Inventor

Wankel Felix

Patents indexed

Year range

1961

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Years active

1961

Total patents

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1961

Domains

automotivemechanical

Activity by decade

1960s

Patents

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1 patents, in 1961

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How the Wankel Rotary Engine Works

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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