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Ozone generators useful in automobiles

  • US 5,942,026 A
  • Filed: 10/20/1997
  • Issued: 08/24/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a motor vehicle characterized by an internal combustion engine conformed to combine hydrocarbon fuel with oxygen in the ambient atmospheric air, said motor vehicle including fuel storage means for storing said fuel, a source of electrical power, and a mobile platform, said engine including a combustion chamber and intake means for conveying said air to said combustion chamber, said intake means including a filter housing provided with a filter deployed across the conveyance path of said air, the improvement comprising:

  • a voltage multiplier connected to said source of electrical power and conformed to multiply the voltage thereof relative a ground potential to a level greater than the ionization potential of oxygen;

    a first electrode connected to said multiplier and extending in cantilever arrangement into the interior of said filter housing; and

    a second electrode connected to said ground potential and deployed in said filter housing in juxtaposed alignment relative to said first electrode substantially orthogonal relative to the path of conveyance of said air in said housing.

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