Inventors:
John S. Stojanowski - Staten Island NY
International Classification:
F02B 5300
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine is disclosed having valve means, ignition means, timing means and fuel distribution means configured for operation on a combustible mixture of fuel and air or other energy source. A rotor, consisting of loosely coupled rectangular segments, traverses a `figure 8` path within a rotor housing consisting of two overlapping hollow annuluses. The rotor, when contained in one of the annuluses, fully circumscribes that annulus. Traversal of one of the annuluses by the rotor results in intake of a fuel/air mixture, compression, ignition, power and exhaust cycles in successive revolutions. Traversal of the second annulus by the rotor transfers the orbital rotation of the rotor to a concentrically disposed power transfer shaft.