| 摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/AU97/00506 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 9, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 9, 1999 PCT Filed Aug. 11, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO98/06932 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 19, 1998A rotary internal combustion engine (200) of the type having a rotor assembly (216) supported in a housing (210) for rotation about a longitudinal axis (217), the housing having two spaced apart end plates (212, 213) and the axis being the axis of rotation of an output shaft (218) operatively connected at one end to the rotor assembly, the other end being free and passing through an aperture in one of the end plates, the rotor assembly including a plurality of pistons (231 to 238) mounted for reciprocating movement in respective cylinders (228) arranged in spaced relation around the longitudinal axis, and cam follower means (254) operatively connected to each piston and adapted to coact with undulating cam track means (225) supported around the axis of rotation and between the end plates, characterized in that the undulating cam track means includes an annular track mounted to a support stem or shaft (219) disposed substantially centrally thereof and extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis, the support stem or shaft being supported at one end by the other of the end plates (213) and the axis of the annular cam track means being the axis of rotation of the rotor assembly. |
