# US 11,441,445 B2 · Pneumatic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,441,445 B2 - Document ID: US11441445B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/125,784 - Filed: 2020-12-17 - Published: 2021-04-22 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-19 - Assignees: Tranf Technology (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Tranf Technology (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Shuidian Xu; Yanfu Li; Tao Xu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11441445B2 ## CPC - F01D 1/32: with pressure velocity transformation exclusively in rotor, e.g. the rotor rotating under the influence of jets issuing from the rotor, {e.g. Heron turbines (the working fluid being a combustion products F02C3/165; jet propulsion plants per se F02K)} - F01D 1/34: characterised by non-bladed rotor, e.g. with drilled holes (F01D1/32 takes precedence; sirens G10K7/00 {; impact turbines with buckets F01D1/026; hand-held tools with a non-bladed rotor F01D15/067}) - F01D 1/02: with stationary working-fluid guiding means and bladed or like rotor, {e.g. multi-bladed impulse steam turbines}(F01D1/24 takes precedence; without stationary working-fluid guiding means F01D1/18) - F01D 25/00: Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, other groups - F05D 2200/23: Logarithm - F05D 2250/15: spiral - F05D 2250/183: zigzag - F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D) - F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS ## Abstract A pneumatic device includes an outer ring (1) and a core body (3), at least one stage of secondary stroke flow channel (300) being provided between a nozzle (301) and an exhaust port (302) which are located at an outer ring surface of the core body (3); gas enters from an intake passage (31), is ejected in stages through the nozzle (301) and the secondary stroke flow channel (300) of the core body (3), acts on at least two driving recesses (11) in a circumferential direction of the outer ring (1), and generates a pushing force for the driving recesses (11) to push the outer ring (1) to rotate and do work, so as to achieve a power output, and finally, the gas is discharged from an exhaust passage (310) through the exhaust port (302) of the core body (3). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A pneumatic device, comprising: an outer ring, having at least two driving recesses on an inner ring surface of the outer ring in a circumferential direction; a core body, being coaxially arranged in the outer ring and being capable of rotating relative to the outer ring, where an outer ring surface of the core body is provided with at least one nozzle and at least one exhaust port, and the core body is further provided with at least one secondary stroke flow channel between the at least one nozzle and the at least one exhaust port, wherein each secondary stroke flow channel is delimited by radially inner and outer boundaries, a portion of which are radially spaced from the outer ring surface of the core body, and includes a return channel and a stroke channel communicated with the return channel, at least one intake passage communicating with the at least one nozzle, and at least one exhaust passage communicating with the at least one exhaust port; wherein the at least one intake passage terminates at the at least one nozzle on the outer ring surface of the core body, and wherein, for a rotational position of the core body relative to the outer ring: the at least one nozzle communicates with a driving recess of the at least two driving recesses of the outer ring, and each secondary stroke flow channel communicates with two driving recesses of the at least two driving recesses, i.e., front and rear driving recesses, of the outer ring and forms a N-stage flow channel along the circumferential direction of the core body, where N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2, the return channel of a N-stage secondary stroke flow channel of the at least one secondary stroke flow channel communicates with a N-stage driving recess of the at least two driving recesses, and the stroke channel of the N-stage secondary stroke flow channel communicates with another N-stage driving recess of the at least two driving recesses; wherein the N-stage flow channels are arranged in series to form a multi-stage stroke structure with decreasing energy of gas flowing therethrough; wherein a running direction of the at least one intake passage is a logarithmic spiral line extending from a middle to an outside of the core body, and a running direction of each stroke channel is a portion of a logarithmic spiral line extending from the middle to the outside of the core body, wherein, in operation, the gas enters from the at least one intake passage and flows through the multi-stage stroke structure to generate a pushing force that causes the outer ring to rotate and do work, so as to achieve a power output, and finally, the gas is discharged from the at least one exhaust passage through the at least one exhaust port of the core body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The pneumatic device according to claim 1, further comprising at least one independent work unit, wherein each independent work unit includes: one of the at least one intake passage, one of the at least one nozzle, at least two of the driving recesses, at least one of the at least one secondary stroke flow channel, one of the at least one exhaust port and one of the at least one exhaust passage. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The pneumatic device according to claim 1, wherein each secondary stroke flow channel is arranged along the core body in the circumferential direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The pneumatic device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one intake passage and the at least one exhaust passage are formed inside the core body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The pneumatic device according to claim 4, wherein a running direction of each return channel is an arc line extending inward from the outer ring surface of the core body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The pneumatic device according to claim 4, wherein a pole of the logarithmic spiral line of the at least one intake passage is set on a central axis line of the core body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The pneumatic device according to claim 1, wherein the pneumatic device further comprises a shaft, and the core body is coaxially arranged on the shaft. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The pneumatic device according to claim 7, wherein the shaft is provided with an intake shaft passage and an exhaust shaft passage, which are in communication with the at least one intake passage and the at least one exhaust passage of the core body, respectively. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The pneumatic device according to claim 8, wherein the intake shaft passage and the exhaust shaft passage in the shaft are provided with an inlet and an outlet, respectively. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The pneumatic device according to claim 9, wherein the inlet and outlet of the shaft are arranged at one end of the shaft or at two ends of the shaft, and the outlet of the shaft axially extends to form the at least one exhaust shaft passage. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The pneumatic device according to claim 7, wherein the outer ring is connected to the shaft through side plates to form a closed space, and the core body is arranged in the closed space and connected and fixed with the shaft. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The pneumatic device according to claim 1, wherein each driving recess has a contour bottom surface and a driving surface, and a contour line of each contour bottom surface is a portion of a logarithmic spiral line having a pole set at a center of the core body. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The pneumatic device according to claim 1, wherein the core body is formed by a left core body and a right core body matching with each other, and matching surfaces of the left and right core bodies are provided with the at least one intake passage and the at least one exhaust passage.