Patents by Inventor Travis L. Eiler

Travis L. Eiler 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).

  • Apparatus and method for combustion initiation
    Patent number: 6615810
    Abstract: An apparatus for combustion initiation in an internal combustion engine is provided. A capacitive spark plug boot uses the engine cylinder head as an outer capacitor member. The capacitive spark plug boot contains a transformer, an inner capacitor member and an insulator. The insulator surrounds the inner capacitor member, with an outer surface of the insulator sized to engage a cylinder head cavity surrounding the spark plug. The capacitor stores electrical energy received from the transformer, and delivers it to the spark plug upon formation of a spark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Nology Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Werner Funk, Travis L. Eiler
  • Apparatus and method for combustion initiation
    Publication number: 20020166549
    Abstract: An apparatus for combustion initiation in an internal combustion engine is provided. A capacitive spark plug boot uses the engine cylinder head as an outer capacitor member. The capacitive spark plug boot contains a transformer, an inner capacitor member and an insulator. The insulator surrounds the inner capacitor member, with an outer surface of the insulator sized to engage a cylinder head cavity surrounding the spark plug. The capacitor stores electrical energy received from the transformer, and delivers it to the spark plug upon formation of a spark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Werner Funk, Travis L. Eiler
  • Apparatus and method for combustion initiation
    Patent number: 6374816
    Abstract: An apparatus for combustion initiation in an internal combustion engine is provided. A capacitive spark plug boot uses the engine cylinder head as an outer capacitor member. The capacitive spark plug boot contains the inner capacitor member and an insulator. The insulator surrounds the inner capacitor member, with an outer surface of the insulator sized to engage a cylinder head cavity surrounding the spark plug. The capacitor stores electrical energy received from a power source, and delivers it to the spark plug upon formation of a spark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Omnitek Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Werner Funk, Travis L. Eiler