Rotary cycloidal continuous toroidal chamber internal combustion engine
Patent 4026249 Issued on May 31, 1977. Estimated Expiration Date: 
May 31, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
May 31, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesInventorApplicationNo. 05/633251 filed on 11/19/1975US Classes:123/245, Alternately approaching and receding elements418/36Working member movement controlled by interengaging rotating membersExaminersPrimary: Freeh, William L.Assistant: Koczo, Michael Jr. Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Application Priority Data1973-03-14 ESAbstractA rotary internal combustion engine block has a toroidal combustion chamber of circular section. At least four pistons fitted in said chamber perform discontinuous unidirectional circular motion about the center of the toroidal combustion chamber. At various stations about the torus, an air-fuel mixture is introduced between adjacent pistons, the adjacent pistons approach each other resulting in compression of the air-fuel mixture, the mixture is ignited, and gas expansion drives the adjacent pistons apart. The mechanical energy of the pistons being moved apart by the gas expansion is coupled through a drive shaft to the load. | |
