Patent ID: 8851870

Claim:
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: a recess defined therein in communication with the at least one apex groove, an end seal received in the recess in sealing engagement with the apex seal of each of the at least one apex groove, a first seal member in sealing engagement with and extending from the end seal in a direction of a first one of the adjacent apex portions, the first seal member extending between two ends of at least one of the face seals, and a second seal member in sealing engagement with and extending from the end seal in a direction of a second one of the adjacent apex portions, the second seal member extending between two ends of at least another one of the face seals.