Patents by Inventor Emmett Smith Jacobs

Emmett Smith Jacobs 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).

  • Muffler particulate trap for internal combustion engines
    Patent number: 3960528
    Abstract: A muffler particulate trap for an internal combustion engine comprising a housing adapted to be connected to the exhaust stream of the engine through an inlet port, said housing also having an outlet port for communication with the atmosphere, between the inlet port and outlet port, in serial arrangement in the housing, there is at least one chamber containing refractory alumina of requisite high porosity and high surface area and, in communication with said chamber(s), at least one cyclone separator that vents the exhaust stream through said housing outlet into the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1976
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Emmett Smith Jacobs, Vincent Edward Liberi