wankel engine in English

noun
1
a rotary internal combustion engine in which a curvilinear, triangular, eccentrically pivoted piston rotates in an elliptical chamber, forming three combustion spaces that vary in volume as the piston turns.
Having already bought the licence to produce Wankel engines , the decision was taken to go rotary.

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1. 1955: The automotive industry builds the first servomotor, 1957 the Wankel engine.