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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7992670 | Motor vehicle having a unit operated by a cryogenically stored fuel A motor vehicle having a unit, particularly a drive assembly, which is operated by a fuel that is cryogenically stored in a vehicle tank, is provided, in which fuel is heated by a heat exchange with a warmer medium. The fuel taken from the vehicle tank comes in cont... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7743872 | Air start steam engine A method and system for an external combustion engine operable using at least two different fluids to provide pressure volume work to an engine. The engine is started by providing a compressed fluid at a sufficient pressure to move internal components of the engine ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7198130 | V-drive motor arrangement A V-drive motor arrangement for a motor vehicle, with the motor vehicle including a pair of frame members maintained in a spaced apart relationship. The V-drive motor arrangement includes a first motor mounted between the two frame members and coupled to a first gea... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7050900 | Dynamically reconfigurable internal combustion engine A dynamically re-configurable multi-stroke internal combustion engine, comprised of programmable computer processor controlled engine components for decoupling the four classic strokes of an internal combustion engine and electronically managing engine cylinder comp... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6397962 | Steam engine radio frequency and battery electric drive system for a motor vehicle A motor vehicle drive system is provided wherein a steam engine and electric drive motor provide propel the vehicle through cooperating clutch controls. Steam to supply the steam engine is created by applying high frequency energy to liquid water until it... | 06/04/2002 |
| 5385211 | Electric power plant for vehicles The drive wheels of an electric automobile are driven by one or more D.C. drive motors which derive their power from a battery. The battery is charged by two separate D.C. generators. The first D.C. generator is powered by an internal combustion engine, a... | 01/31/1995 |
| 4405029 | Hybrid vehicles Hybrid vehicles having two or more power plants which can be operated independently or simultaneously and includes an electric motor as well as an internal combustion engine which may be selectively connected to drive the drive wheels of such vehicles eit... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4359118 | Engine system using liquid air and combustible fuel An engine system operates on liquid air and LNG, with the LNG being burned to obtain more energy from an expansion engine using the liquid air as the working fluid; and the liquid air is employed to trap or prevent the undesired venting of LNG fumes, whic... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4354565 | Engine system using liquid air and combustible fuel An automobile engine runs on liquid air plus a small amount of solid or liquid fossil fuel. The liquid is an efficient method of storing the energy of liquefaction. To get extended range and use of energy effectively some fuel is used to increase the temp... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4294323 | Cryogenic powered vehicle A cryogenic powered vehicle is disclosed which utilizes liquid nitrogen contained in a storage tank or tanks and communicated with a plurality of expansion assemblies through a one-way flow valve with the pressurized expanded gas being discharged to atmos... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4050536 | Power drive system A power driven wheeled vehicle with a power source consisting of an internal combustion engine, a compressor section, a heat reservoir and driven motor located at the wheels. The said internal combustion engine drives the said compressor section which use... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3998287 | Hydrostatic transmission vehicles A hydrostatic transmission vehicle which is direction controlled by a speed controlled running assembly known as a motor-director running assembly and which has at least one further speed controlled driving running assembly. The motor-director running ass... | 12/21/1976 |
