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title: "2 Engine Quotes By Lonnie Johnson"
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> [I've invented a new type of engine that converts heat directly into electricity with no moving mechanical parts. It's called the Johnson Thermo-Electrochemical Converter, the JTEC.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/i-ve-invented-a-new-type-of-engine-that-converts-heat-directly-into/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28c/lonnie-johnson-16185_electricity_i-ve-invented-a-new-type-of-engine-that_920139.jpg)

> [As an inventor, it's a rite of passage to have an engine. I'd like to have my own engine someday.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/as-an-inventor-it-s-a-rite-of-passage-to-have-an-engine-i-d-like-to/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/lonnie-johnson-16185_engine_as-an-inventor-it-s-a-rite-of-passage-to_2758775.jpg)

## Other authors on Engine

## More by Lonnie Johnson

> [More and more, other countries are able to manufacture things cheaper, beating us in the marketplace in a lot of ways. So we need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/more-and-more-other-countries-are-able-to-manufacture-things-cheaper/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

> [Lady Luck is indifferent. She smiles sometimes, and she frowns sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/lady-luck-is-indifferent-she-smiles-sometimes-and-she-frowns-sometimes/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

> [The invention that most people know me for is the Super Soaker water gun. I knew the gun worked well, and I knew it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/the-invention-that-most-people-know-me-for-is-the-super-soaker-water/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

> [It was because of the success of the Super Soaker, I was able to at least get an audience with people to present some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/it-was-because-of-the-success-of-the-super-soaker-i-was-able-to-at/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

> [Large companies can afford to file patents on every idea they have. Small companies, we have to weigh our options, do the research. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/large-companies-can-afford-to-file-patents-on-every-idea-they-have/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

> [I have a collection of SuperSoakers. I have managed to keep most of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/i-have-a-collection-of-supersoakers-i-have-managed-to-keep-most-of/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

> [I can remember times when we'd be having parties, and people would be dancing and everything and I would be sitting there in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/i-can-remember-times-when-we-d-be-having-parties-and-people-would-be/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

> [Being an independent inventor is tough. You develop a product, patent it, then you're looking for someone who will see the benefit from this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/being-an-independent-inventor-is-tough-you-develop-a-product-patent/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

> [I didn't want to grow old and find that I didn't do what I could have done, that I didn't put my best foot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/i-didn-t-want-to-grow-old-and-find-that-i-didn-t-do-what-i-could-have/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

> [I consider myself a general practitioner. I do electronic things. I do toys and water things, mechanical stuff. I'm very, very flexible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/i-consider-myself-a-general-practitioner-i-do-electronic-things-i-do/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

> [Peer review is fine, as long as you're making incremental improvements to a technology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/peer-review-is-fine-as-long-as-you-re-making-incremental-improvements/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

> [I decided I could develop a toy and get some revenue from that and then use that revenue to really become an inventor and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/i-decided-i-could-develop-a-toy-and-get-some-revenue-from-that-and/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

> [I wound up getting offered a job at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory where I invented a power supply mechanism for the Galileo space…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/i-wound-up-getting-offered-a-job-at-the-nasa-jet-propulsion/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

> [I've invented a new type of engine that converts heat directly into electricity with no moving mechanical parts. It's called the Johnson Thermo-Electrochemical Converter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/i-ve-invented-a-new-type-of-engine-that-converts-heat-directly-into/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

> [Especially when you have a lot of technology you're developing as a small company, trying to protect that technology is a real problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lonnie-johnson/especially-when-you-have-a-lot-of-technology-you-re-developing-as-a/)

[Lonnie Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lonnie-johnson/)

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