Patents by Inventor Clarence Edward Frye

Clarence Edward Frye 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).

  • Publication number: 20190383260
    Abstract: This Hydrostatic/Hydro-Power engine's power to create energy arises from compression chambers filled by the force of Gravity to full capacity with water and is immediately ready to be instantly pressurized, amazingly enough, to virtually thousands of pounds (PSI). This uses an intensifier piston assembly pushing a small Force of compressed air against surfaces of water in the chambers. A computer program manages a repeating cycle of compression (PSI) and kinetic hydro-power bursts from chambers which collectively comprises a powerful hydro-power flow. This is by automated opening and closing of certain valves in connecting conduits. After/as pressurized water is expelled from a chamber, gravity almost instantly floods the vacant space again with enough water to reach full capacity, in reverse order the refilling water pushes the intensifier's piston upward in its cylinder, simultaneously ejecting the air from the piston's chamber space, thus the piston is reset to repeat another cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: CLARENCE EDWARD FRYE
  • Publication number: 20140028028
    Abstract: A power plant using an impulse turbine and generator in combination to generate electricity, driven by the kinetic energy of an ocean stream which enters and passes through a system of conduits which manage volume, velocity and mass in a water tight structure, which houses the turbine inside on a working floor surface. The force of the stream enters transits and departs the system without any interruption in the flow, except when the turbine is in non-operational status. There are no moving parts except for two manual valves placed before the entry and exit port of the Pelton impulse turbine. The plant structure is held in fixed position at any depth relative to the current flow and its hydrostatic head. This capacity of this enablement is equivalent to any land based hydro-electric power plant. The magnitude of the current imposes no limit on the size or location for this invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventor: Clarence Edward Frye
  • Patent number: 8234861
    Abstract: The water powered hydraulic ram, when housed in a supporting water-tight structure deep within a moving body of water, functions essentially as a four cycle engine with water as it prime mover. It is a linear motor, just as if it were powered by ordinary fossil-based fuels. It harnesses the force of moving water and the pressure of water at a depth and becomes a prime mover whose output is hydro-power. The component parts of this linear motor are a hydraulic ram cylinder, sliding ram pistons, a venturi/eductor jet pump, electronic piston positioning sensors, solenoid controlled valves and process program software. It is positioned to face an oncoming, irresistible downstream water force. It may be either singular or in plurality as an array. The ideal application is for a reverse osmosis membrane to remove the salt from seawater providing unlimited quantities of potable, fresh drinking water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Inventor: Clarence Edward Frye
  • Publication number: 20110109089
    Abstract: The enablement is a submerged hydro-powered electrical generating plant powered by the raw power of ocean currents by using the natural motive forces of nature, when submerged within a moving ocean current. A turbine driven electrical generator (preferably a Pelton wheel impulse turbine), with a transformer are all located in an enclosing water tight structure, extended downward from a floating surface operating platform. The prime mover, which is a water supply from incoming ocean currents, applies that force to a turbine, then is exhausted as spent water through a conduit exhausting system that feeds into an entrainment chamber of a Venturi/Eductor jet pump assembly. The motive force for the pump is the incoming ocean currents. The spent water exits the pump as a discharge back into the downstream current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventor: Clarence Edward Frye
  • Publication number: 20110042956
    Abstract: This water powered hydraulic ram, when housed in a supporting water-tight structure deep within a moving body of water, functions essentially as a four cycle engine with water as it prime mover. It is a linear motor, just as if it were powered by ordinary fossil-based fuels. This invention harnesses the force of moving water and the pressure of water at a depth and becomes a prime mover whose output is hydro-power. When water is confined in a solid body and its force is applied to the surface of a piston, that force is transmitted equally, in all directions throughout the fluid or gas in the form of pressure. It is a machine. This characteristic observes “Pascal's Law”. The component parts of this linear motor are a hydraulic ram cylinder, sliding ram pistons, a Venturi/Eductor jet pump, electronic piston positioning sensors, solenoid controlled valves and process program software. It is positioned to face an oncoming, irresistible downstream water force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventor: Clarence Edward Frye
  • Publication number: 20090320459
    Abstract: This water powered engine, when submerged deep in a moving body of water, functions as a four cycle engine, with water as it prime mover. It is a linear motor, just as if it were powered by ordinary fossil-based fuels. This invention harnesses the force of moving water and the pressure of water at a depth and creating a prime mover to power electrical generators or to do other work. When water is confined in a solid body and its force is applied to the surface of a piston, that force is transmitted equally, in all directions throughout the fluid or gas in the form of pressure. This characteristic is known as “Pascal's Law”. The component parts of this linear motor are a hydraulic cylinder, positive displacement pumps, a Venturi/Eductor vacuum assembly, an electronic piston positioning sensors, solenoid controlled valves and process program software. It is positioned to face an oncoming downstream water force. It may be either singular or in plurality as an array, this being a site adaptation design issue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: Clarence Edward Frye