Patents by Inventor Roger A. McCauley

Roger A. McCauley 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: 5000152
    Abstract: A fuel conservation device free of moving parts and adapted to be interposed between the carburetor and intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. The device comprises three components or stages: a static vortex generator, an ultrasonic transducer and an electric current carrying wire grid or screen. The static vortex generator creates physical mixing of the air and fuel mixture as well as centrifugally impinging the air and fuel mixture against the ultrasonic transducer(s) for further atomization. Passing through the heated grid promotes thermal vaporization as well as magnetic field perturbation on a molecular level. The resulting increased dispersion and atomization of the fuel into the air improves engine performance including fuel economy and ease of starting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Inventor: Roger A. McCauley
  • Patent number: 4059082
    Abstract: A device adapted to be interposed between the usual carburetor and manifold of an internal combustion engine, or the like, for receiving the fuel-air mixture from the carburetor and discharging same into the manifold, said device comprising three components or stages: a rotor member, a sonic vibrator, and a heated grid means. The rotor member is mounted in the flow stream of the fuel-air mixture and is rotated by the air intake for causing oscillation of the fuel-air mixture from the carburetor. The fuel-air mixture then enters the sonic vibration stage which causes a molecular mixing of the fuel with the air. The mixed fuel-air is then passed through the heated grid or screen, which not only straightens out the path of the flow stream of the fuel-air mixture, but also promotes vaporization of the fuel-air mixture impinging the screen, and receiving the heat by radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1977
    Inventor: Roger A. McCauley
  • Patent number: 3952716
    Abstract: A device adapted to be interposed between the usual carburetor and manifold of an internal combustion engine, or the like, for receiving the fuel-air mixture from the carburetor and discharging same into the manifold, said device comprising three components or stages: a rotor member, a sonic vibrator, and a heated grid means. The rotor member is mounted in the flow stream of the fuel-air mixture and is rotated by the air intake for causing oscillation of the fuel-air mixture from the carburetor. The fuel-air mixture then enters the sonic vibration stage which causes a molecular mixing of the fuel with the air. The mixed fuel-air is then passed through the heated grid or screen, which not only straightens out the path of the flow stream of the fuel-air mixture, but also promotes vaporization of the fuel-air mixture impinging the screen, and receiving the heat by radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Rexar Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger A. McCauley