Internal-combustion engines inventions 04/08

20080092831 - In-vehicle hydrogen generation plant: An in-vehicle hydrogen generation plant generates hydrogen and oxygen on demand for fuel for an internal combustion engine. The hydrogen generation plant includes an electrolysis unit, a water reservoir, a sound-wave generator, and a battery unit. The generation of hydrogen does not require an electrolyte to be added to the... Agent: Bohan, Mathers & Associates, LLC

20080092833 - High powered vehicles replacing the flywheel with the fan: The invention is directed to develop for the high power by means of replacing the flywheel with the ducted fan installed in the front position to convert into the rotating force of said fan connected with the rotating operation of the crankshaft of the engine with the strong force enough... Agent: Yoshioki Tomoyasu

20080092856 - Piston arrangement for engine: Piston arrangements for engines are disclosed. The disclosed piston arrangements include at least one stationary member and two or more movable members.... Agent: Withers & Keys, LLC

20080092835 - Engine intake valve timing control apparatus: An engine intake valve timing control apparatus includes a fuel injection control section, a valve open timing control section, and a valve timing change rate setting section. The fuel injection control section is configured to control a fuel injection quantity of fuel injected from a fuel injector into an intake... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080092834 - System and method for operating a multiple fuel engine: A system and method to control valve timing and valve lift of an engine is described. The valve timing can be adjusted to improve engine operation when a range of fuels are used. The method can improve engine performance and the energy utilization, at least under some conditions.... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20080092836 - Variable valve performance detection strategy for internal combustion engine: A method for operating a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine includes varying the opening or closing of engine valves including intake or exhaust valves, in fluid communication with each of the cylinders of the engine. The method further includes generating a signal indicative of engine valve status in response to monitoring... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC

20080092829 - Fuel components, fuel compositions and methods of making and using same: A fuel composition comprises at least a C5 isoprenoid compound or its derivative and a conventional fuel additive. The C5 isoprenoid compound or its derivative can be used as a fuel component or as a fuel additive in the fuel composition. The fuel composition may further comprise a conventional fuel... Agent: Jones Day

20080092830 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a reformer, a fuel supply portion, an oxygen supply portion, a power output portion, a reformed gas supply portion, a determination portion, and a controller. The fuel cell generates electric power through a reaction of hydrogen and oxygen. The reformer generates reformed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080092832 - Ventilator system for a motor vehicle: The invention relates to a ventilator system, especially for cooling the engine of a motor vehicle, said system comprising at least one ventilator provided with a ventilator motor, a control appliance, and an actuator for an air flap. The inventive ventilator system also comprises a ventilator control system which is... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080092837 - Valve event reduction through operation of a fast-acting camshaft phaser: A variable cam timing system for an engine with at least one camshaft comprising: a housing, a rotor, and a controlled bypass. The housing has an outer circumference for accepting drive force and chambers. The rotor has a connection to a camshaft coaxially located within the housing. The housing and... Agent: Borgwarner Inc. C/o Brown & Michaels, PC

20080092838 - Spark plug with stream shaper to shape tumble vortex into desired stream in combustion chamber: A spark plug for an internal combustion engine is provided which includes a hollow cylindrical metal shell with an open end portion to be exposed to a combustion chamber of the engine, a ground electrode joined to the metal shell, a center electrode disposed in the metal housing to define... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080092839 - Spark plug with stream shaper to shape tumble vortex into desired stream in combustion chamber: A spark plug for an internal combustion engine is provided which includes a hollow cylindrical metal shell with an open end portion to be exposed to a combustion chamber of the engine, a ground electrode joined to the metal shell, a center electrode disposed in the metal housing to define... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080092840 - Combustion engine with a priming pump: A combustion engine includes a carburetor, which is a fuel supply device for introducing fuel into an intake air of the engine, and a fan housing for enclosing a cooling fan mounted on a front end portion of a crankshaft. The fan housing is formed with a flange so as... Agent: Joseph W. Price Snell & Wilmer LLP

20080092841 - Engine start control apparatus, engine start control method, and motor vehicle equipped with engine start control apparatus: In a motor vehicle with idle stop function, upon satisfaction of preset engine restart conditions (step S205), automatic engine restart control refers to a preset map representing a variation in amount of fuel Q1, which is to be initially injected into a cylinder Cyin stopping in an intake stroke, against... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080092842 - Intake control device for a vehicle: An intake control system includes a control device that changes a length of an intake conduit between the length of connection and the length of disconnection that is shorter than the length of connection. The control device also includes a processor that determines whether or not the length of the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080092843 - Engine cylinder head structure: In a cylinder head structure of an engine, a structure of an oil passage is simplified to downside the engine and to provide proper flow of cooling water in the cylinder head. A partition wall is disposed in the cylinder head to separate an upward valve operating chamber from a... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080092845 - Internal combustion engine having crankcase with stress-relieving wall structure: An internal combustion engine is provided with a crankcase partitioned into an upper section and a lower section. A fastening bolt is provided for fastening the upper and lower crankcase sections together in the vicinity of a crankshaft. A bolt hole is formed in the crankcase, and the fastening bolt... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080092844 - Sealing device: An object of the invention is to provide a sealing device having a function capable of a plurality of tubular members such as plug tubes or the like being inserted side by side for sealing. In a sealing device (1) attached in an opening portion (2a) of a housing (2)... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080092846 - Stroke control assembly: A stroke control assembly for an engine. The assembly is configured to transfer power from a rectilinear moving piston by way of an interaction between a control plate and a flywheel of the assembly. The control plate is configured to phase shift or overrun the flywheel at predetermined locations of... Agent: William F. Ryann

20080092848 - Butterfly valves and intake air control devices for internal combustion engines: The present invention includes a butterfly valve that has a resin valve body and a shaft. The shaft includes a first shaft member and a second shaft member. The first and second shaft members are integrated with the valve body. The first and second shaft members are spaced from each... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080092847 - Variable length intake control devices and methods for a straddle type vehicle: An intake control device changes an intake conduit length from a first length to a second length according to whether or not an engine speed has reached a predetermined threshold value. The threshold value is predetermined on the basis of both an engine output torque in the state of the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080092849 - Engine output control device and engine output control method for working machine: An engine output control device and an engine output control method for a working vehicle capable of implementing low fuel consumption, and of providing the output required for working. The engine output control device of includes a mode setting switch which can set any one from among a plurality of... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080092851 - Fuel supply apparatus and fuel supply control apparatus for internal-combustion engine: A fuel supply apparatus includes a component adjustment unit, a low-pressure side passage, and a valve. The unit adjusts component composition of fuel by separating a particular component from fuel. The unit includes a component separation wall, which divides an interior of a portion of a fuel supply passage between... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080092850 - Hydraulically driven pump-injector with controlling mechanism for internal combustion engines: Hydraulically driven pump-injector with controlling mechanism for internal combustion engines, primarily for diesel, distinguished via the fact that in the pump-injector body (1) above needle (9) additional cylindrical cavity (69) is made, in which locking piston (8) is mounted, resting upon needle (9), the diameter of said additional cavity and... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080092852 - Method for detecting the opening of a passive pressure control valve: A method for detecting the opening of a passive pressure control valve, which conducts fuel from a common rail system back to a fuel tank, in which the rail pressure (pCR) is automatically controlled by calculating a correcting variable for acting on the controlled system from a rail pressure control... Agent: Klaus P. Stoffel Wolff & Samson

20080092853 - Control method: A control method for a fuel injection system having a spill valve (20), a nozzle control valve (22) and a valve needle (12) which is engageable with a seating to control fuel injection, wherein the method comprises applying a first drive current signal (30) to the spill valve (22) to... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080092854 - Fuel injection valve: A fuel injection valve for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, in particular for injecting fuel directly into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, said fuel injection valve comprising a fuel inlet which is designed to allow fuel to flow into the fuel injection valve, and an... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080092855 - Metering solenoid valve for a fuel injector: The metering servo valve comprises a valve body, an open/close element, and an electromagnet, and is housed in a shell of the injector. The electromagnet actuates a mobile armature for a travel defined by an arrest element, carried by the electromagnet, which is housed in a casing, fixed in the... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080092857 - 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

20080092858 - Fuel vapor treatment system: A first fuel state determination section determines a fuel condition purged from a canister based on a quantity of deviations from a target air fuel ratio of the measured air-fuel-ratio. A second fuel state determination section determines a fuel condition after a purge control valve has closed. An abnormality detecting... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080092859 - Vegetable oil fuel system for diesel engines: The disclosure is an “all-in-one” fuel device for a diesel engine using vegetable oil as fuel. The device prevents or overcomes the problems of insufficient fuel temperature and fuel filter waxing associated with previous devices. The fuel device incorporates a vegetable oil fuel filter, built-in valve assembly and heat exchangers... Agent: Paul D. Greely Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080092860 - Internal combustion engine and working cycle: The invention is concerned with a method of deriving mechanical work from a combustion gas in internal combustion engines and reciprocating internal combustion engines for carrying out the method. The invention includes methods and apparatuses for managing combustion charge densities, temperatures, pressures and turbulence in order to produce a true... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080092861 - Exhaust gas recirculation in a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine: A homogeneous charge compression ignition engine operates by injecting liquid fuel directly in a combustion chamber, and mixing the fuel with recirculated exhaust and fresh air through an auto ignition condition of the fuel. The engine includes at least one turbocharger for extracting energy from the engine exhaust and using... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC

20080092862 - Internal egr control system for internal combustion engine: An internal EGR control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of controlling the internal EGR amount with accuracy, when controlling the internal EGR by changing both the exhaust cam phase and the exhaust valve lift. An internal EGR control system for an internal combustion engine controls internal... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080092863 - Breather for a motorcycle engine: A breather for a motorcycle engine separates and traps oil droplets entrained with crankcase gases. The breather has a container with a removable lid, an inlet for crankcase gases and entrained oil droplets extending through the lid into the container, filter media within the container to trap entrained oil droplets... Agent: Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.C. One Cherry Center

20080092864 - Blowby gas passage structure: A blowby gas passage structure for returning a blowby gas leaking into a crankcase of an internal combustion engine to the internal combustion engine comprises: an intake passage which can be connected to the internal combustion engine for allowing the blowby gas to be returned to the internal combustion engine,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080092865 - Ignition apparatus for an internal combusition engine: An ignition apparatus for an internal combustion engine can be produced at low cost and small size by preventing the generation of a spark at a spark plug due to a turn-on voltage with a simple ignition coil construction having no energy loss. The apparatus include an ignition coil having... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080087252 - Sorrels engine: Engine is an internal combustion engine that is a unique combination of the use of; rotating cylinders radically arranged perpendicular to centerline of the power shaft, cams to force strokes which are in alignment with the cylinders which are attached to the power shaft, the energy of the power stroke... Agent: Joe Mark Sorrels

20080087255 - Internal combustion engine: In a reciprocating piston engine employing a variable compression ratio mechanism configured to be linked to a reciprocating piston for variably adjusting a geometrical compression ratio by varying at least a top dead center position of the piston responsively to a controlled variable, a controller is configured to control the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080087239 - Bactrian rocker arm and engine using same: An engine that includes two intake and two exhaust valves for each cylinder is equipped for single valve constant lift engine braking. The exhaust valves may be actuated in a conventional manner via a rotating cam and a rocker arm coupled to a bridge that spans between the pair of... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC

20080087241 - Camshaft phaser having a differential bevel gear system: A camshaft phaser comprising a differential bevel gear arrangement to vary the phase relationship of a camshaft to a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine. In the differential gear system, a 45° beveled input gear is mounted parallel to and coaxial with a 45° beveled output gear. One or more... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080087242 - Valve mechanism for multi-cylinder internal combustion engine and assembling method of valve mechanism therefor: Valve mechanism for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine and iassembling method of the valve mechanism therefor are disclosed in which a swing camshaft is selectively assembled for each of the cylinders on the basis of at least an inner diameter of an inserting hole of the swing camshaft to make... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080087244 - Hydraulic valve lash adjuster with idle stroke function for a valve train of an internal combustion engine: A hydraulic valve lash adjuster with idle stroke function for a valve train of an internal combustion engine, said hydraulic valve lash adjuster comprising a piston (2, 2′, 2″) that is guided for displacement in a piston housing (4) and elastically supported against said housing (4), said piston (2, 2′,... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20080087235 - Radial impulse engine, pump, and compressor systems, and associated methods of operation: Radial impulse engine, pump, and compressor systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment of the invention, an engine includes a first end wall portion spaced apart from a second end wall portion to at least partially define a combustion chamber therebetween. In this embodiment, the engine further includes a plurality... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080087236 - Radial impulse engine, pump, and compressor systems, and associated methods of operation: Radial impulse engine, pump, and compressor systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment of the invention, an engine includes a first end wall portion spaced apart from a second end wall portion to at least partially define a combustion chamber therebetween. In this embodiment, the engine further includes a plurality... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080087237 - Radial impulse engine, pump, and compressor systems, and associated methods of operation: Radial impulse engine, pump, and compressor systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment of the invention, an engine includes a first end wall portion spaced apart from a second end wall portion to at least partially define a combustion chamber therebetween. In this embodiment, the engine further includes a plurality... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080087238 - Drive unit having thermal recovery: The described invention is characterized in that at least one first cooling circuit (20) as well as one second cooling circuit (21) are provided that are hydraulically uncoupled via at least one heat exchanger, via which the first cooling circuit (20) and the second cooling circuit (21) are in thermal... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates

20080087240 - Variable mechanical valve control for an internal combustion engine: In order to create a variable mechanical valve control for an internal combustion engine having, in particular, an underhead camshaft for adjusting a valve stroke and an opening and closing time, making it possible to achieve a very compact transmission gear between the push rod drive and the intake and... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20080087243 - Methods for controlling valves of an internal combustion engine, devices for controlling the valves, and engines employing the methods: Methods for improving the efficiency of internal combustion engines are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of improving the efficiency of an internal combustion engine comprises controlling the motion of an exhaust valve associated with a cylinder of the internal combustion engine. Camshafts and internal combustion engines configured for performing... Agent: Morriss Obryant Compagni, P.C.

20080087245 - Mounting bracket: In one implementation, a bracket includes a body having a first connection feature and a second connection feature each adapted to retain a separate portion of a component. The first connection feature is rotationally misaligned relative to the second connection feature so that a portion of the component is received... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080087246 - Engine and motorcycle: A multiple-cylinder DOHC engine, including a cylinder head block, a first camshaft that is mounted on the cylinder head block and is configured to drive one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve mounted on the cylinder head block, a second camshaft that is mounted on the cylinder head... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080087247 - Flexibly-jointed, fluid-tight cover for internal combustion engine: A flexibly-jointed, fluid-tight cover for enclosing a portion of an internal combustion engine includes generally rigid structural cover panels which are joined by fluid-tight flexible joints formed from elastomeric material which is either inserted into the rigid structural cover panels after the joint has been molded, or molded in place... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080087248 - Motor-driven throttle value control device for internal combustion engine: A spring to ensure default opening is constituted by a single piano wire where a return spring with a larger coil diameter and a default spring with a smaller coil diameter are connected via a connection arm formed with a spring hook. The spring with a smaller coil diameter is... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080087249 - Crank angle detector of internal combustion engine and ignition timing controller: A crank angle detector and an ignition timing controller comprises a rotor rotated in association with a crank shaft of an internal combustion engine and having detection portions to be detected at equivalent angle intervals in the outer circumference; and a pickup arranged in the vicinity of the outer circumference... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080087250 - Method for controlling a fuel injector: A method of controlling a fuel injector is disclosed. Multiple airflow rate regimes are associated with different fuel injection control methods. In one example, a low airflow rate regime is associated with a speed density control method and a high airflow rate regime is associated with an airflow meter control... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20080087251 - Fuel injection control apparatus and method for direct injection internal combustion engine: In a direct injection internal combustion engine (10) which switches a fuel injection mode between a batch injection in which fuel is injected once and a split injection in which fuel is injected at a plurality of timings, a fuel increase amount is set larger for the split injection than... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080087253 - Hydraulic damper element: A damper element for damping pressure pulsations in a liquid includes a first side including a first wall portion at least partially defining a chamber containing a gas and a second side including a second wall portion at least partially defining the gas-containing chamber. The second side is overlappingly joined... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080087254 - Solenoid operated valve device designed to ensure high responsiveness of valve action: A solenoid-operated valve device is provided which includes a valve, a solenoid actuator designed to be supplied with electric power from a battery to operate on voltage substantially identical with that outputted from the battery to move the valve, and a controller working to energize said solenoid actuator. Prior to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080087256 - Advance arrangements: An advance arrangement for use in controlling timing of fuel delivery by a fuel pump for use in an engine comprises an advance piston (12) which is slidable within a first bore (14) and which cooperates, in use, with a cam arrangement of a fuel pump to adjust the timing... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080087257 - Internal combustion engine with shared holding tank in cylinder head for elevated expansion ratio: An internal combustion engine with a plurality of cylinders operating in a four-stroke mode, with pistons moving with reciprocating motion, employs at least one holding tank shared among a plurality of cylinders, and wherein the holding tank conveys a pre-combustion gas (fuel-air mix in gasoline engines) from the cylinders via... Agent: David M. Warren

20080087258 - Method and system for reducing pollutant emissions of an engine: A system for reducing pollutant emissions may include an engine, an intake system fluidly connected to the engine for supplying air into the engine, and a carbon dioxide supply fluidly connected to the intake system. The system may further include a controller operatively associated to the carbon dioxide supply and... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080087259 - Air-fuel ratio control system and method for internal combustion engine: An air-fuel ratio control system includes: a catalyst; an A/F sensor provided upstream of the catalyst; an oxygen concentration sensor provided downstream of the catalyst; an output value estimation portion that estimates the output value of the oxygen concentration sensor using a model related to the catalyst and the oxygen... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080087260 - Air-fuel ratio control system for internal combustion engine: When detecting the data showing an output characteristics of an air-fuel ratio sensor, the air-fuel ratio (feed air-fuel ratio) supplied to each cylinder is alternately changed to rich or lean by a predetermined ratio (X %). And then, the average value of the detected air-fuel ratio λ in the rich... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080083383 - Valve timing adjusting device: In a valve timing adjusting device, a support section of a planetary carrier supporting a planetary rotator to enable sun-and-planet motion is located on an inner peripheral side of a first center, which is a tooth contact center between a first gear section of the first rotator and a third... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080083384 - Valve timing controller: A valve timing controller has an electric motor, a control circuit which controls the motor, a first rotor that rotates along with a crankshaft, and a second rotor that is rotates along with a camshaft. A phase adjusting mechanism adjusts the rotational phase between the first rotor and the second... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080083385 - Cylinder deactivation system for vehicle and variable valve lift system using the same: A cylinder deactivation system for a vehicle and a variable valve lift system is fabricated with an end pivot structure that can control two valves at the same time. The structure ensures reliability since a latching pin does not receive a shear force and provides an excellent assemblage and a... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080083386 - Variable valve lift follower for vehicle: A variable valve lift follower for a vehicle includes an outer body receiving a rotational force from a high lift cam; an inner body with a first end portion hinge-connected with the outer body, receiving a rotational force from a low lift cam; a hydraulic lash adjuster (HLA) contact portion... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080083387 - Valve timing controller: A valve timing controller has a shaft body as an output rotor, a torque generating system which generates the controlling torque outputted from the shaft body, and a planet carrier as an input rotor connected with the shaft body. A phase adjusting mechanism adjusts the relative rotational phase between a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080083388 - Valve timing controller: A valve timing controller includes a first rotor having a first gear, a second rotor having a second gear, and a planet gear engaged with the first and the second gear. The first rotor has the support opening and accommodates the second rotor therein. The second rotor has the supporting... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080083389 - Hydraulic circuit for switchable cam followers: An oil distribution system for an internal combustion engine comprising a longitudinal bore in the engine head or block connected to an engine oil pump. A longitudinal insert is disposed in the engine bore, the insert being formed and disposed to define segmented galleries within the bore, a first oil... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080083382 - Pushrod engine with multiple independent lash adjusters for each pushrod: A multiple-cylinder internal combustion engine having a camshaft-driven valvetrain with a camshaft disposed within an engine block includes at least two intake and/or exhaust valves with multiple valves operated by a common lifter and pushrod that engages a follower having multiple independent lash adjusters coupled to associated rocker arms. The... Agent: Bir Law, Plc/fgtl

20080083381 - Two-stroke internal combustion engine: A two-stroke internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder (1), comprising a crankcase (2) flow-connected to the cylinder (1) by at least one transfer passage (3) and provided with an air intake manifold (4) and comprising an injection device for optional introduction of a fuel into the cylinder (1)... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080083390 - Stopping position control apparatus and method for internal combustion engine: A stopping position control apparatus and method for an internal combustion engine, over which an automatic stop/restart control is executed, is suggested. With the stopping position control apparatus and method, the crankshaft stopping position control is executed accurately by minimizing the influence of the loads placed on the internal combustion... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080083391 - Raw material powder for laser clad valve seat and valve seat using the same: There are disclosed a laser clad valve seat raw-material powder superior in productivity, cladding property, wear resistance and finishing property, and a laser clad valve seat using the same superior in wear resistance. The row-material powder comprises a powder mixture comprising: 80 to 99% by weight of a Cu-based alloy... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20080083392 - Engine lubrication method: An engine lubrication method is provided. The four-cycle engine has a lightweight aluminum alloy engine block having a cylindrical bore and an enclosed oil reservoir formed therein. A crankshaft is rotatably mounted in the engine block for rotation about a crankshaft axis. A piston reciprocates within the bore and is... Agent: Anderson Kill & Olick, P.c.

20080083393 - Active air intake for an engine: An intake system for a motorcycle having an engine. The intake system includes an air box having a first opening for receiving intake air and a second opening for supplying the intake air from the air box to a throttle assembly of the engine. A filter element is disposed within... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080083394 - Electronic throttle control apparatus: An electronic throttle control apparatus includes: a motor; a throttle valve which is driven by the motor to open and close; a throttle sensor for detecting an actual opening angle of the throttle valve. This electronic throttle control apparatus is arranged to control an opening angle of the throttle valve... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080083395 - Method and apparatus for generating crankshaft synchronized sine wave: A method of generating a crankshaft synchronized sine wave signal for an internal combustion engine is provided. The method includes the steps of: A) sensing an observed crankshaft angle of the crankshaft; B) using a dynamic observer to generate an estimated crankshaft angle from said observed crankshaft angle; and C)... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080083396 - Supercharger: A supercharger includes a housing and a turbine shaft supported by the center hole within the housing through rolling bearings. A cooling water jacket within the housing is provided within the main body portion of the housing. The rolling bearings are supplied with lubricant by a tank portion formed within... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080083397 - Supercharger: A turbine shaft to which a turbine is fixed is supported by a bearing supporting member via bearings so as to rotate freely. The bearing supporting member is supported by a housing via the damper member. The damper member is formed by knitting a wire made of metal.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080083399 - Blow-by gas processing apparatus: An intake passage has an upstream portion in an upstream side of a supercharger, an intermediate portion between a supercharger and a throttle valve, and a downstream portion in a downstream side of the throttle valve. A first breather passage connects an interior of an engine with the downstream portion.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080083398 - Breather assembly for an internal combustion engine: A rocker box assembly for a motorcycle engine having a cylinder head. The rocker box assembly includes a base, a cover, and a breather assembly. The base is configured to be coupled to the cylinder head. The cover is coupled to the base and cooperates with the base to it... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080078340 - Fan module motor mont arms with shape optimization: A fan module (10) for mounting a fan of a vehicle includes a base (12), a motor mount (14) constructed and arranged to mount a fan motor thereto, and a plurality of connecting elements (16) each having a radial axis and an axis generally transverse to the radial axis. Each... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080078341 - Variable valve timing mechanism for internal combustion engine: A variable valve timing mechanism comprises a drive shaft including a rocker arm, a control shaft, a stopper, a first spring member and a second spring member. The rocker arm opens and closes at least one of an intake/exhaust valve in response to rotation of the drive shaft. The control... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080078342 - Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine: In a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, a hydraulic valve rest mechanism is mounted on a valve operating device, which performs open-close driving of an engine valve which is arranged in a cylinder head of an engine body having a plurality of cylinders in an openable-and-closable manner. The hydraulic valve rest... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080078343 - Bias spring arbor for a camshaft phaser: A torque bias coil spring for a camshaft phaser disposed in an annular well formed in the phaser rotor and having a central arbor for supporting the spring. The radius of the central arbor is such that the spring has radial operating clearance of 5-10%, as in the prior art.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080078344 - Corner cam assembly: A corner cam assembly for use with a forming die and including a generally cylindrical inner cam component, an outer cam component, a base, and a retainer unit. Contoured contact surfaces on the inner and outer cam components enable the components to slide past one another during transitions between retracted... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080078345 - Phaser-actuated continuously variable valve actuation system with lost motion capability: A system for continuously varying actuation of a valve in an internal combustion engine including a first cam for opening the valve, a second cam for closing the valve, and an oscillating rocker arm continuously engaging each of the first cam, the second cam, and the valvetrain, with the aid... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080078346 - System for selectively varying engine valve open duration: A continuously variable valve duration system including a rocker assembly acted upon by two off-spaced camshafts for selectively varying the closing point of a valve in an internal combustion engine. An opening camshaft is rotatably driven by the engine crankshaft and controls at least the opening and point of the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080078338 - Adjusting apparatus particularly for an internal combustion engine: In an adjusting apparatus, particularly for an internal combustion engine having cylinders arranged in an engine block, with a crankshaft and with pistons movably disposed in the cylinders, the adjusting apparatus includes a pick-up which causes an adjustment of an adjustable device, and an adjusting element which is operatively connected... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080078339 - Piston for an internal combustion engine and combination a piston provided with an oil injection device: The invention relates to a piston for an internal combustion device, comprising at least one cooling channel, characterized by the fact that the cooling channel comprises at least two sections which, when seen from above, are located along the piston axis and/or on different levels in the radial direction, and/or... Agent: Robert L. Stearns Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080078347 - Laser ignition device: A laser ignition arrangement for an internal combustion engine, in particular for a gas Otto engine, comprising at least one pump light source (1) and at least one laser resonator (2) which is longitudinally pumped by the pump light source (1) and in particular passively Q-switched, and in particular comprising... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080078348 - Detachable starter box for remote-control toy car: A detachable starter box includes two master racks, two links coupled between the master racks for enabling the master racks to be moved between a first position where the master racks are kept apart in a parallel manner at a distance and a second position where the master racks are... Agent: Richard P. Berg Ladas & Parry

20080078349 - Intake device of v-type internal combustion engine: An intake device of a V-type internal combustion engine is provided. In the V-type internal combustion engine, a pair of banks is mounted on an engine body in an approximately V-shape, and a throttle body connected to intake ports of cylinder heads of the banks is arranged between the banks.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080078350 - Hand-free starter for power generator: A power generator includes a supporting frame, a generator supported by the supporting frame, and an engine mechanism including an engine driving the generator and a recoil starter for starting the engine via starter cable. The power generator further includes a hand-free starter arrangement which includes a foot pedal movably... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20080078351 - Axial flow rotary valve for an engine: An axial flow rotary valve (1) for an engine, the valve rotatable about an axis (12). The valve having an inlet port (2) extending from an axial opening (5) and terminating as a peripheral opening (7). The port having a throat (22), with a cross sectional area at least 2%... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080078352 - Lubrication device for engine and outboard engine system: A lubrication device for an engine, includes: an oil pan which is disposed at a lower portion of an engine and stores lubrication oil; an oil pump which is disposed above the oil pan and driven by the engine; a suction oil passage which guides the oil in the oil... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080078353 - Connecting rod for internal combustion engine: A connecting rod may include a through-hole formed in the skirt. The through-hole is disposed at a region of the relative movement of the big end to the crank pin (an upstream rotation region). Accordingly, the load transmission between the bearing shell and the crank pin at the upstream rotation... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080078354 - Method, computer software code, and system for restoration of master and articulating rods: A method for restoring a length of at least one of a master rod and an articulating rod, the method including determining a length of the rod, if the rod is within an acceptable length, cleaning the rod, applying a masking material to a part of the rod to be... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20080078355 - Electronic throttle control device in v-type internal combustion engine for vehicle: An electronic throttle control device in a internal combustion engine for a vehicle can be improved in maintainability and can be reduced in size. An electronic throttle control device in a V-type internal combustion engine for a vehicle has a fuel injection valve and throttle valves in an intake passage.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080078357 - Air intake control system for internal combustion engine of a vehicle: An air intake control system is provided for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle. The control system includes an intake port of a cylinder head for an engine main body, a throttle body having a throttle valve and connected to the intake port, an electric actuator having an electric... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080078356 - Control device for internal-combustion engine: A control device for an internal-combustion engine has a casing having an intake passage through which intake air is supplied to a combustion chamber of the internal-combustion engine, an intake air control valve which is arranged at the intake passage, an actuator for actuating a shaft of the intake air... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080078358 - Engine controller: An engine controller controls an actuator for selectively executing spark-ignited combustion and compression-ignited combustion of an internal combustion engine in accordance with an engine operational state. The controller is comprises of a deterioration recognition section for recognizing a deterioration state of the engine or the actuator during the spark-ignited combustion.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080078359 - Method and system for closed loop combustion control of a lean-burn reciprocating engine using ionization detection: A system and method for controlling knock in a lean burn internal combustion (IC) engine includes a spark plug having an electrode, an electrical circuit, and a controller. The electrical circuit is configured to provide a first voltage to the electrode and detect an ion current during a thermal-ionization phase... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (zps)

20080078360 - Internal combustion engine and vehicle having the same: An internal combustion engine performs an ignition timing control by an electronic control in accordance with a pulse signal from a pulser. The pulser generates a plurality of the pulser signals per one rotation of the internal combustion engine. An ignition timing control system calculates a reduction amount of a... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080078361 - Method of crank signal disturbance compensation: An engine system that compensates for disturbances in a crankshaft signal is provided. The system includes: an error module that computes an error between an ideal period and an actual period of a crankshaft signal; a correction factor module that determines a correction factor based on the error; and a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080078362 - Variable discharge pump having single control valve: A pumping arrangement for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The pumping arrangement may have a first pumping chamber, a second pumping chamber, a first plunger, and a second plunger. The first and second plungers may be movable within the first and second pumping chambers between first and second spaced... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080078363 - Fuel vaporization system and method: The invention relates to a system and method for vaporizing liquid fuel. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention includes a pressurized air source, a liquid fuel source, a fuel/air mixer for combining air from the compressed air source and fuel from the fuel source into a fuel/air mixture, and a... Agent: Alan J. Howarth

20080078364 - Method and apparatus for increasing power of a diesel engine by continuously heating the fuel: e

20080078365 - Internal-combustion engine and method of disposing ignition plug thereof: An internal-combustion engine is disclosed in which a pair of inlet valves and a pair of outlet valves are provided within the combustion chamber formed in each of a row of cylinders. A first ignition plug is disposed in the cylinder head within a central area of the combustion chamber... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC