Rotary engine and rotary unit thereof
09920687 ยท 2018-03-20
Inventors
Cpc classification
F01C1/103
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F02B53/08
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F02B53/02
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01C11/004
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F02B53/10
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04C2240/603
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01C1/104
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
International classification
F02B53/10
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01C1/10
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F02B53/02
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F02B53/08
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Abstract
A rotary engine and a rotary unit thereof are provided. The rotary engine includes an air-compressed rotary unit provided in an engine body and a power rotary unit moving in coordination with the air-compressed rotary unit. Each rotary unit includes an outer rotor and an inner rotor provided eccentrically within the outer rotor, inner teeth constituted by convex arc surfaces are formed in an inner circumference of the outer rotor and outer teeth constituted by concave arc surfaces are formed in an outer circumference of the inner rotor, such that intake and compression strokes of the air-compressed rotary unit and power and exhaust strokes of the power rotary unit are achieved during the engagement and disengagement between the inner and outer teeth. The rotary engine has a compact structure, a smooth output torque, a high power per liter, and can be widely used in fields of vehicle, power machinery, etc.
Claims
1. A rotary engine, comprising; an air-compressed rotary unit provided in an engine body, and a power rotary unit moving in coordination with the air-compressed rotary unit; the air-compressed rotary unit comprises an outer rotor rotatably mounted within the engine body and an inner rotor eccentrically rotatably within the outer rotor, and is provided with an intake port for introducing an external gas and a gas-guide port for discharging a compressed gas, inner teeth constituted by a plurality of convex arc surfaces are formed in an inner circumference of the outer rotor, outer teeth constituted by a plurality of concave arc surfaces are formed in an outer circumference of the inner rotor, and a plurality of cavities independent of each other are formed in such a manner that tops of every two adjacent outer teeth contact with corresponding arc surfaces of the inner teeth, whereby volumes of respective cavities change during the engagement and disengagement between the inner teeth and the outer teeth as the inner and outer rotors rotate relative to each other, and thus achieve intake stroke and compression stroke of the air-compressed rotary unit; the power rotary unit comprises an outer rotor rotatably mounted within the engine body and an inner rotor eccentrically rotatably within the outer rotor, and is provided with a gas-supply port for introducing the compressed gas discharged from the air-compressed rotary unit, and an exhaust port for discharging a burned gas, inner teeth constituted by a plurality of convex arc surfaces are formed in an inner circumference of the outer rotor, outer teeth constituted by a plurality of concave arc surfaces are formed in an outer circumference of the inner rotor, and a plurality of cavities independent of each other are formed in such a manner that tops of every two adjacent outer teeth contact with corresponding arc surfaces of the inner teeth, whereby volumes of respective cavities change during the engagement and disengagement between the inner teeth and the outer teeth as the inner and outer rotors rotate relative to each other, and thus achieve power stroke and exhaust stroke of the power rotary unit, the intake port and the gas-guide port of the air-compressed rotary unit are provided on a hollow compressor shaft rotatably supporting the inner rotor of the air-compressed rotary unit, and an opening is provided on each concave arc surface of the inner rotor of the air-compressed rotary unit, such that the opening is communicated with the intake port and the gas-guide port respectively when the inner rotor of the air-compressed rotary unit rotates around the hollow compressor shaft, the gas-supply port and the exhaust port of the power rotary unit are provided on a hollow power shaft rotatably supporting the inner rotor of the power rotary unit, and an opening is provided on each concave arc surface of the inner rotor of the power rotary unit, such that the opening is communicated with the gas-supply port and the exhaust port respectively when the inner rotor of the power rotary unit rotates around the hollow power shaft.
2. The rotary engine of claim 1, wherein the power rotary unit moves in coordination with the air-compressed rotary unit at an angle difference in gas distribution.
3. The rotary engine of claim 2, wherein the outer and inner rotors of the air-compressed rotary unit are connected to a power-output shaft provided in the engine body via a gear-driven mechanism, and the outer and inner rotors of the power rotary unit are connected to the power-output shaft via the gear-driven mechanism to rotate the inner and outer rotors at different speeds so that the inner and outer rotors rotate relative to one another.
4. The rotary engine of claim 2, wherein the inner rotor of the air-compressed rotary unit is rigidly connected with the inner rotor of the power rotary unit.
5. The rotary engine of claim 1, wherein a protrusion portion formed between every two adjacent concave arc surfaces of respective inner rotors in the air-compressed rotary unit and the power rotary unit is provided with a blade, to enhance the seal between tops of the outer teeth of the inner rotor and the corresponding arc surfaces of the inner teeth of the outer rotor.
6. The rotary engine of claim 5, wherein the blade is provided in a radial direction of the inner rotor.
7. The rotary engine of claim 5, wherein the blade is provided elastically.
8. The rotary engine of claim 1, wherein the intake port and the gas-guide port of the air-compressed rotary unit are connected to an intake passage for introducing the external gas and a gas-guide passage for discharging the compressed gas provided in the hollow power shaft respectively.
9. The rotary engine of claim 8, wherein the intake port is provided at a position where the volume of the cavity tends to increase, such that the external gas is introduced into the cavity via the intake port with the aid of pressure difference, and the gas-guide port is provided at the position where the volume of the cavity tends to decrease, such that the gas in the cavity is discharged via the gas-guide port after being compressed.
10. The rotary engine of claim 1, wherein the gas-supply port and the exhaust port of the power rotary unit are connected to a gas-supply passage for introducing the compressed gas and an exhaust passage for discharging the burned gas provided in the hollow power shaft respectively.
11. The rotary engine of claim 10, wherein the gas-supply port is provided at a position where the volume of the cavity tends to the minimum, such that the compressed gas is further compressed after being introduced into the cavity via the gas-supply passage, and the exhaust port is provided at the position where the volume of the cavity tends to decrease, such that the burned gas in the cavity is discharged via the exhaust port.
12. The rotary engine of claim 11, further comprising a fuel-supply device provided at a position of the hollow power shaft close to the gas-supply port, such that the burned gas under the action of the fuel expands towards a direction in which the volume of the cavity is gradually enlarged when the compressed gas in the cavity is compressed to the maximum pressure.
13. The rotary engine of claim 12, wherein the fuel-supply device comprises a fuel-injection nozzle.
14. The rotary engine of claim 13, wherein the fuel-supply device further comprises a spark plug.
15. The rotary engine of claim 11, wherein a scavenging port is provided at the position of the hollow power shaft adjacent to the exhaust port and connected with a scavenging passage provided in the hollow power shaft, such that the remaining burned gas is discharged via the scavenging passage when the opening provided in the inner rotor of the power rotary unit is communicated with the scavenging port.
16. The rotary engine of claim 15, wherein a scavenging period adjusting plate is provided at the scavenging port, to adjust an amount of the gas discharged from the scavenging port in real time according to an operating speed of the power rotary unit.
17. The rotary engine of claim 1, wherein inner teeth constituted by five convex arc surfaces are respectively formed in the inner circumferences of respective outer rotors in the air-compressed rotary unit and the power rotary unit, and outer teeth constituted by four concave arc surfaces are respectively formed in the outer circumferences of respective inner rotors provided eccentrically within the outer rotors respectively.
18. The rotary engine of claim 17, wherein the air-compressed rotary unit and the power rotary unit are provided in series within the engine body, and the engine body comprises an air-compressed body end cover, a power body end cover and a main body connected to the air-compressed body end cover and the power body end cover.
19. The rotary engine of claim 18, wherein the engine body further comprises an outer rotor end cover and an inner rotor end cover rigidly connected to the outer rotor and the inner rotor of the air-compressed rotary unit respectively, and an outer rotor end cover and an inner rotor end cover rigidly connected to the outer rotor and the inner rotor of the power rotary unit respectively.
20. The rotary engine of claim 19, wherein the inner rotor of the air-compressed rotary unit and the inner rotor of the power rotary unit rotate around the hollow compressor and power shafts respectively provided in the engine body, wherein the hollow compressor shaft in the air-compressed rotary unit and the hollow power shaft in the power rotary unit are fixed relative to the engine body.
21. The rotary engine of claim 20, wherein the power-output shaft respectively connected to the air-compressed rotary unit and the power rotary unit is provided below the engine body.
22. The rotary engine of claim 19, wherein cooling and lubricating fluid channels are provided inside of respective inner and outer rotors of the air-compressed rotary unit and the power rotary unit, and match with cooling and lubricating fluid channels on the respective outer and inner rotor end covers.
23. An air-compressed rotary unit provided in an engine body, comprising an outer rotor and an inner rotor provided eccentrically within the outer rotor, the air-compressed rotary unit is provided with an intake port for introducing an external gas and a gas-guide port for discharging a compressed gas, inner teeth constituted by a plurality of convex arc surfaces are formed in an inner circumference of the outer rotor, outer teeth constituted by a plurality of concave arc surfaces are formed in an outer circumference of the inner rotor, and a plurality of cavities independent of each other are formed in such a manner that tops of every two adjacent outer teeth contact with corresponding arc surfaces of the inner teeth, whereby volumes of respective cavities change during the engagement and disengagement between the inner teeth and the outer teeth, and thus achieve intake, compression and exhaust of the air-compressed rotary unit, the intake port and the gas-guide port of the air-compressed rotary unit are provided on a hollow compressor shaft in the inner rotor of the air-compressed rotary unit respectively, and an opening is provided on each concave arc surface of the inner rotor of the air-compressed rotary unit, such that the opening is communicated with the intake port and the gas-guide port respectively when the inner rotor of the air-compressed rotary unit rotates around the hollow compressor shaft.
24. The air-compressed rotary unit of claim 23, wherein the outer rotor and the inner rotor are connected to a single shaft via a gear-driven mechanism to rotate the inner and outer rotors at different speeds so that the inner and outer rotors rotate relative to one another.
25. The air-compressed rotary unit of claim 23, wherein a protrusion portion formed between every two adjacent concave arc surfaces of the inner rotor is provided with a blade, to enhance the seal between top of the outer tooth of the inner rotor and the corresponding arc surface of the inner tooth of the outer rotor.
26. The air-compressed rotary unit of claim 23, wherein the intake port and the gas-guide port are provided on a hollow compressor shaft in the inner rotor respectively, and connected to an intake passage for introducing the external gas and a gas-guide passage for discharging the compressed gas provided in the hollow power shaft respectively, and an opening is provided on each concave arc surface of the inner rotor, such that the opening is communicated with the intake port and the gas-guide port respectively when the inner rotor rotates around the hollow power shaft.
27. The air-compressed rotary unit of claim 26, wherein the intake port is provided at the position where the volume of the cavity tends to change from being small to being large, such that the external gas is introduced into the cavity via the intake port with the aid of pressure difference, and the gas-guide port is provided at the position where the volume of the cavity tends to change from being large to being small, such that the gas in the cavity is discharged via the gas-guide port after being compressed.
28. The air-compressed rotary unit of claim 23, wherein inner teeth constituted by five convex arc surfaces are formed in the inner circumference of the outer rotor, and outer teeth constituted by four concave arc surfaces are formed in the outer circumference of the inner rotor provided eccentrically within the outer rotor.
29. A power rotary unit provided in an engine body, comprising an outer rotor and an inner rotor provided eccentrically within the outer rotor, the power rotary unit is provided with a gas-supply port for introducing a compressed gas, and a and an exhaust port for discharging a burned gas, inner teeth constituted by a plurality of convex arc surfaces are formed in an inner circumference of the outer rotor, outer teeth constituted by a plurality of concave arc surfaces are formed in an outer circumference of the inner rotor, and a plurality of cavities independent of each other are formed in such a manner that tops of every two adjacent outer teeth contact with corresponding arc surfaces of the inner teeth, whereby volumes of respective cavities change during the engagement and disengagement between the inner teeth and the outer teeth, and thus achieve power and exhaust of the power rotary unit, the gas-supply port and the exhaust port of the power rotary unit are provided on a hollow power shaft in the inner rotor of the power rotary unit respectively, and an opening is provided on each concave arc surface of the inner rotor of the power rotary unit, such that the opening is communicated with the gas-supply port and the exhaust port respectively when the inner rotor of the power rotary unit rotates around the hollow power shaft.
30. The power rotary unit of claim 29, wherein the outer rotor and the inner rotor are connected to a power-output shaft via a gear-driven mechanism which rotate the inner and outer rotors at different speeds so that the inner and outer rotors rotate relative to one another.
31. The power rotary unit of claim 29, wherein a protrusion portion formed between every two adjacent concave arc surfaces of the inner rotor is provided with a blade, to enhance the seal between top of the outer tooth of the inner rotor and the corresponding arc surface of the inner tooth of the outer rotor.
32. The power rotary unit of claim 29, wherein the gas-supply port and the exhaust port are provided on a hollow power shaft in the inner rotor respectively, and connected to a gas-supply passage for introducing the compressed gas and an exhaust passage for discharging the burned gas provided in the hollow power shaft respectively, and an opening is provided on each concave arc surface of the inner rotor, such that the opening is communicated with the gas-supply port and the exhaust port respectively when the inner rotor rotates around the hollow power shaft.
33. The power rotary unit of claim 32, wherein the gas-supply port is provided at the position where the volume of the cavity tends to the minimum, such that the compressed gas is further compressed after being introduced into the cavity via the gas-supply passage, and the exhaust port is provided at the position where the volume of the cavity tends to change from being large to being small, such that the burned gas in the cavity is discharged via the exhaust port.
34. The power rotary unit of claim 33, wherein the fuel-supply device is provided at the position of the hollow power shaft close to the gas-supply port, such that the burned gas under the action of the fuel expands towards the direction in which the volume of the cavity is gradually enlarged when the compressed gas in the cavity is compressed to the maximum pressure.
35. The power rotary unit of claim 33, wherein a scavenging port is provided at the position of the hollow power shaft adjacent to the exhaust port and connected with a scavenging passage provided in the hollow power shaft, such that the remaining burned gas is discharged via the scavenging passage when the opening provided in the inner rotor is communicated with the scavenging port.
36. The power rotary unit of claim 35, wherein a scavenging period adjusting plate is provided at the scavenging port, to adjust an amount of the gas discharged from the scavenging port in real time according to an operating speed of the power rotary unit.
37. The power rotary unit of claim 29, wherein inner teeth constituted by five convex arc surfaces are formed in the inner circumference of the outer rotor, and outer teeth constituted by four concave arc surfaces are formed in the outer circumference of the inner rotor provided eccentrically rotatable within the outer rotor.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) These and/or other aspects and utility of the disclosure will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of exemplary embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS
(10) Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, the exemplary embodiments will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings to explain the general inventive concept.
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(13) Specifically, the outer rotor (1) rotates as the inner rotor (2) rotates, and each tooth of the inner rotor (2) can always form line contact on the tooth profile lines of the outer rotor (1) at any rotation angle thereof due to the tooth shapes of the inner rotor (2) and the outer rotor (1), and thus the plurality of cavities (G) are formed between the inner rotor (2) and the outer rotor (1). Volume of each cavity repeatedly varies with the rotary motion of the inner rotor and the outer rotor, thereby achieving the corresponding operation processes of respective rotary units.
(14) In the exemplary rotary unit as shown in
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(17) In another exemplary embodiment, the rotary engine may include a plurality of rotary unit sets in parallel, and each rotary unit set consists of the air-compressed rotary unit and the power rotary unit. Alternatively, in another exemplary embodiment, the rotary engine may include one air-compressed rotary unit and a plurality of power rotary units, and the air-compressed rotary unit delivers the preliminarily compressed gas into the plurality of power rotary units in parallel, so as to generate more power output. Alternatively, in other exemplary embodiments, the rotary engine may only include one or more power rotary units, the preliminarily compressed gas is provided to the power rotary units by an air compressor or other suitable devices which can supply compressed gas. Thus it can be seen that, in the case when the rotary engine according to an exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of power rotary units, the rotary engine has a plurality of cavities, in which intake, compression, power and exhaust processes are carried out independently of each other. Therefore, the power-weight ratio, power per liter and output torque can be increased.
(18) Hereinafter, one exemplary embodiment will be described in detail with reference to
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(21) The air-compressed inner rotor (240) is provided with grooves (260) at four corners thereof, and radial blades (270) are provided in the grooves (260) to seal the cavities (G) between the air-compressed inner rotor (240) and the air-compressed outer rotor (220). The radial blade (270) may be supported by an elastic member such as a spring, so as to extend and retract radially as the air-compressed inner rotor (240) rotates. In this exemplary embodiment, there are four cavities existing between the air-compressed inner rotor (240) and the air-compressed outer rotor (220) of air-compressed rotary unit, and the volume of each cavity varies with the rotation of the air-compressed inner rotor (240) and the air-compressed outer rotor (220) to introduce or compress the gas. In another exemplary embodiment, the shapes of the air-compressed outer rotor (220) and the air-compressed inner rotor (240) are not limited thereto, and the cross sections thereof may be in the form of various polygons and there may be more cavities existing between the air-compressed outer rotor (220) and the air-compressed inner rotor (240). Preferably, in this exemplary embodiment, four or more cooling and lubricating fluid channels R2 for the inner rotor may be provided at positions of the air-compressed inner rotor (240) closer to the center than the grooves.
(22) The air-compressed rotary unit (200) also includes openings (250, also referred to as intake duct of the inner rotor in this exemplary embodiment). In this exemplary embodiment, intake ducts of the inner rotor (250) are provided in the middle of the four concave arc surfaces of the air-compressed inner rotor (240), respectively. When there are more cavities, each cavity has a corresponding intake duct of the inner rotor, when the intake duct is communicated with an intake port (440, also referred to as intake duct of intake distribution pipe in this exemplary embodiment), the gas in a hollow compressor shaft (420, also referred to as intake distribution pipe in this exemplary embodiment) may be introduced into the cavity (G), and when the intake duct is communicated with the gas-guide port (450, also referred to as compressed gas exhaust hole in this exemplary embodiment), the preliminarily compressed gas is introduced into the compressed gas exhaust hole (450), and thus introduced into the power rotary unit.
(23) In addition, the air-compressed rotary unit (200) may be used as an individual rotary unit. Specifically, the air-compressed rotary unit (200) may be used individually as a gas compression pump.
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(25) In the present exemplary embodiment, the power inner rotor (340) is provided with grooves at four corners thereof, and radial blades (270) are provided in the grooves to seal the cavities (G) between the power inner rotor (340) and the power outer rotor (320). The radial blade (270) may be supported by an elastic member such as a spring, so as to extend and retract radially as the power inner rotor (340) rotates. In this exemplary embodiment, there are four cavities existing between the power inner rotor (340) and the power outer rotor (320) of power rotary unit, and the volume of each cavity varies with the rotation of the power inner rotor (340) and the power outer rotor (320) to compress the gas or ignite the compressed gas for power stroke. In another exemplary embodiment, the shapes of the power outer rotor (320) and the power inner rotor (340) are not limited thereto, and the cross sections thereof may be in the form of various polygons and there may be more cavities existing between the power outer rotor (320) and the power inner rotor (340). Preferably, in this exemplary embodiment, four or more cooling and lubricating fluid channels R2 for the inner rotor may be provided at positions of the power outer rotor (320) closer to the center than the grooves.
(26) The power rotary unit (300) also includes: openings (360, also referred to as intake/exhaust hole of the rotor in this exemplary embodiment), provided in the middle of the four concave arc surfaces of the power inner rotor (340) respectively, wherein, when there are more cavities, each cavity (G) has a corresponding intake/exhaust hole of the rotor (360), when the intake/exhaust hole is communicated with the gas-supply port (480, also referred to as compressed gas intake hole in this exemplary embodiment), the gas preliminarily compressed in the air-compressed rotary unit is introduced into the cavity (G) of the power rotary unit, when the intake/exhaust hole is communicated with an exhaust port (also referred to as main exhaust hole (461) in this exemplary embodiment and adjacent to a scavenging hole (462)), the burned gas is discharged into a corresponding exhaust passage in a hollow power shaft (460, also referred to as power distribution pipe in this exemplary embodiment), and when the arc surface of the power inner rotor coincides with the arc surface of the power outer rotor, that is, when the volume of the gas in the cavity is compressed to the minimum volume, the intake/exhaust hole of the rotor (360) forms the combustion chamber; a spark plug mounting module (370) inserted into the power distribution pipe (460) axially, wherein, when viewed in a cross section, the spark plug mounting module (370) has two dovetail-groove structures on both sides thereof, thereby improving the strength of the power distribution pipe (460), and a spark plug (371) may be mounted on the spark plug mounting module (370), so that the spark plug (371) can be disassembled and replaced conveniently; a scavenging period adjusting plate (380) inserted into the power distribution pipe (460) axially, in this exemplary embodiment, as shown in
(27) In addition, the power rotary unit (300) may also be used as an individual rotary unit.
(28) Specifically, the gas compressed by other compression devices may be introduced into the cavity in the power rotary unit (300) via the compressed gas intake hole (480) in the power rotary unit (300), and then the power stroke is carried out by using the power rotary unit (300), thereby achieving compression and power strokes by using only one rotary unit.
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(30) The gas-supply device (400) also includes: the power distribution pipe (460) provided in the power inner rotor (340), fixed to the power body end cover (120) at one end thereof and rigidly connected to the intake distribution pipe (420) at the other end thereof, and being coaxial with the power inner rotor (340), wherein, the power distribution pipe (460) is provided with an exhaust pipe (470) at the end thereof and provided with a plurality of cooling and lubricating fluid channels R3 inside thereof, an upper portion of the power distribution pipe (460) is hollow for gas delivery, and provided with the main exhaust hole (461) and the scavenging hole (462) to discharge the exhaust gas in the cavity into the power distribution pipe (460), and the spark plug mounting module (370), a fuel-injection nozzle (463), the scavenging period adjusting plate (380) and the scavenging period adjusting shaft (390) are provided axially at a lower portion of the power distribution pipe (460); the exhaust pipe (470) connected with the power distribution pipe (460) to discharge the exhaust gas in the power distribution pipe (460) out of the rotary engine; the compressed gas intake hole (480) provided on the power distribution pipe (460) axially, in detail, the compressed gas intake hole (480) is a groove recessed from the power distribution pipe (460), adjacent to the fuel-injection nozzle (463), and always communicated with the compressed gas exhaust hole (450) in the intake distribution pipe casing (430) and the intake distribution pipe (420), to guide the gas preliminarily compressed in the air-compressed rotary unit to the cavity of the power inner rotor (340), the compressed gas intake hole (480) is usually provided at the position where the volume of the cavity tends to the minimum, such that the compressed gas is further compressed after being introduced into the cavity via a gas-supply passage, and the exhaust port (461) is provided at the position where the volume of the cavity tends to change from being large to being small, such that the burned gas in the cavity is discharged via the exhaust port (461).
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(32) Hereinafter, the operating principle and the operating process of the rotary engine will be described in detail with reference to
(33) When the rotary engine starts to operate, the external gas is introduced into the air-compressed rotary unit (200) from the gas inlet (410) via the intake distribution pipe (420).
(34) As the air-compressed inner rotor (240) and the air-compressed outer rotor (220) rotate for example in the clockwise direction, the gas in the intake distribution pipe (420) enters into the cavity G (taking the left cavity as shown in
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(36) Thus it can be seen from the above description, in the air-compressed rotary unit according to this exemplary embodiment, four cavities independently of each other are performing the process of intake, compression and exhaust, respectively.
(37) The power rotary unit (300) operates while the air-compressed rotary unit (200) is in operation.
(38) Since the ring gear (290) provided on the air-compressed outer rotor end cover (210) and the ring gear (290) provided on the power outer rotor end cover (310) engage with the synchromesh gears (520) respectively, the air-compressed rotary unit and the power rotary unit rotate simultaneously. The air-compressed inner rotor (240) and the power inner rotor (340) have different positions, in detail, when the arc surfaces of the air-compressed inner rotor and the air-compressed outer rotor in the air-compressed rotary unit coincide with each other, there still exists an angle between the power inner rotor and the power outer rotor in the power rotary unit, that is, the arc surfaces of the power inner rotor and the power outer rotor do not coincide with each other (as shown in the power rotary unit at the lower portion of
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(41) There are four cavities existing in the power rotary unit according to this exemplary embodiment, while the process of intake, compression and power is carried out in one cavity, the other three cavities also carry out the above process respectively, and the process of introducing the mixed gas, compression, ignition, power and exhaust is carried out in the four cavities independently of each other. The power generated from the power rotary unit is delivered through the power-output shaft.
(42) From the above, it can be seen that the air-compressed rotary unit may introduce the gas from the outside, and then compress the introduced gas through the coordinated motion between the inner rotor and the outer rotor, thereby achieving the process of intake and compression. In view of this function of the air-compressed rotary unit, the air-compressed rotary unit may be used individually as a gas compression pump, in this case, the outer rotor and the inner rotor of the air-compressed rotary unit may be connected to a single shaft via a gear-driven mechanism.
(43) Since the gas introduced into the power rotary unit is a preliminarily compressed gas in the rotary engine, any possible mechanism capable of compressing the gas may be connected to the power rotary unit in addition to the air-compressed rotary unit. That is to say, the rotary engine may only have the above-described power rotary unit therein, and the air-compressed rotary unit may be replaced with other gas compression mechanisms.
(44) In addition, the number of the power rotary unit is not limited to one, and there might be a plurality of power rotary units existing at the same time, so as to generate more power output. In the rotary engine including a plurality of power rotary units, the compressed gas may be supplied to the plurality of power rotary units simultaneously through the gas-supply device described in the above exemplary embodiment.
(45) Therefore, different from the existing two-stroke engine or four-stroke engine, the four cavities in the air-compressed rotary unit and the four cavities in the power rotary unit of the rotary engine according to the exemplary embodiment perform the process of intake, compression, ignition, power and exhaust independently of each other. However, the air-compressed rotary unit and the power rotary unit according to the exemplary embodiment are not limited to have four cavities therein, and the inventive concept may be applicable to less or more cavities than four. The rotary engine according to the exemplary embodiment forms a combined working stroke by two sets of pump bodies rotated in the same direction and rigidly connected at an angle difference, that is, the two sets of pump bodies respectively perform different working strokes during one revolution. The rotary engine according to the exemplary embodiment has the similar intake/exhaust efficiency to that of the existing four-stroke engine, low fuel consumption, low pollution and a high power as the existing two-stroke engine, solves the phenomenon of short circuit resulting from scavenging of the mixed gas in the two-stroke engine, significantly reduces the waste of the mixed gas, which in turn decreases the environmental pollution.
(46) Due to the special design in structure of the rotary engine: the intake/exhaust hole of the rotor (360) in power rotary unit forms a closed combustion chamber with the inner and outer rotors of the power rotary unit when the spark plug ignites for the power stroke at the end of the compression of the combustible gas, and the closed combustion chamber has a smaller surface-to-volume ratio and is more beneficial for the combustion of the mixed gas as compared to the prior triangle rotary engine, a combustion efficiency is improved, meanwhile, the rotary engine may use various fuel such as diesel oil, alcohol, or the like, due to a higher compression ratio, what needs to change is just replacing the spark plug with a high-pressure oil pump.
(47) All the moving parts of the rotary engine perform a non-eccentric rotary motion, such that the vibration can be significantly reduced and the power-weight ratio, power per liter and output torque can be increased. For example, the inner rotor according to the exemplary embodiment performs power stoke four times for each revolution, which is equivalent to the existing eight-cylinder, four-stroke engine, and has a small volume, a light weight and a high power, thereby greatly extending the application range of the engine.
(48) Although the present disclosure have been shown and described with reference to the certain preferred embodiments thereof, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined in the following claims.