Patents Assigned to Thrival Tech, LLC
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Patent number: 9222403Abstract: The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems and methods for treating a fuel prior to ignition in a combustion engine in order to improve efficiency. In one aspect of the invention a throttle valve system that entrains a flow of gas, which can include a fuel, into a structured flow pattern via the inclusion of topological on a surface of the valve body and/or the flow chamber. The topological features can be arranged in a pattern configured to produce movement and/or structured turbulence in a stream of gas that is introduced to the throttle valve. An excitation source that ionizes or cracks species in the gas stream can be optionally utilized.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Thrival Tech, LLCInventors: Garrett Hill, Scott Lazar, Dustin Stonehouse
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Patent number: 9145803Abstract: Fuel efficiency in a combustion engine is increased by treating the fuel in a reaction chamber prior to delivering the fuel into the combustion chamber of the engine. The method includes the step of entraining a stream of exhaust gas to travel upstream through the reactor chamber in a first flow pattern. The method also includes the step of entraining a stream of fuel to travel downstream through the reactor chamber in a second flow pattern, where at least one of the first and second flow patterns comprises a structured turbulent flow.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: Thrival Tech, LLCInventors: Garrett Hill, Scott Lazar, Dustin Stonehouse, Justin Tombe
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Publication number: 20150027404Abstract: The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems and methods for treating and delivering a fuel to a combustion chamber of an engine in order to improve efficiency of the engine. In one aspect of the invention, a fuel injector that cooperates with an internal combustion engine to combust a first fuel to produce power is presented. The fuel injector includes a fuel inlet, a pre-conditioning vortex chamber, and an excitation chamber. The fuel injector includes a vortex chamber that conforms a pulsed amount of the first fuel to produce a vortex that includes a coherent dynamic pressure wave. The fuel injector also includes an excitation mechanism that at least partially ignites the fuel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: Thrival Tech, LLCInventors: Garrett Hill, Scott Lazar, Dustin Stonehouse
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Publication number: 20140245725Abstract: Fuel efficiency in a combustion engine is increased by treating the fuel in a reaction chamber prior to delivering the fuel into the combustion chamber of the engine. The method includes the step of entraining a stream of exhaust gas to travel upstream through the reactor chamber in a first flow pattern. The method also includes the step of entraining a stream of fuel to travel downstream through the reactor chamber in a second flow pattern, where at least one of the first and second flow patterns comprises a structured turbulent flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Thrival Tech, LLCInventors: Garrett Hill, Scott Lazar, Dustin Stonehouse, Justin Tombe
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Publication number: 20140216400Abstract: The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems and methods for treating a fuel prior to ignition in a combustion engine in order to improve efficiency. In one aspect of the invention a throttle valve system that entrains a flow of gas, which can include a fuel, into a structured flow pattern via the inclusion of topological on a surface of the valve body and/or the flow chamber. The topological features can be arranged in a pattern configured to produce movement and/or structured turbulence in a stream of gas that is introduced to the throttle valve. An excitation source that ionizes or cracks species in the gas stream can be optionally utilized.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Thrival Tech, LLCInventors: Garrett Hill, Scott Lazar, Dustin Stonehouse
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Publication number: 20140216006Abstract: Fuel efficiency in a combustion engine is increased by treating the fuel in a reaction chamber prior to delivering the fuel into the combustion chamber of the engine. The method includes the step of entraining a stream of exhaust gas to travel upstream through the reactor chamber in a first flow pattern. The method also includes the step of entraining a stream of fuel to travel downstream through the reactor chamber in a second flow pattern, where at least one of the first and second flow patterns comprises a structured turbulent flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Thrival Tech, LLCInventors: Garrett Hill, Scott Lazar, Dustin Stonehouse, Justin Tombe
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Patent number: 8794217Abstract: Fuel efficiency in a combustion engine is increased by treating the fuel in a reaction chamber prior to delivering the fuel into the combustion chamber of the engine. The method includes the step of entraining a stream of exhaust gas to travel upstream through the reactor chamber in a first flow pattern. The method also includes the step of entraining a stream of fuel to travel downstream through the reactor chamber in a second flow pattern, where at least one of the first and second flow patterns comprises a structured turbulent flow.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Thrival Tech, LLCInventors: Garrett Hill, Scott Lazar, Dustin Stonehouse, Justin Tombe
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Patent number: 8757129Abstract: The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems and methods for treating and delivering a fuel to a combustion chamber of an engine in order to improve efficiency of the engine. In one aspect of the invention, a fuel injector that cooperates with an internal combustion engine to combust a first fuel to produce power is presented. The fuel injector includes a fuel inlet, a pre-conditioning vortex chamber, and an excitation chamber. The fuel injector includes a vortex chamber that conforms a pulsed amount of the first fuel to produce a vortex that includes a coherent dynamic pressure wave. The fuel injector also includes an excitation mechanism that at least partially ignites the fuel.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Thrival Tech, LLCInventors: Garrett Hill, Scott Lazar, Dustin Stonehouse