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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1987
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A rotor housing for a rotary piston engine having improved gas sealing property between the inner surface and apex seals mounted on a rotor. The rotor housing has an inner surface applied with a hard layer such as chrome plating. The portions of the hard layer surrounding openings of plug holes at the inner surface side are formed with softened areas having lower hardness than the apex seals. The softened areas can be made by a high-energy beam such as a laser beam. Should portions surrounding the openings of the plug holes be thermally deformed to project inward and scratch the apex seals, the projected portions formed of the softened areas will be worn before the apex seals. Hence, uneven wearing of the apex seals can be avoided, which prevents degradation of the gas sealing property and consequently prevents drop in the compression pressure in the working chambers.