Patents by Inventor Roger Toale

Roger Toale 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).

  • Publication number: 20130340717
    Abstract: Engine conversion systems for converting an internal combustion engine from a single to a multiple-fuel engine are described. After engine conversion, an electronic control unit (ECU), can control amounts of a first fuel (for example, diesel) and amounts of a second fuel (for example, propane) that are provided to combustion chambers within the engine while operating in a multiple-fuel mode. The conversion system can include a diesel oxidation catalyst to reduce undesired exhaust emissions of the engine, and backpressure sensors for maintaining engine exhaust backpressure within a pre-conversion range of exhaust backpressures. The conversion systems can be configured for converting engines with mechanically-controlled or electronically-controlled fuel systems. The ECU can be configured to transition from operating in a multiple-fuel mode to a single-fuel mode if the ECU detects conditions that prevent the supply of predetermined amounts of the first and second fuels for detected operating conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Michael Avery, Roger Toale, George M. Malouf