating interface for torque producing engines, including internal combustion engines, which enables a rigidly mounted motor to isolate the power/torque producing components from other stationary accessories, to ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6883488 | Rotary combustion engine A rotary combustion engine includes a driving eccentric ring arranged between a non-rotary outer casing and a non-rotary inner casing for rotating a power shaft situated inside the inner casing. In order to drive the eccentric ring, a combustion chamber arrangement ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6814045 | Rotary internal combustion engine There is provided a rotary internal combustion engine (20) comprising a plurality of rotors (21) each having a plurality of lobes (22) for intermeshing with lobes of other rotors to form successive combustion chambers. Axial seal elements (60... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6761144 | Rotary engine with counter-rotating housing and output shaft mounted on stationary spindle A counter-rotating rotary-piston engine has an output shaft with a cylindrical inner cavity rotatably mounted on a single support spindle in the frame of an aircraft. The output shaft extends substantially through the length of the engine block, which is suitably jo... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6758188 | Continuous torque inverse displacement asymmetric rotary engine An internal combustion rotary engine generating continuous torque throughout an entire combustion cycle by an inverse displacement of a moving chamber and stationary convex surface is described. A rotary engine having one or more of asymmetric chambers, asymmetric c... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6615793 | Valveless revolving cylinder engine A revolving cylinder engine having a stationary fixed housing with circumferential intake and exhaust ports and an ignition means, a concentrically positioned revolving cylinder block bored centrally and radially with said radial bore defining a piston co... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6530357 | Rotary internal combustion engine The present invention pertains to rotary internal combustion engines and essentially relates to an engine including a body that comprises an inner cylindrical cavity as well as side covers. The cavity comprises a rotor-piston which is concentrically mount... | 03/11/2003 |
| 5738065 | Variable rotary engine A rotary engine contains a laterally displaceable rotary member which is sealably and slidably engaged by a rotor plate which has been modified for sealing, travels in an eccentric circle along with the rotor, but provides sealing against the rotor using ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5310325 | Rotary engine with eccentric gearing A rotary engine having a three apex rotor rotatably and eccentrically mounted on a driven shaft. The rotor having a central internal ring gear meshing with an eccentrically mounted pinion gear. The pinion gear drives the driven shaft with a 1:1 ratio and ... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5251596 | Two stroke rotary internal combustion engine A two-stroke cycle rotary internal combustion engine of the Wankel type is disclosed. The engine provides a flow through intake and exhaust with intake ports on one side wall of an epitrochoidal housing and exhaust ports on the opposite side wall. Compres... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5203307 | Rotary wankel type engine A rotary Wankel type engine system is disclosed, wherein the crankshaft is supported by a center main roller bearing. The rotor apexes are sealed by two piece apex seals and by side seals. The engine system further includes an oiling system which permits ... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5181489 | Rotary engine A rotary engine that comprises a rotor having two side faces, a side housing disposed facing to one of the two side faces of the rotor and a center housing disposed facing to the other of the two side faces of the rotor. The side housing has an intake por... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5127377 | Rotary machine with oval piston in triangular chamber A triangle rotation engine, which comprises an oval rotor repeatedly performing Auto cycle inside a cylinder block, which defines therein three cylinder walls, for driving a crank shaft slidably linked with the oval rotor for an output of power through tw... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5123387 | Rotary engine with inserts in rotor faces A rotary engine includes a rotor with a plurality of working surfaces. Each working surface of the rotor includes a recess covered by an insulating plate. A ledge is formed within and part way around a periphery of the recess and across one end of each re... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5121721 | Rotary engine A rotary engine that comprises a rotor having two side faces, a side housing disposed facing to one of the two side faces of the rotor and a center housing disposed facing to the other of the two side faces of the rotor. The side housing has an intake por... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4915071 | Orbit internal combustion engine An orbit internal combustion engine having a housing with a cylindrical internal wall surrounding a plurality of combustion chambers. A plurality of pairs of intake and exhaust valves mounted on the housing control the flow of an air and fuel mixture into... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4889091 | Rotary valve for natural gas rotary engine A rotary internal combustion engine includes a fuel intake port located in the periphery of the rotor housing near the air inlet end of the major axis of the two-lobed profile defined thereby. A rotary valve controls communication between the fuel intake ... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4848296 | Rotary internal combustion engine A rotary internal combustion engine comprises a cylindrical casing and a cylindrical rotor. Several stepped crankshafts rotatably connected to the rotor pass through the ends of the casing, thereby confining motion of the rotor to orbital motion. Radial v... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4759324 | Intake system for rotary piston engine An intake system for three-rotor type rotary piston engine having first, second and third engine sections, and three rotors, the rotors being in 120-degree phase difference in terms of eccentric shaft rotation, a first communicating passage for communicat... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4756284 | Intake system for internal combustion engine An intake system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of engine sections for utilizing the interference effect between engine sections to increase the intake charge for at least two engine sections, has a first intake passage connected to ... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4750458 | Intake system for rotary piston engine An intake system for a rotary piston engine having a plurality of engine sections, each engine section being separated by an intermediate housing. In the intake system, there are provided communicating passages for communicating the engine sections so tha... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4706621 | Intake systems for rotary piston engines A rotary piston engine having three or more rotors and provided with an intake system including a primary individual intake passage leading to each rotor unit and a secondary individual intake passage leading to each rotor unit for providing a supply of i... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4627395 | Intake system for rotary piston engines A two rotor type rotary piston engine includes an intake system comprised of including individual intake ports provided in at least one of the intermediate and side housings to open to the respective rotor cavities and adapted to be cyclically closed by t... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4614173 | Intake system for rotary piston engine A multiple rotor type rotary piston engine includes an intake system of individual intake ports provided in at least one of the intermediate and side housings to open to the respective rotor cavities and being cyclically closed by the rotors as the rotor ... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4566412 | Intake system for rotary piston engine A two rotor type rotary piston engine includes an intake system comprised of individual intake ports provided in at least one of the intermediate and side housings to open to the respective rotor cavities and adapted to be cyclically closed by the rotors ... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4562804 | Intake system for rotary piston engine A two rotor type rotary piston engine includes an intake system including individual intake ports provided in at least one of the intermediate and side housings to open to the respective rotor cavities and adapted to be cyclically closed by the rotors as ... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4562805 | Intake system for rotary piston engine A two rotor type rotary piston engine includes an intake system comprised of light load intake ports provided in the intermediate housing and heavy load intake ports provided in side housings to open to the respective rotor cavities and being cyclically c... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4562803 | Intake system for rotary piston engine A two rotor type rotary piston engine includes an intake system comprised of individual light load intake ports and heavy load intake ports provided in at least one of the intermediate and side housings to open to the respective rotor cavities and adapted... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4543926 | Exhaust port structure for rotary piston engines A rotary piston engine having an exhaust port device in the rotor housing. The exhaust port device includes a single exhaust port formed in the rotor housing and an insert located in the exhaust port. The insert has a hollow body and partition walls separ... | 10/01/1985 |
