ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,143, issued on July 21, was assigned to H2DIESEL INC. (Lewes, Del.).
"System and method of adding gaseous oxygen additive derived from an oxygen concentrator to diesel fuel to improve combustion" was invented by John S. Petterson (La Jolla, Calif.) and John L. Haller (La Jolla, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system of enhancing fuel combustion in an engine which may be a diesel engine or a hydro-diesel engine, by: (a) providing a supply of liquid diesel fuel; (b) using an oxygen concentrator to produce a concentrated oxygen gas; (c) mixing the concentrated oxygen gas into the liquid diesel fuel; and then (d) passing the homo...