Rotary engine vane conduits apparatus and method of operation therefor

摘要

A rotary engine is described including: (1) a rotor located within a housing, the rotor configured with a plurality of rotor vane slots; (2) a vane separating an interior space between the rotor and the housing into at least a trailing chamber and a leading chamber, where the vane slidingly engages a rotor vane slot; (3) a first passage through the vane, the first passage including a first exit port into the rotationally trailing chamber; and (4) a second exit port to the rotationally trailing chamber, where the first exit port and the second exit port connect to any of: (a) the first passage through the vane and (b) the first passage and a second passage through the vane, respectively. Optionally, one or more seals affixed to the vane and/or the rotor valve the first passage, the second passage, a vane wingtip, and/or a conduit through the rotor.

主权项

1. A rotary apparatus, comprising:
a rotor located within a stator, said rotor and said stator defining an interior space therebetween; a vane slidingly engaged in a rotor vane slot of said rotor, said vane separating said interior space into a rotationally trailing chamber and a rotationally leading chamber; a first passage through said vane, said first passage comprising a first exit port into said rotationally trailing chamber, said first exit port comprising an opening on a rotationally trailing side of said vane; and a second exit port to said rotationally trailing chamber, said second exit port comprising an opening on at least one of:
said rotationally trailing side of said vane; anda bottom edge of a radial extension from a top of said vane, wherein said first exit port and said second exit port connect to any of:said first passage; andsaid first passage and a second passage through said vane, respectively.