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.

A topological rotary engine includes a first transmission mechanism, a second transmission mechanism, a valve mechanism, a rotor, and a cylinder. The rotor is arranged in an inner chamber of the cylinder. A cross section of the rotor is a curved-side topological polygon having n sides. A cross section of the inner chamber of cylinder is a curved-side topological polygon having n+1 sides, and n is an even number greater than or equal to 4. An outer topological curved surface of the rotor is meshed with an inner topological curved surface of the cylinder. The rotor reversely revolves around an axis of the cylinder with an eccentricity as a radius while rotating, and divides the cylinder into n+1 independent chambers. The cylinder is provided with n+1 fuel injection nozzles and n+1 spark plugs, which cooperate with the rotor and the valve mechanism.

A rotary-vane mechanism can include a rotor and a casing, wherein the rotor includes a drive shaft and one or more vanes. The casing can include a quasi-cylindrical tubular shell or a quasi-spherical shell, and can provide walls that support the drive shaft. The rotor can be mounted within the casing. The drive shaft can extend outward from the casing, wherein the drive shaft touches the inner surface of the casing in one or more contact locations, with the contact location(s) provided by a sealing plate. The casing can include intake ports, exhaust ports, ports for an ignition mechanism, wherein the intake ports are provided with one-way valves. The drive shaft can include one or more guide slots, which can penetrate through the drive shaft wherein the vane(s) is located inside the guide slot(s), and edges of the vane(s) can constantly touch the inner surface of the casing during a rotor rotation of the rotor. Each vane can possess a rectangular shape or a discoid shape, and the sealing plate or a sealing ring can be located along an edge of the vane(s). The rotor and the casing can form isolated spaces inside the rotary-vane mechanism and during the rotor rotation can provide three work strokes for an engine, and two strokes for a compressor.

A rotary-vane mechanism can include a rotor and a casing, wherein the rotor includes a drive shaft and one or more vanes. The casing can include a quasi-cylindrical tubular shell or a quasi-spherical shell, and can provide walls that support the drive shaft. The rotor can be mounted within the casing. The drive shaft can extend outward from the casing, wherein the drive shaft touches the inner surface of the casing in one or more contact locations, with the contact location(s) provided by a sealing plate. The casing can include intake ports, exhaust ports, ports for an ignition mechanism, wherein the intake ports are provided with one-way valves. The drive shaft can include one or more guide slots, which can penetrate through the drive shaft wherein the vane(s) is located inside the guide slot(s), and edges of the vane(s) can constantly touch the inner surface of the casing during a rotor rotation of the rotor. Each vane can possess a rectangular shape or a discoid shape, and the sealing plate or a sealing ring can be located along an edge of the vane(s). The rotor and the casing can form isolated spaces inside the rotary-vane mechanism and during the rotor rotation can provide three work strokes for an engine, and two strokes for a compressor.

A device wherein rolling motion is obtained by energy obtained as a result of combustion of solid, liquid or gas fuel oil. The device has an elliptic disc installed onto a symmetric ball on a ball shaft in a body. A fuel oil injector inlet channel and ignition bobbin inlet channels are provided in the body. A rolling wall is installed onto the body and an exhaust outlet pipe. The rolling wall separates a symmetric body chamber into a suction chamber and combustion chamber. In one cycle rolling of elliptic disk, fuel-oil taken into the suction chamber is transferred to combustion chamber. Fuel oil taking and fuel-oil compressing and explosion thereof by ignition is conducted simultaneously and continuously and not interrupted.

A device wherein rolling motion is obtained by energy obtained as a result of combustion of solid, liquid or gas fuel oil. The device has an elliptic disc installed onto a symmetric ball on a ball shaft in a body. A fuel oil injector inlet channel and ignition bobbin inlet channels are provided in the body. A rolling wall is installed onto the body and an exhaust outlet pipe. The rolling wall separates a symmetric body chamber into a suction chamber and combustion chamber. In one cycle rolling of elliptic disk, fuel-oil taken into the suction chamber is transferred to combustion chamber. Fuel oil taking and fuel-oil compressing and explosion thereof by ignition is conducted simultaneously and continuously and not interrupted.

The disclosure provides rotary machines that include, in one embodiment, a rotatable shaft defining a central axis A, the shaft having a first end and a second end. The shaft can have a first hub disposed thereon with a plurality of cavities. At least one contour is slidably received into an arcuate cavity in an exterior surface of the hub. The contour has a convex outer surface that cooperates with an inwardly facing curved surface of a housing to form a working volume.

An energy transfer machine includes a piston and cylinder. The piston can have a rocking motion as it enters and exits the cylinder, for example due to one being on a rotor and the other on a stator. The piston and cylinder form a primary chamber, and as they move relative to each other can form a seal separating the primary chamber into first and second sub-chambers which then unseals before the piston exits the cylinder. The first sub-chamber may reach a maximum geometric compression ratio, for example for the purpose of compression ignition, before the unsealing of the sub-chambers.

An energy transfer machine includes a piston and cylinder. The piston can have a rocking motion as it enters and exits the cylinder, for example due to one being on a rotor and the other on a stator. The piston and cylinder form a primary chamber, and as they move relative to each other can form a seal separating the primary chamber into first and second sub-chambers which then unseals before the piston exits the cylinder. The first sub-chamber may reach a maximum geometric compression ratio, for example for the purpose of compression ignition, before the unsealing of the sub-chambers.

A rotational engine system comprises a rotational engine and a propulsion system. The rotational engine includes an outer ring enclosure, an inner ring component, and a drive gear. The inner ring component includes a piston and a drive gear engagement portion. The piston is configured to travel within the outer ring enclosure along a circumference of the outer ring enclosure. The drive gear engagement portion is configured to rotate as the piston travels along the circumference of the circular shape of the outer ring enclosure. The drive gear is coupled to the drive gear engagement portion of the inner ring component such that rotation of the drive gear engagement portion rotationally drives the drive gear. The propulsion system is configured to deliver propulsive energy to propel the piston along the circumference of the outer ring enclosure.