Internal-combustion engines inventions 07/09

20090188449 - Method to enhance and improve solid carbonaceous fuel combustion systems using a hydrogen-rich gas: A method for improving the efficiency, enhancing the heat output, and reducing the harmful emissions of a solid carbonaceous fuel combustion system by introducing a hydrogen-rich gas into a solid carbonaceous fuel combustion process at one or more predetermined injection points or directly into a flame of the combustion process... Agent: Dennis G. Lapointe Lapointe Law Group, Pl

20090188460 - Sealing system for an oscillating-piston engine: The sealing system for oscillating-piston engines, comprising at least two oscillating pistons (15) which revolve together in a spherical housing (24) about an axis (45) of revolution provided in the housing centre and which each have two opposite piston arms, which, when revolving, perform reciprocating oscillating movements in opposite directions... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090188467 - Method for using ordinary fuel and water for car engine: e

20090188450 - Series electric-mechanical water pump system for engine cooling: A cooling system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle having a rotating member and using coolant in a liquid cooling system, is provided that comprises a radiator for dissipating the heat from the coolant, an electric pump for pumping the coolant through the cooling system, a mechanical... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20090188451 - Engine cover with cooling fins: An automotive engine cover is provided that at least partly covers an automotive engine in an automotive engine compartment. The engine cover, includes, but is not limited to cooling fins that are made of a metallic or ceramic material. The automotive engine cover is provided with improved cooling effect as... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090188471 - Internal combustion engine with variable compression ratio: An internal combustion engine has at least one cylinder, and a means for varying the compression ratio in the cylinder. The at least one cylinder has two oppositely directed reciprocatingly movable pistons in it, which are each connected via a piston rod with a corresponding arm, whereby each arm shows... Agent: Law Offices Of Eric Karich

20090188452 - Camshaft variable timing limiting devices, methods of assembly, and uses thereof: A variable timing limiting device for mounting to a camshaft variable timing mechanism includes a flange having a central opening and a travel limiter extending from the flange, wherein the camshaft variable timing mechanism has a hub and a sprocket having a recessed portion, the travel limiter being matably receivable... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090188453 - Device for setting the relative rotational position of a camshaft of an internal combustion engine relative to a crankshaft driving the camshaft: A device for setting the relative rotational position of a camshaft (2, 3) of an internal combustion engine (11) relative to a crankshaft (1) driving the camshaft (2, 3), having a traction mechanism drive (4) wrapping around the crankshaft (1) and the camshaft (2, 3), which includes a loaded traction-mechanism... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090188454 - Variable valve actuation apparatus of internal combustion engine: A variable valve actuation apparatus of an internal combustion engine has a multinodular-link motion converter, to vary at least a working angle. A position of rotation of a control shaft, variably adjusting the attitude of the motion converter, is set, so that, at a peak lift during a valve opening... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090188456 - Camshaft adjusting device: The camshaft adjusting device has an inner spring retainer which mates with a rotor and an outer spring retainer which is fixed on a spring cover plate.... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090188455 - Mechanically variable cam timing device: The mechanical variable cam timing device has a camshaft connector, a sprocket, a sprocket ring and a connector ring, all of which have teeth with slanted side walls that mate to form a circumferential ring. The sprocket ring and the connector ring move axially so as to shift the spacing... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090188457 - Lash adjuster: A lash adjuster includes a cylindrical bottomed plunger mounted in a cylindrical bottomed body so as to be movable upward and downward and including a high-pressure chamber defined between an underside of the plunger and a bottom wall of the body to reserve an operating oil, a leak path defined... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090188458 - Ignition system: An ignition system (10) comprises a spark plug (12) having a first end (14) defining a spark gap (16) between a first electrode (18) and a second electrode (20). A transformer (46) comprising a primary winding 44 and a secondary winding (50) also forms part of the system. The secondary... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20090188459 - Process and system for starting a direct-injecting internal-combustion engine as well as motor vehicle: A process for starting a direct-injecting internal-combustion engine is disclosed. The process includes triggering a separate drive for adjusting the camshaft for causing an angular position change between the crankshaft and the camshaft until the separate drive rotates the crankshaft such that a working medium is compressed by a piston... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090188461 - Internal combustion engine having an elastic connector and method of producing same: An internal combustion engine having a cylinder, a fuel-supply mechanism, and an elastic connector for connecting the fuel supply mechanism to the cylinder. The connector has a first channel for fuel/air mixture and a second channel for combustion air. The connector has a first connection end and a second connection... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates

20090188462 - Valve apparatus: A valve apparatus includes a valve shaft, a body, a bearing housing, a fixing device, and an actuator. The body has a flow path therein, and the flow path has an opening degree that is operated by rotation of the valve shaft. The bearing housing rotatably supports the valve shaft,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090188463 - Disk pendulum vibration damper: An apparatus for damping torsional vibration in a shaft, having a plurality of retainer pockets spaced from each other in the direction of the shaft's axis of rotation and connected for contemporaneous rotation with the shaft, and a plurality of disks each disposed within one of the retainer pockets, each... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20090188464 - Piston for an internal combustion engine: A piston for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The piston body has two pin bores for receiving a piston pin. At least one rib is disposed on the second side and extends outwardly therefrom. The at least one rib is aligned laterally between the two pin bores in a... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20090188465 - Chain cover of internal combustion engine: A first rib extending downward from a middle portion to an outer peripheral portion is formed on an inner wall of a chain cover. In addition a second rib, which extends downward from the outer peripheral portion to the middle portion and has a height lower than that of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090188466 - Hybrid piston/rotary engine: A Hybrid Piston/Rotary engine having an elliptical housing comprising a circumscribed cam portion to provide thrust, and sides having bearing supports for rotation of a rotor with at least one cylinder attaching shaft having apertures therein, providing rotary valves combined with intake and exhaust ports within the bearing supports. Each... Agent: William S. Wiens

20090188469 - Fuel injector for interal combustion engine: a fuel pressure sensor 104 for detecting the pressure of the fuel that is accumulated in the fuel rail; an electromagnetic relief valve 107 for discharging the pressure accumulated fuel of the fuel rail; and an ECU 110 for controlling opening and closing of the electromagnetic relief valve 107. The... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090188468 - Modified common rail fuel injection system: A modified common rail fuel injection system, for diesel engines, is described, for use with slurry fuels comprising dissolved supplementary atomizing gases. Two separate high pressure fluid circuits are utilized to supply and operate the engine fuel injectors. A high pressure fuel circuit comprises, a high pressure pump delivering engine... Agent: Joseph C. Firey

20090188470 - Hold-down device: A hold-down device for elastically fastening multiple fuel injectors, which are held down in a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine via spring elements for directly injecting fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, has a rail-shaped design having recesses for receiving the multiple fuel injectors.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090188472 - Lift pump system for a direct injection fuel system: An economical method for controlling a lift pump operating as part of a direct injection fuel system is described. According to the method, the lift pump is operated at efficient operating conditions and then stopped until additional fuel is requested.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090188473 - Composite fuel pump cartridge and fuel tank assembly: A fuel tank assembly comprising a fuel tank having a plurality of walls spaced apart by a floor, a flange having a top portion and a bottom portion, and extending downward from one of the plurality of walls, is provided. The fuel tank assembly further includes a housing, a crimp... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20090188474 - Fuel-saving apparatus: A fuel-saving apparatus includes an elongated and flattened body made from a pliable material. The body has two ends each has a coupling slot formed thereon, a plurality of openings formed on the surface thereof and a plurality of upper flanges and lower flanges formed at two lateral sides, and... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC

20090188475 - Egr device: An EGR device comprising an EGR passage 15 for communicating with an exhaust passage 9 of an engine 1 and an air inlet passage 3 to supply a portion of exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust passage 9 to the air inlet passage 3, EGR cooler 16a and 16b provided... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090188477 - Exhaust gas recirculation device: The invention relates to an exhaust gas recirculation device (5) for an internal combustion engine (1), especially in a motor vehicle, said device comprising an exhaust gas recirculation line (6) and an exhaust gas cooler (7) which is built into the exhaust gas recirculation line (6) and connected to a... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090188476 - Working-gas-circulation-type engine: In an engine 10, oxygen, hydrogen serving as fuel, and argon gas serving as a working gas are supplied to a combustion chamber 21. An upstream condenser section 70 condenses water vapor contained in an exhaust gas to yield primary condensed water, through heat exchange of the exhaust gas from... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090188478 - Crankcase for internal combustion engine: A crankcase that is provided in an internal combustion engine, in which blow-by gas is returned to an intake passage via a gas outflow passage formed in a cylinder block so as to extend in a direction from an upper portion to a lower portion of the cylinder, includes: a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090188479 - Arrangement and method to operate a combustion engine with two different types of fuel: An arrangement and a method are provided for a combustion engine which can be powered with a first and a second type of fuel and the first type of fuel can sufficiently lubricate the valve seating of the combustion engine. The arrangement includes, but is not limited to two fuel... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090188480 - Apparatus for spray injection of liquid or gas: An injection gate (44,144,244,344) for high pressure, high velocity secondary fluid for admixture of an atomized spray (80,180) thereof with another or primary fluid that atomizes the other fluid. The secondary fluid may be an accelerant and the primary fluid may be a low pressure fuel/air mixture in a fuel... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP Blue Bell

20090188481 - Squish-induced mixing-intensified low emissions combustion piston for internal combustion engines: A low geometric squish ratio piston for internal combustion engines to facilitate squish inducing mixing and intensified turbulence near engine top dead center The piston comprises a piston head having a height and a width and a depth with a top surface, and a skirt region with a ring region... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090183695 - On-board fuel refining in motorized vehicles: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for on-board refining of fuels within motorized vehicles. On board fuel refining is a finish-refining step that allows a fuel to be more precisely tailored to a particular vehicle and internal-combustion engine and to the current conditions under... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20090183697 - Exhaust heat recovery system: An exhaust heat recovery system (10) includes an exhaust heat recovery heat exchanger (18) in which heat is transferred from exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine (12) to an engine coolant for cooling the internal combustion engine (12), and a heat pump system (22) for recovering exhaust heat... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090183698 - Electromagnetically actuated valve device: The invention relates to an electromagnetically actuated valve device with closure means (36) that can be actuated by an armature unit (32, 34) interacting with stationary coil means (22) which closure means are embodied for the controlled opening and/or closing of a flow region (18) formed between an inflow (12)... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20090183696 - Liquid cooling system for internal combustion engine: A liquid cooling system for an internal combustion engine includes a coolant pump, an air-to-liquid heat exchanger, and a bypass loop for allowing coolant to circulate from the coolant pump to the engine without passing through the heat exchanger. A thermostatic valve mounted within a thermostat housing and including a... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090183699 - Compression ignition engines and methods: Compression ignition engines and methods of the type wherein the engines operate with one cylinder used as a compression cylinder and a second cylinder used as a combustion cylinder. The engines have all cylinders configured so as to be able to operate as a compression cylinder or a combustion cylinder.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090183700 - Valve train of an internal combustion engine: A valve train of an internal combustion engine with at least one camshaft (1) on which at least one rotatable cam (2) is arranged fixed in the axial direction, wherein a rotationally fixed connection of the at least one cam (2) with the camshaft (3) can be selectively established and... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090183702 - Doubled cam shaft adjuster in layered construction: The present invention provides a cam shaft adjuster, which is designed for controlling a double cam shaft, which has a layered construction. The cam shaft adjuster is equipped with a first rotor-type output body and a second rotor-type output body which are arranged parallel to each other with their rotary... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20090183701 - Process for adjusting the angular position of the camshaft of a reciprocating internal combustion engine relative to the crankshaft: In a method for setting the rotary angle position of the camshaft of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine relative to the crankshaft, the crankshaft is connected to the camshaft by means of a triple-shaft gear mechanism. This triple-shaft gear mechanism has a drive shaft which is fixed to the... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090183703 - Continuous variable valve lift apparatus: The present invention relates to a continuously variable valve lift apparatus that includes an output cam driving unit for transmitting a rotation, an output cam that receives the rotation from the output cam driving unit and rotates about an axis at a predetermined angle, an output cam position controlling unit... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090183704 - Phase varying apparatus for engine: [Achieving Means] A bearing 26 and a stopper 51 are attached to a stepped part 20c of an inner cylinder part 20, the bearing 26 is supported by a C ring 28 inserted in a groove 44c of a rotational drum 44, a bearing 52 is attached to a stepped... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090183705 - Hot spark injection system for diesel engines to promote complete combustion: A spark injection system for an internal combustion engine for the detonation and combustion of remaining fuel/air mixture within the cylinder, the spark injection system introduces a pulsed electrical charge into the cylinder after the initial detonation when the piston is in a position of approximately five degrees after top... Agent: Clifford G. Frayne

20090183707 - Operation control system for an engine and vehicle comprising the same: An operation control system for an engine having at least one piston includes an engine control unit which drives a fuel pump for supplying fuel to an injector. The engine control unit is configured to perform a control function to cut the electric power supply to the fuel pump when... Agent: Jones Day

20090183708 - Starting module assembly of remote control car: A starting module assembly of a remote control car includes an engine mount and a starter. A seat cover and a fixed base are installed outside the engine mount. A transmission gear cylinder is installed between assembling holes of the seat cover and the fixed base. An actuation gear is... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090183706 - Engine start control apparatus and engine start control method: When cranking is started, a control unit of an ECU determines an advance amount by which an intake valve closing timing is advanced from a fully retarded position toward a bottom dead center, and transmits the determined advance amount to a variable valve timing mechanism. After cranking is started, the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090183709 - Engine air cleaner and device for mounting air cleaner on engine: In an engine air cleaner, a suction opening (50) communicating with outside air and a discharge opening (16) communicating with an engine (E) are provided in an upper cover body (11) of a cleaner cover (10), a cleaner element unit (Ue) for cleaning the outside air sucked in via the... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090183710 - Heat engine: The Process Chamber is enclosed by a Pressure Wall, with an inlaid Pore Wall with pores through which an oxygen-overstoichiometric Pore-Stream streams into the interior of the Process Chamber (containment of pressure without heat and containment of heat without pressure). Additionally: two-stage pump systems for fuel and/or lubrication; Peltier-current-controlled startup-igniter... Agent: Ganz Law, P.C.

20090183711 - Fuel supply apparatus and fuel supply method of an internal combustion engine: A high-pressure pump (50) is provided which is drivingly connected to an engine output shaft (1) and delivers fuel to an injector (4) through a delivery pipe (5) based on the rotation of the output shaft (1). The high-pressure pump (50) includes an electromagnetic valve (50b) that adjusts, based on... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090183712 - Idle speed adjustment system: An engine idle control system is provided in a vehicle having an engine that drives an electric power generator arranged to selectively provide electric power to an electrical load of the vehicle and to selectively charge a battery of the vehicle. The engine idle control system includes: a sensor that... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090183713 - Fuel lance and assembly: A fuel lance assembly for an engine comprises: a fuel lance to be received in a passage provided in a cylinder head and a connection arrangement comprising an inlet adapter for securing the fuel lance within the passage. The fuel lance comprises a tubular member of constant external diameter, arranged... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090183714 - Internal combustion engine controller: In a voltage boost circuit for driving a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine, a high voltage developed in the voltage boost coil will be discharged into the battery power supply through the boost coil by electrically energizing a discharge switching element provided in parallel to the charging diode.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090183715 - Fuel supply device: The present invention provides a fuel supply device that can suppress the excessive heating of a fuel supplied from a fuel pump into an internal combustion engine even if a control module is cooled. The fuel supply device (1) comprises a set plate (10) attached to a mounting hole (34a)... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20090183716 - Fuel supply device for gas engine: A fuel supply device for a gas engine is provided that includes a vaporizer (17) that gasifies a first fuel (FA), a primary regulator (18) that regulates the pressure of the first fuel (FA) introduced from the vaporizer (17), a fuel changeover valve (19) that has a first inlet passage... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090183717 - Crankcase venting system: Crankcase venting system comprising an oil separator arranged in a housing that separates the housing into an unfiltered air side and a filtered air side, wherein in the area of the unfiltered air side a valve is arranged that is comprised of a valve plate, a pressure spring resting against... Agent: Mann+hummel Gmbh, Dept: Vr-p Plant 5.4

20090183718 - Glow plug control unit and method for controlling the temperature in a glow plug: A glow plug control unit is provided that comprises a first switch for connecting power supply lines to a glow plug. The glow plug control unit further comprises a voltage measurement unit for measuring the voltage at the power supply lines. A current measurement unit is built for measuring the... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090183719 - Internal combustion engine ignition device: An internal combustion engine ignition device is provided in which an ECU (200) includes a pulse generation circuit (201) that outputs pulse signals (Igt1 and Igt2) and an ion-signal detection/control circuit (300), and a coil driver (400) includes a pulse detection circuit (7) that recognizes a signal received from the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090178642 - Heat energy recycling device for an engine and two-stroke engine using the same: The present invention discloses a heat energy recycling device for an engine and a two-stroke engine using the same, which recycles the heat energy of the exhaust gas of a two-stroke engine and uses a technology of directly injecting high-pressure and high-temperature water into the cylinder. At an appropriate timing,... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090178631 - Method of controlling an actuator having a movable member with positional feedback control: A valve actuator for a combustion engine has a movable member for collaborating with a stem of a valve, and an electromagnetic device with a permanent magnet associated with a resilient device for moving the movable member between an extreme valve-closed position and an extreme valve-open position. A method of... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090178632 - Spark ignition type internal combustion engine: A spark ignition type internal combustion engine comprises a variable compression ratio mechanism able to change a mechanical compression ratio, an actual compression action start timing changing mechanism able to change a start timing of an actual compression action, and an exhaust valve. At the time of engine low load... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090178633 - Variable valve actuation: To improve the precision of the control of the charge of a cylinder during idling and low revs/light load operation, a bypass feeding path of low flow capacity provides the cylinder with air or mixture while the high flow capacity intake valves stay closed.... Agent: Manousos Pattakos

20090178634 - Engine with variable valve actuating mechanism: An internal combustion engine is described having a valve mechanism that comprises an SCP camshaft operating two sets of valves. The first set of valves is operated via a summation rocker system such that the valve lift characteristic results from the combination of two cam profiles. The second set of... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20090178635 - Valve timing adjuster: A valve timing adjuster includes a first rotor, a second rotor, a spool valve, a connection passage, and a connection check valve. A spool of the spool valve is displaceable to a first position such that the first rotor is rotated relative to the second rotor. The spool is displaceable... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090178636 - Camshaft and camshaft manufacturing method: A cam lobe of a camshaft has a base circle portion and a lifting lobe portion. A camshaft journal of the camshaft has first and second bearing portions that bear reaction forces from the base circle portion and the lifting lobe portion, respectively. The first bearing portion has an axial... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090178637 - Sliding-pivot locking mechanism for an overhead cam with multiple rocker arms: A locking mechanism for a plural rocker arm valve train assembly is provided. The locking mechanism is adapted for use with a camshaft having a plurality of different cam lobes having a plurality of different profiles, which result in variable valve displacement and duration. A plurality of rocker arms are... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090178638 - Multiple axle tappet lifter assembly: The invention allows for a larger bronze axle outer diameter for increased contact area to carry system loads in tappet body assemblies of engine valve trains; thereby, improving wear and improving the life of the tappet. Relatively small diameter steel pins are used to secure the bronze axle and because... Agent: Arthur J. Plantamura, Esq. General Chemical Performance Products LLC.

20090178630 - Camshaft apparatus: A camshaft apparatus includes rolling bearings which support a camshaft rotatably, whereby a reduction in torque when an engine is started or is running at low speeds, a reduction in vibration of the camshaft and an extension of the lives of the bearings can be realized. In the rolling bearings,... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090178639 - System and method for activating and deactivating a remotely controlled vehicle starter: A system for activating and deactivating a remotely controlled vehicle starter includes a handheld mobile communication device having at least a speaker mounted therein and a wireless transmitter having at least a start switch mounted therein. A first wire connects a negative voltage supply path to the speaker circuit with... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20090178640 - Cast steel piston for internal combustion engines: The invention relates to a steel piston for internal combustion engines, comprising at least one piston upper part (12) provided with a combustion cavity (11) and an annular wall (5), and a piston lower part (13) provided with a connecting rod bearing (8). The steel piston is cast as a... Agent: Patent Central LLC Stephan A. Pendorf

20090178641 - Engine: An engine comprising a cylinder including a piston and piston rod combination; a rotational hub; a crankshaft, connected at one end to the piston and piston rod combination and at a second end to the rotational hub; a gear train including an orbital gear, a stationary gear and a plurality... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20090178643 - Method for combusting fuel: A method for combusting fuel in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, in which air is supplied to the combustion chamber via at least one intake valve and at least one fanned-out fuel spray is injected into the combustion chamber via at least one fuel injector in such... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090178644 - Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine with variable valve lift and motor vehicle equipped therewith: A method for controlling an internal combustion engine with variable valve lift has the following steps: Determining the pressure in the intake manifold; predetermining the pressure in the intake manifold following a changeover of the valve lift; determining a selection criterion for a valve lift to be set; and setting... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090178645 - Valve unit for internal combustion engine: A valve unit for an internal combustion engine includes a duct, a valve and a shaft. The duct includes an inner tube defining a gas passage and an outer tube disposed radially outside of the inner tube. The duct has an annular liquid storage groove between the outer tube and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090178646 - Variable valve device for engine: A variable valve device, which is capable of controlling a fuel injection amount or the like if a control shaft sensor has a failure, uses a brushless DC motor to rotate the control shaft, detects the rotation angle of the motor using its magnetic pole sensors, and calculates an estimated... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090178647 - Fuel feeding mechanism of a vehicle with an acceleration pedal position sensor: A fuel feeding mechanism of a vehicle with an acceleration pedal position sensor includes an electronic control unit, and a throttle; the throttle is equipped with a feedback signal device, and the feedback signal device is connected to the electronic control unit; the throttle includes a pivotal shaft; a throttle... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090178648 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine (8) has an ignition device, a device for supplying fuel and a device for detecting the rpm of the engine (8). The engine (8) includes a permissible limit rpm (ng) and a control range (A) of the rpm (n) above the limit rpm (ng). A method... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20090178649 - Injection pump for a piston engine: A fuel injection pump for a piston engine, the pump comprising a cylinder element having a pressure plenum provided with an outlet chamber for removing pressurized fuel from the pressure plenum, a piston arranged to reciprocate inside the pressure plenum, an inlet chamber arranged outside the pressure plenum and at... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20090178650 - Two-piece injector cup and method of manufacturing same: A fuel delivery system comprises a fuel rail having an outlet, and a fuel injector cup associated with the fuel rail outlet. The fuel injector cup includes a cup portion and a ring portion. The cup portion comprises a body, and the body includes a base at a first end,... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20090178651 - System and method to control fuel vaporization: A method for improving fuel heating is presented. The method can reduce system complexity and cost when fuel is heated within a fuel injector. In one embodiment, the method independently heats and injects fuel by changing the direction of current flow through a fuel circuit.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090178652 - High pressure fuel supply pump for internal combustion engine: An intake valve automatically opened and closed by pressure of a pressuring chamber is provided in a fuel intake passage, the intake valve is pushed to open by a plunger of an electromagnetic plunger mechanism, pulling-in operating timing of the plunger is controlled according to the operating condition of an... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090178653 - Fuel tank structure: A main suction, that is a portion of a fuel feed-out pipe, and a bent portion, that is a lowermost portion formed at a return pipe, are both disposed within a fuel tank, positioned lower than a lowest liquid surface within a reserve cup, and can always be maintained in... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090178654 - Ethanol separation using air from turbo compressor: In an apparatus comprising a fuel tank, an internal combustion engine, and a separator positioned fluidically between the fuel tank and the internal combustion engine, a method of operating the apparatus is disclosed, wherein the method comprises inputting a mixed fuel containing a hydrocarbon component and an oxygenated component into... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090178655 - Air induction system with recirculation loop: An air induction system for a power system is provided having a compressor operable to compress air directed into an engine. In addition, the air induction system has a throttle valve disposed between the compressor and the engine, the throttle valve being configured to selectively restrict the flow of compressed... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090178656 - Controller for internal combustion engine: When an estimated alcohol concentration is higher than a specified concentration, an operation time of an engine is cumulated to obtain an alcohol cumulative operating time (ACOT). When the ACOT exceeds a specified time and a feedback correction quantity of a fuel injection quantity exceeds a specified quantity, a computer... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090173295 - Electromechanical failsafe thermostat: An apparatus for controlling a temperature for an engine by controlling a flow of a liquid engine coolant through a coolant conduit, the apparatus including a thermostat having a temperature responsive valve for substantially blocking and substantially unblocking the flow of the liquid coolant to a radiator. The valve opens... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20090173296 - Approach for adaptive control of cam profile switching for combustion mode transitions: A method of controlling cylinder valve switching between a first valve condition and a second valve condition for transitioning between combustion modes of an engine. The method includes adjusting timing of a signal to switch between the valve conditions based on an oil degradation condition from an oil sensor, wherein... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090173297 - Variable valve timing device: The present invention provides a variable valve timing device for an internal combustion engine having a double camshaft. A gas exchange valve control shaft is provided which has first and second concentrically arranged cam shafts that are adjustable in a rotatable manner with respect to each other, by which a... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20090173298 - Valve timing adjusting apparatus: A valve timing adjusting apparatus includes a first rotor, a second rotor, and a bias mechanism. The bias mechanism is provided to one of the first and second rotors. The bias mechanism includes a resilient member and a projection portion that is rotatable together with the one of the first... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090173299 - Valve system for opposed piston engines: The valve system for opposed piston engines essentially comprises a single poppet valve opening into the common combustion chamber between the two opposed pistons of each piston and cylinder pair. The engine for which the mechanism is adapted includes a rotating internal cylinder surrounding each piston pair, with a stationary... Agent: L.c. Begin & Associates, PLLC

20090173300 - Cam follower device: A cam follower device includes a pair of plate-shaped rocker arms 17 parallel mutually, a support shaft 7a fixed in support holes 8a, 8a at one end portions of the rocker arms 17 at both end portions and a tappet roller 9 supported rotatably around a circumference of an intermediate... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090173301 - Surface treated rocker arm shaft: A shaft for a rocker arm assembly is disclosed. The shaft includes a substantially cylindrical outer surface at least a portion of which defines a bearing surface thereon and an interior core portion located radially inward of the bearing surface. The bearing surface has a hardness greater than that of... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20090173302 - Switchable double tappet: A switchable double tappet (1) is provided, especially for a tappet-push rod valve train of an internal combustion engine, with a cylindrical housing (2), which is arranged so that it oscillates via its outer casing (3) in a guide (4) in the internal combustion engine side and which has a... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090173303 - Hydraulic lash adjuster equipped with auxiliary check valve: An auxiliary check valve is provided in a hydraulic lash adjuster of the type wherein the plunger-to-body clearance is sealed. The auxiliary check valve is derived so that it remains open until the plunger has been moved to the limit of its travel by rotation of the engine camshaft during... Agent: Arthur J. Plantamura, Esq. General Chemical Performance Products LLC.

20090173304 - Procedure for starting a combustion engine: Procedure for starting a combustion engine with at least one combustion chamber, whereby injections from the high pressure system are deposited into the combustion chamber during the starting process, is thereby characterized, in that at least one injection into the combustion engine can be blanked out in order to limit... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090173305 - Active air vent utilizing smart material actuation: An active air intake adapted for selectively regulating fluid flow into an engine generally includes a housing defining an opening, a covering member disposed relative to the opening and translatable between opened and closed conditions, an actuator including an active material element operable to effect movement of the member, a... Agent: Slj, LLC

20090173306 - Structure for introducing gas into intake air: Exhaust gas inlets for introducing exhaust gas from an EGR pipe, on the right bank side, and exhaust gas inlets for introducing exhaust gas from the EGR pipe, on the left bank side, are both formed in low-pressure regions. The exhaust gas inlets are formed at positions where the pressure... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090173307 - Internal combustion engine: Disclosed is an internal combustion engine (A), which has a valve overlap period (T) during which an intake valve (1) and an exhaust valve (2) are opened, and a geometric compression ratio of 13.0 or greater. The engine (A) is designed to satisfy, at a center timing (Tc) of the... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20090173308 - Heat engine comprising balance shafts which can be locked by a pin: The invention relates to a heat engine (10) comprising at least one engine block which rotatably receives a crankshaft (12) and a cartridge (16) which is fixed to the engine block and which rotatably receives a pair of parallel balance shafts, namely a primary shaft (26) and a secondary shaft... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090173309 - Piston for an internal combustion engine having two ring grooves wherein one ring groove has a ring carrier: A piston for an internal combustion engine has a piston upper part which has a ring field having a plurality of ring grooves, and a piston lower part wherein there is provision for the ring field to have precisely two ring grooves with at least the upper ring grooves having... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20090173310 - Vehicle engine and snap-on engine cover assembly therefor and method of assembly of the cover assembly to the engine: A engine and cover assembly therefore and method for snapping attachment of the cover to the engine without use of threaded fasteners includes a cover, a clip, and an elastomeric dampener. The clip is arranged for snapping engagement to a flange of the engine to secure the cover to the... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090173311 - Engine control system for increased vehicle fuel economy: An engine control system comprises a driver input module, a cylinder actuation module, and an active fuel management (AFM) module. The driver input module generates a fuel saver mode (FSM) signal having a first state based upon a driver input. The cylinder actuation module selectively disables at least one of... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090173312 - Internal combustion engine: Disclosed is an internal combustion engine, which has a geometric compression ratio of 13.0 or greater, and a combustion chamber (4) configured to satisfy a condition of S/V2≦0.12 (mm−1) when a radius r of a hypothetical sphere (IS) with its center at an ignition point (CP) of a spark plug... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20090173313 - Internal combustion engine: In an internal combustion engine including a camshaft for operating inlet and outlet valves of the engine with lift curves EV, AV of the inlet and the outlet valves determined by the shape of cams of the camshaft, an additional auxiliary cam which acts on the outlet valve is arranged... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20090173314 - Speed control in a torque-based system: An engine control system includes a power module, an air flow module, a torque estimation module, and an air control module. The power module determines a power-based torque based on a desired engine speed. The air flow module determines an air flow value based on the power-based torque. The torque... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090173315 - Internal-combustion-engine combustion condition detection apparatus and combustion condition detection method:

20090173316 - Injection means for a combustion engine: An injector for fuel includes a passage for receiving fuel at an above-atmospheric first pressure, a pressure amplifier and an injection valve which is settable in an open position and a closed position. The injection valve includes a piston element, a closing chamber and an opening chamber. To inject fuel,... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090173317 - Attachment for fuel injectors in direct injection fuel systems: A fuel delivery system comprising a fuel rail having an outlet and a receptor cup associated therewith. The system further including a fuel injector having an inlet, an outlet and a body therebetween. The inlet is configured for insertion into the cup of the fuel rail and for fluid communication... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20090173318 - Compressor drive system with variable rotational speed: A compressor drive system for driving a compressor of an internal combustion engine contains a variable speed drive unit and a planetary gear set, the planetary gear set being connected to the internal combustion engine and the compressor in such a way that a first output shaft of the planetary... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20090173319 - Method for operating a spark ignition engine: In a method for operating a spark ignition engine, wherein the inlet valves of the spark ignition engine are closed very early or very late, and a combustion air flow which is supplied to the spark ignition engine is compressed by means of a charger, and, under full load operation,... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20090173320 - Device for distributing incoming gases in an internal combustion air supply system: The invention relates to a device for distributing the incoming gases in an internal combustion air supply system. This system comprises a fresh air intake pipe (1) and an exhaust gas recirculation intake pipe (2) and the internal combustion engine comprises, for each cylinder, a cylinder head that forms a... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20090173321 - Piezo-resonance igniter and ignition method for propellant liquid rocket engine: An ignition system for a rocket engine utilizes the pressure energy in a propellant flow. The propellant flow generates an oscillating pressure force in a resonance system which is then transmitted to a piezoelectric system. The electrical pulses are utilized to generate a spark in an igniter system spark gap,... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090173322 - Internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine having at least one piston cylinder comprising a housing enclosing twin gas injectors and having two inlet openings for separate supply of hydrogen gas and oxygen gas to a combustion chamber of the piston cylinder, two pressure-controlled and time-controlled, electrical inlet valves and associated nozzle needles... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090173323 - Air-fuel ratio control system for internal combustion engine and control method of the same: An air-fuel ratio control system includes an air-fuel ratio sensor (23, 24) disposed upstream or downstream of an exhaust purification catalyst, and performs feedback control of the fuel supply amount such that an output value of the air-fuel ratio sensor is controlled to the target air-fuel ratio. The feedback control... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090173324 - Control system for an exhaust gas sensor: An oxygen sensor is mounted in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine. The status of an exhaust gas is detected in accordance with the output of the oxygen sensor. The oxygen sensor incorporates a heater for heating an element of the sensor. In a region in which the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090173325 - Control system for an exhaust gas sensor: An oxygen sensor is mounted in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine. The status of an exhaust gas is detected in accordance with the output of the oxygen sensor. The oxygen sensor incorporates a heater for heating an element of the sensor. In a region in which the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090173326 - Control system for an exhaust gas sensor: An oxygen sensor is mounted in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine. The status of an exhaust gas is detected in accordance with the output of the oxygen sensor. The oxygen sensor incorporates a heater for heating an element of the sensor. In a region in which the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090173327 - Control system for an exhaust gas sensor: An oxygen sensor is mounted in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine. The status of an exhaust gas is detected in accordance with the output of the oxygen sensor. The oxygen sensor incorporates a heater for heating an element of the sensor. In a region in which the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090165735 - Thermostatic valve: A thermostatic valve in a cooling system in an internal combustion engine, with a common short-circuit element (21), comprising a section serving as a short circuit valve gate (26) and a short circuit valve disc (25), arranged upstream in the extending direction of the thermostatic working element (16), between which... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090165736 - Cooling unit: A cooling unit includes a motor, a driving shaft, a first fan, a second fan, and a fan shroud. The driving shaft extends from the motor and is disposed parallel to a core of a heat exchanger. The first fan is disposed to oppose the core for generating air for... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090165754 - Two-stroke opposed cylinder internal combustion engine with integrated positive displacement supercharger and regenerator.: A two-stroke internal combustion engine (30) is disclosed. Fuel efficiency is improved and extended over a wide power band by an inlet air valve (108) which controls the air charge and maintains a constant compression ratio. An integrated positive displacement supercharger (50) provides adequate air charge at all power levels... Agent: Paul A. Howard

20090165738 - 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

20090165737 - Bearing device: The present invention relates to a bearing device (1) for supporting a camshaft (2) in a cylinder head with at least two bearing blocks (3) which support the camshaft (2), and which are axially penetrated by the camshaft (2) to be supported in a first through-opening (6), and with a... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090165739 - Sheathed-element glow plug: A sheathed-element glow plug is used to be situated in a chamber in an internal combustion engine. The sheathed-element glow plug has a housing, a pin-shaped heating element, which extends partially from the housing and a pressure sensor which is situated in an inner chamber of the housing. A prestressing... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090165740 - Vehicle including a variable intake pipe length device: Disclosed herein is a vehicle including a variable intake pipe length device capable of adjusting the length of an intake pipe according to the condition of an engine, the intake pipe being provided in an intake passage for inducing air from an air cleaner box to an intake port of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090165741 - Vehicle including a variable intake pipe length device: A vehicle includes a variable intake pipe length device capable of adjusting the length of an intake pipe according to the condition of an engine, the intake pipe being provided in an intake passage for inducing air from an air cleaner box to an intake port of the engine, the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090165742 - Pressure equalizing valve seal for spherical rotary valve engine: A valve seal for a rotary valve assembly for use in an internal combustion engine of the piston and cylinder type, the valve seal having a valve seal body member having a curved annular upper surface conforming to the spherical periphery of a spherical rotary valve, the valve seal body... Agent: Clifford G. Frayne

20090165743 - Piston for an internal combustion engine and method for its production: The present invention relates to a piston (10) for an internal combustion engine, having at least two hub bores (18) for holding a piston pin, wherein the hub bores (18) have at least one geometric deviation from a cylindrical inner contour. It is provided according to the invention that the... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090165744 - Pulling rod engine: The piston is connected to the crankshaft via a connecting rod, while the crankshaft is disposed between the wrist pin and the combustion chamber. This way the combustion is shifted to the slow dead center, enabling the diesel to perform at higher revs, improving the spark engine efficiency and making... Agent: Manousos Pattakos

20090165745 - Hall effect accelerator module: An accelerator module for an electric vehicle, including a rotor actuator designed to hold a magnet in one end and to provide a drive interface with the vehicle at the other end. The accelerator module employs a Hall Effect chip configured to produce a variable voltage output in proportion to... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20090165746 - Device and method for controlling ignition timing of internal combustion engine: An engine ECU executes a program including: a step (S310) of multiplying a correction amount of a determination value V(KX) by Q, when deviation L between an approximation value V(R), which is an average value of determination values V(KX) corrected according to the occurrence frequency of knocking, and an approximation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090165747 - Two-stroke engine: A two-stroke engine includes an ignition module that receives a detection signal from a magnetic sensor for detecting a permanent magnet and transmits an ignition signal to an ignition plug. The permanent magnet is provided at a single position on a flange that rotates synchronously with the magnetic sensor. The... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090165748 - Petroleum fuel supply method and circuit: A fuel supply method and circuit including at least one flow-rate regulating valve is provided at a return pipe for returning excess return fuel from a combustion chamber side. During the combustion operation, the fuel from the supply pipe is supplied to a fuel injection nozzle with the return pipe... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090165749 - Engine and control valve assembly having reduced variability in operation over time: A control valve assembly includes a one-piece valve movable between a first position at which the valve closes a seat defined by a housing and positioned fluidly between a fluid inlet and a first fluid outlet, and a second position at which the valve is out of contact with the... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper Intellectual Property Department

20090165750 - Fuel injection valve: A fuel injection valve is provided that includes an electromagnetic actuator (A1) that moves a valve body (10) in an inwardly-opening direction, and a magnetostrictive actuator (A2) that, by passing current therethrough, elongates a movable part assembly (43) extending from the valve body (10) to a movable core (24) of... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090165751 - Control valve arrangement: A control valve, for use in controlling fuel pressure within a control chamber, comprises a control valve member, first flow restriction and second flow restriction. The control valve member is movable between a first position, and a second position. The first flow restriction is arranged to maintain a first pressure... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090165752 - Fuel feed apparatus: A feed pump pumps fuel from a fuel tank. A filter portion includes a filter element for removing foreign matter contained in the fuel discharged from the feed pump. A high-pressure pump pumps the filtered fuel to the internal combustion engine. A return passage is connected with a passage between... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090165753 - Delivery unit: The invention relates to a delivery unit for delivering fuel from a fuel reservoir (2) to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. Said delivery unit comprises a fuel pump which is arranged in a swirl pot (4), and a flange (3) which closes an opening (5) of the... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090165757 - Apparatus and system for efficiently recirculating an exhaust gas in a combustion engine: An apparatus and system are disclosed for efficiently recirculating an exhaust gas in a combustion engine. The apparatus includes an intake air conduit that accepts and promotes mixing of an intake air stream and an EGR stream. The intake air stream moves in the direction of the axis of the... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20090165756 - Exhaust gas recirculation devices: Embodiments of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) mixing device include an air inlet port and an outlet port disposed at opposite ends of the mixing pipe, an exhaust feeder having a scroll mixing chamber and occupying a portion of the mixing pipe between the air inlet port and the outlet... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20090165755 - Exhaust gas recirculator devices: Embodiments of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device comprise a mixing pipe having an air inlet port and an outlet port disposed at opposite ends of the mixing pipe, and an exhaust inlet port disposed at a region of the mixing pipe between the air inlet port and the outlet... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20090165758 - Exhaust gas purification system for internal combustion engine: An object of the present invention is to provide a technology that enables to enhance the effect of decreasing the NOx emission achieved by an exhaust gas purification system as a whole while favorably achieving both reduction in the amount of NOx generated in an internal combustion engine by means... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090165759 - Fuel management for vehicles equipped with multiple tanks for different grades of fuel: A fuel management system mounted on a vehicle is operative to feed an individual grade or a mixture of grades of relatively low, intermediate, and high RON fuels, from respective tanks to an associated internal combustion engine. The system includes an on board separation unit (OBS unit) for receiving and... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20090165760 - Operating a turbo charged diesel engine: A method of operating a turbo charged diesel engine is provided where a viscosity increasing component in a diesel fuel composition is used, to improve the acceleration performance, at low engine speeds (for example up to 2200 rpm). This method may be used for reducing the engine speed at which... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090165761 - Fuel control system having a cold start strategy: The present disclosure is directed to a method of operating an engine. The method may include determining an injection characteristic based on usage of a primary fuel and determining a need for a secondary fuel. The method may further include determining a first engine characteristic and modifying the injection characteristic... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090165762 - Fuel control system having cold start strategy: The present disclosure is directed to a method of operating an engine. The method may include injecting a primary fuel. The method may further include determining a need for a secondary fuel during starting of the engine and introducing the secondary fuel. The method may still further include determining an... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090165763 - High-frequency ignition system for motor vehicles: The invention relates to a novel construction for creating a high-frequency ignition system for spark ignition engines, which is especially suitable for improving the characteristics of motor vehicles in terms of consumption, performance and exhaust gas emissions. Said high-frequency ignition can be used for carburetor engines, injection engines, direct-injection engines,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090165764 - Optimization of the excitation frequency of a resonator: A device for controlling a power supply of a radio frequency ignition of a combustion engine, including: an interface that receives measurement signals of operating parameters of a combustion engine; an interface that outputs a control signal; a module that stores relationships between measurement signals and the frequency of a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090165765 - Secondary air supply system and vehicle: A secondary air supply system includes a CPU, a ROM, an air supply pipe, and an air amount adjusting valve. One end of the air supply pipe is connected to an air cleaner box and the other end is connected to an exhaust port. Secondary air in the air cleaner... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP