Internal-combustion engines inventions 10/06

20060236958 - Engine valve actuation system and method: The present invention provides a valve actuation system for an internal combustion engine. The valve actuation system of the present invention may provide an increased range of auto-ignition operation by providing a valve re-opening mechanism to provide products of combustion into the cylinder to increase the thermal efficiency and stability...

20060236959 - Pneumatically actuated valve for internal combustion engines: A pneumatically actuated valve assembly for use as intake and/or exhaust valves on two- or four-stroke internal combustion engines. The assembly includes a valve (100), valve housing (200), and compressed gas distribution and timing mechanisms (FIGS. 5-8). The valve (100) is comprised of a short light weight hollow cylindrical body...

20060236960 - Variably operated valve system for compression ignition engine: In a variably operated valve system for a compression ignition engine, an adjustment mechanism is controlled by means of a control section to detach an intake valve closure timing from a bottom dead center in accordance with an engine driving condition, and an engine start securing section guarantees an engine...

20060236963 - Hydraulic tappet: A hydraulic tappet including: a bottomed cylindrical body; a plunger slidably fitted in the body; a check valve mounted at one end of the plunger so that the check valve is interposed between a high-pressure chamber and an oil chamber, the high-pressure chamber being formed between a closed end of...

20060236962 - Valve-operating system for internal combustion engine: A valve-operating system for an internal combustion engine includes cam followers which have cam abutment portions abutting against valve-operating cams provided on a camshaft and which are swingably carried in an engine body and operatively connected to engine valves biased in a closing direction by a valve spring. The cam...

20060236961 - Variable valve apparatus of internal combustion engine: A variable valve apparatus of an internal combustion engine includes a cam shaft, a drive cam formed integrally with the cam shaft, and a rocker arm mechanism for transmitting an opening/closing force from an operating end portion thereof to an intake or an exhaust valve by receiving the opening/closing force...

20060236967 - Adjusting device for a camshaft of an internal combustion engine: In an adjusting device for a camshaft of an internal combustion engine having a drive element which is driven by a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, an output element which drives the camshaft of the internal combustion engine, and an actuating element controlled by a brake so as to...

20060236965 - Camshaft adjustment device for an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a device (1) for the electrical adjustment of the relative rotary-angle position between a camshaft (2) and a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, with an adjusting gear (3) which has a driving part (4) fixed with respect to the crankshaft, a driven part (5) fixed...

20060236966 - Device for the variable setting of the control ... combustion engine: e

20060236964 - System to release a stuck lock-pin in a cam phaser: A stuck lock-pin release system for a lock-pin in a cam phaser includes a stuck lock-pin detection module and a stuck lock-pin module that communicates with the stuck lock-pin detection module. The stuck-lock pin detection module periodically determines whether a lock-pin in a cam phaser is in a stuck park...

20060236969 - Rocker shaft arrangement for an engine: A rocker shaft arrangement for a valvetrain system of an engine is provided. The rocker shaft arrangement includes a split rocker shaft having two fluidly separate internal regions. Each of the fluidly separate internal regions is arranged to selectively carry an independent supply of pressurized oil for distribution to valvetrain...

20060236968 - Valvetrain system for an engine: A variable lift deactivateable valvetrain system for an engine is provided. The system includes a camshaft, a rocker shaft, a valve and at least one rocker arm rotateably connected to the rocker shaft and arranged to engage the camshaft. A connecting rocker arm is rotateably connected to the rocker shaft...

20060236970 - Control system for vehicle: A control unit automatically stops an engine when a vehicle is stopped and automatically starts the engine in a case where operation for a vehicle start is conducted by a passenger or a specified emergency start is required. Herein, in the case where the operation for the vehicle start is...

20060236971 - Variable air induction apparatus: In a variable air induction apparatus, a valve element is switched between one side to open a first air intake passage and close a second air intake passage, and the other side to open the second air intake passage and to close the first air intake passage. The first air...

20060236972 - Piston with a skirt having a low coefficient of friction: A piston for an internal combustion motor has a skirt with a surface, which is at least partially polished and thereafter coated with a coating having a hardness of greater than 8 GPa and having a coefficient of friction of less than 0.20. The piston has an increased performance, a...

20060236973 - Active intake muffler: An active intake muffler for an air intake duct of an internal combustion engine includes a control unit, a sensor assembly operatively connected to the control unit, and a diaphragm constructed to be resistant to heat and moisture. The diaphragm is acoustically coupled with a flow of intake air in...

20060236974 - Fuel injection system and method of operation for a gaseous fuelled engine with liquid pilot fuel ignition: A pilot fuel injection valve is mountable in a cylinder head of an engine and injects a liquid pilot fuel directly into a combustion chamber. The pilot fuel injection valve comprises a cooling system to keep the pilot fuel at a temperature that is lower than the lowest initial boiling...

20060236975 - Method for injecting gaseous fuels into an internal combustion engine at high pressures: A method directly injects gaseous fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The compressibility of the gaseous fuel is used to provide a fuel to the combustion chamber that is injected over all engine operating conditions at pressures that result in fuel jet speeds beyond the injector...

20060236976 - Addition of flexible fuel engine control system: The apparatus and method convert the fuel system of an internal combustion engine in a pre-existing (used) vehicle to operate on a mixture of fuels (like ethanol and gasoline) from a single fuel tank. The apparatus includes a fuel composition sensor installed in the fuel line and an electronic control...

20060236977 - Juncture for a high pressure fuel system: A juncture and method for changing direction of fuel flow in a high pressure fuel injection system such as a common rail and/or a fuel pump, the juncture comprising a body, a first passage formed in the body having a first diameter and a longitudinal axis extending therethrough, the first...

20060236978 - Pressure maintaining valve, tool, set and fuel injection system: A pressure-holding valve for a fuel injection system with a high-pressure region and a low-pressure region, the valve having with a valve housing having a first connection that can be connected to the low-pressure region and a second connection that can be connected to the return of a fuel injection...

20060236979 - Line system for fluids having volatile components: A line system (1) for fluids having volatile components, which comprises at least one fluid line (2,3,4), each having a separate inlet (10) and outlet (11), the fluid lines (2,3,4) being enclosed by a first line wall (12) and extending jointly over a section (A) of the line system (1)...

20060236980 - Throttle body having fuel return passage and vehicle: A throttle body includes a housing that accommodates a connector for a rotation shaft of a throttle valve disposed in the throttle body and a throttle position sensor, a fuel return passage that communicates the housing with an air intake passage in the throttle body, a T-shaped pipe that communicates...

20060236981 - Fuel system: A fuel system comprises a spill valve 38 operable to relieve the fuel pressure differential across at least one positive displacement pump 16, 18, a shut-off valve 32 operable to control the supply of fuel to an engine 84, and a two stage servo-valve 62 operable to control the operation...

20060236982 - Fuel feed apparatus having canister: A fuel feed apparatus is provided to a fuel tank. The fuel feed apparatus includes a lid member, a canister, and a fuel pump. The lid member covers a through hole of the fuel tank. The canister connects with the lid member. The canister is accommodated in the fuel tank...

20060236983 - Bypass pressure regulator: A low cost bypass pressure regulator for liquid flowing preferably in a returnless fuel system for a combustion engine communicates operatively with a conduit which flows fuel from a fuel pump of the fuel system to at least one fuel injector of the combustion engine. The pressure regulator preferably has...

20060236984 - Control of induction system hydrocarbon emissions: A method and apparatus for reducing or preventing hydrocarbon emissions from an air induction system of an automotive vehicle directs hydrocarbon from induction system into the crankcase when the vehicle is not in operation....

20060236985 - Fuel pump: A fuel pump forming part of a fuel supply system for an automotive internal combustion engine. The fuel pump includes a hollow casing in which a pump section and an electric motor for driving the pump section are disposed. A connector is provided for connecting the electric motor to an...

20060236986 - Fuel control device for a combustion engine: A fuel control device for a combustion engine capable of running on any one of a plurality of fuels has a fuel selection module with a plurality of fuel type settings for selecting a specific fuel type whereupon the fuel control device controls the outlet pressure of the chosen fuel...

20060236987 - Method for controlling the temperature of gases entering an engine of an automotive vehicle, heat exchanger and device for managing the temperature of these gases: According to the method, the gases are circulated in a liquid/gas heat exchanger (2, 12) prior to their entering the internal combustion engine (58) and a high temperature liquid and/or a low temperature liquid is circulated in the liquid/gas heat exchanger (2, 12) in order to heat and/or cool the...

20060236988 - Efficiency increase in internal combustion engines powered by hydrogen: A method is disclosed for the introduction of a combustible medium, in particular a cryogenic medium such as hydrogen, into an internal combustion engine. According to the invention, the medium is heated before the introduction thereof into the internal combustion engine at least to ambient temperature, preferably to a temperature...

20060236989 - Heated pcv system: A PCV system includes heated PCV valve for metering a flow of crankcase gases therethrough and a heated inlet manifold fitting for receiving a flow of crankcase gases therethrough. The PCV valve and the heated inlet manifold fitting are in communication with a current source to apply current to heaters...

20060236990 - Cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio controller for internal combustion engine: During a learning mode period, the fuel correction coefficient is forcibly changed three times from a situation in which no correction is necessary, whereby the fuel injection quantity of each cylinder is forcibly changed three times. A cross-correlation between the estimated air-fuel ratio and the fuel correction coefficient, which are...

20060231047 - Vehicle engine cooling system: A vehicle engine cooling system includes a cooling water circulation passage extending from an engine in an engine room and returning to the engine, at least a part of the cooling water circulation passage arranged to face a running wind flow space apart from the engine room. The cooling water...

20060231048 - Revolving engine: The revolving engine has a main characteristic of evenly distributing and arranging multiple sets of cylinders horizontally and radially. Moreover, such cylinders are connected together as a unit, thus horizontally revolving as a whole on a fixed central axis. The piston rods all share the same rod journal of the...

20060231051 - Adjusting ballistic valve timing: A system and method for controlling electromechanical valves operating in an engine is presented. According to the method, valve timing can be adjusted in a number of ways. The method can also compensate for changes in the natural response of the valve apparatus....

20060231050 - Adjusting electrically actuated valve lift: A system and method for controlling electromechanical valves operating in an engine is presented. According to the method, valve operation can be adjusted in a number of ways....

20060231049 - Internal combustion engine with electronic valve actuators and control system therefor: A valve assembly for an internal combustion engine includes a stationary permanent magnet assembly having at least one permanent magnet for generating a permanent magnetic field with a radial component and a movable coil assembly having at least one coil of electrically conductive material for generating a magnetic field with...

20060231053 - Driving force transmitter and valve timing controller using the same: A driving force transmitter includes a housing rotating with the driving shaft, a transmitting member rotating with the driving shaft; and a torsion coil spring having a first end engaged with the housing and a second end engaged with the transmitting member. The spring biases the transmitting member in an...

20060231052 - Variable valve timing control apparatus of internal combustion engine: A variable valve timing control apparatus of an internal combustion engine includes a drive rotary member, a driven rotary member, and a phase-change mechanism disposed between the drive and driven rotary members. The phase-change mechanism changes a relative phase between the drive and driven rotary members by an operating force,...

20060231054 - Modular resonator: A modular air induction system for a vehicle is provided. The air induction system includes a housing, a partition, and a plurality of holding members. The housing defines a chamber and includes an opening in fluid communication with the chamber. A partition is located within the housing to separate the...

20060231055 - Energy storing starter assembly: Energy storing starter assembles include a hub, a pulley, and a torsion spring adapted to resiliently link the hub to the pulley. The torsion spring includes a first end portion adapted to be linked to the hub and a second end portion adapted to be linked to the pulley. The...

20060231056 - Internal combustion engine: The invention relates to internal combustion engines, more exactly reciprocating piston engines and it may be utilized for example both in V-engines and one-row single-cylinder or two-cylinder engines. The internal combustion engine is comprised of block head housing (1), at least one cylinder (2), piston (3), ignition plug (8), combustion...

20060231058 - Crankcase, oil channel mold core for producing a crankcase and process for producing a crankcase: A crankcase of an internal combustion engine with at least one main lubricant channel for supplying the internal combustion engine with lubricant and with at least one oil return flow channel (10) for return guidance of the excess lubricant into a reservoir container (11), wherein the oil return flow channel...

20060231057 - Engine oil supply apparatus: In order to provide an engine oil supply apparatus including a second oil pump (12) which can draw in and discharge oil quickly regardless of whether or not a first oil pump (11) is driven and which does not need to be large, an engine oil supply apparatus (Y) includes...

20060231059 - Internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine includes a connecting rod that connects a crankpin and a piston. The connecting rod has first and second connecting rods, and a guide piston is disposed at a connecting portion between the first and second connecting rods. Deformed portions are formed on a lower end portion...

20060231060 - Oil filter fixing system for v type engine: The constituent parts of oil filter fixing member such as a bracket are reduced and moreover the oil leak during the filter element exchange is avoided. The oil filter fixing system comprises a V bank of the V type engine, a crankcase fixed with the V bank and an oil...

20060231061 - Valve selection for an engine operating in a multi-stroke cylinder mode: A method to control valve patterns in a cylinder operating in a multi-stroke cylinder mode. Valves are controlled to improve drivability and emissions....

20060231062 - Orbital engine: An engine is disclosed including at least one piston which is positioned within a toroidal piston chamber. A method of operating an engine is disclosed wherein a piston is advanced in a toroidal piston chamber past a first valve and the first valve is closed to form a first ignition...

20060231063 - In-cylinder injection type spark-ignition internal combustion engine: When, in a coexistence region where stratified combustion by a spray-guide method (SG combustion) and stratified combustion by a wall-guide method (WG combustion) are both practicable, a change from the SG combustion to the WG combustion is carried out, an ECU obtains point b giving a set of a fuel...

20060231064 - Fuel injector nozzle for an internal combustion engine: A direct injection fuel injector includes a nozzle tip having a plurality of passages allowing fluid communication between an inner nozzle tip surface portion and an outer nozzle tip surface portion and directly into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. A first group of the passages have inner...

20060231066 - Control apparatus of internal combustion engine: A control apparatus of an internal combustion engine includes a fuel pressure sensor to detect the pressure of the fuel supplied from a fuel pump to an injector; an in-cylinder pressure sensor, which serves as a combustion chamber temperature detecting unit that detects the temperature in the combustion chamber or...

20060231065 - Fuel injector for an internal combustion engine: A fuel injector comprising a head which has a free outer face and a main orifice designed to spray a fuel jet in a main direction and a secondary orifice designed to spray a fuel jet in a secondary direction, the main and secondary orifices opening into the outer face...

20060231067 - Divider plate for an inlet port, sand core for forming an inlet port, and cylinder head: A divider plate for two or more inlet ports provided in a cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine comprises divider portions that divides inside of the two or more inlet ports along an intake air flow, a side cast-in insert portion provided on at least one side portion located in...

20060231068 - Method and device for controlling the transition between normal operation and overrun fuel cut-off operation of an otto engine operated with direct fuel injection: The problem during overrun fuel cut-off operations, i.e. cut-off of fuel injection during trailing throttle conditions of the vehicle, is that the transition entails an undue torque jump, resulting in the smooth operation of the engine and the driving comfort of the passengers of the vehicle being affected. The aim...

20060231069 - Multiple throttle apparatus: According to the present apparatus, there are provided a first throttle body 10 and a second throttle body 10 that define multiple intake passages corresponding to arranged cylinders on one side and on the other side of a V-type engine respectively, a first throttle shaft 31 that simultaneously opens/closes the...

20060231070 - Throttle body and plate: A throttle valve assembly is held within a passageway in a throttle body. The assembly includes a plate and a pivot shaft. The plate includes a contoured front surface, a contoured back surface, and a mounting receptacle. The mounting receptacle forms smooth bulges at the sides of the plate. The...

20060231071 - Electronic control unit and method for controlling an ignition timing of an internal-combustion engine: An ignition timing value of the internal-combustion engine is calculated by using correction terms including a first correction term that is calculated based on a controlled variable without reflecting a desired value and a second correction term that is calculated based on a difference between the controlled variable and the...

20060231072 - Motor-driven throttle valve control device for internal combustion engine: A spring to ensure default opening is constituted by a single piano wire where a return spring with a larger coil diameter and a default spring with a smaller coil diameter are connected via a connection arm formed with a spring hook. The spring with a smaller coil diameter is...

20060231074 - Pedal system and vehicle with the pedal system: For a pedal travel, a pedal reaction force, a driving force of a vehicle, and a braking force of a vehicle, different characteristics conformed to a stepping motion, a releasing motion, and a holding motion are determined on the basis of a pedal effort and predetermined characteristics of a pedal...

20060231073 - Sensor module unit and throttle device with the same: The present invention provides a sensor installation structure which remarkably facilitates installation of a plurality of sensors disposed on the inlet pipe side of an engine and enables each of the sensors to be positioned in an accurate measuring position. The sensor module unit is integrally provided with a plurality...

20060231075 - Fuel pump system with precision variable restrictor: A supplemental fuel supply system for use in an internal combustion engine having a fuel supply and using an on-demand supplemental oxygen supply includes a fuel pump and a supplemental oxygen supply regulator. The pump has a fuel supply and a fuel discharge. The pump includes an inlet for feed...

20060231076 - Fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine and having a high-pressure fuel pump and a fuel injection valve for each engine cylinder. A first electrically actuated control valve controls a connection of the pump working chamber to a low-pressure region and a second electrically actuated control valve controls...

20060231077 - Electroinjector for controlling fuel injection in an internal-combustion engine: An electroinjector is provided for controlling fuel injection in an internal-combustion engine. The electroinjector includes an electroactuator, an injection nozzle, and a pin, which is movable along an opening stroke and a closing stroke for opening/closing the nozzle under the control of the electroactuator and according to the supply pressure...

20060231078 - Fuel system pressure relief valve with integral accumulator: A fuel pressure relief system in an engine fuel system having a fuel line is shown. In one example, the system has a pressure relief valve in the fuel line; and a pressure relief assembly coupled to the relief valve, the assembly having an accumulator in communication with the engine...

20060231079 - Jet pump assembly of a fuel system for a combustion engine: A fuel system has a jet pump assembly that fills a fuel reservoir for providing a reliable source of fuel to an electric motor fuel pump located in a fuel tank for a combustion engine. The electric fuel pump preferably delivers fuel at a controlled pressure to a series of...

20060231080 - Fuel supply apparatus for internal combustion engine: The engine ECU executes a program including the step of determining whether there is a possibility of occurrence of air bubbles within the high-pressure delivery pipe when there is an engine start request, the step of transmitting an open-instruction signal to the electromagnetic relief valve when there is a possibility...

20060231081 - Automobile intake air flow plenum and plenum diverter: An airflow diverter and replacement air intake plenum is disclosed that provides an increase in the air speed and airflow within the intake plenum of an automobile. The increase is the result of providing appropriately sized and shaped apparatus to smooth out the airflow within the plenum and eliminate turbulence...

20060225671 - Nitrous-oxide system: A nitrous-oxide system for an engine includes a nozzle coupled to a nitrous-oxide bottle by a nitrous oxide line. A nitrous-oxide valve is coupled to the nitrous-oxide line between the nitrous-oxide bottle and the nozzle. A control switch, operatively coupled to the nitrous-oxide valve. A pressure regulator, coupled to the...

20060225672 - Vapor injection system for an internal combustion engine: The vapor injection system includes a source of water for an ultrasonic generator system which converts water into a gaseous colloid, which is then directed into a misting chamber. The vapor from the misting chamber is directed into an air stream from the air filter portion of the engine. The...

20060225673 - Arrangement and method for controlling a combustion engine: An arrangement and a method for controlling a combustion engine, e.g. of the type called HCCI engine. A control unit for controlling the self-ignition of the fuel mixture towards an optimum crankshaft angel (cadiopt) within a load range (Ltot). The load range (Ltot) can be divided into at least two...

20060225674 - Combustion type power tool facilitating cleaning to internal cleaning target: A combustion-type power tool including a housing, a combustion chamber provided in the housing, an ignition plug exposed to the combustion chamber, a cleaning passage communicatable with the combustion chamber, and a shut-off unit provided in the cleaning passage....

20060225676 - Combustion type power tool having fin for effectively cooling cylinder: A combustion-type power tool includes a housing having one end, a head portion disposed at the one end, and a cylinder disposed in the housing, the cylinder being formed with an exhaust hole. A piston is reciprocally movable in the cylinder, and a combustion-chamber frame is disposed in the housing...

20060225675 - Combustion type power tool having fin in low turbulent combustion region within combustion chamber: A combustion-type power tool includes a housing, a head portion, a cylinder disposed in the housing, and a push lever. A piston is reciprocally movable in the cylinder, and a combustion-chamber frame is disposed in the housing and abuttable on the head portion to provide a combustion chamber in cooperation...

20060225677 - Two-stroke engine: A two-stroke engine has a cylinder and a piston reciprocating in the cylinder and delimiting a combustion chamber. The piston has at least one piston recess. A crankshaft is rotatably arranged in a crankcase connected to the cylinder. A connecting rod connects piston and crankshaft. Transfer channels connect the crankcase...

20060225678 - Intake control apparatus of internal combustion engine: An intake control apparatus of an internal combustion engine including respective intake valves 5 opened when intake air reaching respective branch intake paths r1 from a main intake path Rim of the internal combustion engine is introduced to respective combustion chamber 2, and respective intake control valves 15 respectively arranged...

20060225679 - Adjustable valve timing system: An adjustment device for changing the relative rotation between a cam and a crankshaft is provided. The adjustment device includes a driven device operatively connected to the crankshaft. The driven device has a first plurality of channels directed radially inward toward a central axis. The adjustment device also has a...

20060225681 - Axial fixation of a spring support part of a switchable tappet: The invention relates to an axial fixation (17) of a spring support part (9) of a switchable tappet (1) for direct transmission of a cam stroke to a tappet push-rod (7) of a valve drive of an internal combustion engine. The tappet (1) has an inner part (3), which receives...

20060225680 - Drag lever of a valve mechanism in an internal combustion engine: Disclosed is a drag lever (1) comprising two side walls (2, 3) which are connected together by a transversal bar (4) which is arranged on an end (6) of the lower side (5) thereof on an end (6) thereof on a head of a support element (9) by means of...

20060225682 - Switchable valve-drive component: A switchable valve-drive component (1) for variable transmission of a stroke generated by one or more cam projections to a gas-exchange valve of an internal combustion engine is provided. The valve-drive component (1) has transmission elements (3, 4), which can be connected with a positive fit by coupling elements (8)...

20060225683 - Valve-deactivating hydraulic lifter having a vented internal lost motion spring: A deactivating hydraulic valve mechanism includes a hydraulic element assembly disposed within cup within a pin housing slidably disposed within a bore in a body. A transverse bore in the pin housing contains selectively-retractable locking pins that engage a locking feature in the body to selectively lock together the body...

20060225684 - Valve-deactivating hydraulic lifter having a vented internal lost motion spring: A deactivating hydraulic valve mechanism includes a hydraulic element assembly disposed within a pin housing slidably disposed within a bore in a body. A transverse bore in the pin housing contains selectively-retractable locking pins that engage a groove in the body to selectively lock together the body and the pin...

20060225685 - Polymer matrix composite pushrod: In one embodiment, the invention comprises a polymer matrix pushrod comprising a composite rod having an annular collar affixed over each end portion of the composite rod and an endcap affixed at each end. The composite rod comprises a thermosetting polymer matrix and reinforcing fibers within the polymer matrix....

20060225686 - Decompressor and vehicle: An engine decompressor includes a decompressor pin provided through a pin hole on the surface of a valve cam, a decompressor pin operating shaft in an oil passage provided in a valve cam shaft of the valve cam for vertically moving the decompressor pin by its rotation, a fly weight...

20060225687 - Integrated drive sprocket and gear for balance shaft: An idler shaft assembly for an internal combustion engine provides significant cost savings eliminates processing and assembly steps, and provides accurate orientation of components. The idler shaft assembly includes a shaft adapted for rotation about a first axis. A one-piece sprocket and gear assembly is received on the shaft. A...

20060225688 - Engine bore liner cassette and method: Cast-in-place cylinder bore liners are disclosed for use in casting of engine cylinder blocks, wherein a plurality of the cylinder bore liners are joined to form a cassette, and wherein an accuracy in positioning of each of the bore liners with respect to each other is maximized and a weight...

20060225689 - Crankshaft of engine: A crankshaft equipped in an engine, including an oil passage through which oil is drawn from a crank journal to a crank pin. The oil passage has an inlet formed at a peripheral region of the crank journal. When a plane including a center axis of the crank journal and...

20060225690 - Selective leverage technique and devices: A non linear torque altering transmission is used in combination with an input or output device having a pulsating torque cycle characteristic. The transmission has a gear train of cooperating gears that during each cycle produce a varying leverage effect. This varying leverage effect is matched to the input/output device...

20060225691 - Differential with guided feedback control for rotary opposed-piston engine: A gear set is disclosed having a guide, such as a cam, engaging the output shaft of the gear shaft and being indexed thereby. The guide drives one or more followers which in turn drive one or more interfaces of a differential gear set. The output shaft may be driven...

20060225692 - Ignition system of an internal combustion engine: An ignition system of an internal combustion engine, of a motor vehicle in particular, having at least one device for igniting a jet of a fuel/air mixture which has a chamber enclosing a process space in which the ignition of the fuel/air mixture takes place. The chamber has a device...

20060225693 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: In a method for operating an internal combustion engine having a variable compression ratio either in a compression ignition or in a spark ignition operating mode depending on the engine operating point, a higher compression ratio is provided in the compression ignition mode than in the spark ignition mode so...

20060225694 - Method for operating and internal combustion engine: In a method of operating a supercharged internal combustion engine in which exhaust gas is retained in the combustion chamber during a charge change, wherein the engine is operated with compression ignition or with spark ignition depending on the operating point and in which a charge pressure can be established...

20060225695 - Startup controller for in-cylinder injection internal combustion engine: A startup controller calculates a fuel pressure difference across a discharge stroke of a high-pressure pump at an end of an initial discharge after cranking is started. At the injection setting, the startup controller estimates a fuel pressure increment from an injection setting to an injection start based on the...

20060225697 - Fuel vaporization system: A system and devices to actively induce turbulent flow in the intake tract of an internal combustion engine. At least certain of the devices include moving components which induce a swirling or rotating movement about a major intake axis. The adjustment to the flow provides more complete atomization or vaporization...

20060225696 - Inducing air: A mechanism is configured to receive air which has been sucked through a device that imparts turbulence to the air. The mechanism is structured to establish regions of enhanced oxygen density in the air at locations downstream of the mechanism, and is spaced apart from the device by a gap...

20060225698 - Internal combustion engine, and control apparatus and method thereof: The amount of air to be introduced is controlled for each cylinder, whereby it is intended to make it possible to control the torque generated in each cylinder, perform an ultra-lean burn operation, purify the exhaust gas, and increase the output of an engine. An air flow control valve adapted...

20060225699 - Emergency stop apparatus and method of use for an internal combustion engine: Apparatus and method for releasing inert gas into the air intake manifold of an operating engine in response to the measured speed of the engine being greater than a preselected magnitude....

20060225700 - Method to control auto-ignition in an internal combustion engine equipped with variable valve timing control: A method and control system to accomplish knock control on a multi-cylinder spark-ignition internal combustion engine equipped variable cam phasing system, comprising monitoring cam position, crankshaft position, and, engine knock signal, determining cam position relative to crankshaft position, and implementing either a global cylinder knock control strategy or an individual...

20060225701 - Method for increasing the reproducibility of the start-up during start-stop operation of an internal combustion engine: This invention relates to a method for increasing the reproducibility of the start-up in the start-stop operation of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle with start optimization. The reproducibility of the start-up is increased by reducing a maximum speed gradient that can be achieved for different stop positions...

20060225702 - Inductive ignition control system: An apparatus for producing an ignition spark in an internal combustion engine. The apparatus comprises an inductive ignition device having a primary coil and a secondary coil, flow of current through the primary coil being controlled by an electronic switching element (e.g., a transistor) responsive to a triggering signal. A...

20060225703 - Control device of internal combustion engine: An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: selecting a map for a warm state or a map for a cold state based on an engine coolant temperature after an engine is started and rapid catalyst warm-up ends; calculating DI ratio r; calculating when to inject fuel from...

20060225704 - Arrangement and method for controlling a combustion engine: An arrangement and a method for controlling a combustion engine, e.g. of the type called HCCI engine. A control unit is operable for controlling the self-ignition of the fuel mixture towards an optimum crankshaft angle (cadiopt) within a load range (Ltot). The load range (Ltot) can be divided into at...

20060225705 - Fuel rail: Embodiments include a fuel rail and method for making the fuel rail. Embodiments of the fuel rail include an elongate tubular body with a wall defining a lumen, the elongate tubular body formed with a thermoset composite material, and a pressure port having a lumen in fluid communication with the...

20060225706 - Fuel injection system and method for determining the feed pressure of a fuel pump: In the English translation document, please insert the following paragraph after the newly added ABSTRACT heading, as follows: The invention relates to a fuel injection system comprising a fuel reservoir to which fuel is fed via at least one first pump and from which fuel is discharged via injectors. The...

20060225707 - Method for controlling a fuel pressure in a fuel supply device of a combustion engine: A fuel supply device of a combustion engine compromises a fuel pump that pumps fuel into a fuel accumulator, which provides injection valves with fuel and which is connected to a regulator valve that sets the fuel pressure according to an actuating signal (SG). The fuel pressure in the supply...

20060225708 - Structure of fuel supply pipe in throttle body comprising two fuel injection valves: An improved fuel supply pipe in a multiple throttle body comprising two fuel injection valves comprises a first fuel supply pipe 1 having a first one side inserting pipe 1c, a first another side inserting pipe 1d and a fuel flow-in pipe 1b, a second fuel supply pipe 2 having...

20060225709 - Vehicle fuel management system: An integrated fuel management system and method for controlling the fuel storage and delivery in a vehicle. The fuel management system includes a fuel storage tank for storing fuel in a vehicle, a vapor collection canister located within the fuel storage tank, a vent actuator coupled to the vapor collection...

20060225710 - Method and device for estimating the inlet air flow in a combustion chamber of a cylinder of an internal combustion engine: A reliable method of sensing the inlet air flow in a combustion chamber of a cylinder of an internal combustion engine includes assessing the inlet air flow with soft-computing techniques basically exploiting a combustion pressure signal generated by a pressure sensor installed in the cylinder....

20060225711 - Device for conveying fuel out of a tank and to a combustion engine: A diaphragm valve having a first chamber and a second chamber, which is separated from the first chamber by means of a valve member which cooperates with a valve seat. A first connecting conduit situated in the vicinity of the valve seat feeds into the first chamber. To enable the...

20060225712 - Low airflow loss hydrocarbon trap: In one aspect of the present invention, a hydrocarbon trapping device is provided, including a conduit and an adsorbing element positioned within the conduit. The conduit includes a wall having a wall thickness and the adsorbing element has an adsorbing element thickness that is generally equal to or less than...

20060225713 - Fuel vapor treatment apparatus: A fuel vapor treatment apparatus includes a first canister, a purge passage, an atmosphere passage, a first detection passage provided with a restrictor, and a passage-changing valve for changing the connection passage of the first detection passage between the purge passage and the atmosphere passage. The apparatus further includes a...

20060225714 - Leak detecting apparatus and fuel vapor treatment apparatus: A leak detecting apparatus includes a canister adsorbing a fuel vapor evaporated in a fuel tank, a measure passage, a pump connected with the canister through the measure passage, and a pressure senor detecting a pressure in the measure passage. The pump depressurizes the measure passage, the canister, and the...

20060225715 - Mixer for engine, air conditioning apparatus driven by engine, and power generation apparatus driven by engine: A mixer for an engine includes a base portion having an intake passage in which the air flows, a fuel passage in which the fuel flows, and a mixing space in which the fuel and the air are mixed, and an axial hole which communicates with the mixing space, a...

20060219190 - Hydrogen generating apparatus and components therefor: A hydrogen generating system is provided for use in internal combustion engines for increasing the efficiency of the engine and decreasing emissions from the engine. The hydrogen generating system has an electrolysis cell for generating hydrogen and oxygen gases by electrolysis of an aqueous solution, a power source for providing...

20060219191 - Heat transfer enhancement features for a tubular wall combustion chamber: A combustion chamber for use in an engine, such as a rocket engine, has an inner wall with a corrugated configuration. The inner wall is formed with a plurality of tubes for carrying a coolant. As a result of the tubular construction, the inner wall has a plurality of spaced...

20060219192 - Cylinder liner: A ductile repair cylinder liner for a diesel engine, the cylinder liner having an additional cooling groove with a parabolic varying cross-section machined into the outer surface of the cylinder liner immediately below the radially extending locating flange for the liner....

20060219193 - Optimized linear engine: An improved combustion engine, compressor, pump, or fluid driven motor in single cylinder (20 of FIG. 1) or multiple cylinder (20 of FIG. 13), versions wherein a normally cylindrical rotor (50) external to drive or driven bearings (64, 65, 65A, 65B), has a patterned cam track (between 52 and 53)...

20060219194 - Two-cycle engine: A two-cycle engine having a piston reciprocalbly mounted in a cylinder in which a combustion chamber is formed. In prescribed positions of the piston, the combustion chamber communicates with a crankcase via at least one transfer channel. A portion of an intake channel for supplying fuel/air mixture and combustion air...

20060219195 - Internal combustion engine: A two-stroke engine is for a portable handheld work apparatus such as a motor-driven chain saw, cutoff machine, brushcutter or the like. A combustion chamber (3) is configured in the cylinder (2) of the engine (1) and is delimited by a reciprocating piston (5). The piston (5) drives a crankshaft...

20060219197 - Method and apparatus for controlling variable valve actuation device in internal combustion engine: In a V-type engine provided with a variable valve timing mechanism and variable valve lift mechanism for an intake valve, a torque difference between respective banks is obtained. In a region in which an opening area of the intake valve is larger than a threshold, valve timing of the intake...

20060219196 - Variable valve mechanism: A first arm member and a second arm member are provided. The first arm member is positioned between a cam and a valve body to oscillate in synchronism with the rotation of the cam. The second arm member changes the angle of the first arm member in accordance with the...

20060219198 - Variable valve drive for changing the control timing of cam-actuated gas-exchange valves: A variable valve drive for changing control timing of cam-actuated gas-exchange valves of an internal combustion engine is provided, with a tappet (6a, 6b, 6c), which, with convex cam engaging contour (5), engages a cam (4a, 4b, 4c) of a camshaft (3a, 3b, 3c) and which is guided so that...

20060219199 - Switching element: A switch element (1) is proposed for valve shut-off, fabricated as cam follower for a plunger rod valve drive of an internal combustion engine, having an outer part (2) and an inner element (4) axially movable in its bore (3) and with rotational security (15) relative to the guided inner...

20060219200 - Titanium alloy valve lifter and method of manufacturing same: A lightweight and high-strength valve lifter is excellent in wear resistance and sliding properties. The valve lifter is made of a titanium alloy having a hardened layer on the top surface thereof, on which a cam is caused to slide. The hardened layer is composed of an α-case and an...

20060219201 - Intake duct structure: An intake duct structure having an intake path extending forwardly from a cleaner box, penetrating through an area near a head pipe of a vehicle body frame, and opening at a front end portion of a front cowl. During low speed operation of the engine, an intake valve closes a...

20060219202 - Intake device for internal combustion engine: An intake device includes an intake pipe, a valve having a downstream side including a cutoff portion and an upstream side rotatably attached to an inner wall of the intake pipe, and a partition plate provided in the intake pipe so as to divide an intake passage in the intake...

20060219203 - Two-stroke engine: In order to provide a two-stroke engine (100) which has an exhaust outlet (11) on the cylinder (10), with a silencer (12) arranged on the exhaust outlet (11), which silencer comprises a first chamber (13) and a second chamber (14) which are connected to the exhaust outlet (11) and through...

20060219204 - Recoil starter: A recoil starter includes: a reel/cam unit including: a rope reel wound with a starter rope and urged to pivot in a direction of reeling the starter rope; and a cam in a cylindrical shape for transmitting rotation of the rope reel to an output shaft on a side of...

20060219205 - Air compression internal combustion engine: In an air compression internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder, a combustion chamber formed in the cylinder and delimited at its longitudinal ends by a piston and a cylinder head which covers the cylinder, two intake valves and two exhaust valves per cylinder are installed in the cylinder...

20060219206 - Engine oil return system: An oil return passage for returning oil from a cylinder head to an oil pan is arranged along the downward first side surface of an engine that is mounted in a vehicle such that a center axis of a cylinder thereof is slanted with respect to a vertical direction of...

20060219207 - Control device of internal combustion engine: An upper level sensor or the like is used to detect an amount of lubricant in an oil pan of an engine. When the amount of lubricant exceeds a prescribed value (step ST1), that is, when lubrication of a sliding portion such as a bearing is insufficient due to dilution...

20060219208 - Oil cooling system of an air-cooled engine: An oil cooling system of an air-cooled engine for cooling the oil reserved in a crankcase of the engine comprises a base plate assembled to the crankcase, an overlapping plate assembled to the base plate; an oil filter supported in the overlapping plate; and radiation fins formed on the base...

20060219209 - Saddle-ride type vehicle: A saddle-ride type vehicle eliminates the input of disturbances to a throttle body upon opening/closing of a vehicle seat, and is capable of reliably protecting an injector. An air cleaner 18 is disposed on the rear side of an engine 5, a fuel tank 22 is disposed above the engine...

20060219210 - Internal combustion engine with variable volume prechamber: An internal combustion engine and method of operating an engine is provided. The engine comprises a piston cylinder formed within an engine block, an engine head secured to the engine block, a primary piston configured to slide within the piston cylinder, a main combustion chamber that is defined by the...

20060219211 - Direct-injection internal combustion engine and combustion method therefor: A direct-injection internal combustion engine and a combustion method therefore in which fuel injection timing of a fuel injection valve is so configured that (a) the fuel inverted from a cavity in a crown portion of a piston reaches proximity to the discharge electrode portion of a spark plug later...

20060219212 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: In an internal combustion engine, wherein a combustible fuel mix is formed in a combustion chamber of the engine by fuel and by fresh gas supplied through intake ports and combustion gases discharged through exhaust ports including intake and exhaust valves, respectively, which valves are actuated by a valve operating...

20060219214 - Control device for a diesel engine: There are provided a diesel engine that injects fuel into air compressed in cylinders and combusts the fuel by spontaneous ignition, and a control unit that sets the fuel injection timing to an earlier time point than the compression top dead center to premix air and fuel and combusts the...

20060219215 - Method of operating an internal combustion engine: In a method of operating an internal combustion engine in which exhaust gas is retained in the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine and compressed during a charge change together with fresh combustion air, a first fuel quantity is injected into the retained exhaust gas by means of direct...

20060219213 - Opposed piston, homogeneous charge pilot ignition engine: An engine of the opposed piston, two-stroke, compression ignition type includes provision for injection of a main charge of liquid fuel into the bore of a cylinder between opposed pistons early in a compression stroke to permit the fuel to evaporate and mix with air during the remainder of the...

20060219216 - Spark ignition engine and method of controlling combustion of the engine: In warming up operation when the temperature of an engine is low, heat release in a combustion chamber is delayed by making ignition timing immediately before the top dead center of compression stroke or later. Hereby, exhaust gas including a large quantity of unburned HC, oxygen and carbon monoxide is...

20060219217 - Stratified scavenging carburetor: In one presently preferred embodiment a stratified scavenging carburetor has a scavenging air passage with an air control valve and a fuel and air mixing passage with a throttle control valve, and a lost motion coupling associated with the valves to delay opening of the closed air valve until the...

20060219218 - Operating apparatus of engine in portable working machine: Disclosed is an operating apparatus of an engine in a portable working machine which improves an operability of a throttle lever while preventing a Run-on phenomenon or the like. The operating apparatus is provided with a first operating device for operating a throttle valve of the engine in a range...

20060219219 - Throttle body: A throttle valve comprises an intake passage. A throttle shaft extends in a generally vertical direction. The lower end of the throttle shaft passes through the throttle valve and projects downward. A throttle lever is connected to the downwardly projecting lower end. The throttle lever is joined to a throttle...

20060219220 - Common rail fuel injection system with accumulator injectors: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine includes a common rail, a plurality of accumulator injectors, and at least one accumulator controller separate from the accumulator injectors and connected to the common rail. Each accumulator controller includes a solenoid-controlled valve to control the fuel injection operations of one...

20060219221 - Saddle-ride type vehicle: A saddle-ride type vehicle provided with an air cleaner at the rear side of an engine and a fuel tank at the upper side of the engine, and a heat shield panel disposed between the fuel tank and the engine. A fuel feed pipe, one end of which is connected...

20060219222 - Fuel control apparatus for internal combustion engine: When a combustion feedback correction coefficient to which a predetermined value is added in correspondence to half miss firing judgment exceeds a heavy fuel judgment value (K0), heavy fuel judgment is made, and heavy fuel corresponding control for increasing the fuel amount by a combustion feedback correction coefficient (Kfb) and...

20060219223 - Compression-ignition engine configuration for reducing pollutants and method and system thereof: In accordance with one aspect of the present technique, a method of reducing pollutant emissions from a compression-ignition engine is provided. The method includes adjusting timing of fuel injection into a combustion chamber of a piston-cylinder assembly of the compression-ignition engine. The method of adjusting timing of fuel injection includes...

20060219224 - Fuel tank: A fuel tank in which at least a part of a fuel storing unit is formed of a flexible film is provided with a main chamber having a variable volume by deforming according to a storing amount of a fuel, a sub-chamber having a volume which is kept substantially constant,...

20060219225 - Fuel system purge and starter system: A recoil starter for an internal combustion engine has a housing with a pulley carried at least in part for rotation therein. The pulley is arranged in operable communication with a crankshaft of the engine. A pull cord is wound about the pulley with one end of the cord being...

20060219226 - Fuel and fuel cooler with lamellar inner structures for connecting to the air-conditioning system: A fuel cooling apparatus for a motor vehicle includes an outer housing having connections for a supply pipe and a discharge pipe with the supply pipe and the discharge pipe being integrated into opposite walls of the outer housing in a diagonally mismatched position. There is a conduit pipe inside...

20060219228 - Internal combustion engine having compressed air supply passages therein for routing compressed air to charge injectors: A V-type internal combustion engine includes cylinder heads having respective compressed-air supply channels extending therein for providing fluid communication between an air compressor and charge injectors. Formation of condensation in the compressed-air supply channels is prevented. Charge injectors are provided in the respective cylinder heads, for directly injecting charges of...

20060219227 - Toroidal intersecting vane supercharger: The invention relates to the discovery that employing a toroidal intersecting vane machine (TIVM) within the internal combustion engine provides substantial improvements in controlling pressure, air pressure and air flow into an engine, while maintaining a simplified mechanical system and providing a compressor with little or no parasitic load on...

20060219229 - Exhaust gas recirculation system for a v-type internal combustion engine, and engine including same: An EGR control valve is disposed on a V-type internal combustion engine such that the engine is compact as a whole. In the internal combustion engine, cylinders are provided with the cylinders spaced apart from each other in a V-shape, and exhaust gas obtained from an exhaust port of the...

20060219230 - Combustion-gas recirculation system: A combustion-gas recirculation system has a mixing chamber with a mixing-chamber inlet and a mixing-chamber outlet. The combustion-gas recirculation system may further include a duct connected to the mixing-chamber inlet. Additionally, the combustion-gas recirculation system may include an open inlet channel with a solid outer wall. The open inlet channel...

20060219231 - Electric air pump apparatus and evaporation fuel treatment system: A self-opened type valve is opened by motor torque of an electric motor. Therefore, a diaphragm is not necessary for opening the valve, and downsizing of a valve drive apparatus for opening the valve is possible. Since the valve is assembled to the motor shaft of the electric air pump...