Ryder Ross - Cambria Real Estate Agent

I have had a chance to talk to the inventor of the Hydristor, Tom Kasmer, and here is what he had to say about the Hydristor and its production.

Ryder: First off, could you give us a quick overview of how the hydristor works and how it’s expected to change the way we use gas in the US?
Tom: The Hydristor is based on the traditional dual pressure balanced vane pump invented by Harry Vickers in 1925. A rotor with slots containing radially moving, spring loaded vanes resides within an elliptic shaped internal cutout housing called a ‘cam ring’. As the rotor and vanes turn in the cam ring , the vanes extend out at the high point of the ellipse and are pushed in at the low point. The difference in radial vane extension gets pumped out or is drawn in the 4 kidney shaped port cutouts located between the high and low points of the ellipse and on the axial end of the rotor vanes. You can see some of this in the picture on my website. The solid part between the kidney cutouts (item 30 in my patent 6022201) has to be a little wider than the space between two adjacent vanes on the rotor. This kidney port system forms a rotary sliding valve system. The vane tips sliding against the internal elliptic cutout create a substantial friction and that is speed squared dependent. The isplacement per revolution is fixed and the working pressure is also linmited because high pressure gets between the rotor end clearance and the flat housing end, causing it to bulge with drastic blowby. That is history. Your power steering pump is probably like this.

What I did was to replace the fixed cam ring with a concentric nesting of flexible and endless metal belts which surround the vane tips and I located 4 curved pistons at the former high and low points of the cam ring ellipse, at 12,3,6, and 9 o’clock like the face of a clock. The historical vane tip friction now causes the belt to rotate at rear the rotor and vane speed and that in turn creates a ‘hydrodynamic oil bearing float’ between the piston curved faces and the flexible belt cradleing against that curved surface, not to forget the creation of a self minimizing and perpetual efficient oil seal preventing high pressure oil from slipping by this rotating interface. This virtually eliminates metal to metal contact and thus the high efficiency of 94.7% reached at Tecumseh test lab. The normal centripital force created by the vanes at high speed limits the historical device to 6-7,000 Rpm. The Hydristor belt fully contains these forces and much higher speeds are possible. I have also solved the pressure limitations of vane devices and the Expedition will operate at 5,000 psi. I am working on a 10,000 psi device design too.

Packaging two thin, large diameter Hydristors in the form factor of an automobile torque converter to fit in the bell housing using adapters to enable a single size Hydristor to fit many vehicles will enable a total retrofit of all existing vehicles on the road. Slowing engine speeds to idle at level cruise conditions will more thab double the fuel economy of most vehicles on the road. This will be a 100% improvement in existing vehicles as opposed to a wimpy bill by Congress to force the industry to make new vehicles in 2011 get 6% better economy. What are they thinking? The change could be accomplished in 5 years and the auto industry could have new vehicles available by then. And, the oil in the Earth will last a hundred years instead of running out in 20 years!

Ryder: How did you come about inventing/designing the Hydristor?
Tom: I had owned a 1963 Buick Riveria with variable pitch Dynaflow transmission and I tried for years to come up with better gas mileage. I eventually thought of the early Hydristor and have been refining for a long time. It will eventually be recognized as one of the premier technologies of the 21st century. It will change everything.

Ryder: What part of the process of developing/marketing the Hydristor are you currently in?
Tom: I have completed 3 US and international patents and a fourth soon to issue with a fifth going in soon. I have designed and built a John Deere 4 wheel drive riding lawn tractor which demonstrates the technology. I have also completed a first prototype for a bicycle, an earth mover, and I have to finish the Ford Expedition converter for which monies are needed at the machine shop. As soon as I find those monies, the Hydristor will reverberate in history. I am looking for an angel who is not out to own the technology and who recognizes the fantastic potential of this device. I personally have no money and I have done this on my own for 15 years because I recognize that our kids need this to happen, now!

Ryder: How long are we looking at before technology like this could be included in modern cars?
Tom: This can be in new cars OEM in 5 years. I plan to make jobs for American workers! No outsourcing crap! This can also be had in your new car by forcing your new car dealer to install a Hydristor as a condition of purchase. This technology makes regular cars perform like the hybrids and will certainly outrun them. The Hydristor will obsolete the current hybrids.

If you would like to contact Tom Kasmer, you can reach him at (607)-763-1607 or tkasmer@yahoo.com