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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2020
Marlin Harold Thompson, Boones Mill, VA (US);
Marlin Harold Thompson, Boones Mill, VA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An internal combustion engine includes one or more pairs of non-meshing, externally timed rotors disposed within a housing in an expander module and a compressor module. Each rotor includes a cylindrical, center main body including a first end, a second end opposite the first end, an elongate portion extending between the ends and a first peripheral surface portion and a second peripheral surface portion and a bore extending through a center of the main body from the first end to the to second end. The rotors each have a groove extending along outer peripheral edge portions of the rotor. A pair of tip seals is disposed in the grooves. A pair of apex seals is disposed on the first peripheral surface portion and the second peripheral surface portion and an axially floating end plate is disposed at an end of the housing.