Internal-combustion engines inventions 07/06

20060162676 - Engine cooling system: A cooling system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed in which the supply of coolant to a cylinder block 6 is controlled independently of the coolant supply to a cylinder head 10 so that the temperatures of the cylinder block 6 and the cylinder head 10 can be optimised...

20060162677 - Internal combustion engine coolant flow: A cooling system for an internal combustion engine 1 is disclosed in which an electronically controlled flow control valve 9 is used to control the flow of coolant exiting the engine 1. The electronically controlled flow control valve 9 is able to control the cooling of the engine 1 irrespective...

20060162678 - Dynamic journal engine: An internal combustion engine that replaces the throw journal of a crankshaft with a set of contours that are dynamic rather than static. The contour is such that three cycles of engine operation are not affected, i.e., exhaust, intake, and compression. The contour deviates only during the power stroke where...

20060162680 - Bi-directional power electronics circuit for electromechanical valve actuator of an internal combustion engine: A bi-directional dual coil half bridge converter adapted to be coupled to a dual coil actuator of a cylinder valve in an internal combustion engine is described. In one example, the converter has a first and second capacitor and a voltage source, where the converter is actuated via switches to...

20060162681 - Intake air amount control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An intake air amount control apparatus is mounted on a vehicle having an automatic transmission 30 that switches the shifting pattern for the gear ratio between two modes. The intake air amount control apparatus controls the intake air amount by cooperation of a variable valve lift mechanism 25 that changes...

20060162682 - Solenoid spool valve: A solenoid spool valve includes a spool valve, a spring, and an electromagnetic actuator. The spool valve has a generally cylindrical sleeve provided with a fluid input port and a fluid output port and a spool supported in the sleeve for axial displacement to switch between said input and output...

20060162683 - Variable valve timing controller: A variable valve timing controller has a phase adjusting mechanism. The phase adjusting mechanism includes a first rotating member and second rotating member which are respectively rotate in synchronization with a driving shaft and a driven shaft of an engine, a first arm rotatably connected with the first rotating member,...

20060162679 - Assembly and torsional stop device for roller tappets of a drive in an internal combustion engine: The invention concerns a mounting and anti-rotation device (mounting aid) (1) for roller tappets of a valve train of an internal combustion engine in which gas exchange valves are activated by roller tappets. The roller tappets comprising a substantially cylindrical tappet body are retained in receptions (7, 8) of the...

20060162684 - Hydraulic valve lifter assembly: A hydraulic valve lifter assembly including a lifter body and a cam follower. The cam follower is mounted to an end of the lifter body wherein the lifter body has a first diameter over a first body portion for engaging a wall of an engine bore. The lifter body also...

20060162685 - Spark plug capable of removing remaining electric charges: A spark plug capable of removing the remaining electric charges is proposed. The spark plug can be installed in a vehicle and has an insulating body, a center electrode, a conductive housing and a conductive wire. The center electrode is passed through the insulating body. The conductive housing is disposed...

20060162686 - Valve seat and method for producing a valve seat: A valve seat for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine includes an additional material fused to the base material of the cylinder head. The additional material includes at least two layers above one another, the inner layer, facing the cylinder head, having good joining properties with respect to...

20060162687 - Engine induction system: The engine induction system is a supplemental air filtration system for internal combustion engines. The system adds one or more supplemental air filter elements providing parallel flow with the original filter element, thus allowing air to flow through all filters simultaneously, rather than sequentially as in progressive filter systems. Thus,...

20060162688 - Rotary engine: Disclosed herein is a rotary engine. The rotary engine includes pistons disposed in operating chambers of a rotary member. The pistons are guided by means of the guidance of guiding pieces engaged in a guiding groove formed at a housing so that the operating chambers are expanded. Each of the...

20060162689 - Method of controlling diesel engine combustion process in a closed loop using ionization feedback: A system for controlling fuel injection parameters of a diesel engine is provided. The system includes an engine cylinder, a fuel injector, a glow plug, an ionization sensor and a controller. The fuel injector provides fuel to the engine cylinder and initiates the combustion process within the engine cylinder. The...

20060162690 - Fluid swirling device having rotatable vanes: The device includes a set of rotatable vanes and a set of stationary vanes which are mounted within a cylindrical housing. The set of rotatable vanes are connected to a post located at the axis of the housing and rotate relative to the post in response to the intake or...

20060162691 - Intake flow control apparatus for an internal combustion engine: An intake flow control apparatus for an internal combustion engine eases operation of an air flow regulator and permits use of a short intake passage, thus providing a high output. The intake flow control apparatus includes an air routing member having an intake passage formed therein, and an air flow...

20060162692 - Internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine is operated with a predetermined fixed A/F ratio in an operating range where the amount of intake air is not larger than a predetermined value but, in an operating range where the amount of intake air is larger than the predetermined value, the internal engine is...

20060162693 - Valve control device reducing noise: A valve control device corrects a change rate of an opening degree of a valve in accordance with engine rotation speed when deposit elimination operation is performed. The valve control device corrects an inclination between a positive maximum opening degree and a negative maximum opening degree of the valve in...

20060162694 - Throttle valve arrangement for a carburetor: A carburetor throttle valve actuation assembly for a combustion engine is readily adapted for use as a remote control actuator, a local control throttle actuator, or both together providing an optional choice for the end user. The carburetor has a throttle valve having a shaft journaled to a body for...

20060162695 - Fuel injection apparatus for internal combustion engine: A first fuel discharge path and a first return pipe that collectively discharge the amount of flow of fuel flowing out of the piston control chamber of a pressure intensifier built in an injector and the amount of flow of fuel flowing out of the nozzle back pressure chamber of...

20060162696 - Fuel injector pump with trapped volume: A pumping system (10) for a fuel injection system including a pump body defining a pumping chamber, a plunger (14), a high-pressure outlet, a high-pressure fluid line (18) connecting the pumping chamber to the outlet and a trapped volume (20) in communication with either the fluid line (18) or the...

20060162698 - Fuel delivery pipe: The fuel delivery pipe includes the flexible absorb wall surface formed on the wall surface thereof and injection nozzles, in which fuel introduction pipe 10 is connected to one end of fuel delivery pipe body 1 of a returnless type without a circuit returning to a fuel tank and is...

20060162697 - Plastic coated metal fuel rail: An improved fuel rail for delivering fuel to a fuel injector for an internal combustion engine is provided that reduces the weight of the fuel injection system, greatly reduces manufacturing costs by eliminating expensive manufacturing methods, such as brazing, high heat welding, post plating, blow molding, and extrusion, and enhances...

20060162699 - Internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle: An internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle with a cylinder head, an intake manifold, and a fuel distributor rail. The downstream end of the intake manifold is connected by a flange to intake channels in the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. The fuel distributor rail is located...

20060162700 - Apparatus and methods for protecting a catalytic converter from misfire: A method of controlling engine operation in a vehicle in response to a misfire of one of a plurality of engine cylinders fueled through fuel injectors. The vehicle includes a fuel vapor storage canister. The method includes disabling at least one of the fuel injectors, using an open loop to...

20060162701 - Method for detecting reverse rotation for internal combustion engines: In a method for detecting reverse rotation when starting an internal combustion engine having a sensor disk which is coupled to a crankshaft of the engine, the sensor disk having a marking via an alternating arrangement of teeth and tooth spaces, and a first sensor and a second sensor each...

20060162702 - Fuel tank and associated controller: A vehicle fuel system having a fuel tank with an opening with a closure disposed adjacent a vehicle component with a service access opening and closure adjacent the tank closure, and an electronic controller carried by the vehicle component closure. At least one electrical device in the tank is connected...

20060162703 - Selectively detachable helix ring for a fuel injector: Disclosed is a fuel injection mechanism for regulating the volume of fuel injected into a cylinder comprising a selectively detachable helix ring configured to be removably affixed to an outside diameter of a plunger. The selectively detachable helix ring includes a ridge that has at least one helix angle. The...

20060162704 - Low-resistance hydrocarbon adsorber cartridge for an air intake of an internal combustion engine: A low-resistance hydrocarbon-adsorptive cartridge for an air intake of an internal combustion engine comprising a structure for being mounted into a portion of an engine air intake system. The structure is adapted to orient and retain one or more thin sheets of activated carbon sheeting in the intake system. Preferably,...

20060162705 - Method for the activation of a tank venting valve of a motor vehicle during a leak test: The invention relates to a method for regulating a fuel tank venting valve of a motor vehicle during leak testing of a fuel tank venting system where the fuel tank venting valve is arranged in a recovery line that connects a retention vessel to catch fuel vapors from a fuel...

20060162706 - Exhaust gas heat exchanger: The invention relates to an exhaust gas heat exchanger comprising a bundle of pipes consisting of exhaust gas pipes and a bypass channel in a common housing. The pipe bundle is arranged in a first chamber that is crossflown by a liquid coolant and the bypass channel is arranged in...

20060156999 - Deformable combustion chamber-based internal combustion engine and generator: A reciprocating internal combustion engine is based on Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) that occurs in a deformable, resonant combustion chamber and that is coupled mechanically to efficient, resonant, electro-mechanical transducers acting as motors and generators. The mechanical coupling also implements fuel/air intake valves and exhaust valves. Embedded sensors allow...

20060157000 - Cooling and preheating device: In a cooling and heating device for an internal combustion engine having a main coolant pump supplying coolant to the engine and a coolant return line with a return flow control unit which directs the coolant return flow to the main coolant pump selectively via a large cooling circuit, in...

20060157001 - Method and apparatus to evaluate an intake air temperature monitoring circuit: A control system and method to monitor an intake air temperature sensing circuit for an internal combustion engine is shown. The electronic controller is connected to the intake air temperature sensing circuit, coolant temperature sensor, and a plurality of other engine sensors. The controller determines whether the measured intake air...

20060157002 - Internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle: In an internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle, having a cylinder head and an engine block, each with a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port which is common to the cylinder head the engine block, a main coolant pump having an intake side connected to the coolant...

20060157003 - Opposed piston engine: A two-cycle, opposed piston engine with side-mounted crankshafts and cylinders isolated from mechanical stresses of the engine includes tailored cooling of cylinders and symmetrical cooling of the interior surfaces of piston crowns. Each opposed piston includes a compliant member that permits movement of an axially-centered rod mounted in the piston...

20060157004 - Engine for motorcycle: In an engine for a motorcycle, a main shaft is supported rotatably by first and second support walls of a lower case which constitutes a part of a crank case. The center distance between the crank shaft and the main shaft is to be shortened while attaining a reduction in...

20060157005 - Two-stroke engine: A two-stroke engine (1, 31, 41, 51) includes a cylinder (2) having a combustion chamber (5). The combustion chamber (5) is delimited by a piston (7) which drives a crankshaft (25) rotatably journalled in a crankcase (3). The two-stroke engine (1, 31, 41, 51) includes a fuel line (14) wherein...

20060157006 - Method of operating a single cylinder two-stroke engine: The invention is directed to a method for operating a two-stroke engine having a cylinder in which a combustion chamber is formed and which includes devices for metering fuel and supplying combustion air as well as an ignition device for igniting a mixture in the combustion chamber. In the method,...

20060157009 - Method and device for controlling variable gas exchange valve in an internal combustion engine: A device for controlling variable gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine is provided, in which an actuator control operates gas exchange valves by controlling valve actuators while taking into consideration supplied state variables and control specifications. Before the actuator control is cleared to operate the gas exchange valves,...

20060157010 - Hydraulic valve driving device and engine including the same and vehicle: A hydraulic valve driving device includes a valve actuator operable to drive an engine valve, a hydraulic pump that generates the oil pressure for the valve actuator, a hydraulic pump driving motor that drives the hydraulic pump, and a starter motor. At the time of engine starting, after the hydraulic...

20060157011 - Switchable rocker actuator for the timing gear of a combustion engine: The invention relates to a rocker actuator (1) switchable to different cam travels. The inventive rocker actuator (1) comprises an external lever (2) which is arranged between the arms (3) and to which an internal lever (4) is pivotally connected. Said invention is characterised in that longitudinally movable connecting means...

20060157012 - Vehicle monitoring method, specific character pattern recognition device, and vehicle monitoring system: In a vehicle monitoring method, recognition processing of a specific character pattern of a vehicle is performed by extracting a specific character pattern area from a taken image data. When the specific character pattern cannot be recognized, a compression range is judged as being a vehicle area clipped from the...

20060157013 - Method of making a rocker arm: A method of making a rocker arm is provided that includes the integration, into a single piece, of three separate parts namely, a central longitudinal member, a push-rod plate; and a valve end plate in which the push-rod plate and the valve end plate are secured to opposing ends of...

20060157007 - Cam connecting shaft and method of use: The present invention is a novel non-splined shaft for connecting cam units (cam sections) in a series to construct a camshaft having zero degree backlash for use within an engine. Such engines typically use a camshaft comprised of a plurality of separate camshaft units (cam sections) which are connected in...

20060157008 - Shaft mechanism, in particular camshaft of automotive engines: To this end, it is proposed that the core (7) extends over the entire length of the sleeve (6) and widens it beyond the area limited by the inside shaft (1) without exceeding the upper limit of elasticity of the material of the sleeve (6) in comparison with its uninstalled...

20060157014 - Apparatus for controlling engine: An engine has variable-valve mechanisms. An engine control system has an engine control unit for executing automatic stop and start control. At an automatic-stop, the variable-valve mechanisms are controlled to obtain a valve operation characteristic suitable for a restart of the engine. When a catalyst is in an inactivated state,...

20060157015 - Engine cover mounting structure: In an engine cover mounting structure, an internal portion of an elastic member comprises a small diameter hole portion having a small inside diameter and a large diameter hole portion having a large inside diameter which continues to the small diameter hole portion, the relationship between an outside diameter W1...

20060157016 - Engine overall height reduction: An internal combustion engine includes a piston (2) and a crankshaft (33). The crankshaft (33) includes: a journal (33A) as a rotation center; a crank pin (33B) that is located eccentrically with respect to the journal (33A) and rotates integrally with the journal (33A), the crank pin (33b) connecting the...

20060157017 - Exhaust valve and intake system: A method for controlling a fluid quantity in an internal combustion engine is provided for an internal combustion engine having an engine shaft and an operation cycle that includes at least one intake phase, one proportioning phase, one combustion phase in a combustion chamber of the engine, an engine intake...

20060157018 - Fuel injection equipment, internal combustion engine, and control method of fuel injection equipment: A fuel injection equipment to control the instability of combustion when the airflow is weak, and improve the fuel cost. A fuel injection equipment for an cylinder injection type and spark ignition type internal combustion engine that injects gasoline directly to a combustion chamber, wherein the top angle at the...

20060157019 - Method for enlarging the control range for equalizing injection quantity differences: In a method for enlarging the control range for equalizing injection quantity differences, in particular in internal combustion engines using multiple injections, if the maximum injection quantity of all the individual injections of an injector of the internal combustion engine is lower than the minimum quantity required for control for...

20060157020 - Dual inlet port for internal combustion engine: A system (10) and method for the induction of a fluid into the combustion chamber (15) of an internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder head (12) having at least one intake port (14) communicating with at least one combustion chamber (15) via a valve seat (22) disposed about the intake...

20060157021 - Throttle body for v-type engine: To improve design freedom of fuel supply piping in a V-type engine, and avoid heat from cylinders, first and second fuel distribution pipes (8, 9) are arranged in one side walls (1a, 3e) and the other side walls (1h, 3a) respectively of first and second throttle bodies (1, 3), first...

20060157022 - Method and device for controlling a drive unit: A method and a device for controlling a drive unit which allow an improved transition between idle regulation and drive unit propulsion are provided. A setpoint value for an output variable of the drive unit is predefined, it being possible to modify the setpoint value as a function of at...

20060157023 - Starting system for internal combustion engine: In one aspect, an internal combustion engine includes a fuel injector for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber to produce an air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber, a spark plug for igniting the air-fuel mixture to cause combustion in the combustion chamber and a controller controls the spark plug to...

20060157024 - Engine system and vehicle: An engine system includes an engine and an engine control unit. The engine includes an intake valve that opens and closes the opening of a cylinder, a valve actuator that drives the intake valve and can arbitrarily control the lift amount of the intake valve, an intake passage that introduces...

20060157026 - Engine control device: An engine control device can include a throttle valve for adjusting an amount of air supplied to an engine, operation amount detecting sensors for detecting an operation amount of a throttle lever, a motor for driving the throttle valve between open and closed positions according to detection values of the...

20060157025 - Throttle device: With the throttle apparatus of the present invention having a throttle valve 30 disposed at an intake passage, a throttle shaft 240 to open and close the throttle valve 30, a DC motor 51 to drive the throttle shaft 40, and so on, a second drive means 60 is disposed...

20060157028 - Common use pedal device for automotive vehicles: A common use pedal device for automotive vehicles comprises a base plate and a pedal pivotably attached to the base plate and having a push rod extending downwards from an underneath surface of the pedal. A rotating member is mounted to the base plate in such a manner that the...

20060157027 - Engine intake control system: A transmitting case includes a first case half integrally formed on one side of a throttle body, and a second case half coupled to the first case half. A first assembly is constructed by disposing a final gear inside the first case half and securing it to one end of...

20060157029 - Spark advance controller and production machine of spark advance control logic in internal combustion engine: A spark advance controller capable of controlling spark advance in an internal combustion engine with high accuracy without requiring a larger number of data maps and performing laborious optimization tests using an actual engine. In the spark advance controller, map data for controlling the spark advance is computed by a...

20060157030 - Fuel injection system: A fuel injection system for supplying pressurised fuel to a fuel injector, the fuel injection system comprising an accumulator volume for supplying fuel at a first injectable pressure level to the fuel injector through a fuel supply passage, a pump arrangement for increasing the pressure of fuel supplied to the...

20060157031 - Fuel injection rail: A fuel injection rail includes a rail body including an upper case 30 made of a metal and an injector holding member 32 made of a resin, provided in its outer surface with recesses 35 in which holding parts 37 of the upper case 30 engage and a sealing groove...

20060157032 - Fuel supply system of internal combustion engine: The fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine includes an electronic control unit (ECU) for transferring the engine from a state in which a high-pressure fuel pump does not deliver any pressurized fuel to a state in which the high-pressure fuel pump begins to deliver the pressurized fuel by...

20060157034 - Direct injection valve in a cylinder head: A direct injection valve in a cylinder head (1) consists of a cylindrical housing comprising the following components: a valve (16) for dosing a fluid by means of a valve needle (15), an actuator (2) for generating a stroke acting on the valve needle, and a fluid supply to the...

20060157033 - Engine of spark-ignition type: An engine of spark-ignition type injects fuel from an injector (3) into an intake port (2) provided in a cylinder head (1). In this engine of spark-ignition type, the injector (3) has fuel injection holes oriented toward an inner wall surface of the intake port (2) and makes a start...

20060157035 - Method of controlling an internal combustion engine with a common rail fuel injection system: In a method of controlling an internal combustion engine with a common rail fuel injection system including individual fuel storage chambers for the supply of fuel to the various cylinders of the internal combustion engine, a fuel pressure (pE(i)) is determined during a measuring interval (MESS) and is stored, the...

20060157036 - Positive displacement supercharging apparatus for use in an in-line internal combustion engine and its method of formation: A positive displacement supercharger apparatus and its method of formation are provided for use in an inline cylinder engine. The positive displacement supercharger is structurally supported by a non-OEM intake manifold. The non-OEM intake manifold provides efficient structural support, direct and efficient air flow path, and implementation flexibility. The non-OEM...

20060157037 - Method for damping pressure fluctuations in the measuring signal of a lambda probe: In order to average the continuously sampled individual values of the measuring signal through totaling over a summation period (TP1, TP2), said period corresponding to the period, dependent on engine speed, of pressure pulsations of the exhaust, while at the same time sparing the memory resources, it is proposed for...

20060150928 - Air supply device for an internal combustion engine: In a secondary air supply device comprising a turbine and a compressor with turbine and compressor wheels having blades which are covered by wheel covers and an air filter structure disposed between the turbine and compressor wheels, so that air is supplied to the compressor and to the turbine from...

20060150929 - Internal combustion engines: An internal combustion engine includes one or more pistons (4), each of which is mounted to reciprocate in a respective cylinder (2) and is pivotably connected to a connecting rod (6) which is connected to a respective crank on a crankshaft (7). The connecting rod (6) is pivotably connected to...

20060150930 - Four cycle, piston-driven, rotary ported intake and exhaust super atmospherically charged on demand internal combustion engine: Disclosed in the field of the four-cycle reciprocating piston internal combustion engine is an invention for a rotary ported intake and exhaust system and super-atmospherically charged on demand engine. This invention replaces the inefficient reciprocating valve system with a friction free rotating shaft with ports and passageways to produce the...

20060150931 - Digital fuel injector, injection and hydraulic valve actuation module and engine and high pressure pump methods and apparatus: Digital fuel injector, injection and hydraulic valve actuation module and engine and high pressure pump methods and apparatus primarily for diesel engines. The digital fuel injectors have a plurality of intensifier actuation pistons allowing a selection of up to seven intensified fuel pressures. The disclosed engine operating methods include using...

20060150933 - Initialization of electromechanical valve actuator in an internal combustion engine: A method for initializing valves of an engine having a starting apparatus is disclosed. The engine may have electromechanically actuated cylinder valves. The method comprises moving at least a first valve away from a neutral position of the first valve before the engine is rotated by said starting apparatus; and...

20060150932 - Valve operation in an internal combustion engine: An apparatus and method for operating a plurality of valves in an engine uses valve actuators to move each valve. Accelerometers are used to detect acceleration of the valves and particularly the moment when they seat. A knock sensor detects an acoustic impulse made by the valves when they seat....

20060150935 - Camless engine hydraulic valve actuated system: A method and apparatus for hydraulically actuating a gas exchange valve using a low-pressure, substantially constant flow fluid source applied to at least one actuator cylinder piston coupled to the gas exchange valve. The actuator piston slides within the actuator cylinder upon application of pressure from the fluid for actuating...

20060150934 - Variable valve system of internal combustion engine and hydraulic actuator: In a hydraulic actuator comprising a hydraulic piston, a hydraulic cylinder and a hydraulic pressure source wherein said hydraulic piston has a larger area exposed to pressure on the side of the control chamber than on the side of oil supply chamber of said hydraulic cylinder, wherein said hydraulic piston...

20060150936 - Control device for multicylinder internal combustion engine: A control device of a multicylinder internal combustion engine provided with a valve operating characteristic control means for controlling a valve operating characteristic of at least one of an intake valve and exhaust valve, which estimates an intake difference of cylinders and limits a control range of said valve operating...

20060150937 - Method for managing the \"stop-and-start\" mode in a motor vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine: A method for managing the “stop-and-start” mode in a motor vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine; the method provides for the “stop-and-start” mode to be enabled or disabled as a function of a state of charge (SOC) of a battery of the motor vehicle, as a function of a...

20060150938 - Method for starting an internal combustion engine: The description relates to a method for starting a direct-injection internal combustion engine equipped with an engine management system and having n cylinders, in which n pistons oscillate between a top dead center (TDC) and a bottom dead center (BDC), and a crankshaft. It is proposed to set forth a...

20060150939 - Intake air device for internal combustion engine: An intake air device includes a first intake passage the length of which is fixed; a second intake passage the length of which can be changed, and a downstream-end of which is joined to a downstream-portion of the first intake passage; a first valve the opening degree of which can...

20060150940 - Internal combustion engine: The invention relates to an internal combustion engine comprising at least one piston which is mounted in a cylinder in a reciprocating manner....

20060150941 - Piston with oxidation catalyst: Pistons reciprocating in cylinders of a hydrocarbon-fueled internal combustion engine tend to trap air and unburned fuel between the top of the piston head and its enclosing cylinder wall. The circumferential side surface (or land) of the piston head above its upper piston ring groove is provided with a thin...

20060150942 - Timing cover for engine: A timing cover for an engine includes a plurality of dome-shaped embossed portions formed at positions of the timing cover that are most susceptible to vibration, based on an analysis of vibration modes of the timing cover....

20060150943 - Method for controlling soot induced lubricant viscosity increase: Periodically heating a soot containing engine lubricant to a temperature in the range of about 115° C. to about 150° C. is effective in controlling soot induced viscosity increase of the lubricant. The period at which heating is conducted may be a function of the number of hours the engine...

20060150944 - Torsionally damped rotary shafts: A rotary shaft, such as an automotive crankshaft, for rotation about an axis carries an eccentric substantially circular section, radially extending flap (6), connected to the radially outer surface of which is an annular housing (16) affording a cavity defined in part by radially inner and radially outer coaxial cylindrical...

20060150945 - Runaway engine shutdown using compression inhibiting mechanism: An engine that is operating with a combustible intake mixture may begin in to runaway, or in other words, uncontrollably operate at excessive speeds. In order to shutdown a runaway engine, the present disclosure determines whether an engine is operating in a runaway condition. If the engine is operating in...

20060150946 - Rotary piston engine: A rotary piston engine having a main rotor, a power rotor, and an exhaust rotor which is capable of carrying out intake, compression, combustion, and exhaust simultaneously....

20060150947 - Revolving piston internal combustion engine: To reduce the losses of a conventional reciprocating piston engine and to facilitate easy cooling, a new type of engine is conceptualized here. This invention deals with a new concept to make an engine to utilize easy sealing, easy cooling properties of the reciprocating piston engine and low vibration, low...

20060150948 - Rotary internal combustion engine: A rotary engine comprising a stator and a rotor, in which the stator presents a chamber the surface of which presents circular symmetry about a stator axis and the rotary presents an axis of rotation eccentric to the stator axis and is formed from a body which is torsionally rigid...

20060150949 - Rotary internal combustion engine: Said invention can be used for transport means, sports cars and power plants. The inventive engine comprises a hollow toroidal working cylinder provided with a continuous circular slot embodied along the small diameter thereof, a nozzle or a spark plug and arc-wise extended input and output orifices embodied in the...

20060150950 - Intake module for an internal combustion engine: In an intake module for an internal combustion engine having an intake module which includes a housing with a first volume in which air drawn in via an inlet orifice accumulates, a second volume in which the air is distributed to various cylinders of the engine and which contains inlet...

20060150951 - Internal combustion engine control apparatus: An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: detecting an engine speed NE, a throttle angle THA and an amount of intake air GA; estimating an amount of intake air GAINI from the engine speed NE and the throttle angle THA; if the estimated amount of intake air...

20060150952 - Method and apparatus for controlling operation of dual mode hcci engines: An intake and exhaust system for a dual mode HCCI engine, which provides superior intake temperature control and homogeneity for engine operation in SI and HCCI modes, as well as during transition between SI and HCCI modes and vice-versa. The system includes adjusted intake cam movement event lengths for intake...

20060150953 - Device and method for controlling internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine (1) generates power by burning a mixture of fuel and air in each combustion chamber 3. The internal combustion engine 1 is provided with an in-cylinder pressure sensor (15) disposed in each combustion chamber (3) and an ECU (20). The ECU (20) calculates control parameters at...

20060150954 - Fuel injection system: A fuel injection system comprising an accumulator volume (10) arranged to be charged with fuel by means of a high pressure fuel pump (12) and for supplying fuel at a first injectable pressure level to a plurality of fuel injectors (22), wherein each injector (22) includes a delivery passage (16,...

20060150955 - Low emission fuel efficient diesel locomotive engine including a piston having a toroidal surface: A diesel locomotive engine having a piston with a unique bowl geometry. The bowl is defined in part by a center portion having a partial spherical shape. A cone portion (22) is located adjacent the central portion. An annular toroidal surface (24) is connected to the cone portion (22) and...

20060150956 - Throttle body with hydrocarbon adsorber: A hydrocarbon adsorber system in accordance with the invention comprising a carbon adsorber element installed in a throttle body of an internal combustion engine. The element may be installed on a wall or in a groove in the wall of the throttle throat at a location immediately upstream (outside) the...

20060150957 - Regulator thermostat support of heat engine with external hot water circuit: Thermostat or calorstat support device for a heat engine having an external hot water circuit. The support device includes a support housing and a connecting arrangement connecting the support housing to a calorie consuming arrangement. The support housing is arranged to allow a controlled flow through the connecting arrangement. This...

20060150959 - Controller for air intake heater: An air intake heater system includes an air heater adapted to be positioned in communication with an intake passageway of an engine and a controller. The controller is operable to repeatedly supply current and discontinue the supply of current to provide a desired energy output of the air heater....

20060150958 - Quick temperature rise air intake heater: A quick temperature rise air intake heater is operable to rapidly transfer heat to air as it moves across a heating element and enters the combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine. The air heater may be energized simultaneously when the engine is cranked to provide a solution to starting...

20060150961 - Ignition spark enhancing system and devices therefor: An ignition spark enhancing system and devices which, in one aspect, establish the electrical path between a spark source (e.g. an ignition coil) and a spark plug, and in another aspect, between a power source (e.g. battery) and an ignition coil and, in a third aspect, between the ignition coil...

20060150960 - Spark plug with voltage amplifier and conical/hemi-spherical spark chamber: A spark plug with a voltage amplifier includes an upper spark plug body similar to a convention spark plug except that it contains a voltage amplifier or similar device to increase the voltage output or change the characteristics of the spark being emitted. The lower section of the invention is...

20060150962 - Air-fuel ratio feedback control apparatus for engines: An air-fuel ratio setting section sets a target air-fuel ratio KCMD according to the conditions of an engine. An air-fuel ratio correction coefficient calculating section calculates an air-fuel ratio correction coefficient KAF for controlling the air-fuel ratio wherein a detected air-fuel ratio KACT detected by a LAF sensor is converged...

20060144349 - Device for production of hydrogen from effluents of internal combustion engines: The present invention discloses a device for production of hydrogen from effluents of internal combustion engine, which comprises a steam generator, which derives thermal energy from the internal combustion engine and generates steam, the steam and the exhaust of the internal combustion engine being mixed in a reformer reactor and...

20060144350 - Construction machine: Engine noise of a construction machine is effectively reduced without reducing cooling performance and with an increase in the height of a body cover kept minimum. To achieve the above, an air-intake opening portion (10) and an air discharge opening portion (11) are arranged in a body cover (8) of...

20060144352 - Piston cooling device: A cooling structure is a separate member from a structural portion of an engine. An oil injection pipe includes cooling oil injection holes for injecting cooling oil into cylinder bores and is mounted across an engine at a somewhat upper position with respect to a crank shaft and in parallel...

20060144351 - Piston-pin boss of a piston for an internal combustion engine: The invention related to a piston-pin boss (18) of a piston (6) for an internal combustion engine, comprising a piston-pin bore (1) for receiving a piston pin. To improve the passage of oil and to form an oil reservoir, the interior surface (2) of the bore comprises a transversal groove...

20060144353 - Oil drain passage structure of cylinder block and core structure thereof: The present invention provides an apparatus for achieving precise manufacturing of drain passages such as those used for oil return and blow-by gas discharge in a cylinder block. Grid-like oil drain passage and corresponding core structures are disclosed herein; the oil drain passage structure comprises a plurality of vertical passages...

20060144354 - Variable stroke-characteristic engine for vehicle: In a variable stroke-characteristic engine for a vehicle, a control shaft and a control link are disposed on a front side of a vehicle body with respect to a crankshaft. An actuator for driving the control shaft is disposed on an outer surface of an engine block on the front...

20060144355 - Device for variable activation of valves for internal combustion engines: A device for variable activation of valves for internal combustion engines, which is arranged in a cylinder head having a camshaft mounted in a fixed location. The device has valves that close by means of spring force, and which are guided in a fixed location in the cylinder head together...

20060144356 - Method and apparatus for optimized combustion in an internal combustion engine utilizing homogeneous charge compression ignition and variable valve actuation: A valvetrain system mechanization for an internal combustion engine using compression ignition, including homogeneous charge compression ignition, having two intake and one or more exhaust valves per cylinder. The valves are operated by dual overhead camshafts having two-step cams. The intake and exhaust camshafts are provided with phasers for varying...

20060144357 - Camshaft adjuster with a locking position that, with regard to design, is freely selectable: Camshaft adjusters are provided for changing the position of a camshaft of an internal combustion engine. One such camshaft adjuster has a locking position that, with regard to design, is freely selectable....

20060144358 - Flanged cover assembly with flange pressure distribution compensator: A flanged cover assembly includes a cover having a wall portion, a lateral attachment flange surrounding the wall portion extending outwardly therefrom and a plurality of spaced flange bores extending through the flange from a upper surface to a lower surface. The bores are adapted to receive a corresponding plurality...

20060144359 - Nitrided valve lifter and producing method therefor: A sliding surface (2) of a valve lifter (1) or a shim (3) is subjected to a gaseous nitriding to have a surface hardness of Hv 660 or higher and a thickness of a compound layer (6) of 1 to 5 μm. The nitrided layer on the surface is a...

20060144360 - Apparatus and method for pre-cycle warm-up via wireless communication: A signal is received (201, 301) via a wireless communication channel, which signal requests initiation of pre-cycle warm-up for one or more components of an internal combustion engine. It is determined (203, 303) whether at least one of the one or more components requires pre-cycle warm-up. When at least one...

20060144361 - Method for switching on and off the internal combustion engine of a vehicle: A method and apparatus are provided for switching on and off the internal combustion engine which drives a vehicle by means of a manual transmission. The manual transmission is associated with a clutch for producing and releasing the frictional connection between the internal combustion engine and drive train. The clutch...

20060144362 - Ignition device with precombustion chamber coated with a refractory coating layer, for internal combustion engine, and igniter with precombustion chamber: m

20060144363 - Method for controlling a direct injection of an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a method for controlling an injection of an internal combustion engine. The invention provides that after the internal combustion engine is started, the injection and/or the ignition is carried out according to a signal of an absolute position sensor device, particularly according to an absolute position...

20060144364 - Barometric pressure diesel timing controller: A fuel injection timing control system for diesel engines operating at high altitude, including a sensor for a parameter of the engine intake air, such as engine intake air pressure or turbocharger speed. This sensor communicates with a barometric pressure timing controller, and a throttle position sensor communicates with the...

20060144365 - Dual injection type internal combustion engine: A dual injection type internal combustion engine including an injector for in-cylinder injection and an injector for intake manifold injection includes learning means for learning a background noise level based on an output signal of a knock sensor, and knocking suppression control means for performing, while learning the background noise...

20060144366 - Fuel injection device: A fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine has, depending on the number of cylinders, at least one local pump element, assigned to each injector, of a unit fuel injector or a pump-line-nozzle system for compressing the fuel. The injector and/or the supply line to the injector form a...

20060144367 - Pressure boosting common rail fuel injection apparatus and fuel injection control method therefor: A fuel injection valve (10) with a pressure boosting unit is provided in an engine (1), and boosted pressure fuel injection is performed by increasing a pressure of fuel supplied to a fuel injection valve from a common rail (3). An ECU (20) decides a pressure boosting period that is...

20060144368 - Fuel system: A fuel system for supplying pressurised fuel to a plurality of fuel injectors (14a-14f) comprises an accumulator assembly (16) having first and second accumulator volumes (18, 20) defined within a common accumulator housing (22), supply means (42) for supplying fuel at a supply pressure level to the first accumulator volume...

20060144369 - Engine: An internal combustion engine includes an intake conduit, a valve drive unit configured for driving an intake valve and a fuel injector. A cylinder head is formed by casting. The intake conduit is coupled to an intake port formed in the cylinder head through an intake passage also formed in...

20060144370 - Device and method for diagnosing evaporation leak, and control device of internal combustion engine: Pressure detection means detects the pressure of an evaporation purge system that includes a fuel tank and a communicating tube, which connects a canister for adsorbing and retaining fuel vapor to an intake pipe. Shutout means shuts out the evaporation purge system from atmospheric air. A pump is driven for...

20060144371 - Gas filtering and recirculating device for general machine: The present invention relates to a gas filtering and recirculating device for a general machine having an engine and a fuel tank provided above the engine, which is mountable above the fuel tank and comprises at its one end an air outlet in fluid communication with atmosphere and an oil...

20060144372 - Fuel tank comprising an aeration system: A fuel tank with ventilation system and activated carbon filter which, on the one hand, is connected by a first line (22) to the fuel tank and by a second line (25) to an internal combustion engine, and, on the other hand, by a third line (26) to the atmosphere,...

20060144373 - Fuel vapor processing apparatus: A fuel vapor processing apparatus includes a canister, a purge passage, a detection passage including an atmosphere passage and a restrictor, a passage changing valve for changing the connection passage of the detection passage between the purge passage and the atmosphere passage, a pump connecting with the detection passage on...

20060144374 - Exhaust gas recirculation control device for diesel engine: An exhaust gas recirculation control device in a diesel engine, capable of suppressing NOx and smoke discharged. A first temperature sensor (11) is provided at a portion more on the upstream side than a portion where a suction air path (3) joins an exhaust gas recirculation path (4), and a...

20060144375 - Method and apparatus for controlling the ratio of ambient air to recirculated gases in an internal combustion engine: A method and apparatus for controlling the ratio of ambient air to recirculated gases in an internal combustion engine, wherein an gas injector includes a intake air conduit defining a ambient air flow path, an actuator connected to the intake air conduit, a recirculated gas conduit operatively coupled and disposed...

20060144376 - Heating device for a fluid line and method for the production thereof: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a heating device for a fluid line, in particular for a crankcase venting system in an internal combustion engine, with a heating element and with a holding device, through which the heating element can be mounted on the fluid line. Embodiments of the...

20060144377 - Device for heightening engine efficiency: A device for heightening engine efficiency is provided with a heat-insulating seat of engine having a plurality of air inlets communicable with oil-gas inlets. The air inlets are provided with a valve, and the heat-insulating seat is provided with a cam mechanism, which is connected to a carburetor control device...

20060144378 - Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine and method for the individual shutdown and restart of its cylinders: In a method for the individual shutdown and restart of cylinders of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine having at least one intake and one exhaust valve per cylinder, a variable valve control, and a fuel injection system, according to the requirement of its shutdown, a deactivateable cylinder is filled with...