Internal-combustion engines inventions 05/07

20070119390 - System and method for operating an internal combustion engine: A method of operating an internal combustion engine generally comprises supplying a primary fuel having a first octane rating at to an intake manifold of the engine, supplying an amount of racing fuel concentrate to the intake manifold in response to a signal associated with engine load, and varying the... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070119391 - Control for alcohol/water/gasoline injection: A system for an engine of a vehicle traveling on the road, comprising of a cylinder located in the engine, a delivery system configured to deliver fuel and a fluid to at least an engine cylinder while the vehicle is traveling on the road, said fluid including at least some... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070119392 - Engine with water and/or ethanol direct injection plus gas port fuel injectors: A system for an engine, comprising of a cylinder located in the engine, a first injector configured to inject gasoline fuel into said cylinder, and a second injector configured to inject a fluid into said cylinder, said fluid containing at least some water.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070119393 - Vacuum processing system: A vacuum processing system includes a transfer chamber configured to form a vacuum atmosphere through which a target object is transferred. A transfer mechanism is disposed in the transfer chamber and configured to transfer the target object. A process chamber is connected to the transfer chamber through a first gate... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070119394 - Fuel mass control for ethanol direct injection plus gasoline port fuel injection: A system for an engine of a vehicle traveling on the road, comprising of a cylinder located in the engine, a delivery system configured to delivery fuel and a fluid to at least an engine cylinder of the while the vehicle is traveling on the road, said fluid containing at... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070119395 - Cooling device of vehicle: At a fan shroud constituting a cooling unit are provided a fan opening portion with an electric fan and a door opening portion that includes a plurality of door openings that are formed substantially vertically in line. A slant portion is formed on the door opening portion in such a... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070119396 - Two-cycle combustion engine: To provide a two cycle combustion engine provided with scavenging passages of a structure, which is effective to minimize a deposit of fuel contained in an air/fuel mixture and allows the mixture to be injected into a combustion chamber so as to avoid the blow-off of the air/fuel mixture, the... Agent: Joseph W. Price Snell & Wilmer LLP

20070119399 - Control device for supercharged internal combustion engines comprising a system for adjusting the control times of an inlet valve: An internal combustion engine having a supercharger system and a system for adjusting the control times of at least one intake valve of a cylinder within a predefined adjustment range, in which the control times are adjustable between starting from a zero position up to a maximum adjustment position, adjusting... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070119400 - Variable valve timing device adapted for internal combustion engine: A variable valve timing device includes a cam shaft, a rocker arm rotatably supporting the first roller and enabling a valve to be opened by a swing movement thereof when a first roller is pressed, a swing cam with a second cam surface, and an actuator for controlling the support... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070119401 - Variable valve timing device adapted for internal combustion engine: A variable valve timing device, adapted for an internal combustion engine, includes a cam shaft having a first cam surface, a rocker arm rotatably supporting a first roller and enabling a valve to be opened by its swing movement when the first roller is pressed, a drive link rotatably supporting... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070119402 - Variable phase drive coupling: A variable phase drive coupling is described for providing drive from an engine crankshaft to two sets of cams. The drive coupling comprising a drive member 12 connectable for rotation with the engine crankshaft and two driven members 18, 20 each connectable with a respective one of the two sets... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20070119397 - Engine and valvetrain with dual pushrod lifters and independent lash adjustment: A multiple cylinder internal combustion engine having a camshaft-driven valvetrain with a camshaft disposed within an engine block includes at least two intake and/or exhaust valves with a pair of valves operated by a common camshaft lobe and a cam follower. The valvetrain may include independently operable mechanical or hydraulic... Agent: Bir Law, PLC/fgtl

20070119398 - Apparatus and method for maintaining controlled orientation of a roller lifter follower used in conjunction with a variable phased lifter: In a variable phased valve lifter of an internal combustion engine, two or more roller lifter are allowed to move along constraining faces of a constraining mechanism in a first direction, and the constraining mechanism is allowed to move freely in a second direction. As the roller lifters move through... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070119403 - Device and method for control of an internal combustion engine on a start: The present invention relates to a method and a device (1) for control of an internal combustion engine (500) at a start, a recording means (420) determining the position of a piston of a cylinder which is beginning compression or entering an intake phase before the start of the internal... Agent: Striker Striker & Stenby

20070119404 - Two-cycle combustion engine: To provide a two cycle combustion engine utilizing a connecting structure of a shape that can be formed inexpensively with a simple process to enable the efficiency of cooling of the cylinder block to be maintained at a high level and, also, that can firmly connect the cylinder block with... Agent: Joseph W. Price Snell & Wilmer LLP

20070119405 - Lubricating system for internal combustion engine: A lubricating system for an internal combustion engine in which oil in a crankcase is supplied into an oil tank by a scavenging pump wherein it is possible to reduce the size of an engine body and the size of the scavenging pump. An oil tank is provided in an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070119406 - Faulty lifter oil manifold assembly solenoid diagnostic system: A diagnostic system that detects a faulty lifter oil manifold assembly solenoid includes a current measurement module, a time delay module, a voltage measurement module, and a diagnostic module. The current measurement module measures current flowing through the solenoid when a trigger signal is enabled. The time delay module determines... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070119407 - 8-stroke cycle rotary engine: An 8-stroke cycle rotary engine utilizes a pair of master combustion chamber and slave combustion chamber to increase the fuel-efficiency. 8-stroke cycle includes mater intake stroke, slave intake stroke, master compression stroke, slave compression stroke, master expansion stroke, slave expansion stroke, master-to-slave exhaust stroke, and slave exhaust stroke.... Agent: Hu Lung Tan

20070119408 - Rotary machine with major and satellite rotors: Rotary internal combustion engine or pump (10) including a main body (11) having a void (15) with a peripheral wall (32, 34), a major rotor (14) having a first rotation axis (16), at least one outer peripheral wall (13) portion radially spaced from the axis and defining a bight (17)... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070119409 - Ignition plugs for internal combustion engine: An ignition plug for an internal combustion engine is provided, which includes a pre-combustion chamber cell (150) and at least three exhaust nozzles (160,170). The pre-combustion chamber cell (150) is disposed to surround a pair of electrodes (140b) in the lower portion of a main cell (110) and is formed... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070119412 - Engine with two port fuel injectors: A system for an engine, comprising of a cylinder located in the engine, a first port injector for injecting a first fuel into said cylinder, and a second injector outside said cylinder for injecting a second fuel into said cylinder.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070119413 - Event based engine control system and method: A system for an engine of a vehicle, comprising of a cylinder of the engine; a first injector configured to inject a first substance to said cylinder; a second injector configured to inject a second substance to said cylinder; and a controller configured to perform injection from said first and... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070119415 - System and method for engine air-fuel ratio control: A method for operating an engine having a first injector for injecting a first fuel into a cylinder of the engine and a second injector for injection a second fuel into said cylinder of the engine, the engine further having at least an exhaust gas oxygen sensor, the method comprising... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070119410 - System and method for engine fuel blend control: A system for an engine, comprising of a cylinder located in the engine, a fuel delivery system for varying relative delivery amounts of a first and second injection type into said cylinder, and a controller configured to adjust a parameter affecting flow through the engine in response to said relative... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070119411 - System and method for engine with fuel vapor purging: A method for controlling engine operation of an engine having a cylinder receiving fuel from a first and a second fuel injector, the first injector having a first relationship between a first input signal and a first amount of injected fuel, and the second injector having a second relationship between... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070119414 - Warm up strategy for ethanol direct injection plus gasoline port fuel injection: A system for an engine, comprising of a cylinder of the engine; a first injector configured to inject a first substance to said cylinder; a second injector configured to inject a second substance to said cylinder; and a controller configured to commence combustion in the engine by injecting fuel into... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070119416 - System for fuel vapor purging: A system for an engine, comprising of an injector coupled to the engine and configured to inject fuel to a cylinder of the engine; a first reservoir holding a first fluid containing at least a fraction of gasoline; a second reservoir holding a second fluid containing at least a fraction... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070119418 - Compression ignition engine control apparatus ensuring desired output of torque: An engine control apparatus for a multi-cylinder compression ignition internal combustion engine includes a combustion status sensor and a controller. The combustion status sensor is installed in a selected one of cylinders of the engine. The controller works to sample an output from the combustion status sensor to determine a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070119417 - Fuel adaptation in a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine: Operation of a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine is adapted to fuel variations. A variable valve actuating system is employed to effect conditions conducive to homogeneous charge compression ignition operation. Nominal valve timing is selected and adjustments thereto are made based on deviations in combustion phasing from a desired combustion... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070119419 - Leisure vehicle: A leisure vehicle comprising an electronic control throttle system of an engine in which an actuator drives a throttle valve in response to an operation signal according to an operation amount of a throttle operation device, the electronic control throttle system including a throttle valve controller configured to send a... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070119422 - Engine output control system and method: A system for an engine, comprising of a cylinder located in the engine; a first injector for injecting a first fuel into said cylinder; a second injector for injecting a second fuel into said cylinder; and a controller configured to vary an amount of said first and second fuel injection... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070119420 - Method for controlling injection timing of an internal combustion engine: A method to control injection timing for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of injectors in at least a cylinder, the method comprising of injecting a first fuel amount to at least a cylinder of an internal combustion engine from a first injector, injecting a second fuel amount fuel... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070119421 - System and method for compensation of fuel injector limits: A method for an engine configured to deliver an actively varying relative ratio of a first and second fuel via a delivery system having a first and second injector for a cylinder of the engine, where the first fuel has a lesser relative amount of alcohol, the method comprising of... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070119423 - Evaporative fuel treatment apparatus: An evaporative fuel treatment apparatus is disclosed that includes a fuel tank and a purge passage that fluidly couples the intake path of an internal combustion engine and the fuel tank. The apparatus also includes a purge valve that is installed in the purge passage and controls the quantity of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070119424 - Purge system for ethanol direct injection plus gas port fuel injection: A method for managing vapors generated by a first and second reservoir onboard a vehicle traveling on the road, the method comprising of inducting vapors from the first and second reservoirs during engine operation; and reducing flow of vapors from first the reservoir to second reservoir and from the second... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070119425 - System and method for tip-in knock compensation: A method of controlling an engine, the method comprising of providing fuel having a blend to a cylinder of the engine, actively varying said fuel blend in response to at least an operating condition, and where during a transient operating condition, said blend is adjusted to increase a heat capacity... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070119426 - 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

20070119427 - Fuel vapor treatment apparatus: A fuel vapor treatment apparatus that includes a purge valve for controlling a quantity of fuel vapor purged from a canister. The apparatus also includes a controlling device that drives the purge valve based upon flow characteristic of the purge valve to a control amount for driving the purge valve... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070119428 - Variable intake valve and exhaust valve timing strategy for improving performance in a hydrogen fueled engine: A method for a hydrogen fueled internal combustion engine to reduce backfiring, pre-ignition, and/or backflash, the engine also including a combustion chamber, an intake manifold, an exhaust manifold, at least one intake valve, at least one exhaust valve, a hydrogen injector, a compression device, and a variable valve timing system... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070119429 - Vehicle working fluids cooling system: Vehicle oil, particularly transmission hydraulic fluid, is cooled by circulating the oil from the working component to a heat exchanger submerged in the fuel tank.... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20070119431 - Entrance/exit piping structure for intercooler and intercooler: The inventive entrance/exit piping structure 20 for an intercooler 10 is formed of a plurality of pipes 21 to 24, the pipe end portions 20a, 20b are bundled together to have a circular contour and, in a middle portion 20c, the respective pipes are arranged adjacent to each other and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070119430 - Intercooler: An intercooler of an internal combustion engine comprises tubes 10 having an internal path of the intake air and inner fins 11 arranged in the tubes 10 in such a manner as to divide the flow path in each tube 10 into a plurality of thin flow paths 100 to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070119432 - Quick egr flow restriction test based on compensated mass flow differential: An engine control system that monitors flow restriction through an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system of an engine includes a first module that calculates a test EGR mass flow rate based on a first average EGR mass flow rate when the EGR system is in an EGR OFF mode and... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070119433 - Device for exhaust gas purification for spark-ignited engines: The exhaust gas purification device has a first chamber having an exhaust pipe inlet, an ambient air inlet, and an exhaust gas outlet. A Venturi is arranged within the chamber, having an inlet end communicating with an ambient air inlet, a throat, and an outlet end communicating with an exhaust... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

20070119434 - Exhaust gas recirculation device for internal combustion engine: A recirculation gas control valve (16) controls a recirculation flow rate in exhaust gas recirculation passages (13a, 13b) of an internal combustion engine (7). An intake air control valve (5) controls a flow rate in an intake passage (4) of the internal combustion engine (7). An intake air flow sensor... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070119435 - Engine monitoring and performance control system: An internal combustion engine performance analysis and control logic which utilizes engine performance characteristics to control fuel and oxidizer delivery to the engine for combustion.... Agent: Cr Miles, P.C. Craig R. Miles

20070119436 - Method for adapting the detection of a measuring signal of a waste gas probe: The invention relates to a waste gas probe which is disposed in an internal combustion engine, comprising a plurality of cylinders and injection valves associated with the cylinders, in order to measure fuel. The waste gas probe is arranged in a waste gas tract and the measuring signal thereof is... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070119437 - Air fuel ratio detection apparatus: Using a gas detection voltage Vs output from a terminal CU, a determination is made at to whether, after startup of an air-fuel ratio detection apparatus (1), a full-range air-fuel ratio sensor (10) has reached a semi-activated state in which a determination can be made as to whether the air-fuel... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070113801 - Low temperature thermostat housing system for an engine: An aftercooler thermostat housing for an engine is disclosed. The housing system comprises a housing and a thermostat within the housing. The housing system further includes a bypass system for providing a connection to allow an engine coolant to flow to the aftercooler system if the engine coolant temperature is... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070113802 - Piston for internal combustion engine: Surface roughnesses of a rear surface 10a of a combustion chamber 10 and an inner wall 11a of a cooling cavity 11 of a piston 1 are equal to or less than 6.3 S (areas a′ and b′ indicated by chain double-dashed lines). The areas of which surface roughness is... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070113803 - Air-hybrid and utility engine: A dynamically re-configurable multi-stroke internal combustion engine, comprised of programmable computer processor controlled engine components for decoupling the four classic strokes of an internal combustion engine and electronically managing engine cylinder components including such cylinder components as electronically controllable valves, fuel injection and air fuel mixture ignition, allowing additional engine... Agent: Walt Froloff

20070113804 - Valve operating apparatus and method for an engine: A valve operating apparatus for an internal combustion engine including: a housing (2); a reciprocating piston (1) residing wholly within the housing (2), the reciprocating piston (1) driving one or more poppet valves (7); a first fluid supply path and a first fluid drain path, each path being controllable to... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070113805 - Internal combustion engine comprising a variable valve lift system and a method for controlling valve lift shifting: An internal combustion engine including a variable valve lift system whereby the engine can operate selectively in either of at least two valve lift modes, as well as a method for controlling valve lift shifting in such an engine are disclosed. The method comprises comparing the fuel supply with a... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070113809 - Dual lift rocker arm latch mechanism and actuation arrangement therefor: A valve control system for an engine having a camshaft with first and second cam profiles, the valve control system comprising a rocker arm assembly including a first rocker arm having a first cam follower in engagement with the first cam profile, and a second rocker arm having a second... Agent: Eaton Corporation Eaton Center

20070113808 - Internal combustion engine comprising a variable valve lift system and a method for controlling valve lift shifting: An internal combustion engine comprising a variable valve lift system whereby the engine can operate selectively in either of at least two valve lift modes, and a variable valve timing system, as well as a method for controlling valve lift shifting in such an engine are disclosed. The method comprises... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070113807 - Internal combustion engine comprising a variable valve lift system and a variable valve timing system, and a method for such an engine: An internal combustion engine having a variable valve lift system whereby the engine can operate selectively in either of at least two valve lift modes, and a variable valve timing (VVT) system, as well as a method for controlling valve timing in such an engine are presented. The method comprises... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070113806 - Valve gear of internal combustion engine: There is provided a valve gear (11) with a motor (12), a cam mechanism (14) which converts a rotational motion of the motor (12) into a linear motion of an intake valve (2) by a cam (21), and a motor control apparatus (30) which controls the motor (12) such that... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070113810 - Variable valve actuation device of internal combustion engine: A valve actuating link is provided for transmitting a combined movement of a drive cam on a cam shaft and a control cam on a control shaft to a valve pressing structure of an engine valve. The valve actuating link comprises a bearing portion that bears the control shaft, a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070113811 - Oil chamber sealing unit of a hydraulic camshaft adjuster of an internal combustion engine: In an oil chamber sealing unit of a swing-wing camshaft adjuster of an internal combustion engine, comprising a seal member with an outer sealing surface and with an inner cavity partly surrounded by a wall, and also a separate spring element which is arranged partially in the inner cavity so... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20070113812 - Cylinder head cover: First and second attachment portions 6, 8 are formed integrally with a main body 4 and extend along the longitudinal direction of the main body 4. A hydraulic oil supply portion 14 is formed integrally with the main body 4 and extends along the width, or in the direction perpendicular... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070113813 - Two-step rocker arm having roller element cam followers: The invention provides a two-step rocker arm assembly for use in an internal combustion engine in which a plurality of two-step rocker arm assemblies enable the engine poppet valves to switch between two lift profiles. The two-step rocker arm assembly of the present invention has an inner rocker arm assembly... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070113814 - Method of starting a hybrid vehicle: A method of performing a first start of an internal combustion engine of a hybrid electro-mechanical vehicle includes activating an auxiliary power module prior to the engine starting to direct power stored in a high voltage battery (used for powering the motor/generator(s) on the hybrid vehicle) through the auxiliary power... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070113815 - Intake apparatus: The third member 14 covers the first member 10 in which the first room 24 is formed and the second member 12 in which the second room 38 is formed. The third room 54 which is formed in the third member 14 connects the first room 24 and the second... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070113816 - Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine for vehicles: In a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine for vehicles, having a plurality of air ducts leading to the cylinders and an associated engine control device situated in a housing, the air ducts are combined into a single unit, on the exterior of which the engine control device housing is situated on... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070113817 - Intake system of engine: The object of the present invention is to provide an intake system of an engine in which an intake box that contains an intake passage, air cleaner, and a resonator chamber is positioned above the engine, in order to prevent the intake box and surrounding parts from being heated, thereby... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20070113818 - Apparatus including a preformed one-piece seal: An apparatus includes a crankshaft provided with a first bearing and a second bearing. The apparatus further includes a first bearing seal positioned adjacent the first bearing and a second bearing seal positioned adjacent the second bearing. The apparatus further includes a preformed one-piece seal including a first endless loop,... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070113819 - Fuel efficiency for trunk piston four-stroke diesel engines: The present invention relates to a system (and corresponding method) for reducing fuel consumption in a four-stroke trunk piston diesel engine, the system comprising: a replenishment system connected to receive engine oil from a four-stroke trunk piston diesel engine and to receive replenishment oil, where the replenishment system is configured... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070113820 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine having multiple cylinders: A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine having multiple cylinders allows for an operating state of the internal combustion engine to be switched over as quickly as possible following the receipt of a switchover request. For this purpose, at least one intake or exhaust valve of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070113821 - Method and apparatus to control combustion in a multi-cylinder homogeneous charge compression-ignition engine: A method and apparatus are provided to control combustion in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine operating in a controlled auto-ignition mode with minimum combustion phasing error using a least amount of fuel reforming. This comprises monitoring combustion in each cylinder, and determining a target combustion phasing. Fuel delivery to each... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070113822 - Controlled port oxidation of direct injection spark ignition engines: A system and method for operating an engine is disclosed. The system and method includes performing multiple ignitions during a single engine cycle. According to one embodiment, a first ignition takes place during a first stroke in the cycle and a second ignition takes place during a second stroke in... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070113823 - Intake apparatus and manufacturing method for the same: An intake apparatus includes housings each defining an intake passage therein. The intake apparatus further includes valve members each being provided to each housing for communicating and blocking the intake passage. A shaft extends through the housings. The shaft is rotatable integrally with the valve members. A bearing member extends... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070113824 - Assembly with non-contacting position sensor: An electronic throttle control system is described. The system includes a non-contacting sensor stator integrated into an electronic throttle body and is aligned to the sensor rotor attached to the shaft to properly set sensor air gap by assembly aids or by close fit to the throttle body. A motor... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Ozga, P.C.

20070113825 - Position sensor apparatus and method: A control system having a housing with a bore formed within the housing. A valve member is associated with the bore for controlling the passage of a fluid medium through the bore. An induction sensor is aligned with the valve and facilitates determining the valve position. An inductor is connected... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Ozga, P.C.

20070113826 - Governor system for gasoline powered vehicles: A governor system is provided for limiting a degree of throttle travel of a throttle as a function of rotational speed of a drive axle. The governor system includes a governor shaft rotatably supported by the drive axle and operably interconnected to internal components of the drive axle for varying... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070113827 - Control system and control method of internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine (1) provided with a valve mechanism (VM) able to change a valve opening characteristic of at least one of an intake valve (Vi) and exhaust valve (Ve), a cylinder pressure sensor (15) for detecting a cylinder pressure in a combustion chamber (3), and an ECU (20),... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070113828 - Fuel injector isolating and sealing member: A fuel injector isolating and sealing member is provided having a sleeve portion defining a bore that is sufficiently configured to receive at least a portion of a fuel injector. Additionally, the fuel injector isolating and sealing member includes a flange portion extending inwardly from the sleeve portion. The flange... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070113829 - Fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine: a fuel injector (19) which functions as a positive displacement pump and dispenses an amount of fuel which is fixed for each and every operation of the injector (19); and a controller (23) which controls the operation of the fuel injector (19). In response to an increasing engine speed and/or... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20070113830 - In-line type fuel supply device in fuel injection device: To enhance pump ability and freedom of a device, a fuel discharge passage 8 is connected to a fuel injection valve J with a first fuel pipe 13, a second fuel pipe 14 branched from the first fuel pipe 13 is connected to a regulator fuel flow-in passage 55 of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070113831 - Hydrocarbon adsorpotion method and device for controlling evaporative emissions from the fuel storage system of motor vehicles: The present invention is directed to an evaporative emissions control apparatus for minimizing fuel vapor emissions from a fuel storage system in a vehicle with an internal combustion engine. More specifically, the present invention is directed to an evaporative emissions control apparatus comprising a canister filled with a hydrocarbon adsorbent.... Agent: Gus T. Hampilos, Esq. Chief Patent Counsel

20070113832 - Fuel supply unit in fuel tank for motorcycle: To decrease height of a center tank chamber of a fuel tank for a motorcycle, the tank is formed to have a center tank chamber, and one side and another side tank chambers comprising an inclined parts extending to lower sides of one side and another side from a bottom... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070113833 - High flow, low vacuum carbon canister purge valve: A technique is provided for purging an adsorption canister in a fuel tank vent system. The technique provides a relatively high purge flow under conditions wherein the intake manifold vacuum is relatively low. A sonic nozzle is placed in the purge line between the existing purge valve and the adsorption... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070107676 - Method and apparatus for membrane separation of air into nitrogen and oxygen elements for use in internal combustion engines: A method and apparatus for reducing the emissions and improving the performance of an internal combustion engine (40). An input air stream is separated into an oxygen-enriched air stream and a nitrogen-enriched air stream. The nitrogen-enriched air stream is received by a holding chamber (35). The oxygen-enriched air and a... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, PC

20070107677 - Air guide structure adapted for motor vehicle: An air guide structure includes a radiator core support having a radiator core support side member, and an air guide integrally that is integrally formed with the radiator core support side member through a connecting portion. The air guide is capable of being bent between a formation state in which... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070107678 - Fluid piston engine: A fluid piston engine with a plurality of cylinders wherein the plurality of cylinders are daisy chained through a single turbine having a single impeller. The fluid piston engine has a plurality of daisy chained cylinders that burn a fuel of hydrogen, and an oxidizer of air, preferably oxygen. A... Agent: D.a. Stauffer Patent Services LLC

20070107679 - Reciprocating cylinder engine: An engine is disclosed having cylinders slidably disposed in an engine block. The cylinders reciprocate, engaging movable pistons at each end. A piston and cylinder end define a combustion chamber. A centrally located crankshaft extracts work, and converts the reciprocating motion into rotary motion. Precompression plates fixed to the cylinder... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070107680 - Control apparatus and method for four-stroke premixed compression ignition internal combustion engine: A control apparatus for a four-stroke premixed compression ignition internal combustion engine opens an exhaust valve to discharge burned gas from a combustion chamber at a first exhaust-valve opening timing, and reopens the exhaust valve at a second exhaust-valve opening timing that is retarded with respect to the intake-valve opening... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070107681 - Continuously variable valve lift system for engines: Disclosed herein is a continuously variable valve lift system for an engine which is able to variably adjust valve lift and opening duration of intake and exhaust valves operated by the rotation of a cam shaft. The continuously variable valve lift system of the present invention has a compact structure,... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070107682 - Variable valve lift apparatus for vehicle engines: The present invention provides a variable valve lift apparatus for vehicle engines. A low-speed arm is installed in a high-speed arm to overlap the high-speed arm. A compression pin, a center pin, and a return spring are installed in a roller shaft of the low-speed arm and both cylinders of... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070107683 - Engine control unit and method for operating such engine control unit: The invention proposes a method and an apparatus implementing said method which solves the problem of misconnected devices in an application where the devices which are subject to potential misconnection are always present in at least dual form.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070107684 - Valve timing adjusting apparatus: A valve timing adjusting apparatus has a housing and a vane rotor to form multiple fluid chambers, and a relative position of the vane rotor to the housing is adjusted by the fluid pressure supplied into the fluid chambers. A check valve is provided in a branched passage portion, so... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070107685 - Cam drive apparatus having a magnetic gear: A cam drive apparatus comprising a magnetic gear adapted to communicate rotational movement between a crankshaft and a cam shaft, wherein said magnetic gear comprises an outer member comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced magnet means, said outer member being mounted for rotation with one of said crankshaft and camshaft,... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070107686 - Oil passage construction for die-cast formed product, and oil passage construction for internal combustion engine: The inner surface of an oil passage in a member which is made as a die-cast formed product is made as a molded surface. By this structure, permeation of oil from the inner surface of the oil passage into the thickness portion of the member which is made a as... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070107687 - Multi-stroke cylinder operation in an internal combustion engine: A system and method to control engine valve timing to during the start of an internal combustion engine. Valves that may be deactivated are controlled in a manner to reduce hydrocarbon emissions during the start of an internal combustion engine.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070107688 - Four-cycle engine and motorcycle comprising four-cycle engine: A four-cycle engine of the present invention comprises a gas exhaust outlet that is formed on an upper region of a crankcase to exhaust a gas from the interior of the crankcase to outside; and a rotatable shaft disposed in close proximity to the gas exhaust outlet in the interior... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070107689 - Internal combustion engine and liner installation ring: An internal combustion engine includes: a cylinder block having one or more cylinders, a cylinder liner in a tubular shape disposed inside the cylinder; a piston reciprocating inside the cylinder liner and having a top land portion formed of an outer periphery of the piston sandwiched between a piston head... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

20070107690 - Oil supply apparatus for engine: An oil supply apparatus for an engine includes an oil pan located beneath the engine to store oil therein, an oil pump mounted in the oil pan to pump the oil stored in the oil pan, and a chain-drive unit mounted between the oil pump and a crankshaft of the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070107691 - Relief valve: A relief valve includes a cylindrical valve housing attached to an engine body continuously with a relief passage and an outlet provided in an axially intermediate portion thereof. A valve body is slidably fitted to the valve housing so as to allow the relief passage to communicate with the outlet... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070107692 - Method and apparatus to operate a homogeneous charge compression-ignition engine: A method and apparatus for controlling engine operation to compensate for effects of combustion chamber deposits (CCDs) on combustion in a controlled auto-ignition engine is presented. Control methodologies comprise operation of variable valve actuation, fuel injection, spark timing, and intake air and coolant temperature to dynamically compensate for the effect... Agent: Kathryn A Marra General Motors Corporation, Legal Staff

20070107693 - Conducting and coupling mechanism between angled valve stems: A transmissible connecting mechanism having a cam plate and a lever are attached respectively to a lead air control valve shaft and an air-fuel mixture throttle valve shaft which are arranged so as to form an angle. A length of a contact element provided in the lever is extended in... Agent: Everest Intellectual Property Law Group

20070107694 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: A method and a device are provided for operating an internal combustion engine, which make possible an improved characteristics curve correction of an actuator in an air supply of the internal combustion engine. In the process, an air mass flow supplied to the internal combustion engine is influenced via the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070107695 - Method and apparatus to determine magnitude of combustion chamber deposits: A control system and method to dynamically determine a parametric value for combustion chamber deposits (CCD), e.g. in a controlled auto-ignition engine, including in-situ evaluation of thickness of CCD, based on a sensor which monitors combustion. It includes a temperature sensor operative to monitor the combustion chamber, and a CCD... Agent: Legal Staff General Motors Corporation

20070107696 - Two-stage distribution device of actuating fluid for hydraulically driven pump-injector for internal combustion engines: A two-stage distribution device of actuating fluid for hydraulically driven pump-injector for internal combustion engines, comprising two stages of control of the distribution of the actuating fluid, a first stage valve (1) controls a second stage valve (8) which controls distribution of actuating fluid to a power piston (37) of... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070107697 - Device for assembling the casing and the body of a hydraulic rock-breaker: The inventive device includes a casing, inside of which the body is accommodated that has the hydraulic striking mechanism, inside of which a bush is mounted for guiding a tool. Said tool is held in a manner that enables it to rotate in the guiding bush and its horizontally displacement... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070107698 - High pressure fuel pump provided with damper: A fuel feed system capable of feeding a fuel to fuel injection valves at a fuel pressure with improved stability is provided. A fuel feed system for an internal combustion engine including a fuel tank and a low-pressure pump for feeding the fuel in the fuel tank to fuel injection... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070107699 - Blowout resistant weld method for laser welds for press-fit parts: A method for reducing “blow-out” of annular welds for attaching press-fit components in a fuel injector assembly is disclosed. The method employs a multi-step welding procedure whereby a first annular weld bead that corresponds to less than 360° of rotation of the assembly about a longitudinal axis leaves a radial... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070107700 - Side mounted fuel pump module with bottom referencing filter: A fuel pump module is provided for delivering fuel to an engine. The module includes a fuel pump for pumping fuel to the engine. The fuel pump is constructed and arranged to be mounted to a side of a fuel tank. A filter is provided for filtering fuel prior entering... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070107701 - Hydrocarbon adsorption filter for air intake system evaporative emission control: The present invention is directed to the use of an improved hydrocarbon adsorbent coating for the treatment of evaporative emissions from a motor vehicle. More specifically, one or more hydrocarbon adsorbents, in accordance with the present invention, can be coated to any surface area of an air intake system to... Agent: Chief Patent Counsel Engelhard Corporation

20070107702 - Carbon canister with filter system: A fuel vapor recovery apparatus includes a canister including a housing formed to include a first port exposed to the atmosphere and a second port exposed to fuel tank fuel vapor. A carbon bed is located in an interior region of the housing between the first and second ports.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070107703 - Boost control for internal combustion engine using substantially carbon-free fuel: A system and method for limiting HC, CO, CO2, and NOx emissions in an internal combustion engine is provided. According to one aspect of the disclosure, a substantially carbon-free fuel, such as hydrogen (H2), is used to fuel combustion in an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine is operated,... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070107704 - Supercharger and air inlet assembly for a v type internal combustion engine: A supercharger and air inlet assembly 16 for mounting between the cylinder heads of a V8 engine comprises a supercharger 17, a pair of air inlet casings 18, 19 and a top cover 21, the air inlet casings having outlet ports which align with inlet ports in the cylinder heads.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070107705 - Hydrocarbon adsorption trap for controlling evaporative emissions from egr valves: The present invention is directed to the use of an improved hydrocarbon adsorbent coating for the treatment of exhaust emissions from a motor vehicle. More specifically, the hydrocarbon adsorbent of the present invention can be coated to any surface area of an exhaust gas recirculation system to trap hydrocarbon vapors... Agent: Gus T. Hampilos, Esq. Chief Patent Counsel

20070107707 - Crosstalk device for an exhaust system: The invention relates to a crosstalk device for coupling of two exhaust lines of an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine through which exhaust can flow in parallel. The crosstalk device has a housing having two inlets and two outlets that are connected so they communicate through an interior... Agent: Plevy & Howard & Darcy P.C.

20070107706 - Movable sleeve exhaust gas recirculation system: A system for controlling the mixture of an air flow and an exhaust gas flow in an engine is disclosed generally comprising an air conduit for the inlet air, which has an exhaust gas inlet passing through the wall thereof for introducing recirculating exhaust gas into the conduit, and a... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070107708 - Diesel engine egr control device and motor drive type throttle valve device: An apparatus for enhancing the control response of EGR recirculation rate. For EGR control, this apparatus contains a throttle valve for controlling the opening of an engine air intake passage (i.e. throttle valve for EGR control), and an EGR valve for controlling the flow rate of the exhaust gas recirculated... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070107709 - Closed crankcase ventilation system: A closed crankcase ventilation system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. A compressor is configured to compress air and enhance the venting of crankcase emissions from a crankcase of the engine. A flow path is provided between the crankcase and an intake of the compressor. A prioritizing device is... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070107710 - Assembling an annular combustion chamber of a turbomachine: An annular combustion chamber comprising axial walls interconnected by a chamber end wall having a coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from that of the axial walls, the chamber end wall being provided with a plurality of inner and outer fastener tabs secured by fastener systems to the end... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070101952 - Water-cooled internal combustion engine: A water-cooled internal combustion engine includes a water pump having a short pump drive shaft for reducing the weight and size thereof. In a water-cooled internal engine equipped with power transmission control means at the end of a crankshaft, a water pump having a water pump drive shaft parallel to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070101953 - Active de-aeration system for automotive coolant systems: An active de-aeration system includes a fill tube, a removable pressure cap, a de-aeration baffle within the fill tube and an externally disposed outlet conduit connected to a sump chamber of the fill tube disposed outside a baffled chamber defined by the de-aeration baffle. The outlet conduit is connected to... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070101951 - Forced-air-cooled engime with cooling air guide cover: The invention provides a method and construction of vibration control supporting a cooling fan cover. In a forcer-air-cooled engine having a cooling fan cover fixed directly by means of fixing bolts to the cylinder block at fixing foot parts provided at a peripheral border of the fan cover, band-like vibration... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070101954 - Combustion-engined setting tool: A combustion-engined setting tool for driving fastening elements in a constructional component end including a combustion chamber (13) for combusting a gas mixture, an inlet/outlet device (40) for opening the combustion chamber (13) in its first position and for closing the combustion chamber (13) in its second position and having... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070101955 - Air intake lengthening structure for model engines: An air intake structure to increase air intake time for model engines includes at least one channel on the bottom wall of an air inlet of a model engine. The channel is inclined and directed inwards from an outer side of the air inlet to mate an opening of an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070101956 - Device and method for determining the angle of rotation of a camshaft in relation to the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine: A device and a method for determining an angle of rotation between a camshaft (5) and a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine is provided, the device including a camshaft regulator provided with an electronic regulator, and a device for determining the position of the angle of rotation of the... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070101958 - Adjustable valve rocker lever of a valve timing gear of an internal combustion engine: An adjustable valve rocker lever (1) of a valve timing gear of an internal combustion engine comprising an inner lever (3) and an outer lever (4) enclosing the former with its arms (2), the levers (3, 4) being connectable to one another by longitudinally displaceable coupling links (6) in such... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070101957 - Poppet cylinder valve operating system for internal combustion engine: A poppet valve operating system for an internal combustion engine features variable valve lift and camshaft phasing. A planetary phaser uses control inputs which are shared with a variable lift mechanism. The phaser adjustment and the variable lift mechanism are controlled by a single positioning motor.... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070101959 - Apparatus for abnormal diagnosis of variable valve timing mechanism: An abnormality diagnosis system 100 includes a VVT controller 110, an adjustable valve mechanism 120, a cam angle sensor 130, a model computation module 140, an abnormality detection module 150, and an alarm lamp 160. The adjustable valve mechanism 120 advances or delays a phase angle of an intake cam... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070101962 - Valve timing control apparatus of internal combustion engine: A valve timing control apparatus is adapted to an exhaust valve side of an internal combustion engine. A vane member is arranged to rotate with a camshaft relative to a timing sprocket member. The vane member is rotated at low speed engine operation dominantly by a camshaft-torque actuation mechanism and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070101961 - Valve timing control device and control method for internal combustion engine: A valve timing control device is provided, allowing downsizing of an electric motor that drives a variable mechanism of valve timing. An electronic control device drives a VVT drive electric motor with a crankshaft rotated towards reducing the cam torque qualified as a resistance through a motor generator when a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070101960 - Variable camshaft timing system for an internal combustion engine: A system is disclosed which has a first camshaft coupled to a first gearwheel via a camshaft adjuster, the camshaft adjuster allowing the camshaft to be rotated with respect to the gearwheel, and a second camshaft fixedly coupled to a second gearwheel. The first and second gearwheels are coupled to... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070101963 - Intake manifold for internal combustion engine: An intake manifold is provided to an internal combustion engine including a first and second cylinder heads each having an intake port. The first and second cylinder heads are distant from each other, and defining a crank angle therebetween. The intake manifold includes a manifold body that defines intake passages... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070101964 - Valve seat for engine method of manufacturing the valve seat, and cylinder head for engine: An engine fuel essentially consisting of alcohol may contain a relatively large amount of water in comparison with conventional gasoline and diesel oil, so that when water possibly penetrates into a clearance between an intake valve seat and a mounting reception portion of a cylinder head where the valve seat... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070101965 - Engine vibration suppression device and suppression method thereof: A controller (20) estimates an internal cylinder pressure of an engine (1) on the basis of the operating conditions of the engine (1), torque variation in the engine (1) is calculated on the basis of the estimated internal cylinder pressure, and an opposite phase torque of the torque variation in... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070101966 - Engine for a leisure vehicle: An engine for a leisure vehicle including a crankcase having at least two crankcase portions, a plurality of main journal fastener bolts by which the two crankcase portions are coupled to each other such that a crankshaft is rotatably mounted between the two crankcase portions, an oil pump disposed below... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070101967 - Engine and a method of making same: An internal combustion engine is provided having at least one cylinder bore for slidingly supporting a piston, the cylinder bore wall of the at least one cylinder of the engine having pockets formed therein for retaining lubricant to reduce friction between the cylinder bore wall and piston. The pockets are... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070101968 - Multi-source fuel system for variable pressure injection: A fuel system for a work machine is disclosed. The fuel system has a fuel injector, a first source of fuel at a first pressure, a second source of fuel at a second pressure, and a pressure control device. The pressure control device is disposed between the fuel injector and... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070101969 - On-board fuel additive injection systems: Disclosed is a fuel additive system for internal combustion engines in which the fuel additive system is disposed on-board a vessel such as marine vessel or locomotive. The fuel additive system includes a fuel additive reservoir containing a fuel additive in fluid communication with an internal combustion engine. An electronically... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20070101970 - Engine method: A method for controlling an engine having both an electronically controlled inlet device, such as an electronic throttle unite, and an electronically controlled outlet device, such as a variable cam timing system is disclosed. The method of the present invention achieves cylinder air charge control that is faster than possible... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070101971 - Air bypass device in multiple throttle body: To improve an air bypass device in bypass air flow and designing freedom, a locking stepped part 3, a bush inserting hole 4, and a valve body drive mechanism inserting hole 5 are provided above an upper end 2a of a valve body guiding hole 2 of an air control... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070101972 - Controller of pressure accumulation fuel system: A common rail fuel injection system has a fuel pump, a common rail, and an injector. The injector injects high-pressure fuel supplied from the common rail into an engine and leaks part of the high-pressure fuel. An electronic control unit (ECU) restricts a heat amount of the leak fuel of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070101973 - Procedure to recognize a depressurized fuel system: A procedure to recognize a depressurized fuel system of a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine that includes a parameter characterizing the fuel system temperature is acquired when turning off the internal combustion engine; a parameter characterizing the fuel system temperature is acquired in the immediately subsequent driving cycle... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070101974 - Marine fuel vapor separator with vent control device: A fuel supply system for an outboard marine engine includes a vapor separator (28) having a uni-directional vapor vent device (36) for preventing fuel leakage when the engine (12) is tipped on its side. The vapor separator (28) includes an enclosed interior chamber (50) which is filled with liquid fuel... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070101975 - Oxygen enrichment for internal combustion engines: In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, a system is provided comprising an oxygen-enrichment reverse osmosis unit coupled to an intake of an internal combustion engine. Ambient air is supplied to the reverse osmosis unit via an ambient-air inlet and oxygen-enriched air is output via an oxygen-enriched outlet. The... Agent: Paul J. Fordenbacher Silicon Forest Patent Group

20070101976 - Method for manufacturing an ignition coil and corresponding ignition coil: An ignition coil has an ignition coil housing having a core and coil forms situated within it. In order to fill in the gaps between the components in the ignition coil housing using a cast resin used as insulation, the invention provides to introduce the latter either by a hollow... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070101977 - Method and system for using a measure of fueling rate in the air side control of an engine: Methods and systems for using a measure of fueling rate in the air side control of an engine. By using a measure of the fueling rate, the air side control may, for example, anticipate the future air side needs of the engine, and adjust one or more air side parameters... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070095305 - Fuel injection engine and motorcycle comprising fuel injection engine: An air fuel injection engine including an air-intake passage configured to guide air taken in from outside to a combustion chamber formed by a cylinder block and a cylinder head, a fuel injector configured to inject fuel to an interior of the air-intake passage, and a water jacket through which... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070095306 - Water-cooled internal combustion engine: A water-cooled internal combustion engine configured so as to facilitate the change of the cooling system, thereby reducing costs. The crankcase of the water-cooled internal combustion engine is adapted to journal a crankshaft. The crankcase is covered by a crankcase cover from the axial outside. The crankcase is connected to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070095307 - Rotary machine: A rotary machine includes a housing divided into a first stationary portion and a second rotational portion. The second rotational portion is supported for rotation with respect to the stationary portion about an axis of the housing. The first and second portions of the housing cooperate to define a generally... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070095308 - Internal combustion engine having variable compression ratio selection as a function of projected engine speed: A method for operating an internal combustion engine. The method includes: providing a functional relationship between time rate of change in engine speed, and compression ratio switching engine speed limit; determining time rate of change in engine speed; determining from the determined rate of change of engine speed and the... Agent: Richard M. Sharkansky

20070095309 - Internal combustion engine: The invention concerns an internal-combustion engine, the engine comprising a first combustion chamber, a first piston displaceably guided in the first combustion chamber, the first piston facing the first combustion chamber with a first piston surface in a first direction, a second combustion chamber, a second piston displaceably guided in... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20070095310 - Valve operating mechanism: A valve operating mechanism for an internal combustion engine includes a drive member that engages a control arm at a contact point spaced apart from the pivot axis of the control arm, and a control member that operates to vary the contact point in order to vary a spacing between... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20070095313 - Internal combustion engine with variable compression ratio and valve characteristics: When controlling the valve characteristics of an intake valve and changing the compression ratio, an upper variation limit compression ratio, which is the upper limit of the variation of compression ratio, is determined according to the actual valve characteristics of the intake valve characteristics control. The upper variation limit compression... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070095312 - Variable lost motion valve actuator and method: A lost motion engine valve actuation system and method of actuating an engine valve are disclosed. The system may comprise a valve train element, a pivoting lever, a control piston, and a hydraulic circuit. The pivoting lever may include a first end for contacting the control piston, a second end... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20070095311 - Variable valve operating device: A variable valve operating device is provided that allows an ideal valve timing-lift characteristic to be realized by associating a change in a valve timing with a change in a valve lift amount. A rotation motion of a drive cam is transmitted to a slide surface of a swing member... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070095319 - Braking device for a camshaft adjuster: In a braking device for a camshaft adjuster of an internal combustion engine wherein the camshaft adjuster includes at least two adjustment inputs, a respective braking element is provided for each adjustment input to brake the respective adjustment input, the braking elements being operable by an excitation coil arrangement, which,... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20070095318 - Camshaft adjuster for an internal combustion engine and a method for operating a camshaft adjuster: In a camshaft adjuster for an internal combustion engine including a gear mechanism, an input drive element, a camshaft as an output element, and a brake mechanism for braking an adjustment input for the adjustment of a phase position of the camshaft, a coupling mechanism is provided for locking the... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20070095314 - Control apparatus and control method for internal combustion engine: An ECU executes a program including the steps of detecting the crank angle, advancing, at a crank angle at which the cam torque is exerted in the direction opposite to the rotational direction of an intake camshaft, the phase in which the intake valve is closed and retarding, at a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070095315 - Control valve for an apparatus for variable setting of the control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a control valve (20) for an apparatus (1) for the variable setting of the control times of gas exchange valves (110, 111) of an internal combustion engine (100), having a valve housing (22) of hollow configuration which has at least one inflow connection (P), at least... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070095317 - Hydraulic camshaft adjuster and method for assembling the same: In a hydraulic camshaft adjuster for a camshaft of an internal combustion engine and a method of assembling the camshaft adjuster, with an inner body, which is connected to the camshaft in a rotationally fixed manner and has outwardly extending blades and an outer body which is mounted rotatably with... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20070095316 - Hydraulic control system for internal combustion engine: A hydraulic control system for an internal combustion engine, includes a driven mechanism driven by hydraulic pressure fed through a flowing passage change-over valve. The flowing passage change-over valve includes a valve body formed with a plurality of ports which are respectively communicated with the supply passage and the oil... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070095320 - Centrally located ignition source in a combustion chamber: The centrally located ignition source in a combustion chamber is an electrical conductor spanning the general center of the combustion chamber, with a spark gap at the general center of the conductor. The device may be offset from the combustion chamber centerline, and/or the spark gap may be offset from... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070095322 - 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

20070095321 - System for assisting a main engine start-up: A method is provided for assisting a start-up of a work machine having a battery assembly and a main engine. The method may include starting an auxiliary power unit, and using electrical power generated by the auxiliary power unit to condition the battery assembly. The method may also include adding... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070095323 - Device and method for maximizing internal combustion engine horsepower for a preselected rpm range: A device 10 and method for maximizing internal combustion engine horsepower for a preselected RPM range includes a plurality of velocity stacks 12 removably inserted via grommets 16 into apertures 17 in an air box portion 14 of the internal combustion engine while the air box portion 14 is secured... Agent: Donald G. Flaynik, Jr

20070095324 - Vehicular air cleaner structure: To improve throttle response and productivity of an air cleaner of a vehicle. A vehicular air cleaner structure is provided, in which an air cleaner is mounted to a vehicle body frame and an intake duct for drawing air in the air cleaner and a connecting tube for providing communication... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070095325 - Connection for high-pressure chambers of fuel injectors: A connection point of a chamber subjected to high pressure in a body subjected to high pressure of a high-pressure injection system for fuel at a bore extending substantially vertically through the body. In the chamber subjected to high pressure of the body, a cylindrically shaped pocket or an encompassing... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070095326 - Method for auto-ignition operation and computer readable storage device for use with an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine that can be operated in compression ignition mode, comprising a fuel injector (2) for each cylinder; a fuel injection control unit (4) for controlling fuel injection quantity and a piston (5) in each cylinder whose compression action causes a mixture of air and fuel to be... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070095327 - Hybrid fuel injection system: A remote monitoring system is disclosed. In one such embodiment, a system may comprise a first measuring unit disposed within a structure, a first processor disposed in operative communication with the first measuring unit, and a second processor disposed within the structure. The first measuring unit may comprise a first... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070095328 - Humidity-based combustion control in a multiple combustion mode engine: A system and method for controlling operation of a gasoline internal combustion engine capable of running in a spark ignition mode and a homogeneous charge compression ignition mode. The method and system implementation include determining humidity of air to be drawn into a combustion cylinder of the engine, and controlling... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070095329 - Injection unit and injection method for an internal combustion engine: An injection unit has an injector arrangement connected to a pressure reservoir by a pressure line arrangement The injector arrangement has at least one servo injection valve and a control valve for the release of fuel from a control chamber into a fuel return line leading to the fuel tank... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070095330 - Fuel line check valve system and method: Prior art fuel line check valves remain closed after engine off and cool down. Diurnal heating and the resultant pressure increase in the fuel line causes fuel vapor emissions through small openings in the fuel line (e.g., at the injector tips). The invention provides a check valve for a vehicle... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070095331 - Apparatus and method for controlling an internal combustion engine: When an internal combustion engine controller determines that an internal combustion engine is experiencing difficulty in starting, the fuel injection amount is corrected according to a first estimated ethanol (alcohol) concentration value that is approximately in the middle concentration value between the alcohol concentration of the fuel with the highest... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070095332 - Fuel supply device: A fuel supply device includes a bracket provided at an opening of a fuel tank so as to form a blockage, for being arranged with a discharge pipe; a fuel pump mounted to the bracket, for suctioning fuel in the fuel tank and discharging fuel from the discharge pipe; and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070095333 - Method and apparatus for a mechanically driven supercharger: The present invention provides a method for mechanically driving a supercharger and a combination harmonic pulley system and supercharger mounted on a powered vehicle including a crankshaft, the supercharger having a supercharger driveshaft and adapted to provide boost air to the intake of the internal combustion engine, driving the crankshaft... Agent: Intellectual Property Center, LLC

20070095334 - Emission gas recycling equipment having butterfly valve: Emission gas recycling equipment includes a passage for recycling a part of an emission gas and a control valve for controlling an amount of the part of the emission gas. The control valve includes: a housing having a pipe portion; a butterfly valve accommodated in the pipe portion rotatable in... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070095335 - Four-cycle engine and motorcycle comprising four-cycle engine: A four-cycle engine including an engine case configured to accommodate a crankshaft; a pump configured to suction air from an inner space of the engine case; and an air suction passage through which the inner space inner space of the engine case and the pump communicate with each other; wherein... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP