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US3215129A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Rotary internal combustion motor

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-02-15
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Granted: 1965-11-02
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Expires: 1985-02-15
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Otto W Johnson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 09:50
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01C; F01C1/00; F01C1/30; F01C1/34; F01C1/344; F01C1/3441; F01C1/3442; F02; F02B; F02B53/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 491 words
AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION MOTOR COMPRISING A SINGLE MAIN HOUSING HAVING A FIXED SHAFT, ONE END OF WHICH IS SUPPORTED ON ONE END WALL OF SAID HOUSING AND A DRIVE SHAFT JOURNALED CONCENTRIC OF SAID FIXED SHAFT AND THE OPPOSITE SIDE WALL OF SAID HOUSING, SAID MAIN HOUSING BEING DIVIDED MIDWAY BETWEEN ITS END WALLS INTO A CYLINDRICAL COMPRESSION CHAMBER AND A CYLINDRICAL COMBUSTION CHAMBER EACH OFFSET ECCENTRICALLY OF EACH OTHER ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID FIXED SHAFT, SAID FIXED SHAFT HAVING AN ECCENTRIC PORTION FORMED THEREON IN AND CONCENTRIC TO SAID COMPRESSION CHAMBER AND AN ECCENTRIC PORTION FORMED IN AND CONCENTRIC TO SAID COMPRESSION CHAMBER, A COMMON ROTOR MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ON SAID FIXED SHAFT AND DRIVINGLY CONNECTED TO SAID DRIVE SHAFT FOR TURNING THEREWITH, SAID ROTOR EXTENDING THROUGH SAID COMPRESSION AND COMBUSTION CHAMBERS AND HAVING OPPOSITE SIDES SEALED FROM EACH OTHER THEREBETWEEN, THE COMPRESSION AND COMBUSTION SIDES OF SAID ROTOR EACH HAVING A PLRUALITY OF ROCKABLE VANE GUIDES IN ITS PERIPHERY, A COMPRESSION UNIT HAVING A HUB PORTION MOUNTED ON THE ECCENTRIC PORTION OF SAID FIXED SHAFT IN SAID COMPRESSION CHAMBER FOR ROTATION CONCENTRICALLY THEREOF AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF VANES EXTENDING RADIALLY THEREFROM AND THROUGH EACH OF THE VANE GUIDES OF THE ROTOR THEREIN AND SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE INNER AND SIDE WALLS OF SAID COMPRESSION CHAMBER, A COMBUSTION UNIT HAVING A HUB PORTION MOUNTED ON THE ECCENTRIC PORTION OF SAID FIXED SHAFT IN SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR ROTATION CONCENTRICALLY THEREOF AND HAVING A VANE EXTENDING RADIALLY THROUGH EACH OF THE VANE GUIDES OF THE ROTOR THEREIN AND SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE INNER AND SIDE WALLS OF SAID COMPRESSION CHAMBER, SAID MAIN HOUSING HAVING A FUEL INLET PORT TANGENT TO AND OPPOSITE THE ECCENTRIC DEPOSITION OF SAID COMPRESSION CHAMBER THEREIN AND HAVING AN EXHAUST OUTLET PORT TANGENT TO AND OPPOSITE THE ECCENTRIC DISPOSITION OF SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER THEREIN AND IN A COMMON PLANE BENEATH SAID HOUSING, A TRANSFER VALVE MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING VERTICALLY ABOVE SAID FIXED SHAFT AND HAVING A CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE LATTER, AND COMMUNICATING VIA SEPARATE PORTS WITH SAID COMPRESSION AND SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBERS, SAID TRANSFER VALVE HAVING A VALVE BODY MOUNTED FOR ROTATION IN SAID CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER, A CIRCULAR WALL ON SAID VALVE BODY MIDWAY ITS ENDS AND DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE RIBS ON SAID VALVE BODY EACH SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE INTERNAL WALL OF SAID CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER AND DIVIDING THE LATTER INTO FOUR SEGMENTAL CHAMBERS, A PAIR OF DIAGONAL PASSAGES FORMED CHORDALLY THROUGH SAID VALVE BODY IN SPACED TRANSVERSE RELATION TO EACH OTHER FOR COMMUNICATING DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE SEGMENTAL CHAMBERS WITH EACH OTHER, SPARK PLUGS HAVING THEIR SPARK GAPS EXPOSED TO THAT PAIR OF DIAGONALLY COMMUNICATED SEGMENTAL CHAMBERS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, AND GEAR MEANS ON SAID DRIVE SHAFT AND SAID VALVE BODY FOR TURNING THE LATTER ON HALF REVOLUTION DURING MOVEMENT OF EACH VANE OF THE COMPRESSOR UNIT FORM THE FUEL INTAKE TO FUEL COMPRESSION TO THE PORT COMMUNICATING WITH SAID TRANSFER VALVE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 491 words
AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION MOTOR COMPRISING A SINGLE MAIN HOUSING HAVING A FIXED SHAFT, ONE END OF WHICH IS SUPPORTED ON ONE END WALL OF SAID HOUSING AND A DRIVE SHAFT JOURNALED CONCENTRIC OF SAID FIXED SHAFT AND THE OPPOSITE SIDE WALL OF SAID HOUSING, SAID MAIN HOUSING BEING DIVIDED MIDWAY BETWEEN ITS END WALLS INTO A CYLINDRICAL COMPRESSION CHAMBER AND A CYLINDRICAL COMBUSTION CHAMBER EACH OFFSET ECCENTRICALLY OF EACH OTHER ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID FIXED SHAFT, SAID FIXED SHAFT HAVING AN ECCENTRIC PORTION FORMED THEREON IN AND CONCENTRIC TO SAID COMPRESSION CHAMBER AND AN ECCENTRIC PORTION FORMED IN AND CONCENTRIC TO SAID COMPRESSION CHAMBER, A COMMON ROTOR MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ON SAID FIXED SHAFT AND DRIVINGLY CONNECTED TO SAID DRIVE SHAFT FOR TURNING THEREWITH, SAID ROTOR EXTENDING THROUGH SAID COMPRESSION AND COMBUSTION CHAMBERS AND HAVING OPPOSITE SIDES SEALED FROM EACH OTHER THEREBETWEEN, THE COMPRESSION AND COMBUSTION SIDES OF SAID ROTOR EACH HAVING A PLRUALITY OF ROCKABLE VANE GUIDES IN ITS PERIPHERY, A COMPRESSION UNIT HAVING A HUB PORTION MOUNTED ON THE ECCENTRIC PORTION OF SAID FIXED SHAFT IN SAID COMPRESSION CHAMBER FOR ROTATION CONCENTRICALLY THEREOF AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF VANES EXTENDING RADIALLY THEREFROM AND THROUGH EACH OF THE VANE GUIDES OF THE ROTOR THEREIN AND SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE INNER AND SIDE WALLS OF SAID COMPRESSION CHAMBER, A COMBUSTION UNIT HAVING A HUB PORTION MOUNTED ON THE ECCENTRIC PORTION OF SAID FIXED SHAFT IN SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR ROTATION CONCENTRICALLY THEREOF AND HAVING A VANE EXTENDING RADIALLY THROUGH EACH OF THE VANE GUIDES OF THE ROTOR THEREIN AND SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE INNER AND SIDE WALLS OF SAID COMPRESSION CHAMBER, SAID MAIN HOUSING HAVING A FUEL INLET PORT TANGENT TO AND OPPOSITE THE ECCENTRIC DEPOSITION OF SAID COMPRESSION CHAMBER THEREIN AND HAVING AN EXHAUST OUTLET PORT TANGENT TO AND OPPOSITE THE ECCENTRIC DISPOSITION OF SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER THEREIN AND IN A COMMON PLANE BENEATH SAID HOUSING, A TRANSFER VALVE MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING VERTICALLY ABOVE SAID FIXED SHAFT AND HAVING A CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE LATTER, AND COMMUNICATING VIA SEPARATE PORTS WITH SAID COMPRESSION AND SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBERS, SAID TRANSFER VALVE HAVING A VALVE BODY MOUNTED FOR ROTATION IN SAID CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER, A CIRCULAR WALL ON SAID VALVE BODY MIDWAY ITS ENDS AND DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE RIBS ON SAID VALVE BODY EACH SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE INTERNAL WALL OF SAID CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER AND DIVIDING THE LATTER INTO FOUR SEGMENTAL CHAMBERS, A PAIR OF DIAGONAL PASSAGES FORMED CHORDALLY THROUGH SAID VALVE BODY IN SPACED TRANSVERSE RELATION TO EACH OTHER FOR COMMUNICATING DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE SEGMENTAL CHAMBERS WITH EACH OTHER, SPARK PLUGS HAVING THEIR SPARK GAPS EXPOSED TO THAT PAIR OF DIAGONALLY COMMUNICATED SEGMENTAL CHAMBERS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, AND GEAR MEANS ON SAID DRIVE SHAFT AND SAID VALVE BODY FOR TURNING THE LATTER ON HALF REVOLUTION DURING MOVEMENT OF EACH VANE OF THE COMPRESSOR UNIT FORM THE FUEL INTAKE TO FUEL COMPRESSION TO THE PORT COMMUNICATING WITH SAID TRANSFER VALVE.

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