# US 8,740,108 B1 · Atomizer system for improved fuel systems > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,740,108 B1 - Document ID: US8740108B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 12/928,754 - Filed: 2010-12-17 - Granted: 2014-06-03 - Earliest claimed: 2010-12-17 - Applicants: David Caughran - Inventors: David Caughran - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8740108B1 ## CPC - F02M 61/16: Details not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus of groups F02M61/02 - F02M61/14 - F02M 2200/29: Fuel-injection apparatus having rotating means - F02M: SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF ## Abstract In this system, a device is placed inside the injectors on the manifold or inside three different design housings above the combustion chambers of engines. The device is a combine that has a cylinder that has a set of vanes. In one embodiment a small motor is used to turn the cylinder, which helps to atomize the fuel to a fine state. This atomization improves combustion in that the smaller fuel particles can burn more efficiently and more completely than larger drops of fuel that is simply squirted into a cylinder or manifold. In two other embodiments, the cylinder (combine) can be turned with a belt driven by the engine. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An atomizer system for improved fuel systems for an engine comprising: a) a housing, being generally cylindrical and having an inlet and an outlet to create a through flow, an inner wall surface, and an outer surface, said housing also having a means for driving said housing installed on the outer surface of the housing; b) a plurality of vanes, installed in said housing and being fixedly attached to said inner wall surface, each of said plurality of vanes, extending perpendicularly inward from said inner wall surface, such that said plurality of vanes protrudes into said through flow; and c) a means for turning said housing, being in operative communication with said means for driving said housing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The atomizer system for improved fuel systems of claim 1 wherein the means for driving said housing include a gear attached to said housing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The atomizer system for improved fuel systems of claim 1 wherein the means for turning said housing include: a) a motor, having a shaft; and b) a gear, attached to said shaft and installed such that the gear operatively engages the means for driving said housing installed on the outer surface of the housing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The atomizer system for improved fuel systems of claim 3 further comprising: a motor housing for containing said motor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The atomizer system for improved fuel systems of claim 4 wherein the motor housing further comprises: a) an air inlet tube; and b) an air outlet tube; c) wherein air is supplied to said motor housing through said air inlet tube and removed by said air outlet tube, to remove debris from said motor housing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The atomizer system for improved fuel systems of claim 5 further comprising a filter attached to said air outlet tube and said air inlet tube external of said motor housing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The atomizer system for improved fuel systems of claim 1 wherein the means for turning said housing include: a) a pulley, having a shaft; b) a belt, operatively attached to said pulley, and a drive pulley of an engine; and b) a gear drive, attached to said shaft and installed such that the gear drive operatively engages the means for driving said housing installed on the outer surface of the housing. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The atomizer system for improved fuel systems of claim 7 wherein the gear drive is selected from the group of: bevel gears, crown gears and hypoid gears and straight cut gears. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The atomizer system for improved fuel systems of claim 1 wherein a quantity of fuel is injected into said inlet. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The atomizer system for improved fuel systems of claim 9 wherein the quantity of fuel injected into said inlet is forced through said housing and out through said outlet. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The atomizer system for improved fuel systems of claim 10 wherein the quantity of fuel is atomized by said plurality of vanes in said housing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The atomizer system for improved fuel systems of claim 1 further comprising a computer control in operative communication with said engine and said means for turning said housing. ### Claim 13 A method of atomizing fuel for use in fuel systems using a rotating combine having a housing, being generally cylindrical and having an inlet and an outlet to create a through flow, an inner wall surface, and an outer surface, said housing also having a means for driving said housing installed on the outer surface of the housing, a plurality of vanes, installed in said housing and being fixedly attached to said inner wall surface, each of said plurality of vanes, extending perpendicularly inward from said inner wall surface, such that said plurality of vanes protrudes into said through flow, a means for turning said housing, being in operative communication with said means for driving said housing, and a means for controlling said means for turning said housing being in operative communication with an engine, comprising the steps of: a) installing said housing into said fuel system; b) rotating said housing said means for turning said housing; c) injecting a quantity of fuel into said housing; d) having said plurality of vanes rotate through said quantity of fuel, thereby atomizing said quantity of fuel; and e) releasing said atomized quantity of fuel from said housing into said fuel system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13 wherein the means for means for driving said housing includes a gear drive system. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 wherein the gear drive system is selected from the group of: bevel gears, crown gears and hypoid gears and straight cut gears. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of atomizing fuel of claim 13 wherein the means for turning said housing include: a) a motor, having a shaft; and b) a gear, attached to said shaft and installed such that the gear operatively engages the means for driving said housing installed on the outer surface of the housing. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of atomizing fuel of claim 16 further comprising: a motor housing for containing said motor. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of atomizing fuel of claim 17 wherein the motor housing further comprises: a) an air inlet tube; and b) an air outlet tube; c) wherein air is supplied to said motor housing through said air inlet tube and removed by said air outlet tube, to remove debris from said motor housing. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The method of atomizing fuel of claim 13 wherein the means for turning said housing include: a) a pulley, having a shaft; b) a belt, operatively attached to said pulley, and a drive pulley of an engine; and b) a gear drive, attached to said shaft and installed such that the gear drive operatively engages the means for driving said housing installed on the outer surface of the housing. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of atomizing fuel of claim 19 wherein the gear drive is selected from the group of: bevel gears, crown gears and hypoid gears and straight cut gears.