Internal-combustion engines inventions 08/07

20070199524 - Cooling system for an internal combustion engine, and engine incorporating same: An internal combustion engine is provided with an internal piston cooling system that jets oil from an oil jet on to a surface of a piston during engine operation, to effectively cool the piston. In the piston cooling system of the internal combustion engine, each piston being arranged to reciprocate... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070199531 - Valve timing controller: A valve timing controller is provided with a first rotary element including a first gear part, a second rotary element including a second gear part, and a third rotary element including a third gear part and a fourth gear part. The third gear part and the fourth gear part are... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070199525 - System for transformation of rectilinear motion into curvilinear motion, or vice versa, particularly for internal combustion engine: The invention relates to an improved system for transformation of rectilinear motion into curvilinear motion, or vice versa, particularly for internal combustion engine, said system comprising a rotor element and a stator element, one of said rotor element and stator element having a closed spiral profile, said spiral profile having... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070199527 - Electromagnetic actuator and operating arrangement for operation of a valve arrangement: An electromagnetic actuator is disclosed. The actuator has a coil arrangement which can be excited electrically, and has an armature. The armature is mounted such that it can move axially in the coil arrangement, is composed of soft magnetic material, and is moved in the axial direction when the coil... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070199526 - Valve drive for a gas exchange valve: The invention relates to a valve drive for a gas exchange valve (4) in a power engine or a processing engine, with a magnetic rotor (12) which, along with a rotor section positioned at a distance from the gas exchange valve (4), extends in a longitudinally movable manner inside a... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070199528 - Valve gear and method for opening and closing a passage: A valve gear includes a housing provided with a passage, a valve member arranged within the housing, which is movable between a first, closed position, in which the passage is closed, and a second, open position, a piston connected to the valve member, which can oscillate in an at least... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070199530 - Default device of actuator for variable lift valve operating mechanism: In a default device of an actuator for a variable lift valve operating mechanism, in the event of failure of the actuator, a pressed portion of a lever pivotably supported on a support shaft is urged by a resilient force of a coil spring, an arm is pressed by a... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070199529 - Variable engine valve actuation system: A valve actuation system for a power system is provided. The valve actuation system has an engine valve moveable to selectively prevent or allow a flow of fluid relative to the engine valve. The valve actuation system also has a cam assembly with a first cam lobe and a second... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070199532 - Device for adjusting the phase angle between two rotating, drive-connected element: In a device for adjusting the phase angle between two rotating, drive-connected elements, which are interconnected by means of an adjustment device, means are provided for the energy-saving adjustment of the phase angle based on an alternating torque of one element which is also used in the event of a... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20070199534 - Engine and engine control method: A method of operating an engine is provided. The engine may include a combustion chamber and a working member positioned adjacent the combustion chamber. The method may include providing a source of fuel for the engine. The method may also include starting the engine producing power by combusting fuel in... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070199533 - Automatic internal combustion engine stop device, internal combustion engine provided with the same and automatic internal combustion engine stop method: In an automatic stop device that automatically stops the operation of an internal combustion engine after a predetermined automatic stop condition is satisfied, a load acting on the engine is removed when the automatic stop condition is satisfied. When the automatic stop condition is satisfied, the between the magnitude of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070199535 - Intake apparatus and intake manifold for internal combustion engine: An intake apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes a passage section defining an intake passage; and a throttle valve located in the intake passage, the throttle valve including a rotation shaft, and a plate-shaped valve element arranged to rotate about the rotation shaft, and having a first end and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070199536 - Methods and systems employing intersecting vane machines: The invention provides a toroidal intersecting vane machine incorporating intersecting rotors to form primary and secondary chambers whose porting configurations minimize friction and maximize efficiency. Specifically, it is an object of the invention to provide a toroidal intersecting vane machine that greatly reduces the frictional losses through meshing surfaces without... Agent: Elmore Patent Law Group, PC

20070199537 - Internal combustion engine and method: Internal combustion engine and method in which pistons on different rotors move relative to each other to form chambers of variable volume in a toroidal cylinder. The pistons move in stepwise fashion, with the pistons on one rotor travelling a predetermined distance while the pistons on the other rotor remain... Agent: Edward S. Wright

20070199538 - Shape of combustion chamber for direct-injection diesel engine: The invention relates to a shape of a combustion chamber for a direct-injection diesel engine, in which a mixture in, particularly, an expansion stroke is promoted by optimally designing the shape of the combustion chamber, and further, the compatibility between PM reduction and NOx reduction can be achieved by improving... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070199539 - Method and apparatus for delivering two fuels to a direct injection internal combustion engine: An apparatus for delivering two fuels to a direct injection internal combustion engine comprises a liquid-fuel supply rail, a gaseous-fuel supply rail, a drain system with a shared drain rail for collecting both liquid fuel and gaseous fuel, and a venting device for venting gaseous fuel collected by the drain... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070199540 - Method for controlling the idle speed of an internal combustion engine, and an internal combustion engine: A method for controlling the idle speed of an internal combustion engine is presented. The method comprises controlling an ignition timing at least partly based on the engine speed and controlling a position of a throttle valve at least partly based on the ignition timing. Preferably, the ignition timing is... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070199541 - Throttle valve controller and engine: A throttle valve controller configured to control opening and closing of a throttle valve disposed in an air-intake passage of a throttle body coupled to an engine, including an input member that is rotatable in association with a rider's hand operation, a power transmission device with an input part thereof... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070199542 - Fuel supply system for internal combustion engine: A low-pressure delivery pipe provided with intake manifold injectors, a fuel pressure regulator, a high-pressure fuel pump, a high-pressure delivery pipe provided with in-cylinder injectors, and an electromagnetic relief valve are connected in series at the downstream of a low-pressure fuel pump that discharges a fuel within a fuel tank... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070199543 - Internal combustion engine: In an internal combustion engine includes an intake valve port that opens into a combustion chamber on one side of a plane containing the axis of a cylinder bore. An exhaust valve port opens into the combustion chamber on the other side of the plane. A spark plug has a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070199544 - Fuel injector having recessed check top: A fuel injector for a machine is disclosed. The fuel injector has a nozzle member with a first end and a second end. The first end of the fuel injector has at least one orifice. The fuel injector also has a control chamber located at the second end of the... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070199545 - Fuel system having variable waveform based on operator objective: A fuel control system for an engine having at least one combustion chamber is disclosed. The fuel control system has a source of pressurized fluid, a fuel injecting device, and a controller in communication with the fuel injecting device. The fuel injecting device receives the pressurized fluid and injects fuel... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070199546 - Fuel feed apparatus: A fuel feed apparatus is accommodated in a fuel tank. The fuel feed apparatus includes a sub-tank that is provided in a bottom of the fuel tank. The fuel feed apparatus further includes a fuel pump that is accommodated in the sub-tank. The fuel pump includes an impeller that defines... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070199547 - Filter canister family: A family of canisters that includes at least two canisters that are adapted to filter a flow of fluid from a fuel tank. Each canister includes a first portion that defines a first perimeter and a first area each common to all canisters of the family. A second portion defines... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070199548 - Evaporated fuel treatment system for internal combustion engine: In an evaporated fuel treatment system, a pump is operated to flow air through a specified restriction and a sensor detects a first differential pressure across the restriction. A fuel tank, a canister, and the restriction are made to communicate with each other and an air-fuel mixture containing the evaporated... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070199549 - Exhaust gas recirculation device:

20070199550 - Crankcase ventilation in a combustion engine for a vehicle: The present invention relates to a combustion engine, comprising an intake system having a throttle valve controlling an air flow to the combustion engine, a brake booster being in fluid communication with the intake system, downstream the throttle valve, via an evacuation duct for evacuation of air from the brake... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070199551 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine, computer program product, computer program, and control and/or regulation device for an internal combustion engine: In a method for operating an internal combustion engine, a computer program product, a computer program, and a control and/or regulation device for the internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine is allowed to be operated using an enriched air/fuel mixture, without exceeding a rich combustion limit of the internal... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070199552 - Engine control device and control method thereof: An engine control device and method that prevents fuel injection quantity from becoming unstable due to a rapid change of a correction quantity even in a predetermined operation state such as acceleration time and thus stabilizes an air-fuel ratio. Under a predetermined operating state, even when feedback control of oxygen... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070199553 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine, computer program product, computer program, and control and/or regulating device for an internal combustion engine: In a method for operating an internal combustion engine, a sensor for detecting and/or an actuator for setting a performance quantity of the internal combustion engine is/are monitored for the presence of a malfunction. Monitoring is performed at a first operating point of the internal combustion engine at a lower... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070193541 - Valve system of v-type engine: A valve system of a V-type engine in which a camshaft provided in each bank is formed with valve cams that open and close engine valves and a pump cam for driving a fuel pump, the phase of the pump cam relative to the valve cams is set such that... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070193534 - Control system for hydrogen addition internal combustion engine: Disclosed is a control system for a hydrogen addition internal combustion engine that uses hydrocarbon fuel and hydrogen gas as combustion fuel. The control system includes a canister 52 for adsorbing fuel vapor generated in a tank 34 for storing the hydrocarbon fuel; a purge VSV 66 for purging the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070193535 - Method of operating a marine or stationary diesel engine: A method of operating a marine or stationary diesel engine is disclosed in which the engine is lubricated with a single cylinder lubricant that is fed at a substantially constant feed rate to the engine. When the engine runs on fuel having a sulphur level that requires more base than... Agent: Infineum Usa L.p.

20070193536 - Generator having a plastic frame: A generator having a plastic frame. The frame includes plastic panels surrounding the engine and alternator assembly for the generator, providing an enclosure for the engine and alternator assembly and permitting additional features to added to the frame without adding additional pieces. A retractable cord wrap folds into and out... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (seattle Office)

20070193537 - Fuel reformer: g

20070193539 - Control apparatus for an internal combustion engine: A variable valve mechanism performs a valve lift switching operation for an intake valve. ECU defines valve lift switching characteristics corresponding to the engine operating region and executes the valve lift switching operation based on the switching characteristics. ECU calculates a parameter fluctuation amount of an engine occurring in response... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070193538 - Valve drive of an internal combustion engine: A valve drive (1) for an internal combustion engine with a lever-type cam follower (7) is provided, which is used for the variable adjustable transmission of a raised section (2) of a cam (3) to a gas-exchange valve (5), in that the cam follower (7) is supported with an end... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070193540 - Camshaft adjuster with a superposition drive: A drive connection with a camshaft adjuster for an internal combustion engine is provided. A free end of the camshaft adjuster is coupled with an accessory unit, especially a vacuum pump, in a camshaft adjuster with a superposition drive and an electrical control unit. The electrical control unit (7) can... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070193542 - Air cooled twin cam v-twin motorcycle engine timing belt system: A timing belt system for an air cooled Twin Cam V-Twin motorcycle engine is provided. The timing belt system includes a crankshaft pulley assembly including a crankshaft pulley affixed to the crankshaft and a pulley flange affixed to the crankshaft pulley. The timing belt system also includes a camshaft pulley... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070193543 - Valve deactivation device: A valve deactivation device for a rocker arm assembly having a cam arm and a valve arm is provided. A return spring biases a locking latch pin toward an activated position to allow the cam arm and the valve arm to rotate together. The latch pin can be translated against... Agent: Arthur J. Plantamura General Chemical Performance Products LLC.

20070193544 - Valve lifter body: The present invention relates to a valve lifter body, comprising an outer surface, enclosing a first cavity and a second cavity, wherein the first cavity includes a first inner surface configured to house a cylindrical insert, the second cavity includes a second inner surface cylindrically shaped, and at least one... Agent: The Alden Law Group, L.L.P. Suite 180

20070193545 - Dual combustion engine: An internal combustion engine is disclosed in which some cylinders are adapted to run in homogeneous-charge compression-ignition (HCCI) combustion mode and at other cylinders are adapted to run in spark-ignition (SI) combustion mode. HCCI cylinders are at least 2 compression ratios higher than SI cylinders. A method for starting such... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070193547 - Spring apparatus and valve train of internal combustion engine using the same: A bellows unit and a compression coil spring are located in series with each other between a first member and a second member. The bellows unit has an inner bellows, an outer bellows, and first and second end members. A sealed space is defined in the bellows unit. A compressed... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070193546 - Valve seat rings made of basic co or co/mo alloys, and production thereof: A cylinder head for internal combustion engines, comprising a metallic valve seat ring that is formed by a thermally sprayed homogeneous layer made of a basic Co or Co/Mo alloy. The sum of the Co content and Mo content in the alloy exceeds 50 percent by weight while the Fe... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070193549 - Internal combustion engine: In an internal combustion engine, blow-by is substantially eliminated and friction is significantly reduced using one or more combinations of non-metallic rings. By substantially eliminating blow-by and by reducing friction, certain engine parameters may be changed. In addition, by substantially eliminating blow-by and by reducing friction, pollution may be reduced,... Agent: Hansra Patent Services

20070193550 - Internal combustion engine: In an engine, blow-by is substantially eliminated and friction is significantly reduced using one or more combinations of non-metallic rings. By substantially eliminating blow-by and by reducing friction, certain engine parameters may be changed. In addition, by substantially eliminating blow-by and by reducing friction, pollution may be reduced, fuel economy... Agent: Hansra Patent Services

20070193551 - Internal combustion engine: In an internal combustion engine, blow-by is substantially eliminated and friction is significantly reduced using one or more combinations of non-metallic rings. By substantially eliminating blow-by and by reducing friction, certain engine parameters may be changed. In addition, by substantially eliminating blow-by and by reducing friction, pollution may be reduced,... Agent: Hansra Patent Services

20070193552 - Internal combustion engine: In an engine, blow-by is substantially eliminated and friction is significantly reduced using one or more combinations of non-metallic rings. By substantially eliminating blow-by and by reducing friction, certain engine parameters may be changed. In addition, by substantially eliminating blow-by and by reducing friction, pollution may be reduced, fuel economy... Agent: Hansra Patent Services

20070193553 - Internal combustion engine: In an engine, blow-by is substantially eliminated and friction is significantly reduced using one or more combinations of non-metallic rings. By substantially eliminating blow-by and by reducing friction, certain engine parameters may be changed. In addition, by substantially eliminating blow-by and by reducing friction, pollution may be reduced, fuel economy... Agent: Hansra Patent Services

20070193548 - Multi-port piston and internal combustion engine: A two-stroke engine utilizing a piston with two sets of intake ports, such that the first set of intake ports of the piston are positioned on the piston such that it is in alignment with the fuel intake when the piston has cycled to the bottom position, permitting the flow... Agent: Raymond M. Galasso Galasso & Associates Lp

20070193554 - Air intake device of internal combustion engine: An air intake device of an internal combustion engine which is capable of enhancing the air intake efficiency and reducing the size is provided. The internal combustion engine includes a cylinder head 4, an intake manifold 6 provided at a longitudinal side surface of the cylinder head, and a head... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070193555 - Barrel engine block assembly: A barrel internal combustion engine includes a drive shaft assembly, a monoblock, a plurality of piston assemblies, and a valvetrain. The driveshaft assembly has a central drive shaft and a cam plate extending therefrom. The one piece monoblock has a longitudinal central axis with a central longitudinal opening receiving the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070193556 - Directly injecting internal combustion engine: A directly injecting internal combustion engine has at least one cylinder which has a combustion space and in which a piston executes an oscillating movement, and an injection nozzle for the injection of fuel into the combustion space. The piston has a piston recess which has in its central region... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070193557 - Dual combustion mode engine: A system and method to provide a desired torque increase from an engine in which some cylinder operate in spark ignition (SI) combustion mode only and some cylinders operate in homogeneous-charge, compression-ignition (HCCI) combustion mode only are disclosed. Such method includes: operating a first portion of engine cylinders in homogeneous... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070193558 - Method and system for controlling an internal combustion engine: A method and system for controlling an internal combustion engine is provide. The engine has a fuel-supply device, a low-pressure circuit and a high-pressure pump, to which a control valve for a volumetric flow is allocated is provided. Said pump is coupled on the inlet side to the low-pressure circuit... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070193559 - Fuel supply system for internal combustion: A low-pressure delivery pipe provided with intake manifold injectors, a fuel pressure regulator, a high-pressure fuel pump, a high-pressure delivery pipe provided with in-cylinder injectors, and an electromagnetic relief valve are connected in series at the downstream of a low-pressure fuel pump that discharges a fuel within a fuel tank... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070193560 - Method for setting initial compensation value in sensor complex module: A method for setting an initial compensation value of a sensor complex module is provided. The method for setting the initial compensation value of the sensor complex module including an acceleration sensor, a memory, and a controller that performs the setting of the initial compensation value, includes the following steps.... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070193561 - Double shut-off refueling valve: A double shut-off refueling valve responds to a full fuel tank level by closing the recirculation line and the canister line. The valve includes at least one float having one or more sealing surfaces corresponding with the recirculation line and the canister line, respectively. The sealing surface is on the... Agent: Anna M. Shih

20070193562 - Air heater with one-piece housing: A heating device for use in an internal combustion engine having an intake defining a passage is disclosed. The intake includes an opening in communication with the passage. The heating device includes a one-piece housing having a mounting flange portion and a first leg portion positioned substantially parallel to and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070193563 - Supercharger drive pulley: A supercharger drive pulley includes an inner hub and an outer drive pulley. One of the inner hub and the outer drive pulley is drivingly connected to a drive shaft of a supercharger for driving the supercharger and the other of the inner hub and the outer drive pulley is... Agent: Harbin King & Klima

20070193565 - Dual combustion mode engine: In an engine in which a first portion of engine cylinders operate in HCCI combustion mode only and a second portion of engine cylinders operate in SI combustion mode only, two EGR ducts and valves are provided: a first EGR duct adapted to provide flow from an exhaust of HCCI... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070193564 - Exhaust gas purifying device and exhaust gas purifying method in internal combustion engine: Catalysts are respectively provided in a plurality of parallel exhaust paths of an internal combustion engine. A flow rate adjusting section adjusts a flow rate of an exhaust gas discharged from a first exhaust path to a downstream side, and a flow rate of an exhaust gas supplied to an... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070193566 - Fuel system for a vibratory rammer: A fuel system (1) for a vibratory rammer (2) includes a tank arrangement (3), a diaphragm carburetor (4), a fuel line arrangement (5) and a venting line arrangement (6) for complementary venting of air from the fuel system (1) to the atmosphere. The fuel system (1) also includes a venting... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20070186875 - System for improving the fuel efficiency of an engine: A fuel system for improved fuel efficiency may include a fuel injector to transmit fuel in droplet form to a reaction region. A reaction rod may be positioned in the reaction region, where the reaction rod may have a convex end and a concave end. The fuel system may be... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070186876 - System and method to operate fuel cell in the exhaust of an internal combustion engine: An exhaust emission reduction system of a vehicle having an internal combustion engine with an at least one cylinder coupled to an exhaust system comprises a NOx reduction catalyst disposed in the exhaust system downstream of the engine exhaust system; and a fuel cell disposed in the exhaust system downstream... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070186877 - Fuel injection apparatus for an internal combustion engine: The fuel injection apparatus has a high-pressure pump that supplies fuel at least indirectly to at least one injection point associated with at least one cylinder of the engine. The high-pressure pump is preceded by a fuel filter, which filters out impurities from the fuel and separates out free-floating water... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070186878 - Vehicular thermostatically-controlled dual-circuit cooling system and associated method: A dual-circuit cooling system for a vehicle is disclosed. One of the circuits may be used to manage the temperature of the engine while the other circuit may be used to manage the temperature of a component other than the engine. An associated method is disclosed.... Agent: Deere & Company

20070186879 - Engine: A cooling water structure for an engine with improved external appearance and reduced cost. A first passage section of a cooling water passage discharges cooling water from a water pump to water jackets of front and rear cylinders. The first passage section is formed in a surface of a partition... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070186880 - Coaxial oil pump for barrel engines: A barrel internal combustion engine includes a plurality of pistons, a drive shaft, a cam plate and an oil pump. The plurality of pistons is slidably coupled to a plurality of cylinders for reciprocal movement along axes generally parallel with a central axis. The drive shaft is rotatable about the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070186881 - Splined drive and cam shafts for barrel engines: A shaft assembly for a barrel internal combustion engine having valves controlling the intake and exhaust of gases during operation of the engine. The shaft assembly includes a drive shaft and a cam shaft. The drive shaft extends longitudinally between opposite first and second ends along a rotational axis. The... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070186882 - Exhaust control valve for internal combustion engine: An exhaust valve assembly for a two stroke internal combustion engine having a cylinder with at least one main exhaust port and one auxiliary exhaust port is disclosed. The assembly comprises a main exhaust valve for at least partially closing the main exhaust port, an auxiliary exhaust valve for at... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20070186883 - Method of generating pressure pulses, a pressure pulse generator and a piston engine provided therewith: A pressure pulse generator, including a pressure pulse transmitting body, a chamber, divided into a first and a second part, a first conduit that leads between a high pressure source and the first part of the chamber, a second conduit that leads between a low pressure source and the second... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070186884 - Engine control system: A system for improving engine operation during a condition of engine controller degradation is presented. According to one aspect of the description, the engine may continue to operate if the performance of one engine controller is degraded.... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070186886 - Apparatus for and method of controlling motion mechanism: A variable valve mechanism, which rotates a control shaft by means of an actuator to continuously change a lift amount of an engine valve, is configured in a manner such that when a sensor output in response to a minimum valve lift position defined by a stopper capable of restricting... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070186885 - Apparatus for and method of controlling variable valve mechanism: At the time of obtaining a difference in intake air amount between right and left banks in a V-type engine, a target value of a lift-amount/operation-angle-varying mechanism provided for each of the banks is set to a target value at which flow velocity of intake air passing through an intake... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070186887 - Camshaft phaser having designated contact vane: In a vane-type camshaft phaser, one vane extends over a much larger internal angle than the other two vanes. Because of its size and strength, the large vane is the vane designated for contact with the stator. The other vanes and lobes have extra clearance to prevent contact regardless of... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070186888 - Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to an internal combustion engine comprising an inlet tract, leading to the inlet to a cylinder where a gas inlet valve is arranged. A valve drive for the gas inlet valve is provided, by means of which the valve stroke of the gas inlet may be adjusted... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070186889 - Valve cover: A valve cover is described that is secured to a component of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle. The valve cover includes a cover body having a plurality of walls defining an inner cavity and a ventilation system having a periphery. The ventilation system is at least partially disposed... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn, LLC

20070186890 - Dual lift rocker arm latch mechanism and actuation arrangement therefor: A valve control system including a camshaft having first and second cam profiles, the valve control system comprising a rocker arm assembly (11) including a first rocker arm (13) having a first cam follower (15) in engagement with the first cam profile, and a second rocker arm (17) having a... Agent: Eaton Corporation Eaton Center

20070186891 - Tappet carrier for barrel engine: A tappet carrier for a barrel type internal combustion engine includes a body having a central bore that is coaxial with a camshaft of a barrel engine. The tappet carrier further comprises a plurality of radially extending bores that are continuous with the central bore so as to allow mechanical... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070186892 - Control of engine intake system: A method of controlling an intake air passage of an internal combustion engine is provided. The intake air passage cyclically communicates to a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, thereby inducting fresh air into said combustion chamber. The cyclic communication of the intake air passage to the combustion chamber... Agent: Mazda North American Operations

20070186893 - Filterless crankcase lubrication system for a vehicle: A crankcase lubricating system and method for lubricating an engine of a motor vehicle. The crankcase lubricating system includes filterless lubricant circulation system, and a crankcase lubricant containing a fully formulated lubricating base oil meeting or exceeding ILSAC GF-4 or API CI-4 minimum performance standards for engine oils.... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/newmarket)

20070186896 - Motor vehicle: A motor vehicle 5 is disclosed having an engine 10 used to drive a number of ancillary devices 12, 14, 16 and 18 via an ancillary drive 11. An electronically controlled disengageable connection 21 is provided to selectively disengage the drive from the engine 10 to the ancillary drive 11... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070186895 - Air cleaner box, intake sound control apparatus, and intake sound control method: An intake sound control apparatus disposed in a vehicle is disclosed. The intake sound control apparatus comprises an air cleaner box and an acoustic converter. The air cleaner box includes a through-hole formed separately from the intake path to allow passage of sound from the inside of the air cleaner... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070186894 - Four-stroke internal combustion engine having reduced noise emissions: The present invention provides a four-stroke internal combustion engine having reduced noise emissions. The engine includes a filter element having substantially flat inlet and outlet sides, a first housing portion, and a second housing portion coupled to the first housing portion. The first and second housing portions define an air... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070186897 - Rotary internal combustion engine: A rotary internal combustion engine has a circular inner chamber, which houses a plurality of cylinders with reciprocating pistons that move in a radial direction towards and away from the center of the inner chamber. A flywheel with distinct vanes or portions is positioned for rotation about a central axis... Agent: Keaty Professional Law Corporation Thomas S. Keaty

20070186898 - Method and apparatus for operating impulse charger for transient torque management: An engine control system in a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a transmission coupled to the internal combustion engine, an intake manifold coupled to the internal combustion engine, an impulse charge valve coupled to the intake manifold, a controller for controlling the impulse charge valve, where the controller controls... Agent: Christopher Devries General Motors Corporation

20070186899 - Exhaust gas recirculation device for engine: An exhaust gas recirculation device for an engine having a cylinder head with a suction port and an exhaust port, provided with a mechanism for recirculating a portion of exhaust gas to the suction side of the cylinder head, comprises a connection hole is opened through a wall of the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070186900 - Throttle control apparatus for internal combustion engine: A throttle control apparatus comprises a throttle valve placed in an intake passage, a motor for driving the throttle valve, an electronic control unit (ECU) for controlling the motor, and a throttle sensor for detecting an actual opening degree of the throttle valve. The ECU determines that the throttle valve... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070186901 - Engine air intake shut off valve: The invention is directed to a shut-off valve for stopping the air-flow to an engine. A butterfly valve disposed in an air passage is moved between a first open position and second closed position in a controlled fashion to prevent the build up un-burnt fuel in the event of the... Agent: Edward Yoo C/o Bennett Jones

20070186902 - System and method for pre-processing ionization signal to include enhanced knock information: A system and method for pre-processing an ionization signal to amplify knock information and combining the amplified knock information with the ionization signal to create a knock-enhanced ionization signal is disclosed. In one embodiment, an on-plug integrated ionization detection circuit detects the ionization signal, processes the ionization signal to produce... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070186903 - System and method of selecting data content of ionization signal: A system and method for selecting the data content of an ionization feedback signal is disclosed. An ignition system monitors both the ionization signal and ignition coil dwell data. The ignition system outputs either the ionization signal or the ignition coil dwell data on the ionization feedback line, depending on... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070186904 - Retention assembly for a hydrocarbon trap: A retention assembly secures a hydrocarbon trap within an air intake path of an internal combustion engine. The hydrocarbon trap is positioned within a first air tube, such as an outlet duct of a clean air filter. A second air tube, such as an inlet portion of a clean air... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070186905 - System for determining the start of combustion in an internal combustion engine: The start of the combustion (CRK) of a mixture in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is determined in accordance with a pressure (Pc) that is measured in the combustion chamber.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070186907 - Accumulator-type fuel injection apparatus and internal combustion engine provided with that accumulator-type fuel injection apparatus: In one embodiment, the high-pressure pump (8) for providing a pressurized supply of fuel in an engine furnished with a common rail type fuel injection apparatus is provided with two actuators (88, 89). Of these actuators (88, 89), one (88) is stopped and the operation for providing a pressurized supply... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070186906 - Method and apparatus for controlling a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine in a vehicle: A method and a device for controlling a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, whereby the internal combustion engine has a common rail, a high-pressure pump, a flow control valve for controlling the fuel delivery rate of the high-pressure pump into the common rail... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070186908 - Fuel pressure controller for direct injection internal combustion engine: A fuel pressure control device has a feedback control section for setting a feedback control amount (F/B control amount) in accordance with a deviation between target fuel pressure and actual fuel pressure and a feedforward control section for setting a feedforward control amount (F/F control amount) in accordance with a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070186909 - Fuel pump control system for cylinder cut-off internal combustion engine: In a fuel pump control system for an internal combustion engine whose operation is switched between cut-off-cylinder operating mode during which some of the cylinders are non-operative and full-cylinder operating mode during which all of the cylinders are operative and having a fuel injector connected to the fuel supply line... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070186910 - System and method for purging fuel vapors using exhaust gas: A system for a vehicle, comprising of an engine, and a fuel vapor storage system coupled to the engine configured to store and release fuel vapors, the system further configured to route exhaust gas from the engine to the vapor storage system and where adsorbed vapors are released into the... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070186911 - Method for producing a ceramic filter element: A method of producing a ceramic filter element suitable for use in an exhaust filter for an internal combustion engine, during which a combustible, non-ceramic support web is impregnated with a ceramic slip and formed into a desired geometric shape in either order, and then the impregnated and formed web... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070186912 - Circuit arrangement for the cooling of charge air and method for operation of such a circuit arrangement: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement (K), with a low-temperature coolant circuit (1) for the cooling of charge air on a motor vehicle with a charging device, comprising a charge air/coolant cooler (2). A temperature sensor (4) is provided at the exit of the coolant from the charge air/coolant... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070186913 - Engine with breather apparatus: In order to suppress freezing of a water content within a breather tube, a heater (13) is arranged within a breather tube (11) joining a cylinder head cover (10) and an air cleaner (8). A main body of the breather tube (11) is constituted by a joint tube (18) arranged... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070186914 - Engine controller: The invention provides an engine controller, which can determine a deterioration mode (gain deterioration or response deterioration) of an air/fuel (A/F) ratio sensor, can detect a degree of the deterioration with high accuracy, and can optimize A/F ratio feedback control in accordance with the diagnosis result. The controller includes a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070186915 - Fuel vapor treatment apparatus for internal combustion engine: A fuel vapor treatment apparatus includes a first determiner that determines a concentration of purged fuel based on an amount of deviation from a target air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel ratio detected by a sensor provided in an exhaust pipe. A second determiner that determines the concentration of purged fuel... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070181101 - Internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine usable for producing a rotational output, the internal combustion engine comprising: a casing; a cylinder defining a cylinder head and a combustion chamber extending from the cylinder head, the combustion chamber being substantially arc segment shaped and defining a chamber radius of curvature, the cylinder being... Agent: Invention Quebec Inc.

20070181112 - Valve-operating mechanism for internal combustion engine: A valve-operating mechanism for an internal combustion engine having intake and exhaust valves and valve control members for controlling the intake and exhaust valves. The intake and exhaust valves are configured as dual valves having an outer valve and an inner valve. The valve control members, at least during scavenging,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070181087 - Electromechanical variable valve actuator with a spring controller: Actuators, and corresponding methods and systems for controlling such actuators, provide independent lift and timing control with minimum energy consumption. In an exemplary embodiment, an electromechanical actuator comprises a housing, first and second electromagnets rigidly disposed in the housing and separated from each other by an armature chamber, an armature... Agent: Zheng Lou

20070181083 - System and method for producing, dispensing, using and monitoring a hydrogen enriched fuel: A system for producing, dispensing, using and monitoring a hydrogen enriched fuel includes a producing system configured to produce the hydrogen enriched fuel, a vehicle having an engine configured to use the hydrogen enriched fuel, and a dispensing system configured to store and dispense the hydrogen enriched fuel into the... Agent: Stephen A Gratton The Law Office Of Steve Gratton

20070181084 - System for a two-stroke combustion engine with controlled additional air: The present invention relates to a system (1) for supplying an air-fuel mixture to a two-stroke internal combustion engine (2), comprising a carburettor (3) having a throttle valve (4) and a choke valve (5). The system further has a transfer passage (6) between a crankcase (7) chamber and a combustion... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070181085 - Sliding joint for variable compression ratio device: A barrel-type internal combustion engine includes a power output shaft assembly with a sliding joint. A power output shaft has a pair of spaced apart bearing surfaces and a plurality of radial splines between the bearing surfaces. A cam plate has a central hub and a cam track extending therefrom.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070181086 - Assembled camshaft with camshaft setting device: An assembled camshaft (11) wherein at least one oil distributing sleeve (14, 26) for a camshaft setting device (15) is secured in a force-locking way to a plastically expanded portion of a shaft tube (12), wherein the oil distributing sleeve (14) includes a seat face (31) centered on the axis... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070181088 - Control apparatus of direct injection internal combustion engine: The present invention provides a control apparatus of a direct injection internal combustion engine used in an idling stop vehicle or the like, which can reduce residual fuel generated in a combustion chamber in an engine stop time, and prevent deterioration of exhaust performance and deterioration of exhaust gas performance... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070181089 - Piston for internal combustion engine: A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a crown part, a land part extending from the crown part, a skirt part adjoining the land part, and a linking boss protruding from a reverse surface of the crown part and forming a spherical joint with a small end of a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070181090 - Pan with a flexible liner: A pan, particularly for an internal combustion engine, comprising an enclosure intended to be connected to the engine. The pan contains an internal, flexible liner that preferably has a profile corresponding to that of the enclosure.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070181091 - Engine: An engine comprises a crank case (1) provided with a lower opening portion (2), which is covered with an oil pan (3) from below, and with a pair of left and right oil passages which extends in a front and rear direction along left and right lateral walls (5) and... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070181092 - Oil pump arrangement for an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine has a power unit case having a crankcase, a first housing flange and a second housing flange. The crankshaft axis and the output shaft axis define a reference plane. An oil pump has an oil pump shaft, having an oil pump shaft axis, disposed at least... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20070181093 - Internal combustion engine with five valves per cylinder: Otto cycle internal combustion engine, comprising a cylinder block including at least one cylinder having a longitudinal axis, a piston movable within said cylinder and having a recess open on a head surface of the piston, a head fastened to said cylinder block and having a surface facing the cylinder,... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070181094 - Fuel injector: A fuel injector is disclosed that includes a valve body with a plurality of nozzle holes for injecting fuel in a hollow spray from the fuel injector. The plurality of nozzle holes each include an outlet. The valve body also includes at least one air-introducing aperture with an air outlet... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070181095 - Fuel injection controller: A fuel injection controller of an internal combustion engine calculates a correction value for correcting a rotation fluctuation amount among cylinders of the engine during idling stabilization control. The controller calculates an average change in correction value over M number of changes in correction value for the cylinder. If it... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070181096 - Method and device for diagnosing and controlling combustion instabilities in internal combustion engines operating in or transitioning to homogeneous charge combustion ignition mode: This invention is a method of achieving stable, optimal mixtures of HCCI and SI in practical gasoline internal combustion engines comprising the steps of: characterizing the combustion process based on combustion process measurements, determining the ratio of conventional and HCCI combustion, determining the trajectory (sequence) of states for consecutive combustion... Agent: Ut-battelle, LLC Office Of Intellectual Property

20070181097 - Vortex generator with sub-aperture and method of manufacturing the same: A vortex generator is disclosed for flow of a fluid. The vortex generator includes a housing that includes a passage through which the fluid flows. The vortex generator also includes a valve that is movably coupled to the housing between a fully closed position and a fully open position for... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070181098 - Internal combustion engine with three valves per cylinder: Otto cycle internal combustion engine, comprising a cylinder block including at least one cylinder having a longitudinal axis, a piston movable within said cylinder and having a recess open on a head surface of the piston, a head fastened to said cylinder block and having a surface facing said cylinder,... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070181099 - Ignition timing control system for light duty combustion engines: A control system for a low cost, light duty combustion engine, where the control system generally utilizes an engine speed input signal and independent operating sequences to determine a desired ignition timing. There are several independent operating sequences, each one of which is designed to optimally control the engine under... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20070181100 - Composite engine speed control: A common engine speed control mechanism for small internal combustion engines, which may be configured to allow for actuation of the speed control mechanism between stop, idle, and various engine running speed positions by actuation of one of a selected plurality of speed control levers. Each of the plurality of... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20070181102 - Fuel feed apparatus: A fuel feed apparatus connects with an injector and a reservoir tank. The reservoir tank is in upstream of the injector for accumulating fuel for the injector. A fuel pump press-feeds fuel in a fuel tank toward the reservoir tank in accordance with pressure in the reservoir tank. A press-feed... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070181103 - Fuel vapor treatment system for internal combustion engine: A fuel vapor treatment system includes a three-position valve for switching between a first measuring state and a second measuring state, and a pressure sensor for measuring pressure produced by a restriction in a measurement line. In the first measuring state, air flows through the measurement line. In the second... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070181104 - Air/fuel conditioning: Apparatus, and method, for conditioning air and fuel supplied to a combustor comprising means (5) for electrostatically charging air supplied to a combustor at a first polarity, means (12) for electrostatically charging fuel supplied to such combustor at opposite polarity to said first polarity, and means (15, 19; 20) for... Agent: Law Office Of Ira S Dorman

20070181105 - Heat exchanger and method of connecting: The invention provides a heat exchanger, such as a charge air cooler, having a connecting plate, which is arranged in a housing into which the charge air flows. Charge air flows through ducts, which are assigned to the charge air and are provided with fins. The housing includes an assembly... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070181106 - Controllable two way valve device: The invention relates to a controllable two-way valve, in which a valve rod is connected in a permanent manner to at least two valve members, the valve rod is activated by means of an actuator. The housing comprises an inlet or outlet and two corresponding outlets, or inlets. According to... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20070181108 - Oil drain device for an engine oil separator: An oil separator separates oil from crankcase gases of an internal combustion engine. The oil drainage device includes an inlet, an outlet and a plurality of stages arranged in a stack between the inlet and the outlet. Each stage includes a generally upright side wall having opposite top and bottom... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20070181107 - Oil drain device for an engine oil separator: An oil drainage device for an oil separator of an internal combustion engine includes a first chamber, a second chamber, a connector and a conduit. The first chamber receives oil from the oil separator. The second chamber is coupled to a sump. The connector extends between the first and second... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20070181109 - Ignition apparatus for an internal combustion engine: An ignition coil apparatus for an internal combustion engine can prevent noise from being radiated to the outside from a transformer without requiring special man-hours even if a case takes a complex shape. The ignition apparatus is provided with a transformer (2) including a primary coil (4), a secondary coil... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070181110 - Multiple discharge ignition control apparatus and method for internal combustion engines: In a multiple discharge ignition control apparatus, a battery, an energy storage coil and a first IGBT are connected in series. Further, the energy storage coil, a diode, a primary coil and a second IGBT are connected in series. The energy storage coil is connected with a capacitor through the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070181111 - Detection of a humidity sensor failure in an internal combustion engine: A system and method for utilizing a humidity sensor with an internal combustion engine of a vehicle is described. Specifically, information from the humidity sensor is used to adjust a desired air-fuel ratio to reduce engine misfire while improving vehicle fuel economy. Further, such information is also used to adjust... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070175419 - Internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine which includes two parallel crankshafts positioned in crankcases, a cylinder positioned on a side of the crankcases, a piston movably disposed within the cylinder, and connecting rods linked to the piston and extending from respective crankshafts. Positions at which the two connecting rods are linked to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070175424 - Valve operating apparatus for internal combustion engine: A valve operating apparatus for an internal combustion engine including a drive cam, first and second swing cams, first and second motion transmission mechanisms and first and second valve actuating members. The first and second swing cams are provided with identical swing motion characteristic with respect to a rotation angle... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070175427 - Device and method for controlling internal combustion engine: When an ignition switch is turned off, an ECU executes a program including the steps of: stopping an engine; setting a phase of an intake camshaft (or a phase in which an intake valve opens/closes) to be a maximally retarded phase; advancing the phase of the intake camshaft; detecting the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070175428 - Rocker arm and method of manufacturing same: A rocker arm 6 that is rockably attached to a cylinder head 1 actuates a valve 4 by means of a guide groove 73b that is formed at an end thereof engaging with an upper end of a valve stem 41, and a roller 8 that is mounted in a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070175415 - Method for designing an engine component temperature estimator: A method of estimating temperature in an engine including estimating metal temperatures at each of a plurality of nodes and estimating a coolant temperature. The method further includes detecting a measured coolant temperature and determining a gain based on a difference between the estimated coolant temperature and the measured coolant... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070175414 - Cooling apparatus for internal combustion engine: A cooling apparatus includes a thermostat that adjusts a feed rate of coolant to a radiator, estimating means that estimates a coolant temperature simulated value at least based on the detection value of an intake-air temperature sensor, and diagnosis means that diagnoses an operating state of the thermostat by comparing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070175416 - Multifunctional module for an internal-combustion engine: The present invention relates to a multifunctional module for an internal-combustion engine, forming a structural assembly and incorporating the functions of cooling the exhaust gases, regulating the re-injection of the exhaust gases and regulating, at least in part, the circulation flows in the cooling circuit of said engine, said structural... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070175417 - Piston pin bushing: The invention relates to a piston pin bushing consisting of a brass alloy containing between 30 and 32.2 wt. % zinc. between 1.8 and 2.2 wt. % aluminium, between 1.8 and 2.2 wt. % manganese, between 1.4 an 2.2 wt. % nickel and between 1.4 and 2.0 wt. % iron,... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20070175418 - Vehicle reservoir tank: A vehicle reservoir tank has an anti-spill chamber and an overflow channel. The anti-spill chamber has a body portion, an inlet at one end of the body portion and an outlet at another end of body portion. The anti-spill chamber is configured and arranged to restrict fluid flowing from a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070175422 - Control device for hydraulic actuator in piston: In a control device for a hydraulic actuator, one end of an oil passage that is provided through a connecting rod, a crankshaft and a crankcase supporting the crankshaft is connected to a hydraulic chamber of a hydraulic actuator provided in a piston connected to the crankshaft via the connecting... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070175420 - Variable compression ratio device of internal combustion engine: A variable compression ratio device of an internal combustion engine includes a piston inner part connected to a connecting rod and a piston outer part fitted on an outer periphery of the piston inner part. The piston outer part is only slidably in an axial direction, and is movable between... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070175421 - Variable compression ratio device of internal combustion engine: A variable compression ratio device includes a piston having a piston inner part and a piston outer part. The piston outer part integrally includes ear parts facing opposite ends of a piston pin and having long holes with longer diameters directed in an axial direction of a piston. A shaft... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070175423 - Method of generating pressure pulses, a pressure pulse generator and a piston engine provided therewith: A pressure pulse generator includes a pressure pulse transmitting body displaceably arranged in a chamber divided by the body into a first and a second part, a first spring and a second spring, arranged to displace the body in a first direction and a second direction respectively in the chamber,... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070175425 - Method and apparatus for operating an oil flow control valve: An oil flow control valve (10) in a combustion engine is operated for affecting a cam phaser (26) disposed at an output side of said oil flow control valve (10). The cam phaser includes a spool (14) disposed in a spool housing (12). The method for operating the valve includes... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070175426 - Rotor of a camshaft adjuster: The present invention describes a new rotor and a corresponding method of manufacture for a rotor according to the invention in which a sleeve as a structural component takes over oil guidance functions in addition to locking pin bearing functions, wherein the sleeve can be inserted in a vane of... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20070175429 - Internal combustion engine start controller: An internal combustion engine start controller in a vehicle that includes: a power source; an internal combustion engine that is started by using electric power supplied from the power source; a first motor; and a first electric power converter that is constructed so as to be able to perform electric... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070175430 - Engine air intake arrangement for a vehicle: A vehicle, such as a motorcycle, that includes an engine air intake arrangement with a variable length intake passage. The motorcycle includes an engine having an intake port. A fixed funnel delivers air to the intake port of the engine. A moveable funnel is positioned on the intake side of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070175431 - Engine air intake arrangement for a vehicle: A vehicle, such as a motorcycle, having an arrangement that inhibits the reduction of the fuel tank volume disposed to the rear of a moveable funnel that forms a portion of a variable length air intake. The vehicle includes an engine having an intake port. A fixed funnel introduces air... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070175432 - Variable air intake device for internal combustion engine: A pair of intake collectors (1A, 1B) separated by a partition (4A) aspirates air into each cylinder of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine via branch pipes (3A-3F). A valve (8A, 8B) which shuts off the air flow between the intake collectors (1A, 1B) is fitted onto the partition (4A) via... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070175434 - Filter-cooler combination for liquids, especially for the lubricating oil of a motor vehicle internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a filter-cooler combination for liquids, especially for the lubricating oil of an automotive internal combustion engine. The aim of the invention is to provide a combination of the aforementioned kind that can be produced economically and that can be screwed to a base as an alternative... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070175433 - Oil filter unit and motorcycle including the oil filter unit: An oil filter unit capable of forming oil passages at low manufacturing cost regardless of the attachment position of an oil filter. An adaptor for attaching an oil filter to a crank case has a first attachment surface on the crank case side and a second attachment surface on the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070175435 - Rotary compressor and expander, and rotary engine using the same: A rotary device for use with compressible fluids comprises a first rotation element mounted to rotate about a first axis and a casing having a surface enclosing at least a part of the first rotation element. An elongate cavity of varying cross sectional area is defined between a surface of... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070175437 - Control system for internal combustion engine: A control system for an internal combustion engine having at least one fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of the engine, and an exhaust gas recirculation mechanism for recirculating a portion of exhaust gases from the engine to the combustion chamber. The exhaust gas recirculating mechanism... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070175436 - Fuel injection valve for combustion engines: A fuel injection valve for fuel injection systems of combustion engines, in particular for the direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of a combustion engine, comprising a fuel inlet which is adapted to have fuel flow into the fuel injection valve, an electrically controllable actuator which cooperates with... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070175438 - Method and apparatus to control combustion in a spray-guided direct injection spark-ignited engine: A method and apparatus to operate a spray-guided spark-ignition direct fuel injection internal combustion engine are provided. The invention comprises injecting a first quantity of fuel during a combustion cycle. Spark ignition is initiated, and, injection of a second quantity of fuel is controlled effective to propagate a flame kernel... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070175439 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine includes multiple combustion chambers. The supply of fuel into at least one subset of the combustion chambers can temporarily be interrupted. It is provided that the fuel be injected into the combustion chambers directly and during a switchover phase for interrupting or resuming fuel injection into... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070175440 - Method and apparatus for a spark-ignited direct injection engine: A spark-ignition, direct injection internal combustion engine includes a fuel injector effective to produce a fuel spray pattern which is relatively compact at low loads and relatively large at high loads.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070175441 - Integrated type engine brake for diesel engine: An integrated type engine brake for a diesel engine includes: a cam cap; a valve integral with the cam cap, the valve including an oil inlet and an oil outlet; and a rocker shaft with a brake oil passage in fluid communication with the oil inlet and the oil outlet.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070175442 - Engine intake manifold system: An intake manifold system for an international combustion engine includes an engine intake manifold having a valve; and an actuator connected to the valve to control valve opening. The actuator is connected to a pressurized coolant reservoir of the engine to allow the use of the pressurized fluid of the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070175443 - Method for controlling the quantity of fuel and/or air to an internal combustion engine on a cylinder-by-cylinder basis: A method for controlling the quantity of fuel and/or air to an internal combustion engine on a cylinder-by-cylinder basis is characterized in that a signal that is influenced by combustion or pertains to a quantity that influences the combustion and contains items of information from all cylinders, mutually offset in... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070175444 - Device and method for controlling ignition timing of internal combustion engine: An engine ECU executes a program including a step of, when an absolute value of a difference between a determination value V(KX) used for determining presence or absence of knocking and a maximum value V(MAX) of magnitude value LOG(V), which is obtained by logarithmically converting a magnitude V detected based... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070175445 - Control system for compression ignition internal combustion engine: A compression ignition internal combustion engine includes injectors, each of which injects fuel into a corresponding cylinder. An ECU determines target ignition timing based on engine operational information and adjusts fuel injection start timing and a fuel injection quantity of each injector based on the target ignition timing. The engine... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070175446 - Fuel injection controller: A fuel injection device calculates a variation correction value by incorporating in-cylinder pressure into injector individual data based on an injection rate of an injector measured outside a cylinder of an engine. The fuel injection device corrects a target injection amount and generation timing of a command signal of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070175447 - Fuel injection system: This invention provides a simple means to initiate the movement of a vehicle by utilizing a fuel injector system, which determines a length of a magnet on the flywheel or crankshaft pulley. This system enables a person to choose a speed where fuel from a fuel injector can be efficiently... Agent: Dwayne L. Bentley Law Office Of Dwayne L. Bentley

20070175448 - Fuel injector with selectable intensification: A system for selectively intensifying fuel for injection utilizing a fuel injector having an intensifier piston connected to a drain and a pressurized fuel source. The intensifier piston includes a control chamber co-axially positioned opposite from an intensification chamber, and a pressurization chamber co-axially positioned between the control chamber and... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070175449 - Fuel metering system proportional bypass valve error compensation system and method: A method and system for controlling fuel flow in a fuel metering system that includes a metering valve and a proportional bypass valve that produces a differential pressure error across the metering valve includes supplying a first fraction of fuel through the metering valve. A second fraction of the fuel... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070175451 - Fuel injector isolation seat: An isolation seat assembly for a fuel injector that is at least partially disposed within a stepped bore defined by a cylinder head, the stepped bore includes a land. The isolation seat assembly includes a cupped spring washer and an elastomeric ring member disposed between the cupped spring washer and... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070175450 - Support element: A support element for the mutual support of a fuel injector in a valve seat, in particular the valve seat of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, and of the fuel injector against a fuel distributor, having a clamp and clips provided thereon, as well as a bracket,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070175452 - Model-based inlet air dynamics state characterization: An engine control system that having an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve includes a first module that determines an EGR error and a second module that calculates a fuel injection timing based on the EGR error. Operation of an engine is regulated based on the fuel injection timing to reduce... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070175453 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: A method for operating an internal combustion engine with an electrically openable and closable fuel injector (18), with which the injectors are reliably held open in all operating conditions by the fact that the holding current for an open valve (18) is switched from a standard value to a higher... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070175454 - Engine control device: An engine control device including: a fuel pump driving portion that starts operating a fuel pump between when an operation permit switch is turned on and an operation permit command is given and when a starter switch is closed and a start command is given, and continuously operates the fuel... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070175455 - Fuel vapor treatment system for internal combustion engine: A butterfly valve restricts flow passage areas of a purge passage and a blow-by gas passage by the same degree. A first pressure sensor detects variation in pressure of the purge gas, which is generated by the butterfly valve. A second pressure sensor detects variation in pressure of the blow-by... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070175456 - Apparatus and method for boosting engine performance: A supercharger (10) is positioned in the valley of an automobile engine (60) so that it fits under the engine hood (25). The supercharger (10) has a low profile air inlet (14) at the top that passes air to an inlet tube (16). The height of the inlet tube (16)... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070175457 - Engine exhaust gas passage flow orifice and method: An apparatus includes a gas passage (700) having a gas inlet (702), an engine gas outlet (704), and at least one exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) gas outlet (706), wherein the at least one EGR gas outlet (706) is disposed between the gas inlet (702) and the engine gas outlet (704).... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20070175458 - Internal combustion engine blow-by gas ventilation system: An internal combustion engine has an engine casing. A shaft, having a shaft axis, is disposed in the engine casing. At least one bearing supports the shaft in the engine casing. A separator wheel is disposed on the shaft for rotation therewith. The separator wheel has a first opening in... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20070175459 - Fuel control system and associated method: A fuel control system and method for providing fuel to an internal combustion engine are provided. The fuel control system generally includes at least one valve device structured to deliver a fuel supply to the engine, a first fuel source structured to provide a primary fuel to the valve device,... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070175460 - Ignition coil for an internal combustion engine: An ignition coil for an internal combustion engine has a rod-shaped magnetic core, which is situated within a secondary coil shell. The annular interspace between the magnetic core and the secondary coil shell is filled with an electrically insulating molded material. To prevent the formation of tears in the molded... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070175461 - Multiple-spark ignition system for internal combustion engine: An ignition system for an internal combustion engine includes an ignition coil, electric power supply circuit, a switching transistor, engine condition detecting element or unit that detects a signal relating to flow speed of air-fuel-mixture gas in the engine, and ignition control unit that controls the switching transistor to provide... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070175462 - Apparatus for estimating air-fuel ratios and apparatus for controlling air-fuel ratios of individual cylinders in internal combustion engine: An individual-cylinder air-fuel ratio estimation model is designed so as to consider the mixing of gases exhausted from adjacent combustion cylinders, and a movement by which a mixed gas arrives at the position of an air-fuel ratio sensor, in order that influences ascribable to the intervals (combustion intervals) of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC