Patents by Inventor William H. Herd, Jr.

William H. Herd, Jr. 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: 4663090
    Abstract: A fuel control system for a carburetor. The fuel control system includes a primary restrictor, primary adjustable jet and secondary restrictor connecting a carburetor reservoir and nozzle bar in fluid-flow relation to a fuel supply. Adjustment and metering means control the amount of fuel that is provided to the carburetor nozzle bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1987
    Assignee: Pollution Controls Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Herd, Jr., John W. Hansen
  • Patent number: 4461731
    Abstract: An improved carburetor having a mixing passage adapted for connection to an internal combustion engine, a pair of venturi plates pivotally mounted in the passage positioned in response to vacuum generated by the engine, a fuel spray bar extended across the passage, a primary fuel system for supplying a primary fuel to the bar automatically controlled in response to the positions of the plates, and an enrichment fuel system for supplying an enrichment fuel to the bar automatically controlled in response to the positions of the plates independently of the primary fuel system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1984
    Assignee: Pollution Controls Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Herd, Jr., Stanley F. Curtis
  • Patent number: 4283355
    Abstract: A carburetor for connection to an internal combustion engine having a housing provided with a mixing passage for the flow of air to the engine; a throttle at the downstream end of the passage; a fuel spray bar extending transversely across the passage upstream of the throttle having transversely oppositely disposed fuel orifices facing the walls of the passage; a pair of venturi plates mounted for pivotal movement about individual axes upstream of the bar and spaced oppositely and transversely from the bar, the plates having distal ends and pivoting between closed, convergent positions in which the distal ends are adjacent to the bar and open positions in which the plates diverge from the bar, thereby defining an adjustable throat; a source of fuel; a conduit interconnecting the orifices and the source; a plunger-actuated valve in the conduit for controlling the flow of fuel from the source; a rotationally mounted cam adjacent to the valve having a cam surface in controlling relation with the valve; and a lin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1981
    Assignee: Pollution Controls Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Herd, Jr., Stanley F. Curtis, Vernon T. Mullican, Robert W. Jones