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Help me turn this revolutionary concept engine design into a reality. This engine design should reduce CO2 emissions by up to 50% over current engine designs through improved efficiency! This engine is a practical step towards reducing the impact humans have on our environment. Even if you are not on board with Climate Change this engine will increase your fuel efficiency up to 50%!
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Let's face it, there are markets for zero emission vehicles, but there will never be a charger on every street in the world. This revolutionary design will work in almost every type of product that uses a internal combustion engine from a hand held leaf blower to a tractor trailer. The impact that this engine could have is hard to express without seeming too far fetched to believe, so I will just describe the engine design and let you imagine the impact it could have.
Compare this engine to the current engine designs being used:
- The engine is smaller (really small). An engine used in your average car will fit on a 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper and is 6 inches thick.
- The engine is lighter (>50%) compared to current designed. The savings in fuel just from the reduced weight is enormous.
- The engine is modular in design. This capability is one of the more exciting features. The engine can change displacement by turning off sections of the engine when not needed, so you get the benefit of a small displacement engine and the benefit of a large displacement engine when additional power is needed.
- Manufacturers that use internal combustion engines will no longer have to design their products around the engine, allowing much greater flexibility in design.
- The engine can be built to use any type of fuel with minimal changes in the configuration.
- Reduce wear on infrastructure
Where is the money going?
We have a US provisional patent issued March 31st of 2014. The next steps (and where the money will be spent) are:
- Complete CAD/CAM drawings
- Hire machining facility to machine prototype(s)
- Set up facility for assembly and bench testing.
- Hire engine assembly and testing professionals.
What is my story?
Hi, I am Gene Underwood.
I grew up watching my father create an oil industry service company based on inventions he created. In the mid 1970's, while working as a draftsman for my father, he shared with me the basis of this engine design. When I asked him why he didn't submit for a patent (as he had other patents), he said that he couldn't figure out the sealing problem inherent with rotary engine design and that there was no machinery currently available that could create the curved section of the engine block. Thirty five years later, the curved section of this engine can be easily created with modern day CAD/CAM systems. I have been thinking about the solution to the sealing problem off and on for 35 years when it occurred to me the issue could be resolved by changing the piston design! I have a degree in computer science and have been working in the IT industry for the last 20 years.
Read more about this design at http://sctpower.us
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