Internal-combustion engines inventions 05/06

20060107911 - Frequency modulated vcr-engine: A control method for the modulation of the torque of piston combustion engine that has a compression chamber (6) of variable volume and operable inlet valves (3). The torque requested for a predetermined operative condition is obtained through a selection of the volume of the compression chamber (6) combined with...

20060107912 - Two-stroke engine assembly: A two-stroke engine includes an air channel for supplying substantially fuel-free combustion air and a mixture channel for supplying an air/fuel mixture. The air channel and the mixture channel connect the cylinder of the two-stroke engine to an air filter. A section of the mixture channel and a section of...

20060107914 - Electro-hydraulic lost-motion valve train: An electro-hydraulic lost motion system for variable valve activation including a master piston and an accumulation piston in a first bore, defining a hydraulic pressure chamber therebetween, in response to rotation of an engine cam. A slave piston in the engine head and hydraulically connected to the pressure chamber opens...

20060107915 - Valve train device for engine: A valve train device for an engine is configured to pivot a rocker arm supported on a rocker arm support shaft to drive a valve which opens and closes a valve opening formed in a combustion chamber. The device comprises a valve drive device and a swing member pivotally supported...

20060107916 - Rocker arm: There is provided a rocker arm of a kind in which even though the rocker arm is manufactured by the use of a press working technique the arm width can be minimized while the flat outer surface region of a required width is secured on an outer surface of the...

20060107917 - Cup tappet for an internal combustion engine: According to the invention, the anti-rotation element (6) has an outer contour in longitudinal section with a head (20) and a stem (21). The stem has a reduced dimension compared with the head (20) and a thickened portion (32), and can be clipped into the recess of the skirt of...

20060107913 - Camshaft for automotive engines in particular: the cam segment (6) is mounted on the guidance area (2′) provided for the outer shaft (2) by means of a tongue-and-groove connection (8, 9) running on a circular section that is limited at the circumference, whereby the circular section is designed to be coaxial with the outer shaft (2)...

20060107918 - Linear to rotational motion converter: A mechanism or “motion converter” including cylinder, piston, yoke, 2 crankshafts and 2 gears converts linear motion of piston to rotary motion (or reverse) of crankshafts without creating the lateral force applied to the piston. Kinematics characteristics of the motion converter reduce the speed of the piston on the way...

20060107919 - Control system for variable-cylinder internal combustion engine: A control system for a variable-cylinder internal combustion engine, which is capable of attaining excellent fuel economy by executing a partial-cylinder operation mode as long as possible, while suppressing vibration and noise during the partial-cylinder operation mode. A control system switches the operation mode of a variable-cylinder internal combustion engine...

20060107920 - Auxiliary power system for a motor vehicle: An auxiliary power system for a motor vehicle primary engine used to drive primary engine accessories when the primary engine is not operating. The system comprises a secondary engine that drives a hydraulic pump. The hydraulic pump is connected to a hydraulic motor. The hydraulic motor is integrated with an...

20060107921 - Method for optimizing the operating mode and combustion processes of a diesel engine: The invention concerns a method for optimizing the operating mode and combustion mode of a diesel engine with regard to a minimal emission of pollutants involving common rail injection and including the use of an exhaust gas turboblower. According to this method, fuel is injected into each combustion chamber of...

20060107922 - Apparatus and method for controlling exhaust pressure: An apparatus and method of controlling exhaust pressure in an internal combustion engine are disclosed. In one embodiment the apparatus may comprise: a housing; a valve disposed in the housing; an orifice formed in the valve, wherein the orifice defines a gas flowpath through the valve; and a shaft slidably...

20060107923 - Throttle control system and method: A throttle control system includes a valve, an electric throttle unit, a control unit, a throttle sensor, a memory device, and a memory execution unit. The throttle control system operates the memory execution unit to allow the memory device to store an opening signal detected by the throttle sensor as...

20060107924 - Ignition timing control apparatus for engine: An ignition timing control apparatus for an engine includes a controller that sets an ignition timing considering a change of a temperature or a pressure in a combustion chamber at a time when an opening/closing characteristic of an intake valve is changed, the opening/closing characteristic including a valve opening timing...

20060107925 - Closed loop engine control for regulating nox emissions, using a two-dimensional fuel-air curve: An engine control strategy that ensures that NOx emissions from the engine will be maintained at an acceptable level. The control strategy is based on a two-dimensional fuel-air curve, in which air manifold pressure (AMP) is a function of fuel header pressure and engine speed. The control strategy provides for...

20060107926 - Engine control system: An engine control system for controlling an engine into which fuel is supplied from a fuel supply system and which is ignited by an ignition system, the engine control system comprising: a detonation detecting means for detecting detonation of said engine; a judgment level setting means for setting a judgment...

20060107927 - Fuel injection apparatus for internal combustion engine: A fuel injection apparatus has an accumulator, a booster, a nozzle, a hydraulic circuit, a hydraulic pressure valve and a control valve. At least one of a transmission path, which is connected to the hydraulic circuit, and the hydraulic piston is configured to generate a delay in an operation of...

20060107928 - Device to attach a fuel return line to a fuel injector and device to suction fuel from a fuel injector: A device to suction fuel from a fuel injector and a device to attach a fuel return line to a fuel injector with a C-shaped main body partially encircling the fuel injector having two retaining arms which abut the fuel injector and grip it from the back at least to...

20060107929 - Fuel injection pump with cold start device: A fuel injection pump comprises: a barrel formed with a main port 39 and a sub port 36a; a plunger 32; and a CSD 30 including an injection-advancing actuator 38 which operates a piston 35 for opening or closing sub port 36a so as to change an injection timing. Plunger...

20060107930 - Pump module for fuel tank: A pump module to be disposed within a fuel tank is provided. The pump module includes a chamber, a fuel pump disposed within the chamber and a lid for member telescopically movably supporting the chamber via a telescopic means. An outside diameter of at least an upper end portion of...

20060107932 - Fuel supply device for outboard device: A fuel supply device can have a low pressure fuel pump that supplies fuel to a vapor separator tank positioned adjacent to an engine from a main fuel tank disposed in a hull. An electrically operated primary fuel pump (e.g., a primer pump) and a check valve can both be...

20060107931 - Outboard motor: An outboard motor can comprise a cowling for covering an engine, a high pressure fuel supply system, and a low pressure fuel supply system. The high pressure fuel supply system can have a vapor separator tank and a high pressure fuel pump. The low pressure fuel supply system can have...

20060107933 - Diverter for exhaust gas recirculation cooler: A diverter, apparatus and method of bypassing an exhaust gas recirculation cooler in order to selectively cool recirculated exhaust gas is disclosed. The diverter relies on the Coanda effect to direct the exhaust gas flow to the cooler or to a bypass around the cooler and thus preferred embodiments do...

20060107934 - Spacer plate for use with internal combustion engines: A device for use in an air intake path of an internal combustion engine to improve the engine performance. The device body has a top surface, bottom surface and at least one air passage defined about an axis from the top surface-to the bottom surface, containing a chamfer at each...

20060107935 - Kickback preventing circuit for engine: An ignition control circuit and method of operation provides a very simple but highly effective prevention of engine reverse rotation upon starting by prohibiting ignition when a reverse rotation situation arises....

20060107936 - Method of determining in real time the flow rate characteristic of a fuel injector: The method comprises the steps consisting in assuming that the gain of at least one injector is equal to a theoretical gain or an updated gain, and in replacing each of at least one reference injection of injection control duration controlled by the engine control unit in application of a...

20060102108 - Combustion-powered tool fuel heating system: A combustion-powered tool has an engine and a heating system, where the tool receives and preheats a fuel cell. The fuel cell has a receiving portion for a heat transfer element which is associated with the engine. The heat transfer element is configured for engaging the fuel cell to conduct...

20060102109 - Air duct in the front part of a motor vehicle: c

20060102110 - Cylinder block,cylinder head, and engine main body: A cylinder block (10) is such that a main body cylinder block (4; 404) and an outer cylinder block (6; 406) are molded separately. As a result, the portion of the die which is used to mold a water jacket (50; 450) does not need to be made thin, thereby...

20060102111 - Combustion-type power tool: A combustion-type power tool includes a cylinder and a combustion chamber disposed on top of the cylinder that accommodates a gaseous mixture of existing air in the combustion chamber and fuel injected therein. A spark plug generates a spark to combust the gaseous mixture in the combustion chamber. A trigger...

20060102112 - System and method for controling crankshaft position during engine shutdown using cylinder pressure: Systems and methods for controlling stopping position of a crankshaft during shutdown of a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine influence cylinder pressure independent of associated intake/exhaust valves during shutdown of the engine so the crankshaft stops in a position favorable for restarting. Embodiments include an engine having variable compression ratio...

20060102113 - Reed valve breather for evolution engine: A reed valve assembly is provided with a body, at least one flexible member, and at least one rigid member. Preferably, the at least one flexible member has a periphery so as to substantially cover opening(s) in the body when positioned adjacent to the body, and the at least one...

20060102114 - Motorcycle engine method & apparatus: An assembly modification of an existing two-stroke single cylinder 43 CC to 52 CC combustion engine. The assembly substantially increases the horsepower of the stock two-stroke engines. The modifications include using a reed valve kit which is modified to connect to the threaded carburetor connection bolt holes on the outside...

20060102115 - Compression ratio variable device of internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine variable compression ratio system is provided that includes a piston inner (5a), a piston outer (5b) that, while being fitted around the outer periphery of the piston inner (5a), so that it can slide only in the axial direction, is capable of moving to a low...

20060102116 - Variable stroke property engine: Provided is a variable stroke property engine that can prevent an increase in the resistance to the engine owing to the contact between the variable stroke piston mechanism and lubricating oil. In a variable stroke property engine equipped with a variable piston stroke mechanism consisting of a plurality of links...

20060102117 - Hydraulic valve actuator for reciprocating engine: A hydraulic valve actuator for reciprocating engine includes at least a hydraulic cylinder (3) for opening at least one valve (2) via at least one valve opening selector (11) with at least one hydraulic positive displacement pump (4) whereof the hydraulic fluid supplied at the output can be forced into...

20060102121 - Internal egr for an internal combustion engine: An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system for use in a four-stroke, internal combustion, compression-ignition engine having at least one engine cylinder, at east one combustion chamber, at least one intake valve and a crankshaft. The EGR system includes at least one exhaust gas intake valve that is opened during at...

20060102120 - Valve train device for engine: A valve train device for an engine for driving a valve which opens and closes a valve opening of a combustion chamber comprises: a valve drive device comprising a drive member and driving force transmission mechanism. The drive force transmission mechanism is configured to transmit a driving force from the...

20060102118 - Valve-actuating for internal combustion engine: A pair of link arms (19A and 20A) each supported at one end thereof on an engine body (1) for swinging movement about an axis parallel to a rotational axis for a valve-operating cam (16) are connected at the other ends, for relative turning movement about an axis parallel to...

20060102119 - Valvetrain with two-step switchable rocker and deactivating stationary lash adjuster: The invention provides a valvetrain configuration in an internal combustion engine in which a plurality of two-step rockers enable the engine poppet valves to switch between two lift profiles. In addition, a lost-motion stationary lash adjuster enables the deactivation of the engine poppet valve. The integration of a two-step rocker...

20060102122 - Variable valve train of internal combustion engine: This variable valve train has a camshaft, a rocker shaft, and a rocker arm mechanism for transmitting a motion of a cam formed on the camshaft to a valve. The rocker arm mechanism includes a first arm which drives the valve, a second arm, a third arm, and a variable...

20060102123 - Valve drive mechanism in an internal combustion engine: A valve drive mechanism is configured for an internal combustion engine that includes an outer body formed, at least in part, from a crankcase and a cylinder that protrudes from the crankcase. The valve drive mechanism comprises a drive gear that is mounted to a crankshaft supported on the crankcase....

20060102124 - Piston engine with selectable firing order: A multi-cylinder four-stroke internal combustion engine enabling a method for on-the-fly switching between two or more firing orders. Switching to the new firing order is done without requiring any tear-down of the engine such as to swap camshafts. Switching can be triggered by the rider, or it can be triggered...

20060102126 - Automatic fuel enrichment for an engine: A method and system for preventing excessive fuel supply during engine startup, including supplying supplementary fuel during cranking of a cold engine and preventing supply of the supplementary fuel if the engine fails to start running. A solenoid valve in a supplementary fuel supply passage permits the supply of supplementary...

20060102127 - Start controller for internal combustion engine: At an intake timing of an initial combustion cylinder, an actual intake valve timing is adjusted to a target intake valve timing corresponding to a target intake air flow rate of the initial combustion cylinder. At intake timing of the other cylinders which contributes to increment of the engine speed...

20060102125 - Valve timing control apparatus and method for internal combustion engine: A control apparatus includes a driving device that is capable of operating regardless whether the engine is running or not. A variable valve actuation mechanism is driven by the driving device. During an idling operation of the engine, a control section controls the driving device such that the variable valve...

20060102128 - Intake device for outboard motor: An engine air intake device for an outboard motor includes a plurality of main intake pipes corresponding to each cylinder. First and second branch pipes extend from an upstream end of each main part. The first branch pipes are longer than the second branch pipes. The second branch pipes each...

20060102129 - Recoil starter with automatic orientation: A recoil starter has a guide surface with limited polar symmetry about the axis of the pull-rope limiting rotational orientation of the pull-handle in the at-rest position to less than three angular positions....

20060102130 - Rotary valve: The invention to which this application relates is the provision of an engine or pump which operates in an improved manner. The engine or pump is provided with a cylinder for selective connection with an inlet to allow the fuel and air mixture to be introduced and an exhaust to...

20060102131 - Piston apparatus with oil scraper ring: The present invention provides a piston apparatus having an oil scraper ring, by which smoke due to incomplete combustion of fuel is prevented in a manner of preventing oil attached to an inner cylinder wall and piston in an internal combustion engine from rising into a combustion room by a...

20060102132 - Close tolerance crankshaft oil scraper: The invention allows the well-known class of crankcase oil windage control devices known as “crank scrapers” to achieve greater efficiency. The efficiency of a scraper is inversely related to the clearance present with moving parts sweeping past it. Typically constructed of metal, scrapers have had recommended running clearances of 0.035″...

20060102133 - Engine lubrication system for supplemental oil filtering and controller based activation of a prelubrication pump: An engine lubrication system comprising a pump for supplying oil to an engine, a filter for purifying the oil and at least one sensor for discerning parameters of the engine lubrication system and generating signals indicative thereof. The engine lubrication system includes a controller operable to receive the signals generated...

20060102134 - Outboard motor lubrication system: A lubrication system of an outboard motor delivers lubricant to an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine is supported by an upper end of a case. The lubrication system has an oil pan configured to hold lubricant oil. An oil conduit has a lower end opening to the oil...

20060102135 - Torque improved engine or t.i.e: An internal combustion engine that replaces the throw journal of a crankshaft with a contour that is dynamic rather than static. The contour is such that three cycles of engine operation is not affected, i.e. exhaust, intake, and compression. The contour deviates only during the power stroke where an increased...

20060102136 - Optimized fuel management system for direct injection ethanol enhancement of gasoline engines: Fuel management system for enhanced operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder. It is preferred that the direct injection occur after the inlet valve is closed. It is also preferred that stoichiometric operation with a three way catalyst...

20060102137 - Engine shut down using fluid pump to control crankshaft stopping position: Systems and methods for controlling stopping position of a crankshaft during shutdown of an internal combustion engine control a fluid pressure to control a corresponding drive torque of a fluid pump. Kinetic energy of the engine at shutdown may be used to control fluid pressure in a power steering system...

20060102138 - Systems and methods for controlled shutdown and direct start for internal combustion engine: Systems and methods for controlling shut down of a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine include a mechanical energy storage device to decelerate an engine crankshaft to a stopping position desirable for restarting of the engine. Energy stored during shut down may be used to adjust or reposition the crankshaft to...

20060102139 - Rotary internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a rotary internal combustion engine. More specifically, the invention relates to a coaxial stator (1) and rotor (7). The stator (1) is provided with an inlet nozzle (19) and an exhaust nozzle (20) while the rotor is provided with radial mobile blades (9) which are disposed...

20060102140 - Spark ignition device and internal combustion engine with the same: A plurality of spark electrodes are disposed in an arc shape on the surface or so as to be projected from the surface of an insulating member formed on a part of the wall face of a combustion chamber, and are formed so as to be in series electrically via...

20060102141 - Direct injection engine and controller for the same: A direct injection engine and a controller for the engine, which can realize super-retard combustion under high backpressure and can minimize an emission amount of HC at the startup. A cavity is formed in a piston such that fuel spray injected from a fuel injection valve is blown into the...

20060102142 - Inlet system of an internal combustion engine: In an intake system of an internal combustion engine, with an inlet duct which includes at least one inlet valve, and with a throttle member for swirling the gas flowing to the inlet valve, the throttle member is movable into the inlet duct in an introduction direction and can be...

20060102143 - Torque controller for internal combustion engine: A throttle position corresponding to a R-R torque representing a torque in which a reserve torque is added to a required torque at MBT is computed. The throttle position is offset by an amount of a reserve torque in a torque increasing direction. An ignition retard amount for obtaining the...

20060102144 - Control device for internal combustion engine: A target value of an engine load ratio is calculated. A target throttle opening required for making the actual engine load ratio equal to the target engine load ratio is calculated on the basis of an intake pipe pressure which is a pressure in the intake passage downstream of the...

20060102146 - Fuel management system for variable anti-knock agent octane enhancement of gasoline engines: Fuel management system for efficient operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder of the engine. A fuel management microprocessor system controls injection of the anti-knock agent so as to control knock and minimize that amount of the anti-knock...

20060102145 - Fuel management system for variable ethanol octane enhancehment of gasoline engines: Fuel management system for efficient operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder of the engine. A fuel management microprocessor system controls injection of the anti-knock agent so as to control knock and minimize that amount of the anti-knock...

20060102147 - Engine control system: When a combustion mode of an engine is a diffuse combustion mode in which an initial rising inclination of a heat-release-rate is steep, an electronic control unit (ECU) calculates an ignition timing in which the heat-release-rate exceeds an ignition determining value. Thus, even if a cylinder pressure sensor has a...

20060102148 - Egr control unit and method for an internal combustion engine: An EGR control method and unit for an internal combustion engine includes an EGR passage configured to recirculate a portion of an exhaust gas from an exhaust system to an intake system. An EGR valve, disposed in the EGR passage, is configured to control an amount of EGR, and an...

20060102149 - Fuel supply apparatus: An electrically driven type low-pressure fuel pump whose flow rate can be set draws fuel from a fuel tank and discharges it at a prescribed pressure commonly to a low-pressure fuel supply system including intake manifold injectors and a low-pressure delivery pipe and to a high-pressure fuel supply system including...

20060102151 - Accumulation-volume fuel injection system for an internal-combustion engine: The injection system (1) comprises a pump (7) designed to send fuel at high pressure to an accumulation volume, for example formed by a common rail (6), for supplying a plurality of injectors (5). The pump (7) comprises at least one pumping element (18) actuated with reciprocating motion with a...

20060102150 - High-pressure accumulator for fuel injection systems with integrated pressure control valve: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines includes a high-pressure accumulator acted on with highly pressurized fuel by a high-pressure delivery unit and in turn supplies fuel to fuel injectors. The fuel injection system has a pressure control valve, which is disposed between a high-pressure side and a low-pressure...

20060102152 - Electronic flow control valve: An internal combustion engine is provided that includes a high pressure feed line, and a plurality of fuel injectors fluidly connected to the high pressure feed line, each being operable to inject a fuel into the engine. The engine further includes an electronically controlled flow disabler disposed between the high...

20060102153 - Leak fue collection apparatus of internal combustion engine: A leak fuel collection apparatus of the internal combustion engine using leak oil collection pipe fuel is provided, by which the improvement in fuel consumption and exhaust emission can be achieved by improving the combustion condition of the leak fuel mixed with fresh air in the cylinder in correspondence with...

20060102154 - Method for controlling fuel injection in an internal-combustion engine: A method is provided for controlling fuel injection in an internal-combustion engine provided with an electroinjector, including an electroactuator, an injection nozzle, and a pin, which is movable along an opening stroke and a closing stroke for opening/closing the nozzle under the control of the electroactuator and according to the...

20060102155 - Device for fuel transfer in combustion engines: Fuel for an engine is supplied from a first fuel tank. Return fuel from the engine is gathered in a second fuel tank for resupply to the engine. The second fuel tank is connected to and replenishable from the first fuel tank. The engine receives all its fuel from the...

20060102156 - Canister: A canister comprises a tank port communicated with an upper air chamber in a closed fuel tank, a purge port communicated with an intake passage of an engine, an atmospheric port opened to the atmosphere, and a main adsorbent chamber containing activated carbon, and the canister is further provided with...

20060102158 - Exhaust gas recirculation: An internal combustion engine comprising, an engine management unit, a combustion chamber having an inlet port and an outlet port, a fuel supply mechanism to supply gasoline to the engine, a valve train mechanism to permit introduction of air to the inlet port of the combustion chamber and release exhaust...

20060102157 - Internal exhaust recirculation method for an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to the internal exhaust-gas recirculation in an internal combustion engine with gas exchange valves periodically controlled by a camshaft (22) in accordance with the four-stroke principle, in which, during the gas exchange exhausting of exhaust gas from the respective cylinder (1) into the exhaust duct (5), an...

20060102159 - Protruding oil separation baffle holes: A baffle plate for an internal combustion engine is used to separate air and oil as required for recirculation of crankcase gasses. The baffle plate includes oil holes with protrusions extending therefrom. The protrusions extend in a direction opposing the flow of an air/oil mixture. These protrusions prevent oil that...

20060096553 - Liquid-cooling device for internal combustion engine: A head cooling path diverges from a backflow path at a position between a radiator and a thermostat and is connected with a cylinder head of an engine by bypassing a cylinder block of the engine. A pump circulates the cooling water through the head cooling path, to the cylinder...

20060096554 - Control method for external control type fan clutch: A method is provided for controlling an external control type fan clutch. The method controls the On/Off of an electromagnet-activated valve for an oil feed adjusting hole. The method uses a PID control on the basis of radiator cooling liquid temperature, fan speed, transmission oil temperature, vehicle speed, engine speed,...

20060096555 - Internal combustion engine with hybrid cooling system: An internal combustion engine that includes individually-cooled cylinder assemblies. Direct raw-water cooling is provided for the engine's intercooler, oil cooler, and heat exchanger, which is used for the purpose of cooling a fresh water coolant circulating individually through each of the engines' separate cylinders....

20060096556 - Bottom plate for a crankcase: In a bottom plate for closing the crankcase of an internal combustion engine including coolant and lubricant flow channels integrated into the bottom plate which consists of individual plates stacked on top of one another, a heat exchanger, which consists of heat exchanger plates stacked on top of one another...

20060096557 - Monosteel piston having oil drainage groove with enhanced drainage features: A monobloc piston assembly includes a piston head having a combustion bowl found in an upper surface and a ring belt found with a plurality of ring grooves. An oil cooling gallery is formed in the piston head adjacent the combustion bowl and ring belt. A pair of pin bosses...

20060096558 - Piston engine comprising a pulsation-reducing device: The invention relates to a piston engine comprising a rotatably mounted cylindrical drum (2) provided with a plurality of cylindrical boreholes distributed over the circumference thereof and containing displaceable pistons. Said cylindrical boreholes (3,4) comprise cylindrical openings (35.1, 35.2, . . . 35.9) on one side, which are temporarily connected...

20060096560 - Engine valve actuation system: An engine valve actuation system may include an intake valve moveable between a first position that blocks a flow of fluid and a second position that allows a flow of fluid. The system may also include a cam assembly configured to move the intake valve between the first position and...

20060096561 - Method for operating a camshaft adjusting device: In a method for operating a camshaft adjusting device, using an actuating drive, the actual setting of a camshaft with respect to the rotation of the crankshaft is followed corresponding to a setpoint setting ascertained in a control unit. In response to the occurrence of a lasting system deviation between...

20060096562 - Reed valve with multiple ports: A reed valve seat with multiple ports allows a reed valve to operate under extreme pressures in a variable cam timing system. A check valve includes a valve seat in a variable cam timing phaser with a contact surface and multiple ports for fluid in control passages within the phaser...

20060096563 - Four-cycle engine and system for detecting phase difference of four-cycle engine: A four-cycle engine typically including a crankshaft provided with a first gear, a camshaft provided with a second gear, an endless rotation transmission that is installed around the first and second gears and is configured to transmit rotation of the crankshaft to the camshaft, a crank phase detecting device configured...

20060096564 - Valve operating mechanism with roller rocker arm, 4-cycle engine, and motorcycle having 4-cycle engine mounted thereon: A valve gear includes a camshaft having valve gear cams, first and second rocker shafts, a first rocker arm supported on the first rocker shaft, and a second rocker arm supported on the second rocker shaft: The valve gear cams, respectively, include a cam nose projecting from a base circle,...

20060096559 - System with camshaft and camshaft receptacle: The invention relates to a system, comprising a camshaft with at least two bearing points, a two-part camshaft receptacle which has, in a lower part, at least two bearing saddles and, in an upper part, at least two bearing covers corresponding to the bearing saddles, the camshaft being mounted with...

20060096565 - Start control apparatus of internal combustion engine: A start control apparatus of an internal combustion engine comprises an ignition device for igniting an air-fuel mixture in a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, a start demanding device for demanding a start of the internal combustion engine, a starting device for starting the internal combustion engine, a...

20060096566 - Crankcase cover plate: In a cover plate for obturating a crankcase of an internal combustion engine at the bottom end thereof, which cover plate includes suction areas for collecting engine lubricant and on which a balancing shaft is rotatably supported and driven by the crankshaft of the engine via a gear structure, a...

20060096567 - Cast part for an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a cast part for an internal combustion engine, said part being a cylinder crankcase, which has at least one guide duct that leads a fluid medium to a required location. Said guide duct is provided in the form of a tube and is embedded inside the...

20060096568 - Multicylinder internal combustion engine with individual cylinder assemblies and modular cylinder carrier: An internal combustion engine that includes individual, liquid-cooled, cylinder assemblies mounted separately to a common cylinder carrier. A modular cylinder carrier that is assembled from separate cylinder mounting modules and main bearing bulkheads....

20060096569 - Low pressure fuel injector nozzle: A nozzle for a low pressure fuel injector that improves the control and size of the spray angle, as well as enhances the atomization of the fuel delivered to a cylinder of an engine....

20060096570 - Internal combustion engine with direct injection and sparking plug with precombustion chamber, ignition method and application: The invention concerns an internal combustion engine with at least one engine member, the engine member including a combustion chamber (4) of a combustible mixture with fuel and oxidant components fitted with a compression system (9), an ignition system (7) of the combustible mixture by an igniter, sequential let-through devices...

20060096571 - Turbocharging and precombustion chamber spark plug internal combustion engine, ignition emthod and application: The invention concerns an internal combustion engine with at least one engine member, the engine member including a combustion chamber (4) of a combustible mixture with fuel components and oxidants, an ignition system of the combustible mixture by an igniter (7), sequential let-through devices for the fuel and oxidant components...

20060096572 - Control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An engine ECU executes a program including the step of detecting an engine coolant temperature (THW), the step of selecting a map for a warm state as the map for calculating a fuel injection ratio (or a DI ratio) r when the engine coolant temperature (THW) is equal to or...

20060096573 - System for improving the fuel efficiency of an engine: A fuel system for improved fuel efficiency may include a fuel injector to transmit fuel in droplet form to a reaction region. A reaction rod may be positioned in the reaction region, where the reaction rod may have a convex end and a concave end. The fuel system may be...

20060096574 - Air flow measuring device formed integrally with electronically controlled throttle body: An air flow sensor for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. An air flow rate measurement meter, a pressure gauge, electronically controlled throttle body, and the microcomputer, etc. are integrated as one body, and the correction of the air flow rate, the control, and the fault diagnosis, etc. are done...

20060096575 - Control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of calculating an in-cylinder injector's injection ratio; if the ratio is 1, calculating an amount of cold state spark advance by employing a function f(1) having the engine's temperature as a parameter; if the ratio is 0, calculating an amount of...

20060096577 - Control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of calculating an in-cylinder injector's injection ratio; if the ratio is 1, calculating a cold state increase value by employing a function f(1) having the engine's temperature as a parameter; if the ratio is 0, calculating a cold state increase value...

20060096576 - Control appartus for internal combustion engine: An engine ECU executes a program comprising the steps of: calculating a post-warm-up steady-state port wall deposit quantity (a); calculating a shared-injection steady-state port wall deposit quantity (b) based on port wall deposit quantity (a); calculating a difference (c) in one cycle of shared-injection steady-state port wall deposit quantity (b);...

20060096578 - Arrangement in fuel injection apparatus: An arrangement in a fuel injection system for controlling the fuel injection includes a body part having a space, through which the fuel to be injected during operation flows, and a fuel inlet opening and an outlet opening opening into the space. A piston is arranged movably inside the space,...

20060096579 - Fuel injection apparatus having common rail and subject device control system: An ECU controls an intake metering valve and sets an upper limit of an integral term, which is obtained based on a pressure difference between a target rail pressure and an actual rail pressure of a common rail. Furthermore, the ECU reduces the target rail pressure when the integral term...

20060096580 - Active drag and thrust modulation system and methods: A vehicle traveling through an environmental media such as air experiences drag. The drag is actively modulated by energy beams which may either increase or decrease the drag. The energy beams may provide either a chemical, acoustic or electromagnetic energy at a transition region between turbulent and laminar flows or...

20060096581 - Method for diagnosing variable intake system: v

20060096582 - Counter-balanced inlet door for fuel pump module check valve: In a fuel pump module of a vehicle fuel tank, a check valve has a counter-balanced inlet door that uses a counterweight to assist in opening the inlet door to control the flow of fuel into and out of the jet pump tube of the fuel pump module. The inlet...

20060096583 - Integrated fuel tank and vapor containment system: A fuel tank for an engine that includes an air cleaner assembly and an air-fuel mixing device. The fuel tank includes a first tank portion, a second tank portion connected to the first tank portion to define a fuel chamber, and a canister at least partially formed as part of...

20060096584 - Integrated fuel tank and vapor containment system: A fuel tank for an engine that includes an air cleaner assembly and an air-fuel mixing device. The fuel tank includes a first tank portion and a second tank portion connected to the first tank portion to define a fuel chamber. A canister is at least partially formed as part...

20060090712 - Hydrogen oxygen generation system for an internal combustion engine: A system is provided which, when integrated with an internal combustion engine, generates hydrogen and oxygen gases to enrich an internal combustion engine's petroleum fuel source. The system's primary components are a gas generation unit, heated water supply tanks, and a gas combiner for mixing generated hydrogen and oxygen gas...

20060090713 - Cooling circuit for a motor vehicle and corresponding motor vehicle: The circuit includes an internal volume for receiving a cooling fluid, a stopper for selectively closing an opening giving access to the internal volume, and ensuring element that the cooling fluid can be discharged via a discharge outlet. The respective discharge and access openings to the internal volume are distinct...

20060090714 - Cylinder head gasket for use in an internal combustion engine and internal combustion engine equipped therewith: A combustion engine includes a cylinder head and a cylinder crankcase having a cylinder bore and a coolant duct formed therein. The coolant duct is disposed adjacent the cylinder bore and is a cooling system component. A cylinder head gasket is provided between the cylinder head and the cylinder crankcase....

20060090715 - Compression ratio variable device of internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine variable compression ratio system is provided that includes a piston inner (5a), a piston outer (5b) that is fitted around the outer periphery of the piston inner (5a) so that it can slide only in the axial direction and is capable of moving between a low...

20060090716 - Fuel injection system for two-cycle engines: A fuel injection system for two-cycle engines comprising high pressure fuel injectors adapted to be installed in a two-cycle gas engine assembly....

20060090717 - Engine valve actuation system: An engine valve actuation system is provided. An intake valve is moveable between a first position to prevent a flow of fluid and a second position to allow a flow of fluid. A cam assembly is connected to move the intake valve between the first position and the second position....

20060090718 - Internal-combustion engine having an electronically controlled hydraulic device for variably actuating intake valves: An internal-combustion engine has a cylinder head, in which two shafts are mounted rotating. A first shaft is a camshaft, equipped both with cams that control the intake valves by means of an electronically controlled hydraulic device and with cams that control the exhaust valves mechanically. The second shaft is...

20060090719 - Valve timing controller: An outer bottom of an engaging member, which is formed as a tubular shape having a bottom, is contact with an inner wall of a housing existing in the opposite direction of a fitting direction. The engaging member urges and covers one edge of an urging member. As a result,...

20060090720 - Readily-fillable hydraulic valve lifter assembly: A hydraulic valve lifter including venting means to assure venting of air through the lifter and filling thereof with oil during pre-start filling of the engine oil galleries after engine assembly. Patterning of a hemispherical pushrod seat surface, and/or patterning of either or both of the mating surfaces of a...

20060090721 - Starting a camless engine from rest: A method and system to start an internal combustion engine from rest is disclosed. The engine has intake and exhaust valves in each cylinder in which actuation of such valves is independent of engine rotation. The engine also has a fuel injector and a spark plug disposed in each engine...

20060090722 - Intake manifold spacer for an internal combustion engine: A device for use in a sectional intake manifold of an internal combustion engine which includes a body portion having an upper surface and a lower surface. The body portion includes a passage surface defining one passage about an axis from the upper surface to the lower surface. The passage...

20060090723 - Over-center actuator: The disclosure allows a short runner valve or manifold tuning valve type manifold tuning device to retain sufficient force on the valve assembly in its closed state to eliminate any vibration or chatter from the system under normal engine operation. The disclosure also allows the device to be “pulsed” to...

20060090724 - Crankshaft support structure of internal combustion engine: A crankshaft support structure of an internal combustion engine, comprising a crankshaft having journal portions a saddle-shaped bearing caps respectively mounted on an undersurfaces of the journal support bases formed in a lower portion of the cylinder block in such a manner as to straddle the journal portions being accommodated...

20060090725 - Devices for connecting canister air cleaners to carburetors of internal combustion engines: An assembly of components for coupling an air filtration device to an engine is disclosed. The assembly includes an adapter component having first and second adapter ends, and a hose having first and second bends and first and second hose ends, where the first hose end is configured for being...

20060090726 - Double bowl piston: A piston for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The piston has a piston crown with a face having an interior annular edge. The piston also has first piston bowl recessed within the face of the piston crown. The first piston bowl has a bottom surface and an outer wall....

20060090727 - Tuning fuel composition for driving cycle conditions in spark ignition engines: Tuning fuel composition delivered to a spark ignition, internal combustion engine as a function of driving cycle conditions results in improvements in one or more of fuel efficiency and combustion emissions....

20060090728 - Intake control apparatus and method for internal combustion engine: An intake control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a variable valve operating mechanism capable of varying a lift and operation angle of an intake valve continuously and a control unit that controls an intake air amount by varying the lift and operation angle of the intake valve in...

20060090729 - Control apparatus of internal combustion engine: a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine provided with a fuel vapor treatment system according to the invention includes a controller that discharges fuel vapor into an intake passageway by using the intake negative pressure, and which adjusts the amount of the intake air through the cooperative control of...

20060090730 - Valve characteristic controlling apparatus and method for internal combustion engine: An electronic controller variably controls the center of an operating angle of an intake valve as follows: when an engine load factor is equal to or higher than a threshold in a low load operation, the electronic controller advances the center of the operating angle with a decrease in the...

20060090731 - Method and apparatus for controlling motor-driven throttle valve, automobile, method of measuring temperature of motor for driving automotive throttle valve, and method of measuring motor temperature: A method is provided for easily avoiding undesirable effects on various physical values due to the change in temperature of a motor for driving a throttle valve without causing secondary problems. A technique is also provided for measuring the temperature of the motor electrically. The method uses a compensation device...

20060090732 - Control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: determining presence of abnormality in a low-pressure fuel system; ceasing an intake manifold injector when determination is made of abnormality in the low-pressure fuel system; increasing the target purge rate when the engine operation state attains an injection partaking state...

20060090733 - Accumulator fuel injection apparatus compensating for injector individual variability: A common rail injection system for internal combustion diesel engines is provided which is designed to correct a limit of width of an ineffective injection command pulse signal which is to be applied to each fuel injector, but causes the injector to produce no spray of fuel in order to...

20060090735 - Control system for an internal combustion engine, in particular a diesel engine: An injection control method for controlling a “common rail” fuel injection system in a diesel engine is described. The method includes the following steps: an initializing step for acquiring engine control parameters; and a main adjustment cycle for adjusting operational variables of the engine. The injection control method also includes...

20060090734 - Fuel injection system: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine including a fuel injector which can be subjected to fuel at high pressure and is actuatable via a metering valve device by which the pressure in a pressure booster control chamber is controllable such that the pressure in a pressure booster...

20060090736 - Flow damper for common rail fuel injection apparatus: A flow damper is provided with a clearance to absorb a deformation occurring in proximate to a lower end of the valve body by the clearance on an entire outer circumference of a lower side of a large diameter portion of a piston. By the configuration in this manner, even...

20060090737 - Oil separator for the separation of oil from the crankcase ventilation gas of an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to an oil separator for the separation of oil from the crankcase ventilation gas of an internal combustion engine, comprising a housing wherein a separating element is arranged, comprising an inlet for gas to be cleaned, an outlet for cleaned gas and an outlet for separated oil....

20060090738 - Centrifugal oil separator for blow-by gases of an internal combustion engine: In a centrifugal oil separator for blow-by gases of an internal combustion engine comprising a rotating component which has at least one inflow port for the introduction of blow-by gases from the crankcase of the internal combustion engine, at least a first outflow port for the discharge of air and...