AUTOMOBILE WITH ROTARY-VANE ENGINE Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering. SUBSTANCE: proposed automobile contains unitized body, running gear with suspension member and rotary-vane engine placed inside body. Engine is connected with driving wheels by means of clutch, gearbox and propeller shaft. Rotary-vane engine has housing with front and rear covers and cylinder placed has form of regular circle. Rotor, being essentially cylindrical solid of revolution, is made integral with shaft and is provided with four radial slots in which hollow vanes are fitted. Springs are installed inside vanes. Longitudinal axis of rotor is displaced downwards relative to longitudinal axis of cylinder so that rotor is in contact through its lower side surface with inner lower surface of cylinder. Inner space of cylinder is divided by vanes into intake chamber provided with intake channel connected with air blower and fuel mixture preparation system, compression chamber, combustion chamber and exhaust chamber with exhaust channel. L-shaped accumulating chambers are made in rotor body between vanes. Accumulating chambers are designed for transfer of fuel mixture or compressed air from compression chamber into combustion chamber provided with nozzle and spark plug. Nozzle is connected with fuel system to diesel engine cycle, and spark plug is connected with ignition system to gasoline engine cycle. EFFECT: increased power, simplified design. 12 dwg