US Patent Issued to MAZDA MOTOR on July 28 for "Fuel reforming system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,828, issued on July 28, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Fuel reforming system" was invented by Masahiro Horikoshi (Aki-gun, Japan), Yuji Harada (Aki-gun, Japan) and Kenji Uchida (Aki-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel reforming system for a vehicle on which a reciprocating engine is mounted is provided can comprise a decomposer to decompose hydrocarbon fuel into carbon and hydrogen gas by using heat and a pressure of combustion gas and a catalyst and to hold carbon. The decomposer can communicate with a combustion chamber via an openable/closable third port. A reforming space in which a reforming ...