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US 9,874,097 B2Granted
Shroud for rotary engine
AssigneeExponential Technologies, Inc.
InventorsCurtis Patterson, Kristjan Gottfried, Alejandro Juan
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are several embodiments for shroud arrangements to be used in rotary engines using a plurality of rotors within the shroud arrangement. At least one of the rotors is not fixed to the shroud.
Claims20
A rotor assembly comprising:
- a. a plurality of rotors comprising at least a first and a second rotor having respective center axes that are not co-linear, and each having lobes and valleys,
- b. the first and a second rotor each comprising an outer surface forming part of a spherical surface arranged such that each outer partial spherical surface shares a common center;
- c. a shroud body comprising an inner spherical surface operatively configured to completely surround the outer spherical surfaces of the lobes and valleys of both of the first and second rotors through a full rotation of the first and second rotors, and the shroud body rotates at some angular velocity in the same direction as the rotors;
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- d. where the shroud body comprises one or more surfaces defining radial ports.
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