Internal-combustion engines inventions 11/08

20080289590 - Reserve tank: A reserve tank includes a tank body for storing coolant, an inflow portion for allowing the coolant to flow into the tank body, a guide portion, and an outflow portion for allowing the coolant to flow out of the tank body. The guide portion is disposed above the inflow portion... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080289591 - Vehicle for filing a hydrogen storage vessel at enhanced flow rates: A compressed gas delivery vehicle includes a cooling system designed to cool the interior of a gas storage vessel containing adsorbent or absorbent material during filling of the vessel.... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20080289606 - Piston cam engine: The invention relates to a piston cam engine used in different field of the mechanical engineering, as internal-combustion engines compressors, pumps etc. The cam engine comprises cylinders (13) with pistons (20), a cylindrical tubular 3D cam (3) having a cam groove on the inner cylindrical surface and at least two... Agent: Boyan Kirilov Bahnev

20080289593 - Switchable valve train for gas-exchange valves of internal combustion engines: A switchable valve train for gas-exchange valves of internal combustion engines with a rocker arm device (1), in which a rocking motion about a rocker arm axis (3) can be introduced by at least one cam (2a, 2b), one tappet, or the like, wherein this rocking motion can be transmitted... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080289596 - Apparatus for preventing leakage across rotor vanes in a vane-type camshaft phaser: In a first embodiment of a camshaft phaser, the rotor is split along an equatorial plane thereof, defining first and second rotor portions. A resilient seal is compressively disposed between the rotor portions to prevent leakage therebetween and to urge the rotor vanes against the cover plate and sprocket surfaces... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080289595 - Camshaft adjuster comprising a locking mechanism: A camshaft adjuster (10) for an internal combustion engine which includes a locking mechanism is provided. At least one locking element (21, 22) which can be locked in the zone of a central position (20) as well as at least one additional locking element (23, 24) that can be locked... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080289594 - Camshaft adjuster with a locking system: A device for adjusting the angle of rotation between two rotating shafts, in particular a drive shaft of a reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine and a camshaft for actuating gas-exchange valves is provided, having a rotation element that is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the drive shaft, a rotor... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080289597 - Switchable valve train member: A deactivation valve lifter includes a lifter body. The lifter body has a first end configured for engaging a cam of an engine and at least one annular pin chamber. A pin housing includes a pin housing bottom. The pin housing bottom defines at least one pin stop aperture and... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080289592 - Cam shaft: The instant invention relates to a cam shaft (1) for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles, which is supported on a cylinder head housing (15) via at least one roller bearing (2), wherein provision is made for at least one thrust bearing (3), which supports the cam shaft (1) in... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080289598 - Large displacement engine: An engine block with a plurality of relatively large piston bores is provided. The engine block is adapted for use of relatively large bore pistons, and preferably duel connecting rod pistons. Configured in this manner the engine block has a relatively large displacement and is especially suited for use with... Agent: Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. The Davis Brown Tower

20080289599 - Controller for homogeneous charge compression ignition internal combustion engine: A HCCI engine (1) is able to supply two types of fuels with different octane numbers to each cylinder (3) through fuel supply devices (17 and 18). A fuel supply control means (50) of a controller (2) increases a proportion of a supplied quantity of a low-octane fuel in the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080289600 - Controller for homogenous charge compression ignition internal combustion engine: A homogeneous charge compression ignition internal combustion engine (HCCI) (1) is able to supply two types of fuels with different octane numbers to each cylinder (3) through fuel supply devices (17, 18). A controller (2) detects via an ion current sensor (21) disposed in each cylinder (3) a combustion timing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080289601 - Method for controlling the opening of a throttle valve body assembly: The invention concerns a method for controlling the opening of an internal combustion engine throttle valve body assembly, characterized in that it includes the following steps: specifically mapping the engine, limiting the opening angle of the throttle valve body assembly, and defining particular operating points requiring replacement of the usual... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080289602 - Method for controlling an internal combustion engine: A method for controlling an internal combustion engine with at least two cylinders in the case of irregular running caused by combustion problems has the following steps: measurement of a segment time of a first cylinder during a first time interval T1 in the sequence of operations of the internal... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080289603 - Engine control system, vehicle having the same, method for calculating fuel center of gravity, and method for controlling engine: An engine control system enables engine control to cause ignition timing to approximate MBT without necessarily measuring torque and combustion pressure. The negative ion current in an engine combustion chamber is measured and a first crank angle B corresponding to a first rate in change of the negative ion current... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080289604 - Method and system for controlling engine noise: The present invention provides a method of controlling noise and harshness caused by combustion in a spark ignited engine having a combustion chamber; a fuel delivery means for delivering a fuel charge to the combustion chamber; a plurality of spark ignition means located in the combustion chamber for igniting the... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080289605 - Actuator control apparatus: An actuator control apparatus is provided which has: an actuator provided in an internal combustion engine at a position distant from combustion chambers to change an engine state amount; a sensor that detects the actual operation position of the actuator; a controller that controls the actuator to bring the actual... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080289608 - Fuel injector control apparatus: A microcomputer calculates a fuel injection time. When the fuel injection time is longer than a predetermined specified time, the microcomputer sets a voltage level of a short-term injection signal to high and sets a peak current for coils in fuel injectors to a first peak current. When the fuel... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080289607 - Internal combustion engine controller: An internal combustion engine controller has: a voltage booster circuit for boosting a battery power source; a booster side driver element for flowing a current through the injectors by using the boosted voltage; a battery side driver element disposed in parallel with the booster side driver element to flow a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080289609 - Method of fueling an internal combustion engine using pressurized and heated fuel: A method of operating an internal combustion engine comprises the steps of (a) pressurizing a liquid fuel to a pressure above 150 psig; (b) heating the liquid fuel to a temperature above 500° F. to produce a heated liquid fuel; (c) suddenly reducing the pressure of the heated liquid fuel... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20080289610 - Pulse supercharger in the intake tract of an internal combustion engine: A pulse supercharger for internal combustion engines, in which the pulse supercharger is situated in a charge air duct. The flow cross-section of the charge air duct for a charge air flow is opened or closed via the pulse supercharger. The pulse supercharger includes two synchronously operatable rotary slide elements.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080289611 - Exhaust gas recirculation cooler bypass cartridge: A bypass valve cartridge (10) is provided for permitting exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) flow to bypass a cooler port of a cooler of a vehicle. The cartridge (10) includes housing structure (11) constructed and arranged to be inserted into and mounted in a portion of a cooler (30). Flapper structure... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC

20080289612 - Internal combustion engine: The invention relates to an invention combustion engine comprising a cylinder head (1) with at least one inlet port (4) and at least one injection device (6) per cylinder (2), which extends into the combustion chamber. In order to reduce wear of the injection device while preventing depositions in the... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080282998 - Ethanol fuel reforming system for internal combustion engines: Provided is an ethanol fuel reforming system for internal combustion engines with which system a reaction of reforming ethanol into diethyl ether can be conducted at a constant temperature, and the reaction can be maintained with stability. The system comprises reforming means 2 for containing a reforming catalyst; a first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080283022 - Emission control for an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion cylinder assembly includes a cylinder having a cylinder head at an end thereof, a combustion chamber disposed in the cylinder head, a piston disposed slidably within the cylinder, the piston having a bottom dead center position distal from the combustion chamber and a top dead center position... Agent: Volvo Technology Of America, Corporate Patents

20080282999 - Engine fan control method and apparatus: A thermal control system for an engine and/or peripheral components is disclosed wherein a fan may be actively coupled and decoupled from an engine's shaft based on a sensed parameter such as engine temperature, alternator temperature and/or supply fuel temperature. In one embodiment, the temperature is sensed at or near... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080283000 - Motor vehicle with linearly regulated engine fan: The invention relates to a motor vehicle comprising a water circuit for cooling its internal combustion engine, wherein the water circuit comprises an electrically operated engine fan and the engine fan is assigned a linear regulator which is thermally coupled to the water circuit.... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20080283001 - Water-jacket structure for water-cooled internal combustion engine: A water-jacket structure, for a water-cooled internal combustion engine, forms a cylinder block water jacket in a cylinder block so as to surround cylinder bores formed in the cylinder block to make cooling water flow through the cylinder block water jacket into a cylinder head water jacket formed in a... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20080283027 - Internal combustion engine having a variable compression ratio: In an internal combustion engine including cylinders arranged in a housing, a crankshaft, pistons disposed in the cylinders so as to be movable by the crankshaft, and a device for varying a compression ratio of the internal combustion engine wherein the device, for varying the compression ratio, includes an adjusting... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080283002 - Multi-cylinder two-stroke radial engine: Multi-cylinder two-stroke radial engine, specially intended for use in models with a cubature in the order of 0.30-1.20 in3 and particularly for model aircraft applications. It comprises (FIG. 1) a cylindrical body (1) on the perimeter of which there are radially positioned cylinders (2) inside which travel pistons (2a) connected... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080283029 - Two-stroke internal combustion engine: Disclosed is a two-stroke internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder (2) and a cylinder head (4) releasably secured thereto, the cylinder (2) featuring a main exhaust port (12) and at least one auxiliary exhaust port (13) which can be covered at least in part by means of control slide members... Agent: Law Office Of Rod D. Baker

20080283004 - Electromechanical valve timing during a start: A method for starting an internal combustion engine with electrically actuated valves, the method comprising during at least a run-up in engine speed of engine starting, adjusting intake valve timing of an electrically actuated valve of a cylinder to provide a desired air amount in said cylinder, based on at... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080283007 - Actuator control apparatus and method: An actuator control apparatus includes: an actuator that changes a state amount of an internal combustion engine; a sensor that detects an actual operation position of the actuator; a controller that controls the actuator to bring the actual operation position of the actuator to a target operation position set based... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080283006 - Low-load operation extension of a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine: A method for extending the low-load operation of a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine includes employing a valve actuation device creating a negative valve overlap, thereby trapping and recompressing combusted gases within a combustion chamber, the device effecting increasingly longer negative valve overlap as engine load decreases, injecting during the... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20080283005 - Method of starting internal combustion engine: There is provided a method of starting an internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber and an intake valve which opens during an intake stroke of an engine cycle to allow air to be inducted into the combustion chamber. The method comprises cranking the internal combustion engine with advanced closing... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080283010 - Cam shaft phase setter and vacuum pump for an internal combustion engine: A device for adjusting the phase position of a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine and for supplying an assembly with a partial vacuum, said device comprising: a phase setter for adjusting the phase position of the cam shaft relative to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine; a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080283009 - Camshaft adjuster: Impurities of a lubricant in traditional camshaft adjusters can cause a problem, leading to impairment in the function and service life of the camshaft adjuster. In order to address this, flow channel areas are provided in the lubricant circuit, which include a dead chamber (37) where impurities can be deposited... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080283008 - Internal combustion engine employing variable compression ratio mechanism: An internal combustion engine which varies a compression ratio by changing a top dead center position of a piston, including an engine block, the piston disposed in the engine block, a crank shaft supported by the engine block, and a plurality of links connecting the piston and the crank shaft.... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080283011 - Pushrod engine with multiple independent lash adjusters for each pushrod: A multiple-cylinder internal combustion engine having a camshaft-driven valvetrain with a camshaft disposed within an engine block includes at least two intake and/or exhaust valves with multiple valves operated by a common lifter and pushrod that engages a follower having multiple independent lash adjusters coupled to associated rocker arms. The... Agent: Bir Law, PLC/fgtl

20080283003 - Two-step roller finger cam follower: A two-step roller finger follower assembly for shifting between high-lift and low-lift valve modes in a valve train of an internal combustion engine includes a body having side members defining coaxially disposed shaft orifices, a pallet end, a socket end, a slider arm aperture, and a latch pin channel. The... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080283012 - Parallel starting system having a low wiring expenditure: A starter system for starting internal combustion engines including a plurality of starters connected in parallel, each having a starter motor and an engaging relay. This parallel starting system may be implemented simply and cost-effectively if at least one of the starters includes a power relay which switches the primary... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080283013 - Air intake duct arrangement for an internal combustion engine: An air intake duct arrangement for an internal combustion engine in which a cylinder head is fixed on a body shell of a motor vehicle via a damping element. The cylinder head is closed by a set of timing gear cases, and the intake duct includes an intermediate portion connected... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080283014 - Flow guide element for guiding the flow of a fluid medium: A flow guide element is provided for guiding a flow of a fluid medium which is particularly suitable for use in an intake tract of an internal combustion engine. The flow guide element includes a flow tube having an elbow for diverting the flow. In the region of the elbow... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080283015 - Intake manifold: An intake manifold is provided with partitions which divide the lower space formed under opening ends. An intake air is prevented from flowing into the lower space by the partitions. Since the intake air can be efficiently suctioned to each opening ends, pressure loss of the intake air can be... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080283016 - Intake device for internal combustion engine: A cross-sectional shape of a first intake passage is formed in a circular shape and a cross-sectional shape of a second intake passage is formed in a rectangular shape. Thus, an opening area of a second intake throttle portion can be made larger than an opening area of a first... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080283017 - Engine start device: An engine start device having a first start mode in which the engine is started on a spot by executing a start operation of the engine, and a second start mode in which a necessary accumulated force is previously accumulated in to start in one time in an optional place... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080283018 - Supporting structure for a camshaft, as well as methods for mounting and manufacturing a camshaft: A cam lobe 22 is formed as a single part, not formed together with a shaft body 21. The shaft body 21 penetrates through bearing holes 13F, 13M, and 13R, as well as a mounting hole 24 provided in the cam lobe 22, which is arranged in between the adjacent... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080283019 - Dilution limiting device: An anterior chamber receives a mixture fluid, in which a lubricant oil and a fuel are mixed. A semipermeable separation film is permeable to the fuel component in the anterior chamber and is not permeable to the lubricant oil in the anterior chamber due to a molecular size difference between... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080283020 - Oil pan: An oil pan is provided for an internal combustion engine. The oil pan includes, but is not limited to a base part configured to form an oil sump and a suction channel that opens into the oil sump through an opening. The oil pan also includes, but is not limited... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20080283021 - Connecting rod for an internal combustion engine and method for coating its slide bearing surfaces: Disclosed is a connecting rod for a combustion engine, comprising a small connecting-rod eye that is provided with a plain bearing surface and is used for accommodating a piston pin, and a large connecting-rod eye which is provided with a plain bearing surface and embraces a crankshaft journal. In order... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080283023 - System and method for tip-in knock compensation: A system for an engine of a vehicle traveling on the road, the system comprising a cylinder of the engine; an emission control device coupled in an exhaust downstream of the cylinder; a first injector configured to directly inject into the cylinder and coupled in a cylinder of the engine;... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080283024 - Haptic device in a vehicle and method thereof: A system and method for providing a haptic device in a vehicle. The system comprises a foot operated pedal of a vehicle. A sensor is coupled to the pedal and is configured to sense a position of the pedal during use. The sensor is configured to output a sensor signal... Agent: Immersion -thelen LLP

20080283025 - Engine control device: To improve power performance while avoiding or suppressing surging, an engine control device comprises a VVT mechanism for varying the open/close timing of an intake valve, and the occurrence of surging is determined by comparing an engine rotation variation width with a surge determination threshold. When it is determined that... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080283026 - Fuel system, especially of the common rail type, for an internal combustion engine: A fuel system for an internal combustion engine includes at least one first fuel pump and a pressure region into which the fuel pump pumps and which communicates with an elastic volume reservoir. The elastic volume reservoir has a characteristic pressure/volume curve, which is defined by at least two points.... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080283028 - Engine with internal egr system: A 4-stroke cycle engine with EGR system equipped with a particulate filter, an external EGR system, and an exhaust valve sub-lift type internal EGR system is provided. With the engine, reduction of NOx emission by EGR can be achieved without incurring deterioration in engine durability by enabling operation of the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080283030 - Method to determine a fuel composition: The invention concerns a method to determine the composition of a fuel from the components ethanol and gasoline of an internal combustion engine, wherein the fuel is supplied to the internal combustion engine by means of a fuel supply unit and via two fuel distributor rails; and the exhaust gas... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080276886 - Internal combustion engine cooling system: An engine cooling system has an engine water jacket, a coolant circulation passage connecting a water jacket outlet to a water jacket inlet and a radiator disposed in the coolant circulation passage. A thermostat valve selectively closes and opens the coolant circulation passage leading to the radiator. A bypass passage... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080276887 - Exhaust gas recirculation system of vehicle: An exhaust gas recirculation system. A water jacket in a cylinder block is configured for coolant to flow therein. A cylinder head is attached to the cylinder block. A cylinder is disposed in the cylinder block and the cylinder head. An intake manifold runner is connected to an intake hole... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080276919 - Piston, a ring and a piston assembly for a two cycle engine: A piston ring (3) for a two cycle internal combustion engine has a sealing portion (4) and a piston engaging portion (5) adapted to engage with a ring engaging portion of a piston (200) to restrict radial movement of the sealing portion (5). A piston, a piston assembly and a... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20080276889 - Electromagnetic actuator with two electromagnets comprising magnets having different forces and method of controlling an internal combustion engine valve using same: An electromagnetic actuator including an actuating member associated with an armature and able to move between two extreme positions under the action of an elastic member and two electromagnets that attract the armature to one of the extreme positions, where the electromagnets each include a coil, a core for channeling... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080276890 - Engine valve operating system: An engine valve operating system is provided in which one end of a first link arm (61) turnably supported at a fixed position of an engine body and the other end of a second link arm (62) turnably supported by a displaceable movable shaft (68a) are turnably connected to a... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080276888 - Cams for built-up camshafts: The invention relates to cams for constructed camshafts, said cams formed from at least one profiled sheet metal strip (2) produced by rolling and having a thickness which varies in the longitudinal direction thereof and two end regions (2a). Said profiled sheet metal strip (2) is bent or deformed to... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080276891 - Power equipment apparatus having engine with electric starter motor and manual starter mechanism: A power equipment apparatus includes an engine, an electric starter motor, a manual starter mechanism, a temperature sensor, and a starter switch. The temperature sensor is operatively coupled with the engine and is configured to generate a temperature signal reflecting a temperature of a portion of the engine. The starter... Agent: Ulmer & Berne, LLP Attn: Diane Bell

20080276892 - Methods and systems for supplying power to a load: Methods and systems for controlling a supply of power to a load are provided.... Agent: King & Spalding, LLP

20080276893 - Single piece rotor: A starter for moving a movable portion of an engine to start the engine includes a gear housing, a gear assembly within the gear housing, an output member at a first end of the gear assembly adapted to operably couple to the movable portion of the engine, a motor housing,... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080276894 - Air supply distributor for an internal combustion engine: An air distributor including a cylindrical tubular body including connecting channels for supplying cylinders of an internal combustion engine, branches of which open in an aligned manner along a generatrix of the tubular body. The tubular body extends upstream into the branches of a 180° elbow that opens at an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080276895 - Intake manifold tuning assembly: The present invention relates to an intake manifold including first and second plenums in fluid communication with the throttle body and a plurality of runners depending from the plenums to direct air into the cylinders of an engine. Each of the runners includes a vent to release pressurized air within... Agent: Bliss Mcglynn, P.C.

20080276896 - Air control valve apparatus for an internal combustion engine: Air control valve apparatus (1) for internal combustion engines (2) having a turbocharger (3), wherein the air control valve apparatus (1) is arranged in a bypass channel (4) between the pressure side (5) and the suction side (6) of a boost pressure pump of the turbocharger, having a housing (7)... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20080276898 - High fuel efficiency flywheel and cylinder internal cambustion engine hybrid (abbreviated as f&c engine hybrid): F&C engine includes a central shaft mounted a cylindrical cam, that formed with two pieces of different diameter steel tubes, as the inner and outer walls, the upper end of the outer wall, placed a driving flange, to drive the engine timing devices. on the two layer walls (for light... Agent: Tse-cheng Wang

20080276897 - System and method for operation of an engine having multiple combustion modes and adjustable balance shafts: A method of operating an engine having an adjustable balance shaft may comprise adjusting operation of the balance shaft during engine operation in response to an engine combustion mode. For example, balance shafts may be disabled during SI mode and enabled during HCCI mode. Various alternative examples may also be... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080276899 - Cylinder head: The invention provides an exhaust system including a cylinder head having a plurality of exhaust ports. Integrally formed with the cylinder head are a plurality of independent and separate tubes. The tubes are cast, molded or otherwise integrally formed with the exhaust ports of the cylinder head. The cylinder head... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20080276900 - Vehicle piston internal combustion engine comprising an adapted recess: An internal combustion engine has at least one cylinder, wherein in the cylinder there is a piston, which has a recess. Furthermore, the internal combustion engine has a cylinder head, which has the shape of a roof complementary to the roof-shaped geometry of the piston with a first and second... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080276901 - Cover assembly for an internal combustion engine: A cover assembly is provided, such as a camshaft cover or valve cover, for an internal combustion engine. The cover assembly includes a cover member with a contoured surface. An acoustic barrier member is generally coextensive with the cover member and at least partially approximates the contoured surface. An elastic... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080276902 - Rotary piston machine comprising two piston mounts arranged on an axle: The object of the invention of developing a rotary piston machine, which is to be embodied as a prime mover or as a work machine consisting of two piston mounts rotatably mounted on an axle and being capable of performing a relative movement, wherein they are connected to a straight-line... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20080276903 - Viktor gorb's rotary internal combustion engine: A rotary internal combustion engine is provided, comprising one or more modules mounted on a common shaft, each module comprising a rotor, a stator, an ignition system, a working chamber, an exhaust gas discharge system, and a system of seals. The engine is characterized in that the working chamber, together... Agent: Aleksandr Smushkovich

20080276904 - Differential torque operation for internal combustion engine: A method of operating an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders including at least a first cylinder and a second cylinder, the method comprising firing the first cylinder and the second cylinder in an alternating sequence; during a first mode, adjusting an operating parameter of the engine to... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080276905 - High frequency ignition assembly: An ignition assembly includes a power converter receiving an alternating current input, including a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are charged in parallel to a first DC voltage and at a first polarity to discharge in series to an output at a... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080276906 - Method of detecting and compensating for injector variability with a direct injection system: A method for controlling fuel injection of a direct injection fuel system, the fuel system having a fuel pump, the method comprising: variably operating the fuel pump to maintain a fuel pressure at a selected pressure, temporarily increasing pump operation to increase pressure sufficiently above said selected pressure and then... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080276907 - Electromagnetic fuel injection valve device: An electromagnetic fuel injection valve device for an internal combustion engine is configured to carry out an energization to an electromagnetic coil of an injection valve actuator for a valve opening motion and additionally carry out a mid-term energization at a time interval between both an energization for valve opening... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080276908 - Throttle apparatus having electronic control means built-in: The present invention provides a throttle apparatus having an electronic control means built-in which uses an engine fuel supply system having a carburetor specification and is arranged for constructing a fuel injection system in accordance with an electronic control.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080276909 - Conveying device comprising a fuel pump: A conveying device (1) has a fuel pump (5) for supplying an internal combustion engine (2) of a motor vehicle with fuel. The conveying device further has a monitoring apparatus (10) for determining the wear condition or the degree of soiling of the fuel pump (5). To this end, the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080276910 - Fuel pressure boost method and apparatus: An apparatus for providing pressurized fuel for an engine includes an engine starting apparatus including an electric motor operative to crank the engine and a fuel pump operatively coupled to the electric motor.... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20080276911 - Controlling evaporative emissions in a fuel system: Methods and fuel systems to reduce evaporative emissions of a volatile fuel. A fuel tank contains fuel, a carburetor mixes air with the fuel from the fuel tank, and a plurality of fluid paths route fuel amongst and/or between the fuel tank and the carburetor. A valve actuation device stops... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080276912 - Hand-held power tool: A hand-held power tool has at least one operating medium tank having at least one opening. At least one connecting conduit is arranged external to the operating medium tank. At least one connecting member is inserted into the opening, wherein the at least one connecting conduit is connected to the... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20080276913 - Hybrid thermal energy conversion for hcci heated intake charge system: A method of operating an internal combustion engine coupled in a hybrid powertrain, the method comprising of extracting waste energy from a component of an electrical power system of the hybrid powertrain, and adjusting intake air temperature during homogeneous charge compression ignition operation of the engine by using said extracted... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080276914 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine having exhaust gas recirculation: In a method for operating an internal combustion engine having exhaust gas recirculation, air is supplied to at least one combustion chamber via an intake manifold at least partially closable with the aid of a final control element, and a part of the exhaust gases flowing into an exhaust pipe... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080276915 - Control method and control apparatus of internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine includes a throttle controlling mechanism; a valve characteristic varying mechanism which controls an internal EGR rate by the control of an overlap period Pa and a non-overlap period Pb; and an output setting means which sets a required amount of engine output. The throttle controlling mechanism... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080276916 - Method and device for controlling a valve for recycling gases burned during an engine starting phase: A method carried out by a control device, the method holding a valve EGR completely opened during a determined short time after a starting phase of a diesel engine, which is provided with an EGR recirculation, and controlling the valve EGR in a partially closed state during the starting time... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080276917 - Ignition coil apparatus for an internal combustion engine: The rotation of an ignition coil apparatus upon mounting thereof on an internal combustion engine is prevented with a simple structure, and the efficiency of mounting the ignition coil apparatus on the internal combustion engine is improved. A high voltage tower is formed integrally with a case main body having... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080276918 - Integrated ignition coil and oil seal for head and cam cover: An ignition apparatus includes an oil seal integrated with a spark plug boot and configured to mate with a cylinder head so as to seal the oil that is found under the cam cover from the spark plug and high voltage terminal of the plug. The cylinder head includes a... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080276920 - Exhaust emission control device of an internal combustion engine: As forcible modulation parameters, a cycle and an amplitude are set so that O2 and CO concentrations in emissions at a catalyst inlet can be increased, and based upon the preset parameters, forcible modulation that forcibly fluctuates an exhaust air-fuel ratio is carried out to facilitate catalysis for early activation,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080271702 - Fuel-saving accelerator for internal combustion engine: The present invention discloses a fuel-saving accelerator for internal combustion engine, which comprises a water tank for storing water therein as auxiliary fuel for the inner combustion engine; a water processing unit communicating with the water tank to process the water supplied from the water tank; and a water control... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080271711 - Four-stroke free piston engine: A free piston engine utilizes a shuttle frame external to combustion chambers to rigidly link shuttle parts reciprocating along a centerline. If the shuttle parts are spaced apart along the centerline, the shuttle frame may be struts extending from the shuttle parts and linked by rods. Alternatively the shuttle parts... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20080271715 - Internal combustion barrel engine: A two-stroke barrel engine includes a power output shaft configured to rotate, an even number of cylinders encircling the power output shaft, wherein each cylinder includes opposing first and second power pistons configured to reciprocate within their respective power cylinder, and a pair of non-rotating wobbleplates opposed and hingedly connected... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080271687 - Two-stroke opposite radial rotary-piston engine: A two-stroke opposite rotary-piston engine comprises a cylinder block including a sleeve and two pistons slidely disposed therein, oppositely movable forming a common combustion chamber and a first gap with sleeve's sidewalls, a rotor having a surface formed by an ellipse or Cassini line, traverses attached to the pistons, rollers... Agent: Boris Moukhaev

20080271688 - Method and apparatus to control transition between hcci and si combustion in a direct-injection gasoline engine: A method for transitioning operation of a spark-ignition, direct-injection internal combustion engine having a two-step, variable phase valvetrain between HCCI and SI modes includes providing a low-lift intake valve, un-throttled stoichiometric SI operation intermediate a low-lift exhaust and intake valve HCCI mode and a high-lift exhaust and intake valve, un-throttled... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20080271690 - Camshaft adjuster for an internal combustion engine with integrated valve slide: A camshaft adjuster (1) for an internal combustion engine, which is attached on the end to a camshaft (2) and which acts as a transmission element to a drive wheel (3) for the rotating drive of the camshaft (2), with an internal wheel (4) locked in rotation with the camshaft... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080271689 - Control valve for a device for variably adjusting the valve timing for gas exchange valves in an internal combustion engine: A control valve (14) for a device (1) for altering the valve timing for gas exchange valves (110, 111) of an internal combustion engine (100) is provided. A non-return valve (54) is located within an annular groove (44) formed on one of the components of the control valve (14) and... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080271691 - Engine valve operating system: A rocker arm (63) is provided with a valve connecting portion (63a) into which tappet screws (70) abutting against a pair of engine valves (19) are screwed so that their advance/retract positions can be adjusted, and the rocker arm (63) has a cam abutting portion (65) which abuts against a... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080271692 - Rocker arm for valve actuation: The present invention provides an improved rocker arm system for actuating poppet valves in high performance internal combustion engines. The rocker arm provides journals extending from each side fitted to outboard bearing mounts to guide the motion of the rocker arm.... Agent: David M. Carter Carter & Schnedler, P.A.

20080271693 - Deactivating rocker arm / mechanical lash adjustment system: A deactivating rocker arm mechanical adjustment system for internal combustion engines is provided wherein a lash adjustment screw which has eccentric cam and a feature by which the screw can be rotated using a tool. The adjustment screw is installed a valve actuation section of a split rocker arm wherein... Agent: Arthur J. Plantamura, Esq. General Chemical Performance Products LLC.

20080271694 - Limited travel hydraulic lifter and methods of assembly and use thereof: A travel limited plunger for a hydraulic lifter for, among other purposes, use in racing and/or other high performance applications. In one variation, an existing retaining clip is replaced by a heavy duty retainer and a precisely sized spacer is inserted between the retainer and the plunger to limit travel... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080271695 - Power system for and method of powering a vehicle: A power system is provided for a vehicle includes a primary combustion engine for powering a drive system of the vehicle for propelling the vehicle and non-drive systems associated with the vehicle in a first mode of operation. An auxiliary combustion engine is coupled to the primary engine for powering... Agent: Grady K. Bergen

20080271696 - Intake air control apparatus and method: An intake air control apparatus comprises an intake air path connected to a combustion chamber, and an intake airflow control device having a first opening deviated in one direction when viewed from an axial direction of the intake air path by partially closing a cross-section of a flow path of... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080271697 - Lower intake manifold with charge motion control valve: A lower intake manifold assembly includes a lower housing and a runner insert fitted into the lower housing. The lower housing may be made of metal and the runner insert may advantageously be made of a synthetic resin material. The runner insert provides a sealing surface between the lower housing... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080271698 - Internal combustion engine with starter device: An internal combustion engine has a starter device, wherein the starter device has a drive member and a driven member and a locking mechanism for coupling the drive member and the driven member to one another for starting the internal combustion engine. The locking mechanism has at least one pawl... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20080271699 - Combustion engine: The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine of piston type operating with a mixture of combustible fuel and air comprising at least one combustion chamber (11) and a piston (2) movably arranged in said combustion chamber (11) to compress the fuel and air mixture so as to provide... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080271700 - Cylinder head and production method for a cylinder head: A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine is provided for a motor vehicle. The cylinder head includes, but is not limited to a flow channel, which can be connected to a cylinder. An air duct for injecting gas into the flow channel is connected to the flow channel via... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20080271701 - Inverted cardioid wankel engine: An internal combustion engine comprising a support structure, including a tube and a hollow stator core, supported by and rigidly affixed to the tube. Additionally, a rotor assembly is eccentrically and rotatably mounted about the stator core and having a pair of partial sidewalls, each of which defines a circular... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20080271703 - Trapped vortex combustion chamber: A combustor for a gas turbine engine is disclosed which is able to operate with high combustion efficiency, and low nitrous oxide emissions during gas turbine operations. The combustor consists of a can-type configuration which combusts fuel premixed with air and delivers the hot gases to a turbine. Fuel is... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080271704 - Method of controlling operation of an engine that can use a single-fuel of a multi-fuel combustion mode: c

20080271705 - Variable compression engine: A variable compression internal combustion engine having a compression that is variable via a compression relief valve (in addition to the intake and exhaust valves) that is precisely timed and controlled by a selectable timing hydraulic pump or other means and designed to relieve compression in the combustion chamber during... Agent: Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A.

20080271706 - Hydrogen gas injector plug for diesel engines: The hydrogen gas injector plug for diesel engines employs an injector plug for generating hydrogen gas from water. Pressurized hot water is pulsed into contact with a heated metallic catalyst. The pressurized hot water turns to steam and disassociates into a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen gases. The catalyst removes... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080271708 - Fuel metering unit for a high-pressure fuel pump, and high-pressure fuel pump: The invention relates to a fuel metering unit, in which the displaceable parts of an electromagnet are guided through two bushings in an axial direction, the bushings being located at a distance from one another. The bushings guide the armature bolt, which can be produced from a wear-resistant material, such... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080271707 - Liquefied gas fuel supply device of diesel engine: In a diesel engine system of a liquefied gas fuel, the present invention aims at the prevention of storing of the liquefied gas fuel in a cam chamber even when a diesel engine repeats stopping and operation thereof without returning the liquefied gas fuel in a fuel gallery of a... Agent: Priest & Goldstein PLLC

20080271709 - Combustion engine technology: A fuel system for use in a combustion chamber of a compression ignition internal combustion engine comprises a pump arrangement having a pump chamber for fluid and a piston which is movable outwardly from the combustion chamber in response to pressure generated within the combustion chamber as a result of... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080271710 - Fuel supply device: The invention provides a fuel supply device, which is possible to prevent undesired water entered into a fuel path from remaining therein with a simple arrangement. A fuel supply pipe for supplying fuel to each of the fuel injection valves of an engine disposed with a plurality of cylinders in... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080271712 - Carbon deposit resistant component: Carbon deposits on engine components can negatively affect engine performance. An engine of the present disclosure includes at least one carbon deposit resistant engine component attached to an engine housing. The engine component includes at least one relatively high surface tension surface that is a non-contact wear surface and to... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20080271713 - Fuel injector assembly with injector seal retention: A fuel injector assembly with injector seal retention includes a fuel injector body including an injector nozzle housing disposed at a distal end of the fuel injector body. The injector body is adapted with a grooved portion to securely capture an injector seal to prevent the loss of the injector... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20080271714 - Electric fuel pump: An electric fuel pump includes a pump unit, motor unit, fuel discharge unit, stator holder, magnet wire, connection terminal, first mold resin, driver board assembly, and second mold resin. The motor unit drives the pump unit. The fuel discharge unit includes a discharge port member and discharges fuel supplied from... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080271716 - Canister arrangement in power generating apparatus: A power generating apparatus has a frame, an engine disposed inwardly of the frame and configured to drive a generator, a fuel tank for storing fuel to be supplied to the engine, and a canister containing an adsorbent for adsorbing fuel vapor from the fuel tank. The canister includes a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080271717 - Canister mounting structure in power generating apparatus: A power generating apparatus has a simplified structure for introducing fuel vapor from a fuel tank and blow-by gas produced in an engine into the engine's intake system so as to facilitate the manufacturing of the power generating apparatus. The power generating apparatus includes an engine for driving a generator,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080271718 - Method for fuel vapor canister purging: A method of controlling fuel vapor purging in a hybrid electric vehicle capable of selectively operating an internal combustion engine is provided. The method includes, determining a fuel tank condition parameter based on an amount of liquid fuel residing in a fuel tank of the hybrid electric vehicle and a... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080271719 - Vented gear drive assembly for a supercharger: A gear drive assembly for a supercharger is provided. The gear drive assembly has at least one gear member rotatable about an axis of rotation and includes a cover member operable to substantially enclose the at least one gear member. A tube member extends though the cover member and is... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080271720 - Valve actuation assembly: A valve actuation assembly includes a housing and a vane connected to a shaft. The vane is at least partially disposed within the housing. The valve actuation assembly further includes a valve assembly connected to the housing and a feedback device connected to at least one of the vane and... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080271721 - Arrangement and a method for recirculation of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine: An arrangement and a method for recirculation of exhaust gases of a combustion engine. A return line extends from an exhaust line for engine exhaust gases to an inlet line for air to the combustion engine. An EGR valve in the exhaust line regulates the amount of exhaust gases led... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080271722 - Heat exchanger for a combustion engine: Disclosed is a heat exchanger for a combustion engine, comprising a first connection zone (1, 102) for delivering a fluid that is to be cooled, at least some of said fluid being composed of exhaust gas of the combustion engine, a second connection zone (3, 103) for discharging the fluid,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080271723 - Anti global warming energy power system and method: A piezo-ceramic device is attached to the power wire of an engine to facilitate cleaner burning of fuel and improve to improve fuel consumption. In the presence of an electrical field around the power wire, the device directs acoustical energy of a subsonic frequency towards the combustion chamber which acts... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery

20080271724 - Ignition coil apparatus for internal combustion engine: An ignition coil apparatus for an internal combustion engine can be produced at low cost with a simple structure, and can be inserted into a bent plug hole without impairing insertability thereof. The apparatus is provided with a high voltage tower (2b) that holds a high voltage terminal (8) in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC