Tuned intake air inlet for a rotary engine

Patent · Mon Mar 26 23:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6790577

Corbett, W D; Sheaffer, B L

This patent describes, in a rotary internal combustion engine, an improved assembly for providing a balanced flow of combustion air to the fuel supply inlet. It comprises: a plenum chamber attached to the engine block, the plenum chamber including an air inlet adapted to receive air from the cooling air exit passage and an air outlet for the discharge of air; and an outlet conduit connecting the air outlet and the fuel supply inlet. The conduit disposed to partially surround the plenum chamber to provide a conduit length substantially greater than the distance from the cooling air exit passage tot he fuel supply inlet.

• Assignee: Brunswick Corp., Skokie, IL
• Patent Number(s): A; US 4911122
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-290466A
• OSTI ID: 6790577
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330104* -- Internal Combustion Engines-- Rotary
AIR FLOW
DESIGN
ENGINES
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
HEAT ENGINES
INTAKE STRUCTURES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MACHINE PARTS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
ROTARY ENGINES
ROTORS
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