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Fluid displacement apparatus and method

  • US 6,065,289 A
  • Filed: 06/24/1998
  • Issued: 05/23/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An engine comprising:

  • a housing having an interior space;

    a revolving structure positionable in said interior space for a circuitous, revolving movement; and

    a plurality of articulated displacement members positionable in said interior space and defining in said interior space a plurality of displacement zones, each said displacement zone having a flow opening through which said fluid alternately both enters and exits said displacement zone in a bi-directional flow cycle,wherein each of said articulated displacement members has a proximal end portion pivotably mountable on said revolving structure and a distal end portion pivotably securable in said housing at a substantially fixed position,wherein each of said displacement zones has a maximum volume and a minimum volume and said articulated displacement members are operable for cycling said displacement zones to and from said maximum and minimum volumes, andwherein each of said displacement zones is a closed fluid system, and each of said displacement zones is hydraulically isolated from each other displacement zone.

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