Steven Duane Mcconaughey

Title: Steven Duane Mcconaughey: Inventor of a Fuel Recovery and Power Generation System

Introduction

Steven Duane Mcconaughey is an inventor associated with Chapel Hill, North Carolina. His patent work describes an apparatus designed to recover leaked or spilled fuel and use it to generate electrical power. The supplied information lists 1 patent for him.

Latest Patents

His listed patent is titled “Apparatus and Methods for Collecting and/or for Recapturing Gases, Materials, and/or Substances, and for Generating Electricity and/or Electrical Power from the Same.” The invention combines a fuel-recapture device, which collects leaked or spilled fuel through suction, vacuuming, or skimming, with a storage device for the recovered fuel and an electrical generator that uses it to produce power.

The system also includes power storage or a pass-through arrangement and an electrical supply system that can deliver generated power to a public or private electrical grid. A meter records or measures the amount of power supplied, while a power management computer processes information about that power.

Career Highlights

The patent presents an approach to turning recovered fuel into a potential source of electricity. Its described components connect fuel collection and storage with power generation, grid delivery, measurement, and computer-based management.

Collaborations

The supplied information identifies Raymond Anthony Joao and Gregory Thomas Joao as Mcconaughey’s coworkers. No further details about their roles or specific contributions are provided.

Conclusion

Steven Duane Mcconaughey’s listed patent focuses on recovering leaked or spilled fuel and converting it into electrical power, with systems for managing and measuring the power supplied.