Patents Assigned to Skunk Works, LLC
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Patent number: 10844823Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Skunk Works, LLCInventor: Robert H. Koehler
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Publication number: 20190170105Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: Skunk Works, LLCInventor: Robert H. Koehler
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Publication number: 20190170106Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: Skunk Works, LLCInventor: Robert H. Koehler
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Patent number: 10208729Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Skunk Works, LLCInventor: Robert H. Koehler
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Publication number: 20180195484Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: Skunk Works, LLCInventor: Robert H. Koehler
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Publication number: 20140234922Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: VIESEL SKUNK WORKS, LLCInventors: Graham Towerton, Stuart Lamb