Patents by Inventor Richard E. Schulman

Richard E. Schulman 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).

  • Behavioral fuel-saving method for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 4574757
    Abstract: Saving fuel in the operation of a motor vehicle by providing an increased resistance to depression of a gas pedal at increased velocities in a predetermined speed range from a lower velocity up to a predetermined upper velocity. A piston is urged against the pedal by a spring in a cylinder. Adjustments in vacuum in the cylinder are utilized to adjust the spring force constituting the resistance to pedal depression of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: Deaccelerator Corporation
    Inventors: Richard E. Schulman, William C. Breen
  • Behavioral fuel-saving method and apparatus for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 4270501
    Abstract: Saving fuel in the operation of a motor vehicle by providing an increased resistance to depression of a gas pedal at increased velocities in a predetermined speed range from a lower velocity up to a predetermined upper velocity. A piston is urged against the pedal by a spring in a cylinder. Adjustments in vacuum in the cylinder are utilized to adjust the spring force constituting the resistance to pedal depression of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1981
    Inventors: William C. Breen, Richard E. Schulman