Internal-combustion engines inventions 12/07

20070295288 - Carbide supercell for dry acetylene generation and an internal combustion engine using the same: Novel carbide supercells for dry acetylene generation are disclosed herein, along with methods of use and internal combustion engines incorporating the carbide supercells. A carbide supercell according to one embodiment includes an outer shell defining an interior gas chamber and a rotating basket positioned in the gas chamber. The basket... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070295290 - Cao cycles of internal combustion engine with increased expansion ratio, constant-volume combustion, variable compression ratio, and cold start mechanism: This invention provides an internal combustion engine that has a substantially increased expansion ratio, a variable compression ratio, and subsequently a significantly improved thermal efficiency. This improvement in thermal efficiency is attained without involving a complex mechanical structure or an enlarged engine size. The engine comprises at least a piston... Agent: Yiding Cao

20070295292 - Variable valve mechanism: The present invention provides a variable valve mechanism which includes a rotating cam provided on a camshaft, a swing arm that contacts with the rotating cam to swing, a drive arm that drives a valve in conjunction with the swing arm, a variable arm that turns the drive arm around... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070295296 - Adjustable camshaft: The present invention relates to an adjustable camshaft in which an inside shaft and an outside shaft, each being fixedly connected to cams, are mounted so they are rotatable in relation to one another. To produce the relative movement, a hydraulic adjusting mechanism is provided on one of the ends... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070295295 - Phase angle detection apparatus and variable valve timing control apparatus using the phase angle detection apparatus for internal combustion engine: A phase angle detection apparatus includes an intermediate rotary member changing an operating angle of a driven member that is driven by a driving member, a detection unit detecting a rotational angle of the intermediate rotary member, which corresponds to the operating angle of the driven member, and outputting the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070295294 - Valve timing controller: A valve timing controller includes an electric motor generating a cogging torque on the motor shaft, an current control means for controlling an electricity supplied to the electric motor, and a phase-changing mechanism varying a relative rotational phase between the crankshaft and the camshaft according to a rotation of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070295289 - Engine cooling apparatus: An engine cooling apparatus includes a coolant inlet of a block water jacket formed in a cylinder block, wherein coolant is introduced into the block water jacket through the coolant inlet, a flow-directing plate that is disposed in the block water jacket at a position downstream of the coolant inlet,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon

20070295291 - Internal combustion engine with electronic valve actuators and control system therefor: A valve assembly for an internal combustion engine includes a stationary permanent magnet assembly having at least one permanent magnet for generating a permanent magnetic field with a radial component and a movable coil assembly having at least one coil of electrically conductive material for generating a magnetic field with... Agent: Alvin R. Wirthlin

20070295293 - Valve lifter assembly for selectively deactivating a cylinder: A valve lifter assembly for deactivating a cylinder in an internal combustion engine. The valve lifter assembly is provided with a plunger movably disposed within a bore of a main body member to controllably isolate the cam lift from the rocker arm and valve of the engine. The plunger is... Agent: Patrick M. Griffin, Esq. Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070295297 - Crankshaft stop positioning control system: A method of regulating a crankshaft position in a hybrid electric vehicle includes deactivating cylinders of an internal combustion engine, driving a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine using an electric machine, and determining a target crankshaft position when a rotational speed of the crankshaft crosses a first threshold. The... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070295298 - Starting brake for a hedge clipper: The invention relates to a work implement including a drive which can be started by a cable pull starter, wherein the cable pull starter has a starter handle which is located in a holder in a rest position and which can be removed from the holder by a user for... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20070295299 - Piston for a combustion engine: A piston for a combustion engine has a basic element and a ring carrier element held on the basic element with a top land all around its circumference and a ring belt all around its circumference. The ring carrier element grips around the basic element at least partially and is... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070295300 - Power transmission mechanism for conversion between linear movement and rotary motion: The present invention relates to a spatial cam power transmitting mechanism for the conversion between linear movement and rotary motion. Several transmitting mechanisms for the conversion between reciprocating motion of a roller shaft and rotary motion of an internal groove cam are provided, which do not have a piston and... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070295301 - Energy transfer machine with inner rotor: An energy transfer machine, for example, a positive displacement internal combustion device, has a fixed or rotating outer housing, an internal rotating carrier and one or more inner rotors with rotational axes which are offset from the inner rotor carrier rotational axis. Circumferentially expandable projections from the outer housing and... Agent: Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20070295302 - Variable flow control method and device between air intake and throttle: A variable flow control method and device between an air intake and a throttle comprise at least one one-way valve with suitable restoring function between the air intake and the throttle, especially for a car. Corresponding functions can be generated among the one-way valve, an air intake manifold and the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070295303 - Vehicular ejector system and control method thereof: A vehicular ejector system having an ejector that generates a negative pressure that is greater than the intake manifold negative pressure that is to be extracted from an intake manifold, a VSV that causes the ejector to function or stop functioning, and an ECU that controls the VSV. The ECU... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070295304 - Press-fit of sensor assembly in electronic throttle control application: An electronic throttle control housing structure (10) for a vehicle includes an upper housing (12), a lower housing (14) mating with the upper housing, and a sensor assembly (20) clamped between the upper housing and the lower housing. One of the upper housing or the lower housing has surfaces defining... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070295305 - Control device and control method for spark-ignited internal-combustion engine: Super retard combustion is performed in which an ignition timing is set to be after a compression top dead center and fuel is injected before the ignition timing and after the compression top dead center, at cold start or the like which requires early warming-up of a catalyst. During an... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070295306 - Fuel injection valve: A fuel injection valve includes a valve element, an actuator, a control chamber, and a nozzle. The valve element is provided in a valve chamber. The control chamber is always communicated with the valve chamber. S3>S1>S2 is satisfied in a condition, where the followings are satisfied. S1 is a passage... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070295307 - System and method for engine with fuel vapor purging: A system for an engine of a vehicle traveling on the road, comprising of a first fuel injector coupled to a cylinder of the engine, a second fuel injector coupled to said cylinder of the engine, a compression device for compressing intake air delivered to said cylinder, a fuel tank... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070295308 - Common rail system with differently embodied supply lines to the injectors: A common rail fuel system essentially comprising at least one rail, at least two injectors, and a respective supply line of a definite length between the rail and each injector. In order to prevent oscillation-generated movements of one supply line from being transmitted to the adjacent supply lines, the respective... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070295309 - Fuel injector retention clip: A fuel delivery system in accordance with the present invention comprises a fuel rail having an outlet opening and an outlet cup that is insertable into the outlet opening. The cup includes a flange. The flange includes at least one tab extending therefrom. The cup further defines a vertical axis... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070295310 - Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to an internal combustion engine comprising a fuel supplying device. Said fuel supplying device comprises a low-pressure circuit provided with a low-pressure pump and a high-pressure pump that is coupled to the low-pressure circuit on the input side and transports fuel into a fuel accumulator. A fuel... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070295311 - Fuel injection system having variable pressure fuel pump: The present invention provides a constant flow fuel injection system for an engine, the system comprising an engine control unit, a variable DC brushless motor fuel pump, and a constant orifice fuel injector, wherein the engine control unit drives the fuel pump to provide fuel pressure to the fuel injector... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20070295312 - Fuel cutoff valve and breather pipe: In a fuel cutoff valve of the invention, an opening at a lower end of a cylindrical bottom member defines a full level of fuel. The opening of the cylindrical bottom member has a flange that is protruded in a horizontal direction. This structure of the invention effectively interferes with... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070295313 - Fuel vapor treatment apparatus: A fuel vapor treatment apparatus includes a first canister purges fuel vapor into an intake passage of an engine through a purge passage, which communicates with a first detection passage having a throttle. A second canister is located on an opposite side of the purge passage with respect to the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070295314 - Fuel saving heater for internal combustion engine: A fuel saving heater, powered by electrical energy from a battery in an automobile, may be disposed at any convenient position preferably as close to the engine of the automobile as possible. The device is operative without any necessary alteration or modification to the original design of the automobile. The... Agent: Lan Way

20070295315 - Oil separator for internal combustion engine: The inventive oil separator provided for de-oiling a gas exhausted from a crankshaft case (1) comprises oil collecting means (11) associated with a siphon (12) whose inlet inside the oil separator (7) is encompassed by an oil recovery chamber (13) provided with a perforated wall, at least a small oil... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070295316 - Methods and apparatus for operation of multiple fuel engines: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for operation of a multiple fuel engine, which runs on a combination of two or more fuels. An electronic control unit (ECU) may be connected to the existing components of an engine system in order to control operation of the multiple fuel engine. The engine... Agent: Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon LLP

20070289560 - Hydrogen-oxygen plasma engines and dosing methods therefor: Disclosed embodiments of proposed hydrogen-oxygen and hydrogen-air engines are usable in automotive, power-producing, chemical and other industries. The engines comprise cylinders; water dissociation means, including thermo-impact transformers and possibly electrolyzers; ionic dividers separating hydrogen and oxygen ions; injection means configured to inject hydrogen and oxygen/air doses in response to an... Agent: Aleksandr Smushkovich

20070289563 - Method for controlling valve overlap of a variable valvetrain engine: A method for controlling valve timing for and engine having adjustable valve timing is presented. In one embodiment, the method allows the intake valve timing to be controlled with respect to exhaust valve timing or the method allows the exhaust valve timing to be controlled with respect to intake valve... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070289561 - Electric vehicle air cooling system: A vehicle that has a propulsion system operable for propelling the vehicle. The propulsion system includes a heat dissipating component that generates heat when the propulsion system is operated. An air cooling system is configured for flowing air across the heat dissipating component to extract heat therefrom and has an... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20070289562 - Constant temperature internal combustion engine and method: Internal combustion engine and method with compression and expansion chambers of variable volume, a combustion chamber, a variable intake valve for controlling air intake to the compression chamber, a variable outlet valve for controlling communication between the compression chamber and the combustion chamber, means for introducing fuel into the combustion... Agent: Edward S. Wright

20070289564 - Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine comprises an intake tract in which a throttle valve is disposed. The engine also comprises a camshaft which acts on gas inlet valves associated with respective cylinders. A phase-adjustment device is used to adjust a phase between the camshaft and a crankshaft. A desired air mass... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070289565 - Engine valve operating system: An engine valve operating system is provided in which a rocker arm (63) linked and connected to an engine valve (19) and has a cam-abutting portion (65) to abut a valve operating cam (69) is turnably connected, via first and second connecting shafts (64, 66), to one end of a... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070289566 - Bearing for rocker arm: A bearing for a rocker arm includes a shaft corresponding to an inner race fixed to a rocker arm interposed between an engine valve and a cam to adjust intake and exhaust, an outer race 4 in contact with the cam, located outer to the inner race, and a plurality... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070289567 - Engine vibration elimination system and variable stroke characteristic engine: Secondary vibration generated accompanying reciprocation of a piston (21) of a multi-link variable compression ratio engine (E) can be eliminated effectively, even when the direction of the secondary vibration is inclined relative to a cylinder axis (L1), by inclining the direction (shown by arrow) of an excitation force generated by... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20070289568 - Two-part piston for an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a two-piece piston (1) for an internal combustion engine, comprising a piston upper piece (2) and a piston lower piece (2). A cylindrical moulding (24) is arranged on the underside of the piston upper piece (2), facing away from the piston crown, lying coaxial to the... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070289569 - Oil pan for an internal combustion engine: An oil pan for attachment to the lower wall of the engine block housing of an internal combustion engine by bolts in such a way that lubricating oil is stored in the oil pan and transported from the oil pan to various parts of the engine to be lubricated by... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070289570 - Air guide in vehicle engine bay: An air guide is disclosed for a bonnet-covered engine bay of a goods vehicles, in particular agricultural tractors, where under the bonnet are located a combustion engine (1), components under high thermal load and low thermal load, and a fan which generates an air flow which is directed through air... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20070289571 - System and method for facilitating homogeneous charge compression ignition: A method of transitioning between homogeneous charge compression ignition and spark ignition in a combustion chamber of an engine that is configured for homogeneous charge compression ignition under at least some engine operating conditions and for spark ignition under at least some engine operating conditions, the method comprising heating contents... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070289572 - System and method for facilitating homogeneous charge compression ignition: A method of maintaining homogeneous charge compression ignition when a temperature within a combustion chamber decreases below an autoignition temperature in an engine that is configured for homogeneous charge compression ignition under at least some engine operating conditions and for spark ignition under at least some engine operating conditions, the... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070289573 - 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

20070289574 - Air pressure boost assist: Disclosed is an electronic module designed to use the locomotive engine's speed sensors to detect such changes in engine speed (rpm), as required by the locomotive operator moving the throttle notch handle. Once a speed change is detected, the module commands an air valve on each of the locomotive's main... Agent: Steven L. Schmid

20070289575 - Device and method for controlling ignition timing of internal combustion engine: An engine ECU executes a program including a step of calculating a correlation coefficient K representing a degree of agreement between a vibration waveform and a knock waveform model, a step of calculating a knock magnitude N by dividing a peak value P of magnitude in the vibration waveform by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070289576 - Fuel injector control system and method: A fuel injector for an engine is disclosed. The fuel injector has a plunger disposed within a bore, a nozzle member, a valve needle, a check valve, a spill valve, and a controller. The check valve is movable between a first position at which the valve needle is communicated with... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070289577 - Control apparatus for vehicle: In a vehicle incorporating an internal combustion engine having in-cylinder injectors and intake manifold injectors and performing engine intermittent operation control, at the end of vehicle operation, the fuel pressure is decreased in both a high-pressure delivery pipe and a low-pressure delivery pipe by actuation (opening) of an electromagnetic relief... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070289578 - Fuel injector for internal combustion engine and corresponding method of manufacture: A fuel injector comprising a hollow body for housing a metering valve with a calibrated pipe for outlet of the fuel from a control chamber. The calibrated pipe is normally kept closed by a shutter controlled by an electromagnet comprising a magnetic core and an electric coil housed in an... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070289579 - Injector drive device and injector drive system: An injector drive device includes a power supply unit that is supplied with power from a battery mounted in a vehicle and generates a voltage higher than the voltage of the battery, and EDU having a drive unit that is supplied with power from the power supply unit and drives... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070289580 - Fuel system: A fuel system for an internal combustion engine and including a fuel tank, a filler tube for filling the tank, and a pump for supplying the engine with fuel. The pump is fastened to the filler tube. A fuel trap is integrated to the filler tube, the fuel trap lying... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070289581 - Egr cooler: A bypass duct portion is integrally provided in a casing of an EGR cooler so that heat distortion generated at a part of the casing when bypassing of an exhaust gas is rationally absorbed, and the EGR cooler body and a valve case are brazed/fixed all together so as to... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070289582 - Exhaust gas recirculation apparatus for an internal combustion engine and the respective operating method: To improve the efficacy of the exhaust gas recirculation, the exhaust gas recirculation valve (12) is designed so that it adjusts the respective exhaust gas recirculation rate at least in one operating state of the exhaust gas recirculation apparatus (5), so that it alternately reduces and increases and/or blocks and... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070289583 - Fuel supply apparatus and vehicle provided with the same: An injector bracket 10 is provided inside an air cleaner 5. The injector bracket 10 comprises a rectifying wall 10a bulging into a main chamber 5b, and a stream-line guide wall 10b in opposition to an air current M having passed through an element 8. The injector bracket 10 functions... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070289584 - Exhaust temperature based control strategy for balancing cylinder-to-cylinder fueling variation in a combustion engine: In order to improve the performance of a common rail engine and reduce the number of false alarms by the exhaust gas temperature monitoring system, the present disclosure provides a control strategy for balancing injector-to-injector fueling variations for a combustion engine having multiple combustion chambers (and cylinders), with multiple individually... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070283908 - Tse's internal combustion engine: Improvements of internal combustion engine brought in by this invention includes extracting four stroke engine cycle to two stroke cycle by construction of corresponsive partition, fuel inlet and emission outlet forming a pathway in combustion chamber allowing fresh fuel refilling and emission exhaustion processing simultaneously and between time for piston... Agent: Kwong Wang Tse Unit 17a, Block One

20070283911 - Variable valve actuating apparatus and process for internal combustion engine: A variable valve actuating apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a first valve actuating mechanism to vary a first valve operating condition, and a second valve actuating mechanism to vary a second valve operating condition. A controller controls the first valve actuating mechanism to satisfy a predetermined engine starting... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070283913 - Camshaft system for internal combustion engine: A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine includes a casting having a number of camshaft support bulkheads. Each of the support bulkheads has a portion of a parent bore bearing for mounting a camshaft. A bulkhead thrust surface is formed in an outer surface of at least one of... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070283912 - Internal combustion engine shaft mounting device with calibrated lubrication supply passage: A shaft mounting device for an internal combustion engine includes a bearing body having a mounting base for engaging an engine structure, and a semi-circular bore which is serviced by a lubricant distribution channel. An integral flow regulator, which is formed in place as a partial hydraulic obstruction, is located... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070283909 - Internal combustion engine: An improved configuration for an opposing piston-opposing cylinder (“OPOC”) internal combustion engine with a single camshaft to reduce friction between the pistons and the cylinder walls during the combustion phase of the engine cycle. The improvements are presented in two embodiments that provide offsets between the bore axes of the... Agent: Paul K. Godwin Paul K. Godwin, P.C.

20070283914 - Dual lift rocker arm latch mechanism and actuation arrangement therefor: A rocker arm assembly includes first and second rocker arms defining a pivot location. The first rocker arm includes, toward a first axial end thereof adjacent the pivot location, a fulcrum surface and, toward a second axial end thereof, a latch assembly including a latch member moveable between latched and... Agent: Eaton Corporation Eaton Center

20070283915 - Switchable cam follower: A switchable finger lever (1) of a valve train of an internal combustion engine is provided, including an outer lever (3) and an inner lever (4) that extends between the arms thereof. One end of the outer lever (3) is provided with a contact area (6) for a head of... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070283910 - Rail used as a torsional stop for the valve train of an internal combustion engine, and roller tappet arrangement: A rail used as a torsional stop for the valve train of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The rail includes spaces (10) which are arranged in a row spaced apart at a distance from one another within the rail (8) and accommodate inserted valve lifters provided as roller tappets... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070283916 - Plasma iginiton method and device for igniting fuel/air mixtures in internal combustion engines: In order to ignite fuel/air mixtures in at least one combustion chamber of a spark ignition engine, the following steps arc carried out: an HF gas discharge as the main discharge (6) is ignited in order to produce a plasma channel (11) in the region of the border between an... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070283917 - Piston for a combustion engine: The present invention relates to a piston (10, 110) for a combustion engine having a basic element (11, 111) and a ring carrier element (12, 112) held on the basic element (11, 111) with a top land (25, 125) all around its circumference and ring belt (26, 126) all around... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070283918 - Combination bearing beam and crankshaft-interactive oil management device for internal combustion engine: A combination bearing beam and crankshaft-interactive oil management device for an internal combustion engine includes longitudinally and laterally extending beam elements attached to the engine's main bearing caps. Baffle members extend between the beam elements and include not only scraper elements for capturing oil adhering to the engine's rotating assembly,... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070283919 - Outboard engine system: An outboard engine system includes: a casing coupled to a swivel case via a swivel shaft; an engine mounted in an upper part of the casing such that a crankshaft of the engine is vertically arranged and a cylinder block of the engine faces in a direction opposite to the... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20070283921 - Oil level indicating system for internal combustion engine: An oil level indicating system for an internal combustion engine includes an indicator passageway extending through a cylinder block, cylinder head and up through a ported boss extending through an upper engine cover. The ported boss is sealingly engaged with the cylinder head of the engine so as to prevent... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070283920 - Oil supply for internal combustion engine camshaft: An oil supply system for an internal combustion engine camshaft includes an oil distribution block configured for attachment to an engine structure adjacent to and above a camshaft, with attachment of the oil distribution block occurring after the camshaft has been installed in the engine. Fixed and movable ring segments,... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070283922 - Internal combustion engine: The invention concerns an internal-combustion engine, the engine comprising an engine housing having a combustion chamber and a piston travelling within the combustion chamber along a path of movement delimited between an upper dead center position and a lower dead center position. The engine housing comprises a first housing part... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20070283923 - Adjusting device for the adjusting of at least one valve in an internal combustion engine: Known adjusting devices, in a drive motor and subsequent gearing which is arranged in a housing and closed by a lid, have conductors to produce contact of a motor, a plug, or an electronic control system, which conductors are welded to the corresponding mating contacts or are embodied as corresponding... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20070283924 - Method of operating an engine at idle speed for operational diagnosis of a purge valve: This in particular involves testing the operation of a fuel vapor purge valve (31). The engine (1) is running at idle. An idle speed controller (ISC, 47) acts on the engine idle speed. At a given moment in this operation of the engine, a command to open the purge valve... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070283925 - Controller for vane-type variable valve timing adjusting mechanism: A variable valve timing adjusting mechanism includes one-way valves in a hydraulic supply passage in an advance hydraulic chamber and in a retard hydraulic chamber respectively and a drain oil passage bypassing each of the one-way valves disposed in parallel in the hydraulic supply passage of each hydraulic chamber. Drain... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070283926 - Erroneous connection detecting method of ignition devices and apparatus of the same: It is possible to securely detect an erroneous connection between ignition devices and a fuel injection control apparatus by a simple structure without causing any cost increase, in the fuel injection control apparatus of a multiple cylinder engine utilizing ignition signals of ignition devices as reference timings for fuel injection... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070283927 - Fuel injection system of internal combustion engine, and fuel injection method of the internal combustion engine: A fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine has an injector that injects fuel into an intake system or a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, and a pressurizing device that pressurizes the fuel to a predetermined pressure. Further, the system has a first heating device that heats... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070283929 - Fuel supply system for diesel engine: A fuel supply system is incorporated into a diesel engine including a low-pressure fuel pump 2, a high-pressure fuel pump 3, a common rail 4, fuel injection valves 5 and a fuel return line 14. The fuel supply system reduces the discharge rate of the low-pressure fuel pump 2 supplying... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20070283928 - Fuel-injection system for an internal -combustion engine: The injection system comprises a high-pressure pump (7) with variable flowrate, having a number of pumping elements (18) actuated with reciprocating motion and provided each with a corresponding intake valve (22). An accumulation volume (28) is supplied with fuel at low pressure from an intake pipe (10) of the pump... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070283930 - Common rail injection system: A common rail injection system for an internal combustion engine has at least one combustion chamber, a high pressure fuel pump for supplying fuel, a high pressure fuel accumulator connected to the high pressure fuel pump for storing fuel pinj at injection pressure in relation to the environment of the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070283931 - Apparatus and method to compensate for differential thermal growth of injector components: A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine is disclosed that includes an injector body having a bore, a fitting at an inlet end of the injector body for receiving fuel, an atomizer at an outlet end of the injector body for delivering atomized fuel to a combustor of the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP (all Goodrich Entities)

20070283932 - Leakage connection for a fuel injector: The invention relates to a leakage connection for an injector, which inject fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The leakage connection is configured as one piece with an injector component. In addition, a leakage nipple is integrated into the leakage connection, for attaching a leakage return... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070283933 - System and method of controlling fuel delivery during positive valve overlap operation of an engine start: An approach is provided for compensating engine fueling during starting conditions in which positive valve overlap is enabled early in the start. In one example, the valve timing is adjusted to increase positive overlap during cold starting conditions, and fuel adjustments are provided to compensate for the evaporation effects of... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070283934 - Engine fuel supply apparatus and engine fuel supply method: In an engine fuel supply method, a first fuel pressure difference between a fuel injection amount computation timing and a first fuel injection timing and a second fuel pressure difference between the fuel injection amount computation timing and a second fuel injection timing are estimated at the fuel injection amount... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070283935 - Fuel pump control apparatus for internal combustion engine: A fuel pump control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a plurality of fuel pumps that discharge fuel so that the discharged fuel is supplied to the internal combustion engine; and a controller that determines whether to supply the fuel discharged from one of the plurality of fuel pumps... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070283936 - Electrostatic discharge solution for grounding struts and spring in fuel supply unit: A fuel supply unit (40) for vehicles includes a flange assembly (28) and a reservoir assembly (38). The flange assembly includes a flange (36), at least a pair of metal struts (26) extending from the flange, and electrically conductive spring structure (20). The spring structure includes a first and second... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070283937 - Passive evaporative emission control module: An emission control module (14) includes a housing (52) that includes an atmospheric air opening (102) and a vapor emission inlet (104) for communication with a vapor region (32) of a fuel reservoir (16). A hydrocarbon filter (56) is disposed between the atmospheric air opening (102) and the vapor emission... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070283938 - Supercharged internal combustion engine: In a supercharged internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders which are arranged in at least one cylinder bank, preferably a V-type engine with an exhaust gas turbocharger including a compressor, which is arranged in an intake line of the internal combustion engine and a turbine which is arranged... Agent: Klaus J. Bach & Associates Patents And Trademarks

20070283939 - Turbo-lag compensation system for an engine: A boost system for an engine, comprising an engine having at least a cylinder; a fuel injector coupled to said cylinder; a compression device coupled to said engine; a compressed air storage device coupled to said compression device and configured to deliver compressed air to an air flow amplifier device... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070277765 - Internal combustion engine: The invention concerns an internal-combustion engine, the engine comprising an engine housing having a first wall delimiting a first combustion chamber, a first connecting rod having a first piston and a second connecting rod having a second piston. The pistons also delimit the first combustion chamber. The first wall defines... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20070277775 - Combustion-steam engine: Systems and methods of controlling an internal combustion engine provide for a fuel combustion cycle that takes place in a combustion chamber of the engine. Injection of water into the combustion chamber during the fuel combustion cycle is controlled based on sensor input, such as temperature, extinguishment and pollution level... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070277751 - Oil pump for motorcycle: An oil pump system is provided for a motorcycle, and includes at least one oil pump, a water pump, a drive shaft, a support frame, a drive gear, and an oil collector lid. The oil pump is supported by a crankshaft case and is coupled to the drive shaft. The... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070277752 - Shroud assembly: A vehicle has an engine movably mounted on a frame, a fan mounted on an engine driven shaft, a radiator fixedly mounted on the frame, and a hollow shroud assembly which extends from the fan to the radiator. The shroud assembly includes an inner shroud member, an outer shroud member... Agent: Deere & Company

20070277754 - Manifold assembly having a centralized pressure sensing package: A hydraulic manifold assembly includes a manifold containing a plurality of hydraulic channels that direct fluid to a centralized location and a package disposed at the centralized location to measure fluid pressure at pressure ports corresponding to the hydraulic channels. The manifold assembly directs fluid to the single package rather... Agent: Anna M. Shih

20070277756 - Device for deactivation of at least one cylinder of an internal combustion engine: The present invention relates to a device (1) for shutting down at least one cylinder of an internal combustion engine. The device (1) is connected to a rocker lever (2) which actuates an intake/exhaust valve (6) of the respective cylinder. In active cylinder operation, the rocker lever (2) executes an... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070277755 - Variable valve operating apparatus for internal combustion engine: A variable valve operating apparatus including a drive cam, a rocker cam swingably moveable about the swing axis so as to move an engine valve to open and closing positions, a motion transmission mechanism operative to convert a rotational motion of the drive cam to a swing motion of the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070277759 - Valve timing controller: A valve timing controller includes a driving circuit, a control circuit, and a signal line. The driving circuit controls electricity applied to the electric motor according to a control signal, and generates a rotation-direction signal which indicates a rotation direction of the electric motor by a voltage level. The control... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070277757 - Vane-type cam phaser having bias spring system to assist intermediate position pin locking: A vane-type camshaft phaser for varying the timing of combustion valves in an internal combustion engine includes a seat formed in the sprocket at the appropriate position of intermediate rotation and a locking pin slidably disposed in a vane of the rotor for engaging the seat to lock the rotor... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070277758 - Vane-type cam phaser having bias spring system to assist intermediate position pin locking: A vane-type camshaft phaser for varying the timing of combustion valves in an internal combustion engine. The phaser includes a seat formed in the sprocket at the appropriate position of intermediate rotor rotation and a locking pin slidably disposed in a vane of the rotor for engaging the seat to... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070277760 - Outboard engine unit: An outboard engine unit includes a single lubricating oil supply tube for supplying lubricating oil to a valve-operating chain. The valve-operating chain is suspended across a drive sprocket provided to a crankshaft and a driven sprocket provided to a camshaft. A supply tube is connected to a main gallery that... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070277761 - Vertical internal combustion engine provided with belt-drive transmission mechanism: A vertical internal combustion engine E is incorporated into an outboard motor or the like. The vertical internal combustion engine E includes a crankshaft 18 enclosed in a crank chamber 20, and a belt-drive transmission mechanism 50 including a rubber belt 53 for transmitting power of the crankshaft 18 to... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070277762 - Vertical internal combustion engine provided with belt-drive transmission mechanism: A vertical internal combustion engine E has a crankshaft 18 enclosed in a crank chamber 20, a belt-drive transmission mechanism 50 held in a belt chamber 63 and including a rubber belt 53 for transmitting power of the crankshaft 18 to a camshaft 24 in a valve train 23, and... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070277763 - Cam roller pin with transverse grooves: A roller pin for carrying a cam roller in a tappet assembly is provided. The roller pin providing reduced run in time and reduced peak and localized contact pressure between the cam roller and roller pin. The roller pin comprises a substantially cylindrical shaft having a length, a first end... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070277753 - Camshaft assembly including a target wheel: A camshaft assembly including a target wheel is manufactured using an assembly process in which the camshaft is formed from a hollow tube. After the cam rings and a target wheel ring have been correctly positioned on the hollow tube, the tube is pressurized to expand its diameter, locking the... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070277764 - Spark plug: A spark plug having a protrusion amount t of not smaller than 0.3 mm and satisfying a relation θ1+θ2≦93° in which θ1 is an included angle between virtual lines s1 and s2, and θ2 is an included angle between virtual lines s3 and s4 when the virtual line s1 is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070277766 - Outboard engine unit: An outboard engine unit has an intake manifold extending in a front-and-rear direction along one side of an engine block and comprised of a surge tank and a plurality of intake tubes communicating with the surge tank. Each of the intake tubes is arranged so as to be separated in... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070277767 - Switching drum seal: A switching drum seal (1) for a switching drum (11) for sealing an intake pipe in an intake manifold system of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, having two spaced-apart, circumferentially extending circumferential sealing sections (2) with circumferential sealing surfaces (3) and two spaced-apart, axially extending axial sealing sections (4) with... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070277768 - Device and method for amplifying suction noise: A device for amplifying the suction noise of a vehicle is disclosed. The device comprises an intake duct, a connecting pipe and a composite membrane. The intake duct is for feeding air to an engine intake port. A connecting pipe is connected to an interior of the intake duct. The... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070277769 - Valve structure for internal combustion: A sealing region where a valve seat and an outer peripheral surface of a enlarged diameter portion of a flare portion are contacted to each other is configured so that an end on a side opposite a combustion chamber is positioned at a position same as or on a side... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070277770 - Rotary valve construction: An axial flow rotary valve (1) for an internal combustion engine and method of manufacture thereof. The valve comprising a centre portion (5) having a cylindrical periphery, inlet and exhaust portions (9, 16) both smaller in diameter than the centre portion, and an inlet port (3) and an exhaust port... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070277771 - Cylinder liners and methods for making cylinder liners: A method for making cylinder liners and cast engine blocks having cylinder liners having a strong mechanical bond with the engine block. The method includes providing a cast metallic cylinder liner having an outer surface of the cylinder liner. The surface of the cylinder liner is preferably machined to remove... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070277772 - Protective cover structure for rammer: Front end sections of guard covers disposed on both sides of a power engine are joined and fixed to the front surface section of the crank chamber, lower sections of the rear portions are supported by support frames of a protective stand provided at the lower surface of the power... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070277773 - Method and device for stopping and starting the engine of hybrid vehicles: In a method and a device for engine stop/engine start of hybrid vehicles, which includes an internal combustion engine and an electric machine which is coupled to the internal combustion engine and is selectively able to be operated regeneratively or motively, the engine speed can be detected and compared to... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070277774 - Apparatus, system, and method for a centrifugal turbine engine: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a centrifugal turbine engine. The engine includes an engine block with a raceway comprising an inner diameter, a compression ramp, and an exhaust ramp and a rotor disposed within the engine block such that the rotor rotates within the inner diameter of... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20070277777 - Power management system for fuel injected engine: A power management system for a combustion engine is disclosed. The power management system has a fuel injector, a sensor, and a controller in communication with the sensor and the fuel injector. The fuel injector is operable to inject multiple shots of fuel into the combustion engine during a single... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070277776 - Method for starting a direct injection engine: A method for starting an engine having fuel injected directly into cylinders of the engine is presented. The method can use multiple injections of fuel to start the engine even when the absolute position of each piston is not known. Furthermore, once the engine is started the individual piston positions... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070277778 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to the operation of an internal combustion engine, a first model value or a second model value of the exhaust gas counter pressure is determined upstream of the exhaust gas catalytic converter of the internal combustion engine as a function of at least one operating variable of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070277779 - System for exhaust valve actuation: A variable valve actuation system is disclosed for providing exhaust to at least one component downstream of an engine. The system includes an exhaust valve disposed in an engine cylinder and a hydraulic actuation system. The system also includes a braking control valve, a supply of hydraulic fluid operably connected... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070277780 - Ignition timing control apparatus and method for internal combustion engine, and engine control unit: An ignition timing control apparatus and method for an internal combustion engine, and an engine control unit are provided for more rapidly and effectively restraining knocking as the entire internal combustion engine, and extending the lifetime of the internal combustion engine. The ignition timing control apparatus comprising an ECU. The... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070277781 - Knocking control device for multicylinder engine: To reliably prevent knocking in all of the cylinders of a multicylinder engine by detecting an output signal from a knock sensor provided for only one of the cylinders. A cylinder barrel is formed with a knock sensor base on the side surface of only the third cylinder and a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070277782 - Ignition device for internal combustion engine: A capacitor discharge ignition device for an internal combustion engine including: idling time advance angle control permission condition determination means for determining whether an idling time advance angle control permission condition is met that is a condition for permitting control to advance an ignition position during idling immediately after completion... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070277784 - Fuel injector control system: A control system for a fuel injector is disclosed. The control system has a nozzle member with at least one orifice, and a needle check valve. The needle check valve is recipratingly disposed to open and close the at least one orifice. The control system also has a control chamber... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070277783 - Multi-source fuel system for variable pressure injection: A fuel system for an engine is disclosed. The fuel system has a first source configured to pressurized fuel to a first pressure, and a second source configured to pressurized fuel to a second pressure. The fuel system also has a fuel injector configured to receive fuel at the first... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070277785 - Radial piston pump for common rail injection systems: A high-pressure radial piston pump for common rail injection systems has a pump housing (1), a drive shaft (2), at least one pump piston (3) which can move in a radial direction in relation to the drive shaft (2) and a high pressure accumulator (4) integrated into the high-pressure radial... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070277786 - Method and system for estimating injector fuel temperature: A fuel system for an engine is disclosed. The fuel system has a source of pressurized fuel, a plurality of fuel injectors, and a common manifold configured to distribute pressurized fuel from the source to the plurality of fuel injectors. The fuel system also has a first sensor located upstream... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070277787 - Cold idle adaptive air-fuel ratio control utilizing lost fuel approximation: A method for controlling fueling of an engine, the method comprising during an engine cold start and before the engine is warmed to a predetermined level, transitioning from open-loop fueling to closed-loop fueling, where during closed-loop fueling feedback from an exhaust gas oxygen sensor is utilized and where said closed-loop... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070277788 - Transpiration fuel gas adsorbent and process for producing the same: A high-density evaporated fuel gas adsorbent and process for forming such capable of preventing temperature rise and temperature fall caused with adsorption and desorption of an evaporated fuel gas, capable of stably maintaining adsorbing and desorbing properties of the adsorbent, and capable of preventing a heat storage component from leaking... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070277789 - Control apparatus for internal combustion engine: In a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, wherein a fuel injection quantity calculated by fuel-injection-quantity calculation means is corrected with a purge-air-concentration learnt value calculated by subjecting a purge air concentration to purge-air-concentration filtering, and wherein fuel in the corrected fuel injection quantity is injected from an injector;... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070277790 - System for improving fuel utilization: A vapor fuel air mixture supply system for a combustion engine, whereby the mixture of air and fuel is elevated in temperature prior to combustion. The air to fuel mixture may result in an improvement in fuel efficiency.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070277791 - system for improving fuel utilization: A vapor fuel air mixture supply system for a combustion engine, whereby the mixture of air and fuel vapor is elevated in temperature prior to combustion. The liquid fuel may be vaporized in a fractionation process and further heated to enhance flame speed combustion and improve efficiency of the system.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070277793 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: A method of operating a reciprocating, four stroke internal combustion piston engine system with an external compressor so that the air prior to internal compression is cooled, making it possible to attain a higher compression ratio. This can result in less heat input and the same work per stroke output,... Agent: Edward L. Warren

20070277792 - System for a virtual liquid sensor: A system for a virtual liquid sensor is disclosed including a method for operating the liquid sensor. The method includes determining a rate of generating condensation with respect to the component. The method also includes determining a rate of purging condensation with respect to the component. The method further includes... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070277794 - Alternate fuel storage system and method: A fuel tank for storing an alternate fuel and providing the fuel to an internal combustion engine includes: an inner shell with an internal cavity designed to store fuel; an outer shell configured and positioned relative to the inner shell such that an interstitial volume is created between the inner... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070277795 - Ignition coil, mounting structure, and method for mounting of the same: An ignition coil, which is adapted to being mounted to a sparkplug, includes a coil body having a primary coil and a secondary coil. The ignition coil further includes a plug cap provided to an axial end of the coil body. The coil body is adapted to being mounted to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070277796 - Internal combustion engine provided with electrical equipment holder: An internal combustion engine has a cylinder block 20 and is provided with an electrical equipment box A disposed outside the cylinder block 20. A plurality of electrical parts including an ECU 52, a relay box 53 and couplers 54, 55 and 56 are held in the electrical equipment box... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates