Title:
CONCENTRIC INTERNAL COMBUSTION ROTARY ENGINE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006019928
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An internal combustion rotary engine includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet and a rotatable rotor centrally mounted within the housing. The rotor includes a plurality of pockets located about its circumference, the rotor further being connected to a rotor shaft. A rotatable elliptical body is disposed in each of the plurality of pockets. Each rotatable elliptical body is coupled to respective planet gears and each respective planet gear is meshed with a centrally disposed fixed sun gear. An ignition source is disposed in each of the plurality of pockets for igniting a fuel/air mixture. During operation of the internal combustion rotary engine, for each 360° rotation of the rotor, each elliptical body rotates through 720°.
Inventors:
CAMPBELL ROBERT (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/025019
Publication Date:
September 28, 2006
Filing Date:
July 14, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CAMPBELL ROBERT (US)
International Classes:
F02B53/00; F01C1/00; F01C20/00; F02B53/04; F04C2/00; F04C14/00; F04C18/00; F16H21/02
Foreign References:
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| US4373484A | 1983-02-15 | |||
| US4481920A | 1984-11-13 | |||
| US2136066A | 1938-11-08 | |||
| US2947290A | 1960-08-02 | |||
| US3807368A | 1974-04-30 | |||
| US20050005898A1 | 2005-01-13 | |||
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Other References:
See also references of EP 1784563A4
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