Internal-combustion engines inventions 10/08

20080257284 - System and method for the co-generation of fuel having a closed-loop energy cycle: A system is provided that draws heat from an open-loop engine cycle into a closed-loop working fluid circulatory system that utilizes computer-aided feedback mechanisms. The closed-loop working fluid draws engine heat from multiple sources: exhaust stack gases, the engine block, the engine transmission, and the engine headers and exhaust manifold... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080257285 - Auxiliary-gas supplying apparatus for combustion engine: An auxiliary-gas supplying apparatus A for combustion engine B according to the invention includes: an ozone generator 3; an auxiliary gas generator 8 for generating an auxiliary gas containing ionized oxygen; and an intake auxiliary-gas supply path 4 for supplying the auxiliary gas to an intake member (intake manifold) 1,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080257310 - Hybrid powertrain with reversing engine and method of control: A powertrain is provided having an engine operable in a reverse direction so that a reverse mode is provided through an electrically variable transmission without relying on pure electric or series electric operation, and without the addition of a dedicated reverse gear. A method of controlling such a powertrain is... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080257286 - Arrangement for cooling an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, in particular cooling module: The invention relates to an arrangement for cooling an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, in particular a cooling module (1), comprising an air-guiding device (7, 6) for air guidance having an overall flow cross section, at least two heat exchangers (2, 3) for cooling fluid flows, an air... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080257288 - Valve timing control system: A first-side check valve prevents a hydraulic fluid from being discharged out of a retard chamber, and a second-side check valve prevents the hydraulic fluid from being discharged out of an advance chamber. A first-side control valve opens or closes a first-side discharge passage by a pilot pressure received through... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080257289 - Variable valve actuating apparatus for internal combustion engine: A variable valve actuating apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an intake valve operating angle varying mechanism, an intake valve timing varying mechanism, and an exhaust valve timing varying mechanism. Before startup of the engine, the intake valve operating angle varying mechanism holds an intake valve operating angle at... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080257290 - Camshaft with cams that can be rotated in relation to each other, especially for motor vehicles: The aim of the invention is to provide a reliable and inexpensive camshaft wherein the inner shaft and the outer shaft can be adjusted in a low-friction manner. For this purpose, a camshaft with cams that can be rotated in relation to each other, wherein at least one first cam... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080257292 - Control device for electrically driven varible valve timing apparatus: At time of starting an engine, stop/rotation of an electric motor is sensed based on presence/absence of output pulses of an encoder installed in the motor. Controlling of power supply to the motor is prohibited to maintain an off-state of the motor until start of rotation of the motor is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080257291 - Variable valve mechanism: A variable valve mechanism includes a low-speed cam, a high-speed cam, a low-speed rocker arm driven by the low-speed cam, a high-speed rocker arm driven by the high-speed cam, and a switching mechanism. A cam profile of the high-speed cam is set such that it does not exceed a cam... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080257287 - Method and device for determining a switchover condition in order to initiate a valve lift changeover in an internal combustion engine: In a method for determining the switchover condition in order to initiate a valve lift changeover in an internal combustion engine, the torque requirement (TQ REQ) is determined. Also, an operational variable of the internal combustion engine, which is representative for an operational state of the internal combustion engine, is... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080257293 - Connection device for connecting rocker, valve or injection assemblies in internal combustion engines: A connection device for connecting rocker, valve or injection assemblies in internal combustion engines, comprises a button defining a recess for housing herein an insert coupled to a rocker assembly or the like, the recess including a lubricating hole and the button comprising a button face contacting a driving plate... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20080257294 - Internal combustion engine and method for operating an internal combustion engine by means of a laser ignition unit: The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine including a fuel-injection unit and a laser ignition-unit. According to the invention, during a compression cycle of the internal combustion engine, fuel is injected into the combustion chamber by means of the fuel-injection unit in such a way... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080257295 - Rear serviceable engine starter: A starter includes: a gear housing mounted near an engine to be started; a speed reducing gear assembly within the gear housing; an output member aligned with a movable portion of the engine and rotatable under the influence of the gear assembly to move the movable portion to initiate operation... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080257296 - In-line four cylinder engine for vehicle and vehicle provided with the engine: [PROBLEMS] To enhance freedom in designing an engine, improve acceleration feeling, provide extremely excellent driving feeling, and enable an engine to be more compact. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] An in-line four-cylinder engine for a vehicle has a two-plane 90° crankshaft (3). The weight of a crank web for each cylinder... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080257297 - Heavy duty cylinder: A cylinder for a piston-cylinder assembly comprises an extruded stainless steel cylinder body and stainless steel end caps mounted to opposite ends of the body. A unique configuration of three seals is used to seal each end cap to the cylinder body.... Agent: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080257298 - Crankcase structure of internal combustion engine: A crankcase structure of an internal combustion engine has a desirable shaft support achieved by maintaining the strength of a side wall of a crankcase at a high level without increasing the weight and the size of the internal combustion engine even when the internal combustion engine has an output... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080257299 - Engine output takeout device: Engine output takeout device includes: a first crank gear mounted on a first crankshaft; a second crank gear mounted on a second crankshaft; a ring gear surrounding the first and second crank gears and having inner teeth meshing with the first crank gear; and an idler gear rotatably mounted coaxially... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080257300 - Engine control with cylinder deactivation and variable valve timing: A valve control method for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle that uses cylinder deactivation. The method can adjust actuation phases of the engine's valves in an all-cylinder activation mode and a cylinder deactivation mode. The engine's valves may be controlled from an idle operating domain, to a fuel-economy... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20080257301 - Power plant and fuel supply method therefor: A power plant, including an internal combustion engine, a fuel conversion device that coverts a fuel to be supplied to the internal combustion engine from a before-conversion fuel to an after-conversion fuel, a first fuel supply device that supplies the fuel conversion device with the before-conversion fuel, a second fuel... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080257302 - Compression ignition engine having fuel injection devices and processes for promoting cleaner burning lifted flame combustion: A mixing and combustion process for a compression ignition engine (10) creates an in-cylinder compressed gas charge of air and recirculated exhaust that has a temperature high enough to initiate and sustain combustion of diesel fuel that is subsequently injected. A fuel injector (26) injects diesel fuel directly into the... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20080257303 - Direct-injection spark-ignition system: A spark plug includes a center electrode substantially aligned with a longitudinal first axis and a surface-gap ground electrode radially aligned with the center electrode along a surface-gap electrode second axis substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal first axis and passing therethrough. The center electrode and the surface-gap ground electrode define... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20080257304 - Internal combustion engine and combustion method of the same: An internal combustion engine, including a premixed mixture formation device that forms a premixed mixture of fuel and air in a combustion chamber, a fuel gas supply device that injects fuel gas directly into the combustion chamber, and an ignition device that ignites the fuel gas. The fuel gas supply... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080257305 - System for controlling fuel injectors: An injector control system and method for an engine includes a distribution module that calculates a difference between a first average engine speed and a second average engine speed of an engine and a fuel offset module that offsets a learned fuel amount of a first fuel injector of a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080257306 - Method and apparatus for selecting a combustion mode for an internal combustion engine: A method for selecting a preferred combustion mode for an internal combustion engine operative in a plurality of combustion modes is described. The method includes selecting a combustion mode in terms of first and second engine parameters, and separating the engine operating region into zones defined by the first parameter.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080257307 - Converting an electronic fuel injection engine to a carbureted engine: An apparatus and method for converting the fuel management system of a conventional OEM internal combustion engine from electronic fuel injection to a carbureted fuel delivery system whereby to increase performance of the engine over a narrow range of power output needs. In use, the EFI system is removed from... Agent: The Weintraub Group, P.L.C

20080257308 - Electronically controlled throttle valve unit: An electronically controlled throttle valve unit includes a valve shaft supported by a throttle body, a throttle valve provided on the valve shaft rotatably therewith, an actuator for controlling the valve shaft, and a mechanical valve opening/closing mechanism. The mechanical valve opening/closing mechanism comprises: a valve lever provided on the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080257309 - Flexible fuel engines with exhaust gas recirculation for improved engine efficiency: A method and system for use with flexible fuel engines capable of operating with arbitrary mixtures of gasoline and alternative fuel. The engine is equipped with an EGR loop and a control system, such that, as the relative amount of alternative fuel decreases, the amount of EGR provided to the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080257311 - Method and system for starting or restarting an internal combustion engine via selective combustion: A selective combustion starting system and method selectively provides a proper amount of fuel to one or more combustion chambers in an internal combustion engine. The particular combustion chambers selected depend upon the state of the piston of the combustion chamber and the volume of the combustion chamber, which is... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080257312 - Control apparatus for internal combustion engine and motor vehicle equipped with the same: The engine stop control of the invention uses a correction factor k based on an ambient temperature Tdp in the vicinity of a delivery pipe to set an engine-stop criterion fuel pressure Pref as a fuel pressure of ensuring the sufficient startability of an engine and preventing the vapor generation.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080257313 - Engine fuel pump control apparatus: An engine control fuel pump apparatus is provided with a low load fuel pump control section, a high load fuel pump control section and a subordinate pump drive section. The low load fuel pump control section controls a main fuel pump for supplying fuel to an engine when an engine... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080257314 - Method for operating a fuel system of an internal combustion engine: In a fuel system for an internal combustion engine, the fuel is pumped by a high-pressure fuel pump into a fuel pressure accumulator, from which it is supplied into at least one combustion chamber via at least one injector. A value is provided for the actual pressure in the fuel... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080257315 - Fuel vaporizer, method of installing the vaporizer, and fuel vaporizer system and method of controlling the system: A fuel vaporizer includes an inner tube including a liquid fuel inlet for receiving liquid fuel and plural openings, a fuel vaporizing chamber formed on the inner tube, and comprising a fuel vapor outlet, an outer housing formed on the fuel vaporizing chamber, such that a reservoir is formed between... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080257317 - Internal combustion engine with cooling system and exhaust gas recirculation system: In an internal combustion engine with a cooling system and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system including an EGR heat exchanger with a coolant inlet opening connected to a coolant outlet opening of the engine for receiving coolant therefrom and the engine including a coolant collecting rail mounted directly to... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080257316 - Dual exhaust gas recirculation valve: An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system communicates hot exhaust gases from an exhaust manifold to an intake manifold through a first passage and a second passage parallel with the first passage. A first EGR valve assembly controls exhaust gas flow through the first passage and a second EGR valve assembly... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080257318 - Exhaust- gas recirculation control responsive to a load signal at an in line injection pump: An exhaust gas recirculation control system for internal combustion engines includes an intake pipe (1) for delivering combustion air to the individual combustion chambers, an exhaust pipe (2) for discharging the exhaust gases from the combustion chambers, an exhaust gas recirculation line (3) that connects the intake pipe (1) and... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080257319 - Breather device of vertical type engine: A breather device of a vertical type engine includes: an engine body having a crank chamber and a cylinder bore; and a timing transmission chamber provided above the engine body and housing a timing transmission device that connects between a crankshaft and a cam shaft which are vertically placed, respectively,... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080257320 - Blowby gas returning device: A blowby gas returning device is arranged to allow blowby gas leaking from a combustion chamber of an engine to flow in an intake passage through a returning passage and return to the combustion chamber, and arranged to regulate a flow rate of the blowby gas by a PCV valve... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080257321 - Valve and cylinder head cover for crankcase ventilation of an internal combustion engine: A valve for crankcase ventilation of an internal combustion engine comprises a fresh-air side for connection with an intake section of the internal combustion engine, an engine side for connection with the crankcase and a valve insert movable as a whole for changing the flow resistance through the valve. Said... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080257322 - Capacitor-discharge ignition system for internal combustion engine: In a capacitor-discharge ignition system for an internal combustion engine having a power generation coil, a capacitor connected to the power generation coil, an ignition coil having a primary winding connected to the capacitor through a thyristor and a secondary winding connected to a spark plug, and a microprocessor which... Agent: Carrier, Blackman & Associates, P.C.

20080257323 - Internal combustion engine system and vehicle, and ignition control method for internal combustion engine system: When a transient knocking occurrence prediction condition is met, that is, when a cooling water temperature θw is not lower than a threshold value θwref, an intake air quantity Qa is not smaller than a threshold value Qaref, and an intake air quantity difference ΔQa is not smaller than a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080257324 - Inductive ignition system for internal combustion engine: An inductive ignition system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The inductive ignition system includes an ignition coil having a primary coil and a secondary coil, the secondary coil providing high-voltage directly to a spark plug mounted in a cylinder of the internal combustion engine; the secondary coil having... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20080257325 - Air-fuel ratio control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An air-fuel ratio control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, including fuel cut state detection means for detecting the state of fuel cut in which the feed of fuel into the internal combustion engine is stopped, and catalyst deterioration decision means for deciding the deterioration of a catalyst on the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080257284 - System and method for the co-generation of fuel having a closed-loop energy cycle: A system is provided that draws heat from an open-loop engine cycle into a closed-loop working fluid circulatory system that utilizes computer-aided feedback mechanisms. The closed-loop working fluid draws engine heat from multiple sources: exhaust stack gases, the engine block, the engine transmission, and the engine headers and exhaust manifold... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080257285 - Auxiliary-gas supplying apparatus for combustion engine: An auxiliary-gas supplying apparatus A for combustion engine B according to the invention includes: an ozone generator 3; an auxiliary gas generator 8 for generating an auxiliary gas containing ionized oxygen; and an intake auxiliary-gas supply path 4 for supplying the auxiliary gas to an intake member (intake manifold) 1,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080257310 - Hybrid powertrain with reversing engine and method of control: A powertrain is provided having an engine operable in a reverse direction so that a reverse mode is provided through an electrically variable transmission without relying on pure electric or series electric operation, and without the addition of a dedicated reverse gear. A method of controlling such a powertrain is... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080257286 - Arrangement for cooling an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, in particular cooling module: The invention relates to an arrangement for cooling an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, in particular a cooling module (1), comprising an air-guiding device (7, 6) for air guidance having an overall flow cross section, at least two heat exchangers (2, 3) for cooling fluid flows, an air... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080257288 - Valve timing control system: A first-side check valve prevents a hydraulic fluid from being discharged out of a retard chamber, and a second-side check valve prevents the hydraulic fluid from being discharged out of an advance chamber. A first-side control valve opens or closes a first-side discharge passage by a pilot pressure received through... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080257289 - Variable valve actuating apparatus for internal combustion engine: A variable valve actuating apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an intake valve operating angle varying mechanism, an intake valve timing varying mechanism, and an exhaust valve timing varying mechanism. Before startup of the engine, the intake valve operating angle varying mechanism holds an intake valve operating angle at... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080257290 - Camshaft with cams that can be rotated in relation to each other, especially for motor vehicles: The aim of the invention is to provide a reliable and inexpensive camshaft wherein the inner shaft and the outer shaft can be adjusted in a low-friction manner. For this purpose, a camshaft with cams that can be rotated in relation to each other, wherein at least one first cam... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080257292 - Control device for electrically driven varible valve timing apparatus: At time of starting an engine, stop/rotation of an electric motor is sensed based on presence/absence of output pulses of an encoder installed in the motor. Controlling of power supply to the motor is prohibited to maintain an off-state of the motor until start of rotation of the motor is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080257291 - Variable valve mechanism: A variable valve mechanism includes a low-speed cam, a high-speed cam, a low-speed rocker arm driven by the low-speed cam, a high-speed rocker arm driven by the high-speed cam, and a switching mechanism. A cam profile of the high-speed cam is set such that it does not exceed a cam... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080257287 - Method and device for determining a switchover condition in order to initiate a valve lift changeover in an internal combustion engine: In a method for determining the switchover condition in order to initiate a valve lift changeover in an internal combustion engine, the torque requirement (TQ REQ) is determined. Also, an operational variable of the internal combustion engine, which is representative for an operational state of the internal combustion engine, is... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080257293 - Connection device for connecting rocker, valve or injection assemblies in internal combustion engines: A connection device for connecting rocker, valve or injection assemblies in internal combustion engines, comprises a button defining a recess for housing herein an insert coupled to a rocker assembly or the like, the recess including a lubricating hole and the button comprising a button face contacting a driving plate... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20080257294 - Internal combustion engine and method for operating an internal combustion engine by means of a laser ignition unit: The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine including a fuel-injection unit and a laser ignition-unit. According to the invention, during a compression cycle of the internal combustion engine, fuel is injected into the combustion chamber by means of the fuel-injection unit in such a way... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080257295 - Rear serviceable engine starter: A starter includes: a gear housing mounted near an engine to be started; a speed reducing gear assembly within the gear housing; an output member aligned with a movable portion of the engine and rotatable under the influence of the gear assembly to move the movable portion to initiate operation... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080257296 - In-line four cylinder engine for vehicle and vehicle provided with the engine: [PROBLEMS] To enhance freedom in designing an engine, improve acceleration feeling, provide extremely excellent driving feeling, and enable an engine to be more compact. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] An in-line four-cylinder engine for a vehicle has a two-plane 90° crankshaft (3). The weight of a crank web for each cylinder... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080257297 - Heavy duty cylinder: A cylinder for a piston-cylinder assembly comprises an extruded stainless steel cylinder body and stainless steel end caps mounted to opposite ends of the body. A unique configuration of three seals is used to seal each end cap to the cylinder body.... Agent: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080257298 - Crankcase structure of internal combustion engine: A crankcase structure of an internal combustion engine has a desirable shaft support achieved by maintaining the strength of a side wall of a crankcase at a high level without increasing the weight and the size of the internal combustion engine even when the internal combustion engine has an output... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080257299 - Engine output takeout device: Engine output takeout device includes: a first crank gear mounted on a first crankshaft; a second crank gear mounted on a second crankshaft; a ring gear surrounding the first and second crank gears and having inner teeth meshing with the first crank gear; and an idler gear rotatably mounted coaxially... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080257300 - Engine control with cylinder deactivation and variable valve timing: A valve control method for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle that uses cylinder deactivation. The method can adjust actuation phases of the engine's valves in an all-cylinder activation mode and a cylinder deactivation mode. The engine's valves may be controlled from an idle operating domain, to a fuel-economy... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20080257301 - Power plant and fuel supply method therefor: A power plant, including an internal combustion engine, a fuel conversion device that coverts a fuel to be supplied to the internal combustion engine from a before-conversion fuel to an after-conversion fuel, a first fuel supply device that supplies the fuel conversion device with the before-conversion fuel, a second fuel... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080257302 - Compression ignition engine having fuel injection devices and processes for promoting cleaner burning lifted flame combustion: A mixing and combustion process for a compression ignition engine (10) creates an in-cylinder compressed gas charge of air and recirculated exhaust that has a temperature high enough to initiate and sustain combustion of diesel fuel that is subsequently injected. A fuel injector (26) injects diesel fuel directly into the... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20080257303 - Direct-injection spark-ignition system: A spark plug includes a center electrode substantially aligned with a longitudinal first axis and a surface-gap ground electrode radially aligned with the center electrode along a surface-gap electrode second axis substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal first axis and passing therethrough. The center electrode and the surface-gap ground electrode define... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20080257304 - Internal combustion engine and combustion method of the same: An internal combustion engine, including a premixed mixture formation device that forms a premixed mixture of fuel and air in a combustion chamber, a fuel gas supply device that injects fuel gas directly into the combustion chamber, and an ignition device that ignites the fuel gas. The fuel gas supply... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080257305 - System for controlling fuel injectors: An injector control system and method for an engine includes a distribution module that calculates a difference between a first average engine speed and a second average engine speed of an engine and a fuel offset module that offsets a learned fuel amount of a first fuel injector of a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080257306 - Method and apparatus for selecting a combustion mode for an internal combustion engine: A method for selecting a preferred combustion mode for an internal combustion engine operative in a plurality of combustion modes is described. The method includes selecting a combustion mode in terms of first and second engine parameters, and separating the engine operating region into zones defined by the first parameter.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080257307 - Converting an electronic fuel injection engine to a carbureted engine: An apparatus and method for converting the fuel management system of a conventional OEM internal combustion engine from electronic fuel injection to a carbureted fuel delivery system whereby to increase performance of the engine over a narrow range of power output needs. In use, the EFI system is removed from... Agent: The Weintraub Group, P.L.C

20080257308 - Electronically controlled throttle valve unit: An electronically controlled throttle valve unit includes a valve shaft supported by a throttle body, a throttle valve provided on the valve shaft rotatably therewith, an actuator for controlling the valve shaft, and a mechanical valve opening/closing mechanism. The mechanical valve opening/closing mechanism comprises: a valve lever provided on the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080257309 - Flexible fuel engines with exhaust gas recirculation for improved engine efficiency: A method and system for use with flexible fuel engines capable of operating with arbitrary mixtures of gasoline and alternative fuel. The engine is equipped with an EGR loop and a control system, such that, as the relative amount of alternative fuel decreases, the amount of EGR provided to the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080257311 - Method and system for starting or restarting an internal combustion engine via selective combustion: A selective combustion starting system and method selectively provides a proper amount of fuel to one or more combustion chambers in an internal combustion engine. The particular combustion chambers selected depend upon the state of the piston of the combustion chamber and the volume of the combustion chamber, which is... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080257312 - Control apparatus for internal combustion engine and motor vehicle equipped with the same: The engine stop control of the invention uses a correction factor k based on an ambient temperature Tdp in the vicinity of a delivery pipe to set an engine-stop criterion fuel pressure Pref as a fuel pressure of ensuring the sufficient startability of an engine and preventing the vapor generation.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080257313 - Engine fuel pump control apparatus: An engine control fuel pump apparatus is provided with a low load fuel pump control section, a high load fuel pump control section and a subordinate pump drive section. The low load fuel pump control section controls a main fuel pump for supplying fuel to an engine when an engine... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080257314 - Method for operating a fuel system of an internal combustion engine: In a fuel system for an internal combustion engine, the fuel is pumped by a high-pressure fuel pump into a fuel pressure accumulator, from which it is supplied into at least one combustion chamber via at least one injector. A value is provided for the actual pressure in the fuel... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080257315 - Fuel vaporizer, method of installing the vaporizer, and fuel vaporizer system and method of controlling the system: A fuel vaporizer includes an inner tube including a liquid fuel inlet for receiving liquid fuel and plural openings, a fuel vaporizing chamber formed on the inner tube, and comprising a fuel vapor outlet, an outer housing formed on the fuel vaporizing chamber, such that a reservoir is formed between... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080257317 - Internal combustion engine with cooling system and exhaust gas recirculation system: In an internal combustion engine with a cooling system and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system including an EGR heat exchanger with a coolant inlet opening connected to a coolant outlet opening of the engine for receiving coolant therefrom and the engine including a coolant collecting rail mounted directly to... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080257316 - Dual exhaust gas recirculation valve: An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system communicates hot exhaust gases from an exhaust manifold to an intake manifold through a first passage and a second passage parallel with the first passage. A first EGR valve assembly controls exhaust gas flow through the first passage and a second EGR valve assembly... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080257318 - Exhaust- gas recirculation control responsive to a load signal at an in line injection pump: An exhaust gas recirculation control system for internal combustion engines includes an intake pipe (1) for delivering combustion air to the individual combustion chambers, an exhaust pipe (2) for discharging the exhaust gases from the combustion chambers, an exhaust gas recirculation line (3) that connects the intake pipe (1) and... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080257319 - Breather device of vertical type engine: A breather device of a vertical type engine includes: an engine body having a crank chamber and a cylinder bore; and a timing transmission chamber provided above the engine body and housing a timing transmission device that connects between a crankshaft and a cam shaft which are vertically placed, respectively,... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080257320 - Blowby gas returning device: A blowby gas returning device is arranged to allow blowby gas leaking from a combustion chamber of an engine to flow in an intake passage through a returning passage and return to the combustion chamber, and arranged to regulate a flow rate of the blowby gas by a PCV valve... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080257321 - Valve and cylinder head cover for crankcase ventilation of an internal combustion engine: A valve for crankcase ventilation of an internal combustion engine comprises a fresh-air side for connection with an intake section of the internal combustion engine, an engine side for connection with the crankcase and a valve insert movable as a whole for changing the flow resistance through the valve. Said... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080257322 - Capacitor-discharge ignition system for internal combustion engine: In a capacitor-discharge ignition system for an internal combustion engine having a power generation coil, a capacitor connected to the power generation coil, an ignition coil having a primary winding connected to the capacitor through a thyristor and a secondary winding connected to a spark plug, and a microprocessor which... Agent: Carrier, Blackman & Associates, P.C.

20080257323 - Internal combustion engine system and vehicle, and ignition control method for internal combustion engine system: When a transient knocking occurrence prediction condition is met, that is, when a cooling water temperature θw is not lower than a threshold value θwref, an intake air quantity Qa is not smaller than a threshold value Qaref, and an intake air quantity difference ΔQa is not smaller than a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080257324 - Inductive ignition system for internal combustion engine: An inductive ignition system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The inductive ignition system includes an ignition coil having a primary coil and a secondary coil, the secondary coil providing high-voltage directly to a spark plug mounted in a cylinder of the internal combustion engine; the secondary coil having... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20080257325 - Air-fuel ratio control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An air-fuel ratio control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, including fuel cut state detection means for detecting the state of fuel cut in which the feed of fuel into the internal combustion engine is stopped, and catalyst deterioration decision means for deciding the deterioration of a catalyst on the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080251038 - Body and front axle bearing for a motor vehicle: A motor vehicle chassis and a water-cooled internal combustion engine attached thereto has a cooling system comprising coolant-conducting pipes least one radiator element, and a coolant pump produces forced flow in the cooling circuit. A portion of the cooling pipe system as a distributor pipe module is attached to the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080251039 - Vehicle rooftop engine cooling system: A method of using an engine cooling system with a bus includes providing a horizontal rooftop engine cooling system including a radiator unit through which coolant fluid flows for removing heat from the radiator unit, a fan to assist in removing heat from the radiator unit, and a continuously variable... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080251040 - Engine cooling structure having fan module sandwiched between condenser and radiator: An engine cooling structure (20) includes a condenser (22) constructed and arranged to be disposed on a grille side of a vehicle, a radiator (24) constructed and arranged to be disposed on an engine side of a vehicle, and an engine cooling fan module (26) sandwiched directly between the condenser... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080251050 - Rapid-fire rapid-response power conversion system: A rapid-fire external compression engine having an intake device configured to introduce a pre-compressed fuel-oxidizer mixture from an external source into a combustion chamber having a low-inertia rapid response component. The rapid response component is configured to extract a high percentage of the energy derived from the combustion of the... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080251041 - Variable valve actuator with a pneumatic booster: Actuators, and corresponding methods and systems for controlling such actuators, provide independent valve control with a large initial or opening force. In an exemplary embodiment, an actuator includes a driver further including a housing defining a longitudinal axis and first and second directions, an actuation mechanism capable of generating actuation... Agent: Zheng Lou

20080251042 - Device for controlling phase of cam shaft in internal combustion engine and phase controlling device: A device for controlling a phase of a cam shaft in an internal combustion engine has a structure which can return a phase of a cam shaft to an intermediate position on the basis of its own power by utilizing a variable torque applied to a cam shaft at a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080251043 - Housing wheel engine: Disclosed herein is a housing wheel engine that has one wheel shaped combustion housing, the housing wheel engine can hold several pistons which's both sides working inside the combustion housing. The housing wheel engine transmits its rotating movement directly to the driveshaft by planetary gearsets. A four strokes time mechanism... Agent: Yan Li

20080251044 - Electronically actuated valve system: An electronically actuated valve assembly for an internal combustion engine is disclosed, wherein the valve assembly comprises a valve stem, a shape memory alloy actuator in operative communication with the valve stem, a coolant passage through which at least a portion of the shape memory alloy actuator extends, and a... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080251045 - Oil feed system for a hydraulically actuated cam phaser: An internal combustion engine is provided having an engine block defining a pressurized oil source and rotatably supporting a crankshaft. A camshaft is rotatably mounted within the engine block and defines an axially extending cavity. The cavity extends between opposed first and second ends of the camshaft. A cam phaser... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080251046 - Power unit for a vehicle: A power unit for a vehicle comprises an engine and a transmission assembly. The engine includes a crank shaft having a rotating mass. The transmission assembly includes a drive shaft having a first drive gear and being connected to the crank shaft through a first transmission mechanism, and a driven... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080251047 - Toroidal engine method and apparatus: A rotary motion device having piston valves that define an open region that are adapted to engage a power tooth of the power ring as the power ring rotates around the piston valves and the piston valves rotate about their own separate axis that is fixed with respect to the... Agent: Hughes Law Firm, PLLC

20080251048 - Method for sensing and clearing throttle plate obstruction: An electronic throttle control system and method for detecting a throttle plate obstruction when the ignition key is on and the engine is either not running or running, and for clearing the throttle plate obstruction before a fault setting is set by the ECU.... Agent: Patrick M. Griffin, Esq. Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080251049 - Devices for supplying fuel under high pressure by transfer pump: The invention relates to a device for supplying fuel under high pressure in which the fuel is put under high pressure by a transfer pump, characterized by the fact that it comprises two identical transfer pumps (3, 4), powered by a control means, controlling the fuel feed rate of the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080251051 - Fuel pump driving device: A fuel-pump-driving device (20) drives a plunger (31) of a fuel pump (30) to perform a reciprocating motion to supply fuel to an internal combustion engine. The fuel-pump-driving device (20) comprises a cam (27) that drives the plunger (31) according to the rotation of a fuel-pump-driving sprocket (26). The fuel-pump-driving... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080251052 - Fuel conveying device: Disclosed is a fuel conveying device including a valve housing in which a pressure release valve and a non-return valve are arranged parallel to one another, the pressure release valve having a first inlet, which downstream of a valve seat opens into a valve chamber in which a valve body... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080251053 - Evaporative emissions control system: The invention provides a fuel tank venting system for an engine. The fuel tank venting system includes a fuel tank, a carburetor, and a fuel tank vent passageway. The carburetor is coupled to the fuel tank. The fuel tank vent passageway is in fluid flow communication with the fuel tank... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080251055 - Evaporative emissions control system: An evaporative emissions control system for an engine including a fuel tank having a fuel tank vapor space, a carburetor coupled to the fuel tank, and a fuel tank cap having fuel vapor adsorption media that adsorbs vapor from the fuel tank vapor space. The fuel tank cap is in... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080251054 - Utility engine: A utility engine has a cylinder body extending obliquely upward from a crankcase and a cylinder head attached to an end of the cylinder body. The utility engine has a carburetor attached to a side of the cylinder head and an air cleaner attached to a side of the carburetor... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080251056 - Mixer: A path (24) is formed in an intake tube (6), which supplies external air to a reciprocating engine (4). External air flowing from an inlet port to an outlet port of the path (24). A gaseous fuel path (26) is connected to the path (24) at an intermediate location thereof.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080251057 - Abnormality diagnostic device for air-fuel ratio sensor, and control method for the device: An abnormality diagnostic device for an air-fuel ratio sensor that detects the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine is provided. The abnormality diagnostic device includes: a device that an device that models a system extending from a fuel injection valve to the air-fuel ratio sensor by... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080245318 - Hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine: It is an object of the present invention to improve the mixability of liquid hydrocarbon fuel and hydrogen gas and reduce the number of parts required for fuel supply means that supplies the two types of fuel. Disclosed is a hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine that uses liquid hydrocarbon fuel and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080245319 - Heat storage tank:

20080245320 - Water-cooled engine and cylinder block thereof: A cylinder block has a cylinder bore and a water jacket provided about the cylinder bore. The cylinder block is divided at the water jacket into a cylinder liner portion and a cylinder outer wall portion. The cylinder liner portion has a wall defining the cylinder bore. The cylinder outer... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080245321 - Vertical type engine: A vertical type engine includes: an engine body having a crank chamber and a cylinder bore; and a timing transmission chamber provided above the engine body and housing a timing transmission device that connects between a crankshaft and a cam shaft which are vertically placed, respectively, wherein a generator driven... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080245345 - Oscillating piston engine: An oscillating piston engine comprises an internal combustion engine part having a housing part in which there are arranged a first and at least a second piston which can jointly revolve in the housing part about an axis of rotation fixed in relation to the housing and which, when revolving... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080245322 - Valvetrain control arrangement: A valvetrain control arrangement for an internal combustion engine. A fluid-working machine (1) has working chambers (3) of cyclically varying volume, each connected to a piston actuator (4) which is capable of moving an intake or exhaust valve in the internal combustion engine. The engine crankshaft (2) drives a crankshaft... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080245323 - Pump system for supplying pressurized hydraulic fluid to a hydraulically activated valvetrain: A pump system for supplying pressurized hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic valve actuation system for operating engine valves of an internal combustion engine comprises a conventional pump, driven by the engine, which supplies the necessary volume of pressurized hydraulic fluid when the engine is running. The system further comprises a... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20080245324 - Control valve: A control valve (101) for the control of a hydraulic device for changing the control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine is provided, The control valve (101) is located in a valve housing (106) and an elastic seal element (124) is provided at an axial end... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080245325 - Internal combustion engine comprising a variable valve drive: The invention relates to an internal combustion engine (1) comprising a valve drive (2) which is arranged in the region of the cylinder head and is used to actuate a valve (10). Said internal combustion engine comprises a first drive means (16) that can be rotated about a first rotational... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080245326 - Switchable cam follower of a valve train of an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a switchable cam follower of a valve train of an internal combustion engine, comprising an outer follower and an inner follower interposed between the lateral walls thereof. A roller extends between arms of the inner follower, float-mounted on a pin, as the counter face for an... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080245327 - Valve train of an internal combustion engine: The invention proposes a valve train (1) of an internal combustion engine (2), said valve train (1) comprising a support element (10) and a finger lever (5) or a rocker arm for operating a gas exchange valve, said finger lever (5) or rocket arm comprising a joint socket (8) comprising... Agent: Charles A. Muserlian Hedman & Costigan, P.C.

20080245329 - Device for adjusting the position of the angle of rotation of the camshaft of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine in relation to the crankshaft: A device for adjusting the position of the angle of rotation of the camshaft of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine relative to the crankshaft in a motor vehicle is provided, which includes an adjusting gear mechanism in the form of a triple shaft gear mechanism having a drive shaft... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080245328 - Valve timing adjusting device: A first rotor integrally fixes a housing having the bearing of a camshaft, a case, which internally has a plurality of projecting shoes and which forms hydraulic chambers between these shoes, and a cover, which covers the hydraulic chambers, and the first rotor rotates integrally with a crank shaft. A... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080245330 - Switching finger follower assembly: A finger follower assembly (30) for variably activating a valve of an internal combustion engine having a camshaft with at least one lobe (40). The finger follower assembly includes a follower body (54), a shaft (78), a cam follower (56), and a latching mechanism (58). The cam follower is supported... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080245331 - Engine: An engine includes a choke valve for varying the opening of an intake passage. When a variation in an engine operating state per unit time during the operation of the engine becomes a predetermined value or greater, the choke valve is automatically moved to the fully open position to thereby... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080245332 - Method for starting a hybrid vehicle heat engine: The invention concerns a method applicable to a motor vehicle parallel hybrid drive train, comprising a heat engine, at least one electrical machine, a variable speed ratio transmission member, a first clutch linking the heat engine to the electrical machine, and a second clutch linking the transmission member to the... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20080245333 - Four stroke engine with a fuel saving sleeve: A four stroke engine with piston strokes all of equal length whereby the intake stroke displacement and the compression stroke displacement are smaller than the expansion stroke displacement and the exhaust stroke displacement. This is accomplished using the fuel saving sleeve that has a projection on one end. A magnetic... Agent: Edward L. Warren

20080245334 - Fastening structure for cylinder head and divided type cylinder block of engine: A cylinder block 3 of an engine 1 is formed by assembling an inner block member 10 and an outer block member 15. The inner block member 10 includes an upper deck portion 7 integrated with a cylinder liner portion 8. The outer block member 15 includes a cylinder outer... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080245335 - Piston for an internal combustion engine: A piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising a piston head having a piston crown, a circumferential top land, and a circumferential ring belt having ring grooves. At least one ring groove is provided with a ring insert. A circumferential depression is provided in the top land, above the ring... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080245336 - Lubricating compositions containing ashless catalytic antioxidant additives: The invention comprises lubricating compositions and hydraulic fluids containing N,N′-diaryl-p-phenylene diamine compounds that impart good levels of oxidation inhibition in the lubricants and hydraulic fluids.... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20080245337 - System for reducing combustor dynamics: A system for dampening combustor dynamics within a turbomachine. The system may include at least one resonator installed adjacent a head-end region of a combustion can. The at least one resonator may include a first side having a plurality of holes forming a cold side hole pattern; a second side... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick

20080245338 - Method and device for optimizing the consumption in a motor vehicle: A method for consumption-optimized operation of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is described, an engine output of the internal combustion engine being set as a function of a position of a gas pedal according to a manipulated variable, the gas pedal being adjustable in a first mechanically... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080245339 - Auto choke device for an engine: An auto choke device for an engine includes a choke valve for varying the opening of an intake passage of the engine, and a starter motor for starting the engine. Upon activation of the starter motor, the choke valve starts valve opening motion from a fully closed position. The choke... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080245340 - Combustion seal: A combustion seal for a fuel injector assembly mountable within a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine is provided. The combustion seal is energized by combustion gases within a combustion chamber to effect sealing of an injector tip portion of the fuel injector assembly with respect to the cylinder... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080245341 - System and method for controlling locomotive smoke emissions and noise during a transient operation: A system and/or method of controlling smoke or noise emanating from a diesel engine wherein a throttle is drivingly coupled to the diesel engine, and wherein an operator of the engine changes a throttle position. The system may comprise a high pressure fuel pump in fluid communication with a fuel... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20080245342 - Method of operating a spark-ignition internal combustion engine during warm-up: In a method for cold-running or warm-up operation of a spark-ignition, direct-injection 4-stroke internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas catalytic converter, wherein fuel is injected into the cylinders of the internal combustion engine by means of injectors and is externally ignited by means of spark plugs, in an intake... Agent: Klaus J. Bach & Associates Patents And Trademarks

20080245343 - Method for operating a fuel pump: In a method for operating a fuel pump in order to guide fuel from the fuel container of an internal combustion engine, the electric energy, which is in the form of pulses, is periodically guided to the fuel pump and the duration of the pulses is controlled according to the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080245344 - Fuel feed system for vehicle and vehicle for irregular ground provided therewith: It is an object of the present invention to provide a fuel feed system for a vehicle in which, even if a small fuel quantity remains in a fuel pump, an air inhaling phenomenon is not generated when a vehicle jumps or runs on an upward slope. In the fuel... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080245346 - Fuel supply apparatus: A fuel supply apparatus particularly for the outboard motor is capable of decreasing the need to change the layout, etc., according to the specification of an engine to reduce the cost of production by preventing vapor from being discharged into an intake pipe. A low pressure fuel pump has its... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080245347 - Method for diagnosing the operation of a purge device of an engine: This involves diagnosing the operation of a fuel vapor purge device on an internal combustion engine. The pressure value and/or mass flow rate admitted to the air inlet manifold is determined upstream of the manifold where it communicates with the vapor recirculation pipeline, a command to open the electrically operated... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080245348 - Method for recirculating a partial exhaust gas flow to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle: In the present method, a partial flow is guided through a partial flow line connected downstream of an exhaust gas outlet of an internal combustion engine, and is immediately thereafter supplied to an internal combustion engine either via a first valve, a bypass line which is connected directly downstream and... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20080245349 - Internal combustion engine and control method thereof: An operating gas circulation type internal combustion engine that uses argon as the operating gas, for example, and includes a hydrogen and oxygen supply portion, an argon supply amount regulating portion, and an electric control unit. The electric control unit determines the amount of hydrogen and oxygen to be supplied... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080245350 - System and method for using vegetable oil as fuel for diesel engines: A system and method for using vegetable oil as fuel for a diesel engine includes: a diesel fuel tank; a vegetable oil fuel tank, a supply fuel valve for switching a supply fuel output port between a diesel fuel input port and a vegetable oil fuel input port; an overflow... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20080236517 - Water pump and control method for same: A water pump is driven by a driving force generated by an internal combustion engine, and generates a larger driving force as a pressure introduced into a pressure chamber becomes higher. The pressure chamber is connected to a VSV through a first passage. A portion of an intake passage, which... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080236518 - Mechanical fan sub-shroud attachment feature, molded plastic snap feature: A fan shroud assembly includes a fixed fan shroud and a removable fan shroud. An upper retention system integral with the fixed and removable fan shrouds secures the two circumferential ends of the removable fan shroud to the fixed fan shroud. A lower retention system integral with the fixed and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080236519 - Flexible seal and molded rigid chamber: A connection between an expansion chamber outlet and a rubber cuff that accommodates an inlet portion of a throttle body exhibits a dovetail connection between an expansion chamber wall and the rubber cuff such that the expansion chamber has a dovetail recession while the rubber cuff has a dovetail projection.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080236520 - Multicylinder engine for a vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same: A multicylinder engine for a motorcycle includes a valve actuation mechanism having a hydraulically-operated valve pausing mechanism for holding at least one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve of selected cylinders in a suspended state. The valve actuation mechanism operates the intake valve and the exhaust valve, and... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080236521 - Internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine is charged by a compressor such that for example only a fraction of the charge is supercharged for an operating cycle of the internal combustion engine and is supplied via a separate charging channel with the help of a short-stroke valve which is controlled by the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080236522 - V-type engine and motorcycle incorporating same: A V-type vehicle engine includes a main engine body with a front bank and a rear bank defining a V-type structure. A plurality of valve actuation units are respectively located in valve chambers in the front bank and the rear bank, to minimize the size of a cylinder head and... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080236525 - Hydraulic valve actuation systems and methods to provide variable lift for one or more engine air valves: Hydraulic valve actuation systems and methods to provide variable lift for one or more engine air valves by way of a variable position hard stop. Various embodiments are disclosed, including embodiments controlling lift by providing a choice of two different fixed stops, three different fixed stops, stops continuously variable throughout... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080236523 - Multi-cylinder engine with cylinder pausing function: In a multi-cylinder engine provided with a cylinder pausing function, a hydraulically-operated valve-pausing mechanism is capable of selectively suspending operation of at least one intake or exhaust valve of one or more selected cylinders, depending on engine operating conditions, such that the suspended valve is temporarily held in a closed... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080236524 - V-type engine and motorcycle incorporating same: In a V-type engine for a vehicle, in which a hydraulic valve rest mechanism which selectively holds at least one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve corresponding to a part of plural cylinders in a valve-closed rest state in correspondence with a vehicle running status is provided in... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080236526 - Valve actuating mechanism for an internal combustion engine, and cylinder head incorporating same: A valve actuating mechanism for an internal combustion engine includes a first rocker arm moving mechanism, a second rocker arm moving mechanism, and a trigger arm. The first rocker arm moving mechanism moves left and right rocker arms from a first operation position side to a second operation position side.... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080236530 - Adjustment device for adjusting the relative rotational angle position of a camshaft in relation to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine: An adjustment device (1) for adjusting the relative rotational angle position of a camshaft (2) in relation to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine is provided, with the device having an adjustment mechanism (3), which is embodied as a triple-shaft transmission and provided with an input part (4) fixed... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080236528 - Camshaft adjuster and method for setting a limiting position for a camshaft adjuster: A camshaft adjuster (1), in which an adjustment of the camshaft adjuster is limited by a limiting element (11) is provided. The limiting element (11) is connected by an eccentric to the associated component (3), in particular, to an inner rotor. By use of an eccentric adjustment of the limiting... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080236529 - Control valve for a device for changing the control times of an internal combustion engine: A control valve (20) for a device for variably setting the control times of gas exchange valves (110, 111) of an internal combustion engine (100). Two working ports (A, B) and one supply port (24) are formed on an outer casing surface of a valve housing (22) of the control... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080236527 - Device for modifying the control times of an internal combustion engine: A device (1) for varying the control times of an internal combustion engine (100) is provided. A device (1) is proposed, with a means for limiting the angle of rotation, this being optimized in terms of the magnitude of the transmittable forces. A further aspect of the invention relates to... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080236531 - Valve actuating mechanism for an internal combustion engine, and engine incorporating same: A valve actuating mechanism for an engine having a rocker arm movement restraining device which controls opening and closing an engine valve. The rocker arm movement restraining device includes a timing arm which engages left and right rocker arms for constraining the axial movement thereof, and a timing cam disposed... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080236532 - High stiffness low mass rocker arm: A cam-follower rocker arm is provided comprising a flat single plate body containing an axle that extends perpendicular from the vertical wall area for making contact with a valve and a second pivot point axle. The pivot point for the cam-follower rocker arm may be located centrally or at the... Agent: Arthur J. Plantamura, Esq. General Chemical Performance Products LLC.

20080236533 - Device for closing a separation area of an air intake duct of an internal combustion engine: In a device for mechanically closing a separation point between an air intake duct associated with a drivers cap and a connecting duct associated with a chassis supporting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, wherein a locking mechanism is provided which is operable by a tilting of the... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080236534 - Resonator: A resonator for an air intake system of a motor vehicle has a housing and at least one resonator chamber enclosed by the housing. At least one air intake opening for fresh air is provided in the housing and opens into the resonator chamber. At least one air exhaust opening... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20080236535 - Rotary valve for an internal combustion engine: Rotary valves for internal combustion engines according to embodiments of the present invention comprise a conical valve portion with a first port of the rotary valve for feeding a fuel to the combustion chamber, respectively for an outlet of an exhaust from the combustion chamber, whereas the first port is... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck Chase Tower

20080236536 - Cast engine component having metallurgically bonded inserts: An integral engine component is disclosed. The integral engine component may have a solid first member and a second member cast in place relative to the solid first member. A metallurgical bond may exist between the solid first member and the second member, and the melting temperature of the solid... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080236538 - Lubricating oil composition for improved oxidation, viscosity increase, oil consumption, and piston deposit control: An engine oil lubricant composition having improved control of oxidation viscosity, and piston deposits is provided. The composition further exhibits performance on the ASTM Sequence IIIG Test of about 90% or less kinematic viscosity increase at 40° C. and about 5.5 or more merits average weighted piston deposits. The composition... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20080236537 - Internal combustion engine for vehicle: An electric motor is cooled by an air flow without restricting the degree of freedom in the arrangement of an oil cooler and an oil filter by utilizing a front face of a front portion of an engine body to arrange the electric motor. The engine includes an oil cooler,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080236539 - Transmission clutch pressure controls via pilot pressure feedback: A transmission clutch pressure control apparatus is suitable for a configuration that includes a pilot valve and a pressure regulating valve working in tandem. The pilot valve produces a pilot pressure that varies in accordance with a pilot valve drive signal. The pressure regulating valve provides fluid to a clutch... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080236540 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, permitting optimal compensation of all losses of the internal combustion engine in half-engine operation. The internal combustion engine has several cylinder banks, at least a first cylinder bank being deactivatable, and, during deactivation... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080236542 - Electronic throttle device and method of manufacturing the same: An electronic throttle device includes a throttle body, a bulge, and a ring. The throttle body includes a bore part having an approximately cylindrical shape. The bore part is connected to an upstream air hose such that the upstream air hose is located on an outside of the bore part... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080236541 - Throttle devices for internal combustion engines: A throttle device for an internal combustion engine includes a throttle body, a transmission mechanism and an opener. A relief spring is interleaved between the throttle body and the opener. A back spring is interleaved between a final stage gear of the transmission mechanism and the opener. Each of the... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080236543 - Accelerator position sensor arrangement structure for motorcycle: To provide an accelerator position sensor arrangement structure for a motorcycle that can prevent an increased vehicle-width without change of operational feeling of a throttle. An accelerator position sensor is connected to a throttle grip via a pair of throttle cables and disposed externally of main frames, of a body... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080236544 - Driving amount controller: A driving amount controller for reducing the response delay or erroneous deviation in the control of a driving amount of a controlled system, for example, in the control of the opening of a throttle valve. When a target opening DTHR is varied starting from the condition where the throttle valve... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080236545 - Driving amount controller: A driving amount controller is provided for a vehicle. An ECU on the vehicle reduces a damping output Udamp when the deviation e between the target opening DTHR of the throttle valve and the actual opening DTH is near zero or when a switching function value σ is near zero.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080236546 - Combustion control system for internal combustion engine: In an embodiment, the invention provides an internal combustion engine, including a first fuel injector that supplies a first fuel to a first predetermined region in a combustion chamber, and a second fuel injector that supplies a second fuel to a second predetermined region in the combustion chamber. The second... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080236547 - Control apparatus capable of suitably controlling fuel injection apparatus regardless of variation in fuel pressure in accumulator: A control apparatus is provided to control a fuel injection apparatus. The fuel injection apparatus includes an accumulator that accumulates high-pressure fuel, at least one injector that injects the high-pressure fuel accumulated in the accumulator into a cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and a pressure sensor that senses fuel... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080236548 - Control device for high-pressure fuel system: The present invention reduces exhaust emissions at startup, provides improved fuel pressure control performance in a low-load region, and detects high-pressure fuel system abnormalities. Disclosed is a high-pressure fuel system control device which includes a high-pressure pump for pressurizing fuel and discharging the pressurized fuel to a fuel rail, an... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080236549 - Fuel system: A fuel system comprises a first, variable displacement fuel pump operable to supply fuel through a metering valve to an engine, a control servo operable to control the operation of the first pump, a pressure drop control valve (PDCV) responsive to a pressure drop across the metering valve, a second... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080236550 - Vehicle fuel supply device: A vehicle fuel supply device including a saddle-shaped fuel tank comprised of a main chamber and an auxiliary chamber. A reservoir is disposed within the main chamber. A main pump is provided within the reservoir. A sub-pump is detachably provided within the reservoir. The fuel in the reservoir is drawn... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080236551 - Control method for an internal combustion engine: In a control method for an internal combustion engine (1) which has a fuel tank (18), a fuel vapor storage device (25) for storing the escaping fuel vapors and a controllable valve (28) for adjusting the stream of fuel vapors fed to the intake tract (4) during a period of... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080236552 - Mixture device for gaseous fuel and air: A fuel mixing device includes a body having an intake bore, a first surface, and a second surface adjacent to the first surface. A first valve device may be carried by the body on the first surface and a second valve device may be carried by the body on the... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080236553 - Internal combustion engine with breather system: An internal combustion engine including a valve system and a breather system. The valve system includes a camshaft having intake cams and exhaust cams. The intake cams open and close intake valves, and the exhaust cams open and close exhaust valves. The breather system includes an upstream-side breather chamber and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080236554 - Fuel injection system having reduced pollutant emissions: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine is proposed. The fuel injection system has a high pressure part and a low pressure part. In the high pressure part, fuel is fed from at least one high pressure accumulator/reservoir to at least one fuel injector. In the low pressure... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080236555 - Air/fuel ratio control system for internal combustion engine: An air/fuel ratio control system is provided for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders and an air/fuel ratio sensor. The air/fuel ratio sensor is disposed at an exhaust gas merging portion of an exhaust passage where exhaust gas discharged from the plurality of cylinders merges together. The... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC