Patent ID: 8749079

Claim:
An integrated Wankel expander-alternator system comprising: a stationary shaft, having a central axis and an eccentric lobe formed about said shaft in an axially offset relationship to the central axis; a bearing disposed concentrically over said eccentric lobe, said bearing capable of providing a low friction rotatable surface about said eccentric lobe exterior; a multi-tipped rotor, in movable contact with said eccentric bearing, said rotor free to turn in a preselected manner about said shaft; a rotating housing, rotatable around said shaft and having a two-lobed ellipsoid interior volume enclosing said stationary shaft, said eccentric lobe, said bearing and said rotor thereby permitting a desired rotor movement within said lobes of said interior volume; a pressurized working fluid applied to the interior volume of said rotating housing, for providing a motive force to said rotor and/or said rotating housing therewithin; a plurality of permanent magnets, affixed about the periphery of said rotating housing outer surface at evenly spaced intervals, for providing one component of an alternator; and a stationary outer housing, having incorporated therein a plurality of stator coils, one coil each corresponding to said plurality of permanent magnets, for producing electrical power from the interaction of said rotating magnets and said stationary stator coils during rotation, said outer housing further surrounding all of said rotating housing, said magnets and said coils of said alternator.