From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Summary of five different patents related to vehicle components and systems.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 147\4\ scan0045 | |
| Date | 15th August 1940 guessed | |
| No. Patentee Title 523,678 Zavody Ringhoffer-Tatra Means for the ventilation Akciova Spolecnost of the motor compartment of in vehicle bodies. To get ventilating air out of a stream lined motor vehicle at the rear the body is curved upward, and between the flat portion of the body and this upward curved portion is formed a step in which the air exit is placed. 523,693 Ransome Sims & Jefferies Exhaust valves of Ltd. and N.B. Miller internal combustion engines The exhaust valve is placed to one side of the cylinder and when opened the head passes into a recess with a lip round it so that the head is shielded from the hot exhaust gases which flow smoothly underneath it during the exhaust period 523,698 W. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Marchant and Shock-absorbers or Motosacoche Soc.Anon vibration-dampers A frictional shock damper is connected between sprung and unsprung parts of a vehicle through a lost motion device which allows some small initial move- ment before shock damper comes into play. 533,703 E.C.E. Beaumont and Centrifugal pumps R.C.G. Dowie Pumps for raising fuel for internal combustion engines are formed on the principle of a whirling chamber, in a casing, the inlet to this casing is normally covered by fuel, and the air and vapour present in the casing and trapped therein control the admission of fuel to the chamber. 523,721 Zavody Ringhoffer-Tatra Means for the ventilat- Akciova Spolecnost ion of the motor com- partment of motor-veh- icles bodies. Rear of streamlined saloon is ventilated by a flap on top hinged at rear cooperating with a flap underneath hinged at front to provide respectively an intake and exit for air. | ||