Patents by Inventor Andy Scarisbrick

Andy Scarisbrick 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).

  • Distributor for engine with laser ignition
    Patent number: 7350493
    Abstract: A distributor is described for a multi-cylinder laser ignited internal combustion engine. The distributor includes a shaft rotatable by the engine and a plurality of flat reflective surfaces on the shaft. The surfaces lie in planes normal to the axis of rotation of the shaft and are axially staggered from one another along the length of the shaft. An optical transmitter directs light from a laser source to impinge at an angle sequentially on the reflective surfaces as the shaft rotates, and a plurality of optical receivers spaced from one another each receive the light reflected from a respective one of the mirror surfaces and direct the reflected light to a respective one of the engine cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andy Scarisbrick, Stephan Carroll, Robert Dodd, Tom Shenton, Geoff Dearden, Steve Keen, Roy Clissold, John McCulloch
  • DISTRIBUTOR FOR ENGINE WITH LASER IGNITION
    Publication number: 20070000465
    Abstract: A distributor is described for a multi-cylinder laser ignited internal combustion engine. The distributor includes a shaft rotatable by the engine and a plurality of flat reflective surfaces on the shaft. The surfaces lie in planes normal to the axis of rotation of the shaft and are axially staggered from one another along the length of the shaft. An optical transmitter directs light from a laser source to impinge at an angle sequentially on the reflective surfaces as the shaft rotates, and a plurality of optical receivers spaced from one another each receive the light reflected from a respective one of the mirror surfaces and direct the reflected light to a respective one of the engine cylinders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Andy Scarisbrick, Steph Carroll, Robert Dodd, Tom Shenton, Geoff Dearden, Steve Keen, Roy Clissold, John McCulloch