Patent ID: 7614382
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: F01C,F02B,F03C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for aspirating a planetary rotary internal combustion engine, said apparatus comprising: a sidewall defining a cavity; a back plate attached to said sidewall; said sidewall and said back plate defining a housing containing a rotor and a plurality of rotating members, said rotor having an axis of rotation coaxial with a central axis of said cavity, each one of said plurality of rotating members having an axis of rotation coaxial with a central axis of a corresponding one of a plurality of circular cutout regions in said rotor, each one of said plurality of rotating members maintaining a fixed orientation relative to a shaft of said one rotating member when said plurality of rotating members orbit said rotor as said rotor rotates in said cavity; a plurality of intake ports in said back plate, said plurality of intake ports at least equal in number to said plurality of rotating members; and a plurality of exhaust ports in said back plate, said plurality of exhaust ports at least equal in number to said plurality of rotating members.