Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – Rotating combustion products generator and turbine
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-21
2011-06-21
Cuff, Michael (Department: 3741)
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
Rotating combustion products generator and turbine
C060S039340
Reexamination Certificate
active
07963096
ABSTRACT:
A rotary engine includes a rotor having one or more combustion chambers connected to an exhaust passageway extending radially outward from the combustion chamber to an exhaust port adjacent a peripheral edge of the rotor. The exhaust gas is expelled at an angle to thereby generate cause the rotor to rotate. The housing may include reflective surfaces that reflect shockwaves from the exhaust gas back towards vanes on the rotor to thereby capture additional energy from the exhaust gas. The housing may also include stators that capture additional energy from the exhaust gas and rotate the rotor. An intake port fluidly connected to the combustion chamber is aligned with an opening in the housing as the rotor rotates to thereby allow comprised air to flow into the combustion chamber. As the combustion chamber rotates, it is closed off by a closed portion of the housing, fuel is injected, and ignited, to thereby generate exhaust gases and generate power. The engine does not include reciprocating components, and relatively few moving parts are required.
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Cuff Michael
Varnum Riddering Schmidt Howlett LLP
Wongwian Phutthiwat
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