Patents by Inventor Shaun T. RIGNEY

Shaun T. RIGNEY 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).

  • INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20210246842
    Abstract: A method of operating an internal combustion engine having at least one combustion chamber and an actuator disposed therein being arranged to drive an output shaft of the engine, the method comprising: 5 (i) injecting a water containing fuel into the combustion chamber; (ii) flash boiling the water-containing fuel to form water vapour within the combustion chamber; (iii) thermolyzing the water vapour to form hydrogen gas and oxygen gas; and (iv) combusting the hydrogen gas to drive the actuator within the combustion chamber to 10 thereby drive the connected output shaft of the combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Shaun T. RIGNEY
  • Internal combustion engine and method of operating an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 11022051
    Abstract: A method of operating an internal combustion engine having at least one combustion chamber and an actuator disposed therein being arranged to drive an output shaft of the engine, the method comprising: 5 (i) injecting a water containing fuel into the combustion chamber; (ii) flash boiling the water-containing fuel to form water vapour within the combustion chamber; (iii) thermolyzing the water vapour to form hydrogen gas and oxygen gas; and (iv) combusting the hydrogen gas to drive the actuator within the combustion chamber to 10 thereby drive the connected output shaft of the combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: WATER 2 HYDROGEN (IP) PARTY LTD
    Inventor: Shaun T. Rigney
  • AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20210087983
    Abstract: A method of operating an internal combustion engine having at least one combustion chamber and an actuator disposed therein being arranged to drive an output shaft of the engine, the method comprising: 5 (i) injecting a water containing fuel into the combustion chamber, (ii) flash boiling the water-containing fuel to form water vapour within the combustion chamber, (iii) thermolyzing the water vapour to form hydrogen gas and oxygen gas; and (iv) combusting the hydrogen gas to drive the actuator within the combustion chamber to 10 thereby drive the connected output shaft of the combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Shaun T. RIGNEY