Patents by Inventor Phillip L. Heintz

Phillip L. Heintz 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: 4448175
    Abstract: Fuel apparatus including a fuel vaporizing portion, an air conveying portion, a heating portion and a flow control portion; the fuel vaporizing portion including an enclosed chamber, the chamber including a liquid reservoir section and a vapor expansion section, the vapor expansion section including a plurality of baffles providing a tortuous path through the expansion section, a liquid fuel inlet to the chamber and a vapor outlet from the chamber, a first vapor conduit connecting the chamber outlet with a carburetor of an engine, a second vapor conduit connecting the engine carburetor with the chamber adjacent the vapor expansion section thereof; the air conveying portion including an air intake section, a divider for air flowing through the air intake section, a first duct for conveying one part of the air flow to a point adjacent the liquid reservoir section of the enclosed chamber, a second duct for conveying a second part of the air flow to the first vapor conduit; the heating portion being disposed adja
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Inventors: Bruce L. Darvial, Phillip L. Heintz, John S. Smith, Lee A. Walth