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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2001
Harold A. McMaster, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Robert G. McMaster, Elmore, OH (US);
McMaster Motor Company, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Abstract
A wobble plate engine ( ) includes a wobble plate assembly ( ) having a wobble plate ( ) that rolls against truncated cone portions ( ) of a housing ( ) and has an inner extremity ( ) rotatably supported by an axially inclined annular bearing ( ′) on a spherical member ( ) of the wobble plate assembly so as to rotate a shaft ( ) during the wobbling motion. One embodiment of the wobble engine ( ) includes an oil lubrication system ( ) and another embodiment includes antifriction roller bearings ( ) that support the wobble plate ( ) on the spherical member ( ), antifriction roller bearings ( ) that rotatively support the shaft ( ) on the housing ( ′) and seals ( ) that rotatively seal between the shaft ( ) and the housing ( ′).