Patents by Inventor William B. Rush

William B. Rush 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: 5717130
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining and assessing the accuracy of exhaust gas measurements using the total emission method is provided which allows for virtually real-time determination of the presence of a source of inaccuracy in the total emission measurement, thereby notifying an operator to interrupt the test prior to its completion to search out the source of the inaccuracy. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, the measured total hydrocarbons are treated as unburned fuel (C.sub.8 basis) plus burning zone hydrocarbons (C.sub.1 basis).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Outboard Marine Corporation
    Inventors: Y. Ron Xu, William B. Rush
  • Patent number: 5456230
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a four-stroke internal combustion engine including a cylinder, a device for feeding fuel to the cylinder, a sealed crankcase chamber associated with the cylinder, a piston reciprocally movable in the cylinder and relative to the crankcase chamber to effect alternation of the pressure therein in response to piston reciprocation, an oil sump adapted to contain lubricating oil, a conduit system for recirculating oil from the sump to the crankcase chamber and from the crankcase chamber to the sump in response to alternation of the pressure in said crankcase chamber, an oil pump communicable with the oil sump and with the fuel feeding means, and a conduit operably connected to the oil pump and to the crankcase chamber so as to effect delivery of oil from the sump to the fuel feeding device in response to alternation of the pressure in the crankcase chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Outboard Marine Corporation
    Inventors: Russell J. VanRens, William B. Rush
  • Patent number: 5392742
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a four stroke internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder head fabricated of metal and including an intake manifold mounting surface, and an intake passage including a port in the intake manifold mounting surface, an intake manifold fabricated of metal and including a cylinder head mounting surface, and an intake passage including a port in the cylinder head mounting surface, a fastener connecting the intake manifold to the cylinder head with the ports in registration and with the cylinder head mounting surface and the intake manifold mounting surface in metallic surface-to-surface contact, and a seal between the intake manifold mounting surface and the cylinder head mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Inventors: William B. Rush, Jeffrey F. Wagner