Patents by Inventor Vernon E. Brunges

Vernon E. Brunges 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: 5033444
    Abstract: An engine powered by fuel having a boiling temperature less than ambient wherein the fuel is stored as a liquid and delivered in the liquid state to a fuel injection system. The fuel is sprayed into the intake port region of a cylinder head as liquid droplets which then vaporize. The fuel supplied to the injection system is maintained in the liquid state by a cooling system which maintains the liquid fuel below the boiling temperature. One cooling system includes a tube coiled around the injection system through which a refrigerant is circulated and cooled by a refrigeration system. A bleedoff conduit withdraws any excess fuel from the injection region and returns it to the fuel storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Inventors: Ray L. Kaufman, Vernon E. Brunges, Harold I. Bisel