Patent ID: 9399946
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: C25B,F02B,F02M,Y02E,Y02P,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A portable hydrogen supplemental system for supplying hydrogen gas to an internal combustion engine comprising: a housing unit; an electrolyzer mounted inside the housing unit that separates nonelectrolyte water into hydrogen and oxygen gas in response to electrical power; a nonelectrolyte water tank mounted inside the housing unit and positioned to supply nonelectrolyte water to the electrolyzer; a power supply for supplying the electrical power in the form of a voltage to the electrolyzer; and an onboard diagnostic interface for interfacing with an onboard diagnostic terminal of a vehicle, for detecting operation of the internal combustion engine; a hydrogen gas collector for collecting the hydrogen gas from the electrolyzer; wherein the electrolyzer, when supplied with electrical power produces the hydrogen and oxygen gases from the nonelectrolyte water being supplied from the nonelectrolyte water tank via a supply line connected thereto, and supplies the hydrogen gas being produced, via the hydrogen gas collector, to the internal combustion engine for combustion therein, wherein the electrolyzer is disposed external of the nonelectrolyte water tank, wherein the oxygen gas supplied from the electrolyzer travels back through the supply line and is vented to an atmosphere; wherein said electrolyzer comprises: a plurality of layers, said layers being non-liquid and each layer being in adjacent contact with another one of said layers, wherein the plurality of layers includes at least two external layers and an internal layer which is disposed in adjacent contact between the external layers, wherein a first external layer is connected to a positive terminal of the power supply and as such applies the positive side of the voltage to a first side of the internal layer, and a second external layer is connected to a negative terminal of the power supply and as such applies the negative side of the voltage to a second side of the internal layer, said first and second sides being on opposite sides of the internal layer, and wherein when the voltage is applied across the first external layer, the internal layer and the second external layer, the electrolyzer separates the nonelectrolyte water into oxygen gas which is output on the first side of the internal layer and hydrogen gas which is output on the second side of the internal layer; a water container for supplying the nonelectrolyte water to the nonelectrolyte water tank; and a cup portion connected with a fill spout of the nonelectrolyte water tank, for receiving the water container therein, wherein the cup portion comprises: a receiving portion for receiving the water container therein; a protruding portion at a center thereof; and a support member surrounding the protruding portion, wherein the protruding member and the support member are disposed on a bottom surface of the cup portion, wherein the water container comprises: a plurality of threading portions for threading the water container into the receiving portion; a top portion being inserted into the receiving portion and comprising plurality of through-holes along a surface thereof, wherein the protruding portion is configured to pierce at least one the through-holes to release the nonelectrolyte water from the water container and to supply the nonelectrolyte water to the nonelectrolyte water tank, and wherein the support member is configured to support a position of the top portion of the water container.