Patents by Inventor Syd Cooke

Syd Cooke 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).

  • Fuel supply and cold start apparatus for an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 6189518
    Abstract: Apparatus for heating and vaporizing a liquid hydrocarbon fuel supplied to an internal combustion engine includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet. A venturi shaped inner sleeve of the apparatus is heated to promote vaporization of the liquid hydrocarbon fuel injected into the interior of the housing. Exhaust may be introduced into the interior of the housing and mixed with the vaporized and heated fuel. Further heating of the mixture can result in reformation of at least a portion thereof to a clean usable fuel prior to its introduction into an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Emission Controls Corp.
    Inventor: Syd Cooke