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Felix Heinrich Wankel (German: [ˈfeːlɪks ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈvaŋkl̩]; 13 August 1902 – 9 October 1988) was a German mechanical engineer and inventor after whom the Wankel engine was named. [ 1 ] Early life
The Wankel engine (/ˈvaŋkəl̩/, VUN-kell) is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion. The concept was proven by German engineer Felix Wankel, followed by a commercially feasible engine designed by German engineer Hanns-Dieter Paschke. [1]
The Mazda Wankel engines are a family of Wankel rotary combustion car engines produced by Mazda. [ 7 ] Wankel engines were invented in 1950s by Felix Wankel , a German engineer.
In 1954 German engineer Felix Wankel patented a "pistonless" engine using an eccentric rotary design. The first liquid-fuelled rocket was launched in 1926 by Robert Goddard. The Heinkel He 178 became the world's first jet aircraft by 1939, followed by the first ramjet engine in 1949 and the first scramjet engine in 2004.
Felix Wankel (1902–1988), German engineer; inventor of the Wankel engine Georg Reinholdt Wankel (1843–1907), Norwegian politician Heinrich Wankel (1821–1897), Czech palaeontologist
1929 – Felix Wankel patents the Wankel rotary engine (U.S. patent 2,988,008) 1929 – Leó Szilárd, in a refinement of the famous Maxwell's demon scenario conceives of a heat engine that can run on information alone, known as the Szilard engine. 1930 – Sir Frank Whittle in England patents the first design for a gas turbine for jet propulsion.
Wankel designed a Wankel Diesel engine with two clover-shaped housings and a compressor in between. Unlike in a regular Wankel engine, the rotary pistons are not shaped like a Reuleaux triangle, but like a bulgy quadrate. The compressor rotor has the shape of an ellipse.
1929 – Felix Wankel patents the Wankel rotary engine (U.S. patent 2,988,008). [17] Late 1930s – Hans von Ohain [18] and Frank Whittle [19] separately build pioneering gas turbine engines intended for aircraft propulsion, leading to the pioneering turbojet powered flights in 1939 Germany and 1941 England.