Patents Assigned to Millennium Cell, L.L.P.
  • Engine cycle and fuels for same
    Patent number: 6250078
    Abstract: An engine cycle that is carried out in a reciprocating piston/cylinder engine consists of a working stroke in which exothermic decomposition of at least one liquid compound is caused to occur without combustion so as to produce a gaseous product of the decomposition that drives the piston along the cylinder in one direction and an exhaust stroke in which the products of the decomposition are exhausted from the cylinder upon return movement of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Millennium Cell, L.L.P.
    Inventors: Steven C. Amendola, Phillip J. Petillo