ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,990, issued on May 6.
"Internal combustion engine configured for use with solid or slow burning fuels, and methods of operating or implementing same" was invented by David L. Stenz (Wauwatosa, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Internal combustion engines, including engines producing power from solid or slow burning fuel(s), such as biological-based or petroleum-based fuels, wood, corn, biomass, coal, and waste products, and/or possibly other liquid or gaseous fluids, as well as methods for operating or implementing such engines, are disclosed herein. In an example embodiment, the engine includes a crankshaft, a piston, a cylinder h...