Internal combustion engine
AssigneeLiquidPiston, Inc.
InventorsAlexander C. Shkolnik, Nikolay Shkolnik, Alex Lyubomirskiy
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Abstract
An internal combustion rotary engine includes an air passage configured to allow cool air to flow through the rotor as the rotor moves relative to the housing within the engine. Some embodiments include a removable fuel cartridge.
Claims9
An improved rotary engine having a rotor having N lobes, an intake port an exhaust port, a housing with respect to which the rotor is mounted for rotational motion relative to the housing, the housing having N+1 lobe-receiving regions configured to successively receive the lobes as the rotor rotates relative to the housing, the housing having (i) a pair of sides axially disposed on first and second sides of the rotor, and (ii) a peak disposed between each pair of adjacent lobe-receiving regions, wherein the housing is further configured in relation to the rotor so as to establish a chamber associated with each one of the lobe-receiving regions, wherein a plurality of the chambers are configured to handle, in succession, intake, compression, combustion, expansion, and exhaust phases, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a conduit through the rotor, and a single fuel source configured to supply fuel to at least two of the plurality of chambers through the conduit in the rotor.
An improved rotary engine having a rotor having N lobes, an intake port, an exhaust port, a housing with respect to which the rotor is mounted for rotational motion relative to the housing, the housing having N+1 lobe-receiving regions configured to successively receive the lobes as the rotor rotates relative to the housing, the housing having (i) a pair of sides axially disposed on first and second sides of the rotor, and (ii) a peak disposed between each pair of adjacent lobe-receiving regions, wherein the housing is further configured in relation to the rotor so as to establish a chamber associated with each one of the lobe-receiving regions, wherein a plurality of the chambers are configured to handle, in succession, intake, compression, combustion, expansion, and exhaust phases, wherein the improvement comprises:
- conduits disposed in the peak;
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- a single fuel source coupled to the conduits through which is supplied an air-fuel mixture to two adjacent chambers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.