ADVANCED ALTERNATING PISTON ROTARY ENGINE

摘要

A rotary internal combustion engine, comprising at least one first and second piston, hub and side-disk assembly set each of the piston, hub and side-disk assembly sets having first and second pistons that are fixed on a side disk diametrically opposite each other, the hubs cooperating with each other so that the first and second pistons, hub and side disk of the first piston, hub and side-disk assembly can also rotate relative to the first and second pistons, hub and side disk of the second piston, hub and side-disc assembly, such that in operation one of said pistons will be a leading piston and one a trailing piston said disks being connected to the periphery of a set of two one way clutches or ratchets placed back-to-back, one being adapted to connect and disconnect with the shaft and therefore provide for fast moving/direct torque and the other being adapted to connect/disconnect with a planetary gear train's planets carrier and therefore provide a multiplied torque-to-force advancement of the trailing piston.

主权项

1. A rotary internal combustion engine, comprising:
engine block means for defining at least one combustion chamber whose center line is located on the circumference of a circle; a rotatable drive shaft extending axially through said circle; at least one first and second piston, hub and side-disk assembly set each set substantially sealingly in the internal-combustion-cycle chamber and freely rotatable on the drive shaft, each of the piston, hub and side-disk assembly sets having first and second pistons that are fixed on a side disk diametrically opposite each other the hubs cooperating with each other so that the first and second pistons, hub and side disk of the first piston, hub and side-disk assembly can also rotate relative to the first and second pistons, hub and side disk of the second piston, hub and side-disc assembly, such that in operation one of said pistons will be a leading piston and one a trailing piston; the side disks of the first and second piston, hub and side-disk assembly respectively extending radially from axially opposite end portions of the hubs; said disks being connected to the periphery of a set of unidirectional rotational transmission devices (URTD) placed back-to-back, one being adapted to connect and disconnect with the shaft and therefore provide for fast moving/direct torque and the other being adapted to connect/disconnect with a planetary gear train's planets carrier and therefore provide a multiplied torque, to force advancement of the trailing piston; inlet means for admitting air and/or an air/fuel mixture into the chamber depending on the type of operating cycle; spark plug, glow plug or fuel injector for admitting fuel into the chamber, whereby to define at least one ignition point for an air/fuel explosion in the combustion chamber; and outlet means for exhausting spent gas from the chamber.