Patent ID: 8418672
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: F02B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An internal combustion engine comprising a first power module, the first power module including: an engine cavity, the engine cavity being bounded by three engine walls, each of the three engine walls (i) intersecting two of the three engine walls and (ii) comprising a substantially planar surface, the substantially planar surface of the each of the three engine walls being approximately perpendicular to the substantially planar surface of two of the three engine walls; a rotor, the rotor residing in the engine cavity and including: a plurality of compression lobes, each of the plurality of compression lobes including an interior cavity and a combustion chamber, the interior cavity being adjacent to and continuous with the engine cavity, and a portion of the first flange or a portion of the second flange residing within the interior cavity of at least one of the plurality of compression lobes; a plurality of exhaust ports, at least one exhaust port residing in each of the three engine walls, the at least one exhaust port being adapted to exhaust combustion products from the engine cavity through the at least one exhaust port; and a plurality of fluid intake ports, the plurality of fluid intake ports being adapted to admit a fluid containing an oxidant into at least one of the plurality of fluid intake ports residing in the interior cavity of the each of the plurality of compression lobes.