Patents by Inventor James E. Auiler

James E. Auiler 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: 4094275
    Abstract: A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The system includes primary and auxiliary heating means for vaporizing a liquid fuel, vapor storage means, carburetor means including metering venturi means for mixing the vaporized liquid fuel with atmospheric air to provide a combustible air/fuel mixture and means for controlling the delivery of vaporized fuel to the carburetor means. The carburetor means may be connected to a conventional internal combustion engine intake manifold for eventual delivery of the combustible mixture to the combustion chambers of the engine. The vaporized liquid fuel delivery means of the system includes a variable orifice vapor delivery nozzle for modulating the vaporized fuel content of the air/fuel ratio of the combustion mixture.The auxiliary heating means are operative to provide an initial supply of vapor to a vapor reservoir upon start-up of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1978
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: James E. Auiler, Douglas R. Hamburg, James E. Hyland, David F. Moyer