Abstract: Combustion of fragmented slow-burning solid fuel, such as wood fragments, in the combustion chamber of a portable combustion receptacle or pressure vessel mounted on the rear of a hybrid vehicle, is initiated by igniting in the combustion chamber combustible starting fluid gas, such as propane gas from an external source and ignited by a glow plug. Air is supplied by an air compressor driven by a prime mover such as a turbine or electric motor. As soon as combustion of the solid fuel has become self-sustaining, the supplying of this starting gas is terminated. Meanwhile, the pressurized gas emitted from the burning solid fuel in the combustion receptacle is discharged into a power turbine by way of a controlled throttle valve. The output shaft of the turbine drives a speed-reducing transmission which in turn drives an alternator of my electric vehicle propulsion system identified herein.

Abstract: A constant-speed continuously-running low-powered diesel engine or turbine drives a two-phase alternator, the output from which, for direct drive, flows to the stator pole piece windings of four independently-rotating stepping motors operating synchronously with the alternator. Each stepping motor is connected to a traction wheel of a motor vehicle, thereby propelled at a limited maximum speed sufficiently to overcome normal wind resistance over a level road. In starting, during acceleration, and for propulsion at higher speeds, direct current from a storage battery is caused to pulsate and is added to the current from the alternator to the stepping motors. A control circuit selectively controls the frequency of a variable frequency generator electrically connected to the pulse-responsive electrical power system to vary the frequency of the current supplied to the stepping motors and thus vary the vehicle speed. During idling, the alternating current from the alternator is rectified and recharges the battery.

Abstract: This two-stage speed reduction transmission has an input shaft which drives a first-stage fly-wheel rotating on a primary axis but having a rim annularly grooved eccentrically on a secondary axis to carry bearing balls engaging a correspondingly annularly-grooved internally-toothed ring gear which is also externally-toothed to mesh with stationary internal teeth in the housing, so that it can oscillate but not rotate. Meshing with this first-stage ring gear is a first-stage spur gear with a lesser number of teeth also rotatable upon the primary axis, the eccentricity between the primary and secondary axes being sufficient to permit clearance of the first-stage spur gear with the teeth of the first-stage internal ring gear on the side opposite its meshing location therewith.

Abstract: A base metal, such as the aluminum or iron housing of a conventional rotary or reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine, and a sealing member applicable to the pistons or rotor thereof are coated with a layer of a wear-resistant alloy, such as molybdenum-ruthenium or tungsten-ruthenium or molybdenum-rhenium alloy, either by evaporating the elements of the alloy by electron guns onto the surfaces to be coated or by vaporizing a wire of the same alloy in a vacuum chamber by the application of a high-tension electrical discharge through the wire from an electrical condenser bank. Depositing the alloy is done on a production basis by passing workpiece holders in a circular path through a vaccum chamber beneath the electron guns, followed by a realloying step through a laser beam, an acid dip, a rinsing dip, a drying by heat, and a final honing.

Abstract: A base metal, such as the aluminum or iron housing of a conventional rotary or reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine, and a sealing member applicable to the pistons or rotor thereof are coated with a layer of a wear-resistant alloy, such as molybdenum-ruthenium or tungsten-ruthenium alloy, either by evaporating the elements of the alloy by electron guns onto the surfaces to be coated or by vaporizing a wire of the same alloy in a vacuum chamber by the application of a high-tension electrical discharge through the wire from an electrical condenser bank. Depositing the alloy is done on a production basis by passing workpiece holders in a circular path through a vacuum chamber beneath the electron guns, followed by a realloying step through a laser beam, an acid dip, a rinsing dip, a drying by heat, and a final honing.

Abstract: A base metal, such as the aluminum or iron housing of a conventional rotary or reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine, and a sealing member applicable to the pistons or rotor thereof are coated with a layer of a wear-resistant alloy, such as molybdenum-ruthenium or tungsten-ruthenium alloy, either by evaporating the elements of the alloy by electron guns onto the surfaces to be coated or by vaporizing a wire of the same alloy in a vacuum chamber by the application of a high-tension electrical discharge through the wire from an electrical condenser bank. Depositing the alloy is done on a production basis by passing workpiece holders in a circular path through a vacuum chamber beneath the electron gun, followed by a realloying step through a laser beam, an acid dip, a rinsing dip, a drying by heat, and a final honing.

Abstract: A base metal, such as the aluminum or iron housing of a conventional rotary or reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine, and a sealing member applicable to the pistons or rotor thereof are coated with a layer of a wear-resistant alloy, such as molybdenum-ruthenium or tungsten-ruthenium alloy, either by evaporating the elements of the alloy be electron guns onto the surfaces to be coated or by vaporizing a wire of the same alloy in a vacuum chamber by the application of a high-tension electrical discharge through the wire from an electrical condenser bank. Depositing the alloy is done on a production basis by passing workpiece holders in a circular path through a vacuum chamber beneath the electron guns, followed by a realloying step through a laser beam, an acid dip, a rinsing dip, a drying by heat, and a final honing.

Abstract: This upstroke-cushioning expansible strut consists of a spring-pressed hollow upper inner arm having on its lower end a piston head reciprocable within a roughly cylindrical hollow lower outer arm, the former being pivoted to an automobile rear hatch while the latter is pivoted to the lower part of the automobile body. Mounted between the lower arm and the upper arm is an elongated hollow spool-shaped internal seal which also guides the upper arm as it is propelled upward by the lifting force applied by the operator, assisted by internal springs. The air is allowed to escape gradually through bleed orifices until the upper arm nears its fully extended position, whereupon the release of the air is halted by the covering up of the orifices by the internal seal when said orifices reach said seal, thereby cushioning the impact which would otherwise occur between the piston head on the lower end of the upper inner arm and the upper end of the lower outer arm. The internal seal also acts as a resilient stop.