Patents by Inventor Fred F. Penrod

Fred F. Penrod 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: 8996222
    Abstract: The inventive concept is directed to a “COMPEL” system. The word compel is an acronym of the words “compressed air and electricity”. The compel system is a system of mechanical devices aligned together to propel a vehicle without employing any fossil fuel and creating very little or no detectable pollution. The motion source is a single electric engine that drives the vehicle by way of a transmission. The source/s for producing the electricity originate in two different manners. One source is of the motion of the vehicle itself and responsible for the action of the second source. Conversely, the second source provides the energy to propel the vehicle, Thus, each source is generally dependent upon the other. However, the holding reserve capacity of the fuel tank allows for the compressed air engine source to mobilize the vehicle from a dead stop and thereby re-engage the other generating source/s. The other energy generating sources are elements driven by the axle of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Inventor: Fred F. Penrod
  • Publication number: 20100181126
    Abstract: A battery charging system useful for use in a hybrid or an all electric vehicle. The system includes a computer that controls all the multiple generators in the vehicle. The generators are driven by all four wheels of the vehicle plus a small gasoline engine from time to time. The system takes advantage of the brake rotor discs by driving a generator by each of the brake discs in direct contact therewith or by induction. The charging system could also be operated from a disc that is driven from an axle of the vehicle. In this case the extra disc would be mounted onto the axle by way of a housing. The computer controls the charge of the main battery but also could provide charging electricity to an independent battery that is in a standby mode. In this manner very little or no fossil fuel is being consumed by the vehicle no matter what the speed it is being operated at.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Fred F. Penrod