Internal-combustion engines inventions 04/07

20070089692 - Forced-air-cooled engine equipped with cooling air guide cover: A forced-air-cooled engine having a main blow-out opening provided to a back plate of a cooling fan cover at a position facing a cylinder part for blowing out cooling air for cooling a cylinder part and a secondary blow-out opening provided to the back plate at a position opposite to... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070089693 - Engine water jacket for water planing boat: An engine for a planing-type boat can have a water jacket, which is provided in a main body of the engine and which is supplied with cooling water for cooling the engine. The water jacket can include a ceiling with its rearward portion higher than its forward portion. The water... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070089694 - Internal combustion engine with sidewall combustion chamber and method: An internal-combustion, reciprocating-piston engine operating on the Otto cycle and associated method are provided where a sidewall combustion chamber is employed that is capable of receiving highly-compressed air or a mixture of any gas and fuel from a cylinder while a main piston is positioned at or near top-dead-center in... Agent: James Scott Hacsi

20070089695 - Cold temperature operation for added motion valve system: A hydraulic circuit in fluid communication with an added motion valve system is disclosed. The hydraulic circuit in fluid communication with an added motion valve system includes at least a first valve that permits flow of a fluid in a first fluid supply channel to an added motion actuator volume... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20070089697 - Control apparatus for controlling internal combustion engines: In a control apparatus for controlling a variable valve actuation system employed in an internal combustion engine, engine/vehicle sensors are provided to detect at least a cylinder pressure in an engine cylinder for monitoring a change of state in combustion, arising from fluctuations in states/characteristics of air-fuel mixture such as... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070089696 - Variable valve timing control apparatus for internal combustion engine and internal combustion engine including variable valve timing control apparatus: As for a reference valve timing varying rate A obtained by a deviation Δφ between a target VVT phase φT and an actual VVT phase φ, when a varying rate Δθth of an accelerator opening degree resulting from the manipulation of the driver is relatively low, a VVT-ECU places a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070089698 - Lash adjuster and valve system: An added-motion hydraulic valve system is disclosed. The added-motion hydraulic valve system includes an engine valve actuator that causes movement of an engine valve, fluid that moves through a solenoid actuator valve, and a fluid actuator housing having a volume for receiving said fluid. The volume is disposed between the... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20070089699 - Balancer driven gear of engine: A balancer driven gear 11 mof an engine, for the transfer of rotation of the crankshaft 4 to a balancer shaft 8, is made up of a gear member 30, a bush member 20 and elastic members 41 and 45 interposed therebetween. Wrong assembly such as reverse assembly is prevented... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070089700 - Castable ceramic port liner: Fused silica exhaust port liners for internal combustion engines are cast into engine head metals such as gray iron by employing compliant insulating layers to protect the liner against high casting temperatures and subsequently dampen engine vibrations that could otherwise structurally damage the liners.... Agent: Leonard Tachner, A Professional Law Corporation

20070089701 - Rotary piston machine with an oval rotary piston: An internal combustion engine having at least one working chamber limited by a piston and means for fuel injection, wherein said fuel injection means are arranged in a separate ignition chamber communicating with said working chamber, and means for tuning said ignition chamber and fuel injected by said fuel injection... Agent: Silber & Fridman

20070089702 - Three cycle internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine having an intake cycle, a power cycle, and an exhaust cycle performed over 360-degree rotation of a power output shaft. The intake cycle extends over a first 90 degrees of rotation. The power cycle extends over a following 90 degrees of rotation. A final 180 degrees... Agent: Charles E. Temko

20070089703 - Internal combustion engine with auxiliary combustion chamber: An internal combustion engine is provided that basically comprises a cylinder block, a cylinder head, a piston, an auxiliary chamber partition wall and a spark plug. The auxiliary chamber partition wall is coupled to the cylinder head and extending toward the main chamber to form an auxiliary combustion chamber inside... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070089704 - Homogeneous charge compression ignition engine control: A method is shown for operating an internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber with a piston, the internal combustion engine capable of injecting fuel into the combustion chamber multiple times during a cycle, the method comprising: performing a first fuel injection after approximately −25 crank angle degrees after top... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070089705 - Combustion control method for a direct-injection controlled auto-ignition combustion engine: A powertrain, and a control method therefor, are provided, wherein ignition of a combustible charge in a combustion chamber of a controlled auto-ignition internal combustion engine equipped with in-cylinder fuel-injection and a spark ignition device is controlled. The method comprises generating a spark-discharge plasma channel between the electrodes of the... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070089707 - Air and fuel supply system for combustion engine: A method of operating an internal combustion engine including at least one cylinder and a piston slidable in the cylinder is provided. In at least one embodiment, the method includes: supplying a mixture of pressurized air and recirculated exhaust gas from an intake manifold to an air intake port of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.

20070089706 - Air and fuel supply system for combustion engine operating in hcci mode: An engine and a method of operating an internal combustion engine is provided. The method comprises supplying a pressurized air from an intake manifold to an air intake port of a combustion chamber in the cylinder, operating an air intake valve to open the air intake port to allow the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.

20070089708 - Method and system for controlling an actuator to rotate a valve: In a system, an actuator is linked to a valve rotatably installed in a passage through which gas flows. The actuator changes torque to be applied to the valve so as to adjust a rotational position of the valve based on a deviation between a current position and a target... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070089709 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine, which make possible a defined and reliable cutting in or cutting off a gas-exchange valve of a cylinder. In at least one operating state, at least one intake valve or exhaust valve of a cylinder is cut off or... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070089710 - Fuel injection amount correction method for pressure boosting fuel injection apparatus: A pressure boosting unit (110) is provided in each fuel injection valve of an engine (1). A pressure of fuel to be supplied to the fuel injection valve from a common rail (3) is boosted as required. An ECU (20) causes low pressure injection to be performed with the pressure... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070089711 - High-pressure fuel supply system using variable displacement fuel pump: A high pressure fuel supply system includes: a high pressure fuel pump having a normally closed electromagnetic valve; and a controller for calculating a valve open signal and a valve close signal for the electromagnetic valve in accordance with a state amount of an engine, and supplying a drive current... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070089712 - Injector for fuel injection system and fuel injection system having such an injector: An injector for a fuel injection system includes (a) an injector housing extending along an axis, wherein the injector housing surrounds an internal high-pressure space adapted to receive fuel under high pressure; (b) an injection valve situated at a lower end of the injector housing and connected to the high-pressure... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070089713 - Fuel supply device for motorcycle and motorcycle: A fuel supply device for a motorcycle facilitates a narrower vehicle width to improve maneuverability. A fuel tank is disposed above a body frame, and a first fuel pump is fixed to a part of the fuel tank facing the body frame and positioned inside of the fuel tank via... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070089714 - Device for delivering fuel from a reservoir to an internal combustion engine: A fuel delivery device in which a preliminary filter and a throttle are provided in a drive line of a suction jet pump. The throttle is integrally formed with or connected to a preliminary filter to thereby reduce the manufacturing costs and simplify installation.... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070089715 - Exhaust gas recirculation system: A flow control mechanism connected to the intake and exhaust systems of an engine. The mechanism may achieve recirculation of exhaust gases despite varying differential pressures or pulses of pressures. The control mechanism may be connected to a storage device. The pulses may be used to store some of the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070089716 - Heat exchanger method and apparatus: A method for an internal combustion engine includes the steps of collecting exhaust gas in a volume (502) and flowing exhaust gas out of the volume in a first and a second portions (504). The first portion forms a tailpipe gas stream (506), and the second portion forms an EGR... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20070089717 - Oxidation catalyst coating in a heat exchanger: A method for an internal combustion engine includes the steps of collecting exhaust gas in a volume (902) and flowing exhaust gas out of the volume in a first and a second portions (904). The first portion forms a tailpipe gas stream (906), and the second portion forms an EGR... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20070089718 - Air filter, secondary air charging system and seal arrangement for a secondary air charging system: A seal arrangement for a secondary air charging system includes a seal sealing a gap between an intake opening of the secondary air charging system and a downstream surface of an air intake filter.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070089719 - Method and apparatus for controlling stationary gaseous-fueled internal combustion engines: A method and system is disclosed which relates to controlling a stationary gaseous-fueled internal combustion engine. The method may include measuring an air to fuel ratio of the engine, calculating a difference between the measured air to fuel ratio and a desired air to fuel ratio for the engine, and... Agent: Duckor Spradling Metzger & Wynne A Law Corporation

20070089720 - Device for correcting fuel injection amount of internal combustion engine, and control apparatus for internal combustion engine employing the device: To prevent RPM decrease, misfire, and engine stall by refraining from correcting, the amount of fuel to shift an air-fuel ratio toward a lean side to the extent of exceeding a combustion limit when the internal combustion engine operates at a low load, a control apparatus is provided for controlling... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070089721 - Fuel vapor treatment apparatus: A CPU measures an actual air-fuel ratio based on the signals detected by the air-fuel ratio sensor. When the difference between the actual air-fuel ratio and a target air-fuel ratio is larger than a predetermined value, the computer determines that a fuel vapor amount purged into the intake passage deviates... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070084423 - Hydrogen peroxide injection engine and combustion fuel supplamentation: This invention is a electronic and mechanical system that comprises of several sub-systems which carries out a new method of using different concentrations of self-propelled hydrogen peroxide-based solutions for direct propulsion in engines designed to use only gas pressure as energy or the system may act as a fuel supplement... Agent: Kelvin Lebeaux

20070084424 - Methods for controlling valves of an internal combustion engine, devices for controlling the valves, and engines employing the methods: Methods for improving the efficiency of internal combustion engines are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of improving the efficiency of an internal combustion comprises controlling the motion of an exhaust valve associated with a cylinder of the internal combustion engine. Camshafts and internal combustion engines configured for performing methods... Agent: Morriss O'bryant Compagni, P.C.

20070084425 - Control apparatus and control method for internal combustion engine: If it is determined that an engine has been started, an engine coolant temperature is detected. If the engine coolant temperature is equal to or lower than a threshold value, the catalyst quick warm-up control is started to retard ignition timing, and a signal indicating a command to increase an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070084426 - Adjustable valve rocker lever: The invention relates to an adjustable valve rocker lever (1) of a valve timing gear of an internal combustion engine, having an inner lever (3) and an outer lever (4) enclosing the former with its arms (2), the levers (3, 4) running on a common axis (5) so that they... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070084427 - Strategy for detecting use of a block heater and for modifying temperature-dependent variables to account for its use: A diesel engine (100) has a control system (102) that processes certain data to develop data values for one or more temperature-dependent variables, such as injection control pressure (ICP), that affect engine starting and ensuing warm-up. The control system also processes data for detecting a temperature differential in the engine... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20070084428 - Homogeneous charge compression ignition engine and method of operating: An HCCI engine includes a power piston disposed in a cylinder and structure for increasing compression in the cylinder, independently of the power piston, so as to cause ignition of a fuel/air mixture in the cylinder. In one possible embodiment, compression is increased by firing a spring-loaded ignition piston positioned... Agent: Patrick R. Scanlon Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios LLP

20070084430 - Engine start control apparatus and engine start control method: When a user presses an engine start switch after an engine is started and then stalled, it is determined whether an engine state signal that is input from an engine control module is a signal indicative of complete explosion of the engine, and when the engine state signal is the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070084429 - Starting apparatus for internal combustion engine and automobile: An idling stop control of the invention attains an auto start and an auto stop of an engine. At a time point t1, pre-set stop conditions are met to cut off a fuel supply to the engine. Preset starting conditions may be met at a time point t2 when the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070084431 - Fluid pump and method: An internal combustion engine (200) includes a fluid pump (220) having an inlet (218), a low pressure outlet (223), and a high pressure outlet (222). A reservoir (226) is connected to the high pressure outlet (222) and an oil sump (204) is in fluid communication with the inlet (218). A... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20070084432 - Internal combustion engine, especially in a motor vehicle, having a fuel filter system:

20070084433 - Multicharge ignition coil with primary routed in shield slot: A plastic case surrounds a primary winding of a multicharge ignition system, and has a rib in which the high voltage end is routed back to the low voltage end, so that the low and high voltage ends can be closely juxtaposed with each other while advantageously permitting the primary... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070084434 - Modular rotary engine: An internal combustion rotary engine, self cooled, totally concentric and symmetric, dynamically variable compression ratio, capable of developing multiple Otto cycles in each rotation, by means using modules, composed mainly by a solenoid gate valve and three chambers operating at the rotor periphery, producing at low RPM, torsion of value... Agent: Enrique H,leon Rabanales

20070084435 - Control system for internal combustion engine: A control system for an internal combustion engine that has at least one fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of the engine, and burns the injected fuel by compressing an air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber. An operating condition of the engine and/or a refueling condition... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070084436 - In-cylinder direct fuel-injection engine: An in-cylinder direct fuel injection engine is disclosed. The engine comprises a fuel injection valve engaged in a fuel injection hole, a cylinder head, and an ignition plug engaged in an ignition hole, The fuel injection valve is attached to the fuel rail and the fuel injection nozzle injects fuel... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070084437 - Valve regulating device and intake manifold comprising at least one such device: A valve regulating device intended to regulate the circulation of a fluid in the region of an opening, said device consisting of a pivoting valve body, of an annular support body integrating two opposing bearings mounting said valve body in a rotational manner, and of a control pin, wherein said... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish

20070084438 - Throttle default system: An electronic throttle control unit includes an air bypass channel having a removable obstruction that opens in response to receiving an electronic throttle control fault signal and thereby allowing the vehicle a limp home condition. The throttle plate defaults to a fully closed position upon engine-off to substantially prevent evaporation... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070084439 - Electronically controlled throttle valve system: In an electronically controlled throttle valve system, a case of a DC motor and a valve housing forming a throttle body are mutually different in material and shape. Specifically, the valve housing is made of synthetic resin easy to be deformed and the case is made of metal hard to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070084440 - Intake air control device, and vehicle including same: An intake air control device is provided in which a valve shaft extends in the left and right direction of a vehicle body frame across an air intake path, and is rotatably supported by an air intake path forming body connected to an engine body, equalizing the distances from a... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070084441 - Link structure for carburetor: To optimize an accelerator pump while maintaining serviceability of a carburetor. A drive lever includes an operating portion that slides in abutment along a cam projection formed on a cam and a transmitting portion for transmitting a swinging force in an increased magnitude by being provided in the vicinity of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070084442 - Engine combustion state determining apparatus and method: An ECU detects heat generation center of gross heat value. A combustion state of an engine is determined based on the heat generation center. When a deviation between the average heat generation center and the subject heat generation center exceeds a predetermined value, the ECU determines that the engine combustion... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070084443 - Depressurizing valve and fuel injection device: An object of the invention is to provide a depressurizing valve mounted to a common rail for a fuel injection device, in which a direction of a connector for the depressurizing valve can be adjusted, without affecting an air gap and a sealing performance. The depressurizing valve has a valve... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070084444 - Electronic fuel regulation system for small engines: An electronic fuel regulation system (A) that provides fuel control for small engines (C) used in garden equipment (B) and small vehicles. An electronic control unit (1) accepts a plurality of signals generated by a plurality of sensors that detect certain environmental characteristics and certain engine operating characteristics. The electronic... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070084445 - Flange mounted valve manifold: A flange assembly 10 is provided for a fuel supply unit of a vehicle. The assembly 10 includes a flange 12 constructed and arranged to cover an opening in a fuel tank. The flange has an interior portion constructed and arranged to be exposed to fuel. The interior portion is... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070084447 - Dme fuel supply device for diesel engine: In the DME fuel supply device for a diesel engine, the time necessary to retrieve DME fuel remaining in the injection system after stopping the diesel engine into the fuel tank can be reduced. In a non-injection state, a three-way valve (71) is controlled to be OFF to form a... Agent: Priest & Goldstein PLLC

20070084446 - Remotely mounted fuel system: A fuel system comprises a fuel tank having an outlet. The system further includes a reservoir having a housing defining a cavity. The reservoir is located remotely from the tank and is configured to receive and store fuel. The system still further includes a fuel pump having an inlet and... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070084448 - Flow passage switching valve: A flow passage switching valve provided with a swing arm type valve element comprises a housing formed with a first passage communicated with an inlet port, a second passage communicated with an outlet port, a bypass passage for providing communication between the first passage and the second passage, an introduction... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070084449 - Method to improve combustion stability in a controlled auto-ignition combustion engine: A method to control combustion in an HCCI engine, to mitigate effects of combustion chamber deposits is detailed. The method comprises applying a specific surface coating to a combustion chamber surface. The surface coating has thermal properties substantially similar to the combustion chamber deposits. The thermal properties preferably include a)... Agent: Kathryn A Marra General Motors Corporation

20070084450 - Drive control apparatus for forklift: A load determining section of a drive control apparatus for forklift determines a load state related to a loading attachment. In a case where a connection determining section determines switching to a connection state, if the load state determined by the load determining section requires that driving of a vehicle... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070079774 - Cooling system for a combustion engine: A cooling system for a combustion engine having a cooling passage system in an engine block comprising a main cooler HWK which is arranged in a cycle with the cooling passage system of the combustion engine, a water pump and a first thermostat TH1 in said cycle, a hot water... Agent: Lowe, Hauptman, Gilman & Berner, LLP (itw)

20070079775 - Welding forged steel single piece piston and its manufacturing methods: The present invention has provided a welding forged steel single piece piston and its manufacturing methods. A semi-finished head and a semi-finished skirt are forged respectively; the semi-finished head and semi-finished skirt are heat-treated respectively; rough machining is carried out respectively to the semi-finished head and the semi-finished skirt, and... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20070079776 - Compression ignition internal combustion engine having combustion chambers for high ignition pressures: A compression ignition internal combustion engine having at least one combustion chamber for high ignition pressures. Each combustion chamber comprises a cylinder bore in the crankcase or a cylinder liner in the cylinder bore, a piston, and a cylinder head. Spaces for conveying coolant are disposed in the crankcase such... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates Suite B

20070079777 - Powered devices: Disclosed is a self-priming portable powered device such as a tool, comprising a housing within which are defined a priming combustion chamber and a main combustion chamber, within which chambers during operation of the device there is a combustion of a combustible fuel and a combustion-supporting gas; and wherein a... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070079778 - Cylinder block for integral gas compressor and internal combustion engine: A cylinder block for an integral gas compressor and internal combustion engine. The cylinder block has a bank of compressor cylinders and a bank of engine cylinders, such as in a V-shaped configuration. Valve train openings are machined into the cylinder block adjacent to the engine cylinders so that engine... Agent: Mcafee & Taft Tenth Floor, Two Leadership Square

20070079779 - Two-stroke engine: A crankcase scavenged two-stroke engine (1) comprises a cylinder (15) including scavenging ports (31, 31′) and at least one exhaust port, a piston (13), a connecting rod (17), a crankshaft (18) and a generally sealed crankcase (16). The crankcase inducts a fuel/air mixture and is connected to the scavenging ports... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070079781 - Procedure to operate an internal combustion engine with an electrohydraulic valve control: In a procedure to operate an internal combustion engine with an electrohydraulic valve control which comprises electrically activated oil control valves for hydraulic actuators for the actuation of charge-cycle valves, a motor control unit as well as an output stage unit, which is connected to the motor control unit via... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070079780 - Variable engine valve control system with pressure difference: A kind of variable engine valve control system with pressure difference comprises hydraulic supply equipment, hydraulic actuator apparatus, valve and spring controlling piston balance. The hydraulic actuator comprises hydraulic cylinder, piston and piston rod. The piston rod is coupled and moved with the valve. It is characterized by that the... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20070079782 - 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 upon starting, having a detection means (420) which detects operating parameters of the engine, in which a calculation means (410), taking the detected operating parameters before the start of the engine into account, specifies... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070079783 - Engine starting apparatus: In an engine which starts using a recoil starter, ignition chance during inertia rotation is not missed. If the engine 42 is rotated by the recoil starter 41, output of a power generator which is directly connected to the engine 42 is increased, and a CPU 27 is reset at... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070079784 - Sound increase apparatus: A sound increase apparatus includes a first hollow body member that communicates with an intake flow path of an internal combustion engine, a second hollow body member that communicates with the first hollow body member, and a vibration member capable of vibrating in an out-of-plane direction, which is inserted in... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070079785 - Internal viscous damper monitoring system and method: A method for operating an internal combustion engine of a vehicle traveling on the road, the method comprising of damping engine vibration with a damper coupled to the engine, and when said damping is reduced, preventing engine speed from falling below a threshold value, at least under selected operating conditions,... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070079786 - Engine balancer apparatus: A balancer apparatus including a first balancer and a second balancer. The first balancer includes a first balance weight and the second balancer includes a second balance weight and wherein the first and second balance weights are asymmetrical. The first and second balancers include first and second center of gravities... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070079787 - Internal combustion engine: The invention has many aspects. One aspect is that of an internal combustion engine (8010) that has a piston (8020) within a cylinder (8022) and has a crankcase (8012), defining a combustion chamber (8024) and crank volume (8026). A passageway (8032 and 8034) links the combustion chamber (8024) and the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070079789 - Lubricating device for engine: An lubrication device for an engine includes: a crank case which freely rotatably supports a crank shaft and also which stores oil at its lower part; an oil strainer which is so arranged as to be fixed in the crank case; and an oil pump which suctions the oil at... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070079788 - Piston engine: A piston engine which has at least one dry-running piston-cylinder unit. It has a first housing (1), at least one cylinder arranged in or on the first housing (1) in which a piston is reciprocably arranged. The piston-cylinder unit further has a first crankshaft (4) and a second crankshaft (5),... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070079790 - Cam drive mechanism: For the conversion of a reciprocatory into a rotary motion or vice versa, a reciprocating member is acting upon at least one cam of a driveshaft. Among the benefits and advantages resulting from the choice of the cam profile, there is the possibility of a single cylinder engine which is... Agent: Manousos Pattakoas

20070079791 - Wavetech engine: Reciprocating engine construction wherein a rotating assembly converts the linear motion of the piston into rotational motion more efficiently, therefore yielding more torque and working power while using less fuel. The rotating assembly is three components working together, an interchanger unit with track rollers mounted at both ends and attached... Agent: Brad Raether

20070079792 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: A method for operating an internal combustion engine having a fuel-driven combustion motor, making possible a differentiation of faults in the fuel delivery system. Fuel is delivered under pressure to the combustion motor via a fuel delivery system. A pressure decay rate in the fuel delivery system is determined, and... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070079793 - System and method for avoiding loss of prime in a diesel engine fuel system: A system and method for avoiding loss of prime in a primed fuel system of a diesel engine (10) that propels a motor vehicle. With the engine running, a control system (14) shuts down the engine when a fuel level sender (20) indicates an incipient risk of the fuel system... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20070079794 - Air cleaner assembly: In at least some embodiments, the present invention relates to an air cleaner having a housing portion, and a low profile rain cover having an opening on an underside of the cover to allow unfiltered air to enter into the air cleaner. Also, in at least some embodiments, the present... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C

20070079795 - Method of managing engine torque upon loss of engine coolant: An engine torque management system of a V-style engine utilizes a cylinder head metal temperature sensor in each cylinder head to detect a temperature. When the sensor temperature rises above a threshold value for a particular time period, the response software shuts down the fuel injection of a bank of... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070079796 - Installation structure for compressor: An engine is provided to facilitate installation of a compressor on an engine. The engine can include a crankshaft, a front end, and an installation structure, and can be disposed in an engine compartment having an opening for accessing the engine. The installation structure can comprise an installation mount that... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070079797 - Cylinder direct gasoline injection type internal combustion engine, control equipment thereof, and injector: To balance ignition retard for reduction in exhaust and increase in exhaust gas temperature at a start of cooling, and increased output under a full open condition. There are provided an upward spray that forms airflow toward an electrode portion of an ignition plug at a start of cooling, a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070079798 - Method and apparatus for controlling fuel injection into an engine: A method for controlling fuel injection into a direct injection, compression-ignition internal combustion engine is provided. The engine preferably comprises a diffusion-combustion engine equipped with a fuel-injection system comprising a high-pressure fuel system and a plurality of fuel injectors each adapted to inject fuel directly into a combustion chamber of... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070079799 - Efficient dispersion device: A fuel conditioning device for increasing fuel burning efficiency and reducing pollutant emissions. The device contains: a hollow housing with an interior wall with a first surface roughness, a flow diverter disposed in an intermediate portion of such hollow housing, and a compound venturi disposed in said hollow housing downstream... Agent: Howard J. Greenwald P.C.

20070079800 - Swirl system intake manifold for an internal combustion engine: An intake manifold with a swirl system for an internal combustion engine having a number of cylinders; the intake manifold has, for each cylinder, an intake conduit connecting the intake manifold to the cylinder and in turn having two parallel channels; the swirl system has, for each intake conduit, a... Agent: Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon LLP

20070079801 - Engine secondary air system: A secondary air injection system for improving emissions of internal combustion engines. The secondary air injection system includes an engine cylinder head and exhaust system designed to be used with or without a secondary air system.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070079802 - Retainer for supporting valve shaft in variable intake system: A retainer device is provided suitable for supporting a valve shaft in a variable intake system. Preferred retainer devices can stably support a valve shaft of a variable intake system and may suitably include a shaft support part that can engage a valve shaft of the variable intake system; a... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070079803 - Idle air control apparatus in multiple throttle body: To make easier designing of an idle control apparatus for a multiple throttle body inexpensively, first and second air control holes (5, 6) are open to an upper side wall (2a) of a valve body slidable hole (2) of a control apparatus main body (1) in an idle air control... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070079804 - Working machine fuel management system and fuel managing method: A fuel management system detects theft of fuel from the fuel tank (81) of a working machine (1) or insertion of foreign matter into the fuel tank, and issues an alarm. The total operating hours of the working machine (1) and the actual volume and weight of the contents of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070079805 - Air and fuel supply system for combustion engine operating at optimum engine speed: An engine and method of operating an internal combustion engine with either a continuously variable speed transmission or electric drive is provided. The engine and method comprises operating the engine at its optimum engine speed throughout a range of vehicle speeds through, supplying pressurized air from an intake manifold to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.

20070079806 - Regulating device for regulating the air intake of a vehicle internal combustion engine: A regulating device for regulating the air intake of an internal combustion engine, and comprising at least one throttled body having at least one air feed conduit connectable to the engine, and a first and second throttle housed in said at least one feed conduit to regulate air intake of... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20070079807 - Fuel injection apparatus having fuel supplier for displacement amplifying chamber: According to the present invention, a fuel injection apparatus includes a high-pressure passage, a low-pressure passage, an actuator, a first and a second piston, a displacement amplifying chamber, a fuel injection mechanism, and a fuel supplier. The high-pressure passage is configured to be filled with high-pressure fuel. The low-pressure passage... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070079808 - Fuel injection system designed to ensure enhanced reliability of diagnosis of valve: A fuel injection system for automotive diesel engine is provided which is equipped with a fuel pressure sensor working to measure the pressure of fuel in an accumulator and a pressure-reducing valve working to drain the fuel from the accumulator. The system is designed to ensure enhanced reliability of diagnosis... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070079809 - High pressure fuel pump control apparatus for an engine: A high pressure fuel pump control apparatus for an engine can suppress or avoid uncontrolled fuel delivery of a flow control valve upon delivery of a maximum amount of fuel, and resultant great deterioration in drivability and exhaust gas. An advance angle setting limiting section limits a closed position of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070079810 - Damper mechanism and high pressure fuel pump: To obtain a small and high performance damper mechanism which reduces pressure pulsation in low pressure-side fuel in the high pressure fuel pump in a high pressure fuel supply system or a high pressure fuel pump provided with the small and high performance damper mechanism. Two metal diaphragms are welded... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070079811 - Fuel injection controller of diesel engine: A fuel injection controller of a diesel engine calculates a requirement injection amount based on an operation amount of an accelerator pedal and rotation speed of the engine. The fuel injection controller divides the requirement injection amount into multiple injections. Injection amounts of the divided injections are set to monotonically... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070079812 - Method of identifying noncompliant fuel in an automotive vehicle: The present invention provides a method of identifying noncompliant fuel of a vehicle and improving drivability. The method comprises: (a) confirming a present coolant temperature after the vehicle has been started, (b) setting a coolant temperature factor value based on the coolant temperature, (c) setting an RPM reference value based... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070079813 - Filter unit and valve for a fuel supply system: A valve (49) which is intended for insertion into the line connecting a fuel pump to a system of injection valves and which is designed as a pressure-maintaining valve is characterized by a pipe body (50) intended to have a flow passing through it, into which a sleeve (53) is... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20070079814 - Emissions control system for small internal combustion engines: An evaporative emissions control system for small internal combustion engines includes a control valve associated with a fuel line and with a vent line which each connect the fuel tank to the carburetor. When the engine is not running, the control valve automatically closes the vent line and the fuel... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20070079815 - Fuel delivery system: A fuel delivery system for supplying liquid gas fuel to an engine is disclosed. The fuel can be supplied solely to the engine or together with diesel fuel. The fuel delivery system includes an injector (20) for receiving the liquid gas, and for ejecting the liquid gas in vapour form... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070079816 - Using voc as fuel for an engine: A device and method for producing energy from a dilute VOC gas stream. The device includes a concentrator that concentrates a dilute VOC gas stream into a concentrated VOC fuel. The concentrated VOC fuel is supplied to the fuel intake of an engine. The device is operated by adsorbing the... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070079817 - Method and apparatus for controlling exhaust gas recirculation and start of combustion in reciprocating compression ignition engines with an ignition system with ionization measurement: An apparatus and method to detect combustion conditions using ion signals for use in a feedback control of a reciprocation engine is presented. The ion signals are used as a feedback signal to control EGR and diesel injection timing. The apparatus is an ignition system with a spark plug type... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070074680 - Electrolysis cell and internal combustion engine kit comprising the same: A system for producing one or more gases for enhancing combustion in an internal combustion engine, the engine having an intake, the system comprising: an electrolysis cell, for generating one or more combustion enhancing gases under pressure; a gas conduit, for connecting the electrolysis cell to the internal combustion engine;... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070074683 - Far infrared emitting compositions and devices using the same for improving fuel consumption and exhaust gas of internal combustion engines: A device containing a far infrared radiation-emitting material over which fuel or other fluids such coolant fluid can flow such that far infrared radiation is emitted into the liquid fuel or coolant resulting in the reduction of toxic exhaust gas and the improvement of the combustion efficiency. The compositions includes... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20070074681 - Engine cooling apparatus: An engine cooling apparatus includes a cooling water outlet communicating with a water jacket provided in a cylinder block and a cylinder head provided on an intake port side of the cylinder head. A thermostat switches a path for cooling water discharged from the cooling water outlet, according to a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070074682 - Vehicular cooling system: A cooling system includes a radiator for radiating heat of a coolant heated by a fuel cell, and a first main pipe line and a second main pipe line which allow coolant to circulate between the fuel cell and the radiator. A thermostat is located midway through the second main... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070074684 - Combustion-engined setting tool: A combustion-engined setting tool for driving fastening elements such as, e.g., nails, bolts, pins in a constructional component includes a combustion chamber (13) for combusting an oxidant-fuel mixture, elements for closing the inlet opening (15) and the outlet opening (19) provided in the combustion chamber, ventilator (41) for generating a... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070074686 - Engine with intake valves operated by camshaft: In a V-type 8-cylinder engine in which the torque for rotating an intake camshaft is higher when intake valves of a #1 cylinder and a #3 cylinder in a left bank are closed, respective noses of a cam for opening and closing the intake valve of the #1 cylinder and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070074688 - Timing mechanism for a switchable two-step roller finger follower: A two-step roller finger follower having a movable high-lift portion and a low-lift portion. A lock pin mechanism in the low-lift portion includes a lock pin that may be driven hydraulically into latched engagement with the high-lift portion. The lock pin assembly comprises a lock pin and a separable switching... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070074690 - Valve train apparatus for 4 stroke-cycle internal combustion engine: A valve train apparatus of 4 stroke-cycle internal combustion engine includes an intake cam shaft, an exhaust cam shaft, an eccentric cam shaft, an intermediate lever, a rocker arm, and an intake valve. A lift of the intake valve is continuously varied by controlling rotations of the intake cam shaft... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070074687 - Variable valve lift control system for a combustion engine with underneath camshaft: In order to produce a variable valve lift control system for a combustion engine with underneath camshaft for the adjustment of a valve lift and an opening time of at least one inlet valve and/or outlet valve, load-dependently and rotation speed dependently as well as for the switch-off of individual... Agent: Stephen D. Scanlon

20070074689 - Variable valve mechanism: A valve train comprises a poppet valve 18 actuated by two rotatable cams 30, 32 which can preferably be phase shifted relative to one another. A first rocker 39 is supported on a fixed rocker 40 shaft by way of an eccentric sleeve 42 that is rotatable relative to the... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20070074692 - Adjustment device for adjusting the relative rotational angle position of a camshaft in relation to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine: An adjustment device (1) for adjusting the relative rotational angle position of a camshaft (2) in relation to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine is provided, with the device having an adjustment mechanism (3), which is embodied as a triple-shaft transmission and provided with an input part (4) fixed... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070074691 - Valve timing adjusting device: A valve timing adjusting device includes: a first rotor rotating integrally with a crankshaft; a second rotor integrally secured to an intake or exhaust camshaft; and an engaging cavity provided in one of the first rotor and the second rotor. A lock pin is housed in a housing hole provided... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070074693 - Valve timing control system for internal combustion engine: A valve timing system for an internal combustion engine includes a phase alteration mechanism interposed between a driving rotator and a driven rotator and having a direction turning point at which the phase alteration direction is reversed when a movable portion of the mechanism travels from a beginning to a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070074685 - Built multiple cam: A built multiple cam is disclosed which can be produced at low cost and which can be used in a flexible manner and which requires a small amount of construction space in an axial direction. The built multiple cam comprises the following components: a first partial cam provided with a... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070074694 - Mechanical compression and vacuum release mechanism: Mechanical compression and vacuum release mechanisms for internal combustion engines. The compression and vacuum release mechanism may include a pair of centrifugally responsive flyweights pivotally mounted to the cam gear. One of the flyweights actuates a vacuum release member having a vacuum release cam and the other of the flyweights... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20070074695 - Piston having improved cooling characteristics: A piston adapted for reciprocal movement within a cylinder of an internal combustion engine. The piston includes a crown and a skirt depending from the crown. A body extends below the crown with the skirt disposed annularly about at least a portion of the body. An inner cooling gallery is... Agent: Bliss Mcglynn, P.C.

20070074696 - Alignment feature for casting and method: An alignment feature includes a first component (400) having a first mating surface (402) and at least one integral protrusion (404). A second component (408) has a second mating surface (410) and at least one opening (412). The first component (400) is arranged and constructed to connect to the second... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20070074697 - Centralised lubrication of large diesel engines: A centralised lubrication system and method lubricates cylinder faces in large diesel engines, particularly marine engines. At least one lubricating apparatus has a rotating control shaft preferably running synchronously with the engine main shaft. To make a system that does not have a mechanical drive between the lubricating apparatus and... Agent: James C. Wray

20070074698 - Lubrication system of small vehicle engine: A lubrication system of a vehicle engine wherein a cylinder head has a head side oil passage disposed at one end thereof along the axis of a crankshaft. A lower case of a crankcase is provided with a supply source side oil passage communicating with an oil supply source and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070074699 - Power unit having crankcase to which auxiliary machine is fitted, and motorcycle having power unit: An internal combustion engine in a power unit includes an oil pump that rotates by a transmission mechanism with an endless chain, and a crankcase with an opening formed by protruding walls of side walls of the crankcase in an axial direction. A drive sprocket is fitted to a main... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070074700 - Power tool: A power tool has an internal combustion engine having a crankcase and a reciprocating piston. The interior of the crankcase is delimited by the reciprocating piston. A pump for conveying a fluid is provided, wherein the pump is driven by a fluctuating pressure in the crankcase. The pump conveys a... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20070074701 - Startup-time control apparatus and stop-time control apparatus of internal combustion engine, and control methods thereof, and record medium: If it is determined that the present engine startup is a high-temperature startup, immediately fuel injection in concert with start of cranking is prohibited. After a delay time elapses following the start of cranking, or when THC<THCh is satisfied, fuel injection is started. Therefore, the cranking during the delay time... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070074702 - Multistage fuel-injection internal combustion engine: In a multi-stage fuel-injection internal combustion engine employing a fuel injection system and a variable valve actuation system, engine valve timings are variably controlled depending on engine operating conditions. An electronic engine control unit is configured to execute cooperative control of the timing of sub-injection, injected before main injection, responsively... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070074703 - Fuel injection system including a flow control valve separate from a fuel injector: Often there is a limited fuel injector spatial envelope above and within a cylinder head for a fuel injector. In order to fit a fuel injector with a direct control needle valve and a capability of injecting fuel at a rail pressure and an intensified pressure into the limited fuel... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC

20070074704 - Fluid system having quill-mounted manifold: A fluid system for an engine is disclosed. The fluid system has a manifold with a plurality ports, and a retention device configured to constrain the manifold relative to the engine in only a single translational direction. The fluid system also has a plurality of tubes configured to communicate fluid... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070074705 - Control apparatus for multi-cylinder internal combustion engine and control method: A control apparatus calculates a exhaust gas air-fuel ratio of a plurality of cylinders, in which the operation angle of an intake valve is set to a predetermined operation angle, e.g., a maximum operation angle, based on a value output from an air-fuel ratio sensor so as to minimize a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070074706 - Actuation structure for internal fuel cell metering valve and associated combustion tool: In a combustion-powered fastener driving tool employing a fuel cell having an internal fuel metering valve with an axially reciprocating delivery stem, an actuator is provided for causing the dispensing of a desired dose of fuel from the fuel cell prior to each combustion event, the actuator including at least... Agent: Lisa M. Soltis Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070074707 - Egr control system for internal combustion engine: An EGR control system that is capable of controlling the amount of recirculation of high-temperature and low-temperature recirculated gases, with high accuracy, to thereby improve the control accuracy of in-cylinder temperature. An ECU of an ERG control system calculates a fresh intake air ratio, and sets a target value of... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070074708 - Blow-by gas recirculation system: A PCV valve is arranged in an outflow passage. An ECU controls rotation of a motor such that an opening degree of the PCV valve increases in response to an increase in an opening degree of a throttle valve. The outflow passage connects an interior of a head cover of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070074709 - Controller and control method for internal combustion engine: A controller approximates an output characteristic of an air flow meter using at least one parameter, and approximates a characteristic of a fuel injection characteristic of an injector using at least one parameter. These parameters are determined and updated based on an exhaust air-fuel ratio acquired by an air-fuel ratio... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070074710 - Fuel supply control system for internal combustion engine: A fuel supply control system for an internal combustion engine having at least one fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into an intake pipe or a combustion chamber of the engine. A flow rate of air supplied to the engine and an air-fuel ratio are detected. A demand fuel injection... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC