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Rotary ramjet engine

  • US 20040020185A1
  • Filed: 04/16/2003
  • Published: 02/05/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A rotary engine for producing an output power about an output shaft, said output shaft extending substantially along a shaft axis, said engine comprising:

  • a thruster disposed for rotary motion along a substantially circular thruster path positioned in a rotary plane substantially perpendicular to said shaft axis, said thruster being capable of generating a thruster torque about said shaft axis, said thruster generating a thruster centrifugal force acting thereon when rotating along said thruster path;

    a thruster-to-shaft coupling means operatively coupled to both said thruster and said output shaft for transmitting said thruster torque to said output shaft;

    an independent centrifugal force compensating means operatively coupled to said thruster for reacting to said centrifugal force and compensating for the latter so as to maintain said thruster in said thruster path when said thruster is rotated in said rotary plane;

    whereby said thruster-to-shaft coupling means and said centrifugal force compensating means are allowed to perform their respective force transmitting and compensating function substantially independently from each other so as to substantially reduce the need for said thruster-to-shaft coupling means to react to and compensate for said centrifugal force.

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