Patents Represented by Attorney Seager Tufte & Wickhern LLC
  • Patent number: 7976971
    Abstract: A power generator having a fuel cell and a fuel container in an enclosure with a pneumatic slide valve interposed between the fuel cell and the fuel container. The fuel cell may provide water vapor which goes to react with the fuel of the container and result in a production of hydrogen for the fuel cell. The valve may be connected to a pressure sensitive membrane that is linked to the valve such that when the pressure within the enclosure increases, the membrane will begin to move and close the valve to cut off the supply of water vapor to the fuel to reduce hydrogen production and consequently the pressure. With a reduction or stoppage of hydrogen production, the pressure may decrease and the membrane may begin to open the valve to let in water vapor to the fuel to make more hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Eickhoff, Robert B. Ellman
  • Patent number: 7878178
    Abstract: A system for controlling fuel to an engine to minimize emissions in an exhaust of the engine. There may be a controller connected to an actuator, for example a fuel control actuator, of the engine and to emissions sensors, such as an NOx and/or PM sensor, proximate to an exhaust output of the engine. The controller, for example a speed controller, may have an input connected to an output of a pedal or desired speed setting mechanism. A speed sensor at a power output of the engine may be connected to an input of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory E. Stewart, Michael L. Rhodes