Patents by Inventor Charles H. Peden

Charles H. Peden 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).

  • Apparatus for photocatalytic destruction of internal combustion engine emissions during cold start
    Patent number: 5778664
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the destruction of emissions from an internal combustion engine wherein a substrate coated with TiO.sub.2 is exposed to a light source in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine thereby catalyzing oxidation/reduction reactions between gaseous hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and oxygen in the exhaust of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Jiri Janata, Gary L. McVay, Charles H. Peden, Gregory J. Exarhos