Rotary engine
A rotary engine is described comprising: two covers spaced from one another; rotors located between the covers and rotating and planetating in different phases; the rotors interengaging to form working chambers therebetween; means to supply fluid to the working chambers and means to exhaust fluid from the working chambers during the operating cycle of the engine; gearing for synchronizing rotation and planetation of the rotors and each including first and second gears arranged so that one of the gears is connected with the rotors while the other of the gears is connected with an immovable part of the engine and the gears engage with one another; carriers interconnecting the rotors and planetating in the same phase with the planetation of the rotors for synchronizing the rotation and planetation of the rotors; shafts arranged to support the carriers during their planetations; and elements for connecting the covers with one another.
- Assignee:
- NOV; NOV-87-047437; EDB-87-055343
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4640242
- OSTI ID:
- 6875041
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 21 Aug 1984
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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