Internal combustion engine with rotating pistons and cylinders and related devices and methods of using the same
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Abstract
The present invention provides a novel internal combustion engine design and methods for using the same. The internal combustion engine of the present invention may include two rotors on which the pistons and cylinders and pistons are mounted, respectively. A plurality of cylinders mounted on a cylinder rotor, and a plurality of pistons mounted on a piston rod rotor, where the arrangements of the pistons and cylinders are complementary and each piston is paired with one of the cylinders. The cylinder rotor and the piston rod rotor may be position at oblique angle relative to one another, such that their central axes are located on a same plane, but the axes are not coaxially aligned and intersect on that plane.
Claims18
A rotary engine, comprising:
- a. a piston rotor having a plurality of pistons thereon and positioned on a first rotational axis;
- b. a cylinder rotor having a plurality of cylinders thereon and positioned on a second rotational axis;
- c. a power shaft for transmitting rotational motion from one of the piston rotor and the cylinder rotor to another mechanical system, wherein the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis are at an oblique angle relative to one another, and each of said plurality of pistons is nested in one of said plurality of cylinders and the rotation of said piston rotor and said cylinder rotor is driven by combustion of a fuel in said cylinders;
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- d. an exhaust system comprising an exhaust manifold, wherein each of said plurality of cylinders includes an exhaust valve in fluid communication with an exhaust conduit, wherein said exhaust conduit is in fluid communication with said exhaust manifold and said exhaust manifold is mounted on said power shaft and rotates with said power shaft.
A rotary engine, comprising:
- a. a piston rotor having a plurality of pistons thereon and positioned on a first rotational axis;
- b. a cylinder rotor having a plurality of cylinders thereon and positioned on a second rotational axis, and each of said plurality of cylinders is fixed in a position on the cylinder rotor such that the central axes of each of the plurality of cylinders remains parallel with the second rotational axis, wherein the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis are at a fixed oblique angle relative to one another on a same plane, and each of said plurality of pistons is nested in one of said plurality of cylinders and the rotation of said piston rotor and said cylinder rotor is driven by combustion of a fuel in said cylinders;
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- c. an exhaust system comprising an exhaust manifold, wherein said exhaust manifold is mounted on a power shaft and rotates with said power shaft.
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