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Multilobe rotary motion asymetric compression/expansion engine

US7578278B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 7, 2005
Grant dateAug 25, 2009
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2025

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

Abstract

A rotary engine with multiple pivotally mounted lobes desmodromically extendible and retractable from a rotor to trace asymmetric volumes for inlet and compression and expansion and exhaust based on the contour of the engine case which the lobes sealingly engage.

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