Internal-combustion engines inventions 02/09

20090050080 - Hydrogen peroxide-fueled rotary expansion engine: A hydrogen peroxide-fueled engine system is provided. Embodiments of the system include: a source outputting liquid hydrogen peroxide; a decomposition chamber including an inlet in fluid communication with the source for receiving the liquid hydrogen peroxide, an outlet, and a catalyst interposed between the inlet and the outlet; and a... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090050081 - Egr coolant control system: An EGR coolant control system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a coolant exhaust pipe connected with the coolant supply pipe, an EGR coolant supply pipe connected with the coolant supply pipe and the coolant exhaust pipe, a coolant control plate that is disposed in... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090050082 - Cooling system for motor vehicle: A cooling system includes a cooling circuit, a pump, an electric fan, an electric motor connected with the electric fan, and a controller for controlling the electric motor. The pump is capable of being driven by the electric fan that receives a ram airflow generated when the motor vehicle is... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090050124 - Two-cycle engine: A two-cycle engine includes a starting fuel supply passage for supplying a starting fuel to a crankcase from a starting fuel reservoir, and a flow passage opening and closing unit provided in a midway portion of the starting fuel supply passage. The starting fuel supply passage is opened to be... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090050085 - Method of reducing hydrocarbon emissions from a cold engine and device and engine for carrying out this method: To reduce hydrocarbon emissions by the cold engine, the opening of the valve is controlled in two successive phases (32, 34), the first phase (32) corresponding principally with the admission of fuel and the second phase (34) mainly corresponding with the air inlet. The opening of the valve is substantially... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20090050084 - Spark-ignited gas engine: Conventional spark-ignited gas engines with a mechanically controlled fuel feed valve have several disadvantages in terms of operation, expensive control, irregular combustion or unstable and unreliable operation, which in turn can lead to operational and mechanical problems. In order to eliminate these disadvantages it is suggested, according to the invention,... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20090050086 - Variable valve driving apparatus of internal combustion engine: A variable valve driving apparatus of an internal combustion engine, including a drive shaft rotatably supported by a cam bracket, a drive cam disposed about an outer periphery of the drive shaft, a link arm having a first end connected to the drive cam, an oscillating cam extending from the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090050087 - Valve mechanism for internal combustion engine: Disclosed is a valve mechanism for an internal combustion engine that uses a motor to open/close a valve body of each cylinder. The valve mechanism includes a camshaft that is rotated by the motor and equipped with cams for driving the valve body of a plurality of cylinders; control means... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090050088 - Camshaft adjuster: A camshaft adjuster for adjusting the relative angular positions of a camshaft and a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine in accordance with a setting shaft is provided. In which the setting shaft is driven by a setting assembly and has a driving connection with an adjusting gear through a... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090050089 - Rotary valve internal combustion engine: A rotary cylinder valve, reciprocating piston, internal combustion engine, has a crankshaft 2 and a transmission drive to drivingly connect the crankshaft 2 to the rotary cylinder 1, the axis of the cylinder 1 being at an angle to the axis of the crankshaft 2, the transmission drive including a... Agent: Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar

20090050090 - Systems and methods of lubricant delivery: Embodiments of a lubricant delivery system comprise a lubricant feeder comprising at least one outlet port with an outwardly tapering cross section, and a lubricant delivery pipe operable to receive lubricant from the at least one outlet port of the lubricant feeder. The lubricant delivery pipe also comprises at least... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20090050091 - Cam follower apparatus: As this radial needle bearing 7c, a radial needle bearing is used which includes a cage 10b. Respective pillar portions 12, 12 which make up the cage 10b are disposed more radially inwards than a circle pitch of respective needles 8, 8. In addition, the needles 8, 8 which are... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090050083 - Engine with round lobe: An engine with intake and exhaust valves that may be controlled with a circular cam lobe is provided. The rotating axis of the circular cam lobe is offset from the physical center of the cam lobe. This permits the cam lobe to impart a reciprocal opening and closing of the... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20090050092 - Engine start device: An engine start device includes a generator, a battery charged by the generator, a starter, an electric double layer capacitor and a DC/DC converter. The electric double layer capacitor is connected between the starter and the battery. The DC/DC converter has an input terminal connected to the battery and the... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090050093 - Twin ignition system: A twin ignition system for automotive vehicles and the like is disclosed and claimed. Ignition system #1 comprises a known ignition system which allows electrical access to the engine starter, and allows full function of all facilities with which the vehicle is equipped. Ignition system #2 has its own subsystems... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20090050094 - Intake control device for internal combustion engine: An intake control device for an internal combustion engine includes an intake air induction duct, a housing, a valve, and a slope member. The intake air induction duct includes a bonding surface that is bonded with an attachment surface of the internal combustion engine, and the intake air induction duct... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090050095 - Air cleaner, engine unit and straddle-type vehicle: An air cleaner includes an air intake port and an exhaust port on a side opposite to the intake port. A filter extends to the exhaust port side from the intake port side and divides the air cleaner into suction side and exhaust side air chambers. A distance between a... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090050096 - Variable intake device: A variable intake device includes an intake pipe through which air flows towards a combustion chamber of an engine, defining a first streamline at an intermediate portion of the pipe, a short-circuit pipe connected at the intermediate portion, defining a second streamline crossing the first streamline at the connected other... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090050097 - Flap arrangement for a fresh gas arrangement: The invention relates to an arrangement (4) of a flap (5) in a channel (2) of a fresh gas arrangement (1) in order to supply an internal combustion engine, in particular, a motor vehicle, with fresh gas. Said arrangement comprises an actuating device (7) which is used to pivot the... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090050098 - Intake control device for internal combustion engine: An intake control device for an internal combustion engine includes an intake air induction duct, a housing, a valve, and a gasket. The housing is received in a receiving chamber of the intake air induction duct. The valve is received in the housing for opening and closing an intake passage... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090050099 - Positioning peg structure of a single-pull reel: A positioning peg structure of a single-pull reel is disclosed. The positioning structure provides the function of positioning of the cord after a second pull following the first pull of the cord. When the cord is pulled to rotate one round, a first positioning mechanism is formed. Thus, when the... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090050100 - Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine: A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine in which pistons provided in a plurality of cylinders are coupled to a crankshaft by connecting rods, an oil pan for storing oil is mounted below a crankcase, and a balancer device which has a balancer shaft driven to rotate in accordance with rotation of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090050101 - Piston and internal combustion engine therewith and method of constructing the piston: A piston and internal combustion engine therewith constructed in accordance with the present invention has a piston body with an upper crown having a substantially cylindrical outer surface depending from a top surface along a central axis. At least one annular ring groove extends radially into the outer surface to... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090050102 - Oil filter having an integral metering orifice for a valve lifter oil manifold assembly: A combined oil filtration and metering assembly for filtering and metering oil in an oil gallery, such as in a Lifter Oil Manifold Assembly of an internal combustion engine. The filtration and metering assembly includes a filtration element at an oil entrance leading to an internal chamber having a metering... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090050103 - Split-cycle aircraft engine: A split-cycle aircraft engine includes a crankshaft rotatable about a crankshaft axis. A power piston is slidably received within a power cylinder and is operatively connected to the crankshaft such that the power piston reciprocates through an expansion stroke and an exhaust stroke during a single rotation of the crankshaft.... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20090050105 - Swirl generator: A swirl generator is arranged in a duct through which air is sent from the exterior to an air cleaner. The swirl generator has a plurality of guide vanes, which change the flow direction of an air flow. Each of the guide vanes has a guide fin that adjusts the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090050104 - Valve guide for internal combustion engine having means for mixing fuel: The present invention relates to a valve guide for an internal combustion engine, and more particularly, to a swirling valve guide having a fuel mixing means installed on an outer peripheral surface of the valve guide, which protrudes into an intake port of an internal combustion engine, to promote mixing... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20090050106 - Butterfly-type throttle valve: A butterfly valve-type throttle valve 10 includes a valve shaft 12 extending across an intake air passage 5 of an internal combustion engine, and a butterfly valve-type valve body 14 for adjusting a flow rate of an intake air flowing through the intake air passage 5 by rotating in unison... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20090050107 - Idle speed control apparatus for internal combustion engine: When it is determined that an engine speed NE rapidly decreases (positive outcome at S210), a throttle increase amount TAu and a valve lift increase amount VLU are computed based on a decrease rate NEd of the engine speed NE (S220). Then, a target throttle opening degree TAt of a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090050108 - Operation control method on the basis of ion current in internal combustion engine: The present invention is an operation control method on the basis of an ion current in an internal combustion engine, the method comprising a step of detecting the ion current generated within a combustion chamber 30 so as to control an operating state of the internal combustion engine 100 on... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090050110 - Accumulation-volume fuel injection system for an internal-combustion engine: The injection system comprises a pump designed to send fuel at high pressure to an accumulation volume, for example formed by a common rail, for supplying a plurality of injectors. The pump comprises at least one pumping element actuated with reciprocating motion with a compression stroke at a sinusoidal speed,... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090050109 - Injection system having a device for metering fuel into an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine and a method for this purpose: In an injection system having a device for metering fuel into an exhaust system of a Diesel engine, and a method for controlling the injection of fuel into the exhaust system, wherein the injection system has a high-pressure pump which feeds fuel to an accumulator under high pressure and injectors... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20090050112 - Method and device for controlling a pump connected to a fuel rail: In a method and a device for controlling a pump (14, 20) connected to a fuel rail (12) in an internal combustion engine, in order to provide a predetermined quantity of fuel in the fuel rail (12) for a predetermined operating state, the following steps are provided: determining whether a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090050111 - Nested three chambers, fluid pulsation dampener: A reactive acoustic dampener includes a nested three chambered configuration and connecting tubes that may be fully integrated into the fuel rail of a fuel injection system.... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090050113 - Intermediate element for a fuel injector: An intermediate element for a fuel injector situated in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine is disposed between a valve housing of the fuel injector and a wall of a receiving bore of the cylinder head, and/or between the valve housing and a clamping shoe holding the fuel... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090050114 - Injector: The invention relates to an injector for the fuel supply of an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle. The injector has a piezoactuator for activating and/or actuating at least one nozzle needle to control the injection of fuel under high pressure through at least one nozzle spray... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20090050115 - Magnetic device for treating liquids and gases: Magnetic device (1) for treating liquids and gaseous materials, comprising a housing (2) within which permanent magnets (6) are arranged defining a flow path (3). The housing (2) is made of magnetizable material, preferably soft iron, the flow path (3) consists of at least one magnetic pretreating unit (4) and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090050116 - Fluid ionizing device for internal combustion engines: A fluid ionizing device for use in an inlet air passage of an internal combustion diesel engine provides for improving combustion in the engine and reducing soot in the exhaust manifold of the engine.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090050117 - Charge air cooler arrangement with cooler bypass and method: A charge air cooler arrangement includes a first charge air cooler disposed upstream of an engine inlet, a second cooler disposed upstream of the first charge air cooler, and a bypass line for bypassing the second cooler, a downstream end of the bypass line being disposed upstream of the first... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090050118 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine and a control and regulation device: An internal combustion engine (30) with a supercharger device (50, 52) for increasing the charging pressure in an air inlet system (33) has a number of cylinders (32). Each cylinder (32) has at least one exhaust valve (36) which is connected to the exhaust system (40) and at least one... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090050119 - System and method for determining acceleration of an internal combustion engine: An ECU for determining whether a request for acceleration is made to a supercharged internal combustion engine includes an acceleration request determining unit that determines whether a pressure difference between the upstream pressure and downstream pressure of a throttle valve disposed in an intake system is equal to or smaller... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090050120 - Exhaust gas recirculation device: The invention relates to an exhaust gas recirculation device (1) for an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, having an exhaust gas recirculation line (2) for introducing exhaust gas into a primary intake line (4), with an exhaust gas recirculation valve (3) for controlling the exhaust gas... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090050121 - Two stage drainage gas-liquid separator: A two stage drainage gas-liquid separator assembly includes an inertial gas-liquid impactor separator having one or more nozzles accelerating a gas-liquid stream therethrough, and an inertial impactor in the path of the accelerated gas-liquid stream and causing liquid particle separation from the gas-liquid stream, and further includes a coalescer filter... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20090050122 - Induction driven ignition system: An induction driven ignition system with an electrode projecting into the combustion chamber of a reciprocating internal combustion engine. The electrode is adjacent to but electrically insulated from an electrical conductor which receives current at frequencies between 100 kHz to 500 kHz. Thermal insulation is also provided between the electrode... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20090050123 - Spark plug for an internal combustion engine: A spark plug for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle; the spark plug is embodied with a generally essentially long shape and includes: an essentially capacitive lower part including two coaxial electrodes, one of which is a central electrode, and the other a threaded shell for screwing in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090044768 - Piston squirter system and method: A piston squirter system and method for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The piston squirter system includes an oil reservoir, a variable displacement pump, and, for each cylinder, a piston squirter that sprays oil onto a piston for cooling and lubricating. A gallery connects the variable displacement pump to... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090044769 - Air-cooled engine: An air-cooled engine (10) has a fan cover (16) for covering a cooling fan (14). The cover (16) is composed of a fan-cover peripheral wall (44) for covering the outside of the cooling fan (14), and a top board (45) for closing off one end of the fan-cover peripheral wall... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090044770 - Camshaft phaser wiper seal with integral spring: A wiper seal for preventing leakage of oil between advance and retard chambers formed between rotor vanes and stator lobes in a vane-type camshaft phaser is a monolithic structure made from a single material that includes a wiper element and a compressible spring element extending from the wiper element. The... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090044771 - Variable valve apparatus: An arm coupling mechanism for selectively switching a double valve variable control and single valve variable control. The single valve variable control is achieved in a condition in which a large lift arm and a second rocking cam arm are coupled together with a pin. The second rocking cam arm... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090044772 - Engine and method of assembling an engine: An engine is provided with features allowing a method of assembly that combines the ease of assembly of a net-assembled system with the positional accuracy of an index-assembled system in order to meet critical valve to piston clearance requirements, especially critical in a diesel engine.... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090044773 - Valve cover assembly and method of construction: A valve cover assembly for sealed engagement with a cylinder block includes a cover portion, a rail and a molded-in-place elastomeric bridge molded to the cover portion and the rail maintaining the cover portion and the rail in spaced relation to one another. The rail has an outwardly extending mounting... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090044774 - Continuously variable valve lift for internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine includes a camshaft, a valve, a cam follower and a rocker arm. The cam follower is coupled between the camshaft and the valve. The rocker arm is coupled between the cam follower and the valve. At least one of the cam follower and the rocker arm... Agent: Rathe Patent &IPLaw

20090044775 - Hydraulic lash adjuster with damping device: A system and method for lash adjustment in the valvetrain of an internal combustion engine include a hydraulic lash adjuster having a damping device to limit rate of movement of a plunger relative to a body to control response time of the lash adjuster reducing or eliminating over-compensation or pump-up... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl/dsb

20090044776 - Ignition device for an internal combustion engine: An ignition device with a laser light generating device for the coupling of laser light into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, wherein the laser light generating device is configured to couple at least dichromatic laser light into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine.... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090044777 - Automatic choke for an engine: An engine starting assist system configured to be used on an internal combustion engine. The engine starting assist system includes a battery, a choke valve disposed in an air intake of an air/fuel-mixing device, the choke valve having an open position and a closed position, a rotary solenoid powered by... Agent: Rathe Patent &IPLaw-briggs & Stratton

20090044778 - Pressure balanced engine valves: A split-cycle engine includes a crankshaft rotatable about a crankshaft axis. A compression piston is slidably received within a compression cylinder and operatively connected to the crankshaft such that the compression piston reciprocates through intake and compression strokes during a single rotation of the crankshaft. An expansion piston is slidably... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20090044779 - Compensating shaft: A compensating shaft (1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) for compensating mass forces and/or mass moments of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine (13) is provided, with at least one bearing journal (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d), on whose outer casing surface (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) the compensating shaft is supported in... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090044780 - Special improved durability engine device for use with stationary power generation systems: A new use for and improvements to a device for generating electricity from a stationary source. The device is comprised of a special Improved Durability Engine; a generator; a special valve seat; a means of rotation eliminator; a series of process improvements; and a group of significant material improvements to... Agent: Ritchison Law Offices, PC John D. Ritchison

20090044781 - Portable engine: A portable engine, comprising an engine casing, an air deflector cover, a fan and an exhaust pipe; a left upper baffle plate and a right upper baffle plate at the upper part of the engine constitute two left and right upper air ducts together with a cylinder head cover and... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

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20090044783 - Fuel pump for a fuel system of an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a fuel pump for a fuel system of an internal combustion engine, having a housing and a housing cap joined to the housing. In order to create a fuel pump which in its operation generates little airborne sound, structure-borne sound (vibration amplitudes) and pulsations in a... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20090044784 - Fuel damper fixing clip: A fuel damper fixing clip includes a clip main body formed from a sheet member having a plurality of flat portions, and formed in a generally square cylindrical shape. The clip main body surrounds portions of the outer peripheries of a cup portion and a fuel damper and deforms in... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

20090044785 - Vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle with a tank ventilation system: The invention relates to a motor vehicle, with a fuel tank which has tank ventilation, the tank ventilation for adsorption of fuel vapors having an activated charcoal filter through which a flushing air flow can flow, and with a vehicle unit which has a vacuum pump, in particular a brake... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20090044786 - Efficient reduced-emissions carburetor: Carburetors for attaching to fuel-burning engines are described. The carburetors generate improved engine efficiency and reduced engine emissions by improving combustion of fuel. The carburetors include a plurality of nebulizers, each of which nebulizes a thin film of fuel covering a vibrating plate. The vibrating plate vibrates at a high... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090044787 - Efficient reduced-emissions carburetor: Carburetors for attaching to fuel-burning engines are described. The carburetors generate improved engine efficiency and reduced engine emissions by improving combustion of fuel. The carburetors include a plurality of nebulizers, each of which nebulizes a thin film of fuel covering a vibrating plate. The vibrating plate vibrates at a high... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090044788 - Engine air boost system: One implementation of an air boost system for an engine includes a boost device and an accumulator adapted to store pressurized fluid and selectively provide pressurized fluid to the boost device. A pump may deliver fluid under pressure to one or both of the accumulator and the boost device in... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20090044789 - Device for recycling and cooling exhaust gas for an internal combustion engine: A device for recycling and cooling exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine is disclosed, comprising a first exhaust-gas heat exchanger and a second exhaust-gas heat exchanger, wherein the first and second exhaust gas heat exchangers are combined in a structural unit and form a module.... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090044790 - Method for reintroducing exhaust gas to the intake of an internal-combustion engine and engine using same: d

20090044791 - Positive crankcase ventilation system for an internal combustion engine: A positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) system is provided for an internal combustion engine. The PCV system includes a centrifugal separator disposed within a shaft member, for example a balance shaft, of the internal combustion engine. The centrifugal separator is operable to impart rotational motion on the gases flowing through the... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090044792 - Barometric pressure regulator circuit: A barometric pressure regulator circuit is described. The circuit includes a memory storing output parameters to be supplied to a pressure regulator unit, and a processor operatively coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to perform operations including receiving voltage signals representing output parameters of an engine, storing the... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20090038561 - Motor system for diminution of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: A motor system is described that sequesters ambient carbon dioxide to a removable carbonate salt by reacting ambient carbon dioxide with an alkali metal hydroxide. The carbon dioxide is aspirated by a turbo-generator that receives exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine. The turbo-generator produces electricity to form the hydroxide... Agent: Efficient Hydrogen Motors

20090038563 - Cooling pump for internal combustion engine and cooling system using the cooling pump: A cooling pump for an internal combustion engine and a cooling system including the pump. The pump is driven by an electrically-operated motor so as to rotate in a positive direction for supplying cooling water in a reservoir tank to the engine and in a reverse direction for returning the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090038562 - Cooling system for a vehicle: Disclosed is a cooling system for a vehicle, in which coolant coolant, a blend of an antifreezing solution and water flowed into a radiator generates turbulent flow when a vehicle is in a state of a critical driving mode of a vehicle for example, a hill-climbing mode, thereby enhancing heat... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090038564 - Fan design and method of operating: A method of cooling a radiator in an internal combustion engine wherein a plurality of fan assemblies is provided. Specifically, each fan assembly has a housing with an interior containing a fan blade and an exterior having six sides to form a hexagonal perimeter. The fan assemblies are then arranged... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20090038588 - Variable compression ratio device for internal combustion engine: A variable compression ratio device for an internal combustion engine comprises a control shaft (7) that varies a compression ratio of the internal combustion engine in accordance with a rotational displacement, and a linear actuator (13, 16, 17, 18). A connecting link (12) connects a first point (14) offset from... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

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20090038597 - Knock resistant split-cycle engine and method: An engine has a rotatable crankshaft. A compression piston is received within a compression cylinder and operatively connected to the crankshaft such that the compression piston reciprocates through an intake stroke and a compression stroke during a single rotation of the crankshaft. An expansion piston is received within an expansion... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20090038596 - Spark plug location for split-cycle engine: A split-cycle engine includes separate compression and expansion cylinders connected by a crossover passage. Crossover compression and expansion valves define a pressure chamber between them in the crossover passage for storing pressurized gas prior to timed delivery into the expansion cylinder. A fuel-air mixture is delivered into the expansion cylinder... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20090038599 - Split-cycle engine with a helical crossover passage: An engine has a crankshaft. A compression piston within a compression cylinder is connected to the crankshaft such that the compression piston reciprocates through an intake stroke and a compression stroke. An expansion piston within an expansion cylinder is connected to the crankshaft such that the expansion piston reciprocates through... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20090038598 - Split-cycle engine with early crossover compression valve opening: A split-cycle engine includes a crankshaft. A compression piston is received within a compression cylinder and operatively connected to the crankshaft such that the compression piston reciprocates through an intake stroke and a compression stroke during a single rotation of the crankshaft. An expansion piston is received within an expansion... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20090038566 - Valvetrain mechanism of engine: A valvetrain mechanism of an engine, including a drive shaft configured to rotate in synchronization with the engine, a link arm having a large end and a small end, the drive shaft being inserted into and passed through the large end, a valve lift control shaft disposed parallel to the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090038567 - Variable valve operating device: A first roller 170, which comes into contact with a drive cam surface 124 of a camshaft 120, has a larger diameter than a second roller 172, which comes into contact with a slide surface 156 of a swing member 150. A coupling shaft 174 couples the first roller 170... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090038570 - Camshaft adjuster having a variable ratio gear unit: A camshaft adjuster (1) having a variable ratio gear unit (2). Usually, a drive movement of an electrical actuating assembly (7) is transmitted into a variable ratio gear unit (2) of a camshaft adjuster (1) on the side which faces away from the camshaft (6). According to the invention, the... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090038569 - Device for the variable setting of the control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine: A device for the variable setting of the control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine, having an inner rotor (3) and an outer rotor (4), with one of the components being rotationally fixedly connected to the camshaft (2) and the other component being drive-connected to a... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20090038568 - Valve timing control apparatus: The apparatus includes a driving rotational member 5, 51, 52 rotatable in synchronism with a crank shaft of an internal combustion engine, a driven rotational member 4 disposed coaxial relative to the driving rotational member 5, 51, 52, a fastening member 7 extending through the driven rotational member 4 from... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090038571 - Oil control valve for variable cam phaser: An oil control valve for a variable cam phaser has a secure steel-to-steel fit between the secondary plate of the bobbin and the frame owing to a shoulder formed in the frame against which the secondary plate abuts, and also owing to an o-ring disposed between the bobbin and frame.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090038572 - Cam actuated roller assembly and clad roller pin for same: Cam actuated systems, such as valve trains for an engine, typically bring cam lobe action to the engine valve via a linkage that includes a cam actuated roller assembly which may be either a rocker or a lifter. These cam actuated rocker assemblies include a housing with a pair of... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper

20090038573 - Air intake device for multi-cylinder internal combustion engine: An air intake device 40 comprises: a surge tank 44 having an upper tank chamber 50, a lower tank chamber 52, and a communication portion 56; a first intake pipe 46 having communication with the upper tank chamber 50; a second intake pipe 48 having communication with the lower tank... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090038574 - Polyphenylene sulfide sleeve in a nylon coolant cross-over of an air intake manifold: The subject invention provides a coolant cross-over for circulating an engine coolant between a first engine component, e.g., a first cylinder head, and a second engine component, e.g., a second cylinder head. The coolant cross-over defines a first outlet in fluid communication with the first engine component, a second outlet... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C. Basf Se

20090038575 - Balancer apparatus of engine: A pump chamber is arranged on the side of a balancer shaft on a vehicle backward side of the two balancer shafts. An oil strainer for sucking oil into an inlet passage is arranged on a vehicle forward side of the axis of the balancer shaft on the vehicle forward... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090038576 - Opening cylinder with clip connection: An opening cylinder for an open-end spinning device has a core piece over which the opening cylinder is fastened on a drive shaft and a tooth-set carrier supporting the tooth-set. The tooth set-carrier is fastened to the core piece by a clip connection in the axial direction. Additionally, the opening... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090038577 - Small end con rod guidance piston: A connecting rod for a piston assembly includes first and second guidance members for guiding a piston assembly within a cylinder during piston stroke along a first axis. The guidance members are supported by first and second support ribs extending from a shaft of the connecting rod and include first... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090038579 - Engine head cover assembly having an integrated oil separator and a removable cover: A head cover assembly for covering a crankcase of an internal combustion engine includes a head cover, a removable cover, a valve, and an integral oil separator. The oil separator includes a labyrinth that defines a flow path that separates oil from crankcase gases passing therethrough. The valve includes a... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090038578 - Heat sheild: A heat shield includes a plurality of elements for shielding temperature-sensitive components. The elements are substantially matched to the respective contour of the component which is to be shielded and which at least partially overlap one another. The elements are fixed but moveable relative to one another in an overlapping... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090038580 - Oil cooler for motor vehicles: An oil cooler for an internal combustion engine, including a housing having at least one channel for receiving oil from an engine's oil reservoir and for returning the oil to the reservoir, and means for facilitating heat dissipation from the circulated oil to the environment. The oil cooler further includes... Agent: Ganz Law, P.C.

20090038581 - Oscillating piston engine: The invention relates to an oscillating piston engine comprising a housing that contains a first and at least a second piston, both of which can rotate about a fixed rotational axis in the housing and which when rotating about said axis execute counter-rotating displacements back and forth about a pivoting... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090038582 - Fuel processor apparatus and method: There is disclosed a fuel nozzle, a pre-combustion fuel mixing device, and methods related to fuel processing. In an embodiment, a fuel nozzle includes at least one port for receiving fuel, a sidewall forming ports for introducing fuel into a pre-combustion chamber, and a plurality of conduits formed between the... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20090038583 - Multi-injection combustion cycle systems for sidi engines: The fuel injection system includes a fuel injector that injects fuel directly into a combustion chamber of a cylinder of an engine. The control module initiates multiple fuel injections in a combustion chamber during a combustion cycle of the cylinder via the fuel injector.... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090038584 - Internal combustion engine: In an internal combustion engine which is alternatively operated in a powered four-stroke engine driving mode and in a two-stroke engine braking mode with an inlet and an outlet valve stroke curve control device which is provided for adjusting the stroke of both the inlet and of the outlet valves,... Agent: Klaus J. Bach & Associates

20090038585 - Hybrid vehicle propulsion system utilizing knock suppression: A hybrid vehicle propulsion system and method of operation have been provided. As one example, the system comprises an internal combustion engine including at least a combustion chamber configured to propel the vehicle via at least a drive wheel, a motor configured to propel the vehicle via at least a... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090038586 - Hybrid vehicle propulsion system utilizing knock suppression: A hybrid propulsion system for a vehicle and method of operation are provided. As one example, the system comprises an engine including at least one combustion chamber, a motor configured to selectively propel the vehicle via the drive wheel, a fuel system configured to deliver a first substance and a... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090038587 - Fuel control for direct injection fuel system: A method for controlling a direct injection fuel system of a vehicle, the method comprising generating fuel pressure via an electronically controlled lift pump and a second pump, the electronically controlled lift pump actuated responsive to a command during an initial start-up duration, translating the fuel pump command via a... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090038589 - Fuel injector and method for controlling fuel injectors: A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine, the fuel injector comprising an injector body, a fuel supply passage defined in the injector body, the fuel supply passage containing fuel under high pressure in use of the injector, a pressure sensor for measuring the pressure of fuel in the passage... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090038590 - Charge control unit and charge control system for fuel injection valve: A charge control unit controls electricity charged to a piezo element, which is for actuating a backpressure control valve so as to control backpressure applied to a valve element for a fuel injection valve. The backpressure control valve is configured to start to decrease the backpressure to actuate the valve... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090038591 - Pre-ignition fuel treatment system: A method and apparatus for reforming a hydrocarbon fuel increases its energy content, improves its combustibility and reduces combustion by-products. The hydrocarbon fuel is cracked during multiple passes through a reactor vessel by means of electrochemical interactions with a reactor rod composed of a magnetic and/or catalytic material.... Agent: Thomas J. Germinario, Esq.

20090038592 - Heater module for the admission gases of an automobile engine with an overheating protection and/or closed-loop regulation: Incorporates at least one thermal switch (5) in series with the heating resistor (4) of the module located on the frame (1) of said resistors (4) that cuts off current to the resistor (4) when the heater power control circuit fails. The thermal switch (5) can be between the heating... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090038593 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine having at least one mass flow line and a cooling device for cooling the mass flow in the mass flow line, as well as a bypass, having a bypass valve, that bypasses the cooling device. When the bypass valve... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090038594 - Pistons: An improved internal combustion engine is provided with at least one channel or groove on its compression face. The at least one channel or groove can be open and of uniform width. The channel or groove can direct flow of an air-fuel mixture to increase combustion efficiency.... Agent: Randolph Naquin

20090038595 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine has at least one cylinder and an exhaust gas tract, in which an exhaust gas sensor, that can be heated in a controlled manner, is arranged. An exhaust gas temperature of an exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust gas tract is determined as a function of... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090031968 - Process for operating a compression ignition internal combustion engine in combination with a catalytic reformer: A process for operating a compression ignition internal combustion engine (1) in combination with a catalytic partial oxidation reformer (2) and, optionally, an exhaust gas aftertreater (3), wherein: (a) a mixture of a first fuel and air, wherein the first fuel comprises Fischer-Tropsch derived fuel, is introduced in the combustion... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090031979 - Oscillating piston machine: An oscillating piston engine comprises a housing in which at least one piston is arranged which can revolve in the housing about an axis of rotation which is fixed in relation to the housing, and which performs when revolving about the axis of rotation reciprocating pivoting movements about pivot axis... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090031985 - Premixed compression ignition type engine and method of controlling intake air thereof: An intake passage (10) communicating with a combustion chamber (3) comprises a first branch intake passage (16) having an intake port (4) at one end thereof and also having an intake manifold including a surge tank (13), a second branch intake passage (17) having an intake port (14) at one... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20090031991 - Method and system for controlling a free-piston energy converter: A method and system for controlling a free-piston energy converter is disclosed in which effects of events, like combustion events, in at least one of at least two cylinders, are decoupled from each other by predicting forces acting on the moving mass of the converter during a stroke of the... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090031994 - Multi link type piston-crank mechanism of internal combustion engine: A multi link type piston-crank mechanism comprises an upper link that has one end pivotally connected to a piston of the engine through a piston pin, a lower link that is pivotally connected to the other end of the upper link through an upper pin and rotatably disposed on a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090031970 - Switchable valvetrain system and method of operation: A switchable valvetrain system is provided having a control unit and a pressure regulator valve responsive to control signals from the control unit. A pressurized fluid source is provided in communication with the pressure regulator valve. A switchable valvetrain component having a latching mechanism and lubrication circuit in selective communication... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090031971 - Continuous variable valve lift apparatus: A continuous variable valve lift apparatus includes an input cam disposed on an input shaft, a valve opening/closing portion, and a rocker arm rotating shaft. A rocker arm rotates around the rocker arm rotating shaft corresponding to a rotation of the input cam. An output cam is disposed at an... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090031973 - Engine equipped with adjustable valve timing mechanism: An engine equipped with an adjustable valve timing mechanism includes: an inlet valve opening term varying mechanism, which is included in the adjustable valve timing mechanism, varying an opening term of an inlet valve; and an inlet valve opening term controller controlling the inlet valve opening term varying mechanism according... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090031972 - Variable valve train apparatus for internal combustion engine: A variable valve train apparatus (20) of the present invention uses a camshaft (10) provided for rotation in an internal combustion engine (100), a cam (15) formed on the camshaft, a rocking cam (45) which is provided for rocking motion in the internal combustion engine and driven by the cam,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090031974 - Electromechanical camshaft phaser having a worm gear drive with a hypoid gear actuator: An electromechanical camshaft phasing system comprising a first pinion gear mounted on the end of an engine camshaft and engaged by a worm gear mounted on a transverse shaft extending from and journalled by bearings in a phaser drive sprocket to cause the camshaft to rotate in response to the... Agent: Patrick M. Griffin, Esq. Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090031975 - Inner lever for a switchable finger lever of a valve train of an internal combustion engine: An inner lever (1) for a switchable finger lever (2) of a valve train of an internal combustion engine is provided, having a box-like main part (5) with two lateral walls (6), which are connected at a first end (7) by a transverse bar (8), which intrinsically includes a driver... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090031976 - Hydraulic lash compensation device with mechanical lift loss feature: A hydraulic lash compensation device for an engine includes a plunger assembly slidingly received within a body bore to define a high pressure chamber. The plunger assembly includes a lower pressure chamber, an upper plunger element, and a lower plunger element. A mechanical lift loss feature includes a generally annular... Agent: Eaton Corporation Eaton Center

20090031969 - Freely rotatable hydraulic pivot element: The freely rotatable hydraulic pivot element for an internal combustion engine has four oil inlets which are in fluid communication with the lash adjusting element inside the pivot element and in fluid communication with the oil gallery by using four more equally spaced oil inlets in the outer housing of... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090031977 - Low profile valve lifter assembly: The low profile valve lifter assembly has flats inside the bore of the outer housing and walls are formed and extended down from the plate of the guide such that the walls align with the flats of the bore to prevent rotation of the lifter with the guide. A groove... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090031978 - Heat accumulator and engine: A heat accumulator (1) is formed by connecting a first container (4) and a second container (5) using a spring (6). The first container (4) has a wall-shaped inner side wall that corresponds to the shape of a cylinder bore wall (7). Provided on this inner side wall is a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090031980 - Air cleaner intake duct: An air cleaner intake duct includes a first pipe for receiving intake air and a second pipe that encloses the first pipe. A space is defined between the first pipe and the second pipe. The duct also includes a diffuser connected to the first pipe and configured to be connected... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090031981 - Intake system: An intake system supplies intake air to a combustion chamber of an engine. The system includes a thin film part and a wall portion. The thin film part divides a surge tank from a resonance chamber and is configured to promote the supply of intake air to the combustion chamber... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090031982 - Oil communication manifold for an internal combustion engine: A cylinder head assembly for an internal combustion engine is provided having a cylinder head adapted to contain at least one switchable valvetrain element operable to selectively deactivate at least one intake valve and at least one other switchable valvetrain element operable to selectively deactivate at least one exhaust valve.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090031983 - Air filter for an air intake system of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine: An air filter for an air intake system of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine has a housing with a first housing part and a second housing part. A filter element is arranged between the housing parts. An untreated air side of the air filter is formed in the first housing... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090031984 - Non-equilibrium plasma discharge type ignition device: An ignition device which performs a spark ignition of a fuel mixture in a combustion chamber (13) of an internal combustion engine (100), comprising, a first electrode (51), a second electrode (52) which is opposed to the first electrode (51) and extends in a length allowing generation of a plurality... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090031986 - Intake control device for vehicle engine: An intake control device for a vehicle engine includes: a throttle body; a main throttle valve configured to be opened or closed in response to an operation applied to a throttle grip, the main throttle valve being rotatably supported by the throttle body; a sub-throttle valve configured to be opened... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090031988 - Non-equilibrium plasma discharge type ignition device: An ignition device performs spark ignition to a fuel mixture in a combustion chamber (13) of an internal combustion engine (100, 101) by using a spark plug (50). The spark plug (50) comprises a first electrode (51), a second electrode (52, 11a, 11b, 21), and an insulating member (53, 11c)... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090031987 - Improper fuel mixing determining apparatus for internal combustion engine: If improper fuel (light oil or kerosene) is mixed into fuel (gasoline) supplied to the engine, a knock limit of an ignition timing is retarded. Based on such a characteristic, every when knocking is detected based on a detection signal from a knock sensor, the ignition timing is stored as... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090031989 - Ignition timing control apparatus and ignition timing control method for internal combustion engine: In an ignition timing control apparatus for an engine, a KCS learning value learned when the engine is in a given operating state is used in an ignition timing control executed when the engine is in the other operating state. An estimated knocking occurrence ignition timing is set based on... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090031990 - Fuel metering system with minimal heat input: A fuel metering system for supplying fuel to a plurality of loads includes a variable displacement piston pump having an adjustable hanger that is movable to a plurality of positions. The variable displacement piston pump is configured to receive a drive torque and, upon receipt of the drive torque, to... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090031993 - Fuel injection valve attaching structure in engine for small-sized vehicle: A fuel injection valve attaching structure is provided in an engine for a small-sized vehicle. The vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, an engine mounted on the vehicle body frame, a crankshaft extending in a widthwise direction of the vehicle body frame, and a storage compartment positioned above the engine... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090031992 - Fuel injector mounting assembly for an aircraft engine fuel delivery system: A fuel injector mounting assembly is configured to limit or constrain movement of a fuel injector relative to a corresponding cylinder assembly. For example, the fuel injector mounting assembly includes a base that is secured to a cylinder assembly's housing and a fuel conduit. The fuel conduit includes a first... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20090031995 - Fuel supply apparatus: A fuel supply apparatus arranged to control supply of fuel includes a motor-driven fuel pump to be placed in a fuel tank, a mounting plate for closing a mounting hole of the fuel tank, a reserve cup that houses the fuel pump, and a pump controller adapted to control power... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090031996 - Evaporative emission control system and method for internal combustion engine having a microcondenser device: A canisterless evaporative emission control system for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel tank for the internal combustion engine wherein vaporized fuel is generated and a microcondenser device for processing the vaporized fuel received from the fuel tank. An inlet passageway establishes fluid communication between the fuel tank and... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090031997 - Apparatus for controlling internal pressure of fuel tank: An adsorption/desorption device is communicated with an upper space of a fuel tank via a vapor passage. The adsorption/desorption device is configured to selectively adsorb or desorb air components contained in vapor. The adsorption/desorption device and the vapor passage are not communicated to the external atmosphere. The fuel tank is... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20090031998 - Air super charger: Disclosed herein is an air supercharger for vehicle engines. The air supercharger includes a cylindrical housing. Support ribs extend from the inner circumference of the housing to the center thereof. A shaft support pipe is provided at a predetermined position on the support ribs. A locking surface is provided on... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090031999 - Charge air chiller: A system for chilling the pressurized charge air to a reciprocating engine is disclosed wherein the chilling is provided by a thermally activated refrigeration cycle powered by waste heat from the engine system. This reduces the required compression power, and also retards knock, making higher compression ratios possible. The chilling... Agent: Donald C. Erickson Energy Concepts Co LLC

20090032000 - Hydrated egr system, method and apparatus for reducing harmful exhaust emissions and improving fuel economy: A hydrated EGR system, method and apparatus for a vehicle, in which heat from an exhaust pipe is used to heat an aqueous fluid solution in a water tank. A portion of the hot exhaust gas is diverted from the main exhaust flow, and the diverted portion is bubbled through... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090032001 - Nitrous-oxide system: A nitrous-oxide system for an engine includes a nozzle coupled to a nitrous-oxide bottle by a nitrous-oxide line. A nitrous-oxide valve is coupled to the nitrous-oxide line between the nitrous-oxide bottle and the nozzle. A control switch, operatively coupled to the nitrous-oxide valve. A pressure regulator, coupled to the nitrous-oxide... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.