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.
Claims130
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;
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- c. a power shaft for transmitting rotational motion from one of the piston rotor and cylinder rotor to a transmission system for providing mechanical power to another system,
- wherein the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis are oblique 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.
A rotary engine, comprising:
- a. a piston rotor having a plurality of pistons thereon and positioned on a first rotational axis;
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- b. a cylinder rotor having a plurality of cylinders thereon and positioned on a second rotational axis, wherein the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis are oblique 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.
A mechanical apparatus, comprising:
- a. a piston rotor having a plurality of pistons thereon and positioned on a first rotational axis;
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- b. a cylinder rotor having a plurality of cylinders thereon and positioned on a second rotational axis, wherein the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis are oblique relative to one another, and each of said plurality of pistons is nested in one of said plurality of cylinders.
A method of generating propulsive force, comprising:
- a. positioning a plurality of pistons connected to a piston rotor positioned on a first rotational axis in a plurality of cylinders positioned on a cylinder rotor positioned on a second rotational axis to form a plurality of paired pistons and cylinders, wherein the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis are oblique relative to one another;
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- b. combusting a fuel in said paired pistons and cylinders in a sequential pattern to drive rotation of said piston rotor and said cylinder rotor, wherein said rotation of one of said piston rotor and said cylinder rotor drives rotation of a power shaft for transmitting rotational motion from one of the piston rotor and cylinder rotor to a transmission system for providing mechanical power to another system.
A method of fluid movement, comprising:
- a. positioning a plurality of pistons connected to a piston rotor positioned on a first rotational axis in a plurality of cylinders positioned on a cylinder rotor positioned on a second rotational axis to form a plurality of paired pistons and cylinders, wherein the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis are oblique relative to one another;
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- b. moving a fluid through said paired pistons and cylinders in a sequential pattern, wherein said rotation of one of said piston rotor and said cylinder rotor results in movement of said fluid from said cylinders into an exhaust system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.