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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
John R Joy, Brighton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Williams International Corporation, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60618 ; 60624 ; 123-3 ;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a spark ignition engine that is fueled by methanol. Liquid methanol is first heated in a heat exchanger and then vaporized in a vapor generator. The vapor is decomposed in a catalytic reactor and expanded in an expander having an output shaft coupled to the output shaft of said spark ignition engine. A carburetor on said engine mixes air and the expanded decomposed methanol vapor to fuel said spark ignition engine.