Samuel B TafoyaPort Charlotte, FL

6699087, Mar 2, 2004

Mar 21, 2003

10/394907

Samuel Barran Tafoya - Bradenton FL, 34208
Hans Guenter Broemel - Bradenton FL, 34208

B63H 2110

440 88C

A sea chest that can provide a large volume of water substantially without drag or cavitation for cooling the inboard engines of a marine vessel. The keyhole shape through the bottom surface of the sea chest is critical to its function and causes eddys to form at its outside edges, as well as water to flow into the sea chest at the center of these edges. The present invention sea chest also has an orifice through which a quick burst of air or water can be sent to clean debris clogs and eliminate the need for manual cleaning. Present invention size and mounting location are determined by its application. Although not limited thereto, use of the present invention is generally contemplated for large and high-speed marine vessels. However the present invention can also provide benefit to smaller marine vessels, including those as small in length as twenty feet.

6813986, Nov 9, 2004

Nov 27, 2003

10/724289

Samuel Barran Tafoya - Bradenton FL
Hans Guenter Broemel - Bradenton FL

Counterterrorism Technologies Corporation - Sarasota FL

F42B 3300

86 50, 89 3607

A reusable bomb diffusing device having a core structure with outer surfaces covered by outwardly extending and increasingly upwardly-directed energy-absorbing vanes that are fixed in position and separated from one another by approximately 3Â, the core structure being centered within an outer chamber having solid side walls and a mesh top surface through which the rapidly expanding gases from a blast are exhausted. A central bottom opening in the present invention permits placement directly over a bomb, with movement of the device to a bombs location being accomplished manually or via attachment to a motorized vehicle. Expanding gases within the core structure are directed to the vanes in vector geometry fashion, which reduces the gases energy and drives them upward to exit the outer chamber through the openings in its mesh top. During detonation, the present invention device remains substantially in its pre-explosion position. Police and military applications are contemplated.

6935980, Aug 30, 2005

Aug 31, 2004

10/930389

Craig Allen Tafoya - Ft. Lauderdale FL, US
Samuel Barran Tafoya - Bradenton FL, US

F16H037/08
F16H048/06

475204, 475230, 192 352

A compact transmission that is infinitely variable and load sensitive. It incorporates a standard hydrodynamic torque converter, however, this converter does not use a lock-up device. Instead engaged gears progressively change ratio output without shifting, thus eliminating the momentary power loss between shifts. It requires no special tooling and can be made from readily available over-the-counter parts. Thus, it is less expensive to manufacture than the transmissions and gearboxes currently used in modern vehicular and marine applications.

6981902, Jan 3, 2006

Nov 3, 2003

10/700027

Samuel Barran Tafoya - Bradenton FL, US
Hans Guenter Broemel - Bradenton FL, US

B63H 11/103

440 47, 440 41, 440 43

A propulsion system designed to propel submarine and surface vessels by discharging fluid rearwardly with a reaction of increased force that is approximately twenty percent greater than that possible with conventional propeller systems. Its conical/tapered housing is mounted to the inside bottom surface and transom of a marine vessel hull whereby a keyhole-shaped inlet opening directs a large volume of seawater into the housing's wider end. Seawater then flows across several increasingly smaller propellers positioned within the housing. A reverse and steering assembly with a movable gate can be optionally aligned with the discharge end of the housing to control the direction of marine vessel movement. Size is not a limiting factor for the present invention and its operation is virtually silent. Also, its inlet opening is always below the water level so priming is never needed and no transmission is required.

6983604, Jan 10, 2006

Jul 30, 2004

10/903801

Samuel Barran Tafoya - Bradenton FL, US

F02C 5/02
F02C 3/14

60772, 60 3934, 60 3935, 60805

A thermodynamic pressure generator having an oscillating valve that allows premixed fuel to enter a combustion chamber in turbulence, until it comes into contact with an annular spoiler, which converts a portion of the fuel into a Karmon vortex ring for delayed ignition. A continuous spark then ignites the remaining fuel with rapid pressure rise that kills the vortex. The fuel in the vortex goes from laminar to turbulence, adding fuel to the already burning charge, super charging it and permitting total ignition. Thus, present invention exhaust contains no polluting by-products and only sensible heat is released into the environment. Exhaust gases are released radially through turbine vanes having a shape that permits a relatively low rotational speed, with sufficient peripheral speed to create torque of considerable degree. Applications include, but are not limited to, land transportation vehicles, propeller-driven airplanes, and marine vessels.

7164211, Jan 16, 2007

Mar 14, 2006

11/374589

Craig A. Tafoya - Ft Lauderdale FL, US
Mary E Tafoya - Fort Lauderdale FL, US
Samuel Barran Tafoya - Bradenton FL, US

B61L 3/12
H02K 41/00

290 1R, 310 12

A system and method whereby power pods having multiple permanent magnets or coils of wire with a very low voltage charge create a multiple magnetic fields within frequently traveled roadways and other surfaces so that voltage is created when vehicles carrying ferrous metal pass over it. The most efficient areas for electrical generation are the downhill sides of bridges, hills, and mountain grades, although the power pods may be used on substantially flat surfaces if not too closely spaced together to drain inertia from passing vehicles. An added benefit on inclined surfaces, the magnetic field would have a speed-reducing effect on the vehicles. Enhancement of electrical generation via the present invention system could be achieved by installing a permanent magnet on vehicular and railroad traffic. Applications may include, but are not limited to, highways and railroads.

7168523, Jan 30, 2007

Mar 14, 2006

11/374606

Craig A. Tafoya - Ft. Lauderdale FL, US
Mary E Tafoya - Fort Lauderdale FL, US
Samuel Barran Tafoya - Bradenton FL, US

B60R 3/00

182150, 182206, 280165

A suspended step assembly that is attachable over the tire of a motor vehicle and which can support a mechanic working in the engine compartment. It has a frame that can be broken down into sub-parts for compact storage in a motor vehicle, is easy and fast to assemble and disassemble, is adjustable to differing tire widths, has an upper configuration that securely hooks over the top of the tire, has a strong and simple closed-loop tubular structure that resists parallelogram deforming while under load, has a step that is secured into a fixed position on the frame without fasteners, and has a bottom stirrup under its step. Applications may include, but are not limited to, use by mechanics to more easily and efficiently perform engine work, and use by those needing to clean or otherwise have access to the upper portions of high-profile vehicles.

7207286, Apr 24, 2007

May 12, 2005

11/127998

Samuel Barran Tafoya - Bradenton FL, US

B63B 1/32

114290

A marine vessel that planes over the water in a straight ahead mode and has a V-shaped bow configuration, two lateral rails, a water jet intake aft of the bow, and a water jet discharge through the transom above the water line. The vessel's tri-point contact with the water at high speeds permits sled-like movement with minimal wet area under the hull along the center aft of the water jet intake. It moves fast through the water, is stable, moves smoothly and silently through the water, makes little wake, and makes hard turns without loss of velocity. At idle and slow speed it is low in the water, while at high speed it rides high on the water with only the bow and rear rails in contact with the water. Vessel size and scale are not limiting factors. Applications include, but are not limited to, military, recreational, and sporting uses.