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US 11,635,018 B2Granted
Internal combustion engine and method for operating an internal combustion engine
OwnerFelix Thuguttinventor
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Abstract
An internal combustion engine for producing mechanical drive power by combustion of a fuel. The internal combustion engine includes two or three rotary pistons which are rotationally fixedly connected to an output shaft and rotatably arranged in a respective annular cylinder, and at least one passage between the annular cylinders and a respective movable shut-off slide valve for periodically closing the cylinders adjacent to the passage.
Claims13
An internal combustion engine for producing mechanical drive power by combustion of a fuel, comprising:
- two rotary pistons which are rotationally fixedly connected to an output shaft and rotatably arranged in a respective annular cylinder;
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- a passage between the annular cylinders and a movable shut-off slide valve for each annular cylinder for periodically closing the cylinders adjacent to the passage, wherein the shut-off slide valves are arranged on rotatably mounted valve discs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.