Patent ID: 6845620

Claim:
A rotary ejector enhanced pulse detonation engine, comprising: a housing having at least one inlet port and at least one exhaust port; and a rotor mounted within the housing and adapted to support on-rotor combustion, comprising: i) a plurality of forward combustion passages adapted to support combustion of a detonable mixture therein, the forward combustion passages having an inlet end for gaseous communication with the inlet port for receiving a detonable mixture from the inlet port; ii) a plurality of rear combustion passages disposed in gaseous communication with the forward combustion passages, the rear combustion passages having an outlet end for expelling combustion products; and iii) a plurality of transitional combustion passages joining the forward combustion passages to the rear combustion passages in gaseous communication, the transitional combustion passages adapted to communicate with a source of bypass gas to provide a rotary ejector.