Internal-combustion engines inventions 02/08

20080047503 - Cover structure for a cooling system component of an internal combustion engine, and engine incorporating same: A cover structure for an internal combustion engine covers and protects a coolant pipe of a cooling system component on an internal combustion engine, even when the internal combustion engine only has a short distance provided between a crankshaft and an output shaft. The cover structure includes an outer cover... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080047505 - Oil separator element: In an oil separator element of this type, the air flowing through is set in rotational motion so that both on account of the centrifugal forces that occur as well as the impact of the oil mist or the oil droplets that are contained in the gas that is carrying... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn, LLC

20080047530 - Internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine is provided. Facing pistons eliminate a cylinder head, thereby reducing heat losses through a cylinder head. Facing pistons also halve the stroke that would be required for one piston to provide the same compression ratio, and the engine can thus be run at higher revolutions per... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080047506 - Engine: An engine is disclosed. In one implementation, the engine includes a camwheel mounted to an output shaft. Eighteen cylinder-enclosed pistons are positioned in a circular plane about the camwheel such that the radius of the circular plane and the camwheel are coplanar. Lobes integrally formed on the camwheel define a... Agent: Scott T. Griggs

20080047508 - Valve timing controller: A valve timing controller includes a driving circuit, a control circuit, and a signal line. Receiving electric power from a power source, the drive circuit drives an electric motor according to the control signal, and outputs the rotative direction signal showing the rotation direction of the electric motor. A controlling... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080047510 - Dual oil feed structure of cylinder de-activation engine for vehicle: Disclosed is a dual oil feed structure of a cylinder de-activation engine for a vehicle, comprising: (a) a main oil hole supplying oil to a hydraulic lash adjuster to adjust a valve gap; and (b) a sub oil hole supplying oil to a roller finger follower which operates the cylinder... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080047512 - Brake-actuated vane-type camshaft phaser: A vane-type camshaft phaser includes a vaned camshaft rotor disposed within a lobed stator, defining phase advance and retard chambers filled with oil. The height of the rotor is less than the height of the stator, providing space for a vaned brake rotor alongside the camshaft rotor. The brake rotor... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080047511 - Harmonic drive camshaft phaser: A camshaft phaser comprising first and second harmonic gear drive (HD) units disposed in back-to-back relationship. Each HD includes an elliptical wave generator (WG), a flexspline (FS) deformable by the WG, and a circular spline (CS) for engaging the FS. A dynamic spline (DS) connects the first and second FSs.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080047516 - Phase adjusting apparatus and a cam shaft phase adjusting apparatus for an internal combustion engine: A plurality of advanced angle chamber oil paths communicated to advanced angle hydraulic chambers and a plurality of retarded angle chamber oil paths communicated to retarded angle hydraulic chambers according to a change in rotating angle of a cam shaft are provided. The plurality of advanced angle chamber oil paths... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080047515 - Valve timing control apparatus: A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving side rotational member, a driven side rotational member arranged coaxially to the driving side rotational member, a fluid pressure chamber defined into an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, a relative rotational phase adjusting mechanism controlling to selectively supply and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080047502 - Hybrid cycle electrolysis power system with hydrogen & oxygen energy storage: A method for generating power comprising the steps of feeding water into an electrolyzer, providing electricity to operate the electrolyzer to split at least some of the water into hydrogen and oxygen, and decompressing one or both of the hydrogen and oxygen to generate power. Water can be pressurized prior... Agent: Thomas P O'connell

20080047504 - Fan shroud ring and method for its manufacture: A fan shroud ring comprises a first member formed from a polymeric material and configured to be affixed to an internal combustion engine. The first member defines a central opening configured to have a fan associated with the engine project therethrough. The shroud ring includes a second member fabricated from... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080047507 - Two-stroke engine with fuel injection: A two-stroke internal combustion engine is provided with a fuel injector. The two-stroke internal combustion engine may have at least one transfer passage, an air channel, and a fuel injector. The transfer passage is between a crankcase and a combustion chamber of the engine. The air channel is in gaseous... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080047509 - Method and apparatus for optimized combustion in an internal combustion engine utilizing homogeneous charge compression ignition and variable valve actuation: A valvetrain system mechanization for an internal combustion engine using compression ignition, including homogeneous charge compression ignition, having two intake and one or more exhaust valves per cylinder. The valves are operated by dual overhead camshafts having two-step cams. The intake and exhaust camshafts are provided with phasers for varying... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080047514 - Adjustable camshaft sprocket assembly and tool for same: An adjustable camshaft sprocket assembly includes a hub and a sprocket body secured to the hub. A stud-receiving opening is defined in one of the hub flange and the sprocket body, and a tool-receiving opening is defined in the other of the hub flange and the sprocket body. The tool-receiving... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080047513 - Lifelong-lubricated camshaft drive for an internal combustion engine: A camshaft adjusting device for an internal combustion engine is provided. A functionally reliable camshaft adjusting device designed for a long-lasting operation is obtained when the camshaft adjuster (13) has a lifelong lubrication located in the housing (28, 36, 37) sealed from the surrounding area be sealing covers (36, 37).... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080047517 - Engine starting for engine having adjustable valve operation: A method for controlling an engine having at least two cylinders, at least one of which having at least an adjustable valve, the method comprising before engine rotation closing electrically actuated valves in at least a first and a second cylinder; fueling at least said first cylinder with a first... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080047518 - Starting device for a model engine: A starting device for a model engine includes an electric-operation unit and a rope-operation unit. The electric-operation unit consists of an engage wheel having engage teeth elastically engaged thereon, and a starting shaft slidably fitted at the outer side of the engage wheel. The starting shaft has its inner side... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20080047519 - Oil separator for an engine: An internal combustion engine, comprising, a cylinder head; a rotational shaft supported by said cylinder head and lubricated; a head cover arranged on said cylinder head; an end member arranged at an axial end of said rotational shaft; a first chamber defined at least by said cylinder head and said... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080047520 - Remote drain and filter arrangement for a portable generator system: A remote drain and filter arrangement for a portable engine-driven generator is disclosed that positions the oil filter and oil drain at a location outside the enclosure of the generator. The arrangement generally consists of an oil filter assembly and oil drain assembly. The oil filter assembly includes an oil... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20080047521 - Oil strainer structure of engine and oil return structure of engine: An oil strainer includes: a lower member having an oil suction hole opening in oil stored in an oil pan; an upper member having an oil discharge hole leading to an oil pump; and a strainer element. The lower member and the upper member are joined to each other with... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080047522 - Low fuel shut off for a portable welder generator: A low fuel shut off for a portable engine-driven welder is disclosed that disables the engine when the fuel level drops below a desired level. The system includes a controller configured to receive the current fuel level signal from a fuel sensor positioned in or near the fuel tank. The... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20080047523 - Diesel combustion mode switching control strategy and model: A combustion mode switching control system for diesel engines is provided. The system includes, a switch determination module that initiates a switch request to switch between at least one of a premixed compression ignition (PCI) mode and a diesel combustion mode based on engine speed and at least one of... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080047524 - Fuel-cut manifold absolute pressure control: A method of regulating a throttle opening of an engine in a hybrid electric vehicle system includes initiating a fuel-cut off operating mode of the engine, monitoring an engine speed during said fuel cut-off operating mode and regulating the throttle opening based on the engine speed during the fuel-cut off... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080047525 - Method of diagnosing electrically driven supercharger: There is provided a method of controlling an engine system having an internal combustion engine, a supercharger arranged in an intake air passage of said internal combustion engine and a motor capable of driving the supercharger. The method comprises, driving the motor to operate the supercharger to boost airflow inducted... Agent: Mazda North American Operations

20080047526 - Conduit arrangement in a control valve module for a fuel injector assembly: A control valve module (14′) for a fuel injector assembly (10) has a conduit arrangement where a high-pressure passage (108) has a first portion (110) extending linearly between an annulus (106) surrounding the control valve cylinder (42) and an upper edge (34), and a second portion (112) extending linearly between... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20080047527 - Intensified common rail fuel injection system and method of operating an engine using same: Extremely high injection pressures are achieved in a common rail fuel injection system via a movable intensifier positioned in each fuel injector. The fuel injectors are individually controlled via a single electrical actuator that moves between positions that connect an intensifier control cavity either to the high pressure common rail... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC

20080047528 - Fuel injection control apparatus and method in internal combustion engine: A preset waiting period is previously set on the basis of a signal in correspondence to a detection of a start point of a detection of a no-tooth portion of a signal rotor. In the case of a control for injecting a fuel after the preset waiting period has elapsed,... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080047529 - Piezoelectric fuel injectors: A method for controlling a piezoelectric actuator of a fuel injector for controlling the quantity of fuel injected into the cylinders of an internal combustion engine controls the voltage across the injector in accordance with a voltage/charge vs. time profile in which the injector is driven at high current up... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080047531 - Fuel pump check valve: A high-pressure fuel pump (10) used in a fuel system includes an electric motor (14) having a drive shaft (16) to which is attached a pumping element (18). A fuel inlet passage allows low-pressure fuel to be drawn into the pump, and a fuel outlet passage (24) allows high-pressure fuel... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080047532 - Electronically controlled electromechanical valve: An electronically controlled electromechanical valve having at least three ports through which a fluid can flow and at least three different stable positions in which at least two ports are in fluid communication. The valve includes a stationary outer housing including at least three bores; a translating inner section that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080047533 - Cooler device in a vehicle: A cooler device in a vehicle comprises a first cooler element in which compressed air is cooled by ambient air and a second cooler element in which recirculating exhaust gases are cooled by ambient air. The cooled recirculating exhaust gases and the cooled compressed air are mixed before they are... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080047534 - Ignition coil assembly for engine: An ignition coil assembly for an engine includes an ignition coil for supplying a voltage to a spark plug, a housing supporting the ignition coil, a driving circuit board disposed on the housing and including a circuit unit controlling the ignition coil, and a center cover protecting the driving circuit... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080041323 - Atkinson cycle powertrain: A powertrain includes an Atkinson cycle engine having at least one cylinder, a crankshaft, and an air intake system that provides selective fluid communication between the at least one cylinder and the atmosphere. A motor is in hybrid combination with the engine, and a compressor is configured to selectively pressurize... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20080041346 - Piston ring, piston skirt and cylinder liner lubrication system and method for an internal combustion engine: An improved lubrication system and method for an internal combustion engine that includes an inertia pump in a piston that reacts to the movement of the piston and conveys a predetermined measure of lubricating oil to the space between the piston and its adjacent cylinder wall immediately below the upper... Agent: Paul K. Godwin Paul K. Godwin, P.C.

20080041325 - Disc valve system for an internal combustion engine: A disc valve system for a piston driven internal combustion engine. The disc valve system comprises at least one rotating disc valve and an intermediate seal member. The disc is mounted between a cylinder head manifold having exhaust and intake ports and an engine cylinder housing the piston and defining... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080041326 - Finger lever of a valve train of an internal combustion engine: A finger lever of a valve train of an internal combustion engine, said finger lever comprising two side walls that are connected to each other by a crossbeam that acts through an underside at one end on at least one gas exchange valve and is mounted at a further end... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20080041324 - Breather device in engine: A breather device disposed in a timing-gear chamber of an engine includes an oil separator rotatable with a camshaft, and a tubular breather housing that removes the oil mist by working in cooperation with the oil separator. The oil separator has a plurality of fins arranged annularly around an axis... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080041327 - Multi-stroke cylinder operation in an internal combustion engine: A method for starting an internal combustion engine of a hybrid-electric vehicle having a controller, the engine having a plurality of cylinders, each with at least an intake and exhaust valve, each of which may be held in a position for a cycle of a cylinder, the method comprising of... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080041328 - Air intake system and air intake tube: An air intake system for an engine has an air filter, a throttle body, and a tube coupled to the air filter at a first end and the throttle body at the second end. In this regard, the air intake elbow transitions from a circular air inlet to an oval... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080041329 - Added motion hydraulic circuit with proportional valve: A hydraulic circuit comprises a temperature sensor, an added motion valve system, and a valve. The temperature sensor detects operating temperature of fluid in the hydraulic circuit. The added motion valve system includes a valve body having an actuator fluid volume. The valve adjusts flow rate quantity of fluid to... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20080041330 - Compensating shaft drive: A compensating drive for driving a compensating shaft of an internal combustion engine, comprising a toothed belt or a chain, which connects a crankshaft driven wheel of the internal combustion engine to a drive wheel on the compensating shaft or shafts, in which case the crankshaft driven wheel (2, 2′)... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080041331 - System for dynamically detecting fuel leakage: A fuel control system for an engine is disclosed. The fuel control system may have a source of pressurized fuel and at least one injector configured to receive and inject the pressurized fuel. The fuel system may also have a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of an actual... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080041332 - Exhaust structure of construction machine: An upper surface part of an engine guard forming an engine room is formed by a bonnet for opening and closing a maintenance port and a fixed hood. On the lower surface side of the bonnet is disposed a movable duct in a state that when the bonnet is opened... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080041333 - Engine piston having an insulating air gap: A piston for an internal combustion engine has an upper crown with a top and a bottom surface, and a lower crown with a top and a bottom surface. The upper crown and the lower crown are fixedly attached to each other using welds, with the bottom surface of the... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080041334 - Direct injection alcohol engine with variable injection timing: A method to control injection timing for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of injectors in at least a cylinder, the method comprising of boosting intake air delivered to the engine, directly injecting a fuel to at least a cylinder of an internal combustion engine, adjusting each of a... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080041335 - Method and operation of an engine: An engine is disclosed which may operate in a first operating state wherein a spark ignited fuel is ignited in a combustion chamber with an igniter and a second operating state wherein a compression ignited fuel is ignited in a combustion chamber with an igniter. A compression ratio in the... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080041336 - Vehicle braking control: A method of operating an engine for a vehicle having at least a first cylinder, the method comprising of operating the first cylinder to provide at least one of compression braking and expansion braking by holding one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve of the first cylinder closed... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080041337 - Multicylinder engine intake system: A multicylinder engine intake system includes: first and second throttle bodies; bypasses provided in the first and second throttle bodies and having downstream ends opened to intake paths on downstream sides of throttle valves; and a common bypass control valve which opens and closes the bypasses. The bypass control valve... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080041338 - Method for controlling the composition of a fuel/air mixture for an internal combustion engine: In a method for controlling a composition of a fuel/air mixture supplied to an internal combustion engine, which engine has a speed control circuit maintaining an actual rotary speed of the crankshaft within preset limits and a controllable metering device for at least one component of the fuel/air mixture, a... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20080041339 - Control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An acceleration request is detected in accordance with an accelerator opening PA (time t3 in FIG. 5B). If the detected acceleration request is a moderate acceleration request, an idle opening TA0 is set as an actual throttle opening TA (FIG. 5E), and a request for retarding an intake valve timing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080041340 - Method for controlling an internal combustion engine with the aim of reducing the pollutant emisions, engine operating according to this method, and motor vehicle equipped with said engine: The invention concerns a method for controlling the operation of a cylinder assembly according to which the following phases are carried out during the same operating cycle: an exhaust opening phase (L1); a first inlet opening phase (L2) during a compression phase of the piston, and; a second inlet opening... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20080041341 - Fuel supply device: In a fuel supply device 1 in which high-pressure fuel in the inside of a common rail 2 which accumulates the high-pressure fuel supplied from a fuel pump 6 under pressure is supplied to an internal combustion engine by fuel injection valves, and the fuel pump 6 includes a plurality... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080041342 - Fuel rail: Embodiments include a fuel rail and method for making the fuel rail. Embodiments of the fuel rail include an elongate lining having a surface defining a lumen, a pressure port having a lumen in fluid communication with the lumen of the elongate lining, and a thermoset composite body surrounding at... Agent: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch, PLLC

20080041343 - Fuel injection system with cross-flow nozzle for enhanced compressed natural gas jet spray: An intake manifold system including an intake manifold and a compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel injector located between an inlet and an outlet of the intake manifold. The CNG fuel injector includes a housing, an inlet, an outlet, a seat, a closure member, and a nozzle. In a preferred embodiment,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080041344 - Fuel injection valve: A fuel injection valve introduces a fuel into an engine and controlling fuel flow to reduce variability between injection events. The fuel injection valve employs an arrangement for a valve nozzle that cooperates with a valve needle to provide a range of needle movement within which the fuel mass flow... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080041345 - Fuel pump module for electronic returnless fuel system: A fuel pump module has a fuel pump with an outlet located within a fuel reservoir, a fuel filter casing within which a fuel filter receives fuel from the fuel pump fuel outlet. A fuel discharge housing attaches to the fuel filter casing such that fuel passing from the filter... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080041347 - Controlling vapor emission in a small engine fuel tank system: A fuel vapor emission system for small engine gas tank which does not require redesign or retooling for manufacturing of the tank. A new filler tube has the lower end positioned to cause fuel to rise rapidly in the tube before the tank is full, signaling the operator to stop... Agent: Anna M. Shih

20080041348 - Fuel tank with integrated evaporative emissions system: An evaporative emissions fuel system for a general-purpose engine includes a fuel tank with a valve assembly located within the fuel tank for guiding fuel vapor to a canister. The canister contains activated charcoal to treat the fuel vapor and guide the vapor to a carburetor which burns the fuel... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20080041349 - Passive pressure activation valve: A valve apparatus includes a housing, which defines an interior chamber, a baffle disposed in the interior chamber, and a volume of liquid. The housing includes first, second and third portions. The first portion includes first and second ports that communicate with the interior chamber. The second portion is spaced... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080041350 - Pre-ignition fuel treatment system: A method and apparatus for reforming a hydrocarbon fuel increases its energy content, improves its combustibility and reduces combustion by-products. The hydrocarbon fuel is cracked and ionized in a reactor vessel by means of a feedback loop of electro-chemical interactions with a reactor rod composed of a magnetic and catalytic... Agent: Thomas J. Germinario, Esq.

20080041351 - Apparatus and method for reducing the size of molecular clumping in liquid fuels: An apparatus and method reduce the size of molecular clumping of a liquid fuel. First, a baseband signal is generated. The baseband signal is then modulated with a carrier signal to produce a modulated signal. The carrier frequency is swept across a predetermined frequency range, which includes a resonance frequency... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080041352 - Throttle body spacer for use with internal combustion engines: A throttle body spacer for improving engine performance is provided. It comprises a spacer block with a smooth bore hole, a plurality of air fins, each air fin being connected at one end to the spacer block and the distal end extending to about the center of the bore hole,... Agent: David M. Ostfeld Adams And Reese LLP

20080035079 - Plant and process for the production of combustible substances by depolymerisation of rubber products: Plant for the production of combustible substances by means of depolymerisation of rubber products, comprising a depressurized depolymerising device (1), inside which it takes place the depolymerisation of a predetermined quantity of products introduced at its inner, characterized in that it comprises a divider or phases separator (2) disposed downstream... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080035109 - Engine control device with reverse control function: An engine control device with a reverse control function including: reverse control means for performing reverse control including a process of excessively advancing an ignition position of an engine for reversing a rotational direction of the engine when a reverse switch is operated; and a light emitting display device that... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080035081 - Cylinder liner for internal combustion engine: A coolant groove-type internal combustion engine has a cylinder block that includes a frame having at least one longitudinal surface and a lateral member transverse to the longitudinal surface, the lateral member defining a coolant passage therethrough, wherein the lateral member also defines at least one cylinder opening and a... Agent: Bryan W. Bockhop, Esq. Bockhop & Associates, LLC

20080035113 - Rotary motor and a method for its manufacture: The present invention relates to a rotary motor, preferably a pivot drive for construction machinery, trucks and the like comprising an elongate housing, preferably an approximately tubular housing, a piston displaceably received in the housing, which is axially displaceable by charging with a pressure medium in a pressure chamber, and... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

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20080035082 - Valve actuation mechanism: A valve actuation mechanism are disclosed, which is capable of controlling the lift of valves of an engine by more than three on/off combinations. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the valve actuation mechanism is designed to control the opening and closing of engine valves by the use of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080035083 - Internal combustion engine having variable valve operating device: To effectively arrange actuators for control by individually controlling an intake valve and an exhaust valve in an internal combustion engine which includes a variable valve operating device for controling valve operating characteristics. An internal combustion engine includes a variable valve operating device having a valve characteristic variable mechanism for... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080035085 - Method and apparatus for controlling a switchable cam follower: An internal combustion engine is equipped to supply the camshaft bearings with pressurized oil via a first dedicated oil gallery independently of the hydraulic lash adjusters (HLAs) and any valve deactivation devices which are supplied from a second dedicated oil gallery. The galleries may be connected at their downstream ends... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080035084 - System and method for improved cam retard: A system and method to control valve timing and valve lift of an engine is described. The intake valve timing can be retarded while the valve is in a low lift or high lift mode. The method can lower engine friction and reduce fuel consumption, at least under some conditions.... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20080035087 - Oil control valve of a vehicle engine: An oil control valve includes an operation unit at an upper part of a cam cap and an inner part of a head cover that changes a path of fluid into a continuously variable valve timing unit, and a connector that supplies power to the operation unit. The operation unit... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080035080 - Cooling circuit for an internal combustion engine: In a cooling circuit for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle including a pump device arranged upstream of the internal combustion engine, a cooler having an inlet side connected to a coolant outlet of the internal combustion engine and an outlet connected via a coolant line to the... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080035086 - Lift-variable valve-operating system for internal combustion engine: A lift-variable valve-operating system for an internal combustion engine, comprising: subsidiary cams which are swingably supported on a movable support shaft capable of being displaced within a plane perpendicular to a rotational axis of a valve-operating cam, and which are swung following the valve-operating cam; and rocker arms each operatively... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20080035088 - Laser ignition arrangement: A laser ignition arrangement for an internal combustion engine (1) comprising a laser light generating device (3) and a combustion chamber window (7, 7′) through which laser light (5) for ignition of a combustible mixture can be introduced into a combustion chamber (11) of the internal combustion engine (1), wherein... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080035089 - Engine with decompression device: To suppress the overall length of a camshaft including the length of a decompression device provided in an engine and also to suppress an increase in number of parts of the decompression device, an engine includes a decompression device having a decompression weight pivotably supported through a pivot shaft to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080035090 - Intake structure of v-type internal combustion engine: In an internal combustion engine wherein an intake manifold for performing intake for the front and rear cylinders is placed in a narrow and high-temperature V-bank, to provide a structure of an intake device that does not allow an overall height of the internal combustion engine to become high. An... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080035091 - Internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine having an intake channel for supply of fuel and combustion air, and divided over a portion of its length into a mixture channel, and into a supply channel for supply of largely fuel-free air. A simple manufacture of the engine and a simple construction are achieved... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates

20080035092 - Air duct orifice for reducing low frequency noise: An air duct orifice includes an adapter pipe inserted in and attached to an end portion of an air duct connected to an engine side; an orifice pipe protruding from an outer surface of the adapter pipe; and an orifice cover coupled to an upper opening formed on the orifice... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080035094 - Integrated valve device: An integrated valve device includes a casing having intake passages respectively accommodating valves and separately connected with cylinders of an engine. The valves are skewered with a shaft extending through a through hole of each valve along a rotation axis. An actuator generates driving force to rotate the valves via... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080035093 - Electromagnet-equipped control device for an internal combustion engine valve: The invention pertains to a device for controlling the opening and closing of an internal combustion engine valve. This device is characterized in that the magnetic circuit of the electromagnet and/or the plate contains a magnetic material having a remnant magnetization (Fp) when the valve is in position, the remnant... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080035095 - Balancing device for an engine: With a view to reducing the load imposed by a cantilevered balancer weight on a balancer shaft bearing while balancing the inertia force generated by the balancer weights with the center of gravity of a piston and connecting road system, a balancing device for an engine is provided, the device... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080035096 - Cylinder for a crankcase scavenged internal combustion engine: A cylinder (1) for a crankcase scavenged two-stroke engine, comprising a cylinder bore (2) with centre line (12) and on opposite sides of the cylinder located closed transfer ducts (3, 3′), which cylinder (1) has an underside (4) essentially perpendicular towards the cylinder bore (2), intended to be connected to... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080035098 - Portable handheld work apparatus: A portable handheld work apparatus has an internal combustion engine (5) having a cylinder (8) and a crankcase (13). The cylinder (8) has an opening (19) for exhaust gases whereat an exhaust-gas muffler (14) is mounted. The exhaust-gas muffler (14) is mounted on the cylinder (8) at least at one... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20080035097 - Air-cleaner support structure: An air-cleaner support structure includes an air-cleaner, a first support portion and a second support portion. The air-cleaner is supported in an engine room via the first support portion and the second support portion. The first support portion is connected to the air cleaner using a bolt and the second... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080035100 - Engine fluid passage intersection and method: A fluid passage intersection (314) within a component (100) includes a supply passage (118) formed in the component (100), a cavity (316) in fluid communication with the supply passage (118), and at least one outlet passage (326) formed in the component (100) that is in fluid communication with the cavity... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20080035099 - Diesel engine lubricated with fuel such as light oil: A diesel engine (1) includes a fuel supply passage (4) via which fuel is supplied from a fuel tank (2) to an oil pan (3) through a supply pump (6), a lubrication-system fuel supply passage (8) via which fuel is supplied from the oil pan (3) to engine parts (7)... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080035101 - Oil supply for an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to an oil supply for an internal combustion engine, comprising an oil supply device for the supply of oil to a piston, reciprocating in a cylinder. The oil supply device is embodied such that at least at a point at which the piston is in the region... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080035102 - Hydraulic valve equipment of working vehicle: With regard to the present invention, valves are modularized so as to improve operativity, and the valves are formed by one member and changed the arrangement thereof so as to be miniaturized, thereby making the maintain work easy. Namely, a PTO rear cover 3c, in which a PTO driving mechanism... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080035103 - Crankcase ventilation filter: A crankcase ventilation filter includes a media stage comprising continuous, extruded fibres having a largest cross sectional size of at least 10 microns, a calculated pore size in the x-y direction of 10-60 microns, an added binder resin content if any of no greater than 7% by weight of the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080035104 - Redesigned engine cam for rotary engine: An improved rotary engine that involves sealing the engine with double spigot seals and redesigning the cam so that the engine duplicates every 10 degrees rather than the 18 degrees of the most relevant prior art. The first part of the cam separates the intake from the exhaust and has... Agent: James Mccann C/o Jim Deleon

20080035105 - Internal combustion engine with single-port holding tank for elevated expansion ratio: An internal combustion engine, having a cylinder with a translating piston therein, employs a holding tank connecting, via a valve, to the combustion chamber of the cylinder for receipt of a portion of the engine gasses expelled during a compression stroke for providing that the expansion ratio of an expansion... Agent: David M. Warren

20080035106 - Direct injection alcohol engine with boost and spark control: Boosted engine operation and spark timing of an engine may be adjusted with alcohol content of the fuel in a direct injection engine. Further, various adjustments may be performed in numerous related systems to account for increased maximum engine torque, such as traction control, transmission shifting, etc. Finally, a vehicle... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080035107 - Integrated valve device: An integrated valve device includes a casing having cylindrical portions each defining therein a fluid passage. The fluid passage accommodates a valve being adapted to opening and closing the fluid passage. A shaft extends through the valves to manipulate positions of the valves all together. Each cylindrical portion has a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080035108 - Method of mounting an accelerometer on an internal combustion engine and increasing signal-to-noise ratio: A method of mounting an accelerometer to an internal combustion engine comprises securing the accelerometer to a mating surface on an engine component external to a combustion chamber where the accelerometer can generate a signal output that is characteristic of engine knock, when it occurs, and at least one other... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080035110 - Fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine: In a fuel supply system for a spark-ignition internal combustion engine having a blow-in valve for each cylinder for blowing an easily ignitable mixture of a liquid fuel and a combustion gas via a blow-in nozzle into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, the blow-in valve has a... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080035111 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine, and associated internal combustion engine: In a method for operating an internal combustion engine including inlet valves with variably adjustable opening curves, during part-load operation, the closing time of the inlet valves and the fuel injection time are controlled as a function of the cylinder internal temperature so as to maintain the cylinder internal temperature... Agent: Klaus J. Bach & Associates Patents And Trademarks

20080035112 - Control device and control method for engine: An estimated quantity of soot deposited near a movable part of a variable capacity mechanism and an estimated quantity of soot burnt off therefrom are determined in advance in accordance with values of parameters (engine rotation speed or similar) that express the engine operating condition, and stored in storage means.... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080035114 - Seal structure of fuel passage and fuel injection valve having the seal structure: In the seal structure (30) of a fuel injection valve, including an annular seal member (31) which effects sealing in order that high-pressure fuel within a pressure-introducing chamber (21) may not escape onto a low-pressure side through a gap (28) that is defined between an injector housing (2) and a... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080035115 - Water/alcohol injection tuning system: An injection system for injecting one or both of water and alcohol into an internal combustion engine comprising a system monitor, a control module and a mixture delivery system. The system monitor may have a parameter level display, the control module may be adapted to receive one or more user-supplied... Agent: Leyendecker Lemire & Daley, LLC

20080035116 - Fuel injector: A fuel injector, e.g., for fuel-injection systems of internal combustion engines in motor vehicles, includes a valve housing including a sleeve-shaped housing section; and a solenoid, situated on the housing section, having a coil brace, magnetic coil and magnetic cup. To protect the magnetic coil from salt fog that arises... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080035118 - Control apparatus for direct injection type internal combustion engine: An apparatus for controlling the quantity of fuel injection of injectors in accordance with the fuel pressure in the fuel rail of a direct injection type internal combustion engine, including a fuel injection quantity calculating section for calculating the quantity of fuel injection of the injector, a fuel discharge quantity... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080035117 - Control method and control device for an actuator: A control method for an actuator (1-4) of an injector of a fuel injection system in an internal combustion engine has the following steps: specification of a target value (SOISOLL) for the start of the injection; electric control of the actuator (1-4) at a specific trigger time (tTRIGGER) with a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080035119 - System and method for determining ethanol content in fuel: A system and method are provided for determining an ethanol content of a fuel that is part of a fuel and air mixture combusted within an internal combustion engine. A pressure characteristic of a fuel rail is monitored during operation of the engine. At least one of an effective bulk... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080035120 - Vehicle fuel tank assembly: A vehicle fuel tank assembly includes a fuel tank having a fuel pump receiving opening, a fuel pump, a mounting ring, at least one attachment member (a clip) and a fuel pump cover. The fuel pump is disposed in the fuel pump receiving opening such that a portion of the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080035121 - Fuel system with air venting and fuel anti-drainback: A fuel system of an engine is provided with a venting assembly to vent air that accumulates within a fuel filter of the fuel system and provides anti-drainback of clean fuel back toward the fuel filter when the engine is turned off. In one embodiment, the venting assembly includes a... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080035122 - Fuel delivery control for internal combustion engine: A method of controlling an internal combustion engine having a fuel vapor purging system and a fuel delivery system including a fuel pump and a fuel pressure sensor for detecting the fuel pressure provided by the fuel pump is disclosed. In one example, the method includes, during a degraded condition... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080035123 - Hydro-energy carboration and combustion system yielding power and no hydrocarbon emissions: A method of carboration and combustion where a combustible gas is mixed and burned in a compression combustion engine yielding power and no hydro carbons. Where a certain H2 gas derivative is mixed with other gases and burned. And where the gas entering the combustion area is controlled by varing... Agent: William F. Rosskob

20080035124 - Intake air and carburetor heating arrangement for v-twin engines: A V-twin engine having a crankcase and a pair of cylinders defining a V-space therebetween, wherein the V-space is substantially enclosed, and a carburetor is positioned within the V-space. An intake air preheating arrangement supplies heated intake air to the carburetor, and a carburetor heating arrangement heats the V-space and... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20080035125 - Multi-mode internal combustion engine: A method of operating an engine having at least one cylinder, the method comprising of directing a first air stream to an intake valve of the cylinder; directing a second, separate air stream to a second intake valve of the cylinder, said second air stream at a higher temperature than... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080035126 - Exhaust gas recirculation system: To prevent inflow of condensed water to an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve, an exhaust gas recirculation system includes a first gas passage, an exhaust gas recirculation valve connected to the first gas passage and selectively opening/closing the first gas passage, an exhaust gas passage disposed in the exhaust gas... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080035127 - Method for controlling an internal combustion engine: To improve the emission values of internal combustion engines, the chronological location of the injection time of the fuel is adjusted for the respective cylinder (5) as a function of a point in time of a change in the switch position of the respective clocked valve (13) and in addition... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080035128 - Positive crankcase ventilation system t fiting: An improved T fitting results in a more uniform flow of fumes from an engine crankcase. The T fitting combines flows from an air filter and a hose connected to the engine crankcase, into coaxial paths, and then combines the flows into a combined flow. The combined flow is drawn... Agent: Averill & Varn

20080035129 - Method of controlling the combustion phase of an internal-combustion engine, notably a gasoline type direct-injection supercharged engine: Method of controlling the combustion of an internal-combustion engine, in particular a direct-injection supercharged engine, notably of gasoline type, wherein the engine comprises at least one cylinder (12) with a combustion chamber (14) within which a compression stage takes place, followed by a stage of combustion of a fuel mixture... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080035130 - Fuel injector: Known fuel injectors have a valve-closure member, which cooperates with a sealing seat of a valve seat, and a flow exit region situated downstream from the sealing seat, the fuel spray generated by the fuel injectors having an average droplet diameter that is not small enough for future regulations governing... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080035131 - Ignition device for an internal combustion engine: wherein, subsequent to an interruption of the primary side voltage or current supply of the ignition coil during an ignition process or subsequent to the drop of the primary side voltage or the primary side current in the ignition coil below a predeterminable threshold during the ignition process, said control... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080035132 - Cylinder air-fuel ratio controller for internal combustion engine: An air-fuel ratio of each cylinder is estimated on the basis of a detection value of an air-fuel ratio sensor disposed in an exhaust confluent portion. An air-fuel ratio correction quantity is computed on the basis of the estimated air-fuel ratio of each cylinder. The air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080029049 - Valve actuating device: The invention relates to an actuating device that actuates engine valves, comprising magnetizing means, a spring having a fixed end connected to an adjustable stop and having a moving end connected to the valve (1). The adjustable stop comprises meshing means (26) that can interact with a control element (8,... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20080029050 - Variable valve timing controller for internal combustion engine: In a case of switching the control mode between the reference timing control mode and the F/B control mode, when an engine speed is grater than or equal to a predetermined speed, and when target advanced amount of intake valve timing is lower than a switching threshold (vicinity of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080029048 - Axial flow cooling for air-cooled engines: A head for an air-cooled engine having at least two cylinders, each cylinder having a longitudinal axis, the head having a rocker arm mounted to rotate about a rocker arm axis in the head, the head further including an intake port and an exhaust port, and the head mounted on... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080029051 - Method and device for controlling an electrodynamic brake of an electric camshaft adjuster for an internal combustion engine: In a method and device for adjusting an electro-dynamic brake of an electric camshaft adjuster for a phase angle adjustment of a camshaft of an internal combustion engine with respect to the crankshaft thereof, the phase angle is controlled by means of a position controller and the adjustment speed of... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080029053 - Method for producing a spark plug, and spark plug: A method for producing a spark plug, the spark plug including: a center electrode; an insulator which holds the center electrode therein in a state where a tip end portion of the center electrode protrudes therefrom; a metal shell which holds the insulator therein; a ground electrode which is fixed... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080029052 - Mounting structure of ignition plug tube: To reduce the cost of an ignition plug tube by making it of a cylindrical member and to provide a simple structure having only a small number of parts for mounting the ignition plug tube. A mounting structure of an ignition plug tube that is made of a cylindrical member... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080029054 - Variable-geometry intake manifold for an internal-combustion engine: Described herein is a variable-geometry intake manifold for an internal-combustion engine; the intake manifold is provided with: at least one intake pipe, which connects the intake manifold to at least one cylinder of the internal-combustion engine; a partialization device for varying the geometry of the intake manifold that has at... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080029055 - Intake air control system for a v-type internal combustion engine and engine incorporating same: An intake air control system of a V-type internal combustion engine is arranged in a V-shaped space defined between front and rear banks of the engine. The intake air control system includes front and rear throttle bodies having front and rear throttle valves thereon, and a plurality of electrically-operated actuators... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080029056 - Valve operating mechanism: A valve operating mechanism includes a valve body provided at an air passage of an internal combustion engine, an actuator causing the valve body to rotate so as to adjust a cross-sectional area of the air passage, a shaft body supporting the valve body, a link member connected to the... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080029057 - Extending operating range of a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine via cylinder deactivation: An HCCI engine has the ability to operate over a large load range by utilizing a lower cetane distillate diesel fuel to increase ignition delay. This permits more stable operation at high loads by avoidance of premature combustion before top dead center. During low load conditions, a portion of the... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC

20080029058 - Control arrangement for activating and deactivating cylinders of a multicylinder engine: In a control arrangement with a control unit for activating and deactivating cylinders of a multi-cyliner internal combustion engine including throttle units assigned to the various cylinders of the internal combustion engine, the control unit provides for opening and/or closing of the throttle units assigned to the cylinder during the... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080029059 - Rotary internal combustion engine with a circular rotor: An internal combustion engine features a stator containing a rotor mounted on a driveshaft, the rotor and a hollow interior of the stator each being cylindrical in shape and circular in cross section. An air and fuel intake communicates with the stator interior and a spark plug provide sparks within... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20080029061 - Fluid flow control device for internal combustion engine: An intake apparatus 100 includes a bore 102 and a throttle valve 104. A coating film 110 in which a lipophilic component and an oil-repellent component are dispersed is formed on at least one of an outer peripheral end surface 104a of the throttle valve 104 and a facing surface... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080029062 - Fuel distribution pipe structure in multiple throttle body: To improve maintenance workability of fuel injection valves in multiple throttle bodies, a distribution member (D) is provided with a fuel distribution path (3) communicating with a fuel inflow path (8), throttle body mounting holes (7, 7) and injection valve support member mounting holes (6, 6), injection valve support members... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080029060 - Throttle body, method of adjusting opening of opener, and method of manufacturing throttle body: A throttle body (2) includes a resin main body (3) defining a bore (7) through which intake air flows, a valve body (60) having a shaft part (20) rotatably supported by the resin body (3) and a valve part (4) for opening and closing the bore (7) of the main... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080029063 - Controller and control method of vehicle: An ECU executes a program sets a driver requested torque based on the accelerator operation amount, and sets a torque-boost amount so that the torque-boost amount increases as the driver requested torque increases, until the driver requested torque exceeds a predetermined torque T(0). When the driver requested torque exceeds the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080029064 - Exhaust emission control system and method for internal combustion engine and engine control unit: An exhaust emission control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of not only reliably suppressing post injection for regenerating a filter from causing oil dilution, but also enabling execution of the post injection to a maximum possible extent. The filter is provided in the exhaust system of... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20080029065 - Fuel injection system: A common rail fuel injection system having a low-pressure region from which a high-pressure fuel pump acts on fuel with high pressure and delivers it to a high-pressure fuel accumulator from which fuel is supplied to injectors that inject the highly pressurized fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080029067 - Common rail injector: A common rail injector having an injector housing with a fuel inlet connected to a central high-pressure fuel source outside the injector housing and to a pressure chamber inside the injector housing from which pressure chamber depending on the pressure in a control chamber fuel is injected when a nozzle... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080029068 - Component for fuel supply: A joint for a gas turbine fuel injector, the joint comprises a housing for supporting a fuel injector, a first tube terminating within the housing and a second tube. The housing at least partially encloses an adaptor having a bore, with one end of the first tube and one end... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20080029066 - Fuel injection system: A fuel injector (1) in an internal combustion engine, wherein an intermediate chamber control valve (26) operated by the fuel pressure in a common rail (2) is arranged in a fuel flow passage (25) connecting a two-position switching type three-way valve (8) and an intermediate chamber (20) of a booster... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080029069 - Fuel injector including an orifice disc, and a method of forming the orifice disc including punching and shaving: A fuel injector includes a seat, a movable member cooperating with the seat, and an orifice plate. The orifice plate includes a member and an orifice penetrating the member. The member includes first and second generally parallel surfaces. The first surface generally confronts the valve seat, and the second surface... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080029070 - Float valve: A first valve port 12 is so set as to have the seal diameter X smaller compared with that of a second valve port 14. Because the pressure reception area of a first valve body port 16 is small, the attachment force of the first valve body portion 16 is... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080029071 - Vapor-liquid separator: The object of the present invention is to provide a vapor-liquid separator capable of improving a dischargeability of a separated liquid and of suppressing a reversed flow. The present vapor-liquid separator (1) comprises a cylindrical separator main body (2), an introducing part (3) for introducing the vapor-liquid mixed fluid into... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080029072 - Method and group for the lpg feeding of an internal combustion engine: Method and group for feeding LPG to an internal combustion engine according to which during some engine operation instants the temperature of the LPG fed to injectors is determined and, for each temperature value, a correspondent value of a maximum optimal pressure is determined so that LPG remains in gaseous... Agent: Fsp LLC

20080029073 - Exhaust-gas recirculation valve: An exhaust-gas recirculation (EGR) valve includes a rotary drive. The rotary drive includes a cam member that has a cam profile. The rotary drive permits operation of a valve member that can be rotated around a rotational shaft. During the course of a closing movement, the EGR valve can, toward... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080029074 - Ignition coil device for internal combustion engine: An annular seal rubber (2) is mounted to the lower side of an ignition coil device (1). An annular projection (2a) is provided on a part of the seal rubber and is pressed against the inner diameter surface of a plug hole. A substantially L-shaped groove for forming an air... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group