Internal-combustion engines inventions

20090266312 - Cooling device: A cooling device in an engine bay of a motor vehicle has a radiator and a radiator louver with at least one lamella that controls the passage of a gas flow through the radiator. At least one bypass duct bypasses the radiator and can be closed off by an associated... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090266311 - Heat exchanger with integral thermostats: A system for cooling an engine is described. The system includes, a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger having a first heat exchange portion that removes heat energy from coolant fluid flowing therein, and a second heat exchange portion that removes heat energy from coolant fluid flowing therein; a first thermostat... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090266313 - Fan system and a method for controlling a fan motor: The invention relates to a fan system for a controllably cooling a vehicle internal combustion engine comprising an electric fan motor and a control unit for controlling said fan motor, wherein said control unit controls the fan motor according to a regulation correcting variable dependent on a desired cooling power,... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090266314 - Coolant-containing hollow poppet valve and process for producing the same: This invention provides a coolant-containing hollow poppet valve, which, in use, in consideration of a temperature distribution caused in each pert of the valve, causes a lowering in fatigue strength and creep strength in the valve at its site exposed to high temperatures falling within the tolerante of design standard,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090266315 - Cooling structure of internal combustion engine: A cooling structure of an internal combustion engine includes: a cooling water introducing port provided on one end side of a cylinder block; and a water jacket provided so as to surround a cylinder bore wall, wherein cooling water is introduced from the cooling water introducing port into the water... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090266337 - Electromechanical device for controlling a variable compression ratio engine: An electromechanical device (800) which can be used to control the compression ratio of a variable compression ratio engine, includes mechanical elements for transmitting movement (801) between at least one electric engine (802) and at least one control rod (20) of a control jack (8) of a control device (12)... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090266338 - Spark ignition type internal combustion engine: In a spark ignition type internal combustion engine that includes a variable compression ratio mechanism A capable of changing the mechanical compression ratio, and a variable valve mechanism B capable of changing valve characteristics of an intake valve or an exhaust valve, the variable valve mechanism is mechanically coupled to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090266339 - Internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine is provided. Facing pistons eliminate a cylinder head, thereby reducing heat losses through a cylinder head. Facing pistons also halve the stroke that would be required for one piston to provide the same compression ratio, and the engine can thus be run at higher revolutions per... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20090266316 - Rotary piston engine: The rotary reciprocating piston engine as a rotor rotatably journaled in a housing and a plurality of pistons movable in radial direction in the rotor between outer and inner dead points. Each piston has a piston rod mounted on a transverse shaft carrying at each end a sliding element which... Agent: Law Offices Of James E. Walton, PLLC

20090266347 - Split-cycle air hybrid engine: A split-cycle air hybrid engine operatively connects an air reservoir to a split cycle engine. A power piston is received within a power cylinder and operatively connected to a crankshaft such that the power piston reciprocates through an expansion stroke and an exhaust stroke during a single revolution of the... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20090266318 - Sliding mode control apparatus and adjusting method: A sliding mode control apparatus. When displacing a controlled object to which an urging force is applied by an elastic member from one displacement end to the other displacement end, the control apparatus sets a switching hyperplane and controls the controlled object by using a sliding mode control in such... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090266319 - System and method for providing hydraulic valve lash compensation for electrically actuated internal combustion engine poppet valves: A system and method for assembling an electrical valve actuator to a cylinder head is described. The system and method provide for lower assembly cost, improved concentricity between valve actuator armatures and valve stems, as well enabling lower inertia valve actuators.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090266320 - Valve actuating system: An actuating system for a gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine is described which comprises two cams (12,14) associated with the valve (10), a summation linkage (22,24,30,32) for lifting the valve in dependence upon the sum of the instantaneous lifts of the two cams (12,14). A de-activating mechanism... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20090266321 - Valve system for internal combustion engine: A variable valve system includes a transmission mechanism T which transmits a valve actuating force to an inlet valve 11 and which varies a maximum lift amount of the inlet valve 11 and biasing members 60. A sub-cam 40 oscillatably supported on a holder 30 driven by a control member... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090266322 - Vane-type cam phaser having staged locking pins to assist intermediate position locking: A vane-type camshaft phaser including a bias spring to urge the rotor toward an intermediate locking position from any rotational position retarded of the locking position. The rotor comprises non-coaxially acting primary and secondary locking pins for mating with primary and secondary locking pin seats in the phaser stator. The... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090266323 - Variable valve lift apparatus: A variable valve lift apparatus may include a cam that is disposed to a camshaft and rotates, a rocker arm that is disposed to the camshaft and in which a relative rotation angle of the rocker arm around the camshaft is variable, a cam follower that contacts the cam, receives... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090266324 - Rocker arm, rocker shaft, valve cap, adjust screw, pivot receiving member, and valve of arm type valve operating device: Provided are a rocker arm, a rocker shaft, a valve cap, an adjust screw, a pivot receiving member, and a valve of an arm type valve operating device that can suppress wear and pitching, and attain a long service life. A multiplicity of minute recesses are provided at random in... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090266317 - Valve opening arrangement and method: A valve opening arrangement includes a first contact surface on a first member, and a second contact surface on a second member discrete from the first member. A first and a second opening are provided, and a first and a second valve movable to open and close the first and... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090266325 - Microwave combustion system for internal combustion engines: A microwave combustion system is presented that can replace the conventional spark plug in an internal combustion engine. One or more microwave pulses are provided to a microwave feed in a plug that sits in the cylinder. A microwave generated plasma generated by the plug in the vicinity of a... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20090266326 - Air intake assembly with integrated crankcase ventilation system: An engine assembly may include an engine block, a first cylinder head, and an air intake assembly. The engine block may include a first bank defining a first set of cylinders. The first cylinder head may be fixed to the first bank and may include a first set of intake... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090266327 - Vehicle with secondary air supply passage: A vehicle can include an engine, an air cleaner for supplying air taken in by the engine, an exhaust passage for exhausting exhaust gas of the engine, and a secondary air passage for connecting the air cleaner to the exhaust passage and for supplying secondary air to the exhaust passage.... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090266328 - Intake manifold for vehicle: The present invention relates to an intake manifold for a vehicle and comprises tanks for stabilizing intaken air introduced from a throttle body; a plurality of zip tubes diverged from the tanks; a plurality of runners connected to the zip tubes and communicated with respective cylinders; and a adjustment apparatus... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090266329 - Internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine is provided. Facing pistons eliminate a cylinder head, thereby reducing heat losses through a cylinder head. Facing pistons also halve the stroke that would be required for one piston to provide the same compression ratio, and the engine can thus be run at higher revolutions per... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20090266330 - Monolithic block and valve train for a four-stroke engine: A cylinder crankcase for a four-stroke engine is disclosed. The cylinder crankcase includes a cylinder head, cylinder block, and crankcase which are monolithic. A half-crank crankshaft bears in a crank arm, which is included in the crankcase. The cylinder crankcase includes a belt driven valve train and crank arm that... Agent: Michael, Best & Friedrich LLP

20090266331 - Piston for internal combustion engine and process for manufacturing the same: A piston for internal combustion engine includes a piston body, and a low thermal conductor. The piston body has a top that faces a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. The low thermal conductor is disposed in the top of the piston body. Moreover, the low thermal conductor has... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090266332 - Seal structure, chain case, and seal structure formation method: A chain case disposed opposite an interval between a cylinder block and a cylinder head sandwiching a gasket includes a liquid sealing material guiding recessed portion that opposes the interval and is entirely surrounded by a seal surface. During seal structure formation, a large amount of a liquid sealing material... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090266333 - Air-damped engine mount: An air-damped engine mount has a filter module installed in a damping chamber formed by coupling between a main rubber and a main pipe. The air-damped engine mount may include a bolt, a main rubber into which the bolt is fitted and coupled, a hollow main pipe coupled with the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090266334 - General purpose internal combustion engine: In a general-purpose internal combustion engine having a throttle valve and a choke valve each installed in an air intake passage connected to a combustion chamber, air sucked in flowing through the air intake passage and mixing with fuel supplied by a carburetor to generate an air-fuel mixture that enters... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090266335 - Control device of internal combustion engine: A control device of an internal combustion engine calculates ignition delays in lean combustion and rich combustion, standardizes the ignition delays based on ignition timing, and further standardizes the ignition delays based on injection quantity and injection timing of pilot injection respectively. The control device calculates a present ignition delay... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090266336 - Combustion control device and method for controlling combustion of engine: A combustion control device is configured to control combustion in a combustion chamber of a compression ignition engine. An index detection unit is configured to detect multiple combustion state indices each indicating a combustion state in the combustion chamber. The multiple combustion state indices may include an ignition time point... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090266340 - Fuel injector: The invention relates to a fuel injector for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. A fuel supply line enters an injector housing from a high pressure fuel source which can be hydraulically connected to a pressure chamber. A 3/2 directional control valve for injecting fuel... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20090266341 - Fuel delivery unit for a motor vehicle: A fuel delivery unit for a motor vehicle, wherein a swirl pot has a base formed from an upper part and a lower part, and an outer wall connected to the base, forming a seal. The upper part and the lower part bound fuel-delivering regions of a suction jet pump... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090266342 - Fuel supply system for the composition of on demand vaporized fuel-air mixture for an internal combustion engine: This invention relates to the creation of an environmentally friendlier, higher efficiency fuel supply system for the composition of on demand vaporized fuel-air mixture for an internal combustion engine.... Agent: Nicholas S. Morales

20090266343 - Thick film resistor fuel vaporizer: A fuel vaporizer includes at least one surface and at least one glass coated thick film resistor applied to the at least one surface. The thick film resistor heats the surface and liquid fuel vaporizes on contact with the heated surface. By employing glass coated thick film, the fuel vaporizer... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090266344 - Stratified charge gasoline direct injection systems using exhaust gas recirculation: An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method and system for reducing emissions and improving knock-tolerance in an engine. Air, including exhaust gas present at levels greater than 20% by total air mass, may be introduced into a combustion chamber having a volume including a piston and a... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20090266345 - Internal combustion engine control device and internal combustion engine control system: An internal combustion engine control device and an internal combustion engine control system are disclosed as applied to an internal combustion engine having external EGR regulating device for regulating an external EGR amount in which a part of exhaust gases is recirculated from an exhaust gas passage to an air-intake... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090266346 - Crankcase filtration assembly with additive for treating condensate material: A separation assembly is generally described that can chemically treat condensate material in a fluid stream. One particular example of a separation assembly is a crankcase filtration assembly used in engine oil filtration and that includes an additive material disposed within the crankcase filtration assembly. The additive material chemically treats... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090260586 - Heat exchanger for an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a heat exchanger for cooling a fluid for an internal combustion engine, in particular, a gas, for example, in the form of a charge fluid such as exhaust gas, charge air, mixtures thereof or similar, in particular for an internal combustion engine on a motor vehicle,... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090260587 - Air intake device for a heat engine with a cooled main circulation system and a bypass system equipped with a heating mechanism: Device for air intake of a heat engine including: —a main circulation system (105) which connects a supercharging apparatus (106) or an air intake manifold (107) which incorporates a heat exchanger (108), —a bypass system (109) linked to the main circulation system along the exchanger, the bypass system incorporating a... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090260588 - Cylinder head: A cylinder head having a coolant passage therein includes a coolant inlet, an exhaust valve seat portion, intake valve seat portion, and a spark plug mounting portion formed centrally in the cylinder head, wherein a guide rib is formed close to the coolant inlet for coolant to flow near the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090260589 - Device for variably adjusting the control times of gas-exchange valves of an internal combustion engine: A device for variably adjusting the control times of gas-exchange valves of an internal combustion engine. The device has a drive input element and a drive output element, The drive input element is placed in driving connection with a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, the drive output element is... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090260590 - Phase varying device of engine: [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The phase varying device of an engine comprises an outer casing section (10) having a sprocket (12) for transmitting rotation of the crankshaft of the engine, an inner casing section (20) capable of rotating relatively to the outer casing section and coupled with a cam shaft... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090260591 - Valve timing adjusting apparatus: A valve timing adjusting apparatus includes a housing, a vane rotor, and a fluid path arrangement. The fluid path arrangement is provided inside the housing. The fluid path arrangement opens to air outside the housing. The fluid path arrangement is communicated with a specific fluid chamber that is one of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090260592 - Fuel ignition system, fuel igniting method, fuel reforming system and fuel reforming method, for internal combustion engine: A fuel ignition system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The fuel ignition system is adapted to allow a photocatalyst to ignite a mixture by using a light energy irradiated from a light generator. The fuel ignition system includes: a combustion chamber; the photocatalyst provided in the combustion chamber;... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090260594 - In-cylinder fuel-injection type internal combustion engine, piston for in-cylinder fuel-injection type internal combustion engine and process for manufacturing piston for in-cylinder fuel-injection type internal combustion engine: A piston for in-cylinder fuel-injection type internal combustion engine includes a piston body, a low thermal conductor, and a piston head. The low thermal conductor is disposed on the top of the piston body. The low thermal conductor includes a low thermally-conductive substrate, and a coating layer. The low thermally-conductive... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090260593 - Two-part piston for an internal combustion engine: A two-piece piston for an internal combustion engine has an upper piece and a lower piece, the lower piece having an upper base part with an opening lying coaxial to the piston axis into which a pin on the upper piece is inserted. The upper piece is connected to the... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090260595 - Engine and straddle-type vehicle including the engine: An engine that is lighter in weight includes a crankcase, a crankshaft, a body cylinder, a head cylinder, a piston, a piston ring and a cylinder fixing bolt. The piston ring is arranged on an outer peripheral surface of the piston. One end portion of the cylinder fixing bolt extends... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090260596 - Ignition and fuel shutoff for engine: A carburetor assembly includes a carburetor, a fuel supply valve, a valve member and a normally open switch. The fuel supply valve is coupled to the carburetor housing and is fluidly connected to the carburetor. The fuel supply valve includes a lever pivotable between first and second positions. The valve... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090260597 - Fuel injector and fuel-injection system: A fuel injector, especially for the direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, includes a nozzle body able to be inserted into a recess of a cylinder head, a valve housing, a plug abutting the valve housing, and at least one fixation element, which... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090260598 - Arrangement with a piezoelectric actuator around which fluid media flow: An arrangement with a piezoelectric actuator is disclosed, made up of a piezoelectric element with a multilayer construction of piezoelectric layers. The piezoelectric actuator is surrounded by an inner chamber at least surrounding the layers, which filled with a fluid insulation medium. The inner chamber is sealed from a fluid... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20090260599 - Motion coupler for a piezoelectric actuator: The present disclosure is directed to a fuel injector. The fuel injector may include a casing substantially aligned along a central axis of the fuel injector. The fuel injector may also include a control valve configured to control a flow of fuel through the fuel injector. The fuel injector may... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090260600 - Fuel pump module for ethanol fuel vehicle: A fuel pump module for an ethanol fuel vehicle, which is mounted on a fuel tank for storing ethanol fuel and is provided with a pump and a supply portion for pressure-feeding the ethanol fuel stored in the fuel tank to an engine, may include a heater unit that is... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090260601 - Fuel delivery system diagnostics after shut-down: A method for operation of a fuel delivery system in an internal combustion engine including a lower pressure pump, a higher pressure pump fluidly coupled downstream of the lower pressure pump, and a fuel rail fluidly coupled downstream of the high pressure pump. The method including initiating a mitigating action... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090260602 - Canister for vehicle: A canister for a vehicle may include a cover member covering a hole formed at a floor panel corresponding to a fuel pump module mounted on a fuel tank, and a main body integrally formed at a lower surface of the cover member, and connected to the fuel pump module... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090260603 - System and method for controlling a supercharged engine with inlet and port throttle: A method and system for controlling an engine with a supercharger includes a bypass valve control module controlling a bypass valve for the supercharger having a bypass flow area in response to a desired manifold absolute pressure, an inlet valve control module controlling an inlet throttle for a supercharger in... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090260605 - Staged arrangement of egr coolers to optimize performance: A compression ignition engine comprising at least one combustion chamber, an air intake system, a fuel system, an exhaust system and an exhaust gas recirculation system. The air intake system conveys air to the chamber. The exhaust system conveys exhaust gases from the combustion chamber. The exhaust gas recirculation system... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20090260604 - Three-pass heat exchanger for an egr system: The present invention relates to a three-pass heat exchanger for an EGR system, comprising a casing housing at least one cooling chamber for gas circulating through a plurality of pipes and heads on its ends coupled to the gas inlet pipe coming from the exhaust manifold and to the gas... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20090260606 - Bi-fuel engine using hydrogen: A method is disclosed for making a transition from fueling an engine with hydrogen to another fuel. That other fuel may be gasoline, a gasoline and alcohol mixture, or gaseous fuels, as examples. The other fuel has the capability of providing higher BMEP than the hydrogen because of better air... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090260607 - Overcurrent threshold correction for ignition control: A system for overcurrent threshold correction in an ignition system. The system includes a control circuit and a current detection circuit. The control circuit has a first and second output. The first output of the control circuit charges a first ignition coil, the second output of the control circuit charges... Agent: Visteon/brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090260608 - Ignition coil for internal combustion engine: A housing of an ignition coil has an approximately rectangular shape. A central core is in parallel with both side surfaces of the housing. The peripheral core has a larger size than the central core in a direction of a height of the housing. A first and second side portions... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090255498 - Diluting fuel-in-oil treating apparatus of internal combustion engine: The present apparatus includes a cross-flow filtration fuel separator having a separation membrane separating by permeation, fuel from lubricating oil flowing in an oil circuit of an internal combustion engine; a vapor-liquid separator separating the fuel separated by the fuel separator, into a gas component and a liquid component; and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090255488 - Cooling device for engine: A cooling device for an engine that can raise the temperature of cooling water within a short period of time during the warm-up operation and allows a simple structure. The cooling device has a radiator circulation flow channel for circulation via an engine, a radiator, and a thermostat; a heater... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090255489 - Straddle type vehicle: A motorcycle includes an engine, a radiator that cools a cooling liquid, a first piping that connects the engine to the radiator, and a second piping that connects the engine to the radiator. The second piping, engine, radiator and first piping form a circulating circuit through which cooling liquid circulates.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090255490 - Cylinder head: The invention relates to a cylinder head (1) for a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine with several cylinders, comprising at least one intake port (5) and at least two exhaust ports (4) per cylinder (1), at least one first cooling chamber (2) adjacent to a fire deck and at least one... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20090255513 - Deformable chamber-based homogeneous charge combustion ignition (hcci) engine and generator: A reciprocating internal combustion engine is based on Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) that occurs in a deformable, resonant combustion chamber and that is coupled mechanically to efficient, resonant, electromechanical transducers acting as motors and generators. The mechanical coupling also implements fuel/air intake valves and exhaust valves. Embedded sensors allow... Agent: Agilepower Systems, Inc. C/o Robert C. Zak

20090255491 - 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.

20090255519 - Silencer for a motor device: A silencer for a two-stroke engine includes a first chamber and a second chamber, wherein a flow channel is provided between an outlet of a combustion chamber and the first chamber. A high charge degree of the combustion chamber has a pressure ratio in the region of the outlet which... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20090255493 - Variable valve operating device, control method of variable valve operating device, and vehicle equipped with variable valve operating device: In a hybrid vehicle, on a start of an engine, when an engine water temperature is low and there is a need of advancing open and close timings of an intake valve from their most delayed positions, electric power is supplied to a VVT motor either via a first route... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090255495 - Method of variable valve timing in an internal combustion engine: A method of variable valve timing in an internal combustion engine in which the valve opening and closing timing of the actuated gas exchange valves of the internal combustion engine can be varied as a function of engine speed by adjusting means for adjusting at least one camshaft relative to... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20090255494 - Variable valve mechanism for internal combustion engine: A worm gear is connected to an actuator and a worm wheel is connected to a. control shaft. The worm wheel has teeth formed only on a predetermined angular range thereof. The above-referenced angular range includes a required rotational range of the control shaft. The worm wheel is formed to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090255496 - Continuous variable valve lift device: A continuous variable valve lift device includes a valve, which opens/closes a channel by means of reciprocation, a control shaft, which is mounted so as to be able to move toward or away from a reciprocation central axis of the valve, a pivotable shoe, which is pivotably coupled to the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090255497 - Dual-equal cam phasing with variable overlap: A cam phaser assembly may include a drive plate assembly, a cavity plate, and a driven plate assembly. The drive plate assembly may include a drive plate and a first vane fixed for rotation with the drive plate. The cavity plate may be rotationally driven by the drive plate and... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090255492 - Concentric camshaft with varying wall geometry and method of assembly: A camshaft may include a first shaft, a first lobe member, and a second lobe member. The first shaft may include an annular wall defining a first bore. The wall may include a first portion having a first radial outer surface and a second portion having a second radial outer... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090255499 - Surface ignition mechanism for diesel engines: The present disclosure relates to combusting fuel during cold start. A glow-plug may be provided within a combustion chamber having a volume including a piston, wherein the glow plug may provide a localized heated region. Air may then be provided into the chamber and compressed. A mass of fuel may... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20090255500 - Spark plug: A spark plug for igniting a combustible gas mixture in an internal combustion engine includes an ignition electrode with an electrical supply line is connected thereto. A pipe housing is provided for enclosing the electrical supply line and a venting channel is provided for discharging combustion gases from the pipe... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20090255501 - Intake duct for vehicle: An intake duct for a vehicle having an inlet port formed so that the open side faces obliquely upward. The intake duct includes an inlet part formed in a flat shape expanding in the lateral direction crossing an air stream direction and a deflector provided in an air stream passage... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP Koda/androlia

20090255502 - Starter system for engine: A starting system for an engine having a crankshaft with a first end and a second end that includes a recoil-type manual pulley configured to selective engage a first ratchet mechanism operatively connected to the first end of the crankshaft and an electric motor gearingly connected to a starter gear... Agent: Michael, Best & Friedrich LLP

20090255503 - Engine and vehicle equipped with the same: An engine 20 includes a two-plane type crankshaft 30 and a balancer shaft 50 for reducing a primary couple of the balancer shaft 50. The crankshaft 30 includes a crankshaft body 30a and a first gear 38. The first gear 38 is disposed at one axial end side of a... Agent: Watchstone P+d, PLLC

20090255504 - Method of hardening surface of metallic part, piston, cylinder head, and cylinder block each produced using the surface-hardening method, and process for producing the same: With regard to a surface hardening method that a surface of an engine member is coated with an alloy layer having high abrasive resistance so as to improve life of the member and a production method of a piston or the like that abrasive resistance of the member is improved... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090255505 - Diluting fuel-in-oil treating apparatus of internal combustion engine: The present apparatus includes an oil container (an oil pan); an oil path connecting the oil container to lubricated parts; an oil pump provided in the oil path and supplying the lubricating oil from the oil container to the lubricated parts; a bypass path having a first end side thereof... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090255506 - Rotary internal combustion engine: The present invention relates to a rotary internal combustion engine that extracts power from expansion gases supplied to a rotary power-extraction assembly, and related methods. The disclosed engines include a compressor assembly, a combustion assembly, and a rotary power-extraction assembly. The compressor assembly supplies a compressed charge to the combustion... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090255507 - Piston valve internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine of two perpendicular, toroidal cylinders intersecting at two junctions with each cylinder containing one piston filling half of its volume. The pistons are 180 degrees out of phase; each alternately occluding one intersection or the other. Each piston completes a full power, exhaust, intake, and compression... Agent: Craig Louis Althen

20090255508 - Injector-ignition for an internal combustion engine: The present invention provides a heated catalyzed fuel injector that dispenses fuel substantially exclusively during the power stroke of an internal combustion engine, wherein ignition occurs in a fast burn zone at high fuel density such that a leading surface of the fuel is completely burned within several microseconds. In... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20090255509 - Idling state stabilizing device for engine: An idling state stabilizing device for an engine is disclosed that can decrease the torque that is necessary for rotation of a magneto by decreasing an output current, without setting an engine speed high, even though the engine is in the idling state, can stabilize the engine rotation, and accordingly... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090255510 - Variable valve timing apparatus and method of detecting valve phase thereof: When the engine speed is high (determination of YES at S100), actual intake valve phase is calculated based on rotation phase difference between rotation angles of crankshaft and camshaft, detected by using a crank angle signal and a cam angle signal, and actual valve timing is detected therefrom. When the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090255511 - Fuel delivery system: A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine, the system comprising a common rail fuel reservoir having a primary rail axis and comprising a plurality of outlets at spaced locations along said rail axis and a plurality of fuel injectors arranged at spaced locations with respect to said rail... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090255512 - Compact relief valve having damping functionality: A relief valve is provided for use with a fuel system. The relief valve may have a housing forming an inlet, an outlet, and a central bore fluidly connecting the inlet to the outlet. The relief valve may also have a valve element disposed within the central bore of the... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20090255515 - Delivery unit for delivering fuel: A delivery unit for delivering fuel in a fuel tank comprises a prefilter and swirl pot which are produced as one piece. The prefilter is produced during die-casting of the swirl pot. The invention allows the delivery unit to be produced in an especially inexpensive manner.... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090255514 - Fuel pump shaft and pump mounting in engine block: An engine assembly may include an engine block, a fuel pump, and a drive shaft. The engine block may include first and second banks defining first and second sets of cylinders disposed at an angle relative to one another to form a V-configuration. The engine block may include a valley... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090255516 - Solenoid valve: A solenoid valve is directly connected to the intake pipe 28 of an internal combustion engine and controls the supply of fuel to the intake side thereof, wherein the solenoid valve includes a valve body 2 having a valve disk for opening and closing the fuel passage thereof; a solenoid... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090255517 - Two-stage supercharging system for internal combustion engine: A sequential-type, two-stage supercharging system (1) having a high-pressure-stage turbocharger (6) and a low-pressure-stage turbocharger (5), in which high-pressure-stage exhaust gas bypass passages (6d, 6e) for bypassing a high-pressure-stage turbine (6t) is formed by both the first bypass passage (6d) having a small-diameter valve (6f) and the second bypass passage... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090255518 - Turbo-charged gasoline engine with variable control of intake valves: In a turbo-charged gasoline engine the opening profile of each intake valve, defined by the opening and closing moments and by the lift, or by the opening stroke of the intake valve, is varied according to the engine operating conditions, so as to reduce or completely eliminate the intervention of... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20090250018 - Engine system: wherein the thermal resistance of said partition wall of said first reactor positioned on the upstream side is larger than that of said second reactor positioned on the downstream side, and said hydrogen medium is supplied from said first reactor to said second reactor.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090250019 - Cooling system: A cooling system (100) for an engine (150), comprising at least one coolant pump (120) for pumping a coolant through the engine (150) and a thermostat (140) operable to selectively direct said coolant from said engine (150) via a bypass (115) back to said engine (150) or via a main... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090250020 - Reciprocating combustion engine: Methods and apparatus are described for a reciprocating combustion engine. A method includes operating a dual-piston engine including introducing a gas into a pair of combustion chambers; introducing a fuel into the pair of combustion chambers; compressing the gas; combusting the gas and the fuel; and exhausting combusted gases. Each... Agent: John Bruckner, P.C.

20090250046 - Split four stroke engine: An engine includes a crankshaft, rotating about a crankshaft axis of the engine. A power piston is received within a first cylinder and operatively connected to the crankshaft such that the power piston reciprocates through a power stroke and an exhaust stroke during a single rotation of the crankshaft. A... Agent: Scuderi Group LLC

20090250021 - Fluid control systems employing compliant electroactive materials: The present invention includes fluid control systems employing compliant electroactive materials.... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20090250022 - Apparatus for an internal combustion engine: A valve actuation system for providing added motion in the valve mechanism of an internal combustion engine with at least one inlet valve and at least one exhaust valve is provided. The valve mechanism includes a rotatable camshaft including rising and falling ramps designed to interact with a valve control... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090250023 - Variable valve driving device: To provide a variable valve driving device which can accurately control the lift amount of valves and can be manufactured at a low cost. The device has: valves (10) serving as intake valves or exhaust valves of an engine; springs (11) for biasing the valves (10) in the valve closing... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090250026 - Apparatus for the variable setting of the control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine: An apparatus for variable setting of control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine which has a drive element, an output element and a side cover. The drive element is brought into drive connection with a crankshaft, the ouput element is brought into drive connection with a... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090250024 - Valve timing control device and engine device and vehicle including the same: When an engine operates at low engine speed, the tip end of a cam nose of an intake cam is at a second position. As the engine speed increases and exceeds a first engine speed, the tip end of the cam nose of the intake cam moves to a first... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090250025 - Variable intake apparatus for v-type internal combustion engine: In a variable intake apparatus for a V-type internal combustion engine, each of plural intake pipes is separated from a surge tank by a partition wall, and communication ports, provided in the partition wall for the respective intake pipes, are opened and closed by respective variable intake valves to adjust... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090250029 - Camshaft adjusting device: The invention relates to a camshaft adjusting device for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The camshaft adjusting device has a stator which is driven via a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, a rotor which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the camshaft, and it... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090250027 - Device for modifying the control times of an internal combustion engine: A device (1) for modifying the control times of an internal combustion engine having a drive wheel (13), an output element (4), and a swashplate gear mechanism (2) is provided. The torque of the crankshaft is transmitted to the drive wheel (13) via a primary drive and is transmitted on... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090250028 - Valve timing adjusting apparatus: A valve timing adjusting apparatus includes a housing, a vane rotor, a lock member, a resilient member, and a control unit. The housing includes a limitation groove, limitation stoppers, and a lock hole. When the lock member is received in the groove, the rotational phase is controlled within a predetermined... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090250030 - Engine with desmodromically actuated rocker: An engine comprising a valve, cam lobe, rocker, follower member and an optional spring is disclosed herein. The valve may comprise a valve stem. The cam lobe may have a base circle and a nose. The cam lobe may be attached to a rotating shaft. The rocker may have a... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20090250031 - Valve lash adjustment and inspection apparatus: An apparatus and method for automatically adjusting the valve lash of an internal combustion engine is provided. In another aspect of the present invention, a probe is employed for verifying and/or setting valve lash settings in an automated manner. A further aspect of the present invention does not require determination... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090250032 - Techniques for producing an electrical pulse: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus, comprising a field emission source having polarities and positions in accordance with a code, a plurality of connected coils adapted to move proximate to said field emission source and having positions in accordance with said code, and wherein an electrical pulse is... Agent: James S. Finn

20090250033 - Piston for an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a piston for an internal combustion engine comprising an annular cooling channel embodied in the edge area of the piston head and closed on a rod side with a cover consisting of two semicircular half-shells which are oriented with the internal sides thereof towards the piston... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090250034 - Structural member of an internal combustion engine operated with alcoholic fuel: A structural member comprised of at least one component for an internal combustion piston engine operated with alcoholic fuel, at least one of the components being made of a martensitic steel with a C content of up to 0.7% and a Cr content of 12 to 18% wherein in an... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20090250035 - Hydraulic powertrain system: A hydraulic powertrain system is disclosed, in which one possible embodiment provides at least one combustion cylinder, at least one cylinder head, at least one piston. During combustion, pressure moves the piston downwards, where it creates motion in an attached hydraulic cylinder. Fluid in the hydraulic cylinder is then pressurized,... Agent: Frank M. Washko, Ph.d.

20090250036 - Rotary engine: A lightweight rotary engine is provided that comprises a structurally efficient, lightweight rotor housing. Disposed in the wall of the rotor housing is a combustion zone thermal barrier insert. The thermal barrier insert is comprised of a material with low thermal conductivity. The use of the insert allows the rotor... Agent: Eric Spencer

20090250037 - Control system and control method for internal combustion engine: A control system for an internal combustion engine calculates a provisional target value of the throttle opening in accordance with an accelerator pedal travel, upon detection of a sudden operation of the accelerator pedal. The system also calculates a target pressure change in the surge tank according to the provisional... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090250038 - Flow sensing fuel system: A flow sensing fuel system for multiple port fuel injection gasoline engines, gasoline direct injection engines, or common rail diesel engines include a flow monitoring device positioned in a fuel flow passage between a fuel pump and a fuel rail, a fuel pressure sensor in fluid communication with said fuel... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090250039 - Fuel vapor recirculation device for vehicle: A fuel vapor recirculation device may includes: a canister that is connected with a fuel tank through a vapor line and a purge line configured with a pressure control solenoid valve; a vapor control valve that is disposed on the vapor line and selectively connects the fuel tank and the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090250040 - Method for improving combustion efficiency: A method for improving combustion efficiency as combusting a pure substance is disclosed. The method is started from deciding an environmental temperature of a combustion environment, setting a first temperature higher than the environmental temperature, and uniformly heating the pure substance to the first temperature so as to shorten the... Agent: Frenkel & Associates

20090250041 - Device for purifying exhaust gas of a diesel engine: A device for purifying exhaust gas of a diesel engine is equipped with a continuously regenerating diesel particulate filter (DPF) that uses a catalyst. A second continuously regenerating DPF of a small capacity is disposed in a by-path that by-passes the exhaust gas passage of the diesel engine equipped with... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090250042 - System and method for controlling a flow of intake air entering an internal combustion engine: A system and method are provided for controlling a flow of intake air entering an internal combustion engine. At least some of the intake air is diverted away from the engine in response to detection of a first operating condition that is indicative of a minimum engine fueling rate. A... Agent: Cummins, Inc.

20090250043 - System and method for controlling an exhaust gas recirculation system: A system and method are provided for controlling recirculation of exhaust gas to an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system comprising an EGR conduit coupled between an exhaust manifold and an intake manifold of the engine. Exhaust gas produced by the engine is trapped within the... Agent: Cummins, Inc.

20090250044 - Cylinder head of an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a cylinder head (1) of an internal combustion engine, comprising at least one hollow camshaft (2) which forms an exhaust for blow-by gases containing oil mist from the crank housing and is also embodied as an oil mist pre fractionator for the preliminary separation of the... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090250045 - Apparatus for improving vehicle efficiency: An apparatus for improving vehicle efficiency mainly includes a vehicle engine and an oxygen producing device. The oxygen producing device is located on an intake passage between an air filter and an intake manifold to increase oxygen content in the air. When the air enters the air intake passage and... Agent: Frenkel & Associates