Patents by Inventor Edward Robin Wiley

Edward Robin Wiley 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).

  • Composite cycle engine
    Patent number: 3961483
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an engine with 25 to 70% better overall efficiency with exhaust emissions within present EPA 1975 standards. The vane type rotary engine uses exhaust from a multichamber Otto cycle engine to power a Stirling cycle engine on the same shaft. Fuel burned in the high surface to volume ratio chambers in the Otto cycle produce very little NO.sub.2 + N.sub.0 gas while producing excessive amounts of unburned hydrocarbons. Air injection into the extremely hot exhaust gases characteristic of the vane type engine is used in a hot wall continuous burning afterburner to remove unburned hydrocarbons and boost the temperature prior to the Stirling cycle hot side heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1976
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Edward Robin Wiley