Patents by Inventor Jerry Allen Burke

Jerry Allen Burke 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).

  • Condensing vapor heat engine with constant volume superheating and evaporating
    Patent number: 4077214
    Abstract: A heat-power engine and system using a condensable vapor as the working fluid has a cylinder with a piston operating therein characterized in that the heat input communicates with the clearance volume of the cylinder, and all of the working fluid, mechanically and thermodynamically possible, is removed from the cylinder adjacent and/or following bottom dead center of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1978
    Inventors: Jerry Allen Burke, Jr., John Gordon Davoud
  • Condensing vapor heat engine with two-phase compression and constant volume superheating
    Patent number: 4055951
    Abstract: A heat-power engine and system using a condensable vapor as the working fluid has a cylinder with a piston operating therein characterized in that the heat input communicates with the swept volume of the engine in a zone comprising the clearance volume of the cylinder at the top dead center of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1977
    Assignee: D-Cycle Associates
    Inventors: John Gordon Davoud, Jerry Allen Burke, Jr.
  • Stirling cycle type engine and method of operation
    Patent number: 3996745
    Abstract: An improved Stirling cycle type engine is provided wherein the working fluid is a condensible fluid such as steam and a portion of the steam is condensed prior to the introduction of the steam into the cold cylinder zone. Before and/or during compression of the steam in the cold cylinder zone, water is injected in an amount equal to, greater than or less than the amount condensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1976
    Assignee: D-Cycle Associates
    Inventors: John Gordon Davoud, Jerry Allen Burke