Internal-combustion engines inventions 02/07

20070039571 - Manifold assembly for an internal combustion engine: A manifold assembly for an internal combustion engine. The manifold assembly includes a manifold body and first and second housings. The manifold body includes an EGR cooler cavity, an oil cooler cavity, and an air intake manifold. The first housing is adapted to provide a fluid to the EGR and... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070039572 - Two-stroke, opposed-piston internal combustion engine: In a two-stroke, opposed-piston internal combustion engine with optimized cooling and no engine block, the opposed pistons are coupled to a pair of crankshafts by connecting rods that are subject to substantially tensile forces acting between the pistons and the crankshafts.... Agent: Terrance A. Meador Incaplaw

20070039573 - Deactivating roller finger follower: A deactivating roller follower assembly for deactivating an associated poppet valve for an internal combustion engine includes a body including a valve end, a pivot end, and a plunger bore. The valve end of the body is configured to contact the associated poppet valve and the pivot end of the... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070039574 - Mixture-lubricated internal combustion engine: A mixture-lubricated internal combustion engine has a cylinder (2) in which a combustion chamber (3) is formed. The combustion chamber (3) is delimited by a piston (5) mounted to move back and forth. The piston (5) drives a crankshaft (7) rotatably journalled in a crankcase (4). The engine has an... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20070039576 - Stamped target wheel for a camshaft phaser: A target wheel for a camshaft phaser stamped and drawn from sheet metal stock. The hub region of the target wheel may be drawn such that it extends through the phaser cover plate and seals directly against the face of the rotor, allowing a shorter cam bolt and resulting in... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070039579 - Control apparatus and control method for internal combustion engine: In an control apparatus and a control method for an internal combustion engine with a variable valve-characteristic mechanism that changes a valve characteristic that includes at least one of the duration and the maximum lift of an intake valve, the operating position of the mechanism is detected, and the mechanism... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070039577 - Control unit for a valve, especially a gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine: the two cam profiles (1, 2) have specially shaped areas by means of which, when superimposed to form one of the two cam profiles (1, 2), at least one additional valve displacement (ZV) can be generated on the whole in addition to a main valve displacement movement (HV) over a... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070039578 - Valve train for an internal combustion engine: A valve train for an internal combustion engine is provided, with the valve train having a switchable rocker arm assembly (1) with a plurality of rocker arms (6, 7, 8) for activating at least one gas exchange valve (2), and also having at least one camshaft (3) with differently contoured... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070039580 - Device from changing the control times of gas exchange valves in an internal combustion engine in particular a rotating piston adjustment device for angular adjustment of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft: A device for changing the control times of gas-exchange valves in an internal combustion engine is provided, which includes a drive wheel (2) in driven connection with the crankshaft and a vane rotor (3) fixed with the camshaft. The drive wheel (2) has a hollow space, which is formed by... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070039581 - Phaser for controlling the timing between a camshaft and timing gear: A phaser for controlling the timing between a camshaft and a timing gear having a rotor with at least one vane and a stator with at least one recess the phaser allowing limited rotational movement of the rotor with respect to the stator. The vane divides the recess into first... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070039575 - Guide rail for valve tappet of an internal combustion engine: A guide rail (1, 22) for valve tappets (2) of an internal combustion engine is provided. The guide rail (1, 22) has receptacle spaces (4), which are each used for receiving one of the valve tappets (2) and in which there are flattened sections (6) interacting in a positive-fit connection... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070039582 - Device and method for controlling an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a method and a device (1) for controlling an internal combustion engine (500), in which a calculation means (410), before a start of the engine, recognizes a possible self-ignition operating state as a function of operating parameters and ascertains suitable control parameters for preventing this possible... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070039583 - Intake manifold: An intake manifold is disclosed. The intake manifold includes a first chamber in fluid communication with a PCV line and disposed generally upstream of a second chamber. The chambers are designed to provide a long flow path for the moisture laden PCV gas and to help reduce the introduction of... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20070039584 - Coaxial poppet valve: A two-piece intake assembly such as a coaxial poppet valve includes a main poppet valve with a stem attached to a head and an auxiliary poppet valve movable on the inner valve. A guiding element on the outer valve is configured to receive the inner valve stem, and is connected... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20070039585 - Valves for internal combustion engines and methods thereof: A valve for an internal combustion engine includes a valve head, a valve stem and one or more vanes. The valve head comprises a valve face and a valve back and the valve stem is connected to and extends from the valve back. One or more vanes are connected to... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20070039586 - Internal combustion engine capable of selectively resting certain cylinders during low-load operation, and method of using same: An internal combustion engine incorporating rest cylinders is provided which does not need a high response performance when operating a throttle valve and which can eliminate engine output variations as the number of operable cylinders changes. In the internal combustion engine, some of a plurality of cylinders is configured to... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070039587 - Fuel injection nozzle having multiple injection holes: A fuel injection nozzle includes: an injection outlet having a plurality of injection holes. Each injection hole has an injection hole diameter defined as D, an outlet port and a center axis. The center axes of the injection holes cross at a cross point with a cross angle. A cross... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070039588 - Internal combustion engine of compressing and auto-igniting air-fuel mixture and method of controlling such internal combustion engine: The technique of the present invention produces a first fuel-air mixture containing a first fuel and the air at a specific ratio, which does not allow for auto ignition of the first fuel-air mixture by simple compression, in a combustion chamber. The technique then injects a second fuel, which has... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070039589 - Emissions sensors for fuel control in engines: A system for controlling fuel to an engine to minimize emissions in an exhaust of the engine. There may be a controller connected to an actuator, for example a fuel control actuator, of the engine and to emissions sensors, such as an NOx and/or PM sensor, proximate to an exhaust... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070039590 - High-pressure fuel intensifier system: A fuel injection supply system includes an intensifier cylinder having an intensifier piston configured to pressurize fuel in an intensifier chamber of the cylinder during a pressurizing stroke, and further configured to draw fuel into the intensifier chamber during a recharge stroke. A fuel rail receives pressurized fuel from the... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070039591 - Solenoid isolation valve: The disclosure of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/161,914 including the specification, drawings and abstract is incorporated herein by reference in its entirely. An improved pilot-operated, “instant-on”, solenoid isolation valve discloses a new fluid passage route to save cost of drilling a longitudinal hole within the primary piston. Also, a... Agent: Wei-ching Wang

20070039592 - Arrangement with an injection valve and a sleeve as pressure transfer means: An arrangement with an injection valve (7) is disclosed, arranged in a cylinder head (1) and which permits the recording of the pressure in the combustion chamber (21) of an internal combustion engine (22). A pressure sensor (16) is thus provided, mounted on the injection valve (7). A sleeve (13)... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070039593 - Fuel injection control method: An injection timing for supplying a fuel by one injection per two rotations to a single-cylinder four-cycle engine of a fixed spark advance ignition system is decided on the basis of a simple system. With respect to ignition signals A1, B1, A2, B2, generated every one rotation of the engine,... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070039594 - Fuel injection control apparatus of engine: The invention provides a fuel injection control apparatus of an engine in which a temperature sensor for detecting an engine temperature is inexpensive and a wiring to a control unit is made unnecessary, thereby restricting a system cost low. A control unit (5) is integrally formed with a throttle chamber... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070039595 - Air intake device and fuel in-line device for improved combustion: A method to improve combustion in an internal combustion engine, comprising a first step of installing an air intake device fitted onto a T-Joint leading to the intake manifold of the internal combustion engine, for intake of additional air from the surrounding for improved intake of air into the internal... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20070039596 - Module for heating the intake gases of an internal combustion engine incorporating electronic temperature control: Used for heating the gases circulating through an intake manifold (13), preferably of a plastic material, by means of heating element (1), incorporating a metal frame (2) in which is adhered the power control circuit (4), and in which is installed the heating element (1), both forming the same module... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070039597 - Tangential mixer and method: An apparatus includes a tangential mixer (200) having an air inlet (207) and a mixture outlet (209). A bore (205) has a bore centerline (213) and a bore perimeter (201). At least one gas inlet (211) has an inlet centerline (215) oriented tangentially to the bore perimeter (201). The inlet... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20070039598 - Control of lean burn engine using exhaust gas recirculation: There is provided a method of controlling an internal combustion engine fuel with hydrogen. The method comprises supplying fuel and fresh air with substantially no re-circulated exhaust gas into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, so that an air-fuel ratio in the combustion chamber is a first ratio... Agent: Mazda North American Operations

20070039599 - Low profile ignition apparatus: An ignition apparatus having a pencil coil transformer assembly extending along a first axis is mounted horizontally in a case that is directed mounted to an internal combustion engine. The ignition apparatus is installed by insertion into a spark plug well where the spark plug well has a main axis.... Agent: Jimmy L. Funke Delphi Corporation

20070034172 - Cooling apparatus for internal combustion engine and diagnosis method for the cooling apparatus: A cooling apparatus for an engine is provided with a thermostat operating in such a manner as to control a supply of a coolant to a radiator. An electronic control apparatus estimates a reference temperature corresponding to a temperature of the coolant on the basis of at least a vehicle... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070034174 - Horizontal heat dispensing fins of cylinder body: A heat dispensing device for a cylinder includes a plurality of fins extending from the cylinder body and each fin has a first end horizontally extending from an outer surface of the cylinder body and a second end of each of the fins has a fork-shaped distal end which includes... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070034173 - Upright heat dispensing fins of cylinder body: A heat dispensing device for a cylinder includes a plurality of curve fins and each fin has a first end axially extending from an outer surface of the cylinder body and a second end of each of the fins has a Y-shaped distal end which increases the area for dispensing... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070034175 - Slide body internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine includes a slide body having a plurality of rigidly mounted pistons on opposite ends of the slide body. The slide body reciprocates and is connected to a flywheel by shaft and bearing which extends through an angled track in the slide body. As the pistons impart... Agent: Robert W Pitts

20070034176 - Internal combustion engine without connecting rod and a method of its construction: The invention relates to the structure of internal combustion engine without a connecting rod and a method of its construction. The proposed method of construction describes the consecutive steps in creating the engine and allows the creation of internal combustion engine without a connecting rod with six and more even... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070034177 - Eight-cylinder engine: Even in a construction in which fuel injection valves for eight cylinders are energized by two EDUs, a sufficient charging time for each EDU can be ensured. In an eight-cylinder engine including fuel injection valves provided one for each cylinder of the eight-cylinder engine for injecting fuel thereinto, a first... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070034178 - Two-cycle swash plate internal combustion engine: A power-generation device comprising at least one cylinder, at least one cylinder head, at least one piston and an output shaft, having a central axis having a fixed angular relationship to the central axis of the cylinder. A swash plate, having a first swash plate surface having a normal axis... Agent: Ip Section, Michael E. Martin Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP

20070034179 - Cooling mechanisms for rotary valve cylinder engines: A cooling mechanism for a rotary valve cylinder engine 1 comprising a rotary valve cylinder 3 rotatably mounted within an outer cylindrical valve element 8, the rotary valve cylinder 3 and the outer cylindrical valve element 8 each being formed with a respective valve port 51, 71, 81, the rotary... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070034180 - Internal combustion engine and method of operating same: An internal combustion engine having an intake channel that opens into a crankcase. A first fuel channel opens into the intake channel to supply fuel thereto as a function of underpressure in the intake channel. An auxiliary channel opens into a transfer channel that fluidically connects a crankcase to the... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates

20070034181 - Cylinder for a two stroke engine: A cylinder for a two-stroke engine has a cylinder wall defining a cylinder interior. A cylinder head closes of a combustion chamber in the cylinder interior. An exhaust is connected to the cylinder interior. At least one transfer passage having a transfer port opens into the cylinder interior. The at... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20070034183 - Lift-variable valve-operating system for internal combustion engine: A lift-variable valve-operating system for an internal combustion engine, comprising: subsidiary cams which are swingably supported on a movable support shaft capable of being displaced within a plane perpendicular to a rotational axis of a valve-operating cam, and which are swung following the valve-operating cam; and rocker arms each operatively... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070034184 - Valve drive of an internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder head: The invention relates to a valve drive of an internal combustion engine, comprising at least one camshaft whereon at least one cam carrier is arranged in a rotationally fixed and axially displaceable manner. Means for applying axial tension are formed between the at least one camshaft and the at least... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070034185 - Durable valve lifter for combustion engines and methods of making same: A valve system lifter for combustion engines includes a hard metal face pad connected to a lower-grade metal lifter body. The connecting material is one or more materials that are different from both the lifter body and the face pad. Preferably, the connecting material is a silver-and copper-containing material, that... Agent: Pedersen & Company, PLLC

20070034182 - Valve train of an internal combustion engine comprising at least one camshaft: The invention relates to valve train of an international combustion engine, which comprise axially displaceable cam elements. The inventive valve train is characterized in that one cam element comprises at least two cams which in turn comprise at least two cam tracks. The first cam and the at least second... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070034186 - Variable displacement/compression engine: An internal combustion engine with improved efficiency provides continuous variable displacement and/or compression ratio tuning to one of a number of fuel types to be used by the engine. By varying displacement without changing the compression ratio, the engine can be tuned to operate on a given fuel more efficiently... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070034187 - Cover arrangement for a hand-held power tool: A cover arrangement of a hand-held power tool has a cover having at least one fastening element for connecting the cover to an additional component of the power tool. The cover has a wall component having a shape-elastic yielding support forming a monolithic part of the cover. The at least... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20070034188 - Engine system and method of operating same over multiple engine load ranges: A method of operating an engine system should produce relatively low concentrations of various emissions without compromising a desired power output of the system. In order to operate an engine system of the present disclosure, a predetermined total amount of fuel injected into at least one combustion chamber is apportioned... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC

20070034189 - Watercraft propulsion system and control method of the system: A propulsion system for a watercraft includes an engine. An air intake device delivers air to a combustion chamber. A throttle valve regulates an amount of the air. A control device sets the throttle valve to a desired position. A remote controller provides the control device with the desired position.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070034190 - Ignition circuit having a high-energy spark for an internal combustion engine: An ignition circuit is for an internal combustion engine in a handheld portable work apparatus. A combustion chamber (4) is configured in the cylinder (3) of the engine (1) which is delimited by a piston (5) driving a crankshaft (7). An electromagnetic induction loop (13) and a pole wheel (10)... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20070034191 - Energy-saving high-pressure fuel supply control device for internal combustion engine: In an energy-saving high-pressure fuel supply control device for sucking a low-pressure fuel via a flow rate control valve and supplying high-pressure fuel acquired by pressurizing the sucked fuel to a fuel rail, at a time point that is logically decided from a bottom dead center and at which the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070034192 - Internal combustion engine: There is provided an internal combustion engine that uses a blended fuel consisting of hydrocarbon and alcohol, and can efficiently operate relative to a wide range of required load. The internal combustion engine includes: intake ports 4a and 4b and two injectors 5a and 5b. The injectors include a first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070034193 - Fuel vapor recovery canister: A vehicle fuel system includes a fuel vapor recovery canister containing a carbon bed configured to capture hydrocarbon material associated with fuel vapor discharged from the fuel tank into the canister. A purge vacuum is applied to the canister to draw fuel vapor carrying reclaimed hydrocarbon material from the canister... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070034194 - Cooling device for a fuel-recirculation circuit from the injection system to the tank of a motor vehicle: A cooling device for a fuel-recirculation circuit from the injection system to the tank of a motor vehicle comprises a pipe, which is designed to be traversed by the fuel and comprises a side wall which has at least one internal projection obtained by plastic deformation of the side wall.... Agent: Mitchell P. Brook C/o Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

20070034195 - Control unit, supercharging system, vehicle comprising a supercharging system and method of controlling a supercharging system: A control unit for controlling a supercharging system connected to an internal combustion engine for providing a higher air pressure in the air inlet to the engine, is described, said engine being controlled by an engine control module, said control unit arranged to receive a control signal from the engine... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070028880 - Engine starting method and engine starting device: An engine starting method includes maintaining a rotation speed of a crankshaft of an engine rotated by a motor at a first rotation speed, supplying fuel to the engine and igniting the fuel while the crankshaft is rotated by the motor at the first rotation speed, determining whether the fuel... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070028882 - Internal combustion engine intake device: An internal combustion engine intake device is provided for an internal combustion engine such that intake device that can reduce the vibration of the throttle chamber of an internal combustion engine. The intake device has an intake air collector, a vacuum tank and a first air induction pipe. The vacuum... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070028883 - Internal combustion engine intake device: An internal combustion engine intake device includes an intake collector and a first air induction pipe. The intake collector includes a first collector space and a second collector space. The first air induction pipe extends diagonally downward from an upstream side of the intake collector with respect to a horizontal... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070028884 - Air-intake duct and motorcycle comprising the same: An air-intake duct through which air taken in from outside is guided to an air flow rate control device configured to control an amount of air flow that is supplied to an engine of a vehicle, including a pipe-shaped portion that is coupled to the flow rate control device and... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070028885 - Active vibration absorber and method: An active vibration absorber is provided for absorbing vibrations in a member. An inertial mass is mounted on the member with a stiffness between the member and the mass. A force actuator arrangement applies a force between the inertial mass and the member. A damping arrangement provides for damping of... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070028886 - Baffle plate configuration of internal combustion engine: A baffle plate configuration of an internal combustion engine according to a first embodiment of the invention is provided below a rotational member arranged on or near a crankshaft and prevents the rotational members and lubricant in a pan from interfering each other. The baffle plate includes a preventing portion... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070028887 - Engine lubrication method: An engine lubrication method is provided. The four-cycle engine has a lightweight aluminum alloy engine block having a cylindrical bore and an enclosed oil reservoir formed therein. A crankshaft is rotatably mounted in the engine block for rotation about a crankshaft axis. A piston reciprocates within the bore and is... Agent: Anderson, Kill & Olick, P.C.

20070028888 - Speed control method and system for a motor vehicle: A method for regulating the speed of a motor vehicle includes the steps of sensing an open door, verifying the authorization of a driver, and preventing the flow of fuel to the engine until an authorized driver has securely closed the vehicle doors. The method also includes the steps of... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070028889 - Control system for compression-ignition engine: In a control system for a compression-ignition engine whose operation is switchable between a compression-ignition operation in which an air-fuel mixture supplied to a combustion chamber auto-ignites to burn owing to compression and a spark-ignition operation in which the air-fuel mixture is ignited to burn by a spark of a... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070028891 - Intake device and mounting structure of valve unit: An intake device has an intake manifold, valve units each having a valve housing and a valve member, a shaft and deformed members. The intake manifold defines passages through which a fluid flows. Each of the valve units is disposed in a corresponding one of the passages of the intake... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070028892 - Internal combustion engine with speed recovery power boost: A method of operating an internal combustion engine, includes the steps of: detecting an operating speed reduction of the internal combustion engine; determining if the operating speed reduction is caused by an external load; and controlling operation of a fuel supply system to increase an output of fuel above a... Agent: Scott D. Clair Patent Department

20070028893 - Dsp-based engine knock detection including knock sensor and circuit diagnostics: A knock detection system for a spark-ignition engine includes a knock sensor that is responsive to vibration of the engine and that generates a knock signal. A first module calculates a knock energy based on the knock signal and a second module calculates a knock intensity based on the knock... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070028894 - Method for controlling the intake valves of an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a method for controlling the opening and closing of the intake valves of an internal combustion engine with a direct fuel injection system, comprising at least one first intake valve and a second intake valve per cylinder, wherein each valve respectively opening or closing a first... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20070022976 - Performance of interal combustion engines: An internal combustion engine with fuel injection is supplied with a portion of fuel injected at ambient temperature into a cracking reactor chamber also receiving air and, is heated by waste heat from a conventional engine component operating normally, to sustain cracking of the injected fuel so that a cracked... Agent: Robert W. J. Usher Patent Agent

20070022977 - Method and apparatus for operating an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine and method of operation employing timed injection of water into the combustion chamber for one or a combination of recapturing waste heat, cooling the engine, and lowering Nox emissions of the engine. The water injection subsequent to the power stroke of the engine employs residual heat... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20070022979 - Coolant pump for internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine relies on a liquid coolant to dissipate heat that is produced by combustion within the engine. A coolant pump, which is driven by the engine itself, circulates the coolant through passageways in the engine. The pump includes a clutch such as a magnetic particle clutch or... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070022980 - Coolable annular support for internally cooled piston rings and method for the production thereof: A method of producing a coolable annular support for internally cooled piston rings and comprising an annular body, a cooling channel plate and respective tubular bodies or plate-shaped bodies disposed on or in openings of the plate. End portions of legs of the cooling channel plate with edge portions of... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates Ste. B.

20070022981 - Device for cooling at least one piston of an internal combustion engine: A device for cooling the pistons of an internal combustion engine by a lubricating oil pump which supplies oil from the lubricating oil circuit to at least on the base side of each piston through at least one supply line having an outlet opening and at least one valve. The... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070022978 - Snow remover: The snow remover has a cooling fan for directing cooling air to an engine, and an air cleaner. The air cleaner has an air intake for drawing in outside air. The cooling fan and the air intake of the air cleaner is housed within the engine cover. Cooling air is... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20070022982 - Hydroformed port liner: A cylinder head (10) for an internal combustion engine has hydroformed port liners (18) positioned within selected ports, either exhaust and/or intake ports (14, 16). The hydroformed port liner (18) includes an air gap (24) for an insulation layer within the selected port (14, 16) between an outer surface (19)... Agent: Eaton Corporation Eaton Center

20070022983 - Internal combustion engine: The invention concerns a combustion engine comprising a cylinder and a piston which is displaceably guided in the cylinder, the piston having a piston head facing a combustion chamber and being coupled to a crankshaft via a connecting rod, wherein a second piston which is displaceably guided in the cylinder... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20070022985 - Electromagnetically driven valve: An electromagnetically driven valve includes a valve element, a main body, a disc, and a lower electromagnet. The valve element includes a valve stem, and is reciprocated in the direction in which the valve stem extends. The main body is provided at a position distant from the valve element. The... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070022986 - Variable valve actuator: Improved actuators and valve control systems, and methods for controlling actuators and/or engine valves, are disclosed. In addition to the inherent capability of timing control, the ability to provide continuous valve lift or stroke control greatly improves engine achieve fuel economy, emission and performance. The power-off state of the actuator... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle & Citkowski, P.c

20070022987 - Variable valve actuator: Improved actuators and valve control systems, and methods for controlling actuators and/or engine valves, are disclosed. In addition to the inherent capability of timing control, the ability to provide continuous valve lift or stroke control greatly improves engine achieve fuel economy, emission and performance. The power-off state of the actuator... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle & Citkowski, P.c

20070022988 - Variable valve actuator: Improved actuators and valve control systems, and methods for controlling actuators and/or engine valves, are disclosed. In addition to the inherent capability of timing control, the ability to provide continuous valve lift or stroke control greatly improves engine achieve fuel economy, emission and performance. The power-off state of the actuator... Agent: John G. Posa Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle,

20070022990 - Valve gear for load change valves of four-stroke internal combustion engines: Valve gears for load-change valves of four-stroke internal combustion engines, in which the load-change valves are closed by spring force, engage a pivot lever moved by a cam for opening a load-change channel. The cam engages an intermediate element that it is additionally moved by the lifting curve of the... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070022989 - Variable valve gear for internal combustion engine: A variable valve gear for internal combustion engines, having at least one camshaft and pivot lever disposed in the cylinder head, which lever contacts a valve that closes by means of spring force. An intermediate element of a transfer element is mounted in a supporting and displaceable manner, twice on... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070022991 - Rocker arm for an engine: A rocker arm is adapted for use with an engine including a push rod, a valve unit and a pivot ball disposed on a supporting frame. The rocker arm is connected pivotally to the supporting frame, and includes a main plate having a central opening defined by an upper edge,... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070022992 - Cam follower: A cam follower includes a roller on which a cam rolls. A material ratio Rmr (C) (C: a section level %) of an radially outer surface of the roller is set to relations of 0 %<Rmr (10%)≦10 %, a Kurtosis Rku of a roughness profile of the outer surface is... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070022984 - Cam shaft assembly for an engine: An internal combustion engine including an engine housing having a cam chamber and an aperture providing access to the cam chamber. The engine also includes an insert at least partially made from plastic received within the aperture, a crankshaft coupled to the engine housing for rotation about a crank axis,... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070022993 - Manifold gasket having pushrod guide: A manifold gasket assembly includes a steel carrier fabricated with a plurality of air intake openings. Rubber material is molded to the carrier body to provide a seal about the openings when the gasket assembly is clamped between a cylinder head and intake manifold. Pushrod guides are provided on the... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070022994 - Remote starter for a pump: Methods and apparatus for a remote starting system for an engine-driven pump are provided. The system includes a remote starter controller communicatively coupled to the engine-driven pump, and configured to transmit an engine start signal to the engine wherein the remote starter controller is positioned remotely from the engine-driven pump.... Agent: Dean D. Small The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20070022995 - Automatic start-up of an auxiliary power unit: An auxiliary power unit automatic start-up system is configured to assist a main engine start of a machine. The auxiliary power unit automatic start-up system may include an auxiliary power unit and a controller. The controller may monitor a parameter of the machine, automatically start the auxiliary power unit if... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070022996 - Expandable manifold: An expandable manifold comprises an expansion chamber defined by a resilient surface. Intake is provided by a conduit extending into the chamber. As reverse impulses resulting from the closing of an intake valve enter the expansion chamber from the output end of the chamber, the volume of the chamber increases... Agent: Robert Egan

20070022997 - Gasket for a valve of an internal combustion engine: A gasket (18) for a valve (12) of an internal combustion engine (1) includes a supporting element (26) having a tubular conformation according to an axis (B), and an elastically deformable element (25) adapted to be arranged between the valve (12) and the supporting element (26). The supporting element (26)... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070022999 - Crankshaft for v-type six-cylinder engine: A crankshaft for a V-type six-cylinder engine is equipped with first through sixth crankpins, first through fourth crank journals, and first through ninth arms for connecting the crank pins and the crank journals to each other. Of the first through ninth arms, the third arm and the seventh arm respectively... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070022998 - Lubrication assembly for an engine: In one embodiment, the invention provides an internal combustion engine including an engine housing having a crankcase defining a crank chamber adapted to contain a lubricant. The engine also includes a crankshaft coupled to the engine housing for rotation about a crank axis, the crankshaft disposed within the crank chamber,... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070023000 - Member for controlling airflow to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle: A member for controlling airflow to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the member having a throttled body, which has a throttle valve for regulating airflow to the engine on command, and is designed to house an electronic central control unit, which in turn has an engine control... Agent: Mitchell P. Brook C/o Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

20070023001 - Balanced rotary internal combustion engine or cycling volume machine: A balanced rotary cycling machine suitable for use as an internal combustion engine, compressed gas or steam engine, compressor or pump is disclosed herein. The rotor assembly consists of four articulating pistons where the opposite pistons are inter-linked with each other by pivoted rods comprising a parallelogram mechanism and therefore... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070023002 - Use of engine lubricant as ignition fuel for micro-pilot ignition system of an internal combustion engine: A method and system for providing pilot fuel for a pilot ignition system of an internal combustion engine having one or more cylinders and having a lubrication system. A portion of the lubricating oil is diverted from the lubricating system. During the pilot ignition phase of the engine combustion cycle,... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070023003 - Method of operating an internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection: In a method of operating a spark ignition internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection wherein combustion air is supplied to a combustion chamber, fuel is injected into the combustion air during an intake stroke via a fuel injector in a pilot injection using a first fuel quantity so as... Agent: Klaus J. Bach & Associates Patents And Trademarks

20070023006 - Combustion control system and method for direct-injection spark-ignition internal combustion engine: There is provided a combustion control system for a direct-injection spark-ignition internal combustion engine, including a fuel injection valve that injects fuel directly into a cylinder of the engine to form an air-fuel mixture in a combustion chamber of the engine cylinder, a spark plug that ignites the air-fuel mixture,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070023007 - Controller for a direct-injection internal combustion engine and method of controlling the direct-injection internal combustion engine: It is determined whether there is a fuel-injection history when the engine is started under very low temperature conditions. If there is the fuel-injection history, a current number of times cutting off ignition is to be performed is calculated, using a requested number of times of cutting off of ignition,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070023005 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a direct-injection internal combustion engine that is operated in a first operating range associated with the low part load, with largely homogeneous combustion of the mixture and subsequent injection. Said internal combustion engine is operated in a second operating range associated with the middle part load,... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070023004 - Method for synchronizing injection with the engine phase in an electric injector controlled engine: In a method relating to an engine with n cylinders, fuel is injected in a predetermined order into the cylinders in a manner which is synchronized with the position of the pistons of the engine. The method includes the following steps after start-up: injection into m cylinders in a predetermined... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070023008 - Motor actuator and tandem valve type throttle body using the same: To make compact a motor actuator and a tandem valve type throttle body preferably for two-wheeled vehicles, a gear portion (G) and a motor (M) are arranged in an actuator case constituted by a gear case (2) and a motor case (1), the gear portion (G) is formed by a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070023009 - Pump control system: A pump for a fuel system is disclosed. The pump has a housing defining at least one pumping chamber, and a plunger. The plunger is movable to draw a fluid into and displace the fluid from the at least one pumping chamber. The pump also has a metering valve and... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070023010 - Method of controlling the injection begin of a fuel injection valve of an internal combustion engine: In a method of controlling an internal combustion engine wherein an injection begin is calculated depending at least on an actual engine speed and the injection begin is corrected, the injection begin correction is calculated from a deviation of a desired air mass flow from an actual air mass flow.... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20070023011 - Control apparatus for vehicular internal combustion engine: In a case where fuel injection system abnormality is detected, and fuel supply stop processing is carried out against the abnormality, since a judgment is made using a misfire judgment, in a case where the misfire judgment is carried out in a periodic measurement system, the reliability is low at... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070023013 - Advance arrangements: An advance arrangement for controlling timing of fuel delivery by a fuel pump in an engine comprises an advance piston which is movable in either an advance or a retard direction to advance or retard, respectively, the timing of fuel pump delivery, wherein a surface associated with the advance piston... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070023012 - Controller for direct-injection internal combustion engine and method of controlling the direct-injection internal combustion engine: After initial combustion at the time if engine startup under very low temperature conditions, a fuel-injection start time point and a fuel-injection end time point are restricted to a period of time during which smoldering of an ignition plug is less prone to occur, to warm up the inside of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070023014 - Dual fuel pump configuration for saddle fuel tanks: A dual fuel pump fuel extraction system for saddle fuel tanks. A primary modular reservoir assembly (MRA) includes an electric primary fuel pump located in the primary sump of a saddle fuel tank and a secondary MRA including an electric secondary fuel pump located in the secondary sump of the... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070023015 - Evaporative fuel handling apparatus: A fuel handling apparatus with a purge system, a first communication passage, and a second communication passage with a greater pressure loss than the first communication passage. A check device is coupled to the second communication passage for checking a leak of evaporative fuel from the purge system. A pump... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070023016 - Vapor control system: A valve is disposed between a fuel tank and an engine intake manifold in a small engine fuel system equipped to recapture running loss evaporative emissions. The valve includes a resilient diaphragm that blocks the flow path When vapor pressure in the fuel tank reaches a predetermined level, the diaphragm... Agent: Anna M. Shih

20070023017 - Supercharger: A centrifugal supercharger is provided. One embodiment of the supercharger comprises a two-piece housing wherein a parting area is substantially aligned with a rotational axis of a drive- or impeller shaft. Another embodiment comprises a sleeve, or intermediate member disposed substantially between the housing and a bearing assembly(s) located within... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20070023018 - Sequential control valve: A system for controlling the mixture of an air flow and an exhaust gas flow utilizing two valves, the first valve at least partially positioned in an air intake conduit and regulating the flow of fluid through the air conduit, and the second valve positioned in an exhaust gas recirculation... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070023019 - Internal combustion engine ignition device: An internal combustion engine ignition device is provided with a connector including first external connection terminal, and second external connection terminal. The first external connection terminals is formed with no noble metal coat, while the second external connection terminal is formed with a noble metal coat. The first external connection... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070023020 - Internal combustion engine controller: The internal combustion engine controller includes an oxygen concentration sensor outputting an electric signal having a value depending on an oxygen concentration in an exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, and a control unit controlling fuel injection amount depending on at least the electric... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070023021 - Air-fuel ratio control apparatus for internal combustion engine: At the time of start-up, fuel supply is made excessive. When air-fuel ratio feedback control is started while the fuel is excessive, the control is put into a state of overshoot or hunting, and it takes a long time to converge to the target air-fuel ratio. In an air-fuel ratio... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC