HAROLD GEORGE ABBEY
Engineers in Holmdel Village, NJ

4187805, Feb 12, 1980

Nov 22, 1978

5/962883

Harold G. Abbey - Holmdel NJ

F02M 914

123 28

An automatic control system for supplying a fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine including a variable-Venturi carburetor. Air is fed into the input of the Venturi, the air passing through the throat thereof whose effective area is adjusted by a mechanism operated by a servo motor. Fuel is fed into the input of the Venturi from a fuel reservoir through a main path having a fixed orifice and an auxiliary path formed by a metering valve operated by an auxiliary fuel-control motor. The differential air pressure developed between the inlet of the Venturi and the throat thereof is sensed to produce an air-velocity command signal that is applied to a controller adapted to compare the command signal with the servo motor set point to produce an output for governing the servo motor to cause it to seek a null point, thereby defining a closed process control loop. The intake manifold vacuum, which varies in degree as a function of load and speed conditions is sensed to govern the auxiliary fuel-control motor accordingly, is at the same time converted into an auxiliary signal which is applied to the controller in the closed loop to modulate the command signal in a manner establishing an optimum air-fuel ratio under the varying conditions of load and speed.

4250856, Feb 17, 1981

Jan 25, 1980

6/115551

Harold G. Abbey - Holmdel NJ

F02M 712

123439

An automatic control system for supplying a fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine through a Venturi structure conducting throttle-controlled incoming air to the intake manifold of the engine. Coaxially disposed in the casing of the structure is a cylindrical booster whose internal surface has a Venturi configuration to define a primary passage. Interposed between the booster and a ring having an external Venturi configuration mounted on the casing in an axially shiftable spool whose internal surface has a Venturi configuration to define a secondary passage having a variable throat between this surface and the spool. A tertiary passage is defined between the outer surface of the spool and the ring, incoming air passing through all three passages. An air-fuel dispersion is fed into the primary passage to intermingle with air flowing therethrough to create an atomized mixture which is fed through the variable throat of the secondary passage to further atomize the mixture which is then fed into the manifold. The air pressure difference between the inlet to the Venturi and the effective throat of the combined passages is sensed to produce a command signal for governing a servo motor in a closed loop arrangement to adjust the axial position of the spool to attain an optimum fuel-air ratio.

4308835, Jan 5, 1982

Dec 10, 1980

6/214626

Harold G. Abbey - Holmdel NJ

F02M 914

123439

A closed-loop fluidic control servo system for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine provided with a variable Venturi carburetor having an axially-shiftable spool operated by a vacuum motor. The system acts automatically through the motor to maintain the ratio of fuel-to-air supplied by the Venturi carburetor to the intake manifold of the system at the optimum value during all prevailing conditions of engine speed and load encountered in vehicular operation. The system includes a vacuum amplifier coupled to the intake manifold and responsive to a differential vacuum signal developed between the pressures existing at the inlet and throat of the Venturi to produce a proportionally amplified vacuum which is derived from the intake manifold vacuum and is a function of the vacuum signal. The proportionally amplified vacuum serves to energize the vacuum motor to shift the axial position thereof in a direction and to an extent bringing about the desired fuel-to-air ratio.

4239466, Dec 16, 1980

Jan 22, 1979

6/005479

Harold G. Abbey - Holmdel NJ

F04C 2300, F04C 2910

418 11

A rotating ring rotary compressor having a driven eccentric so mounted on the drive shaft that its eccentricity is adjustable from a minimum to a maximum, whereby at its maximum extension it presses the roller surface against the stator surface to cause it to roll around the stator with zero clearance and positive hermetic sealing. Because the extensible eccentric mounting is spring-biased, the resultant working pressure is controlled by the contribution of the spring bias to centrifugal force and any excess of pressure or interference causes the roller to reduce eccentricity, thereby internally bypassing excess pressure or overcoming interference.

4387685, Jun 14, 1983

Oct 2, 1981

6/307956

Harold G. Abbey - Holmdel NJ

F02M 914

123439

A fluidic control system provided with a variable Venturi structure whose movable element is automatically shifted as a function of the mass-volume of fluids passing through the structure to produce an output which depends on the adjusted position of the element or the resultant velocity-pressure. The system is applicable to the metering, proportioning and blending of fluids. In the context of an internal combustion automotive engine in which the variable Venturi structure acts to intermingle combustion air and fuel prior to ignition, the system provides a stoichiometric or other ratio of air-to-fuel that represents the optimum value for the prevailing condition of engine speed and load throughout a broad operating range, thereby effecting a marked improvement in fuel economy and reducing the emission of pollutants.

4530805, Jul 23, 1985

May 4, 1984

6/607163

Harold G. Abbey - Holmdel NJ

F02M 908

261 53

A flow regulating carburetor having a movable control element operating within the throat of a venturi air passage, the element being automatically displaced to vary the effective size of the throat as a function of the mass-volume of the air stream flowing through the passage. This produces a velocity-pressure differential acting automatically to regulate the quantity of fuel induced through a fuel tube communicating with the throat and intermingling with the air stream to provide a ratio of air-to-fuel representing the optimum value for the prevailing condition of engine speed and load throughout the entire engine operating range, thereby effecting a marked improvement in fuel economy and reducing the emission of pollutants.

4118444, Oct 3, 1978

Oct 8, 1976

5/730956

Harold G. Abbey - Holmdel NJ

F02M 914

261 44A

A carburetion system for supplying a fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine in a manner maintaining a desired ratio of fuel-to-air under varying conditions of operation to improve fuel economy and minimize the emission of pollutants. The system includes a carburetor having a tubular variable-Venturi structure whose effective cross-sectional areas are circular or annular, the converging inlet to the throat of the Venturi and the diverging outlet thereof having a configuration free of discontinuities regardless of the effective throat area. The Venturi areas and throat are varied by a control motor as a function of air flow that changes with engine demand. The fuel fed into the carburetor at the varying throat is metered by a valve whose effective orifice is varied by the motor concurrently with the change in Venturi throat area to maintain the desired ratio.