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US 2020/0318660 A1Published application
Pressure differential engine
AssigneeThe Centripetal Energy Company II
InventorRaymond Howard Baker
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Abstract
Highly efficient pressure differential rotary engines can include rotatable cylinders arranged radially around a central stationary shaft. Each of the cylinders can house one or more pistons, and the cylinders and pistons can rotate together about the central stationary shaft. Pressure differentials within the cylinders can be used to power the rotation of the cylinders about the central stationary shaft.
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A pressure differential engine comprising:
- a main frame rotatable about a central stationary shaft;
- a first piston assembly coupled to a first side of the main frame, the first piston assembly which comprises a first pneumatic cylinder, a first piston positioned to reciprocate within the first pneumatic cylinder, and a first rod coupled to the first piston that extends through a first end of the first pneumatic cylinder;
- a first cam;
- a first linkage assembly that physically couples the first piston assembly to the first side of the main frame and to the first cam such that reciprocation of the first piston within the first pneumatic cylinder causes rotation of the first cam;
- a second piston assembly coupled to a second side of the main frame, the second side opposite the first side across a dimension of the main frame, the second piston assembly which comprises a second pneumatic cylinder, a second piston positioned to reciprocate within the second pneumatic cylinder, and a second rod coupled to the second piston that extends through a first end of the second pneumatic cylinder;
- a second cam;
- a second linkage assembly that physically couples the second piston assembly to the second side of the main frame and to the second cam such that reciprocation of the second piston within the second pneumatic cylinder causes rotation of the second cam;
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- a number of closed loop members that rotationally lock the first cam to the second cam and that rotationally lock the first cam and the second cam to the central stationary shaft.
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A pressure differential engine comprising:
- a primary pneumatic cylinder rotatable about a central stationary shaft;
- a piston positioned to reciprocate within the primary pneumatic cylinder;
- a rod coupled to the piston that extends through an end portion of the primary pneumatic cylinder;
- a first cam engaged with the rod so that reciprocation of the piston within the primary pneumatic cylinder causes rotation of the first cam;
- a second cam engaged with the rod so that reciprocation of the piston within the primary pneumatic cylinder causes rotation of second cam;
- a first chain that rotationally locks the first cam to the second cam;
- a second chain that rotationally locks the first cam and the second cam to the central stationary shaft;
- a secondary pneumatic cylinder rotatably coupled to the primary cylinder;
- a first rigid linkage rotatably coupled to the secondary pneumatic cylinder;
- a second rigid linkage rotatably coupled to the first rigid linkage;
- a connecting rod rotatably coupled to the second rigid linkage;
- a crankshaft having a crankpin physically engaged with the connecting rod;
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- a third chain that rotationally locks the crankshaft to the central stationary shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.