Barton W Watkins

7044102, May 16, 2006

Jun 28, 2005

11/168912

Bobbie Watkins, legal representative - Harriman TN, US
Lawrence A. Hendrix - Knoxville TN, US
Barton W. Watkins - Knoxville TN, US

Power Source Technologies, Inc. - Knoxville TN

F02B 53/00
F01C 1/00

123241, 123246, 418225, 418227

An apparatus for a rotary internal combustion engine. The engine has three rotating members that orbit about the center of a three-armed rotor as the rotor rotates within a housing with three lobes. The tips of the rotating members engage the lobes and a circular cutout in the rotor () as the rotor rotates. A back plate includes inlet and exhaust ports that are sequentially opened and closed by the rotating members and rotor as they move within the housing. A front plate rotates with the rotor and separates the combustion chambers from a planetary gear assembly that ensures the alignment of the rotating members as they orbit the rotor shaft. Fuel is injected after the compression cycle is initiated.

7350501, Apr 1, 2008

May 12, 2006

11/382972

Bobbie Watkins, legal representative - Harriman TN, US
Lawrence A. Hendrix - Knoxville TN, US
Barton W. Watkins - Knoxville TN, US

Power Source Technologies, Inc. - Knoxville TN

F02B 53/00
F01C 1/00

123241, 123246, 418225, 418227, 418165

An apparatus for a rotary internal combustion engine. The engine has three rotating members that orbit about the center of a three-armed rotor as the rotor rotates within a housing with three lobes. The tips of the rotating members engage the lobes and a circular cutout in the rotor as the rotor rotates. A back plate includes inlet and exhaust ports that are sequentially opened and closed by the rotating members and rotor as they move within the housing. A front plate rotates with the rotor and separates the combustion chambers from a planetary gear assembly that ensures the alignment of the rotating members as they orbit the rotor shaft. Fuel is injected after the compression cycle is initiated.

7614382, Nov 10, 2009

Mar 4, 2008

12/041753

Lawrence A. Hendrix - Knoxville TN, US
Barton W. Watkins - Knoxville TN, US

Power Source Technologies, Inc. - Knoxville TN

F02B 53/00
F01C 1/00

123241, 123246, 418225, 418227, 418165

An apparatus for an aspiration plate for a rotary internal combustion engine. The engine has three rotating members that orbit about the center of a three-armed rotor as the rotor rotates within a housing with three lobes. The tips of the rotating members engage the lobes and a circular cutout in the rotor as the rotor rotates. A back, or aspiration, plate includes inlet and exhaust ports that are sequentially opened and closed by the rotating members and rotor as they move within the housing. A front plate rotates with the rotor and separates the combustion chambers from a planetary gear assembly that ensures the alignment of the rotating members as they orbit the rotor shaft. Fuel is injected after the compression cycle is initiated.

8109252, Feb 7, 2012

Apr 25, 2008

12/110061

Barton W. Watkins - Knoxville TN, US
Lawrence A. Hendrix - Knoxville TN, US

Power Source Technologies, Inc. - Knoxville TN

F02B 53/00
F02B 53/10
F01C 1/02
F01C 1/063
F01C 1/00
F04C 18/00
F04C 2/00

123241, 123246, 123205, 418 612, 418227, 418225

An apparatus for facilitating combustion in a rotary engine with planetary rotors orbiting inside a housing containing a main rotor. In various embodiments, the planetary rotor has a multi-faceted face that engages a bridge during the transition from the compression cycle to the combustion cycle with the bridge and face forming a dynamic seal; the planetary rotor has a face engaging a bridge during the transition from the compression cycle to the combustion cycle such that the bridge and face have a gap that allows gas flow from the trailing volume to the leading volume and the gap is sufficiently small to quench flame propagation from the leading volume to the trailing volume; and/or the face of the planetary rotor opposite a fuel injector has a pocket that allows the fuel cloud to expand without impinging or wetting the face of the planetary rotor.

20050051129, Mar 10, 2005

Sep 3, 2004

10/934001

Ernest Watkins - Harriman TN, US
Bobbie Watkins - Harriman TN, US
Lawrence Hendrix - Knoxville TN, US
Barton Watkins - Knoxville TN, US

Power Source Technologies - Knoxville TN

F02B053/04

123231000, 123241000, 418225000, 418227000

An apparatus for a rotary internal combustion engine. The engine has three rotating members that orbit about the center of a three-armed rotor as the rotor rotates within a housing with three lobes. The tips of the rotating members engage the lobes and a circular cutout in the rotor () as the rotor rotates. A back plate includes inlet and exhaust ports that are sequentially opened and closed by the rotating members and rotor as they move within the housing. A front plate rotates with the rotor and separates the combustion chambers from a planetary gear assembly that ensures the alignment of the rotating members as they orbit the rotor shaft. Fuel is injected after the compression cycle is initiated.

20140069367, Mar 13, 2014

May 3, 2012

14/115523

Barton W. Watkins - Knoxville TN, US

Power Source Techologies, Inc. - Knoxville TN

F02B 55/08

123200

A biased dual tip seal arrangement for the rotor () of a rotary engine (). The dual tip seals (-T, -L) are located on opposite corners of the tip () of a planetary rotor (). The rotor () orbits within a cutout () in a main rotor (). The seals (-T, -L) are biased away from the corners to make sealing contact with the sealing surfaces of the asymmetrical lobe () and the cutout () of the main rotor (). Biasing is implemented with springs () and with conduits () that pressurize the area under the seals (-T, -L). An asymmetrical lobe (′) includes a transition zone () on the surface of the lobe (). In the transition zone (), at least one seal (-T, -L) on the tip () maintains contact with the surface (′) while alternating contact from one seal (-T, -L) to the other.

20170214175, Jul 27, 2017

Jan 20, 2017

15/411053

- Knoxville TN, US
Barton W. Watkins - Knoxville TN, US

H01R 13/62
H01R 43/26
H01R 13/193
H02J 7/00

Apparatus for an extension system that enables connecting a charger or power source to an electrical device that is mounted at a location not readily accessible without requiring an assistive device. The system includes an extension device and an extension cable. The extension device includes a pole with a holder. The extension cable has a cable connector that is received by the holder. The holder includes a window allowing an operator to see an indicator associated with the electrical device. The cable connector is one half of a connector assembly. The other half of the connector assembly is connected to the electrical device. The two connectors have a magnetically attraction that pulls the connector halves together to form an electrical connection. The connector assembly disengages upon application of a tugging or pulling force greater than that attributed to the weight of the extension cable dangling from the rechargeable device.