Patent ID: 9181863
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: F01C,F02B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An internal combustion engine comprising: at least two rotatable bodies; an outer body defining at least two internal cavities each sealingly and rotationally receiving therein a respective one of the at least two rotatable bodies to each define at least one combustion chamber of variable volume undergoing a cycle defining successive phases of intake, compression, combustion and exhaust; for each of the at least two internal cavities; a rotatable shaft, the at least two rotatable bodies being drivingly engaged to the rotatable shaft in an angularly offset manner; a plenum for receiving pressurized air; and a plurality of conduits in fluid communication with the plenum, each of the plurality of conduits defining a fluid communication between the primary inlet port of a first respective one of the internal cavities and the secondary inlet port of a second respective one of the internal cavities; wherein the at least two rotatable bodies are angularly offset such that for each of the plurality of conduits, each of the at least one combustion chamber of the first respective one of the internal cavities undergoes the beginning portion of the compression phase simultaneously with a respective one of the least one combustion chamber of the second respective one of the internal cavities undergoing the beginning portion of the intake phase.