Patents Assigned to Skunk Works, LLC
  • Patent number: 10844823
    Abstract: A specialty nut and specialty ratchet driver device used to start an internal combustion engine, each with an integrated one direction clutch, designed to be an attachment for a commercially available battery operated drill/driver gun. The specialty ratchet driver with an integrated one direction clutch is inserted into the driver receptacle of the socket placed over the nut on the crank shaft of the engine. One end of a drive shaft is inserted into the one direction clutch portion of the specialty ratchet driver device and the other end of the drive shaft is inserted into the chuck of a battery operated drill/driver gun. The torque of the drill/driver gun turns the crank shaft of the engine with sufficient force to initiate starting of the engine. The one direction clutch then allows the engine to turn faster than the drill/driver so as not to impede the engine start up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Skunk Works, LLC
    Inventor: Robert H. Koehler
  • Publication number: 20190170105
    Abstract: A specialty nut and specialty ratchet driver device used to start an internal combustion engine, each with an integrated one direction clutch, designed to be an attachment for a commercially available battery operated drill/driver gun. The specialty ratchet driver with an integrated one direction clutch is inserted into the driver receptacle of the socket placed over the nut on the crank shaft of the engine. One end of a drive shaft is inserted into the one direction clutch portion of the specialty ratchet driver device and the other end of the drive shaft is inserted into the chuck of a battery operated drill/driver gun. The torque of the drill/driver gun turns the crank shaft of the engine with sufficient force to initiate starting of the engine. The one direction clutch then allows the engine to turn faster than the drill/driver so as not to impede the engine start up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Skunk Works, LLC
    Inventor: Robert H. Koehler
  • Publication number: 20190170106
    Abstract: A specialty nut and specialty ratchet driver device used to start an internal combustion engine, each with an integrated one direction clutch, designed to be an attachment for a commercially available battery operated drill/driver gun. The specialty ratchet driver with an integrated one direction clutch is inserted into the driver receptacle of the socket placed over the nut on the crank shaft of the engine. One end of a drive shaft is inserted into the one direction clutch portion of the specialty ratchet driver device and the other end of the drive shaft is inserted into the chuck of a battery operated drill/driver gun. The torque of the drill/driver gun turns the crank shaft of the engine with sufficient force to initiate starting of the engine. The one direction clutch then allows the engine to turn faster than the drill/driver so as not to impede the engine start up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Skunk Works, LLC
    Inventor: Robert H. Koehler
  • Patent number: 10208729
    Abstract: A specialty nut and specialty ratchet driver device used to start an internal combustion engine, each with an integrated one direction clutch, designed to be an attachment for a commercially available battery operated drill/driver gun. The specialty ratchet driver with an integrated one direction clutch is inserted into the driver receptacle of the socket placed over the nut on the crank shaft of the engine. One end of a drive shaft is inserted into the one direction clutch portion of the specialty ratchet driver device and the other end of the drive shaft is inserted into the chuck of a battery operated drill/driver gun. The torque of the drill/driver gun turns the crank shaft of the engine with sufficient force to initiate starting of the engine. The one direction clutch then allows the engine to turn faster than the drill/driver so as not to impede the engine start up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Skunk Works, LLC
    Inventor: Robert H. Koehler
  • Publication number: 20180195484
    Abstract: A specialty nut and specialty ratchet driver device used to start an internal combustion engine, each with an integrated one direction clutch, designed to be an attachment for a commercially available battery operated drill/driver gun. In the case of the specialty nut, it is screwed onto the crank shaft of a small internal combustion engine with the integrated one direction clutch pointing outward. One end of a driver shaft is inserted into the one direction clutch and the other end of the shaft is inserted into the chuck of a battery operated drill/driver gun. In the case of the specialty ratchet driver device, a standard nut is present on the threaded engine crank shaft and a socket is placed over that nut. The specialty ratchet driver with an integrated one direction clutch is inserted into the driver receptacle of the socket placed over the nut on the crank shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Skunk Works, LLC
    Inventor: Robert H. Koehler
  • Publication number: 20140234922
    Abstract: A method of producing alkyl esters including processing a high free fatty acid feedstock including a mixture of triglycerides and free fatty acids to remove water and solids to create a processed feedstock. The processed feedstock is introduced and mixed into a reaction vessel, the reaction vessel includes water, at least one enzyme, and alcohol. The reacted contents are separated into a glycerin phase and an alkyl ester phase. The alkyl ester phase is treated with a primary alcohol and a flocculant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: VIESEL SKUNK WORKS, LLC
    Inventors: Graham Towerton, Stuart Lamb