ALPHA engine invention goes worldwide
In February, the St. Clair Times featured Joey B. - a man with an idea for an alternative power source. At that time, the idea was just fledging and Joey was looking to take the next step. Now he has found what he needs and the ALPHA engine is to be introduced to the world.
“The ALPHA engine is really a common sense idea. I’m not a crackpot or anything. Anyone could have come up with the concept,” Joey said. “It’s a truly clean source of power without exhaust of any kind and is powered by a compound that doesn’t need to be drilled or mined.
Now, Joey has raised the capital for a patent search and discovered his ALPHA engine is a one-of-a-kind design.
“The patent search showed that there were some designs out there with sort of the same idea, but none of them were the exact idea that worked the way the ALPHA engine does,” he said.
By cleaning the patent, Joey has been able to obtain a period of time which his idea will be protected without obtaining an official patent.
“My design is now protected for at least two years while I make minor improvements to the design,” Joey said. “I can’t change anything drastic on it, but I can make improvements.”
The ALPHA engine promises a clean, environmentally sound, alternative power source for cars and other devices.
“The engine doesn’t use anything that has to be drilled or mined and its uses are unlimited,” Joey said.
Joey has partnered himself with Invent-Tech, a corporation based in Coral Gables, Fla., whose purpose it is to bring new ideas and inventions to the world market, and will see his idea for an alternate power source go global.
“Invent-Tech is taking my design and presentation up to six different trade shows in different places and will show it to buyers in a multitude of industries,” Joey said. “Companies such as GM, Ford, and other automobile manufacturers and technology developers visit these shows looking for fresh ideas and new designs.”
He said he expects to hear some good news from Invent-Tech by June since the ALPHA engine is set to visit a Las Vegas trade show this month.
“That’s their job – to show the idea and to make contacts for me,” he said.
Invent-Tech will also set up a secure Web site where potential buyers can get a password from Invent-Tech to learn more about the ALPHA engine in places far away such as Hong Kong and Germany.
“There are two advantages to working with Invent-Tech,” Joey said. “The company can’t give information to any company without my consent and any company that wants to look closer at the idea must sign a non-disclosure form.”
Joey said since the February article, things have begun to roll for him.
“Things really have worked out with the whole thing. I’m really happy about it,” he said. “I have talked to a lot of local people since the first article and some of them did want to invest, but scheduling conflicts made it impossible for me to sit down with them. I don’t want them to think I ignored them because I am very grateful for their interest.”
Joey’s designs and calculations are still proprietary information and kept under tight wraps, but the idea didn’t just come out of thin air.
Before coming to a county sheriff’s deputy, Joey was an ASE certified mechanic with an associate’s degree from a technical institute. He is certified in automotive and diesel repair and did that job professionally for over seven years.