New Jersey Man Patents Supercharger Control System

[cjforumadmin]

http://www.bangshift.com/blog/NJ-Man-Patents-Supercharger-Control-System.html

[miketblsr]

Re: New Jersey Man Patents Supercharger Control System

Benz has had it for years now. Here is one for sale on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-03-MBZ-SLK-C230-Supercharger-w-Clutch-Kompressor-OEM_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem35a3766108QQitemZ230375710984QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

[studemax]

Re: New Jersey Man Patents Supercharger Control System

I think McCullough blowers had the same feature.

[38P]

Re: New Jersey Man Patents Supercharger Control System

Wait a second!

Instead of attaching the electromagnetic clutch (think: AC-type clutch) to the supercharger, as has been often done by Mercedes*, Toyota,** Volkswagen etc., this guy's proposing attaching the electromagnetic clutch directly to the crank.

AND HE GOT A PATENT FOR THAT! ???

I suspect that belt slip on engagement somewhat dampens "shock" to the crank, regardless of where the clutch is in the system (unless you're teaming an electric clutch up with a Gilmer belt).

*http://www.sae.org/automag/techbrief...001/techb3.htm

**http://www.mr2.com/TEXT/SuperChargerInfo.html

***http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/au...TWIN.html?_r=1
http://www.autozine.org/technical_sc...h_engine_3.htm

[Shawn Anderson]

Re: New Jersey Man Patents Supercharger Control System

See the big picture Mad Max style blower engagement can now happen

[38P]

Re: New Jersey Man Patents Supercharger Control System

I think McCullough blowers had the same feature.

Although the great "VS57" website is now history, I recall that it had a comprehensive history of McCulloch and Paxton centrifugal superchargers. Although McCulloch had a variable speed supercharger (the VS-series) which was used on the supercharged Fords of the late 50s, as well as some Kaisers, McCulloch did not offer an on/off clutch.

See the big picture Mad Max style blower engagement can now happen

It has been since at least the 1930s See e.g. http://www.supercars.net/cars/2986.html

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: New Jersey Man Patents Supercharger Control System

needs pulse width control

[mustang13]

Re: New Jersey Man Patents Supercharger Control System

I wonder if he uses an Eaton 2-speed rear axle switch like Max did?

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: New Jersey Man Patents Supercharger Control System

part throttle blow off like a 3.8 1 3800 motor

[billm320]

Re: New Jersey Man Patents Supercharger Control System

Hi, I am Bill, the inventor of the supercharger control system. One of the bloggers on this site referred to my system as a copy cat from one of the following, Mercedes, Toyota, or Volkswagen, you be the judge. If you are interested in seeing pics of my system, e-mail me at [email protected].

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: New Jersey Man Patents Supercharger Control System

Hey Bill,

Thanks for joining up! I think it was Speedy who mentioned the other mfgs usage of a "blower clutch".

I'm sure he'll be reading this soon!

Brian

[Shawn Anderson]

Re: New Jersey Man Patents Supercharger Control System

Hi, I am Bill, the inventor of the supercharger control system. One of the bloggers on this site referred to my system as a copy cat from one of the following, Mercedes, Toyota, or Volkswagen, you be the judge. If you are interested in seeing pics of my system, e-mail me at [email protected].

Cool, thanks for joining us ;D

[billm320]

Re: New Jersey Man Patents Supercharger Control System


This is billm320, I was able to upload some pics of my supercharger control system. It is a direct bolt up on 5.0
Mustangs. Definitely Not your Mercedes unit.

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: New Jersey Man Patents Supercharger Control System

Hey Bill,

How much testing have you been able to do? Have you tortured it pretty well?

Brian

[38P]

Re: New Jersey Man Patents Supercharger Control System

Bill, I think its a great thing you're supplying this niche in the market. Obviously the "Mad Max" supercharger switch (which looked to most of us a lot like a reverse lock-out) has captured the imagination of scores of Bangshifters over the past thirty years. If you can run the difficult aftermarket gauntlet of production, price point and promotion, your product might be a success.

I wasn't criticizing your efforts. I was merely pointing out that the concept of a part-time supercharger is decades old (as are most of the technologies Bangshifters employ)

I was just surprised you could patent it.

I suspect that if your clutch is a success in the aftermarket, it will encourage someone to put together a proper VW/Lancia-style "twincharged" V8.

Keep updating us on your progress to market.