Rotary engine stationary gear locating and timing device
US4059371A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 1975 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/19647
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a rotary piston engine comprising a housing assembly including a trochoid housing and a pair of end housings aligned and secured together to define a trochoid cavity, a shaft rotatably supported in the end housings and having an eccentric portion disposed in the trochoid cavity, a rotary piston rotatably supported on the eccentric portion of the shaft and extending within the trochoid cavity, the rotary piston having an internal timing gear, a stationary gear separate from the end housings and in mesh with the internal timing gear, a female member extending integrally from one of the end housings and being disposed adjacent to the trochoid housing, the female member having a registering surface in predetermined fixed relation relative to the end housing, and a male member extending integrally from the stationary gear, the male member being pressed into the female member and held in non-rotatable relation by the registering surface.
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