Patents by Inventor Joel Seth Rickenbach

Joel Seth Rickenbach 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).

  • Single poppet valve cylinder head assembly for internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 8677955
    Abstract: A cylinder head assembly for an internal combustion engine having an intake cycle and an exhaust cycle is provided. The cylinder head assembly includes a single valve, a cylinder head body, and a venturi tube. The cylinder head body has an intake port, an exhaust port, and a combustion chamber port configured to intermittently seat the single valve. The venturi tube is disposed within the cylinder head body and has a high pressure portion operably coupled to the cylinder head body proximate the intake port and a distal end spaced apart from the combustion chamber port. The venturi tube permits the intake port to remain in fluid communication with the exhaust port during both the intake cycle and the exhaust cycle of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Westrom Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Joel Seth Rickenbach, Michael Dean Leraas, Joel Thomas Rickenbach
  • SINGLE POPPET VALVE CYLINDER HEAD ASSEMBLY FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20110162607
    Abstract: A cylinder head assembly for an internal combustion engine having an intake cycle and an exhaust cycle is provided. The cylinder head assembly includes a single valve, a cylinder head body, and a venturi tube. The cylinder head body has an intake port, an exhaust port, and a combustion chamber port configured to intermittently seat the single valve. The venturi tube is disposed within the cylinder head body and has a high pressure portion operably coupled to the cylinder head body proximate the intake port and a distal end spaced apart from the combustion chamber port. The venturi tube permits the intake port to remain in fluid communication with the exhaust port during both the intake cycle and the exhaust cycle of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: WESTROM, LLC
    Inventors: Joel Seth Rickenbach, Michael Dean Leraas, Joel Thomas Rickenbach