Patents by Inventor John E. Lockshaw

John E. Lockshaw 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: 4016840
    Abstract: A rotary valve device for internal-combustion engines, said device comprising an elongated, tubular drum having an exhaust-manifold system disposed therein and a plurality of fuel passages, forming a fuel-intake system having fuel-intake ports and fuel-outlet ports positioned in the peripheral wall of the drum, whereby lean and rich fuel mixtures can be separately but simultaneously deposited in each combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine, as the tubular drum rotates within the cylinder head, so that a complete burning of the fuel takes place. A cooling means, such as a water jacket, is interposed between the inner, tubular, manifold-exhaust conduit and the fuel passages -- the jacket being provided with openings at the terminating ends thereof for connecting the water flow to the cooling system of a conventional-type engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1977
    Inventor: John E. Lockshaw
  • Patent number: 3964450
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a rotary-cam, internal-combustion, radial, 4-cycle, 6-cylinder engine comprising a stationary motor block adapted to operably receive a dual set of pistons, each set thereof being juxtaposed to the other, having their respective rods extending outwardly from the piston chamber and operably attached to a rotatable casing by means of a cam follower secured to the free end of the rod and disposed within a cam channel forming part of the casing, thereby allowing each adjacent piston to simultaneously reciprocate together as the casing rotates with the main drive shaft; and wherein the main shaft incorporates both the fuel-intake system and the motor-exhaust system, said main drive shaft being fixedly connected for rotation with the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1973
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Inventor: John E. Lockshaw