There was quite a bit of prior art, but we did manage to get a patent (US 9,194,287) on some of the important features.  We a door open for foreign filing if they find an investor (not easy). Oddly, the originator in Whittier, Calif. teamed up with three professors from a university in Portugal to come up with the final design.  Interesting how people all over the world can work together on a project.  Also points put how important it is to maintain commercial dominance, because if China becomes the top dog, anyone not able to speak and read Chinese, will become a second class economic citizen of the world.  We are so short sighted. Ken From: Dave <davel@emspace.com> To: detomaso@server.detomasolist.com Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fw: Create the Future Contest   That's great to see Ken!!   I hope he's not put all his family's savings into it though - not being   critical of the concept,   just that there are a lot of corpses on that pile.   dave   On 5/30/2016 9:20 AM, Ken Green via DeTomaso wrote:   This is pretty cool, and one of my clients entered a variable   compression ratio (plus a lot more) engine design.   Subject: create the future contest   Hi people   I'd like you all to go the website below and vote for the hyper4 engine   in the create the future contest. We'll need at least 150 votes so when   done, forward it to your friends.   Thnx, Bernie   -----Forwarded Message-----   >From: Create the Future Contest [1]<createthefuture@techbriefs.com>   >Sent: May 25, 2016 8:30 PM   >To: Bernie Bon [2]<bjbon@earthlink.net>   >Cc: Create the Future Contest [3]<createthefuture@techbriefs.com>   >Subject: Your contest entry is qualified   >   >Dear Bernie,   >   >Congratulations! Your entry "Hyper4 High Efficiency Engine" has been   qualified by the review team as meeting the requirements for the Create   the Future Design Contest.   >View your submission here:   >   >[4]http://contest.techbriefs.com/2016/entries/automotive-transportation/6   618   >   >Voting on entries is now under way, so share this link with colleagues   to build your page views and vote totals. The top ten entries receiving   the most votes from site registrants will win valuable prizes.   >Good luck in the contest! Winners will be announced in September.   >   >- Contest Administrators _______________________________________________ Detomaso Forum NO LONGER Managed by POCA Posted emails must not exceed 1.5 Megabytes DeTomaso mailing list [5]DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com [6]http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) use the li nks above. Members who post to this list grant license to the list to forward any message p osted here to all past, current, or future members of the list. They also grant the list owner permission to maintain an archive or approve the archiving of lis t messages. References   1. mailto:createthefuture@techbriefs.com   2. mailto:bjbon@earthlink.net   3. mailto:createthefuture@techbriefs.com   4. http://contest.techbriefs.com/2016/entries/automotive-transportation/6   5. mailto:DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com   6. http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso _______________________________________________ Detomaso Forum NO LONGER Managed by POCA Posted emails must not exceed 1.5 Megabytes DeTomaso mailing list DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) use the links above. Members who post to this list grant license to the list to forward any message posted here to all past, current, or future members of the list. They also grant the list owner permission to maintain an archive or approve the archiving of list messages. There was quite a bit of prior art, but we did manage to get a patent (US 9,194,287) on some of the important features. We a door open for foreign filing if they find an investor (not easy). Oddly, the originator in Whittier, Calif. teamed up with three professors from a university in Portugal to come up with the final design. Interesting how people all over the world can work together on a project. Also points put how important it is to maintain commercial dominance, because if China becomes the top dog, anyone not able to speak and read Chinese, will become a second class economic citizen of the world. We are so short sighted. Ken __________________________________________________________________ From: Dave <davel@emspace.com> To: detomaso@server.detomasolist.com Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fw: Create the Future Contest That's great to see Ken!! I hope he's not put all his family's savings into it though - not being critical of the concept, just that there are a lot of corpses on that pile. dave On 5/30/2016 9:20 AM, Ken Green via DeTomaso wrote: This is pretty cool, and one of my clients entered a variable compression ratio (plus a lot more) engine design. Subject: create the future contest Hi people I'd like you all to go the website below and vote for the hyper4 engine in the create the future contest. We'll need at least 150 votes so when done, forward it to your friends. Thnx, Bernie -----Forwarded Message----- >From: Create the Future Contest [1]<[1]createthefuture@techbriefs.com> >Sent: May 25, 2016 8:30 PM >To: Bernie Bon [2]<[2]bjbon@earthlink.net> >Cc: Create the Future Contest [3]<[3]createthefuture@techbriefs.com> >Subject: Your contest entry is qualified > >Dear Bernie, > >Congratulations! Your entry "Hyper4 High Efficiency Engine" has been qualified by the review team as meeting the requirements for the Create the Future Design Contest. >View your submission here: >

[4][4]http://contest.techbriefs.com/2016/entries/automotive-transporta tion/6 618 > >Voting on entries is now under way, so share this link with

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References 1. mailto:createthefuture@techbriefs.com 2. mailto:bjbon@earthlink.net 3. mailto:createthefuture@techbriefs.com 4. http://contest.techbriefs.com/2016/entries/automotive-transportation/6 5. mailto:DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com 6. http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso 7. mailto:createthefuture@techbriefs.com 8. mailto:bjbon@earthlink.net 9. mailto:createthefuture@techbriefs.com 10. http://contest.techbriefs.com/2016/entries/automotive-transportation/6 11. mailto:DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com 12. http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso 13. mailto:DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com 14. http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso