Patents by Inventor Donald C. Pletts

Donald C. Pletts 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: 4216654
    Abstract: An exhaust extractor is disclosed in which a curvate path is provided for installation in the exhaust system of a vehicle and has an external chamber for receiving extracted fuel constituents of the exhaust for supply to the intake of the vehicle engine while precluding re-ingestion of undesirable particulate and pollutant matter. A main duct carries a plurality of inwardly-directed transfer scoops for interception and transfer of usable particulates and other fractions of the exhaust into the external chamber at selected portions of the periphery of the main duct away from the outer portion of the curvate path therein to minimize the transfer of heavy particulates or solids to the external chamber and the remainder of the exhaust recycle system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1980
    Inventor: Donald C. Pletts
  • Patent number: 4127093
    Abstract: A fuel/air and recycled-exhaust mixer is disclosed which is devoid of valves or interruptions in the exhaust-recycle path and which is effective with multi-barrel and multi-stage carburetors, either as original equipment for new vehicles or as a conversion unit for existing vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1978
    Assignee: Car-Bo-Tech Inc.
    Inventor: Donald C. Pletts