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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2023
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Jonathan Brulatout, Saint-Hubert, CA;
Etienne Plamondon, Candiac, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
A rotary engine, has: an outer body defining a rotor cavity; a rotor rotatable within the rotor cavity and in sealing engagement with walls of the outer body and defining at least one chamber of variable volume in the rotor cavity; a pilot subchamber defined by the outer body, the pilot subchamber having an outlet in fluid flow communication with the rotor cavity; and a fuel injector having a tip in communication with the rotor cavity at a location spaced apart from the outlet of the pilot subchamber, the tip of the fuel injector having: a first outlet in fluid communication with the rotor cavity independently of the pilot subchamber; and a second outlet in fluid communication with the rotor cavity through the pilot subchamber.