[chaos_5]

So the rotor is of center, and it's rotation causes the piston to move against the spring, and compression occurs between the chamber wall and the outside of the rotor?

[djf]

Yup.

Imagine it were mounted on something in front of you like a bicycle wheel, with the piston right there.

Whack the piston with a hammer so it goes down into the cylinder.

The unit will spin. It HAS to spin. It’s the laws of physics.

[Rca2000]

This is not related to your idea at all.

But I had a patent idea of my own a while back. It was for a car safety device. I drew up some proposals and worked out the details, and a block diagram. I showed it to a few people in the “know” and ALL of them said it would work There was—and still is—NOTHING on the market like it, proposed or introduced. I applied for a provisional patent—and got one. I then was very confident that I could go “all the way” on it, and so, I had a patent search done for it. A”cursory search “ had already been done—and nothing was found. SO—I had the “whole smash” done, and was told it appeared that there was nothing like it out there anywhere. I was ready to begin with a partner and do a prototype, and hopefully—a sale after.

At the VERY END of the search—a BUNCH of old and not-too-old patents came to light, that were similar enough to what I have,...that I could NOT go any farther with mine. For some reason—SOMEONE has been “sitting on things” for up to 18 years, like my idea...just SITTING On them.

Perhaps—you have something—perhaps not. Just don't get “your hopes up” till you do a SERIOUS search.