Patents by Inventor Charles K. Forner, Sr.

Charles K. Forner, Sr. 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).

  • System and method for split-cycle engine waste heat recovery
    Patent number: 7823547
    Abstract: A waste heat recovery system for a split-cycle engine includes a heat exchange unit. An air compressor device is in communication with the heat exchange unit. A waste heat input receives waste heat from the engine and is in fluid communication with the heat exchange unit. An ambient air intake connected to the air compressor device draws air into the air compressor device. A compressed air outlet member on the air compressor device in fluid communication with a compression cylinder of the split-cycle engine delivers compressed air from the air compressor device to the engine. Engine waste heat is communicated to the heat exchange unit and energy from the waste heat is used to drive the air compressor device, causing the air compressor device to draw in ambient air through the ambient air intake, compress the ambient air, and deliver compressed air to the engine through the compressed air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Scuderi Group, LLC
    Inventors: Charles K. Forner, Sr., Salvatore C. Scuderi, Stephen P. Scuderi
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPLIT-CYCLE ENGINE WASTE HEAT RECOVERY
    Publication number: 20090199556
    Abstract: A waste heat recovery system for a split-cycle engine includes a heat exchange unit. An air compressor device is in communication with the heat exchange unit. A waste heat input receives waste heat from the engine and is in fluid communication with the heat exchange unit. An ambient air intake connected to the air compressor device draws air into the air compressor device. A compressed air outlet member on the air compressor device in fluid communication with a compression cylinder of the split-cycle engine delivers compressed air from the air compressor device to the engine. Engine waste heat is communicated to the heat exchange unit and energy from the waste heat is used to drive the air compressor device, causing the air compressor device to draw in ambient air through the ambient air intake, compress the ambient air, and deliver compressed air to the engine through the compressed air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Charles K. Forner, SR., Salvatore C. Scuderi, Stephen P. Scuderi
  • System and method for split-cycle engine waste heat recovery
    Patent number: 7571699
    Abstract: A waste heat recovery system for a split-cycle engine includes a heat exchange unit. An air compressor device is in communication with the heat exchange unit. A waste heat input receives waste heat from the engine and is in fluid communication with the heat exchange unit. An ambient air intake connected to the air compressor device draws air into the air compressor device. A compressed air outlet member on the air compressor device in fluid communication with a compression cylinder of the split-cycle engine delivers compressed air from the air compressor device to the engine. Engine waste heat is communicated to the heat exchange unit and energy from the waste heat is used to drive the air compressor device, causing the air compressor device to draw in ambient air through the ambient air intake, compress the ambient air, and deliver compressed air to the engine through the compressed air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Scuderi Group, LLC
    Inventors: Charles K. Forner, Sr., Salvatore C. Scuderi, Stephen P. Scuderi