Patent ID: 8646274

Claim:
A toroidal motor, comprising: a toroidal motor housing; a high pressure fluid entrance for a fluid; a low pressure fluid exit for said fluid; an output shaft for transmission of mechanical energy from said toroidal motor; a toroidal cylinder, located centrally and transversely about said output shaft; a circular plate, located centrally and transversely about said output shaft and connected to said output shaft, configured such that the outside edge of said circular plate penetrates the inside wall of said toroidal cylinder, and configured geometrically solid between said output shaft and said outside edge; a piston, connected to the outside edge of said circular plate, residing in said toroidal cylinder, and moveable through said toroidal cylinder as said circular plate and said output shaft rotate; a knife gate assembly, configured to rotate a knife gate transversely into said toroidal cylinder, and configured to rotate said knife gate assembly from one side of said toroidal cylinder to the other side of said toroidal cylinder, fully blocking said toroidal cylinder for a timed period, and configured to rotate said knife gate fully from said toroidal cylinder at the completion of said timed period; a circular timing track, centrally located and connected to an interior surface of said circular plate, configured with alternating flat and raised sections for timing actions of said knife gate assembly.