Internal-combustion engines – Rotary – With compression – combustion – and expansion in a single...
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-16
2001-06-19
Denion, Thomas (Department: 3748)
Internal-combustion engines
Rotary
With compression, combustion, and expansion in a single...
C418S270000, C418S092000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06247444
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to rotary internal combustion engines and more particularly pertains to a new rotary motor using pistons for providing a scalable and more efficient, higher speed engine with improved compression.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of rotary internal combustion engines is known in the prior art. More specifically, rotary internal combustion engines heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,072,705; U.S. Pat. No. 5,357,923; U.S. Pat. No. 3,893,431; U.S. Pat. No. 5,101,782; U.S. Pat. No. 4,487,176; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,494,014.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new rotary motor using pistons. The inventive device includes a main housing having and interior, an inlet port in environmental communication with the interior of the housing, an outlet port in environmental communication with the interior of the housing, a spark plug port for receiving a spark plug also in environmental communication with the interior of the housing, a first plate coupled within the housing and rotatable within the interior of the housing, a second plate member coupled within the housing and rotatable within the interior of the housing, a plurality of pistons coupled to an associated one of the first or second plate members, a drive shaft coupled to one of the first or second plate members and extending out of the housing, and an anti-reverse clutch operationally coupled to the drive shaft.
In these respects, the rotary motor using pistons according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing a scalable and more efficient, higher speed engine with improved compression.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of rotary internal combustion engines now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new rotary motor using pistons construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing a scalable and more efficient, higher speed engine with improved compression.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new rotary motor using pistons apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the rotary internal combustion engines mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new rotary motor using pistons which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art rotary internal combustion engines, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a main housing having and interior, an inlet port in environmental communication with the interior of the housing, an outlet port in environmental communication with the interior of the housing, a spark plug port for receiving a spark plug also in environmental communication with the interior of the housing, a first plate coupled within the housing and rotatable within the interior of the housing, a second plate member coupled within the housing and rotatable within the interior of the housing, a plurality of pistons coupled to an associated one of the first or second plate members, a drive shaft coupled to one of the first or second plate members and extending out of the housing, and an anti-reverse clutch operationally coupled to the drive shaft.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new rotary motor using pistons apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the rotary internal combustion engines mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new rotary motor using pistons which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art rotary internal combustion engines, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new rotary motor using pistons which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new rotary motor using pistons which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new rotary motor using pistons which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such rotary motor using pistons economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new rotary motor using pistons which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new rotary motor using pistons for providing a scalable and more efficient, higher speed engine with improved compression.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new rotary motor using pistons which includes a main housing having and interior, an inlet port in environmental communication with the interior of the housing, an outlet port in environmental communication with the interior of the housing, a spark plug port for receiving a spark plug also in environmental communication with the interior of the housing, a first plate coupled within the housing and rotatable within the interior of the housing, a second plate member coupled within the housing and rotatable within the interior of the housing, a plurality of pistons coupled to an associated one of the first or
Denion Thomas
Trieu Thai-Ba
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