Patents by Inventor Michael E. McBroom

Michael E. McBroom 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).

  • Method and apparatus for distributing fuel in a diesel engine
    Patent number: 5339787
    Abstract: A diesel engine system in which fuel in a fuel tank having an air space above a fuel level is pumped to a fuel injection system disposed in spaced relation above the fuel tank, and excess fuel is returned to the fuel tank air space via an uninterrupted fluid flow path between the injection system and the air space of the fuel tank. The fluid flow path has a cross sectional area selected such that air from the fuel tank air space flows counter to fuel returning to the fuel tank by gravity during non-operation of the diesel engine, to maintain the space vacated by returning fuel near atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce E. Jungquist, Michael E. McBroom, Curtis G. Yaeger, Donald G. Knauff, Thomas R. Sem