Internal-combustion engines inventions 06/06

20060137627 - Method and apparatus for measuring piston temperature: An apparatus for measuring a piston temperature can simultaneously measure a temperature of a plurality of pistons by utilizing a Bluetooth unit and occurrence of noise is prevented....

20060137626 - Cooling system for an engine: A cooling system for an engine including a cylinder head, a cylinder block, coolant inlet lines, and coolant outlet lines. Coolant inlet lines for introducing coolant respectively to the cylinder head and the cylinder block are separately formed and coolant outlet lines for discharging coolant respectively from the cylinder head...

20060137628 - Engine-driven vehicle cooling device: An engine-driven vehicle cooling device includes an engine room for reception of an engine, a radiator provided within the engine room for cooling down a cooling water circulating through the engine, a cooling fan positioned between the engine and the radiator for blowing an internal air present in the engine...

20060137629 - Lower link for piston crank mechanism of engine: A lower link for an engine piston crank mechanism includes first and second half members joined by bolts to form a crankpin bearing portion. The first half member includes a first pin boss portion to connect the lower link with a first link which is one of an upper link...

20060137630 - Radial engine: The invention relates to a radial engine (1). The engine includes an engine block (2) having a central aperture (15). A drive shaft (8) extends through the aperture and a planar cam plate (6, 7) is fixedly mounted on the shaft. A pair of spaced opposed walls (26) extend from...

20060137631 - Internal combustion engine with regenerator, hot air ignition, and naturally aspirated engine control: An internal combustion engine and method is disclosed wherein separate compression and power cylinders are used and a regenerator or pair of regenerators is mounted between them to provide heat for hot-air ignition. The single regenerator embodiment operates as a two-stroke cycle engine and the embodiment with an alternating pair...

20060137632 - Internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine includes a piston reciprocating in a cylinder; a crankshaft; and a multilink piston-crank mechanism linking the piston with the crankshaft. The multilink piston-crank mechanism includes an upper link having a first end connected with the piston by a piston pin; a lower link mounted rotatably on...

20060137633 - Arrays for controllable power supply of electrovalves of an electrohydraulic valve control: An arrangement for supplying current to the solenoid valves of an electrohydraulic valve-timing system of an internal combustion engine in a controllable manner has solenoid valves assigned to the gas-exchange actuators. A two-stage supplying of voltage is provided for the solenoid valves, namely the supplying of an inrush voltage from...

20060137634 - Internal combustion engine with valves with variable actuation which are driven by a single pumping piston and controlled by a single solenoid valve for each engine cylinder: In an internal combustion engine with variable actuation valves, each variable actuation valve is actuated by an actuator assembly including an actuating piston slidably mounted in a guide bushing. Between the actuating piston and the stem of the respective valve is interposed an auxiliary hydraulic tappet positioned outside the guide...

20060137635 - Valve timing controller: A vane rotor, a bush, and a press-fitting member are connected with a camshaft of an engine. The bush is supported by an inner surface of a front plate of a shoe housing. The press-fitting member is contact with an end surface of the camshaft. The bush and the press-fitting...

20060137636 - Cam drive gear and valve operating system drive gear for engine: A cam drive gear for an engine is described where the distance between the axes of a crankshaft and an idle shaft bearing an idle gear thereon can be made smaller, thereby contributing to a reduction in the size of the engine. In addition, a valve-operating system drive gear for...

20060137637 - Rocker arm and method of manufacturing the rocker arm: In relation to a rocker arm obtained by applying cold forging to a blank made from a metal wire rod, cold forging is applied to a blank obtained by cutting a metal wire rod to a predetermined length to make a second intermediate blank 34b having a pair of side...

20060137638 - Hydraulic support element: A hydraulic support element (1) is proposed for a valve train of an internal combustion engine. This has a hollow cylindrical housing (2), in the bore (3) of which there is a pressure piston (4) made from synthetic material reinforced with glass fibers or carbon fibers....

20060137640 - Force-transmitting arrangement for a valve train of an internal-combustion engine: A force-transmitting arrangement (4) for a valve train (1) of an internal-combustion engine (2) with hydraulic valve play compensation device (6) with a hollow cylindrical compensation piston (15) is provided. The compensation piston (15) borders, on one end, a working space (32) of the valve play compensation device (6) and,...

20060137639 - Valve actuator for actuating a gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine: A valve actuator for operating a gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine has a sleeve-shaped positioning piston which is connected to a valve stem, has at least two shell-shaped wedge pieces enclosing a stem end of the valve stem, whose radially outer peripheral surfaces have a conical segment...

20060137641 - Force-transmitting arrangement for a valve train of an internal-combustion engine: A force-transmitting arrangement (4) for a valve train (1) of an internal-combustion engine (2) is provided with hydraulic valve play compensation device (6) with a hollow cylindrical compensation piston (13). This borders, on one end, a working space (28) of the valve play compensation device (6) and, on the other...

20060137642 - Plasma jet spark plug: A plasma jet spark plug for internal combustion engines comprises a central electrode, a shot channel defined by insulation material, and a ground electrode concentric with the shot channel. The center electrode has a conical shape and the ground electrode defines an outlet opening of the shot channel at a...

20060137643 - Battery voltage threshold adjustment for automatic start and stop system: A vehicle engine control having an automatic start and stop feature for idling the engine to maintain the battery charge includes adjustment for the battery voltage threshold at which the engine is started to recharge the battery. Preferably, the adjustment results from use of an ambient air temperature sensor and...

20060137644 - Automotive air induction duct: A raised distal end portion of a strut portion is in a non-joined state to a back side of an upper duct wall portion and is made up of a spherical abutting and sliding portion which can be brought into abutment with the back side by virtue of point contact...

20060137645 - Balance shaft for a reciprocating piston engine: In a compensating shaft for reciprocating piston engines with at least one compensating weight (22) connected torsionally elastically to the compensating shaft (21), effective noise reduction is achieved by using an elastic element, preferably one (25) made of plastic of elasticity which is graduated in the circumferential direction, the hard...

20060137646 - Top cowl for outboard motor and mold for forming top cowl: An outboard motor has a top cowl and a bottom cowl. A elongate thickened portion protrudes inwardly from an inner surface of the top cowl into an engine compartment. A bottom opening edge of the top cowl mates with the bottom cowl. The elongate thickened portion extends along the length...

20060137648 - Control device for internal combustion engine: An ECU executes a program including the steps of: calculating a base timing of injection (INJB); determining whether an engine knocks; if the engine knocks, increasing a correction value INJK(I) applied to correct a timing of injection; and calculating the base timing of injection INJB plus the correction value INJK(I)...

20060137647 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection: A method of operating an internal combustion engine with an injection device, wherein the method includes the steps of feeding combustion air to a combustion chamber via an inlet port, injecting fuel into the combustion chamber using a fuel nozzle arranged in the combustion chamber, igniting a formed fuel/air mixture...

20060137649 - Control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An engine ECU executes a program including the step of closing a current control valve in all regions when there is abnormality in a high-pressure system fuel system (YES at S100), the step of setting the VVT overlap to 0, the step of injecting fuel from only an intake manifold...

20060137650 - Valve device for internal combustion engine: A valve device for an internal combustion engine is provided with two flange portions, each of which is arranged at the outer periphery of a valve and has a larger outer diameter than a shaft. Annular valve-side end surfaces of the flange portions obstruct water flowing toward bearings and the...

20060137651 - Control device for engine driven vehicle incorporating generator: A control device for controlling an engine driven vehicle that drives a generator by an engine to supply power to an external load when the vehicle is stopped, including: rotational speed limiting means for controlling to limit a rotational speed of the engine to a limit rotational speed or lower...

20060137652 - Engine control device of construction machinery: A controller of a engine control device according to the present invention is configured to activate an automatic stop control of an engine when there is met a condition that an open state of a gate lever is detected by a limit switch and a rotation speed of the engine...

20060137653 - Manually operated implement driven by an internal combustion engine: A manually guided implement driven by an internal combustion engine having a carburetor that is actuated by a throttle lever arrangement, which includes a throttle lever that is mounted in the implement so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis, and also includes a transmission element that operatively connects...

20060137654 - Knocking control device for watercraft engine: A knocking control device for a watercraft engine includes a knocking learning value renewing section for changing a knocking learning value toward a low octane number ignition timing map when the knock sensor detects a knocking condition. The device changes the knocking learning value toward a high octane number ignition...

20060137655 - Pressure gauge for combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine: k

20060137656 - Fuel rail crossover hose: A fuel rail assembly with crossover conduits for communicating fuel between two fuel rails of a fuel-injected, spark ignited internal combustion engine is provided. The hose has a body with a mechanism for damping pressure pulsations within the fuel rail assembly....

20060137657 - Fuel injection system comprising a high-pressure variable-delivery pump: The injection system has a high-pressure pump (7) having at least one pumping element (18) operated reciprocatingly to perform an intake stroke and a delivery stroke. Each pumping element (18) has a corresponding intake valve (25) communicating with an intake conduit (10) supplied by a low-pressure pump (9). The intake...

20060137658 - Internal combustion engine storage-volume fuel injection system: The injection system has a pump for supplying high-pressure fuel to a storage volume for supplying a number of injectors. The pump has at least one reciprocating pumping element performing a compression stroke synchronously with each fuel injection. The injection system has at least one control device for controlling the...

20060137659 - Fuel injector retention clip: A fuel delivery system in accordance with the present invention comprises a fuel rail having an outlet opening and an outlet cup that is insertable into the outlet opening. The cup includes a flange. The flange includes at least one tab extending therefrom. The cup further defines a vertical axis...

20060137660 - Engine control apparatus: In order to prevent the generation of surge noise or other abnormal phenomena during deceleration of a vehicle, the present engine control apparatus comprises a turbo-supercharger driven by exhaust energy of the engine, at least one of an NOx trap catalyzer and a DPF mounted in the exhaust path of...

20060137661 - Fuel injection control method and fuel-injection control device: In order to perform accurate fuel injection control in response to fuel injection requests from the engine side without being affected by variations in power supply voltage and in coil temperature of a fuel injection solenoid and by other external factors, driving of the fuel injection solenoid is controlled based...

20060137662 - Fuel feed apparatus having fuel pump: A fuel feed apparatus pumps fuel in a fuel tank to an outside of the fuel tank. The fuel feed apparatus includes a lid member that covers an opening formed in the fuel tank. The lid member includes an outlet passage, through which fuel passes to the outside of the...

20060137663 - Apparatus for separating entrained air from a liquid: An apparatus for separating entrained air from a liquid includes a chamber extending vertically and having a bottom end and a dome-shaped top end. A divider is provided within the chamber dividing the chamber into an intake cavity and an exit cavity. The divider also forms a passage way near...

20060137664 - Supercharger: An electrically powered supercharger having a battery powered motor driving a fan that forces air from an air inlet to an air outlet and hence to an air-fuel intake (such as a carburetor) of an internal combustion engine. The electric motor operates independently of the operation of the internal combustion...

20060137665 - Exhaust gas recirculation system with control of egr gas temperature: A method and system for controlling the temperature of recirculated exhaust gas in an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system, such as those used in connection with diesel engines. An EGR loop (which may be either a high pressure loop or a low pressure loop) has a dual-leg segment with an...

20060137666 - Combustion chamber structure of an internal combustion engine: A squish surface having the shape of a plane surface orthogonal to the axis of a piston is formed on the intake side of the piston top surface. A squish area is formed between the squish surface and a plane surface-shaped squish surface on the cylinder head side, and at...

20060137668 - Air-fuel ratio control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An air-fuel ration control apparatus for an internal combustion engine according to the invention includes a control unit that makes a correction to the fuel injection amount using the air-fuel ration learned value when calculating the fuel injection amount, and that changes the guard value that places a limitation on...

20060137667 - Method for controlling an internal combustion engine having a lambda control: The aim of the inventive method is to improve the emission values of an internal combustion engine during idling following a cold start. Said aim is achieved by inferring an adaptive value for the required fuel quantity from a characteristic curve in accordance with the temperature of the internal combustion...

20060137669 - Apparatus, system, and method for minimizing nox in exhaust gasses: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for minimizing NOx in exhaust gasses. The apparatus includes an ionization module configured to at least partially ionize an exhaust gas of an engine. A characterization module is configured to identify NOx ions present in the ionized exhaust gas, and an engine control...

20060130778 - Thermostat-controlled regulation valve for a fluid and cooling circuit including such a valve: The housing of this valve delimits a chamber inside the housing, the chamber including a first fluid inlet at a first temperature, a second fluid inlet at a second temperature, and a first fluid outlet and a second fluid outlet through which fluid can freely communicate with the first and...

20060130779 - Water level detection apparatus for secondary water tank of radiator of wheeled vehicle: A water level detection apparatus for a secondary water tank of a radiator of a wheeled vehicle includes a water level detection element mounted in the secondary water tank, and a warning device connected to and controlled by the water level detection element to provide a warning effect when the...

20060130780 - Radial engine: A four-stroke radial engine comprises cylinders arranged radially with respect to a driving shaft of said radial engine and pistons associated with said cylinders, said pistons being connected to said driving shaft by means of respective connecting rods which are rotatably supported on a same crank pivot of said driving...

20060130781 - Tensioner lifter mounting structure for v-engne: A chain tensioner is in sliding contact with each cam chains in a pair of banks and each of cylinder heads of the pair of banks includes a tensioner lifter that abuts on a corresponding one of the two chain tensioners from a side opposite to the cam chains. Of...

20060130782 - Engine: An engine has a pivotally mounted tie member that connects a piston rod to a second piston rod. Each piston rod is connected to multiple pistons....

20060130783 - Rotary valve: A rotary valve which can securely shut off a fluid flow without improving a working accuracy of an outer peripheral surface of a valve and an inner diameter portion of a body, and which has a simple and compact structure, wherein a gap is formed between the outer peripheral surface...

20060130784 - Two-stroke internal combustion engine: A crankcase scavenged two-stroke internal combustion engine (1) in which a piston ported air passage is arranged between an air inlet (2) and the upper part of a number of transfer ducts (3, 3′). The air inlet is equipped with a restriction valve (4), controlled by at least one engine...

20060130785 - Linear emv actuator using permanent magnet and electromagnet: A linear EMV actuator uses a permanent magnet and an electromagnet in which EMV operation for opening/closing an exhaust valve and an intake valve makes valve operations linear. As a result, the valve undergoes a soft landing and active control of an amount of opening of the valve. The linear...

20060130786 - Device for actuating the gas exchange valves in reciprocating engines: A device is described for actuating the charge-cycling valves (V) in reciprocating internal combustion engines, consisting of a housing (G); a cam (N) mounted in the housing (G) in a revolute joint (ng) so as to be able to rotate, the rotational movement of which cam is derived from a...

20060130788 - Valve mechanism for internal combustion engine: The present valve mechanism for an internal combustion engine makes it possible to reliably perform switching between the low-velocity operation mode and the high-velocity operation mode without delay. The valve mechanism includes: a first rocker arm which is supported by a rocker shaft in an oscillatory manner; a second rocker...

20060130787 - Variable valve mechanism control device and control method: With a variable valve timing system, engine operability may be lost when performing open control of lift characteristic amounts to the minimum or the maximum of a variable range when a sensor error occurs. The present invention provides a lift operation angle changing mechanism that can continuously change intake valve...

20060130789 - remote variable camshaft timing control valve with lock pin control: A VCT system having a housing, a rotor, a locking pin, and a spool valve. The spool valve has a spool slidably located in a bore with a plurality of ports. The spool has a plurality of lands that block the ports. When the spool is in the advance position,...

20060130790 - Valve timing control apparatus and method for setting minimum torque: In a valve timing control apparatus, a relative rotational phase between a drive rotational member rotated with a crankshaft and a driven rotational member rotated with a camshaft is controlled by a relative rotational phase-controlling mechanism utilizing a fluid pressure in a fluid pressure chamber divided by a vane. The...

20060130791 - Variable cam system: A variable cam system which in one embodiment includes cams having a contacting surface formed by an involute curve, a cam shaft, and an actuator for moving the shaft in a longitudinal direction. The operating displacement of the cams may be varied by longitudinally moving the cam shaft....

20060130792 - Engine valve clearance adjusting method: A technique which allows an unskilled person to simply adjust a tappet clearance in an engine valve sometimes has a problem in that it can inaccurately adjust clearance because the abutment seat of a magnescale for detecting displacement is not a rocker arm itself and because the abutment position is...

20060130795 - Valve lifter body: The present invention relates to a valve lifter body, comprising an outer surface, enclosing a first cavity and a second cavity, wherein the first cavity includes a first inner surface configured to house a cylindrical insert, the second cavity includes a second inner surface cylindrically shaped, and at least one...

20060130793 - Valve train of an internal combustion engine comprising a tappet and a hollow tappet pushrod: The invention concerns a valve train (1) of an internal combustion engine comprising a tappet (2) and a hollow tappet pushrod (3) that is actuated by this tappet. The tappet pushrod comprises on one end (4), a first support (5) for an at least indirectly contacting pressure piston (6) of...

20060130794 - Valve train of an internal combustion engine comprising a tappet and a tappet pushrod: The invention proposes a valve train of an internal combustion engine comprising a tappet (7) and a tappet pushrod (1) that is actuated by said tappet (7), said tappet pushrod (1) being at least partly hollow and comprising on one end (3), a first support (4) for an at least...

20060130796 - Method and apparatus for fuel injection systems: An apparatus (100) for a gaseous fuel injection system includes a first chamber (15b) connectable with a source of gaseous fuel at a required inlet pressure, a second chamber (15c) connectable with an engine or other apparatus so as to supply gaseous fuel thereto and further connected with said first...

20060130797 - Balance shaft gear carrier drive: An engine drive assembly includes a camshaft gear, and a first idler gear engaged with the camshaft gear. The engine drive assembly further includes a crankshaft gear engaged with the first idler gear and a second idler gear assembly engaged with the crankshaft gear. Additionally, the engine drive assembly includes...

20060130799 - Crankshaft bearing bridge for an internal combustion engine: A crankshaft bearing bridge for a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine is connected to a cylinder crankcase at a parting plane and has external longitudinal side members running at a distance from a longitudinal axis of a crankshaft. Bearing crowns for the crankshaft run between the longitudinal side members across...

20060130798 - Crankshaft bearing for an internal combustion engine: Crankshaft bearings suitable for a reciprocating piston-type internal combustion engine having multiple cylinders are arranged in a housing made of a light metal alloy and include bearing bores for a crankshaft crank pins of a crankshaft. The bores having first and second bearing sections with first and second thrust bearings...

20060130800 - Valve for mounting in a cylinder wall: A valve (10) is described for use in oil injection of an oil mist (8) for lubricating/flushing cylinders in large engines and arranged with mounting means (14) for fastening in a cylinder wall (2) with a valve stem (12, 13) extending through the cylinder wall and with a nozzle outlet...

20060130801 - Oil pan structure: An oil pan structure includes a tubular level-gauge guide into which an oil level-gauge that measures the amount of oil stored in the oil pan is inserted. The oil pan structure further includes a nozzle guide that guides the end of a nozzle of an oil changer, which is inserted...

20060130802 - Module-like constructed internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a modular internal combustion engine (1) comprising an engine housing (17, 117) with a crankshaft drive (40) having at least one reciprocating piston (4) in a cylinder (2), which acts on a crankshaft (6) by means of a connecting rod (5), and a variable-speed gear box...

20060130803 - Multiple-power engine device: The present invention relates to a multiple-power engine device, and more particularly, to a cylinder mechanism comprising multi-sets of gear-drive eccentric top-raised cylinder drives inside an engine case being able to operate twice the processes of intake, compression, power and exhaust in a cycle to gain multiple of power output....

20060130804 - Internal combustion engine with auxiliary combustion chamber: An internal combustion engine comprises a main combustion chamber part, an auxiliary combustion chamber part, a first communicating passage, a second communicating passage and an igniting component. The auxiliary combustion chamber part includes first and second auxiliary combustion chambers. The first auxiliary combustion chamber is disposed adjacent to the main...

20060130805 - Self-igniting internal combustion engine: A method includes the steps of delivering a main combustion air quantity and a main fuel quantity, from which a main mixture is formed, to the combustion chamber; igniting the main mixture formed in an area of a ignition top dead center; and introducing an additional combustion air quantity and...

20060130806 - Apparatus and method for controlling internal combustion engine: An engine body includes a plurality of cylinders, and the intake valve lift-amount of each cylinder is changed based on the engine operating state. A pressure sensor continuously detects the intake pressure, which is the pressure in an intake pipe, to detect the intake pressure decrease amount, which is the...

20060130807 - Control apparatus for an internal combustion engine: To allow control of the revolution with good response during idling operation even if the air excess coefficient is reduced, thereby reducing the isovolumetric level in a diesel engine, the isovolumetric level CVOL is estimated based on at least one of air excess coefficient, fuel ignition timing, and pressure end...

20060130808 - Engine speed control with high speed override mechanism: A secondary engine speed control mechanism for small internal combustion engines, including an operator control which is manually operable to override an engine running speed which is set by the engine's primary speed control mechanism and governed by the governor. The secondary speed control mechanism may be selectively actuated by...

20060130809 - Engine speed control with high speed override mechanism: A secondary engine speed control mechanism for small internal combustion engines, including an operator control which is manually operable to override an engine running speed which is set by the engine's primary speed control mechanism and governed by the governor. The secondary speed control mechanism may be selectively actuated by...

20060130810 - Throttle control in internal combustion engine for noise reduction: Limitation of the opening rate of the throttle valve is prohibited unless the following conditions have been all satisfied: (i) the engine speed detected at starting opening the throttle valve is below a prescribed speed; (ii) the throttle angle detected at starting opening the throttle valve is below a prescribed...

20060130811 - Electronic ignition for aircraft piston engines: An Electronic Ignition for a piston aircraft engine, which replaces conventional magneto ignitions, includes a precise engine shaft position sensor and incorporates an internal alternator as a backup electrical power source....

20060130812 - Fuel injection system of internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine provided with a common rail (13) and fuel injectors (3) connected to the common rail (13). When pilot injection is performed, the injection pressure pulsates. At this time, the injection amount of the main injection fluctuates by a certain fluctuation pattern. If indicating on an abscissa...

20060130813 - Method and apparatus for controlling the pressure in a common rail system: In a common rail operating method and system, an arrangement for controlling the rail pressure is provided with a rail pressure controller including a current control circuit for controlling a suction throttle valve operating current (i) which valve is arranged in the fuel supply line to a high pressure pump...

20060130814 - Variable incremental activation and deactivation of cylinders in a displacement on demand engine: A method of regulating displacement in a displacement on demand engine includes determining a desired engine displacement and determining a current engine displacement. The method further includes adjusting activation of a first cylinder to partially achieve the desired engine displacement and subsequently adjusting activation of a second cylinder to fully...

20060130815 - Fuel delivery assembly for dual lobe fuel tank: A fuel delivery assembly for a dual lobe fuel tank. The assembly comprises a flange for disposing the assembly within the fuel tank. The flange has outer and inner surfaces. The inner surface has a collar extending therefrom. The collar has radial slots formed thereon. The assembly further comprises a...

20060130816 - Controlling vapor emission in a small engine fuel tank system: A fuel vapor emission system for small engine gas tank which does not require redesign or retooling for manufacturing of the tank. A new filler tube has the lower end positioned to cause fuel to rise rapidly in the tube before the tank is full, signaling the operator to stop...

20060130817 - Vapor assisted cold start control algorithm: An engine system according to the present invention includes an engine and a fuel system that delivers a liquid fuel and a vapor fuel to the engine. A control module communicates with the fuel system and modulates the vapor fuel delivered to said engine based on a determination of a...

20060130818 - Egr cooler: The present invention provides an EGR cooler that is easy to manufacture and can accelerate heat exchange. Round in section tubes are plastically deformed in one plane crossing centerlines thereof such that corrugated exhaust gas flow paths are formed inside the tubes....

20060130819 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, especially a motor vehicle, and device for implementing said method: The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, particularly a motor vehicle, wherein the nitrogen content in an intake air flow (1) suctioned from the ambient air is reduced before delivering the air flow to at least one combustion chamber of the internal...

20060130820 - Method and device for engine control in a motor vehicle: A method is specified for controlling a combustion engine in a motor vehicle, namely for optimally adjusting an air/fuel ratio which is distinguished in that the air/fuel ratio is the result of a regulation process. Individual aspects of the invention further address a regulation method particularly suitable for such regulation...

20060124079 - System and method for recovering wasted energy from an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine and its method of operation including at least one embodiment operating on a six-stroke cycle and including at least one piston and cylinder assembly. The six-stroke cycle includes two power strokes, the latter of which is the result of a water to steam conversion process utilizing...

20060124080 - Pilot oil ignition gas engine and method of operating pilot oil ignition gas engine: The gas engine of the present invention has a pilot oil fuel valve, a pilot oil pump, and first and second pipes connected to a pilot oil main pipe, for each of a plurality of combustion chambers. An operating pilot oil tank and an ignition stimulant-added pilot oil tank are...

20060124081 - Reverse fan operation for vehicle cooling system: A system for reducing the time that it takes a vehicle fuel cell engine to reach its operating temperature at vehicle start-up. The system includes a radiator and a fan, where a cooling fluid from the engine is directed through the radiator where it is cooled by airflow from the...

20060124082 - Diecast cylinder crankcase: The invention relates to a diecast cylinder crankcase into which a liner (4) consisting of a plurality of cylinder sleeves is cast. Said liner (4) is produced by sandcasting and is placed in the diecasting mould. The liner (4) comprises an at least partially closed water jacket (6) which can...

20060124083 - Control device for free piston engine and method for the same: A free piston engine has a pair of pistons opposing to each other and movable in a cylinder, to form a combustion chamber between the pistons. A mixed gas of air and fuel is supplied into the combustion chamber and the mixed gas is auto-ignited when it is compressed by...

20060124084 - Internal combustion engine: A two-stroke internal combustion engine is disclosed having opposed cylinders, each cylinder having a pair of opposed pistons, with all the pistons connected to a common central crankshaft. The inboard pistons of each cylinder are connected to the crankshaft with pushrods and the outboard pistons are connected to the crankshaft...

20060124085 - Air injection engine: An internal combustion engine of the present invention features separate compression and expansion cycles. The engine includes a separate compressor device which pressurizes air by a ratio greater than 15 to 1, at least one two stroke combustion cylinder and a compressed air conduit for transferring compressed air from the...

20060124086 - Controlled auto-ignition two-stroke engine: A controlled auto-ignition or spark ignition two stroke piston engine, fed by homogeneous air-fuel mixture, with crankcase scavenging, in which the amount of air-fuel mixture transferred from the crankcase to the cylinder is not greater than the 50% of the cylinder volume; said engine has reed valves in the transfer...

20060124087 - Valve: A valve is constructed to strike a balance between providing relatively high sealing yet low friction as components of the valve move. The valve includes a port and an actuator movable relative to the port. A member is disposed between the port and the actuator. The actuator acts on the...

20060124088 - Method for controlling and/or regulating a constant voltage converter for at least two electromagnetic valves of an internal combustion engine, especially an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle: A method for controlling and/or regulating a d.c. converter for at least two electromagnetic valves of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is provided. A current generated by the d.c. converter is supplied to each valve. A determination is made as to when the total currents supplied to...

20060124090 - Apparatus and method for controlling internal combustion engine: An electronic control unit increases the maximum lift amount or the working angle of an intake valve if it is determined that the operation for stopping an engine is performed. The electronic control unit stops fuel injection or ignition before increasing the maximum lift amount or the working angle....

20060124089 - Method for controlling an actuator, using a retaining mark space ratio: The invention relates to a method for controlling an actuator which can be displaced between two end positions, said actuator being impinged in one end position and being capable of displacement to the other end position by an electromagnetic part. The actuator is first supplied with an electromagnetic current using...

20060124091 - Variable valve control apparatus for internal combustion engine: A reference model simulates a desired response characteristic of the variable valve timing apparatus and is constructed by using a dynamic characteristic in a region of the maximum changing speed of the valve timing of the variable valve timing apparatus. The variable valve timing apparatus is constructed of the control...

20060124092 - Valve characteristic control device for internal combustion engine and method of the same: A lift time area is calculated based on an actual valve working angle of an intake valve and an engine rotational speed. Then, a control gain of a feedback control is set based on the lift time area....

20060124095 - Control structure for the adjusting motor of an electric camshaft adjuster: A control structure for the adjusting motor of an electric camshaft adjuster in an internal combustion engine is provided. The control structure includes a controller which processes measuring signals of the internal combustion engine to control data for the adjusting motor. A controller which has meaningful values for the adjusted...

20060124093 - Valve timing control apparatus for internal combustion engine: A valve timing control apparatus for controlling an opening and closing timing of a valve of an internal combustion engine includes a driving side rotational member synchronously rotated with a crankshaft, a driven side rotational member provided coaxially with the driving side rotational member and synchronously rotated with a camshaft,...

20060124094 - Valve timing control apparatus for internal combustion engine: A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving side rotational member synchronously rotated with a crankshaft, a driven side rotational member provided coaxially with the driving side rotational member and synchronously rotated with a camshaft, a fluid pressure chamber being separated into an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle...

20060124096 - Rocker arm for valve actuation: The present invention provides an improved rocker arm system for actuating poppet valves in high performance internal combustion engines. The rocker arm provides trunnion journals extending from each side fitted to outboard bearing mounts to guide the motion of the rocker arm. An I-beam rocker arm having high stiffness and...

20060124097 - Manually guided implement having a spark plug connector arrangement: A manually guided implement comprising an engine housing that at least partially surrounds a cylinder of an internal combustion engine. The engine housing has a wall provided with an opening for a spark plug that is disposed in the cylinder. A spark plug connector arrangement is placed over the outside...

20060124098 - Ignition systems for portable power tools: The cooperative operational relationship among an ignition switch, choke mechanism and air filter unit for a portable power tool are integrated in a way to improve that relationship. The ignition switch and choke mechanism are arranged in a coactive relationship wherein the ignition switch and a choke lever in the...

20060124099 - Oil tank for dry sump engines: An oil tank for a dry sump engine has a housing having an upper region and a lower region in which the oil is contained. The lower region has an oil outlet to feed a pump which supplies oil to the engine. The upper region houses a swirl tube connected...

20060124100 - Optimal heat engine: A conservative force coupled to the piston of a reciprocating-piston engine, refrigerator, or compressor acts to counter the pressure force on the piston that arises from the change of volume of the working substance accompanying a change in the piston position. As a result, the efficiency of the engine, refrigerator,...

20060124101 - Rotary vane engine and thermodynamic cycle: For low mass flow, the solo use of the turbo-rotary engine overcomes the limitations of conventional internal combustion engines and enable significant improvement in power, torque and efficiency. The solo configurations (FIG. 1, 2, 3, 4) of the invention comprise compressor (48) and turbine housings (59), each housing receiving an...

20060124102 - Rotary engine system: This rotary internal combustion engine has two rotatable vane type pistons (A1, A2) mounted for axial rotation in a sealed casing (1). Engageable locking mechanisms (5, 6) can lock the two pistons (A1, A2) in position proximate to each other so as to form a combustion space (7) between the...

20060124103 - Direct injection diesel engine: A combustion chamber opening toward a cylinder head is provided on a top surface of a piston, and this combustion chamber comprises a first volume having an inclined surface and a second volume further recessed from the first volume toward a pin boss. Fuel spray F from a fuel injection...

20060124104 - Methods for operating a spark-ignition internal combustion engine: The invention relates to two methods for forming a fuel/air mixture of a directly injecting internal combustion engine with a spark ignition. In the first method, the fuel injection is configured in a homogeneous operating mode of the internal combustion engine in such a way that a first and a...

20060124105 - Control device of internal combustion engine: An ECU performs stop control for operating an engine for a prescribed time after an ignition switch is turned off. During performance of the stop control of the engine, the ECU prohibits an update of an accelerator press-down degree signal and controls an opening degree of a throttle valve such...

20060124106 - Throttle control devices: A sensor for a throttle control device. The throttle control device includes a throttle body. A throttle valve is disposed within an intake air channel defined within the throttle body. A speed or gear reduction mechanism is coupled between a motor and the throttle valve. A sensor detects the rotational...

20060124107 - Method for determining the ignition angle: A method for determining the ignition angle is provided, in which modifications of manipulated variables which have an influence on the knock limit, and therefore on the optimum ignition angle as well, are dynamically taken into account. To this end, a base ignition angle is first determined, based on the...

20060124108 - Method for detecting and controlling movement of an actuated component: A method for detecting and controlling the position of a valve actuator is provided. The method includes applying a plurality of signals of different duration and/or magnitude to the valve actuator and measuring a signal from the valve actuator. This signal from the valve actuator is indicative of valve movement...

20060124109 - Wire harness mounting structure for fuel distributor pipe: Wire harness mounting structure for fuel distributor pipe comprises at least one pair of first and second guide claws provided on an outer periphery of the fuel distributor pipe with having a space along the longitudinal axis thereof, the first guide claw has a first wire harness support groove opened...

20060124110 - Connection of two coaxially in-line elements in a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a connection of two coaxially in-line elements in a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine, in which the first element is preferably a receiving bush of a fuel distributor line with a guide opening, and the second element, embodied as a pressure regulating valve...

20060124111 - Fuel flow path module in inline pump type fuel injection apparatus: To make a length in a horizontal direction of a vapor return joint small, thereby improving an assembling property of a fuel flow path module to a fuel tank, a vapor inflow hole, a fuel outflow hole and a regulator fuel inflow hole are provided in a fuel tube portion...

20060124112 - Fuel delivery system: A fuel delivery system for an engine is disclosed which includes an injector (20) and a housing (3) for supporting a fuel injector (20). A regulator (202, 313) is provided for regulating the pressure of fluid in the housing to maintain the pressure at about supply pressure, and the pressure...

20060124113 - Marine engine fuel cooling system: A fuel cooling system for a marine inboard engine, including a fuel tank, a fuel supply conduit, and a heat exchanger. The fuel supply conduit includes first and second ends, and extends between the fuel tank and a fuel injection system for the engine. The heat exchanger is disposed intermediate...

20060124114 - Bypass for exhaust gas cooler: An exhaust gas recirculation cooler, typically of the drawn cup design, with a bypass and control valve is disclosed. The control valve can direct a proportion of the exhaust gas to the cooler and a proportion to bypass the cooler depending on the input temperature of the exhaust gas and...

20060124115 - Dual and hybrid egr systems for use with turbocharged engine: EGR systems for an internal combustion engine configured to operate using multiple-staged turbochargers, or a pair of single stage turbochargers, to provide exhaust gas recirculation to meet emissions requirements while not affecting engine performance. One or two EGR loops operating at low, intermediate, or high pressures may be employed. EGR...

20060124116 - Clean gas injector: A clean gas induction (CGI) injector having an intake air conduit with inner diameter and defining an intake air flow path, and a CGI conduit defining a clean gas flow path. The CGI conduit disposed within the intake air conduit includes an open end portion having an inner surface and...

20060124117 - Oil mist removal device with oil fill: An oil mist removal device, with oil fill, is provided for an internal combustion engine. A housing has first and second passages, and a separator therebetween. An oil fill port in the first passage is provided for adding oil to the engine....

20060112906 - Fuel combustion catalyst microburst aerosol delivery device and continuous and consistent aerosol delivery device: Efficient fuel combustion catalyst delivery device and method are provided. A fuel combustion catalyst delivery device includes a storage vessel that contains a liquid. The liquid includes one or more catalytic materials. The storage vessel is attached to a nebulizer that can convert the liquid to an aerosol to be...

20060112907 - Oil pump assembly: An oil pump assembly includes a plurality of pump chambers constituting a plurality of oil pumps, respectively, a plurality of rotors are fitted into the pump chambers, respectively, with a single driving shaft carrying the plurality of rotors to form a single body. Oil pumped up from an oil pan...

20060112909 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly for an agricultural tractor includes a rotatable fan mechanically driven by a drive shaft coupled to an internal combustion engine. A fan shroud encloses the outer periphery of the fan and is mechanically connected to the engine. A bearing is mounted on the drive shaft and supports...

20060112908 - Frost plug adapter assembly: A frost plug adapter assembly having a locking mechanism that provides a positive capture through an existing frost plug aperture. A cylindrical body is engaged within a frost plug aperture and is maintained in place by a bolt, a locking element and a wing nut. The bolt is advantageously positioned...

20060112910 - Vehicle: A vehicle is capable of simplifying attaching a connection member and an atmospheric discharge member to a reservoir tank of a vehicle body. The vehicle is arranged such that it includes a connection member for connecting a heat exchanger for cooling an engine and a reservoir tank for storing liquid...

20060112911 - Eccentric crank variable compression ratio mechanism: A variable compression ratio mechanism for an internal combustion engine that has an engine block and a crankshaft is disclosed. The variable compression ratio mechanism has a plurality of eccentric disks configured to support the crankshaft. Each of the plurality of eccentric disks has at least one cylindrical portion annularly...

20060112912 - Internal combustion engine: There is provided a two stroke internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder and a piston. The cylinder has a cylinder head, a wall and a crankcase. The wall extends between the cylinder head and the crankcase. The cylinder head has a first opening and a second opening. The piston is...

20060112913 - Internal combustion engine: The mechanization of a hot air engine cycle consisting of almost constant temperature compression, heat added from regeneration at constant pressure, heat added at constant volume, adiabatic expansion, and heat rejected to regeneration. Almost constant temperature compression is achieved by using a multi-stage-intercooled compressor. Heat is added at constant pressure...

20060112916 - Cylinder head cover and method for mounting cylinder head cover to cylinder head: A cylinder head cover covers a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. The engine has a variable valve actuation mechanism and a control valve for controlling supply and drainage of hydraulic oil to and from the variable valve actuation mechanism. The cylinder head cover includes a cover main body...

20060112918 - Apparatus for an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to an apparatus for an internal combustion engine which for each cylinder with associated piston has at least one inlet valve and at least one exhaust valve for controlling the connection between the combustion chamber in the cylinder and an intake system and an exhaust system respectively....

20060112919 - Valve-driving system of internal combustion engine and valve-driving apparatus: A valve-driving system, which is applied to an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, for driving an intake or exhaust valve provided in each cylinder, comprising: a plurality of valve-driving apparatuses, each of which is provided for at least each one of the intake valve and the exhaust...

20060112917 - Variable valve operating apparatus for internal combustion engine: A variable valve operating apparatus including a drive cam, a rocker cam pivotally supported on a first pivot, a lift varying mechanism operative to change a pivotal position of the rocker cam to vary a valve lift of an engine valve, a swing arm including one end portion at which...

20060112920 - Camshaft adjuster having a means for securing against modification: Camshaft adjusters which work in accordance with the operating principle of a hydraulic oscillating motor comprise at least two components arranged parallel to one another. Frequently, the two components are a covering plate and a stator. The two components are connected by fasteners which penetrate through one of the two...

20060112921 - Camshaft adjuster with an electrical drive: The invention relates to a device for releasably connecting and adjusting the positions between a crankshaft and a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine, which includes a setting gear (1) configured as a three-shaft gear, which has a drive shaft (4) connected to the crankshaft, an output shaft (5)...

20060112922 - Cylinder head cover: First and second attachment portions 6, 8 are formed integrally with a main body 4 and extend along the longitudinal direction of the main body 4. A hydraulic oil supply portion 14 is formed integrally with the main body 4 and extends along the width, or in the direction perpendicular...

20060112914 - Valve operating mechanism: A valve operating mechanism is described for an internal combustion engine in which at least one valve (14) of an engine cylinder is operated by two cams (10,12). The cams (10,12) have respective cam followers (38,36) which are resiliently biased to remain in contact with the cams (10,12) at all...

20060112915 - Valve tappet system, especially anti-rotation bucket tappet having curved cam follower surface: A valve tappet system includes a base body, a lateral section, which forms a guide surface for guiding the base body along an oscillation axis. The anti-rotation element to suppress a rotational or swiveling movement about the oscillation axis. The anti-rotation element has a seat face which sits on the...

20060112923 - Motorcycle starting system: A motorcycle engine starter adapted to start an engine of a motorcycle that is not equipped with an engine starter. The motorcycle engine starter includes a first and second wheel rollers, a drive motor, and an motor activator. The first and second wheel rollers are spaced apart a distance to...

20060112924 - Cylinder liner for a cylinder crankcase: The invention relates to a cylinder liner (2) for a cylinder block. Said cylinder liner has a contouring (6) at one end. The contouring (6) serves to support the liner (2) on a sleeve (4) inside a die-casting tool. When the liner (2) is cast in, recesses (10) of the...

20060112925 - Method and system for reducing fuel consumption in a diesel engine: The present invention relates to a method (and corresponding system) of reducing fuel consumption in a diesel engine (300) when operating at less than full power, the method comprising the step of: adjusting (101) a viscosity of a system oil (301) from the engine (300) resulting in a modified system...

20060112926 - Gas fuel engine and control method for the same: In a gas fuel engine, a first air-fuel mixture having a local excess air factor λ not less than 2 is combusted (a first combustion). When a target torque is not sufficiently obtained by the first combustion, a fuel is directly injected into a combustion chamber to form a second...

20060112927 - Engine method: A method for controlling an engine having both an electronically controlled inlet device, such as an electronic throttle unite, and an electronically controlled outlet device, such as a variable cam timing system is disclosed. The method of the present invention achieves cylinder air charge control that is faster than possible...

20060112928 - Low emissions compression ignited engine technology: A method and apparatus for operating a compression ignition engine having a cylinder wall, a piston, and a head defining a combustion chamber. The method and apparatus includes delivering fuel substantially uniformly into the combustion chamber, the fuel being dispersed throughout the combustion chamber and spaced from the cylinder wall,...

20060112929 - 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...

20060112931 - Accelerator pedal device: An accelerator pedal device is fixed through a housing to a body. By stepping on an accelerator pedal arm supported pivotally by the housing, the accelerator pedal arm and a interlocking member rotationally move integrally, and a spring set between an arm part of the interlocking member and a detection...

20060112930 - Throttle device for multipurpose engine: In a multipurpose engine throttle device having a throttle body disposed at an intake pipe of the engine and housing a throttle valve, a case is integrally attached to the throttle body and housing an electric motor moving the throttle valve, a speed reducer connecting an output shaft of the...

20060112932 - Misfire detector for multi-cylinder engine: The purpose of the present misfire detector is to prevent catalysts from being heated to high temperatures, thereby avoiding detriment or damage of the catalysts. The misfire detector for a multi-cylinder engine includes (1) a fuel cut control for misfire cylinders by a fuel cut means to stop supplying the...

20060112933 - Ignition timing control system for internal combustion engine: An ignition timing control system for internal combustion engines, which is capable of preventing occurrence of variation in engine speed and vibrations which can be caused due to variation in combustion state between the cylinders, to thereby improve drivability. The ECU 2 of the ignition timing control system 1 calculates...

20060112934 - Fuel injection system: A booster unit is provided in an injector of a fuel injection system. The booster unit comprises a booster piston accommodated in a pressure chamber, and a discharge valve capable of discharging fuel in a backpressure chamber. A controller has an indication-value setting step of setting an indication value of...

20060112935 - Method and device for operating an actuator with a capacitive element: A positioner includes a capacitative element with which an ohmic resistance is connected in parallel. The value of the ohmic resistance is sensed at specific points in time. To enhance operating reliability during operation of the positioner, correct functioning of the ohmic resistance is monitored, and a fault signal is...

20060112936 - Injection control device for fuel injection pump: In an injection control device for a fuel injection pump comprising: a water temperature sensor; a cold start device (CSD) for advancing a fuel injection timing to an engine when started up in a low temperature; and a controller, the controller recognizes a value T of water temperature by a...

20060112937 - Fuel supply system: In a fuel supply system having a plurality of surge chambers (6, 6′), a suction jet pump (14, 14′) is arranged at a designated height in each surge chamber (6, 6′). The suction jet pumps (14, 14′) in each case feed fuel from one surge chamber (6, 6′) into another...

20060112938 - Submersed fuel pressure regulator assembly: The present invention refers to a fuel pressure regulator assembly and method for regulating the pressure of the fuel supplied to the fuel rail at a predetermined pressure. The fuel pressure regulator includes a housing and fuel cover for containing the fuel pressure regulator and submersing the fuel pressure regulator...

20060112939 - Auxiliary intake device for engine: An auxiliary intake device for an engine includes a bypass tube and a control valve mounted on the bypass tube. The bypass tube includes a first end connected to an air cleaner and a second end connected to an intake tube at a position between an intake manifold and a...

20060112940 - Secondary internal combustion device for providing exhaust gas to egr-equipped engine: A system and method for providing exhaust gas to an EGR-equipped lean burn diesel engine (the primary engine). The exhaust gas is provided by a secondary internal combustion device, whose configuration, thermal cycle, and operating conditions may be different from that of the primary engine. The secondary internal combustion device...

20060112941 - Apparatus for controlling cyclone separators: Apparatus for separating oil from crankcase ventilation gases of an internal combustion engine having at least two oil separators in the form of cyclones connected in parallel and traversed by the crankcase ventilation gases. The apparatus is equipped with a control valve that divides the volumetric flow of the crankcase...

20060112942 - Engine air-fuel ratio control system: An engine air-fuel ratio control system is configured to use a rich air-fuel ratio immediately after starting an engine such that the air-fuel ratio converge rapidly toward a stoichiometric value and then afterwards start an air-fuel ratio feedback control. Upon determining an air-fuel ratio sensor is active, a stabilization fuel...