Rotary vee engine

Patent · Tue Jul 09 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5742570

Sullivan, R W; Holder, T J; Buchanan, M F

This patent describes a rotary vee engine. It comprises a housing having outer ends; two cylinder blocks each having inner and outer ends and mounted in the housing for rotation of one cylinder block about a first rotational axis and rotation of the other cylinder block about a second rotational axis, the axes being angled to intersect adjacent the inner ends of the blocks at an included angle less than one hundred and eighty degrees; each cylinder bloc having cylinders positioned at a selected radial distance from the respective rotational axis and extending parallel to the axis to intersect the inner end of the cylinder block; angled pistons each having a portion disposed in a cylinder of one block and a portion disposed in a cylinder in the other block for orbital motion of the pistons coordinately with the rotation of the cylinder blocks; angled support shaft means for rotatably and axially supporting each of the cylinder blocks in the housing; an improved air/fuel system for directing pressurized charges of air/fuel mixture radially inwardly into each of the cylinders during the operation of the engine comprising; a central cavity formed by the housing between the inner ends of the cylinder blocks for receiving air/fuel mixture.

• Assignee: Sullivan Engine Works, Snyder, OK (United States)
• Patent Number(s): A; US 5029558
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-373208
• OSTI ID: 5742570
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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