US Patent Issued on July 14 for "Hybrid compressed gas-electric piston engine" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,458, issued on July 14.

"Hybrid compressed gas-electric piston engine" was invented by W. Daniel Hamby (Valdese, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid compressed gas-electric piston engine includes a piston configured to move longitudinally inside of a cylinder for rotating a crank shaft. A first electromagnetic component is affixed to the piston. A second electromagnetic component is affixed in position on the engine relative to the cylinder. Wherein, the piston is configured to be moved longitudinally inside of the cylinder for rotating the crank shaft via compressed gas, electricity, or a combination thereof. For compressed...