Patent ID: 6698395
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: B60K,B60L,F01C,F02B,Y02T

Abstract:
A hybrid engine including an electric generator, an electric motor and a rotary internal combustion engine contained in an engine block, the rotary internal combustion engine comprising a cylindrical housing having an annular ring-like intermediate member defining an enclosed rotor chamber, a rotor in said chamber, a pair of end plates, a pair of actuators journaled one each on an internal surface of each of said end plates, a pair of fan discs journaled one each on an internal surface of each of said actuators, a shaft journaled in said end plates and extending through said actuators, said fan discs and said chamber fixed to said rotor, pivotal vanes on said rotor biased into engagement with said annular member forming intake, compression, combustion and exhaust chambers in said rotor chamber, first passageway means in said housing to admit fuel to said combustion chamber and air to said intake chamber, power means on said rotor for forcing said vanes into engagement with said annular wall comprising radially extending slots in said rotor and underlying said vanes, and second passageway means in said rotor connecting with said slots for exhausting gas from said combustion chamber when pivoting said vanes outwardly.