Patent ID: 9540992
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: F01C,F02B,F04C,H05K

Claim:
1. A method of controlling an air input in a rotary engine having a rotor received in an internal cavity of a housing and defining rotating chambers with variable volume, the rotary engine having a primary inlet port, an exhaust port, and a secondary inlet port, the secondary inlet port being in communication with the exhaust port through each of the rotating chambers throughout respective portions of the revolution of the rotor, the method comprising: controlling a communication between an air source and the secondary inlet ports while the primary inlet port communicates with the air source, including modulating a flow of the communication between the secondary inlet port and the air source by varying an opening of a valve through which the communication between the secondary inlet port and the air source is performed; wherein the secondary inlet port is located rearwardly of the primary inlet port and forwardly of the exhaust port thereof along a direction of a revolution of the rotor.