Rotary engine with counter-rotating housing and output shaft mounted on stationary spindle

An engine with counter-rotating housing and output shaft, comprising the following combination of components:

• (a) an elongated stationary spindle rigidly attached to a support structure;
• (b) a hollow output shaft extending through a length of the engine and journaled about said spindle for concentric rotation around the spindle;
• (c) a housing journaled about said output shaft for concentric counter-rotation around the shaft;
• and
• (d) means for producing said concentric rotation and counter-rotation as a result of a process of energy conversion;
• whereby during operation of the engine an inertial balance is established between said output shaft and said housing by in opposite directions concentrically with respect to said stationary spindle;
• wherein said engine is a rotary-turbine engine and said process of energy conversion includes combustion of a fuel in a combustion chamber.

An engine with counter-rotating housing and output shaft, comprising the following combination of components:

• (a) an elongated stationary spindle rigidly attached to a support structure;
• (b) a hollow output shaft extending through a length of the engine and journaled about said spindle for concentric rotation around the spindle;
• (c) a housing journaled about said output shaft for concentric counter-rotation around the shaft;
• and
• (d) means for producing said concentric rotation and counter-rotation as a result of a process of energy conversion;
• whereby during operation of the engine an inertial balance is established between said output shaft and said housing by rotating in opposite directions concentrically with respect to said stationary spindle;
• wherein said engine is an electric-motor engine.

An engine with counter-rotating housing and output shaft, comprising the following combination of components:

• (a) an output shaft extending through a length of the engine;
• (b) a housing journaled about said output shaft for concentric rotation around the output shaft;
• (c) a stationary structure for supporting the engine in journaled arrangement to permit said rotation of the housing and a corresponding counter-rotation of the output shaft around an axis of rotation;
• and
• (d) means for producing said rotation of the housing and corresponding counter-rotation of the output shaft as a result of a process of energy conversion, said means comprising no component that reciprocates in a radial direction with respect to said axis of rotation;
• whereby during operation of the engine an inertial balance is established between said output shaft and said housing by rotating in opposite directions concentrically with respect to said stationary structure, and wherein an absence of components that reciprocate in a radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation prevents accumulation of oil that counters said rotation of the housing and counter-rotation of the output shaft;
• wherein said engine is a rotary-piston engine and said process of energy conversion includes combustion of a fuel in a combustion chamber.

An engine with counter-rotating housing and output shaft, comprising the following combination of components:

• (a) an output shaft extending through a length of the engine;
• (b) a housing journaled about said output shaft for concentric rotation around the output shaft;
• (c) a stationary structure for supporting the engine in journaled arrangement to permit said rotation of the housing and a corresponding counter-rotation of the output shaft around an axis of rotation;
• and
• (d) means for producing said rotation of the housing and corresponding counter-rotation of the output shaft as a result of a process of energy conversion, said means comprising no component that reciprocates in a radial direction with respect to said axis of rotation;
• whereby during operation of the engine an inertial balance is established between said output shaft and said housing by rotating in opposite directions concentrically with respect to said stationary structure, and wherein an absence of components that reciprocate in a radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation prevents accumulation of oil that counters said rotation of the housing and counter-rotation of the output shaft;
• wherein said engine is a rotary-turbine engine and said process of energy conversion includes combustion of a fuel in a combustion chamber.

An engine with counter-rotating housing and output shaft, comprising the following combination of components:

• (a) an output shaft extending through a length of the engine;
• (b) a housing journaled about said output shaft for concentric rotation around the output shaft;
• (c) a stationary structure for supporting the engine in journaled arrangement to permit said rotation of the housing and a corresponding counter-rotation of the output shaft around an axis of rotation;
• and
• (d) means for producing said rotation of the housing and corresponding counter-rotation of the output shaft as a result of a process of energy conversion, said means comprising no component that reciprocates in a radial direction with respect to said axis of rotation;
• whereby during operation of the engine an inertial balance is established between said output shaft and said housing by rotating in opposite directions concentrically with respect to said stationary structure, and wherein an absence of components that reciprocate in a radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation prevents accumulation of oil that counters said rotation of the housing and counter-rotation of the output shaft;
• wherein said engine is an electric-motor engine.

A rotary-piston internal combustion engine with counter-rotating housing and output shaft, comprising the following combination of components:

• (a) an elongated stationary spindle rigidly attached to a support structure;
• (b) a hollow output shaft extending through a length of the engine and journaled about said spindle for concentric rotation around the spindle, said output shaft comprising a cam;
• (c) a combustion-chamber housing journaled about said output shaft for concentric rotation around the shaft, said housing comprising a combustion chamber for internal combustion of a fuel;
• and
• (d) rotary-piston means for exerting a pressure against said cam in response to combustion of fuel in said combustion chamber;
• whereby during operation of the engine an inertial balance is established between said output shaft and said housing by rotating in opposite directions concentrically with respect to said stationary spindle.

A method of mounting a rotary engine with counter-rotating housing and output shaft, comprising the following steps:

• (a) providing an elongated stationary spindle rigidly attached to a support structure;
• (b) providing a hollow output shaft extending through a length of the engine and journaled about said spindle for concentric rotation around the spindle, said output shaft comprising a cam;
• (c) providing a combustion-chamber housing journaled about said output shaft for concentric rotation around the shaft, said housing comprising a combustion chamber for internal combustion of a fuel;
• and
• (d) providing rotary-piston means for exerting a pressure against said cam in response to combustion of fuel in said combustion chamber;
• whereby during operation of the engine an inertial balance is established between said output shaft and said housing by rotating in opposite directions concentrically with respect to said stationary spindle.