Patent Application
20070131205
(a) Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to fuel efficiency enhancing devices, and more particularly to a fuel efficiency enhancing device using both magnetism and far infrared to achieve better fuel economy.
(b) Description of the Prior Art
Despite that the depletion of natural energy resources shows no sign of relief, a full-scale, substitute energy source is yet to be discovered. With the energy crisis right at the door steps, currently people could only rely on more efficient usage of the existing energy resources.
As a result, quite a few fuel efficiency enhancing devices for automobiles, or fuel economizers, have been provided.
However, the fuel lines of vehicles of different models and makes are not always the same, leading to difficulties in the installation of the conventional fuel economizers. On the other hand, the fuel economizers are usually installed inside the engine room of a vehicle, and the high temperature there would inevitably impair the function of the fuel economizer significantly, if not rendering it total useless.
The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel fuel efficiency enhancing device that is used inside or outside the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, instead of around the fuel line in the engine room. The fuel efficiency enhancing device uses both the far infrared and magnetism to break up and activate the fuel molecules so as to achieve a superior fuel economy. The fuel efficiency enhancing device has a casing member made of Teflon, inside which far infrared and magnetic members are installed in a closed compartment without any contact to the external environment. Depending on the application requirement, the dimension of the casing member could be adjusted accordingly and, in turn, the amounts of the far infrared and magnetic members are adjusted as well.
The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.
Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example.
The following descriptions are of exemplary embodiments only, and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following description provides a convenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement of the elements described without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
As shown in
The casing member 21 is made of Teflon (i.e., polytetrafluoroethylene or perfluoroalkoxy) with a closed compartment 211 inside, in which the far infrared members 22 and the magnetic members 23 are interleaved and closely attached with each other. The far infrared members 22 in the present embodiment are made of mineral particles that can radiate far infrared.
In application of the present embodiment, as shown in
The Teflon used for the casing member 21 has a number of advantages. Teflon is nonflammable and very stable under a wide range of temperatures (i.e., -180° C.˜260° C.); Teflon also is electrically insulating with a low thermal expansion coefficient and a low friction coefficient; and Teflon is able to withstand the erosion of various chemicals. As such, the fuel efficiency enhancing device 2 could be placed inside the fuel tank 3 as shown in
The far infrared member 22 is made of minerals that can radiate far infrared. The minerals could be manufactured into particles or powders, or into a ceramic or a negative-ion form, or into an appropriate combination of the foregoing. Depending on the installation location, capacity, or other application requirements, the dimension of the Teflon casing member could be adjusted accordingly, which, in turn, determines the amounts of far infrared members and magnetic members.
It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together may also find a useful application in other types of methods differing from the type described above.
While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.
