Abstract: A plasma ignition plug for an internal combustion engine has a thorium alloyed tungsten anode separated from a vanadium- or beryllium-alloyed copper cathode by a boron nitride ceramic powder insulator. A generally semi-spherical titanium emitter is electrically coupled to the anode and disposed within an end of the insulator so as to form an annular gap with a torus on the end of the cathode. The surface of the emitter protrudes slightly beyond the rim of the torus on the cathode. High amplitude pulses driven into the anode arc across the annular gap to the cathode at more than twenty-four spots simultaneously, generating a plasma ignition front.

Abstract: A plasma ignition plug for an internal combustion engine has a thorium alloyed tungsten anode separated from a vanadium- or beryllium-alloyed copper cathode by a boron nitride ceramic powder insulator. A generally semi-spherical titanium emitter is electrically coupled to the anode and disposed within an end of the insulator so as to form an annular gap with a torus on the end of the cathode. The surface of the emitter protrudes slightly beyond the rim of the torus on the cathode. High amplitude pulses driven into the anode arc across the annular gap to the cathode at more than twenty-four spots simultaneously, generating a plasma ignition front.

Abstract: The present invention features a fluid flow regulator that functions to significantly influence fluid flow across the surface of an object, as well as to significantly effect the performance of the object subjected to the fluid. The fluid flow regulator comprises a pressure recovery drop that induces a sudden drop in pressure at an optimal pressure recovery point on said surface, such that a sub-atmospheric barrier is created that serves as a cushion between the molecules in the fluid and the molecules at the object's surface. More specifically, the present invention fluid flow regulator functions to significantly regulate the pressure gradients that exist along the surface of an object subject to fluid flow. Regulation of pressure gradients is accomplished by selectively reducing the pressure drag at various locations along the surface, as well as the pressure drag induced forward and aft of the object, via the pressure recovery drop.

Abstract: The present invention features a fluid flow regulator that functions to significantly influence fluid flow across the surface of an object, as well as to significantly effect the performance of the object subjected to the fluid. The fluid flow regulator comprises a pressure recovery drop that induces a sudden drop in pressure at an optimal pressure recovery point on said surface, such that a sub-atmospheric barrier is created that serves as a cushion between the molecules in the fluid and the molecules at the object's surface. More specifically, the present invention fluid flow regulator functions to significantly regulate the pressure gradients that exist along the surface of an object subject to fluid flow. Regulation of pressure gradients is accomplished by selectively reducing the pressure drag at various locations along the surface, as well as the pressure drag induced forward and aft of the object, via the pressure recovery drop.

Abstract: The present invention features a fluid flow regulator that functions to significantly influence fluid flow across the surface of an object, as well as to significantly effect the performance of the object subjected to the fluid. The fluid flow regulator comprises a pressure recovery drop that induces a sudden drop in pressure at an optimal pressure recovery point on said surface, such that a sub-atmospheric barrier is created that serves as a cushion between the molecules in the fluid and the molecules at the object's surface.

Abstract: The present invention features a fluid flow regulator that functions to influence fluid flow across an airfoil or hydrofoil, as well as various rotating or rotary devices, including propellers, impellers, turbines, rotors, fans, and other similar devices, as well as to affect the performance of airfoils and hydrofoils and these rotary devices subjected to a fluid. The fluid flow regulator comprises a pressure recovery drop that induces a sudden drop in pressure at an optimal pressure recovery point on the surface, such that a sub-atmospheric barrier is created that serves as a cushion between the molecules in the fluid and the molecules at the airfoil's or hydrofoil's surface. More specifically, the fluid flow regulator functions to regulate the pressure gradients that exist along the surface of an airfoil or hydrofoil.

Abstract: The present invention features a fluid flow regulator that functions to significantly influence fluid flow across an airfoil or hydrofoil, as well as various rotating or rotary devices, including propellers, impellers, turbines, rotors, fans, and other similar devices, as well as to significantly effect the performance of airfoils and hydrofoils and these rotary devices subjected to a fluid. The fluid flow regulator comprises a pressure recovery drop that induces a sudden drop in pressure at an optimal pressure recovery point on the surface, such that a sub-atmospheric barrier is created that serves as a cushion between the molecules in the fluid and the molecules at the airfoil's or hydrofoil's surface. More specifically, the present invention fluid flow regulator functions to significantly regulate the pressure gradients that exist along the surface of an airfoil or hydrofoil.

Abstract: The present invention features a fluid flow regulator that functions to significantly influence fluid flow across an airfoil or hydrofoil, as well as various rotating or rotary devices, including propellers, impellers, turbines, rotors, fans, and other similar devices, as well as to significantly effect the performance of airfoils and hydrofoils and these rotary devices subjected to a fluid. The fluid flow regulator comprises a pressure recovery drop that induces a sudden drop in pressure at an optimal pressure recovery point on the surface, such that a sub-atmospheric barrier is created that serves as a cushion between the molecules in the fluid and the molecules at the airfoil's or hydrofoil's surface. More specifically, the present invention fluid flow regulator functions to significantly regulate the pressure gradients that exist along the surface of an airfoil or hydrofoil.

Abstract: The present invention features a fluid flow regulator that functions to influence fluid flow across an airfoil or hydrofoil, as well as various rotating or rotary devices, including propellers, impellers, turbines, rotors, fans, and other similar devices, as well as to affect the performance of airfoils and hydrofoils and these rotary devices subjected to a fluid. The fluid flow regulator comprises a pressure recovery drop that induces a sudden drop in pressure at an optimal pressure recovery point on the surface, such that a sub-atmospheric barrier is created that serves as a cushion between the molecules in the fluid and the molecules at the airfoil's or hydrofoil's surface. More specifically, the fluid flow regulator functions to regulate the pressure gradients that exist along the surface of an airfoil or hydrofoil.

Abstract: The present invention features a fluid flow regulator that functions to significantly influence fluid flow across the surface of a fuselage or similar structure as part of a moving or stationary body, as well as to significantly effect the performance of the body subjected to the fluid. The fluid flow regulator comprises a pressure recovery drop that induces a sudden drop in pressure at an optimal pressure recovery point on said surface, such that a sub-atmospheric barrier is created that serves as a cushion between the molecules in the fluid and the molecules at the body's surface. More specifically, the present invention fluid flow regulator functions to significantly regulate the pressure gradients that exist along the surface of a body subject to fluid flow. Regulation of pressure gradients is accomplished by selectively reducing the pressure drag at various locations along the surface, as well as the pressure drag induced forward and aft of the body, via the pressure recovery drop.

Abstract: The present invention features a fluid flow regulator that functions to significantly influence fluid flow across the surface of an object, as well as to significantly effect the performance of the object subjected to the fluid. The fluid flow regulator comprises a pressure recovery drop that induces a sudden drop in pressure at an optimal pressure recovery point on said surface, such that a sub-atmospheric barrier is created that serves as a cushion between the molecules in the fluid and the molecules at the object's surface. More specifically, the present invention fluid flow regulator functions to significantly regulate the pressure gradients that exist along the surface of an object subject to fluid flow. Regulation of pressure gradients is accomplished by selectively reducing the pressure drag at various locations along the surface, as well as the pressure drag induced forward and aft of the object, via the pressure recovery drop.

Abstract: The present invention features a fluid flow regulator that functions to significantly influence fluid flow across the surface of an object, as well as to significantly effect the performance of the object subjected to the fluid. The fluid flow regulator comprises a pressure recovery drop that induces a sudden drop in pressure at an optimal pressure recovery point on said surface, such that a sub-atmospheric barrier is created that serves as a cushion between the molecules in the fluid and the molecules at the object's surface. More specifically, the present invention fluid flow regulator functions to significantly regulate the pressure gradients that exist along the surface of an object subject to fluid flow. Regulation of pressure gradients is accomplished by selectively reducing the pressure drag at various locations along the surface, as well as the pressure drag induced forward and aft of the object, via the pressure recovery drop.

Abstract: A system for conveying particulate material from a first location to a second location. The system includes an auger rotatably disposed in a cylindrical auger chamber having a discharge end coupled to an inwardly-tapering nose cone. The nose is attachable to an elongate conveying conduit for conveying the particulate material. First and second plenum chambers co-act to inject concentric annular waves of pressurized fluid into the nose cone at an entry point adjacent to the discharge end of the nose cone. The arrangement provides a substantially laminar gas layer which lines the interior surface of the conveying conduit and circumscribes a flowing stream of gas and particulate material to thereby minimize contact of the particulate material with the interior surface of the conveying conduit.

Abstract: A system for conveying liquid or particulate material from a first location to a second location. The system is utilized in combination with an elongate barrel having a discharge end. A plenum chamber is placed around the barrel. A frustoconical air reduction cone is contained within the plenum chamber. The reduction cone has a narrower open end which is coupled to an interior front wall of the plenum chamber so as to surround the auger barrel. The narrower open end surrounds and communicates with a port in the front wall through which the auger barrel extends. The port and the auger barrel thus form an annular constriction therebetween. Pressurized air is injected into the plenum chamber which is drawn into the cone and passes through the annular constriction in the form of a continuous annular stream of pressurized air enveloping the discharge end of the barrel. The stream of air carries any material discharged from the barrel along a movement path.