Lg Electronics Inc.

Wheesung Oh

Yunhi Lee

Byeonghun Yu

Byeongchul Lee

Gun Young Park

The present invention provides a rotary engine comprising: a housing provided with three lobe accommodation parts; a rotor which is provided with two lobes continuously accommodated in the lobe accommodation parts, has an intake storage part communicating with an intake port provided on the front surface-side, and has an exhaust storage part communicating with an exhaust port provided on the rear surface-side; an intake-side housing cover provided with an intake hole communicating with the intake storage part; an exhaust-side housing cover provided with an exhaust hole communicating with the exhaust storage part; and a crankshaft, wherein the flow of an exhaust gas into a stroke chamber during an intake stroke is reduced by preventing the exhaust storage part, at a portion of a section in which the exhaust port is open, from communicating with the exhaust hole during the intake stroke.

Rotary engine

The present disclosure relates to a rotary engine having a crankshaft with an improved structure, the rotary engine including a housing, a rotor, housing covers, and a crankshaft installed to penetrate through the rotor so as to receive rotational force from the rotor, wherein the crankshaft includes a first member extending in one direction and having an insertion groove recessed in one side surface thereof, a second member extending to penetrate through a center portion of the housing and provided with a protruding portion on one end thereof to be fixedly inserted into the insertion groove, and a coupling member interposed at a position where the insertion groove and the protruding portion overlap each other such that the first member and the second member are closely coupled to each other.

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Seoul, South Korea

Wheesung Oh