Internal-combustion engines inventions 06/08

20080149049 - System and method for converting clearance data into vibration data: Embodiments described herein generally relate to a method of measuring the vibration of an aircraft engine. One embodiment herein provides an engine monitoring system either connected to and/or positioned in close proximity to an aircraft engine. Also provided is a clearance measuring device within the engine monitoring system. The clearanceometer... Agent: General Electric Company

20080149050 - Plasma reformer and internal combustion engine system having the same: A plasma reformer includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an insulating member, an atomizing device and a power supply. A discharge gap is defined between the first electrode and the second electrode. The insulating member is arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode to insulating the first... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080149051 - Centrifugal fluid pump: A centrifugal fluid pump for circulating fluid through an engine's cooling system includes a body configured to be at least partially received within a bore in the engine, a shaft having an impeller rotatably connected to the body, the impeller being positioned to move fluid through the engine, and a... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080149052 - Engine having axially opposed cylinders: This invention relates to an engine (5) having axially opposed cylinders (C). The engine (5) has a first cylinder (C) having a first cylinder opening and a first cylinder head (H), a first piston (10) that reciprocates in the first cylinder opening, a second cylinder (C) having a second cylinder... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080149054 - Hydraulic cam follower: A hydraulic cam follower (1), such as a roller tappet, is provided. This is used for the actuation of two identically operating gas-exchange valves and should be installed inclined to the direction of the force of gravity. The cam follower (1) comprises a pot-shaped housing (2), whose bottom (3) is... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20080149055 - Internal combustion engine with intake valves having a variable actuation and a lift profile including a constant lift boot portion: An internal combustion engine is equipped with a variable actuation system for the intake valves including a chamber of fluid under pressure interposed between the intake valve and the respective controlling cam, and a solenoid valve whose opening causes the pressure chamber to discharge such as to determine the rapid... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080149053 - Valve actuation system for internal combustion engine: A valve actuation system for an engine is provided. The valve actuation system can include two or more engine cylinders, each cylinder having at least one intake valve configured to control air-flow into each of the two or more cylinders and at least one exhaust valve configured to control the... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080149056 - Camshaft adjuster control valve arrangement: In a camshaft adjuster control valve arrangement including a valve housing in the form of a central screw, the valve housing has a central passage of essentially constant diameter extending fully through the central screw.... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080149057 - Camshaft adjusting device: In a camshaft adjusting device including a vane cell adjuster component for coupling a camshaft to a crankshaft to be driven by the crankshaft in an adjustable angular relationship, wherein a vane rotor is mounted onto the camshaft by a central hollow clamping bolt including a control valve for controlling... Agent: Klaus J. Bach & Associates Patents And Trademarks

20080149058 - Actuator and control method for variable valve timing (vvt) mechanism: A variable valve timing system includes a toothed rotating sleeve, a rack, and an actuator. The rack has a first end, a second end with a plurality of teeth in meshing contact with the teeth of rotating sleeves of the valve and being linearly moveable to rotate the sleeves. The... Agent: Borgwarner Inc. C/o Brown & Michaels, Pc

20080149059 - Switching finger follower assembly: A two-step finger follower rocker arm assembly comprising a follower body having a first end for engaging the engine and a second end for engaging a valve stem of the gas valve. The follower body has a passage formed in the body between the first and second ends and has... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080149060 - Intake manifold: An improved in intake manifold for a carbureted, vee type of internal combustion engine is comprised of at least two members, a fuel-oxidizer flow member and an isolator member. The flow member is removably connected to the isolator member. The isolator member is connected at a bottom surface to a... Agent: Richard M. Saccocio, P.a.

20080149061 - Method and control unit for checking an adjustment of a length of an intake manifold in an internal combustion engine: A method checks the adjustment of the length or volume of an intake manifold in an internal combustion engine which, when there is a functionally capable adjustment of the length of the intake manifold, is operated with a first, comparatively large intake manifold length when there is a first, comparatively... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080149062 - Gas shuttle valve provided with an anti-corrosive layer: A gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine having a valve cone essentially made of a valve shaft, which passes into a valve plate while forming a hollow cone, and the valve cone or at least the valve shaft up into the area of the hollow cone being manufactured... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080149063 - Internal combustion engine: A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine wherein intake openings to the cylinder are partly surrounded by a mask formed by a material projection of the top face of the combustion chamber, a contour of the mask having a flat main section of maximum height between an ascending and... Agent: Dykema Gossett Pllc

20080149064 - Supporting structure and a supporting member for a camshaft: In a process of mounting a camshaft 20 to a supporting member 10, a shaft body 21 is firstly inserted into a first bearing hole 13F in the front side of the supporting member 10, before the shaft body 21 is axially moved toward the second bearing hole 13R. In... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080149065 - Cylinder head cover for an internal combustion engine: A cylinder head cover for an internal combustion engine includes an oil separator with a vortex chamber extending in a longitudinal direction from a proximal end to a distal end. Said vortex chamber comprises an essentially pipe-shaped wall extending in said longitudinal direction, a gas inlet arranged at said proximal... Agent: Venable LLP

20080149066 - Aspiration plate for planetary rotary internal combustion engine: An apparatus for an aspiration plate for a rotary internal combustion engine. The engine has three rotating members that orbit about the center of a three-armed rotor as the rotor rotates within a housing with three lobes. The tips of the rotating members engage the lobes and a circular cutout... Agent: Knox Patents

20080149067 - Powertrain including a rotary ic engine and a continuously variable planetary gear unit: A powertrain for driving a motor vehicle includes an internal combustion engine including first and second rotors supported for rotation about an axis, a first epicyclic gear unit including a first component fixed against rotation, a first driving component, and a first driven component, a first power path alternately producing... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, Llc

20080149068 - Internal combustion engine provided with a valve opening variation system and vehicle equipped with such engine: p

20080149069 - Fuel injection system: A fuel injection system having a high-pressure accumulator, in which fuel may be stored at high pressure, at least one fuel injector via which the fuel located in the high-pressure accumulator may be injected into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine being connectable to the high-pressure accumulator. A... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080149070 - Actuator for actuating a fuel injection valve: An actuator for actuating a fuel injection valve has a piezoactuator, enclosed in an actuator housing unit (14, 16). The housing unit has a cylindrical actuator housing (14) which is elongate in its axial direction (A) and at least partially encased by an extruded plastic coat. The actuator housing unit... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p. Patent Department

20080149071 - Electromagnetic valve device and fuel injection apparatus with the valve device: A compact electromagnetic valve device for fuel injection apparatus for engines is provided with which occurrence of cavitation erosion due to rapid change in pressure in a small gap is prevented without increasing in size. Through holes are drilled in a platy armature connected to a poppet valve for opening... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080149072 - Circuit arrangement and method for operating an injector arrangement: In a circuit arrangement (10a) for operating an injector arrangement (12a) for injecting fuel in an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, in order to obtain information easily as to the degree to which each valve is open when the injector arrangement is in operation, a measuring signal (S0)... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p. Patent Department

20080149073 - Fuel injection control apparatus: A fuel injection control apparatus is provided with respect to a port-injection type engine that is configured to execute sequential fuel injection during normal operation and cut the fuel supply when a certain operating condition exists. The fuel injection control apparatus has a fuel injection control section that is configured... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080149074 - Fuel supply device: In a fuel supply device for the supply of fuel from a fuel tank to an internal combustion engine, with at least one electrically driven fuel pump arranged in the fuel tank which pump conveys fuel out of a fuel tank to the internal combustion engine via a fuel supply... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080149075 - Canister device: A canister device includes a main canister, a sub-canister, and a hose. The main canister includes a charging port, a purging port, and a main canister-side connection port. The sub-canister is separated from the main canister and located on a side of the main canister, and includes a drain port... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080149076 - Fuel system for an internal combustion engine: A fuel system for an internal combustion engine includes a delivery unit and a pressure region into which the delivery unit feeds; the fuel system includes at least one heater and a control unit, which activates the heater when the delivery unit is switched off so that the pressure in... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080149077 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: A method for operating an internal combustion engine in which fresh air, under ambient pressure, is compressed with the aid of a compressor, in particular an exhaust gas turbocharger, and supplied to a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine via a throttle device, the rotational speed of the compressor... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080149078 - Exhaust gas recirculation methods and apparatus for reducing nox emissions from internal combustion engines: A method of operating an internal combustion engine employs exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) in combination with directly injected gaseous fuels that are burned within the engine in a stratified combustion mode. An engine that employs EGR includes an injector adapted to provide a high pressure quantity of fuel into a... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080149079 - Exhaust gas recirculation system module with integral vacuum: A system module is provided for recirculating exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine to an intake manifold of the internal combustion engine. The module includes a body (12) including a passageway (41) between an exhaust gas inlet (32) and an exhaust gas outlet (34). An orifice (36) constricts the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080149080 - Internal combustion engine and method for operating an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine, wherein exhaust gas produced by the internal combustion engine is returned to the internal combustion engine via an exhaust gas recirculation device, which comprises at least two cooling units with each of which a bypass is associated, the... Agent: Stevens Davis LLP

20080149081 - Real-time, table-based estimation of diesel engine emissions: A real-time, on board, diesel engine emissions estimation with an empirical, table-based approach that accounts for up to eight (8) input parameters, for optimum emissions estimation under steady state or transient engine operation. The method considers a steady state NOx model, steady state Particulate Matter model, transient NOx model and... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080149082 - Oil separator: A device for separation of oil from the hot gases (5) that are ventilated out from the crank house of a combustion engine. The separation is accomplished by contacting th gases with a cold wall (2) where the oil deposits and is then drained away. The wall (2 is kept... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080149083 - Plasma ignition system: A plasma ignition system has an electromagnetic noise reduction circuit in addition to a discharge power circuit, a plasma generating power circuit, a plasma ignition plug, a discharging wire and a plasma generating wire. The noise reduction circuit includes a first rectifier connected to the discharging wire, a second rectifier... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080141966 - Efficient 5-phase motor with turbo and two compressible chambers: An efficient novel motor is described which works with hydrogen. The motor has 2 compressible chambers for better control of fuel and oxidant ratios. A turbogenerator is utilized to ventilate interior and exterior parts as well as generate electricity to transform waste water into fuel.... Agent: Efficient Hydrogen Motors

20080141954 - Vapor cooling of detonation engines: An engine cooling system includes a combustion chamber assembly configured to generate detonation waves and a first vapor cooling assembly. The combustion chamber assembly defines a flowpath between an inner liner and an outer liner. The first vapor cooling assembly includes a vaporization section located adjacent to the flowpath and... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.a.

20080141955 - Vehicle reservoir tank system: A vehicle reservoir tank includes first and second end walls, first and second side walls, upper and lower walls, and a projection. A fluid port is formed in a lower end of the first end wall. The first and second side walls extend between the first and second end walls... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080141956 - Double piston cycle engine: A Dual Piston Cycle Engine utilizes a unique dual piston apparatus that includes: a first cylinder and housing a second cylinder thermally isolated from the first cylinder and housing a second piston therein; an intake valve coupled to the first cylinder for allowing a fuel mixture to enter into the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080141957 - Valve performing detection and modification strategy for internal combustion engine: A method for operating a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine includes controlling opening of intake or exhaust valves, via a step of generating a control current in a control circuit for an electrical actuator coupled with the valve. The control circuit is then monitored for an induced current that differs from... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper

20080141958 - Variable valve lift apparatus: A variable valve lift apparatus includes a cam, a camshaft that rotates the cam, at least one cam follower selectively connected to an end lever such that the cam follower opens and closes a valve corresponding to rotation of the cam, and a variable device selectively connecting the cam follower... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Counselors At Law

20080141959 - System for controlling variable valve: A system for controlling variable valve includes a crank angle sensor detecting an angle of a crankshaft, an engine control unit (ECU) (ECU) outputting a control signal to the intake and exhaust valves by receiving a sensing signal from the crank angle sensor, a control portion transmitting the signal input... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080141960 - Variable valve actuation system having a crank-based actuation transmission: A variable valve actuation system having a crank-based eccentric transmission driven by an electric motor to control valve lift, duration, and phasing in the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. A rocker sub-assembly for each valve is pivotably disposed on a pivot shaft between the camshaft and the roller... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080141961 - Variable valve system for internal combustion engine: A variable valve system for an internal combustion engine includes a drive shaft rotated by an engine crankshaft, a drive cam integrally mounted on the drive shaft, first and second swing cams mounted on first and second engine valves in each engine cylinder, a valve lift mechanism for converting a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080141963 - Camshaft operating unit: In a camshaft operating unit having a friction torque variation simulation arrangement for controlling a camshaft adjustment device with at least two camshafts one of which is at least adjustable camshaft and at least one camshaft adjusting unit, the friction torque variation simulation arrangement is provided to simulate a friction... Agent: Klaus J. Bach & Associates Patents And Trademarks

20080141962 - Rotor and stator seals for a vane-type camshaft phaser: A vane-type camshaft phaser includes a rotor having a plurality of vanes disposed in a stator having a plurality of lobes, the interspersion of vanes and lobes defining a plurality of alternating valve timing advance and valve timing retard chambers. Each vane and lobe tip is provided with an axially... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080141964 - Rocker arm apparatus for engine cylinder deactivation: For this, the present invention provides a rocker arm apparatus for cylinder deactivation including: a rocker arm; a restoring spring supported at the bottom of a rear end portion of the rocker arm; a roller coupled to the rocker arm to be pressed by a cam; a pair of rocker... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080141965 - Hydraulic cam follower: A hydraulic cam follower (1) for the simultaneous actuation of several equal-acting gas-exchange valves is provided, especially for a tappet pushrod valve train of an internal combustion engine, and includes an outer part (2), whose base (3) forms or is at least indirectly connected to a cam contacting surface (4)... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20080141967 - Plasma ignition device: A plasma ignition device is provided with a plasma ignition plug having an insulation member to insulate a center electrode from a ground electrode, and electric power supply circuits to apply high voltages to the plasma ignition plug. The plasma ignition device activates the gas in a discharge space of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080141968 - Intake manifold assembly: An intake manifold assembly is provided having a plenum and an intake runner in communication with the plenum. The intake runner has an outlet end. A selectively closeable throttle plate is disposed within the intake runner and is operable to selectively limit the flow of intake air through the intake... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080141970 - Air induction system and assembly method for an intake manifold with a single shaft and sensor for activating air control valves: The present invention utilizes a single shaft with cam-actuated control valves and one linear solenoid for control of air flow control vales in the air induction system for a V-type engine. According to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the single shaft and one sensor are utilized to activate... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20080141969 - Intake manifold regulators for internal combustion engines: The present invention provides an internal combustion engine including an engine housing, a crankshaft rotatably supported in the engine housing, a cylinder, a piston movable within the cylinder, a combustion chamber in fluid communication with the cylinder, a fuel system configured to provide fuel to the combustion chamber, an intake... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080141971 - Cylinder head and exhaust system of a multi-cylinder engine: Exhaust passages are integrally formed in at least a projection portion protruded from a side portion of a cylinder head. Interference between a vehicle body and an exhaust manifold can be reduced in a limited engine compartment space and engine performance can thereby be improved,... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080141972 - Rotors having flow-modifying members for use in rotary engines: A rotor for use in a rotary internal combustion engine comprises an opening configured to receive an output shaft, a plurality of faces disposed circumferentially around the opening, a recessed pocket disposed in one of the faces, and a flow-modifying member secured to the one face. The flow-modifying member modifies... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.a.

20080141973 - Hybrid cycle rotary engine: An internal combustion engine includes in one aspect a source of a pressurized working medium and an expander. The expander has a housing and a piston, movably mounted within and with respect to the housing, to perform one of rotation and reciprocation, each complete rotation or reciprocation defining at least... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080141974 - Rotary engine system: A rotary engine includes a housing defining an enclosed spherical space, a housing chamber formed in an inner surface of the spherical space, a spherical rotor rotatably mounted within the spherical space, and a rotor chamber formed in an outer surface of the rotor. The housing chamber and the rotor... Agent: Robert A. Parsons

20080141975 - Method for adapting a measured value of an air mass sensor: A method for adapting a measured value (MW1) of an air mass sensor comprises the steps pf determining a correction value (KW) in the event of predetermined operating conditions (BB1), namely depending on the measured value (MW1) and a comparative value (VW) which in turn depends on at least one... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p. Patent Department

20080141976 - Throttle valve controller for internal combustion engine: The above-mentioned object is attained by a throttle valve controller for an internal combustion engine, which comprises: a throttle valve which is driven by a motor; means for determining the target opening of the throttle valve based on the operating state of the vehicle or internal combustion engine; a first... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080141977 - Electronic-injection fuel-supply system: Described herein is an electronic-injection fuel-supply system for an internal-combustion engine having at least one injector and a fuel pump; the fuel pump is provided with: a variable-volume pumping chamber; a one-way intake valve; a one-way delivery valve; a mobile piston that integrates within it the intake valve and is... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.l.p.

20080141979 - Injector clamp for vehicle: The present invention relates to an injector clamp for a vehicle and, more particularly, to an injector clamp of a leaf spring type for fixing a piezoelectric injector in a gasoline engine. For this purpose, the present invention provides an injector clamp for a vehicle, of which one side portion... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080141980 - Injector mounting structure of v-type internal combustion engine: An injector mounting structure for a V-type internal combustion engine includes an intake manifold arranged in a V-bank. A fuel supply pipe extends linearly in parallel to a crankshaft and is disposed in the V-bank. A pair of injectors are branched in an inverted V-shape in side view from the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080141978 - O-ring retainer for a fuel injector in a fuel rail socket: An improved O-ring retainer arrangement for retaining an O-ring on a fuel tube of a fuel injector. An overmolded hard plastic ring is disposed on the cylindrical outer surface of the fuel tube. The end of the fuel tube is radially flared to retain the ring on the tube, the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080141981 - Piezoelectric actuator module with a sheathed piezoelectric actuator: A piezoelectric actuator module having a piezoelectric actuator, fastened between an actuator head and an actuator foot, and having a sheath, surrounding the piezoelectric actuator, for electrical passivation, is proposed in which the sheath is an insulation guard layer that is joined by nonpositive and/or positive engagement, by means of... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080141983 - Fuel vapor treatment: A fuel vapor treatment system includes a canister containing an adsorbent, a detector detecting a concentration of a fuel vapor, a purge passage for introducing the mixture gas into an engine, and an ECU which controls a purge based on a detected fuel vapor condition quantity and learns a fuel... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080141982 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: To operate an internal combustion engine subvolumes of the fluid flowing into an intake duct in each instance during a predetermined time period are determined for each period. Tank purging values of a characteristic quantity are determined for each period. The characteristic quantity is representative of a tank purging fuel... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080141984 - Fuel supply system: A fuel supply system of the present invention is characterized by including: a fuel reformer (4) for producing a reformed gas-containing fuel by causing discharge in a raw liquid fuel; and a fuel supply device (8) for supplying the reformed gas-containing fuel or a mixture of the reformed gas-containing fuel... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080141985 - Layered core egr cooler: A combustion engine system (10) includes a combustion engine (11), a coolant system (46), an exhaust gas recirculation loop (32), and an exhaust gas cooler (34) connected in the loop (32) to transfer heat from the recirculating exhaust gas flow to a coolant flow supplied by the coolant system (46).... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080141986 - Ignition system for internal-combustion engine: An ignition system for an internal-combustion engine includes an ignition coil and an ignition control circuit. The ignition coil includes a primary coil and a secondary coil. The ignition control circuit includes a capacitor. The ignition control circuit employs a capacitor discharged ignition method, whereby the ignition control circuit is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080141987 - Ignition coil with wire rope core and method: An ignition coil intended for application in automotive internal combustion engines includes a generally cylindrically magnetic core defining opposed first and second ends and a primary coil concentrically wound externally about the core axially between the opposed ends. A secondary coil assembly including an insulating spool and a secondary coil... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080141988 - Method of controlling post injection in diesel engine: A method of controlling post injection in a diesel engine, including: storing an engine coolant temperature and a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) temperature when the engine is turned off; calculating an SCR temperature and a coolant temperature when the engine is restarted, based on the temperatures when the engine is... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080135005 - Integrated gaseous fuel delivery system: An integrated gaseous fuel delivery system is provided. The system includes a storage tank to hold a gaseous fuel and a pressure regulation system disposed interior the storage tank and configured to regulate a pressure of gaseous fuel delivered from the storage tank.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080134996 - Engine-driven work machine: An engine-driven work machine is provided in which an engine/work machine unit (5) is housed in a box (30) and a cooling fan (15) for generating a flow of cooling air from an air inlet (39) to an air outlet (40) via the surroundings of the engine/work machine unit (5)... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080134997 - Engine-driven work machine: An engine and a generator driven by the engine are resiliently supported on a frame. A duct member is integrally attached to the engine and the generator to define a continuous cooling-air passage between the duct member and outer peripheral surfaces of the engine and the generator. A cooling fan... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080135024 - Internal combusting engine: The offered internal combustion engine may be characterized by two mobile opposite cylinders fixed rigidly to each other. Said cylinders move simultaneously in the same direction. The motions of said cylinders are being transferred via connecting rod and hinges to the rotational movements of the crankshaft. Inside the opposite cylinders... Agent: Sergei Latyshev

20080134998 - Rotary internal combustion engine: A rotary internal combustion engine has a circular inner chamber, which houses a plurality of cylinders with reciprocating pistons that move in a radial direction towards and away from the center of the inner chamber. A flywheel with distinct vanes or portions is positioned for rotation about a central axis... Agent: Keaty Professional Law Corporation Thomas S. Keaty

20080134999 - Internal combustion engine, a method in such an engine, and a method for producing such an engine: The invention relates to an internal combustion engine comprising at least two cylinders, at each of which at least one inlet for at least one combustion ingredient is provided. The engine comprises communication means, adapted to provide communication between at least a first of the cylinders, at which a first... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080135001 - Exhaust valve arrangement and a fuel system incorporating an exhaust valve arrangement: An exhaust valve arrangement for use in a combustion chamber of a compression ignition internal combustion engine, includes a piston which is movable outwardly from the combustion chamber in response to pressure generated within the combustion chamber as a result of combustion, and an outer sleeve within which the piston... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080135000 - Poppet valve operating system for internal combustion engnie: A poppet valve operating system for an internal combustion engine includes poppet valves which are driven by rocker arms rotationally mounted to a rocker shaft. Each of the rocker arms is maintained in axial alignment upon the rocker shaft by a separate, resiliently biased telescoping pin housed in the rocker... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc

20080135002 - Controller for internal combustion engine and method for variable valve timing control for the same: A controller is provided to an engine including a variable valve timing unit for manipulating a valve timing of an intake valve of the engine. The controller includes an idle-continuation determining unit for determining whether an idling operation of the engine is in a continued state. The controller further includes... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080135003 - Oil supply circuit for cylinder deactivation system: An oil supply circuit for a cylinder deactivation system having a simple structure and capable of being installed at a cylinder head without needing additional extraneous elements by forming an oil line within a cam shaft. An embodiment may include a hydraulic pump, a plurality of tappets for controlling opening... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080135004 - Timing phaser control system: A phaser (22) includes a housing (44), a rotor (42), a phaser control valve (36) and a regulated pressure control system (RPCS). The phaser control valve (36) directs fluid to shift the relative angular position of the rotor relative to the housing (44). The RPCS has a controller, which provides... Agent: Borgwarner Inc. C/o Brown & Michaels, Pc

20080135006 - Warming-up apparatus for internal combustion engine: An inexpensive warm-up apparatus for an internal combustion engine having a simple structure and eliminating the need of forming a hole in a heat storage material retainer or the need for a seal around the hole or an electrical circuit. A heat storage material retainer (14) accommodating a latent heat... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080135007 - Induction driven ignition system: An induction driven ignition system with an electrode projecting into the combustion chamber of a reciprocating internal combustion engine. The electrode is adjacent to but electrically insulated from an electrical conductor which receives current at frequencies between 100 to 400 kHz. Thermal insulation is also provided between the electrode and... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080135008 - Fuel pump: A manually operable fuel pump has a housing formed with an inlet port adapted to be connected to a supply of fuel and an outlet port adapted to be connected to a fuel-delivery system, a body in the housing between the ports and formed with a throughgoing main passage that... Agent: K.f. Ross P.c.

20080135009 - Carburetor spacer: A carburetor spacer is provided with isolation means to isolate the flow of atomized fuel from a carburetor to an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine comprising first and second hollow members fitting one inside the other and an elastomeric member interposed between said fitted hollow members. The elastomeric... Agent: Richard M. Saccocio Richard M. Saccocio, P.a.

20080135010 - Intake assembly having helmholtz resonators: An intake assembly operable to communicate intake air to an internal combustion engine is provided. The intake assembly includes an inlet adapter defining a flow conduit through which the intake air may pass and an intake manifold. The inlet adapter is removably mounted with respect to the intake manifold. At... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080135011 - Method and apparatus for forming a septum for an engine intake maniford: In a method for forming an injection molded manifold, the portion of the mold that forms a septum is modified to provide a substantially thicker septum, preferably about 8.5 mm or greater. In the molding operation, one or more removable slides are inserted through this region of the mold, each... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080135012 - Shuba rotary internal combustion engine with rotating combustion chambers: A rotary internal combustion engine has a hollow stator with inner cylindrical surface, and a right-prism rotor having rhombus-shape base with round angles and convex sides whose big diagonal equals the diameter of the stator. Two cavities within the rotor on opposite ends of the big diagonal of rhombus-shape base... Agent: Yaroslav M. Shuba

20080135013 - Paddling blades engine: A paddling blades engine comprising two opposing discs (56) rotatably mounted to mount (72), a plurality of blades (58) rotatably mounted to discs (56) with their axis of rotation parallel to the axis of rotation of the discs (56), a mechanical means to maintain the blades (58) parallel to each... Agent: Abdalla Adel-gary

20080135014 - Compression ignition internal combustion engine: A method for operating an internal combustion engine, injects fuel directly into a combustion chamber as a main injection, a postinjection and optionally also as a preinjection. An injection nozzle with a plurality of injection bores effects the preinjection and the postinjection preferably which is carried out cyclically. To minimize... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080135015 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: Fuel, especially ethanol, is injected in an internal combustion engine via at least one injection device into a combustion chamber, with the injection pressure of the fuel being temporarily increased during the starting phase of the internal combustion engine. The injected fuel quantity is divided among several injections in the... Agent: Dykema Gossett Pllc

20080135016 - Direct fuel injection-type spark ignition internal combustion engine: When a homogeneous combustion is to be executed at a lean air-fuel ratio, a tumbling flow that whirls in the cylinder descending in the cylinder bore on the exhaust valve side and ascending in the cylinder bore on the intake valve side, is intensified by the fuel that is injected... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080135017 - Ignition device of ignition control system for an internal combustion engine: An ignition device, including: an ignition coil (1) having a primary coil and a secondary coil; a switching element (5) for causing a primary current to be conducted through and shut off from the primary coil of the ignition coil; a waveform shaping circuit (6) for shaping a waveform of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080135018 - Multi-chambered fuel enrichment device: A fuel enrichment device includes a body forming a first fuel chamber and a second fuel chamber. The second fuel chamber is adapted to contain a predetermined amount of enriching fuel to be provided to an engine. A normally open valve connects the first fuel chamber to the second fuel... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080135019 - Electronic pressure reducer or regulator unit for feeding gas, particularly methane or hydrogen, to an internal compustion engine, and gas feeding system including this unit: Provided in a gas-feed system, in particular a system for supplying methane or hydrogen to an internal-combustion engine, is an electronic pressure-reducer or pressure-regulator unit, integrated in which are both a pressure-reducing valve for reducing the pressure of the gas coming from the fuel tank to a value suitable for... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti Pc

20080135020 - Automotive modular lpg injector: A fuel injector for use with LPG or other volatile fuels has fuel inlets through a cylindrical wall of a valve group tube assembly. Fuel venting is along a longitudinal axis of the fuel injector to an end opposite the injection end. An O-ring retaining cup is welded to the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080135021 - Engine dynamic load leveling: A method for controlling an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders using electronic valve actuation, including operating a first portion of the cylinders in a homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) mode, operating a second portion of the cylinders in a non-HCCI mode, and adjusting the valve timing of... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080135022 - Control circuit for an actuator: The control circuit (100) has an inductor (T), preferably having a core and having multiple windings (T1a, T1b, T1c, T1d, T1a′, T1b′, T1c′), the windings (T1a, T1b, T1c, T1d, T1a′, T1b′, T1c′) being designed and connected to the control circuit (100) in such a way that a control current (i—1)... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080135023 - System for automatically changing fuel passages: The present invention provides systems which can automatically switch passages of a fuel supply line and a fuel return line when the pressure in a fuel return line becomes higher than a predetermined pressure. Even when the fuel supply and return lines are incorrectly connected, the present systems can prevent... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080135025 - System for detecting purge valve malfunction: A diagnostic control system for a purge valve that regulates fuel vapor flow from a fuel system into an intake manifold for an engine includes a calculation module and a malfunction module. The calculation module estimates a plurality of areas based on a plurality of pressure signals and calculates an... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080135026 - Exhaust-gas recirculation system: An exhaust-gas introducing passage is branched, on an outlet side of a valve, into parts, correspondingly to the number of an exhaust port of an internal combustion engine and the branching section is located at a position directly opposed to a movable valving element of the valve so as to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080135027 - Internal-combustion and burnt gas scavenging supercharged engine with at least two intake means: According to the invention, the fuel injection means comprises an injector (26) with two nozzles (28, 30) allowing, when the engine runs in scavenging mode, injection intake means (16) to be supplied with fuel through one (30) of the nozzles only and, when the engine runs under conventional conditions, scavenging... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080135028 - Arrangement for recirculation of exhaust gases of a charged internal combustion engine in a vehicle: The present invention relates to an arrangement for recirculation of exhaust gases of a supercharged combustion engine (1) in a vehicle. The arrangement comprises an inlet line (10) for supply of compressed air to the combustion engine (1). The inlet line (10) comprises a charge air cooler (11) for cooling... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080135029 - Method for controlling a valve for an exhaust system: An exhaust gas heat exchanger system of a combustion engine has a bypass duct and a heat exchanger duct with a heat exchanger. A valve is controlled by determining when heat is to be transferred from exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust system to the heat exchanger. When heat is... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.c.

20080135030 - Oil separator insert for a cover of an internal combustion engine: An oil separator insert for a cover or a housing of an internal combustion engine comprises a stem member and at least one helical surface member arranged along the circumference of said stem member such that a helical channel is formed by said helical surface member. Said helical channel is... Agent: Venable LLP

20080127925 - Water fueled engine: A water fueled engine, which purifies, heats and cracks water into its constituent elements in gaseous form, stores the hydrogen and oxygen separately under pressure, feeds the hydrogen to a combustion engine where it is reacted in the presence of atmospheric air, transferring the heat generated from the reaction to... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20080127912 - Engine-driven work machine: An engine-driven work machine is provided in which an engine/work machine unit (5) and an exhaust muffler (23) are housed in a box (30), the box (30) is provided with a cooling air passage (44) that passes the area around the engine/work machine unit (5) and the exhaust muffler (23),... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080127931 - Method and apparatus for extending high load operation in a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine: A method for controlling combustion within an internal combustion engine includes operating the engine in one of an HCCI and SI combustion modes and injecting water into a combustion chamber of the engine during at least periods of relatively high engine load conditions, the injecting water absorbing heat to reduce... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, Pllc

20080127932 - Diesel conversion to pneumatic engine zero emissions and fuel cost: A method of converting a diesel engine to a fuel-free and pollution-free pneumatic engine has been disclosed. A conventional diesel engine can be converted to a non-fuel-burning emission-free pneumatic engine. This can be accomplished by using the engine to operate a DC inverted to AC generator and using the AC... Agent: Rudolph V. Bailey Sr.

20080127913 - Engine cooling system: The invention concerns an engine cooling system that comprises a cooling circuit (8) and an evaporative cooling arrangement (9). The cooling circuit (8) has a cooling capacity provided by exchanging the heat generated by the engine with ambient air. The evaporative cooling arrangement (9) has a cooling capacity provided by... Agent: Novak Druce And Quigg LLP (volvo)

20080127914 - Air-cooled v-shaped engine: An air-cooled V-shaped engine comprises a throttle body (10) and a flow-dividing plate (9) arranged ahead of a central cooling-air passage (8). The flow-dividing plate (9) is provided in a fan case (5) at a position forwardly of the throttle body (10) and has a bottom-plate portion (14) disposed at... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080127946 - Fluid pressure operated piston engine apparatus and method: A fluid pressure operated piston engine apparatus generally includes a piston unit, a valve configured to selectively direct pressurized fluid into the piston unit, a valve shifting mechanism, and a magnetic detent device. The magnetic detent device includes a valve actuating member coupled to a valve element in the valve.... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (nordson)

20080127947 - Opoc engine: An Opposing Piston Opposing Cylinder (“OPOC”) internal combustion engine combined with an externally mounted pre-ignition assembly with an internal swirl chamber to improve cold start and continuing operation. The pre-ignition assembly contains both a fuel injector and an ignition device that are in communication with the swirl chamber. The inlet/outlet... Agent: Paul K. Godwin Paul K. Godwin, P.c.

20080127915 - Motor engine family: A modular family of internal combustion engines is described. The family includes at least two engine configurations selected from a single cylinder, V-type, inline, opposed, W-type, and radial configurations. Each of the engines in the family includes at least one cylinder with identical top end packages. A method for designing... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20080127916 - Vehicle and propulsion system including an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine (300) for a vehicle, such as a motorcycle (20), includes a crankcase (380), two banks of cylinders (320a, 320b) projecting from the crankcase (380) in a V-configuration, a plurality of pushrods (364), and a plurality of camshafts (360a, 360b, 360c) supported by the crankcase (380). The... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080127918 - Method for improving operation of an electrically operable mechanical valve: A method to improve the performance of an electrically operable mechanical valve actuator is described. The system is capable of providing heat to targeted areas of an actuator so that valve performance may be improved during at least some operating conditions.... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, Llc

20080127917 - Mode-switching cam follower: A mode-switching cam follower is disclosed, wherein the follower includes a body, a cam contact movably coupled to the body, a latch member movably coupled to the body, wherein the latch member is movable between a coupled position in which the cam contact is held in a fixed relation to... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080127919 - Operation of electrically actuated valves at lower temperatures: A system and method for controlling electromechanical valves operating in an engine is presented. According to the method, valve operation can be improved by heating the valves, at least during some conditions.... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, Llc

20080127920 - Variable engine valve actuation system having common rail: A valve actuation system for a combustion engine is provided. The valve actuation system may have an engine valve movable between first and second spaced apart end positions. The valve actuation system may also have a first cam element mechanically coupled to move the engine valve, and a first hydraulic... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080127921 - Camshaft adjuster for an internal combustion engine: A camshaft adjuster (1) for an internal combustion engine is provided, in which the relative angular position between a driving gear (2) and an output element that is allocated to the camshaft can be adjusted by hydraulically impinging pressure chambers located between an inner and outer rotor. The outer rotor... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20080127922 - Valve gear for load change valves of internal combustion engines: A valve gear arrangement for load change valves of internal combustion engines has an intermediate element that is pivoted on a lever in the cylinder head, to activate the load change valves. The intermediate element engages a cam of a camshaft and has fork-shaped parallel guides on guide cylinders, over... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080127923 - Rocker arm installed module: A rocker arm installed module 1 is constructed by installing the cam shaft 3, the rocker arm 4 and the pivot 5 to the housing 2. The housing 2 is provided with a drop-off preventing means 21 for supporting and preventing the rocker arm 4, which is disposed on the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080127924 - Tappet clearance automatic adjusting device and adjusting method: A tappet clearance automatic adjusting device comprising an adjusting unit for advancing/retracting an adjust screw from the forward end of a rocker arm and adjusting the projection amount, a torque detecting section for detecting the torque by rotating the adjust screw, and a control mechanism section for controlling the adjusting... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080127926 - Device for starting vehicle in emergency: A device for starting a vehicle in an emergency is disclosed. The device includes a fob key for transferring a starting signal for starting the vehicle via a wireless connection or a driver's authentication information via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection, and a vehicle starting unit for receiving the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080127927 - Starter device for an internal combustion engine having separate engaging process and starting process: A device for starting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a starter motor having an actuator for engaging a pinion, drivable by the starter motor, with a ring gear, and a control unit which activates a switching output stage associated with the actuator and a switching output... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080127928 - Shaft-member holding construction, variable intake valve and intake apparatus: There is provided a shaft-member holding construction which allows easy attachment of a shaft member. The construction includes a shaft member 4 supporting a rotary member 2, a bearing 5 for rotatably holding the shaft member 4, and a bearing holding member 31, 32 having an opening 31a, 32a capable... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080127929 - Variable geometry intake manifold for an internal combustion engine: A variable geometry intake manifold for an internal combustion engine; the intake manifold presents: at least one intake pipe which connects the intake manifold to at least one cylinder of the internal combustion engine; and a choking system to vary the geometry of the intake manifold and comprising at least... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.l.p.

20080127930 - Handheld electric starter for engines and method of use: An apparatus for starting an internal combustion engine having a manual recoil starter and starter rope comprises a casing that houses a motor, a source of power, a gear reducer assembly and a spool assembly. The spool assembly includes a spool that adapted to receive the handgrip of the starter... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080127934 - Fuel injection system for internal combustion engine: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine has a lubricity improver supply for adding a lubricity improver to low-viscosity fuel supplied to a fuel injection apparatus of the engine. A controller controls the lubricity improver supply so that the amount of the lubricity improver added to fuel at... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080127933 - Multiple combustion mode engine using direct alcohol injection: A method of operating an engine, comprising of performing homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion during a first operating condition, and performing spark ignition combustion during a second operating condition, where an amount of directly injected alcohol in at least one of said homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion and said spark... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080127935 - Method of controlling engine stop position in hybrid electric vehicle: A method of controlling an engine stop position in a hybrid electric vehicle having a motor capable of controlling engine speed is provided. The method includes: a) reducing the engine speed according to an first engine speed reduction rate using the motor in a state where fuel supplied to the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080127937 - Ignition control device for internal combustion engine: An ignition control device for controlling a multi-spark operation comprises: a secondary electric energy generator generating an electric energy to reignite an air fuel-mixture associated with an internal combustion engine during the multi-spark operation; a switching element capable of controlling the supplying of the electric energy to a primary coil... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080127936 - Variable pitch timing chain/belt for camshaft to crankshaft correlation: A timing arrangement for an internal combustion engine includes a timing connection having first and second connection features, each of which include respective properties wherein the second property is greater than the first property. A first timing wheel is fixed for rotation with a crankshaft of the engine. The first... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080127938 - Control device for internal combustion engine: Provided is a control device for an internal combustion engine, which is provided to allow a throttle opening degree to be controlled in accordance with a target engine intake air flow quantity even during transitional operation. The actual cylinder intake air flow quantity calculating unit (21) calculates a response delay... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080127939 - Combustion air supply arrangement: The invention relates to a combustion air supply arrangement, including an air intake duct of an internal combustion engine, and a compressor arranged in the air intake duct, and a first throttle located downstream the compressor and upstream the internal combustion engine and arranged to change the flow area of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080127940 - System and method for reducing power consumption when heating a fuel injector: A system and method to reduce the instantaneous power consumption during heating of a fuel injector is described. The system is capable of heating the fuel injectors of an engine at different times.... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, Llc

20080127941 - Device for damping liquid pressure waves in an element that conducts and/or stores liquid: The invention relates to a device for damping liquid pressure waves in conduits and containers that conduct and/or store liquids, in particular in conduits and containers of injection systems in motor vehicles. To convert vibrational energy into thermal energy, at least one reflection surface for reflecting at least some of... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080127942 - Fuel injection apparatus for engine and method of operating the engine equipped with the apparatus: A fuel injection apparatus with which energy for driving the high pressure fuel pumps of the apparatus by proper operation of the high pressure fuel pumps in order to reduce waste energy, and a method of operating an engine equipped with the apparatus, are provided. The apparatus is provided with... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080127943 - Fuel injection apparatus for engines and method of operating the engine equipped with the apparatus: A fuel injection apparatus for engines is provided, with which occurrence of cavitation erosion on constituent parts of the high pressure fuel pump and fuel feed line to the pump in the apparatus is suppressed and high durability is attained even in the case of a high pressure fuel pump... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080127944 - Adaptive fuel delivery module in a mechanical returnless fuel system: A returnless fuel system has a fuel pump whose speed is varied by varying the voltage across the fuel pump. Controlling the fuel pump speed entails sensing the back pressure with a pressure sensor that may lie between the jet pump supply orifice and the pressure regulator in the pressure... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080127945 - Method for detecting the beginning of combustion in an internal combustion engine: The method is used to detect the beginning of combustion in an internal combustion engine (1) comprising several cylinders (2, 3, 4, 5) by means of a rotation speed signal determined for a shaft (6) of the internal combustion engine (1). A segment signal (SS), whose signal length corresponds to... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.a.

20080127948 - Device for delivering fuel from a tank to an internal combustion engine: A device for delivering fuel having a delivery unit, a main filter with a filter housing situated downstream of the delivery unit, and a drive line for driving a suction jet pump embodied in the filter housing of the main filter. As a result, the assembly and manufacture costs of... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080127949 - Hydrocarbon adsorber for air induction systems: An inlet conduit for an engine air induction system is provided, the inlet conduit having a plurality of openings located about a portion of the inlet conduit, the plurality of openings being disposed in a cavity of the inlet conduit; a hydrocarbon vapor-adsorbent member disposed in the cavity, the hydrocarbon... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080127950 - Method and apparatus for capturing and controlling fugitive gases: Method to provide fugitive gases to an engine. A source of fugitive gases is directed to the air intake of the engine. A fugitive gas pipe supplies the fugitive gases to the air intake and a vent allows the fugitive gases to vent to atmosphere. A check valve in the... Agent: John Russell Uren

20080127951 - System and method for improving operation of a fuel injector at lower temperatures: A system and method to heat a fuel injector is described. Resistive heating may be selectively applied to improve the performance of a fuel injector. Specifically, current can be supplied to an electrically operable mechanical valve to improve the operation of the valve at lower temperatures. The method can improve... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, Llc

20080127952 - Engine: [Means for Solving the Problems] In an engine structured to introduce a fresh air and an EGR gas into a cylinder, the EGR gas is introduced into the cylinder at least at a part of a compression stroke using a pressure in a combustion chamber at least at a part... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20080127953 - Engine head cover assembly having an integrated oil separator: A head cover assembly for covering a crankcase of an internal combustion engine includes a head cover and an integral oil separator. The oil separator includes a housing that defines a flow path that separates oil from crankcase gases passing therethrough. At least a portion of the housing is integrally... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.c.

20080127954 - In line mixing chamber for internal combustion engine: A mixing chamber for dissimilar or alternate fuels for use in an internal combustion engine, the mixing chamber comprising a centrifugal mixing chamber having a plurality of pressurized alternative fuel intake conduits tangentially arranged with said mixing chamber to feed a plurality of alternative fuels centrifugally into said mixing chamber... Agent: Clifford G. Frayne