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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5048501 | Fuel economy system for internal combustion engines A mechanical process for significantly improving the octane rating performance of gasoline powered engines (either conventional carburetion or fuel injection). An auxiliary system fractionates a precise portion of the required fuel and combines the fracti... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4651703 | Method and apparatus for achieving hypergolic combustion by partial catalytic combustion An apparatus and method for achieving hypergolic combustion, in which a hydrocarbon fuel is partially combusted by a catalytic reaction to form a high temperature hydrogen-rich product gas, which is directly injected into an oxidizing atmosphere in a comb... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4635590 | Internal combustion engine and operating cycle therefor An internal combustion engine includes a plurality of cylinders arranged parallel to and equally spaced from a longitudinally extending engine axis with a pair of opposed pistons mounted in each cylinder for controlled reciprocation therein. Respective ro... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4603672 | Fuel vaporizer for internal combustion engine Pre-cooled aerosol spray fuel/air mixture is discharged through an array of metering tubes which are housed within a heat exchange chamber. Engine coolant is circulated through the heat exchange chamber. As the aerosol fuel/air mixture is drawn from the c... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4520765 | Internal combustion engine and operating cycle therefor An engine and method in accordance with this invention includes a plurality of parallel cylinders equally spaced from a longitudinally extending engine axis with a pair of opposed pistons in each cylinder for controlled reciprocation therein. Respective r... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4458653 | Vapor fuel system for internal combustion engines A vapor fuel system for an internal combustion engine includes two vaporizing units for vaporizing liquid fuel and mixing it with air and a vapor heat exchanger for heating the fuel vapor-air mixture prior to its combustion in the engine. Hot fluid circul... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4350134 | Method and apparatus for producing an air/fuel vapor mixture A method and apparatus for producing an air/fuel vapor mixture for use in the combustion chambers of an internal combustion chamber which includes an enclosure into which ambient air is introduced with a heater for heating the ambient air together with a ... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4257366 | Fuel feed system and method for gasoline burning internal combustion engine A system for feeding gasoline fuel into a gasoline burning internal combustion engine is disclosed herein along with its method of operation. In accordance with this system and method, gasoline fuel in a liquid state is supplied to a vaporization chamber ... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4188928 | Fuel vaporizing apparatus for internal combustion engines Fuel vaporizing apparatus wherein air admitted to the carburetor is pre-heated and mixed with vaporized water and then caused to vaporize and mix with fuel. The exhaust gases are passed through a heat exchanger located between the carburetor and the intak... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4153653 | Fuel induction system for internal combustion engines A system for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine for optimum efficiency in engine operation and fuel economy and for minimum objectionable exhaust emissions. The system pertains particularly to an internal combustion engine in an automobile, t... | 05/08/1979 |
