Patent ID: 8851870
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: F01C,F04C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rotor of a rotary internal combustion engine, the rotor comprising: a body having two axially spaced apart end faces, and a peripheral face extending between the end faces and defining three circumferentially spaced apex portions, each of the apex portions having at least one apex groove defined radially inwardly into the rotor body and extending between the end faces, each of the at least one apex groove having an apex seal received therein biased radially away from the peripheral face; each of the end faces having at least one face groove defined therein between each of the apex portions and each adjacent one of the apex portions, each face groove extending axially inwardly into the rotor body, and a plurality of face seals each received in one of the face grooves and biased axially away from the end face; and each of the end faces having at each of the apex portions: