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Rotary engine cooling system

US4759325A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 28, 1987
Grant dateJul 26, 1988
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Expiry dateJan 28, 2007

Classification

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

Abstract

A rotary internal combustion engine has a rotor housing with drilled coolant passages extending generally axially therethrough, a thin wear-resistant liner lines the inner trochoid surface of the rotor housing. A ceramic insert may be used to insulate a top-dead-center region of the inner portion of the rotor housing. Some of the coolant passages may cross each other through a "V-crotch" portion of the housing between the spark plug and pilot injector bores.

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