Exclusive Patents
Gregorio M. Belloso, founder and C.E.O. of Belloso Motor Company, is the inventor and patent holder of the several U.S. Patents on which the innovative technology of Belloso Motor Company is based. Belloso Motor Company has obtained exclusive rights to these patents through licensing agreements between the inventor and the Company. These patents include:
1. U.S. Pat. No. 6,179,078 B1: An automotive wheeled vehicle of improved fuel efficiency having first and second drive wheels, each being driven by separate and independent internal combustion engines. One serves as a primary engine and the second engine serves to provide auxiliary power when the primary engine is operating. This vehicle can accelerate rapidly using two engines, and cruise economically using only one engine.
2. U.S. Pat. No. 6,637,283 B2: An apparatus for extending the drive ratios and versatility of a continuously variable transmission (CVT). It receives power from two internal combustion engines, uses the power from both engines for acceleration, and then selectively uses power from one engine to cruise economically. A shifting lever manipulated by the operator achieves low, drive, reverse and park modalities of the apparatus.
3. U.S. Pat. No. 7,080,622 B1: Internal Combustion Engine with Multiple Independently Rotating Crankshafts and Common Output Shaft. This multi-cylinder internal combustion engine is divided into two power producing sub-units. The primary sub-unit operates during all powered movement of the vehicle. The secondary sub-unit is activated only when additional power is needed. The vehicle can accelerate quickly using the combined power of both sub-units, then cruise economically on power of the primary sub-unit alone.
4. U.S. Pat. No. 7,270,030 B1: Transmission with Multiple Input Ports for Multiple-Engine Vehicles. This improved transmission is capable of receiving power from two separate internal combustion engines installed in one motor vehicle so that the vehicle can accelerate quickly on the combined power of both engines, and can cruise fuel-efficiently on the power of one engine.
5. U.S. Pat. No. 7,410,021 B1: Fuel-Efficient Vehicle with Auxiliary Cruiser Engine. This vehicle having improved fuel economy is equipped with a primary internal combustion engine adapted to take the vehicle to its cruising speed, and an auxiliary engine of smaller size and better fuel efficiency which is activated to maintain the vehicle at cruising speed while the primary engine is disconnected from the drive system and throttled down.
6. U.S. Pat. No. 7,325,638 B1: Motor Vehicle with Primary Engine for Acceleration and Secondary Engine Augmented by an Electric Motor for Cruising. This motor vehicle having a primary engine is equipped with a secondary engine and an electric motor to supplement the power produced by the primary engine. The primary engine provides power for acceleration and hill climbing. When in a cruising mode of travel, the primary engine is deactivated, and the secondary engine, which is smaller and more fuel-efficient than the primary engine, provides the driving power. The electric motor adjustably augments the power provided by the secondary engine, provides regenerative braking capability for added fuel economy, and requires only inexpensive lead-acid batteries for its modest electric power storage requirements.
7. U.S. Pat. No. 7,287,797 B1: Automotive Vehicle Having a Modular Plastic Body Attached to a Metal Chassis. The metal framework (chassis) is configured to extensively engage and support the plastic body. Use of lightweight, strong, blow-molded large interlocked plastic modules to construct the body greatly reduces the complexity and cost of manufacture.
8. U.S. Pat. No. 6,572,162 B2: Automobile Protective System. This system affords increased safety to automobile occupants and reduces damage to the automobile during a frontal collision.
9. U.S. Pat. No. 7,057,500 B1: Rear View Monitoring System for Motor Vehicles. This employs three video assemblies, two of which view regions rearwardly at opposite sides of the vehicle, and the third views the region directly rearwardly of the vehicle. Reversed images of these regions are continuously displayed to the operator who is then able to visualize traffic alongside and behind the vehicle, without leaving any blind spots, for improved safety.
There are more related innovations by the same inventor, which are patent pending, that can be made available to the company for licensing.
