# WANKEL AND NSU MOTORENWERKE AG — Patents explained on PatentBrief

WANKEL AND NSU MOTORENWERKE AG has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How the Wankel Rotary Engine Works](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/2988008/wankel-rotary-engine) — granted 1961
  A 1957 invention by Felix Wankel that replaces heavy, moving pistons with a triangular rotor spinning inside a chamber to create power.

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