Internal-combustion engines inventions 12/08

20080314338 - Manual working machine: In order to provide a handheld work machine that does not require expensive start circuitry for the critical start-up phase of the combustion engine, and in which nevertheless the required constant supply voltage for the engine is present in order to achieve optimum starting behaviour, a handheld work machine is... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20080314350 - Rotary piston internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine, and more particularly a rotary internal combustion engine, is provided with said engine having multiple combustion chambers delimited by piston heads and an engine housing wall that defines at least a section of a torus. Additionally, a method for operating the internal combustion engine is described.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20080314358 - System for spraying water into the combustion air drawn into the intake of vehicle and industrial internal combustion engines: The invention relates to a system for spraying water into the combustion air drawn into the intake of vehicle and industrial internal combustion engines. The inventive system consists of a preferably-distilled water supply circuit including at least one water container which is provided with a supply mouth and a control... Agent: Defillo & Associates, Inc.

20080314339 - Structure for cooling internal combustion engine: Exhaust ports and an exhaust gas gathering portion are formed within a cylinder head. A main passage is formed within an engine body. Through the main passage, a coolant is introduced from the inside of a cylinder block into the inside of the cylinder head at portions near exhaust valves,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080314368 - Internal combustion engine with variable compression ratio: A coupler, such as a piston pin, is pivotally coupled to a piston such that the piston can pivot about a first axis relative to the coupler. A connecting rod is coupled to the coupler for pivoting about a second axis. The relative positions of the first and second axes... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080314341 - Electromagnetically-driven valve: An electromagnetically-driven valve includes intake valves that are provided in a gasoline engine and that are arranged side by side; a valve plate that connects the intake valves to each other, wherein driving force that is generated by electromagnetic force is transferred to the valve plate; and a changing mechanism... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080314344 - Continuous variable valve lift apparatus: A continuous variable valve lift apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a camshaft, an input cam disposed to the camshaft, a variable lever that is rotably connected to the camshaft and includes a first arm including a first connecting shaft and a second arm including... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080314342 - Desmodromic variable valve actuation: The combination of the Fully Variable Valve Actuation or FVVA system with the Desmodromic control results in a fully functional FVVA rid of valve springs and any other kind of the restoring springs of the art.... Agent: Pattakos Manousos

20080314343 - Valve-deactivating hydraulic lifter having a contoured pin housing bottom surface: A valve-deactivation hydraulic valve lifter including a recessed face on the pin housing for making contact with the a crowned surface region of a roller follower. The lifter includes a pin housing that is slidably disposed within an axial bore in a lifter body. Pins for variably locking the pin... Agent: Paul L. Marshall, Esq. Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080314345 - 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.

20080314340 - Two-step roller finger cam follower assembly having a follower travel limiter: A two-step roller finger follower assembly for use in conjunction with a camshaft of an internal combustion engine, wherein the camshaft has at least one first lobe and at least one second lobe. The roller finger follower assembly comprises a follower body for engaging the first cam lobe and having... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080314346 - Variable valve opening property internal combustion engine: In a variable valve opening property internal combustion engine, a roller link (22) is provided with a cam roller (31) at a free end thereof which engages a cam (3) of a camshaft (4) and a pressure surface (47) of a spring device (41). The roller link is pivotally supported... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080314347 - Rocker arm assembly: A two step rocker assembly is provided having a lever body, a first roller assembly mounted to the lever body, and a center shaft extending through the first roller assembly. A second shaft extends through the lever body and defines a first pivot point. A coupling lever is pivotally connected... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080314348 - Valve operating system and engine intake control system: A valve operating system that includes a drive shaft, a drive lever that is fixedly provided thereon and can pivot in a direction of movement of a valve body, a follower arm that is fixedly provided on the valve body, a link, a first connecting shaft that connects one end... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080314349 - Green start engine control systems and methods: A method of starting an engine having a fuel rail, one or more fuel injectors, and one or more spark plugs. In one embodiment, the method includes initializing a starting operation of the engine and suppressing the engine from starting by retarding a spark timing of the one or more... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080314351 - Turbocharger intake air chamber provided with air inlet from crankcase blowby ventilation (ccv): A method and device for reducing ice forming before an inlet of a turbo charger of a vehicle engine includes a crankcase blow-by air inlet in an air intake chamber mixing crankcase blow-by air with external air before entering into the turbo charger. The crankcase inlet is positioned close to... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20080314352 - Edge-pivot charge-motion control valve system for an internal combustion engine manifold runner: An edge-pivot charge-motion control assembly for controlling air turbulence comprising a molded sleeve inserted into a runner port of an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. A control valve element is pivotably mounted in the sleeve for external actuation. The valve element pivots into a formed recess in a... Agent: Patrick M. Griffin, Esq. Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080314353 - Cylinder liner and method construction thereof: A cylinder liner for receipt in an internal combustion engine cylinder block having a water cooling jacket surrounding a portion of the cylinder liner and method of construction thereof. The cylinder liner has a wall with an inner surface providing a cylinder bore extending along a central axis for reciprocation... Agent: Robert L. Stearns Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080314354 - Spark plug and cylinder head assembly ensuring reliable ignition of air/fuel mixture: A spark plug and cylinder head assembly includes a spark plug and a cylinder head of an engine. The cylinder head has a bore and a surface which faces a combustion chamber of the engine and on which the bore opens. The spark plug is fit in the bore of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080314355 - Engine arrangement: The present invention encompasses an engine arrangement, with in any event two piston and cylinder assemblies, where a first piston in a first cylinder, included in a first piston and cylinder assembly, is interconnected with a second piston in a second cylinder, included in a second piston and cylinder assembly,... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080314356 - Stirling cycle machine: A Stirling cycle machine. The machine includes at least one rocking drive mechanism which includes: a rocking beam having a rocker pivot, at least one cylinder and at least one piston. The piston is housed within a respective cylinder and is capable of substantially linearly reciprocating within the respective cylinder.... Agent: Michelle Saquet Temple

20080314357 - Air cleaner unit for internal combustion engine: An air cleaner unit includes a casing and a filter element disposed in the casing for filtering air to be introduced into an internal combustion engine of a vehicle. The casing includes a first case member and a second case member that are coupled to each other such that the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080314359 - Engine position identification: A method for starting an internal combustion engine, the method comprising identifying cylinder stroke during the engine start responsive to a fuel rail pressure.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080314360 - Premix combustion methods, devices and engines using the same: This invention discloses a combustion method, which is for internal combustion engine, which utilizes a variable spray fuel injection wherein it has (i) a variable spray angle with smaller angles for earlier fuel injection and larger angles for later fuel injection, and (ii) variable spray patterns varying from hollow conical... Agent: Quantlogic Corporation

20080314361 - Idle quality by torque smoothing: An idle speed control system for an engine includes an engine speed module that generates an engine speed signal. A piston reciprocation module determines reciprocation periods of each piston of cylinders of the engine based on the engine speed signal. A difference module determines a period difference between each of... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080314362 - Hall effect pick-up with timing correction: A circuit and method for correcting signal timing. The circuit and method generate a first signal with a first phase that is out of phase with a periodic object, generate a voltage signal that corresponds to the frequency of the first signal and generate a second signal based on the... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080314363 - Actuated cool combustion emissions solution for auto-igniting internal combustion engine: Lower temperature combustion, which may lead to lower emissions, is accomplished by displacing air adjacent to a fuel injector nozzle. Initially, air is compressed in an engine cylinder by moving the engine piston toward top dead center. Air is displaced through a flow passage within the engine cylinder when the... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper

20080314364 - High-pressure fuel pump control device for internal combustion engine: The present invention provides a high-pressure fuel pump control device of an internal combustion engine, which enables accurate fuel pressure control up to high-speed rotations using a high-pressure fuel pump having a normal-close type solenoid valve. The control device controls a pump comprising: a fluid charging passage; a fluid discharging... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080314366 - Damping device and damping element: A damping system arranged in the region of an injector base between a cylinder head and an injector mounted thereon of an internal combustion engine has a multi-part construction. A damping element forming part of the damping system is constructed as a metal cushion.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080314365 - Gas direct injector tip seal: A fuel injector tip seal is provided including improved resistance to the heat and pressures of combustion gas. According to one aspect, the tip seal is formed from polytetrafluoroethylene and between 10 and 35 percent carbon fiber. The material offers improved surface finish and deformation resistance as well as improved... Agent: Freudenberg-nok General Partnership Legal Department

20080314367 - Control system using pulse density modulation: A method for modified pulsed control of an electromechanical actuator in accordance with the invention comprising the steps of a) setting a common time length for all of the pulses in a pulse train, and b) varying (modulating) the number of such pulses per unit time (repetition rate) by varying... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080314369 - Fuel vapor treatment system: A fuel vapor treatment system which has adsorbent, a purge passage for introducing a mixture gas of air and the fuel vapor desorbed from the adsorbent into the internal combustion engine, a detection passage which communicates to the purge passage, and a pump which generates gas flow so that the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080314370 - Vehicle fuel preheater: The vehicle fuel preheater works on the known fact that by preheating the fuel, the fuel is more effectively vaporized, resulting in more efficient combustion. This preheating is accomplished using heat that normally cycles through the heater core for interior heat. The preheater, i.e., heat exchanger, has a housing, through... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080314371 - System and method for diesel particulate filter regeneration: A method for regenerating a diesel particulate filter (20) in the exhaust system (16) of an engine (12). When a request to regenerate the device is issued, a control system (14) operates the engine to begin conditioning exhaust. The conditioning process comprises a warming phase that occurs prior to initiation... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20080308056 - Hydrogen and ammonia fueled internal combustion engine: Disclosed is a method of operating an internal combustion engine simultaneously with ammonia and another fuel. The other fuel may be hydrogen, ethanol, propane, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, or the like. In a preferred embodiment, the other fuel is hydrogen and the engine has zero carbon emissions. A control... Agent: Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. The Davis Brown Tower

20080308063 - Fuel consumption reduction system and method of fuel consumption reduction: [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] Water and an adulterant are put in an ionic active water tank to thereby obtain ionic active water, and steam from the ionic active water is fed to the vicinity of an inlet of an internal combustion engine. At that stage, heat from a radiator, muffler,... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Welsh & Katz

20080308049 - Cooling circuit for an internal combustion engine: Cooling circuit for an internal combustion engine including a cylinder block and a cylinder head block, these blocks each including cooling means in the form of integrated portions of circuit, the cooling circuit also including at least a first, a second and a third separate external loops for external recirculation... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080308048 - Composite duct assembly: A carbon composite duct assembly has a duct body having an opening. The duct body extends along an axis. The opening extends transversely to the axis. The duct body has a carbon composite fabric layer. The duct body has an axial flange extending along the axis and a peripheral flange... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20080308050 - Cylinder head for an internal combustion engine: Said object is achieved by means of a cylinder head (1) of the above-specified type which is characterized in that, at a distance from the exhaust-gas lines (4a, 4b, 5, 6), at least one connection (7) between the lower coolant jacket (2a) and the upper coolant jacket (2b) is provided... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20080308084 - cylinder/crankcase group for two-stroke internal combustion engines provided with means for supercharging the engine: A fuel injection system for a two-stroke internal combustion engine (1), elastically housed internally of a chamber, comprises a carburettor (30) to which are associated an induction port (9) for an air/fuel mixture and a fuel supply conduit (10) intercepted by means for metering housed in a recess (16) communicating... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080308052 - Electromagnetically-driven valve: An electromagnetically-driven valve includes: intake valves that are arranged side by side; a disk that pivots using applied electromagnetic force to reciprocate the intake valves in a predetermined direction; and a connection member that connects the intake valves to each other. The connection member is provided with a needle bearing... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080308051 - Solenoid valve assembly for a combustible gas supply device to an endothermic engine: The solenoid valve assembly (5) presents an inlet union (8), at least one combustible gas outlet hole (28), and a plate (29) carrying a shutter (13) and operatable by an electromagnet (19) for controlling the solenoid valve (14). The plate (29) is turnable about a contact line (36) of one... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080308054 - Camshaft adjuster: A lubricant circuit of a camshaft adjuster is provided. In conventional camshaft adjusters, lubricant is supplied from a cylinder head to the camshaft adjuster via a supply channel (66) and a receiving channel (69), with an annular groove that encircles in a circumferential direction being located between the supply channel... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080308053 - Variable valve drive device, engine, and motorcycle: In a variable valve drive device, a cam sprocket made to rotate by a driving force transmitted from a crankshaft. An eccentric plate is arranged at one end side of the cam sprocket in the rotation axis direction thereof, and is made to rotate around an axis in the same... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080308055 - Variable valve actuation system: A variable valve actuation system to actuate and control the seating velocity of an internal combustion engine valve is disclosed. The system may comprise a rocker arm that includes first, second and third contact surfaces. The first contact surface may contact the engine valve. A hydraulic lost motion system may... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20080308057 - Electrode for an ignition device: An electrode for an ignition device is made from a dilute nickel alloy which has improved resistance to high temperature oxidation, sulfidation, corrosive wear, deformation and fracture and includes at least 90% by weight of nickel; zirconium; boron and at least one element from the group consisting of aluminum, magnesium,... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080308058 - Fluid blocker for an intake manifold: An intake manifold is disclosed. The intake manifold includes a first chamber in fluid communication with a PCV line and disposed generally upstream of a second chamber. The chambers are designed to provide a long flow path for the moisture laden PCV gas and to help reduce the introduction of... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20080308059 - Engine intake control system: An engine intake control system that includes a first intake passage that has an upstream end portion and a downstream end portion opening in a surge chamber, a second intake passage that has an upstream end portion opening in the surge chamber so as to oppose the downstream end portion... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080308060 - Air intake device for internal combustion engine: An air intake device has a surge tank and an intake manifold for distributing intake air between cylinders of an in-line cylinder engine. Manifold pipes of the intake manifold are aligned in a longitudinal direction of the surge tank and disposed substantially perpendicular to a first wall of the surge... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080308061 - Resonator: A resonator is provided with a neck portion and a resonator main body. The resonator main body includes a main volume chamber communicated with an air intake duct of an internal combustion engine for a vehicle via the neck portion, and at least one sub-volume chamber directly connected to the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080308062 - Variable displacement pump: A variable displacement pump includes: a pump section arranged to be driven by an internal combustion engine, and to discharge a lubricant introduced from an induction portion to a plurality of hydraulic chambers, through a discharge portion, by volume variations of the hydraulic chambers; a variable mechanism arranged to move... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080308064 - Fuel injection system: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine is provided for providing an injection event including a first stage and a second stage via a single nozzle. The nozzle is connected by its inlet port to a source of variable fuel pressure and it includes a needle valve for... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20080308065 - Fuel injection control device and engine control system: A fuel injection control device for performing injection control of an injector has a program for performing fuel injection of a predetermined injection quantity (a small quantity) with an injector based on establishment of a first permission condition during fuel cut of the engine and for acquiring a fuel injection... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080308066 - Dynamic allocation of drive torque: A method for operating a powertrain in a vehicle is provided. The powertrain includes an electric drive and an internal combustion engine. The method comprises providing torque to drive the vehicle from both the electric drive and the engine, where engine torque is varied within an allowable range; and when... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080308067 - Method for ascertaining a quality characteristics of a diesel fuel: A method for ascertaining a quality characteristic of a Diesel fuel for a Diesel internal combustion engine, having a device for determining the cylinder pressure curve of at least one cylinder, a process variable of the combustion being ascertained from the cylinder pressure curve, which characterizes the fuel quality.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080308068 - Fuel inducted and injected inlet runners for combustion engine with flow modifiers for subdividing fuel droplets: A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine includes induction conduits of effectively equal flow resistance for guiding separate air and fuel streams to each of the cylinders of the engine. Each induction conduit includes at its entrance a sleeve venturi for inducing fuel into the air stream and... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080308069 - Engine fueling control during cylinder valve mode transitions: A method of control fueling of a cylinder in an internal combustion engine, the cylinder having at least two intake valves, the method comprising of operating in a first mode with one active intake valve and one inactive intake valve during a cycle of the cylinder operating in a second... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080308070 - Electrical drive arrangement for a fuel injection system: An electrical drive arrangement of a fuel injection system comprising a power supply operatively connected to an injector driver stage which, in turn, is operatively connected to at least one fuel injector. The electrical drive arrangement includes a voltage regulation device operatively connected between the power supply and the injector... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080308071 - Feed unit: A feed unit has a surge chamber 1, a fuel pump 2, which is arranged in the surge chamber 1, and a pump holder 3, the fuel pump 2 being arranged in the pump holder 3 and the pump holder 3 being fastened in the surge chamber 1. The pump... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080308072 - Hydrocarbon separation from air using membrane separators in recirculation tube: A tubular separation system for separating a mixture of hydrocarbons and air at a fuel tank in an automotive vehicle, comprises; a fuel tank containing hydrocarbon fuel and a mixture of hydrocarbon fuel vapor and air; a fuel filler pipe connected to the fuel tank for conveying hydrocarbon fuel from... Agent: Joseph V. Tassone, Esq. Dayco Products, LLC

20080308076 - Aircraft fuel tank assembly: An aircraft fuel tank assembly includes a tank for holding fuel, a canister and a fuel pump assembly. The fuel pump assembly includes: an electric motor, a pump and an electronics unit. The electronics unit and canister are arranged so that, in use, a dry bay is defined between the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080308075 - Automotive fuel system for substantially reducing hydrocarbon emissions into the atmosphere, and method: An evaporative emissions system is used in an automotive evaporative emission system including a fuel tank coupled to an automotive engine to control emission of fuel vapors to the atmosphere. The system includes an evaporative emissions canister comprising a first molded housing having a circumferential side member, a top member... Agent: Joseph V. Tassone, Esq. Dayco Products, LLC

20080308073 - Evaporative emissions canister having an integral membrane: An evaporative emissions canister for use in an automotive evaporative emission system to control emission of fuel vapors to the atmosphere. The canister includes an integrally molded housing having a circumferential side member, a top member and a bottom member; a hydrocarbon-adsorbing material disposed therein so as to provide a... Agent: Joseph V. Tassone, Esq. Dayco Products, LLC

20080308074 - Evaporative emissions canister with external membrane: An evaporative emissions system is used in an automotive evaporative emission system including a fuel tank coupled to an automotive engine to control emission of fuel vapors to the atmosphere. The system includes (1) an evaporative emissions canister comprising a unitary molded housing having a circumferential side member, a top... Agent: Joseph V. Tassone, Esq. Dayco Products, LLC

20080308078 - Engine having supercharging device: An engine includes a cylinder having a spindle and a pulley attached to the spindle, a supercharger includes a receptacle having an air intake port, a gear rotatably supported in the receptacle with a shaft, another pulley attached to the shaft, and a coupling member engaged with the pulleys for... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20080308077 - Indirect-injection internal-combustion engine, notably spark-ignition supercharged engine, with two intake means for carrying out a burnt gas scavenging stage:

20080308079 - Exhaust gas recycling device comprising a flow regulating and selectively connecting valve: The invention concerns an exhaust gas recycling device comprising a cooled path (5) and a non-cooled path (6) connected through a selective connection means (7) to a conduit (14) provided with a valve (7) including a chamber (9) connected to the conduit and accommodating a mobile flow regulating element and... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080308080 - Exhaust gas recirculation control system: An EGR system is disclosed which has an electronic valve regulator (EVR) coupled to the EGR valve and an engine intake. A disk within the body of the EVR rises when voltage is applied to the coil in the EVR causing intake vacuum to be communicated to the EGR valve.... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20080308081 - Disposable gas system for internal combustion engine: A disposable gas system that includes: a reservoir including an opening and an orifice; a disposable gas container connected to the reservoir through the opening; and the orifice connected to an internal combustion engine.... Agent: Medrano & Hogans, P.A.

20080308082 - Secondary air supply system of internal combustion engine: A secondary air supplying system of an internal combustion engine includes secondary air valve chambers to control the supply of secondary air. The secondary air valve chambers are formed in a cylinder-head cover that covers a cylinder head from above. In such a secondary air supplying system, a cam shaft... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080308083 - Mixing and/or evaporating device and process for manufacturing same: A mixing and/or evaporating device (7) is provided for an exhaust system (3) of an internal combustion engine (1), especially in a motor vehicle. The mixing and/or evaporating device (7) has a tubular body (8), at one axial end of which a plurality of blades (9) are arranged, which blades... Agent: Mcglew And Tuttle, P.C. Counselors At Law

20080302316 - Automatic by-pass safety cooling system for fire pump engines: In an internal combustion engine system where the heat in the engine jacket coolant is discharged in a water cooled heat exchanger, an independent and automatic by-pass safety cooling system responsive solely and directly to engine jacket coolant temperatures to ensure that cooling of the engine will continue without reliance... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20080302317 - Automatic by-pass safety cooling system for fire pump engines: In an internal combustion engine system where the heat in the engine jacket coolant is discharged in a water cooled heat exchanger, an independent and automatic by-pass safety cooling system responsive solely and directly to engine jacket coolant temperatures to ensure that cooling of the engine will continue without reliance... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20080302345 - A crankcase scavenged two-stroke internal combustion engine having an additional air supply: A crankcase scavenged two-stroke internal combustion engine (1) having an additional air supply (2) arranged to its transfer ducts (3), connecting a crankcase volume (4) and a transfer port (5). There is at least one recess (6, 24) in a piston (7) arranged below a piston ring (10, 11), and... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080302344 - Internal combustion engine and method of operating the same: An internal combustion engine has a cylinder (2) wherein a combustion chamber (3) is formed which is delimited by a piston (5) journalled to move back and forth. At least one transfer channel (14) is provided which connects the crankcase (4) of the engine to the combustion chamber (3) in... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20080302318 - Fully variable valve actuation:

20080302319 - Method and apparatus for controlling transitions in an engine having multi-step valve lift: There is provided a method for controlling engine valves of an internal combustion engine adapted to selectively operate at one of a first open position and a second open position, including controlling engine operation during a transition from a first to a second combustion mode. The method comprises determining a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080302320 - Variable valve operating device: The rotary motion of a drive cam 122 is transmitted to a swing member 140 via intermediate rollers 172, 174. A coupling member 164 couples the intermediate rollers 172, 174 to a swing fulcrum 166 that is fastened to a control shaft 132. The swing fulcrum 166 is positioned eccentrically... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080302321 - Decompressor for internal combustion engine: A decompressor for an internal combustion engine that is capable of preventing the dropping-off of the decompression shaft during maintenance work includes a falling-off prevention pin inserted into a pin insertion hole having an opening to the outer circumferential surface of a camshaft and intersecting, at least partially, an insertion... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080302322 - Tubular rocker shaft with multiple internal compartments: A rocker shaft having at least two transversely formed interior compartments is provided each of which is devised for, and capable of, containing fluid at differing pressures. A multiplicity of generally radially directed holes present along the length of the rocker shaft communicate hydraulic fluid to the compartments via passageways... Agent: Arthur J. Plantamura, Esq. General Chemical Performance Products LLC.

20080302323 - Pencil-type glow plug having an integrated combustion chamber pressure sensor: A pencil-type glow plug for a self-igniting internal combustion engine is described. The pencil-type glow plug includes a plug body in which a combustion chamber pressure sensor is integrated, and a bar-shaped heating element that protrudes out from the plug body at one end, into the combustion chamber of the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080302325 - Control device for engine of power equipment apparatus: A control device is configured for use with an engine of a power equipment apparatus. The control device includes a base, a first knob, and a second knob. The first knob is positioned adjacent to the base and is rotatable about an axis with respect to the base while being... Agent: Ulmer & Berne, LLP Attn: Diane Bell

20080302324 - Engine start detection in a hybrid electric vehicle: A method for detecting sustained combustion in the engine of a hybrid electric powertrain that includes a starter/generator driveably connected to the engine, a transmission for driving a load, and an input clutch for opening and closing a drive connection between the electric machine and the transmission, includes the steps... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080302326 - In-line induction system for internal combustion engine: In line carburetor (104) is mounted to a manifold (140) over the engine (800). The barrels of the carburetor deliver air/fuel suspensions to concentrated positions (152) of the manifold, with the concentrated positions being at opposite ends of the engine. The ports leading from the manifold to the runners are... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080302327 - Drain valve: A charge air cooler includes a drain arrangement for draining condensed matter from the internal space of the charge air cooler. The drain arrangement includes an opening in a bottom portion of the charge air cooler. At least one member is positioned to open and close the opening. The at... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20080302328 - Reciprocating and rotary piston engine: According to the invention, the rotor is made up of a rotary piston (25) presenting a series of active surfaces between its vertices (two, four, six . . . n active surfaces) corresponding to the number of rotary pistons and with corresponding active surfaces of the reciprocating pistons with alternately... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080302329 - Method and apparatus for controlling ignition timing in a compression-ignition engine operating in an auto-ignition mode: A method for controlling timing of ignition of a fuel charge in a compression-ignition engine operating in a controlled auto-ignition mode wherein the engine includes controllable intake and exhaust valve actuation systems is described. The method comprises determining a preferred ignition timing for a cylinder charge and a mass of... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080302330 - Engine system and method for controlling the same: When a command to stop an engine is issued, it is determined whether a current state is a speed reduction enabled state where an intake valve phase is brought into a phase region, in which speed reduction ratio is high, by the time the engine is stopped if an engine... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080302331 - Engine event-based correction of engine speed fluctuations: Ignition timing for a combustion engine may be controlled by determining the roughness of current engine operation, comparing the determined roughness with a control roughness to determine if the determined roughness is within a threshold limit of the control roughness, and changing the ignition timing in a subsequent fuel delivery... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20080302332 - Split-bore stratified charge carburetor: A carburetor includes a body, a fuel metering system carried by the body to regulate fuel flow to the body, and a fuel-and-air mixing passage in fluid communication with the fuel metering system. The mixing passage extends through the body and is partitioned into a rich mixture passage, and a... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080302333 - Electromagnetic drive mechanism and a high-pressure fuel supply pump: To achieve the above objective, the present invention is configured such that before the electromagnetic drive mechanism supplies a drive force to a plunger which is electromagnetically driven by the electromagnetic drive mechanism, another displacement force situates the plunger in a specific position. When compared to an occasion where the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080302334 - Multi-cylinder engine fuel control method, engine fuel injection amount control method and engine operation state discrimination method using the same, propulsion apparatus for multiple engines, and fuel injection control method during crash astern in mar: Rotation recognition means for recognizing a revolution of a crankshaft based on the cylinders before the combustion cycle of a cylinder in question is provided. When the supply of fuel by injection from an injector to a certain cylinder of the six cylinders has become impossible, then control is performed... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080302335 - Injector assembly having multiple manifolds for propellant delivery: There is provided an injector assembly having two or more oxidizer manifolds and/or two or more fuel manifolds for delivery of liquid propellants to a combustion chamber such that combustion instability is reduced or eliminated during throttling. Delivery of the oxidizer to the oxidizer manifolds is controlled by an oxidizer... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20080302336 - Fuel injection valve: e

20080302337 - Apparatus for the transmission of a deflection of an actuator: An apparatus for the transmission of a deflection of an actuator, in particular of a piezoelectric actuator of an injection valve, comprises at least one first lever device which has a first transmission element which transmits the deflection of the actuator. In this case, there is provision for at least... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080302338 - control method of a fuel feeding system in a bi-fuel internal combustion engine: A control method of a fuel feeding system in a bi-fuel internal combustion engine; the feeding system presents: a least a first injector adapted to inject a first fuel type; a least a second injector adapted to inject a second fuel type; a common electronic control unit adapted to drive... Agent: Fsp LLC

20080302339 - Fuel supply device for a motor vehicle: The invention relates to a fuel supply device (2) for a motor vehicle, which comprises a fuel tank (1). An intake connection (24) of a fuel pump (7) is located in a ventilation device (4). The fuel pump (7) simultaneously takes in fuel from the fuel tank (1) and from... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080302340 - System for controlling the emissions of fuel vapours from a vehicle: Described herein is a control system for controlling the emissions of fuel vapours from a vehicle comprising a first adsorption system and a second adsorption system. The first adsorption system is formed by a canister preferably filled with activated carbons having a grain size greater than 4 mm. The second... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080302341 - Evaporative emission control system with new adsorbents: One embodiment of the invention includes an adsorbent canister in a vehicle and an adsorbent having a nearly linear isotherm provided in the adsorbent canister.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080302342 - Method of fuel conversion for engine and an apparatus of the same: A method and an apparatus of fuel conversion for engine substantially provide a controller to receive either a signal for actuating the injection fuel nozzle to supply fuel or a signal of a central controller so as to actuate a high voltage generator. The high voltage generator generates a high... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080302343 - Super charged engine: An engine with an output shaft extending through the engine block and generally parallel to the piston, the engine includes a boost piston cylinder integral to the cylinder, and a boost piston for producing compressed air so as to supercharge the engine. The engine further includes an energy translation mechanism... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080295797 - Systems and methods for engine emissions reduction on ships: The present invention relates to the reduction of harmful exhaust emissions on ships using diesel engines equipped with a wet emissions reduction system. In particular, the invention relates to a large diesel internal combustion engines installed on a ship and fitted with a wet emissions reductions system that is supplied... Agent: Don J. Pelto Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20080295785 - Cooling system having inlet control and outlet regulation: A cooling system is disclosed. The cooling system may have a heat source, a heat exchanger, and a coolant pump located between the heat exchanger and the heat source to direct coolant from the heat exchanger to the heat source. The cooling system may also have a valve located between... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080295786 - Variable speed fan drive: The invention relates to a variable speed fan drive. There is a need for a variable speed fan drive with fewer seals and bearings, which is operated by system hydraulic pressure, which has fewer parts and which is simpler to assemble. A variable speed fan drive is provided for a... Agent: Deere & Company

20080295787 - Hydraulic control system for a switching valve train: An engine is provided having an engine block, a cylinder head mounted to the engine block, a valve train mounted to the cylinder head, and a cam cover extending over the valve train and mounted to the cylinder head. A hydraulic system for providing a hydraulic fluid to the valve... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080295788 - Stroke adjusting device for valves of a combustion engine: A device for adjusting the valve lift (1) of the valves of a combustion engine comprising a lever (3) being driven by a camshaft (4), pushed against the cam-shaft (4) by a spring, which cooperates with at least one valve engagement means and is positioned by a positioning means (6).... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20080295789 - Roller finger follower for valve deactivation: The finger follower has an inner and outer body and a torsional lost motion spring positioned at its lash adjuster end of the outer body The torsional lost motion springs have a short leg that abuts the outer body and a long leg that contacts the inner body. The torsional... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080295790 - Independently moving rod with holder for lobed journal crank to produce the apex engine: The Independently Moving Rod 12 and Holder 30 for Lobe 24 (Apex) of Crank 20, will allow production of extremely fuel efficient reciprocating piston 42 and cylinder 41 engines, regardless of fuel type, without the need for many years of research and development or, R & D. The efficiency is... Agent: Carlo R. Calalay

20080295791 - Independently moving rod with holder for lobed journal crank to produce the apex engine: A thermal management system for an engine is disclosed. The thermal management system may have a first hydraulic circuit configured to circulate a fluid through the engine. The thermal management system may also have a second hydraulic circuit pressurized by the engine to heat the fluid during operation of the... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080295792 - Spark plug and cylinder head: A spark plug comprises a spark plug body, which carries two electrodes bordering a spark gap at one end, and exhibits a nut with external thread that can rotate around the spark plug body. A cylinder head exhibits a rotational coding complementary to the rotational coding of the spark plug... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20080295793 - Engine intake control system: A valve plate is formed as a butterfly-type valve plate including a first and a second valve-plate half portions that extend in opposite directions to each other from a valve shaft. When the valve plate is at a first changeover position, the first valve-plate half portion is directed to the... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20080295794 - Working apparatus: A working apparatus has a start device arranged in a housing of the working apparatus. The start device comprises a starter grip for actuating the start device, which starter grip is connected to a starter rope. A safety device is provided for the starter grip.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080295795 - Laminated internal combustion engine and fabrication technique: The engine block for an internal combustion engine is fabricated from laminated pieces of material instead of cast iron or cast aluminum. This provides extreme flexibility of the design of individual engines. Each lamination piece can be designed to complex three dimensional structures and/or passages. The lamination material itself can... Agent: Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. The Davis Brown Tower

20080295796 - Cylinder head cover: The present invention relates to a cylinder head cover (4) for covering a cylinder crank case (14) of an internal combustion engine. It is essential to the invention here that at least one bearing upper part (3) for a camshaft (2) has at least one through-opening (5), which is in... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080295798 - Adaptive engine injection for emissions reduction: NOx and soot emissions from internal combustion engines, and in particular compression ignition (diesel) engines, are reduced by varying fuel injection timing, fuel injection pressure, and injected fuel volume between low and greater engine loads. At low loads, fuel is injected during one or more low-pressure injections occurring at low... Agent: Intellectual Property Dept./dewitt Ross & Stevens Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

20080295799 - Arrangement and method for a combustion engine: An arrangement and a method for a combustion engine for self-ignition of a fuel mixture. A first device supplies a first partial quantity of the fuel mixture to the combustion space, and a second device supplies a second partial quantity of the fuel mixture to the combustion space, which second... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080295800 - Composite body bore band: A composite throttle body includes a composite body bore band manufactured out of a durable high-performance composite material that is overmolded with a lower cost commercial grade nylon to form the outer shell of the throttle body. By manufacturing the bore band from a high-performance polyimide-based polymer composite material, such... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080295801 - Method for detecting the angular position of a knob for the gas of a motorcycle: A method for detecting the angular position of a gas knob of a motorcycle; the method presents the steps of: detecting simultaneously four mutually redundant measurements of the angular position of the gas knob by means of two mutually independent angular-position sensors forming part of an acquisition system; making a... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080295802 - Method of determining the injection timing in a four-stroke heat engine and device for implementing this method: The invention concerns a method for determining the timing of an injection cycle relative to an operating cycle of a four-stroke engine (ECH, ADM, COMP, DET), the timing being possibly correct or wrong, the method including the step of operating the engine while modifying a first operating parameter of the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080295803 - Camshaft wheel for determining startup engine angle and machine using same: A machine having an internal combustion engine includes a camshaft wheel rotatably driven by a crankshaft of the engine. The camshaft wheel includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced teeth. A first engine angle indicator is positioned among the circumferentially spaced of the camshaft wheel and is one of a missing... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper

20080295804 - Fuel delivery system for an aircraft engine: An engine includes a fuel delivery system having a fuel rail and fuel delivery devices, such as fuel injectors, that deliver fuel to corresponding cylinder assemblies. The use of the fuel rail and fuel injectors allows unused fuel to be purged from the engine at the end of the engine's... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20080295805 - High pressure fuel injector: The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine having a high pressure fuel injector (1) which is arranged in a common rail arrangement, in order to improve the accuracy over in particular a service life of a high pressure fuel injector (1), comprising at least one nozzle needle (5),... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080295806 - Heat conducting sleeve for a fuel injector: An engine comprises a block, a piston, a head, a fuel injector, and a sleeve. The block includes at least one bore. The piston is configured to reciprocate within the bore. The head is coupled to the block and defines with the block and the piston a combustion chamber. The... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20080295807 - High pressure pump, in particular for a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine: The high pressure pump comprises a drive shaft (12) with at least one cam (16) or eccentric and at least one pump element (18) with a pump piston (20), driven in the reciprocating direction by the cam (16) or eccentric on the driveshaft (12) in a reciprocating motion. A support... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080295808 - Fuel supply apparatus: A fuel pump unit includes a fuel pump which is driven by a motor, a secondary filter case placed to surround the fuel pump and contains a filter, a reserve cup which houses the fuel pump and the secondary filter case, and a pump controller which drivingly controls the fuel... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080295809 - Liquid separator and vented fuel tank arrangement: A fuel system includes a fuel tank and a liquid separator. The fuel tank includes an interior in which liquid fuel and fuel vapor are contained, and has at least one vent in fluid communication with a vapor dome in the interior of the fuel tank. The liquid separator is... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080295810 - Fuel recovery system for internal combustion engines: A recovery system for fuel for motor vehicles includes a canister having an absorbent media such as activated charcoal. The canister includes an inlet in fluid communication with the blow-by vent of an internal combustion engine and an outlet in communication with the air intake manifold of the engine. Control... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080295811 - Engine system having cooled and heated inlet air: A thermal management system for an engine is disclosed. The thermal management system may have a first heat exchanger situated to cool air directed into the engine, a pump configured to pressurize a fluid directed through the engine, and a second heat exchanger situated to transfer heat absorbed by the... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080295812 - Anti-coking bushing assembly for an exhaust recirculation control valve: An anti-coking bushing assembly for sealing a pintle shaft of an EGR control valve, comprising a bushing carrier disposed in the valve body and supportive of close-fitting pintle shaft bushing liners formed of a polyimide such as Vespel. The bushing carrier and bushing liners are installed into a carbon shield... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080295813 - Inlet system: An inlet system includes an intake manifold and an EGR inlet projecting into and received in the manifold through an insertion portion of the manifold. A leading end of the inlet is inserted into the manifold through the insertion portion, projecting to reach a target position. An insertion portion opening... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080295814 - Internal combustion engine: The invention relates to an internal combustion engine (1), in particular in a motor vehicle, having a fresh air system (3) for supplying fresh air, which is extracted from the environment (20) of the internal combustion engine (1), to combustion chambers (13) of the internal combustion engine (1), and having... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080295815 - Conservation of energy catalyst monitor field: A marine engine control system comprising a water jacket, an outlet sensor, and a control module. The water jacket directs a flow of water across a catalytic converter to cool the catalytic converter. The outlet sensor module measures an actual temperature of the water. The control module determines an expected... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff