| 摘要 |
A rotary engine according to the present invention comprises a main housing assembly and a rotor assembly rotatably supported within the housing. The rotor assembly has two rotors, an intake/compression rotor rotatably disposed within the intake/compression housing, and a power/exhaust rotor rotatably disposed within the power/exhaust housing. The rotors have N number of apexes and sides, wherein N is an integer greater than 2. A rotating chamber is formed between each side of the each rotor and the inner wall of the respective housing. The stages of the thermodynamic cycle of the engine occur within these chambers. For example, if the rotors have three sides, the rotors will have a triangular-like shape with three apexes. The apexes form the outermost radial part of the rotors which engage the inner wall of the respective housing bore. Each of these chambers is split into two divided chambers by a reciprocating vane, thereby forming 2 times N divided chambers in each of the respective housing bores. |
| 主权项 |
1. An engine comprising:
an intake/compression housing having an intake/compression bore, the intake/compression bore having an intake/compression cylindrical inner wall having a first axis, the intake/compression housing having N intake ports in fluid communication with the intake/compression bore, wherein N is an integer greater than 2; a power/exhaust housing having a power/exhaust bore opposed to the intake/compression bore and having a power/exhaust cylindrical inner wall having a second axis coaxial to the first axis, the power/exhaust housing having N exhaust ports in fluid communication with the power/exhaust bore; an intake/compression rotor disposed within the intake/compression bore and rotatable relative to the intake/compression bore about a third axis of rotation which is coaxial to the first axis, the intake/compression rotor having N sides and N apex portions which engage the intake/compression cylindrical inner wall and the intake/compression rotor having a circular intake/compression face plate which includes N intake/compression crossover ports; N reciprocating intake/compression vanes extending radially into the intake/compression bore through respective intake/compression vane slots in the intake/compression cylindrical inner wall, the N reciprocating intake/compression vanes spaced circumferentially around the inner wall of the intake/compression bore, the N reciprocating intake/compression vanes each having a contact surface which contacts an outer surface of the intake/compression rotor, the N reciprocating intake/compression vanes configured to reciprocate in and out of the intake/compression bore as the intake/compression rotor rotates about the third axis and the contact surface of the N reciprocating intake/compression vanes remains substantially in contact with the outer surface of the intake/compression rotor; a power/exhaust rotor disposed within the power/exhaust bore and rotatable relative to the power/exhaust bore about a fourth axis of rotation which is coaxial to the first axis, the power/exhaust rotor having N sides and N apex portions which engage the power/exhaust cylindrical inner wall and the power/exhaust rotor having a circular power/exhaust face plate which includes N power/exhaust crossover ports; and N reciprocating power/exhaust vanes extending radially into the power/exhaust bore through respective power/exhaust vane slots in the power/exhaust cylindrical inner wall, the N reciprocating power/exhaust vanes spaced circumferentially around the power/exhaust cylindrical inner wall, the N reciprocating power/exhaust vanes each having a contact surface which contacts an outer surface of the power/exhaust rotor, the N reciprocating power/exhaust vanes configured to reciprocate in and out of the power/exhaust bore as the power/exhaust rotor rotates about the fourth axis and the contact surface of the N reciprocating power/exhaust vanes remains substantially in contact with the outer surface of the power/exhaust rotor. |
