Trochoidal piston construction
US5443375A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 24, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/47
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A rotor assembly for a multi-lobed trochoidal rotary engine, said assembly including a flat trochoid shape rotor which defines a bore by which the rotor is rotatably mounted on the crankpin of a crankshaft, and a steel hub, secured in the bore so as to project beyond one of the opposite side faces of the rotor, characterized in that the hub is mechanically inter-locked with the rotor in an arrangement which allows for differences in thermal expansion co-efficients of the rotor and hub, while substantially preventing relative rotation between the rotor and hub and substantially preventing radial separation of the rotor and hub.
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