| In 1975, Honda was granted the U.S. Patent 3878826 | | | | burned. |
| for instructions on how to manufacture an engine with | | | | According to the abstract of the patented gas saving |
| a third manifold. The patent was secured because the | | | | technology: “An Elevated Expansion-Ratio Internal |
| CVCC engine for the Honda Civic has a second | | | | Combustion Engine has a substantially standard |
| intake manifold. This technology is now being put to | | | | repeating four-stroke sequence for each cylinder, and |
| reduce fuel consumption by National Fuelsaver Corp. | | | | the Engine includes for each cylinder: an intake valve, a |
| based in Boston. | | | | combustion-gas exhaust valve, and a vapor return |
| An internal combustion engine commonly has only two | | | | valve. A return manifold for vapor connects from the |
| manifolds - the intake and the exhaust manifold. These | | | | return valves of respective ones of the cylinders back |
| manifolds facilitate the entry of fuel to the engine as | | | | into a passage ahead of a beginning portion of an |
| well as provide the exit of exhaust gases. | | | | intake manifold. Substantially during a predetermined |
| According to the abstract of the patented | | | | part of each compression stroke in the sequence of |
| three-manifold engine: “A four-cycle internal | | | | strokes, the return valve opens after a closing of the |
| combustion engine has eight cylinders each provided | | | | intake valve, and thereafter closes at a time within the |
| with a main combustion chamber and an auxiliary | | | | compression stroke corresponding to a predetermined |
| combustion chamber connected by a torch nozzle. A | | | | position of the piston in the cylinder.” |
| carburetor has a Venturi throat supplying rich mixture | | | | According to the developer of the gas saving |
| to each of the auxiliary chambers and other | | | | technology, the use of platinum is already used on |
| carburetor throats supplying a lean mixture to each of | | | | catalytic converters. What they just did is bring the |
| the main chambers. Although the effective cross | | | | platinum to the engine so that the unburned fuel will not |
| sectional area of the Venturi throat for the rich mixture | | | | be wasted. |
| need not be larger than the effective cross sectional | | | | According to Jack Leopold, the West Coast distributor |
| area of a single torch nozzle when the engine has four | | | | for National Fuelsaver Corp., “The Gasaver injects |
| cylinders or six cylinders, an eight cylinder engine | | | | a platinum vapor directly into the engine where the |
| requires that the Venturi throat for the rich mixture be | | | | catalytic action of the platinum promotes faster and |
| smaller than 1.4 times as large in effective cross | | | | more complete combustion - with 15 to 25 percent |
| sectional area as each of the torch nozzles.” | | | | savings in gasoline.” Joel Robinson, the inventor of |
| According to the National Fuelsaver Corp., the third | | | | Gasaver, added that, “We're not doing anything |
| manifold can be used to increase the gas mileage of | | | | new chemically; we're simply changing the location of |
| an engine by injecting platinum vapor into the | | | | where the process occurs.” |
| combustion chamber. The platinum particles allow fuels | | | | With the increasing price of gasoline, a product such as |
| to be burned almost completely. Conventional engines | | | | that would surely be welcomed by many |
| only burns about 70 percent of the fuel introduced into | | | | fuel-concerned individuals. With the money saved on |
| the combustion chamber. With the new patented | | | | fuel consumption, they can spend on upgrading the |
| technology, an additional 22 percent of the fuel can be | | | | body parts of their daily drivers. |