Patents by Inventor Daniel P. Howell

Daniel P. Howell 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).

  • Patent number: 6371090
    Abstract: An engine fuel injection apparatus forms an airtight vaporization chamber having cylindrical sidewall and a flat, solid chamber bottom. A vapor fuel discharge line in fluid communication with the inside of the chamber. A fuel inlet orifice penetrates the sidewall through which a fuel line accesses the chamber, supplying fuel. The fuel supply line inside said chamber terminates with a float level controller such that a constant level of fuel is maintained in the chamber. Submersed below a level of the fuel to be maintained by the float level controller is an atomization device formed of a hollow, perforated plate near, but not at the chamber bottom. An air intake in fluid communication with the atomization device provides air intrusion. As fuel enters the bottom of the chamber from the fuel supply line coming from a fuel pump a mixture of fuel and air results and is sent to the fuel intake manifold of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Inventor: Daniel P. Howell