Patent ID: 9482151
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: F01C,F02B

Claim Text:
1. A direct circular rotary internal combustion engine comprising: a first side plate comprising a first hole centrally located in the first side plate; a body fixed to the first side plate, wherein the body comprises: a cylindrical expander rotor coupled to the first side plate by a shaft extending perpendicular through a center of the cylindrical expander rotor, wherein the shaft passes through the first hole of the first side plate centering the shaft in the cylindrical hole of the body, the cylindrical expander rotor comprising an expander head extending from an outer wall of the cylindrical expander rotor to contact an inner surface of the cylindrical hole of the body; and a second side plate fixed to an opposite side of the body from the first side plate, wherein the second side plate comprises a second hole centrally located in the second side plate to receive the shaft, wherein the expansion valve is also contained by a first side plate cavity in the first side plate and a second side plate cavity in the second side plate, the first side plate cavity and the second side plate cavity configured to securely receive the expansion valve.