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US3245388A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Combustion means for rotary combustion engine

Assignee: Wankel GmbH
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Filing: 1963-08-19
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Granted: 1966-04-12
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Expires: 1983-08-19
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Walter G Froede
  • 👤 Wilmers Gottlieb

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 05:03
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02B; F02B53/00; F02B53/12; F02B1/00; F02B1/02; F02B1/04; F02B2053/005; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 273 words
A ROTARY COMBUSTION ENGINE COMPRISING AN OUTER BODY HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED END WALLS AND A PERIPHERAL WALL DISPOSED BETWEEN THE END WALLS AND A PERIPHERAL THEREBETWEEN HAVING AN AXIS ALONG WHICH THE END WALLS ARE SPACED AND WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID PERIPHERAL WALL HAVING A MULTILOBED PROFILE; A SHAFT COAXIAL WITH THE OUTER BODY CAVITY AND HAVING AN ECCENTRIC PORTION; A ROTOR HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED END WALLS INTERCONNECTED BY A PERIPHERAL WALL DISPOSED WITHIN THE CAVITY AND ROTATABLY SUPPORTED ON THE SHAFT ECCENTRIC PORTIONS, SAID ROTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF APEX PORTIONS AND A ROTOR WORKING FACE FORMED ON SAID ROTOR BETWEEN EACH ADJACENT PAIR OF APED PORTIONS WITH SAID APEX PORTIONS HAVING SEALING COOPERATION WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID OUTER BODY PERIPHERAL WALL TO FORM A PLURALITY FO WORKING CHAMBERS BETWEEN SAID ROTOR APEX PORTIONS AND THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID OUTER BODY PERIPHERAL WALL WHICH UPON RELATIVE ROTATION OF SAID ROTOR AND SAID OUTER BODY VARY IN VOLUME; INTAKE MEANS FOR ADMITTING AIR INTO SAID WORKING CHAMBERS FOR COMBUSTION THEREIN ADJACENT ONE JUNCTION OF THE LOBES OF SAID PERIPHERAL WALL INNER SURFACE AND EXHAUST MEANS FOR EXPELLING THE BURNT GASES FROM SAID ENGINE; AND EACH WORKING FACE OF SAID ROTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF ADJACENT AXIALLY-SPACED PARALLEL CAVITIES FORMED THEREIN BETWEEN SAID ROTOR END WALLS SUCH THAT EACH CAVITY FORMS A PART OF THE COMBUSTION SPACE DURING COMBUSTION IN A WORKING CHAMBER; AND A PLURALITY OF SPARK PLUGS MOUNTED WITHIN THE OUTER BODY, THERE BEING ONE SUCH SPARK PLUG FOR EACH SAID CAVITY IN A WORKING SPACE OF SAID ROTOR FOR INITIATING COMBUSTION THEREIN.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 273 words
A ROTARY COMBUSTION ENGINE COMPRISING AN OUTER BODY HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED END WALLS AND A PERIPHERAL WALL DISPOSED BETWEEN THE END WALLS AND A PERIPHERAL THEREBETWEEN HAVING AN AXIS ALONG WHICH THE END WALLS ARE SPACED AND WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID PERIPHERAL WALL HAVING A MULTILOBED PROFILE; A SHAFT COAXIAL WITH THE OUTER BODY CAVITY AND HAVING AN ECCENTRIC PORTION; A ROTOR HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED END WALLS INTERCONNECTED BY A PERIPHERAL WALL DISPOSED WITHIN THE CAVITY AND ROTATABLY SUPPORTED ON THE SHAFT ECCENTRIC PORTIONS, SAID ROTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF APEX PORTIONS AND A ROTOR WORKING FACE FORMED ON SAID ROTOR BETWEEN EACH ADJACENT PAIR OF APED PORTIONS WITH SAID APEX PORTIONS HAVING SEALING COOPERATION WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID OUTER BODY PERIPHERAL WALL TO FORM A PLURALITY FO WORKING CHAMBERS BETWEEN SAID ROTOR APEX PORTIONS AND THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID OUTER BODY PERIPHERAL WALL WHICH UPON RELATIVE ROTATION OF SAID ROTOR AND SAID OUTER BODY VARY IN VOLUME; INTAKE MEANS FOR ADMITTING AIR INTO SAID WORKING CHAMBERS FOR COMBUSTION THEREIN ADJACENT ONE JUNCTION OF THE LOBES OF SAID PERIPHERAL WALL INNER SURFACE AND EXHAUST MEANS FOR EXPELLING THE BURNT GASES FROM SAID ENGINE; AND EACH WORKING FACE OF SAID ROTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF ADJACENT AXIALLY-SPACED PARALLEL CAVITIES FORMED THEREIN BETWEEN SAID ROTOR END WALLS SUCH THAT EACH CAVITY FORMS A PART OF THE COMBUSTION SPACE DURING COMBUSTION IN A WORKING CHAMBER; AND A PLURALITY OF SPARK PLUGS MOUNTED WITHIN THE OUTER BODY, THERE BEING ONE SUCH SPARK PLUG FOR EACH SAID CAVITY IN A WORKING SPACE OF SAID ROTOR FOR INITIATING COMBUSTION THEREIN.

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