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Rotary engine with fuel supply through rotor

US3941098A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 31, 1975
Grant dateMar 2, 1976
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Expiry dateMar 31, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotary combustion engine designed for operation as a stratified charge engine in which a relatively lean fuel-air mixture is supplied to each engine working chamber through the main air intake port and in which just prior to combustion in each engine working chamber, a relatively-rich, high-pressure, fuel-air mixture is supplied to each working chamber through individual passages in the rotor for each working chamber.

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