Patent ID: 6065289
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: F01C,F02B,F02G,F05C

Abstract:
An engine comprising:a housing having an interior space;a revolving structure positionable in said interior space for a circuitous, revolving movement; anda plurality of articulated displacement members positionable in said interior space and defining in said interior space a plurality of displacement zones, each said displacement zone having a flow opening through which said fluid alternately both enters and exits said displacement zone in a bi-directional flow cycle,wherein each of said articulated displacement members has a proximal end portion pivotably mountable on said revolving structure and a distal end portion pivotably securable in said housing at a substantially fixed position,wherein each of said displacement zones has a maximum volume and a minimum volume and said articulated displacement members are operable for cycling said displacement zones to and from said maximum and minimum volumes, andwherein each of said displacement zones is a closed fluid system, and each of said displacement zones is hydraulically isolated from each other displacement zone.