Patents by Inventor Alfred Rickard Mayne

Alfred Rickard Mayne 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).

  • Low compression ratio internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 5875755
    Abstract: A low compression ratio internal combustion engine with extended dwell at or near piston top dead center to facilitate substantially complete combustion providing a higher engine output power. A pre-combustion chamber passes high temperature and pressure combustion products into the cylinder of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Split Cycle Technology Limited
    Inventor: Alfred Rickard Mayne
  • Engine combustion
    Patent number: 5655486
    Abstract: A machine having a piston unit within a cylinder arrangement wherein each piston unit comprises a plurality of in-line pistons within their respective cylinders such that the pistons are in fluid communication with a common compression chamber and where the pistons of each unit move in unison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Split Cycle Technology Limited
    Inventor: Alfred Rickard Mayne