Earl H Calhoun

US Patent:

63280132, Dec 11, 2001

Filed:

Mar 10, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/523239

Inventors:

Earl H. Calhoun - Gastonia NC

International Classification:

B60R 2100

US Classification:

123198D

Abstract:

The present invention is an apparatus and method for containing the cylinder heads and other parts of a high-performance motor engine during an uncontrolled explosion of the engine. The invented engine containment strap is a multi-ply band of heavy woven webbing having metal buckles on each end of the material. A first and a second buckle are attached to the respective adjacent ends of the strap. Each buckle has a slot defined near the edge of the buckle. Each end of the strap is inserted through the slot of its respective buckle and then folded back upon itself. The resulting four layers at each end of the strap are then stitched together, with the stitching repeated in a pattern to reinforce the stitched ends. The encircling engine strap is placed around the cylinder heads and engine block of the motor engine, with the ends of the strap having the buckles attached together by connector bolts, thus providing an engine containment strap that completely encircles the motor engine. In the event of an engine explosion, projectiles are either contained by the strap or redirected away from the head and torso of the rider.

US Patent:

63116626, Nov 6, 2001

Filed:

May 26, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/583002

Inventors:

Earl H. Calhoun - Gastonia NC

International Classification:

F02P 100

US Classification:

123149C

Abstract:

A drive adapter which adjusts the timing of an automotive generator/magneto ("magneto")for use with a two cylinder motorcycle engine. The drive adapter has a rotor shaft which connects to the crankshaft of a motorcycle engine. The rotor shaft is connected, in a eccentric relationship, to a slide plate having a keyway for receiving the input shaft for the magneto. The eccentric relationship is created by the rotor shaft and magneto shaft having different axises of rotation. The eccentric relationship causes the distributor lead of the magneto to travel at varying speeds along its rotation, allowing an automotive magneto with evenly spaced distributor contact leads to be used in the ignition system of a motorcycle having timing angles which do not correspond to the evenly spaced contact leads of the distributor portion of the magneto.