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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4667642 | Combustion engine fuel delivery system A fuel system for an internal combustion engine, the fuel system includes a delivery chamber to which fuel under pressure is delivered and then heated prior to being exposed to the combustion chamber of the engine.... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4665881 | Heated fuel injection system A heated fuel injection system includes a fuel injector assembly that receives the output of a diesel type fuel pump against a piston that normally biases an injector valve closed; the pump also supplying a fuel reservoir with high pressure fuel, the outp... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665879 | Fuel evaporation apparatus and method Disclosed herein is an improved fuel evaporation apparatus which comprises a two-stage evaporator designed to receive fuel such as gasoline in a liquid form and to completely transform the liquid fuel into its vapor state so as to increase the efficiency ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4664088 | Fuel feed device, particularly for diesel engines, with fuel filtering, heating and emulsifying members This invention relates to a fuel feed device for diesel engines, which comprises an intake filter disposed in the fuel tank and with a casing for heat transfer between the recycled fuel and intake fuel by means of mixing, and a filtering, heating and emul... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4656979 | In tank fuel line heater An in the tank fuel line heating system for heating the fuel as it is removed from the tank includes a fuel outlet conduit communicating with the port in the tank and extending downwardly into the tank to a point substantially near the bottom of the tank.... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4653456 | Device for heating the fuel for diesel engines A device for heating fuel for engines. A block (1) has a number of bores (2) through which pass thermal transfer tubes (3, 4) whose diameter is smaller than that of the bores so as to provide annular chambers (5, 6) for the fuel to flow through. Helical b... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4650576 | Apparatus for regenerative heating of diesel fuel Apparatus for heating and filtering diesel fuel in which incoming diesel fuel is passed in a heat-exchange relationship with already heated and filtered diesel fuel, is further heated by either an electric heater or by other means, is passed through a fil... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4648372 | Fuel pre-heater A fuel pre-heater for internal combustion engines is disclosed. The heating of diesel fuel is desirable to improve efficiency of combustion, to reduce smoke emission, and to avoid precipitation of wax from the fuel which may plug filters. The pre-heater o... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4646703 | Fuel heater A fuel heater for heating fuel flowing in the fuel system of an internal combustion engine has an annular heating chamber in which is mounted a heating element formed from a material having a non-linear positive temperature coefficient of resistance. The ... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4644925 | Apparatus and method for compressive heating of fuel to achieve hypergolic combustion A method and apparatus are disclosed for rapidly heating vaporized fuel to elevated temperatures prior to its injection into a combustion chamber to achieve negligible ignition delay and substantially instantaneous completion of the combustion process. He... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4640234 | Method of running an internal combustion engine with alternative fuels A method of operating an internal combustion engine with alternative preheated fuels, or mixtures thereof, at the same compression ratio and supplied with an additional medium for the operation comprises detecting the flow of air drawn into the engine through ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4635608 | Alcohol fuel conversion apparatus for internal combustion engines Alcohol fuel conversion apparatus for internal combustion engines including a fuel tank, a fuel pump, a primary heat exchanger, a heat source, a converter and a carburetor. The pump delivers pressurized liquid alcohol to the primary heat exchanger where t... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4629560 | Fuel filter heat regenerator A regenerative fuel heating device is disclosed for heating fuel prior to the fuel being introduced into a fuel filter, fuel-water separator or both. The device includes a housing and a heater in the housing for heating the fuel. A space defining heat con... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4628871 | Fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine having an intake manifold, an exhaust manifold, a carburetor and an air cleaner mounted on the carburetor. The system includes a heat exchanger in the exhaust manifold and a converter within the heat ... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4625701 | Fuel system A fuel system for a compression ignition engine includes a high pressure pump to which fuel is supplied through a filter by a low pressure pump. A fuel heater is provided to supply heat to the fuel. Fuel is returned from the housing of the high pressure p... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4622944 | Fuel evaporation apparatus and method This device relates to a novel system for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine. The system includes a two-stage evaporator serially mounted within the fuel supply system of the internal combustion engine. The evaporator includes a first stage h... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4612897 | Heated fuel delivery system fitting and method A heated fuel delivery system joint and method is disclosed which is most advantageously employed in connection with a fuel oil delivery system for a diesel engine powered motor vehicle. In such fuel delivery systems, fuel processor devices are often empl... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612896 | Diesel fuel heater An apparatus for heating the fuel for an internal combustion diesel engine using the heat from the exhaust conduit. A fuel line wound helically around the engine exhaust conduit and spaced radially therefrom is contained in a canister substantially filled... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4611567 | Vaporizer/carburetor A vaporizer unit has an enclosing casing including a plurality of tubes therein, defining a fuel passage therethrough, including the tubes. The tubes have coiled wire screen therein. An auxiliary carburetor is positioned at the inlet end of the fuel passa... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4606319 | System and method of vaporizing liquid fuel for delivery to an internal combustion engine Apparatus and methods are disclosed for controlled vaporization of a liquid fuel and delivery of the vaporized fuel to an internal combustion engine. Vaporizing apparatus, which uses heat generated by the internal combustion engine vaporizes the liquid fu... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606320 | Fuel preheating unit A fuel preheating unit for internal combustion engines is placed between the carburetor and fuel pump. The unit consists of spaced concentric insulating sleeves surrounding the fuel line and held in assembled relationship by end plates. An electrical heat... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4599984 | Vapor fuel supply systems for internal combustion engines A fuel supply system for internal combustion engines whereby a liquid hydrocarbon fuel is supplied to an enclosed pressure chamber, and wherein the chamber the liquid fuel is heated to within temperature limit of 95% plus or minus 5% of that said fuel's r... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4600825 | Electrically heated diesel engine fuel conveying system The invention relates to a system for conveying fuel, preferably diesel fuel, to an engine, in particular a diesel engine. The invention includes a pipe, at least one filter and a fuel pump. At least one heating element is provided on a portion of the are... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4596224 | Diesel fuel heater with fuel reservoir means An improved diesel fuel heater wherein a predetermined quantity of fuel is captured within the heater in a reservoir defined therein. This quantity is heated by the heater's positive temperature coefficient (PTC) thermistors (and heat conductive mounting ... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4594991 | Fuel and water vaporizer for internal combustion engines A fuel mixture injection apparatus associated with the carburetor of an internal combustion engine designed to improve engine efficiency by delivering a mixture of vaporized gasoline, steam and air directly to the carburetor. A portion of the fuel supplie... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4593786 | Self-contained power supply and support therefor A low profile support for releasably mounting a portable power supply on a vehicle chassis. The support comprises a framework adapted to be secured beneath the vehicle chassis so as to dispose the power supply between the longitudinal frame members of the... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4590914 | Method for increasing fuel efficiency By contacting a combustible fluid fuels with a metallic medium, such as metallized pellets, the fuel efficiency of the fuel can be increased. The metallic medium is maintained at a temperature sufficiently low so as to not alter the fluid phase of the fue... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4588659 | Fuel vaporizer A vaporizer for converting liquid fuel into fuel vapor wherein an annular chamber defined by inner and outer walls is provided and wherein rings are situated one after the other along the length of the chamber, each ring extending around the circumference... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4585924 | Self-contained electric diesel engine fuel filter assembly heater A self-contained fuel oil heater unit for use with a diesel engine includes a fuel oil manifold having a spin-on cartridge type oil filter with a central fuel oil outlet and peripheral fuel oil inlets. The upper portion of the manifold contains an upwardl... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4583512 | Fuel feed and fuel vaporization system A fuel feed and fuel vaporization system for an internal combustion engine comprising a closed circuit feed line and a separate intake for air and for fuel. Each intake having a preset and predetermined and adjustable flow meter regulator valve connected ... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4582040 | Fuel preheater and emission control device A fuel preheater and emission control device for heating fuel being supplied through a fuel conduit from a fuel supply to the engine, and thereby improving its combustion. Fuel heating is accomplished as a result of heat exchange between the fuel and engi... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4580542 | Fuel heater and fuel contamination detecting apparatus A fuel heater and fuel contamination detecting apparatus for automotive vehicles which includes a casing member in the form of a heating body made of a compound which is manufactured by mixing a thermoplastic resin and short metal fibers such as aluminum,... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4579653 | Side-by-side fuel processor apparatus A fuel processor device particularly useful for separating water and other impurities from diesel fuel. The fuel processor according to the invention features a vertically elongated housing where fuel is initially transmitted wherein water and heavy parti... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4574762 | Device for temperature responsive switching of overflow fuel quantities of a diesel fuel injection pump In a device for temperature responsive switching of overflow fuel quantities from a diesel fuel injection pump to a fuel supply tank or a filter of a fuel supply system a switching valve, arranged between the fuel injection pump and the tank, is actuated ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4572146 | Device for injecting fuel in combustion chambers A device for injecting fuel in combustion chambers, especially for self-igniting internal combustion engines, is proposed, in which a fuel injection nozzle, by aspirating air through an air guide device in the manner of a jet pump, generates a fuel spray ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4572133 | High compression ratio and efficiency governed self-ignition internal combustion engine A high compression ratio internal combustion engine operable on a fuel capable of being pressurized and vaporized to pressures above atmospheric pressure and having dual fuel introduction means respectively communicating with dual fuel sources. The first ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4571481 | Method and apparatus for electrically heating diesel fuel Apparatus and method for heating liquids, e.g. diesel fuel, by means of a conductive polymer heater which does not have an insulating jacket, so that there is direct physical contact between the liquid and electrically conductive parts of the heater. This... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4570604 | Fuel system for a vehicle engine Fuel supply system for a vehicle engine includes a filter/reservoir housing (22, 122, 222) which is communicated to one or more fuel tanks (12, 162, 164, 262, 264) and to the vehicle engine (14, 114, 214) by a fuel supply line (16, 116, 216) and a transfe... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4570605 | Fuel supply for a piston engine A dual fuel supply for a piston engine in which there is one fuel supply means for a running fuel of low volatility and another fuel supply for a starting fuel of high volatility. The starting fuel is contained in safe scaled pressurized cartridges. The t... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4567857 | Combustion engine system A flow through catalytic reactor (10) which selectively catalytically decomposes methanol into a soot-free hydrogen-rich product gas utilizing engine exhaust at temperatures of 200° to 650° C. to provide the heat for vaporizing and decomposing the metha... | 02/04/1986 |
