Granted Patent B2

US 8,973,552 · App. 13/169,401 · Granted Mar 10, 2015

Abstract

Claims (35)

1. An oil management system comprising:

an engine housing assembly which defines a first rotor housing and a second rotor housing;

the first rotor housing and the second rotor housing which define a first rotor volume and a second rotor volume, respectively;

an oil cooler assembly between said first rotor volume and said second rotor volume, said oil cooler assembly including an oil reservoir;

a coolant circuit in communication with said oil cooler assembly, said coolant circuit including at least one passage through said oil reservoir,

said at least one passage is integral to the first rotor housing and the second rotor housing to fluidly connect the first rotor housing and the second rotor housing; and

wherein water flows through said at least one passage.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said oil reservoir includes an oil filter.

3. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein a plurality of coolant fins are provided in said oil reservoir.

4. An engine comprising:

a compressor housing including a first rotor within a first rotor volume;

a power housing including a second rotor within a second rotor volume;

an oil cooler assembly between said compressor section and said power section, said oil cooler assembly including an oil reservoir;

a coolant circuit in communication with said oil cooler assembly, said coolant circuit including a plurality of passages through said oil reservoir,

said plurality of passages are integral with the compressor housing and the power housing to fluidly connect the compressor housing and the power housing;

wherein said first rotor and said second rotor are mounted to a shaft; and

wherein, in planes normal to an engine axis of rotation, surfaces of said first and second rotor volumes are substantially two-lobed epitrochoids.

5. The engine as recited in claim 4 , wherein said engine is a rotary engine.

6. The engine as recited in claim 4 , wherein said plurality of passages includes a plurality of first passages arranged circumferentially about said shaft.

7. The engine as recited in claim 6 , wherein said plurality of passages includes a plurality of second passages spaced-apart from said plurality of first passages.

8. The engine as recited in claim 4 , wherein first and second eccentric cams are mounted to said shaft, said first and second eccentric cams driving a respective one of said first and second rotors.

9. The engine as recited in claim 4 , wherein water flows through said plurality of passages.

10. A pusher prop propulsion system comprising:

an engine defined along a propeller axis of rotation;

an engine housing assembly including a first rotor housing defining a first rotor volume and including a second rotor housing defining a second rotor volume;

an oil management system integral with said engine,

said oil management system including an oil reservoir located within said engine housing assembly; and

an engine coolant flow circuit in thermal communication with said oil management system, said engine coolant flow circuit including a plurality of passages through said oil reservoir,

said plurality of passages are integral with the first rotor housing and the second rotor housing to fluidly connect the first rotor housing and the second rotor housing;

a first rotor within said first rotor volume and a second rotor within a second rotor volume, wherein said first rotor and said second rotor are mounted to a shaft along said propeller axis of rotation; and

first and second eccentric cams mounted to said shaft, said first and second eccentric cams configured to drive a respective one of said first and second rotors.

11. The system as recited in claim 10 , wherein said engine is a rotary engine.

12. The engine as recited in claim 10 , further comprising a propeller driven by said engine.

13. The engine as recited in claim 10 , wherein said oil reservoir includes an oil filter.

14. The system as recited in claim 10 , wherein water flows through said plurality of passages.

Assignments (10)