Patents by Inventor William H. Velke

William H. Velke 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: 7240662
    Abstract: An effective method and most compact device for easy installation and simple operation with all existing automobile aftemarket fuel injected engines, which method and device improves fuel condition without vaporization and increases engine performance while significantly reducing fuel consumption and harmful exhaust emissions, especially CO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Inventor: William H. Velke
  • Publication number: 20040265758
    Abstract: A method and device for changing the rate of density between fluid hydrocarbon fuels and combustion air prior to ignition and combustion in residential, commercial and industrial combustion mechanisms, by extracting heat from the mechanism's combustion zone or flue area to reduce the density of the fuel prior to delivery to the mechanism burner at a constant, pre-set operating temperature of between 100 degrees Fahrenheit and the fuel's flash point temperature, while at the same time providing means to control combustion air temperature to a level such as to increase air density and significantly changing the mass ratio of fuel mass versus combustion air mass, hence oxygen mass, without increasing combustion air volume or fuel volume, thereby improving combustion efficiency, heat transfer efficiency and reduction in harmful stack emissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventor: William H. Velke
  • Publication number: 20040234918
    Abstract: A combination of fluid treatment devices operating in unison for the purpose of significantly improving combustion efficiency and energy transfer rate of combustion equipment systems operating with fluid hydrocarbon fuels by significantly increasing the oxygen level in the combustion air/fuel mix from LLE (low level enhancement) to HLE (high level enhancement).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventor: William H. Velke
  • Publication number: 20040191710
    Abstract: A method and device for changing the rate of density between fluid hydrocarbon fuels and combustion air prior to ignition and combustion in residential, commercial and industrial combustion mechanisms, by extracting heat from the mechanism's combustion zone or flue area to reduce the density of the fuel prior to delivery to the mechanism burner at a constant, pre-set operating temperature of between 100 degrees Fahrenheit and the fuel's flash point temperature, while at the same time providing means to control combustion air temperature to a level such as to increase air density and significantly changing the mass ratio of fuel mass versus combustion air mass, hence oxygen mass, without increasing combustion air volume or fuel volume, thereby improving combustion efficiency, heat transfer efficiency and reduction in harmful stack emissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventor: William H. Velke
  • Publication number: 20040185405
    Abstract: A method and device for changing the rate of density between fluid hydrocarbon fuels and combustion air prior to ignition and combustion in residential, commercial and industrial combustion mechanisms, by extracting heat from the mechanism's combustion zone or flue area to reduce the density of the fuel prior to delivery to the mechanism burner at a constant, pre-set operating temperature of between 100 degrees Fahrenheit and the fuel's flash point temperature, while at the same time providing means to control combustion air temperature to a level such as to increase air density and significantly changing the mass ratio of fuel mass versus combustion air mass, hence oxygen mass, without increasing combustion air volume or fuel volume, thereby improving combustion efficiency, heat transfer efficiency and reduction in harmful stack emissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventor: William H. Velke
  • Publication number: 20040094136
    Abstract: A method and device for changing the rate of density between fluid hydrocarbon fuels and combustion air prior to ignition and combustion in residential, commercial and industrial combustion mechanisms, by extracting heat from the mechanism's combustion zone or flue area to reduce the density of the fuel prior to delivery to the mechanism burner at a constant, pre-set operating temperature of between 100 degrees Fahrenheit and the fuel's flash point temperature, while at the same time providing means to control combustion air temperature to a level such as to increase air density and significantly changing the mass ratio of fuel mass versus combustion air mass, hence oxygen mass, without increasing combustion air volume or fuel volume, thereby improving combustion efficiency, heat transfer efficiency and reduction in harmful stack emissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventor: William H. Velke
  • Patent number: 6736118
    Abstract: A method and device for changing the rate of density between fluid hydrocarbon fuels and combustion air prior to ignition and combustion in residential, commercial and industrial combustion mechanisms, by extracting heat from the mechanism's combustion zone or flue area to reduce the density of the fuel prior to delivery to the mechanism burner at a constant, pre-set operating temperature of between 100 degrees Fahrenheit and the fuel's flash point temperature, while at the same time providing means to control combustion air temperature to a level such as to increase air density and significantly changing the mass ratio of fuel mass versus combustion air mass, hence oxygen mass, without increasing combustion air volume or fuel volume, thereby improving combustion efficiency, heat transfer efficiency and reduction in harmful stack emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventor: William H. Velke
  • Patent number: 6290487
    Abstract: A method for providing fuel injection in combustion equipment by increasing the velocity of fuel flow delivered to an appliance incorporating a combustion zone and a burner therein, such as to increase ignition speed and flame speed during the combustion process and to reduce the appliance's harmful stack emissions, by employing a device which increases fuel volume while at the same time reducing fuel density through extracting heat from the appliance's combustion zone in order to pre-heat fuel for delivery to the appliance's burner at a constant, pre-set operating temperature of between 100 degrees Fahrenheit and the fuel's flash point temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Inventor: William H. Velke
  • Patent number: 5888060
    Abstract: A method to increase fluid hydrocarbon fluid BTU input for an appliance incorporating a combustion zone and a burner therein, and to increase fuel combustion intensity and thermal efficiency as well to reduce the appliance's harmful stack emissions, by employing a device which moderately pre-heats and conditions low temperature fuel delivered to the appliance prior to combustion, by extracting heat from the appliance's combustion zone in order to deliver fuel to the appliance's burner at a constant, pre-set operating temperature of between 37 degrees Fahrenheit and the fuel's flash point temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Inventor: William H. Velke
  • Patent number: 5580013
    Abstract: A method, compatible with existing re-usable space shuttle vehicles, for the fabrication and assembly of large modular orbiting structures in space providing gravity-free and artificial gravity environments, using a plurality of prefabricated, fully collapsible, multi-sided pod module enclosures from lightweight laminated material with significant structural integrity, transported into space in their high density storage mode, dispensed and expanded from a delivery apparatus and formed into voluminous structural enclosures by employing the use of a series of interior guide and tension cables, and with all such assembly work performed in a pressurized environment with little need for space suit activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Inventor: William H. Velke