Patents by Inventor Geoffrey B. Courtright

Geoffrey B. Courtright 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: 7533530
    Abstract: An engine comprising a detonation chamber in thermal communication with a tank, a fuel system connected to the chamber, and a controller wherein energy from fuel detonations in the chamber is transferred to a fluid in the tank. By rapidly transferring the energy from the chamber, the detonation produces little or no toxic by-products. The fluid in the tank is energized to provide power for a wide range of machines from large equipment to small appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Inventor: Geoffrey B. Courtright
  • Publication number: 20090038779
    Abstract: A fluid energy transfer system comprising at least one coil containing a fluid pumped in a first flow direction. The fluid comes from a source and returns to the same source. The coil is enclosed within a tank. The tank contains a tank fluid. The tank fluid is pumped into the tank in a closed system from at least one heat pump. The tank fluid is circulated from the heat pump into the tank through at least one jet located along a wall of the tank. The tank fluid moves in a direction starting from a first end of the tank and exiting at a second end of the tank in an flow direction opposite that of the coil fluid. The circulation of the tank fluid creates a vortex that creates an increase in the heat transfer coefficient by forced convection in immersion of the tank fluid over the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventor: Geoffrey B. Courtright
  • Publication number: 20090013681
    Abstract: A motor comprising a least one piston slideable within a cylinder with a seal, a plurality of valves, means to determine the position of the valves and a head of the piston, means to select the ports in which to transfer energized fluid/exhaust in and out of the cylinder, and a scotch yoke. The cylinder comprising at least a first set of ports and a second set of ports. The ports disposed in a wall of the cylinder. The valves coupled and slideable to allow a selective transfer of an energized fluid in, and an exhaust out, of the cylinder via the ports. The scotch yoke operatively interacting with a crankshaft, the piston operatively connected to the scotch yoke such that, when the energized fluid moves the piston, torque is applied to the crankshaft, and the valves are repositioned to allow the energized fluid to enter the cylinder on the opposite side of the head of the piston and the exhaust to exit the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventor: Geoffrey B. Courtright
  • Publication number: 20080173018
    Abstract: An engine comprising a detonation chamber in thermal communication with a tank, a fuel system connected to the chamber, and a controller wherein energy from fuel detonations in the chamber is transferred to a fluid in the tank. By rapidly transferring the energy from the chamber, the detonation produces little or no toxic by-products. The fluid in the tank is energized to provide power for a wide range of machines from large equipment to small appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Geoffrey B. Courtright