Patents by Inventor Clifford L. Elmore

Clifford L. Elmore 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).

  • Timing chamber ignition method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4977873
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for timed ignition of a fuel-air mixture in internal combustion engines, incorporated therein or as a replacement unit therefor, providing an ignition chamber open into the combustion chamber, there being a catalytic igniter positioned in the ignition chamber to contact a pressure front of said fuel-air mixture penetrating the ignition chamber during the compression cycle and ignited thereby to effect the power cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Clifford L. Elmore
    Inventors: Mark A. Cherry, Clifford L. Elmore