Patents by Inventor Lawrence E. Ofria

Lawrence E. Ofria 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: 4957070
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine has a carburetor and cylinders, each cylinder having two fuel/air intake ports, and also provided is a first manifold runner system having a fuel/air intake end communicating with one barrel of the carburetor, and a fuel/air delivery end communicating with one of the fuel/air intake ports at certain cylinders, and a second manifold runner system having a fuel/air intake end communicating with another barrel of the carburetor, and a fuel/air delivery end communicating with the other of the fuel/air intake ports at engine cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignee: Thunder Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence E. Ofria, Francis R. Lyndhurst