Patents by Inventor Charles Beaman

Charles Beaman 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: 6364054
    Abstract: A high performance muffler is used to modify sound waves of exhaust gases generated by a high performance internal combustion engine. The muffler has an inlet for connection to an internal combustion engine exhaust system. A muffler body is connected to the inlet. The muffler body has a shell which has a width greater than its height. The shell includes a pair of spaced apart opposed panels. An outlet is connected to the muffler body to receive exhaust gases from the body. The muffler body has a first expansion chamber adjacent to the inlet. The first expansion chamber extends across the width of the muffler body. A first reduced opening is in the muffler body extending across the width of the muffler body. A second expansion chamber is in the muffler body adjacent to the first reduced opening. The second expansion chamber also extends across the width of the muffler body. A second reduced opening extending across the width of the muffler body communicates with the second expansion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Midas International Corporation
    Inventors: John Bubulka, Charles Beaman, Michael Grover, Ryan Traxinger
  • Patent number: 4019986
    Abstract: A portable water purifier includes a portable ozone generator and water container and a flexible tube conducting ozone from the generator to the container. A filter-bubbler is used to bubble ozone into water in the container and then to filter the purified water as it is drawn from the container with the flexible tube serving as a siphon. A vent for the container contains an ozone decomposition catalyst for decomposing any ozone in the vented gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1973
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1977
    Inventors: William Alan Burris, Charles A. Beaman