Patents by Inventor Marcus Ashford

Marcus Ashford 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).

  • On-board fuel fractionation system and methods to generate an engine starting fuel
    Patent number: 7370610
    Abstract: A Fuel Fractionation System (FFS) and associated methods to generate and store a fuel for internal combustion engines is provided. FFS provides a distillation column assembly to distill liquid fuel to form a volatile light fraction secondary fuel. The distillation column assembly includes a vaporization module to vaporize a feed fuel in the distillation column and includes a condensation module to condense heavy fraction components of the vaporized feed fuel. FFS also provides a controller positioned to control the vaporization of feed fuel in the distillation column to thereby control the separation of the feed fuel into light fraction fuel and heavy fraction fuel components, and positioned to control the condensation of the heavy fraction components so that fuel exiting a light fraction output port in the distillation column is substantially light fraction fuel components by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Marcus Ashford, Ron Matthews
  • ON-BOARD FUEL FRACTIONATION SYSTEM AND METHODS TO GENERATE AN ENGINE STARTING FUEL
    Publication number: 20070193852
    Abstract: A Fuel Fractionation System (FFS) and associated methods to generate and store a fuel for internal combustion engines is provided. FFS provides a distillation column assembly to distill liquid fuel to form a volatile light fraction secondary fuel. The distillation column assembly includes a vaporization module to vaporize a feed fuel in the distillation column and includes a condensation module to condense heavy fraction components of the vaporized feed fuel. FFS also provides a controller positioned to control the vaporization of feed fuel in the distillation column to thereby control the separation of the feed fuel into light fraction fuel and heavy fraction fuel components, and positioned to control the condensation of the heavy fraction components so that fuel exiting a light fraction output port in the distillation column is substantially light fraction fuel components by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Marcus Ashford, Ron Matthews