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1. An improved rotary engine of the type having an N-lobed rotor, an intake port, an exhaust port, a housing with respect to which the rotor is mounted for rotational motion relative to the housing, the housing having N+1 lobe-receiving regions configured to successively receive the lobes as the rotor rotates relative to the housing, the housing having (i) a pair of sides axially disposed on first and second sides of the rotor, and (ii) a peak disposed between each pair of adjacent lobe-receiving regions, wherein the housing is further configured in relation to the rotor so as to establish a chamber associated with each one of the lobe-receiving regions, wherein a plurality of the chambers are configured to handle, in succession, intake, compression, combustion, expansion, and exhaust phases, wherein the improvement comprises:
a single fuel combustion source configured to supply fuel to at least two of the plurality of chambers. |
