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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7971581 | Air intake accessory for an automobile engine The air intake accessory includes a housing containing a non-electric fan. The housing has an inlet and outlet each of which connects between the air filter and engine on the air intake line. The housing has a nozzle along the side of the fan closest the air filter,... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7665450 | Internal combustion engine having fuel mixing means installed in intake port The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine, and more particularly, to an internal combustion having improved performance by promoting mixing of fuel and air using a fuel mixing means installed at an intake port to improve the flow property of the... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7552723 | Turbine assembly A turbine assembly comprising a hub and a plurality of vanes. The hub has a plurality of slits angularly disposed thereon. The plurality of vanes, each comprises an interior edge and an exterior edge. Each of the plurality of vanes has curvature and trespasses the p... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7451752 | Induction regulator for an internal combustion engine The invention relates to an induction regulator (201) for an internal combustion engine which comprises one or more features selected from: at least one perforated element (203) for allowing the passage of fuel/air mixture therethrough, at least one op... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7409948 | Engine efficiency regulator A regulator is provided for increasing the efficiency of an engine. The regulator is locatable in or adjacent to an engine manifold and has a propeller (18) connected to a power supply (58) for driving the propeller. The propeller is mounted (18... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7325538 | Versatile vortex air generator and method of installation An easily installed versatile trimmable fit-to-size vortex airflow generator for use in internal combustion engines to enhance fuel efficiency is provided. The multi-impeller vortex generator comprises a plurality of blades evenly spaced angularly on a central hub. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7222614 | Internal combustion engine and working cycle The invention is concerned with a method of deriving mechanical work from a combustion gas in internal combustion engines and reciprocating internal combustion engines for carrying out the method. The invention includes methods and apparatuses for managing combustio... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7189273 | Inducing air A mechanism configured to interact with air, which has been sucked through a device that imparts turbulence to the air, causes a redistribution of components (e.g., oxygen and nitrogen) in the air so that when the air arrives at a location where the oxygen is to be ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185626 | Fuel vaporization system A system and devices to actively induce turbulent flow in the intake tract of an internal combustion engine. At least certain of the devices include moving components which induce a swirling or rotating movement about a major intake axis. The adjustment to the flow ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7171959 | Induction regulator for an internal combustion engine The invention relates to an induction regulator (201) for an internal combustion engine which comprises one or more features selected from: at least one perforated element (203) for allowing the passage of fuel/air mixture therethrough, at least one op... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7131514 | Noise attenuation device for a vehicle exhaust system A noise attenuation device for a vehicle exhaust system is provided. The device includes an exhaust pipe having a passageway for receiving exhaust gas pulses from an engine. The device further includes a plurality of vanes extending from an inner surface of the pass... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128049 | Flow guiding structure for an internal combustion engine A flow guiding structure for guiding into a clockwise swirling flow pattern gas flowing into a gas passageway leading toward a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The structure includes a tubular peripheral wall having a base section for securing th... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7111829 | Anti-detonation fuel delivery system A fuel processing device (2) is provided that produces fuel aerosol particles (5) that when mixed with combustion air, reduces or eliminates detonation (knock) in internal combustion engines, reducing fuel octane requirements and improving burning char... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7107974 | Apparatus and method for increasing the ratio of air to fuel of engine An apparatus and method for increasing the ratio of air to fuel of engine is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing air to fuel injection mechanism by fan; adjusting the speed of fan by the voltage generated by the generator a car so that the corresp... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104251 | Fluid swirling device having rotatable vanes The device includes a set of rotatable vanes and a set of stationary vanes which are mounted within a cylindrical housing. The set of rotatable vanes are connected to a post located at the axis of the housing and rotate relative to the post in response to the intake... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093826 | Anti-detonation fuel delivery system A fuel processing device is provided that produces properly sized fuel aerosol particles that when mixed with combustion air, reduces or eliminates detonation (knock) in internal combustion engines thus reducing fuel octane requirements for engines of a given compre... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7089103 | Control system for cylinder cutoff internal combustion engine In a system for controlling an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders and connected to the automatic transmission and mounted on a vehicle and the operation of the engine is switched between full-cylinder operation during which all of the cylinde... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086498 | Noise attenuation device for a vehicle exhaust system A noise attenuation device for a vehicle exhaust system is provided. The device includes an exhaust pipe having a passageway for receiving exhaust gas pulses from an engine. The device further includes a plurality of vanes extending from an inner surface of the pass... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7000573 | Compression ignition engines A method and arrangement of supplying a supplementary fuel (8) to a compression ignition internal combustion engine wherein an air supply (3) to the engine is first caused to pass through a natural vortex creator (1), and a supply of supplementa... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6972956 | Collapsible fan and system and method incorporating same A collapsible fan. The collapsible fan may be disposed in parallel or series with one or more other fans. If the collapsible fan becomes inactive or non-operable, such as by malfunction or failure, then its fan blades collapse to a less restrictive flow configuratio... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6901907 | Air-stirring blade for an internal combustion engine The air-stirring blade is provided that comprises a cylindrical body whose mid portion is provided with blade of such a construction that the inner side of the blade takes the form of stirred grooves with dip angle of about 10° to 80° or typically 30° with respec... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6796296 | Fluid swirling device for an internal combustion engine The device is utilized to provide swirling of either intake air flow or exhaust gas flow of an internal combustion engine. When used to swirl intake fluid flow, the device is positioned in the intake passageway for air entering the carburetor or fuel injection subsy... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6536420 | Gas swirling device for internal combustion engine Swirl is imparted to an air intake charge by a gas swirling device which may be inserted into an air intake hose or secured to a throttle body. The gas swirling device has a cylindrical body which is split along a generally longitudinally extending seam t... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6227185 | Air intake conduit fuel metering device An improved air intake conduit for a fuel metering device including an air inlet passage, the air intake conduit including a primary duct which is configured to be attachable to the fuel metering device permitting fluid communication of air through the pr... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6055913 | Coal spreader with swirl vanes An integrally cast, non-welded coal spreader for a furnace or boiler burner has integrally cast swirl vanes. A shaft of the spreader extends into the hollow interior of a cap of the spreader and the vanes extend outwardly of the cap and are cast as one pi... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5890477 | Device for injecting a fuel gas mixture into a combustion engine A device for transforming internal combustion engines using liquid fuel into over-pressurized engines using gas. Liquid fuel is fed into an annular chamber surrounding a needle. The fuel and primary air is injected at a controlled flow and pressure into a... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5769062 | Fuel system An injection/mixing device for improving the mixing of fuel and air in a petrol driven internal combustion engine. The device is fitted in the engine inlet manifold close to the fuel inlet from a carburettor or fuel injector and uses a vortex generator. T... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5685281 | Gas vortex device for internal combustion engine A gas vortex device for an internal combustion engine includes at least a guider body installed in a predetermined position of a flowing passage provided between an inlet chamber of a cylinder body and an exhaling end of an air inputting arrangement of th... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5638797 | Turbulence generating apparatus in the intake manifold An apparatus for generating turbulence in the intake manifold of an engine in a motor vehicle, the apparatus comprising a reversable step motor having a drive shaft and a drive gear fixed thereto; an elongated shaft being disposed for slidable movement al... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5595157 | Air guiding device An air guiding device for producing a vortical and/or turbulent air flow in an inlet manifold, which device comprises a fixed supporting structure, a plurality of vanes carried by the supporting structure for deflecting an air flow impinging on the device... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5568800 | Fuel combustion enhancer A device for enhancing the combustion of fuel in an internal combustion engine including an evaporation chamber adapted to contain a volume of liquid fuel. The evaporation chamber is adapted for communication with an airstream in the internal combustion e... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5343848 | Electronic fuel injector control for rotary vacuum fuel conversion device A device for converting a combustible liquid fuel into converted fuel having a smaller proportion of vapor and a larger proportion of microscopic fuel droplets, mixing the converted fuel with air in a manifold to convert more of the converted fuel to a va... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5231963 | Fuel saving and emission reduction device A device for increasing fuel efficiency in an internal combustion engine and for reducing emissions, including a rotor assembly positioned entirely within the manifold of the engine and including a post secured to the bottom of the manifold below the carb... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5137005 | Rotary fuel distributor system for an internal combustion engine A rotatable element is disposed in the central plenum of a minifold which rotates in response to the flow of the air-fuel mixture through the plenum and manifold. The rotation of the element enhances the atomization of entrained liquid fuel droplets in th... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5113838 | Air flow system for an internal combustion engine An air flow system for an internal combustion engine comprising an air cleaner and a swirling device disposed therein and having a plurality of vanes with at least one elongated slit for causing the air to swirl thereby improving the properties of the air... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5083548 | Hurricane effect The benefits of "The Hurricane Effect" are increased performance, increased consistency of that performance, a reduction of fuel consumption, and reduced toxic emissions from unburned or partially burned fuels. The "Hurricane Effect" weakens the molecular... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5036826 | Mix improvement device for internal combustion engines The device consists of a rotor (4) which is arranged in a suction pipe (1) and rotatably supported. The rotor (4) includes a hollow jacket body (5) on the outer wall of which vanes (2, 3) are arranged. A nozzle holder (26) is guided through the end (10) o... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4966123 | Apparatus for the mixing of gas or gases with air in a controllable ratio for a combustion-engine The invention refers to the mixing of gas or gases with air, in a controllable ratio, by means of a mixing apparatus wherein the entrance air is forced in a complete developed rotation stream, by which a strong suction pressure is created in the center, s... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4781165 | Internal combustion engine pollutant control system A carburetion system for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel heater and vaporizer unit which produces a 30% liquid/70% vapor fuel mixture for delivery to the carburetor, and a flow control valve connected to be responsive to the ported vacuum pr... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4729776 | Air swirling device for use in the annular space of air filters on internal combustion engines A substantially circular strip air swirling device is provided for positioning in the annular space of air filters on internal combustion engines. Such device has a plurality of upper outwardly extending vanes and a plurality of upper inwardly extruding v... | 03/08/1988 |
