Patents by Inventor Christopher Leonard Smith

Christopher Leonard Smith 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).

  • Fuel enrichment method and device
    Patent number: 10695727
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to a process for enriching a hydrocarbon fuel for use in an internal combustion engine, the process comprising: (i) contacting a hydrocarbon fuel with a gas stream containing hydrogen gas such that at least some of the hydrogen gas is introduced into the hydrocarbon fuel to produce an enriched hydrocarbon fuel; and optionally (ii) delivering the enriched hydrocarbon fuel to an internal combustion engine. The present invention further provides a device for use in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced Fuel Technologies UK Limited
    Inventors: David Charles Colin Lewis, Christopher Leonard Smith, John Richard Lister
  • Fuel Enrichment Method and Device
    Publication number: 20180290112
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to a process for enriching a hydrocarbon fuel for use in an internal combustion engine, the process comprising: (i) contacting a hydrocarbon fuel with a gas stream containing hydrogen gas such that at least some of the hydrogen gas is introduced into the hydrocarbon fuel to produce an enriched hydrocarbon fuel; and optionally (ii) delivering the enriched hydrocarbon fuel to an internal combustion engine. The present invention further provides a device for use in the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: David Charles Colin Lewis, Christopher Leonard Smith, John Richard Lister
  • Fuel enrichment method and device
    Patent number: 10016731
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to a process for enriching a hydrocarbon fuel for use in an internal combustion engine, the process comprising: (i) contacting a hydrocarbon fuel with a gas stream containing hydrogen gas such that at least some of the hydrogen gas is introduced into the hydrocarbon fuel to produce an enriched hydrocarbon fuel; and optionally (ii) delivering the enriched hydrocarbon fuel to an internal combustion engine. The present invention further provides a device for use in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: ADVANCED FUEL TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED
    Inventors: David Charles Colin Lewis, Christopher Leonard Smith, John Richard Lister
  • FUEL ENRICHMENT METHOD AND DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130125454
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to a process for enriching a hydrocarbon fuel for use in an internal combustion engine, the process comprising: (i) contacting a hydrocarbon fuel with a gas stream containing hydrogen gas such that at least some of the hydrogen gas is introduced into the hydrocarbon fuel to produce an enriched hydrocarbon fuel; and optionally (ii) delivering the enriched hydrocarbon fuel to an internal combustion engine. The present invention further provides a device for use in the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: ADVANCED FUEL TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED
    Inventors: David Charles Collin Lewis, Christopher Leonard Smith, John Richard Lister