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Libby Corporation

Douglas M Bowen

Norman J Kessens

John H Walker

Gary D Webster

Daniel L Walters

Milton W Rice

Clint D Gray

Norman J Hole

Steven L Hickman

David Collier

Douglas E Campbell

James P Ceule

Robert R Pavlu

Thomas A Wallen

A lightweight back-pack generator set having a spark-ignited engine operating on middle distillate fuels (e.g., JP-5, JP-8 and F-34) has been provided. The generator set includes a back-pack frame; an alternator; and a spark-ignited combustion engine adapted to operate on a middle distillate fuel. The engine uses a preheater for heating the intake manifold to facilitate start-up operation of the engine. The present invention also provides a simple and inexpensive method for converting a spark-ignited gasoline engine to operate on a middle distillate fuel for providing a lightweight engine suitable for driving an alternator, a portable generator, or other portable equipment.

Lightweight back-pack generator set having a spark-ignited engine

A lightweight high power electromotive device and a method for making the same is provided. The method includes the step of laminating a plurality of stator sheets to provide a stator inductor with integrated stator bars, wherein the laminating includes the step of interleaving the sheets to provide a uniformly distributed grain orientation, The method eliminates the need to handle a large number of components during manufacturing and further eliminates the need to encapsulate the inductor with an epoxy,

Lightweight high power electromotive device and method for making same

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Overland Park, KS, United States of America

Douglas M Bowen