Patent ID: 6705202
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: F01B

Abstract:
A rotary engine including:a rotatable member; two or more cylinders disposed around a circumference of said rotatable member, respective longitudinal axes of said two or more cylinders being at a rim of said rotatable member and extending tangentially thereto; two or more pistons, each piston being associated with a respective cylinder, each said piston being associated with a piston lever pivoted on said rotatable member eccentrically to a rotational axis o said rotatable member and wherein movement of each said piston between top and bottom dead centers is controlled such that combustion energy is transmitted to said rotatable member by the cylinder moving away from said two or more pistons, movement of each said piston is controlled independently of rotation of the rotatable member by a piston controller disposed adjacent a proximal end of a respective piston lever, the proximal end of each said piston lever being coupled with said piston controller to communicate movement to a respective piston lever; and wherein said pistons are engaged, either directly or via a connection rod, to a distal end of a respective piston lever, respective proximal ends of said piston levers being manipulated to control movement of respective pistons relative to respective cylinders.