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US 11,466,614 B2Granted
Rotary roller motor
OwnerMichael Francis O'Connorinventor
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Abstract
A rotary roller motor is disclosed herein. The rotary roller motor is a four-stroke internal combustion engine, wherein the rotor “rolls” around the inside of the engine block. The rotor is a two-part rotor having an inner part with a shaft and an offset circular lobe, and an outer rotor fit around the lobe. Two barriers are provided around the rotor chamber, a compression/power barrier and an exhaust/intake barrier. The combustion chamber has a non-reversing compression barrier and a compression hold barrier regulating the combustion of gas.
Claims8
A rotary combustion motor comprising:
- an engine block having an interior surface defining a cylindrical cavity, an air intake port permitting air into the cavity, and an exhaust port releasing gas out of the cavity;
- a shaft passing along the longitudinal axis of the cavity;
- a rolling outer rotor surrounding and rotatably independent from the shaft contacting the interior surface of the engine block, wherein the rotor centerpoint is offset from the longitudinal axis of the cavity;
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- a combustion chamber having an inlet for fuel, a first opening to the cavity, and a second opening to the cavity;
- wherein the engine block interior surface and rolling outer rotor define a fluid pathway from the intake port through the first opening, the combustion chamber, the second opening, and the exhaust port, the fluid pathway being selectively blocked by the outer rotor rolling along the interior surface.
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A rotary combustion motor comprising:
- a rotary shaft having a plurality of engine blocks surrounding the shaft, at least one engine block having an interior surface defining a cylindrical cavity, an air intake port permitting air into the cavity, and an exhaust port releasing gas out of the cavity;
- a rolling outer rotor surrounding and rotatably independent from the shaft contacting the interior surface of the at least one engine block, wherein the rotor centerpoint is offset from the longitudinal axis of the cavity;
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- a combustion chamber having an inlet for fuel, a first opening to the cavity, and a second opening to the cavity;
- wherein the at least one engine block interior surface and rolling outer rotor define a fluid pathway from the intake port through the first opening, the combustion chamber, the second opening, and the exhaust port, the fluid pathway being selectively blocked by the outer rotor rolling along the interior surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.