US Patent Issued to American CNG on Dec. 30 for "Supplemental fuel system for compression-ignition engine" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,043, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to American CNG LLC.

"Supplemental fuel system for compression-ignition engine" was invented by Matt Matsukawa (Layton, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A supplemental fuel system for a machine with an engine is configured to monitor a voltage of a power supply of the machine based on voltage data acquired by a voltage sensor where the power supply is configured to receive power from an alternator driven by the engine, compare the voltage to a voltage threshold, and control an electronic lock off valve positioned between a supplemental fuel tank and an air supply system for the engine such that...