Patents by Inventor Jim LoPresti

Jim LoPresti has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5588619
    Abstract: Indexing a propeller blade so it leads intake valve timing by a specific amount causes an increase in engine power. The proper indexing allows the high energy propeller wake in the form of an acoustic wave to be ingested by the induction system and arrive at the intake valve just as the valve is opening. When the Wave arrives just as the valve is opening, the wave causes a momentary increase in manifold pressure which adds pumping potential to force additional airflow into the engine cylinders which results in a power increase. This technique called propeller syncro-phasing causes the propeller blade to behave as a "zero stage supercharger". Adding a trailing edge extension to the propeller blade chord at the radius corresponding to the induction inlet causes a local increase in slipstream total energy adding additional energy to the induction airflow resulting in additional engine power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Inventors: Leroy LoPresti, Jim LoPresti