Patent ID: 8449737

Claim:
An electrolyzer assembly for generating oxygen and hydrogen gas for use in an internal combustion engine, said electrolyzer assembly comprising: an electrolysis unit having a hermetically-sealed case, a portion of which is made from a durable dielectric polymer material, said case having a gas outlet and an electrolyte inlet; and at least one set of seven, series-coupled, generally equally-spaced, rectangular, vertically-oriented metal plates installed within the case, said set of plates providing six cells for each nominal 12 volts of electromotive force supplied, and said plates having their side edges and bottom edges sealed to the case walls and case bottom, respectively, in order to minimize current leakage between plates when voids between each pair of adjacent plates are filled with electrolyte; wherein two outer rectangular plates of said at least one set are provided with connections to ground, and function as part of the case, being adhesively sealed to a polymer material case portion around its four edges.