An internal combustion engine includes a housing defining an internal cavity, an inner body sealingly moving within the internal cavity for defining at least one combustion chamber of variable volume, a pilot subchamber in communication with the at least one working chamber, an ignition element in communication with the pilot subchamber, a main injector communicating with the at least one combustion chamber, and a pilot injector having a tip in communication with the pilot subchamber. The tip of the pilot injector includes at least a first injection hole defining a first spray direction and a second injection hole defining a second spray direction different from the first spray direction. The first spray direction extends toward the communication between the pilot subchamber and the at least one working chamber. A method of performing combustion in an internal combustion engine is also discussed.

An internal combustion engine includes a housing defining an internal cavity, an inner body sealingly moving within the internal cavity for defining at least one combustion chamber of variable volume, a pilot subchamber in communication with the at least one working chamber, an ignition element in communication with the pilot subchamber, a main injector communicating with the at least one combustion chamber, and a pilot injector having a tip in communication with the pilot subchamber. The tip of the pilot injector includes at least a first injection hole defining a first spray direction and a second injection hole defining a second spray direction different from the first spray direction. The first spray direction extends toward the communication between the pilot subchamber and the at least one working chamber. A method of performing combustion in an internal combustion engine is also discussed.

A system for igniting a combustion chamber of a turboshaft engine, comprising: a plurality of start-up injectors which are suitable for injecting fuel into said chamber during a combustion-initiating phase; a circuit for supplying fuel to said start-up injectors, comprising a first sub-circuit, referred to as the primary start-up circuit, designed to supply fuel to some of said plurality of start-up injectors; a second sub-circuit, referred to as the secondary start-up circuit, designed to supply fuel to the other start-up injectors of said plurality.

An oblong-shaped rotor engine with improved high sealing performance includes an upper end cover, a lower end cover, a rotor, three combustion chambers, three isolation zones, a fuel spray ignition unit, a sealing pin row and an eccentric driving shaft, a sealing pin row, which seals the transition zone between different combustion cylinders, wherein the engine according to this invention can better avoid the effect of structural wear, effectively enhance the sealing performance between combustion chambers and abate gas leakage between cylinders, wherein the designed profile and sealing means can enlarge the design error margin for engines, abate the processing difficulty of engines, and effectively decrease the production costs of engines.

An oblong-shaped rotor engine with improved high sealing performance includes an upper end cover, a lower end cover, a rotor, three combustion chambers, three isolation zones, a fuel spray ignition unit, a sealing pin row and an eccentric driving shaft, a sealing pin row, which seals the transition zone between different combustion cylinders, wherein the engine according to this invention can better avoid the effect of structural wear, effectively enhance the sealing performance between combustion chambers and abate gas leakage between cylinders, wherein the designed profile and sealing means can enlarge the design error margin for engines, abate the processing difficulty of engines, and effectively decrease the production costs of engines.

An apparatus and a method comprises a housing comprising at least a recessed area and an inner wall. A plurality of plates are disposed within the housing and configured to form a structure. The structure has an outside surface. The structure is capable of being articulated between a first configuration and a second configuration and a third configuration. A plurality of connecting rods are joined to the plurality of plates to form the structure and to at least in part articulate the structure. The connecting rods are movable to form the first configuration to enable a gas to flow from the recessed area to the outside surface. The plurality of connecting rods are further movable to form the second configuration, wherein at least a portion of the gas is compressed between the outside surface and the inner wall and then to the third configuration.

An apparatus and a method comprises a housing comprising at least a recessed area and an inner wall. A plurality of plates are disposed within the housing and configured to form a structure. The structure has an outside surface. The structure is capable of being articulated between a first configuration and a second configuration and a third configuration. A plurality of connecting rods are joined to the plurality of plates to form the structure and to at least in part articulate the structure. The connecting rods are movable to form the first configuration to enable a gas to flow from the recessed area to the outside surface. The plurality of connecting rods are further movable to form the second configuration, wherein at least a portion of the gas is compressed between the outside surface and the inner wall and then to the third configuration.

A rotary engine that includes at least two sets of baffles that are arranged between a cylinder body and a rotor, and are in seal fit with the inner wall of the cylinder body to form at least two sealed cavities in the cylinder body; at least one set of the baffle is a movable baffle, and can rotate around the center of the cylinder body; a one-way rotation mechanism is arranged between the movable baffle and the rotor, and drives the rotor to rotate in one direction. The rotary engine has the benefits that the sealed cavities are formed by the movable baffle and the cylinder body; four working strokes including air suction, compression, ignition and exhaust are carried out in each sealed cavity; the movable baffle rotates under acting and counter-acting forces, drives the one-way rotation mechanism to rotate, and then drives the rotor to rotate.

A rotary engine that includes at least two sets of baffles that are arranged between a cylinder body and a rotor, and are in seal fit with the inner wall of the cylinder body to form at least two sealed cavities in the cylinder body; at least one set of the baffle is a movable baffle, and can rotate around the center of the cylinder body; a one-way rotation mechanism is arranged between the movable baffle and the rotor, and drives the rotor to rotate in one direction. The rotary engine has the benefits that the sealed cavities are formed by the movable baffle and the cylinder body; four working strokes including air suction, compression, ignition and exhaust are carried out in each sealed cavity; the movable baffle rotates under acting and counter-acting forces, drives the one-way rotation mechanism to rotate, and then drives the rotor to rotate.

Disclosed is a single-stroke internal combustion engine including a cylinder seat and a power wheel. The cylinder seat has a circular cylinder, at least one first explosion chamber disposed on a cylinder wall, and an ignition system, a fuel supply system, a compression means, an exhaust means and an intake means installed at the external periphery of the cylinder seat corresponsive to each respective first explosion chamber and communicating with the cylinder. Each ignition system is corresponsive to the first explosion chamber; the power wheel is slidably coupled to the circular cylinder of the cylinder seat, and has at least one compression chamber and a second explosion chamber disposed adjacent to each other and rotably corresponsive to the first explosion chamber, fuel supply system, compression means, exhaust means and intake means of the cylinder seat. After the power wheel is turned on, air enters into the intake means and fuel gas is supplied from the fuel supply means, and both air and fuel gas are compressed in the compression chamber by the compression means and collected into the first explosion chamber and the second explosion chamber and ignited by the ignition system for explosion, and the explosion produced by the compressed fuel gas has a high explosive yield to drive the power wheel to rotate by the second explosion chamber, so that the power wheel is rotated constantly in a single direction to provide high-efficiency kinetic energy.