Posted on 09/25/2008 5:27:04 PM PDT by Osage Orange
Why not simply license this to GM, Ford and Chrysler? If it is that good these guys would pay a mint for it. I’m skeptical.
We’re talking torque converter, right?
I think they just sort of fell into this fairly recently....
I'm guessing if it's all on the up and up...they know what they are sitting on.
I will follow.........
There was a picture in my paper..and that's what it looked like to me.
Hmm... that's what it did.
It's interesting fer sure..........
“I’m guessing if it’s all on the up and up...they know what they are sitting on.”
There is no sitting on it ... Patents ARE public ... if this does what they are claiming, the Chinese would be cranking them out already.
It's almost like energy from nothing.
bmflr
There simply is not enough exisiting energy loss through the drivetrain to support these dubious claims.
Ping for later review.
With the high cost of gasoline and diesel fuel impacting costs for automobiles, trucks, buses and the overall economy, a Temple University physics professor has developed a simple device which could dramatically improve fuel efficiency as much as 20 percent.
According to Rongjia Tao, Chair of Temple's Physics Department, the small device consists of an electrically charged tube that can be attached to the fuel line of a car's engine near the fuel injector. With the use of a power supply from the vehicle's battery, the device creates an electric field that thins fuel, or reduces its viscosity, so that smaller droplets are injected into the engine. That leads to more efficient and cleaner combustion than a standard fuel injector, he says.
The converter allows slip and that generates heat. They tightened up the converter thus allowing the tranny to live longer. Graphs of tranny failure vs ATF temperature are staggering.
There are a number of manufacturers that are offering tighter converters.
However the numbers do not add up. There is not that much difference between an automatic and standard tranny in mileage.
ping
But do they have schematics and design drawings?
We shall see where it leads...
Not sure your point -
Obviously the drawings, schematics, descriptions and such have to be detailed enough to show specifically what it is that makes this different enough from existing designs to warrant a patent.
I am asking....as I really don't know.
Do you?
Thanx for the article.Can’t comment on the veracity of the claims as i’m not an engineer-so the mechanics/physics of the device is a little over my head.Hope it works as good as they say.Just imagine the savings for consumers.
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