Patents by Inventor Duncan R. McWade

Duncan R. McWade 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: 4665880
    Abstract: An air flow controller and heater for use in preheating intake air being introduced into the carburetor of an internal combustion engine wherein the intake air is directed by fixed vanes or air flow guides into a spiral and therefore elongated flow path about an electrical heating element which is oriented downstream of the vanes or guides and along the air intake nozzle of an air filter housing which is mounted over the carburetor inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Inventor: Duncan R. McWade
  • Patent number: 4550691
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for supplying a liquid-vapor fuel mixture to internal combustion engines which includes a first conventional petroleum fuel supply and a second vapor fuel supply consisting of combustible vapors which are obtained from a heated fermentation reservoir carried by a motor vehicle and in which combustible vapors are produced and wherein the first and second fuel supplies are selectively mixed before becoming introduced into the internal combustion engine which powers the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1985
    Inventor: Duncan R. McWade