Patents by Inventor Brandon M. Simmons

Brandon M. Simmons 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).

  • Patent number: 8590505
    Abstract: A method of operating a combustion ignition engine comprises introducing an amount of a compressibly non-ignitable fuel into the air induction system of a compression ignition engine during the intake stroke of the engine and then injecting an amount of compressibly ignitable fuel (e.g., Diesel fuel) in the cylinder chamber at a crank angle sufficiently advanced during the compression stroke of the compression ignition engine such that the compressibly ignitable fuel and incompressible non-ignitable fuel ignite and combust such that substantially all of the fuel in the cylinder is combusted, where the amount of compressibly non-ignitable fuel introduced into the cylinder has an energy content that is at least about 50% to at most about 99% of the total energy content of the total amount of fuel introduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Brandon M. Simmons, David F. May, Cheng G. Li, Clark H. Cummins
  • Publication number: 20110209683
    Abstract: A method of operating a spark ignition engine comprises introducing a fuel comprised of a water soluble organic compound and at least 30% by volume water mixed in a homogeneous charge air-fuel mixture. The air-fuel mixture is compressed in an engine having a compression ratio of at least about 16, with such compression ratios including the effective compression ratios arising from precompressing the intake air (e.g., turbocharging). The compressed air fuel mixture is then ignited by a spark or like controllable ignition source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Brandon M. Simmons, Cheng G. Li, David F May
  • Publication number: 20110088656
    Abstract: A method of operating a combustion ignition engine comprises introducing an amount of a compressibly non-ignitable fuel into the air induction system of a compression ignition engine during the intake stroke of the engine and then injecting an amount of compressibly ignitable fuel (e.g., Diesel fuel) in the cylinder chamber at a crank angle sufficiently advanced during the compression stroke of the compression ignition engine such that the compressibly ignitable fuel and incompressible non-ignitable fuel ignite and combust such that substantially all of the fuel in the cylinder is combusted, where the amount of compressibly non-ignitable fuel introduced into the cylinder has an energy content that is at least about 50% to at most about 99% of the total energy content of the total amount of fuel introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon M. Simmons, David F. May, Cheng G. Li, Clark H. Cummins