Internal-combustion engines inventions

20090277409 - Combined lubricant and fuel package for use in an internal combustion engine: The present invention relates to a combined lubricant and fuel composition package for operating a diesel engine, wherein the lubricant comprises a base oil comprising (i) a continuous series of iso-paraffins having n, n+1, n+2, n+3 and n+4 carbon atoms, and/or (ii) a continuous series of iso-paraffins having n, n+2... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090277400 - Rankine cycle heat recovery methods and devices: An integrated expansion turbine/electrical generator assembly (collectively referred to as a “turbo-generator”) suitable for use in waste heat recovery and similar applications. The turbo-generator uses a common shaft mounting a one or more stage expansion turbine and a homopolar electrical generator. Magnetic levitating axial and thrust bearings are used to... Agent: Wiley Horton

20090277418 - On-board water addition for fuel separation system: A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine including a fuel tank, a membrane dividing the fuel tank into at least a first and second portion, the membrane preferentially diffusing a substance from a mixture, the substance having an increased knock suppression relative to the mixture, and a controller... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090277401 - Cooling system: A cooling system for an engine is divided into an inner circuit and an outer circuit, said inner circuit including a radiator, a cooling pump, a thermostat housing, an ejector pump, cooling channels arranged inside the engine and ducting connecting said components. The ejector pump is arranged to draw coolant... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090277422 - Variable compression ratio internal combustion engine: In a variable compression ratio internal combustion engine that controls the compression of an internal combustion engine by changing the volume of the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine in an axial direction of the cylinder, when a target compression ratio (εt) based on an operating condition of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090277402 - Air/fuel double pre-mix self-supercharging internal combustion engine with at least one freewheeling mechanism: The invention is directed to a novel self-supercharging internal combustion engine with two pairs of three pistons and cylinders. A self-supercharging internal combustion engine comprising: (a) a first piston and cylinder with intake and exhaust valves, the piston being connected to a crankshaft; (b) a second piston and cylinder with... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20090277404 - Active-threshold-control type self-cooling engine: The active-threshold-control type self-cooling engine consists of a primary-power-cylinder and a secondary-power cylinder and a cooling-cylinder and an active-threshold-control system that controls the initiation timing of each injection-process with the active-cooling-phase, thereby limiting the maximum compression pressure in each coordinate-channel and reducing the energy loss during the first-cold-compression-process and the... Agent: Hu Lung-tan

20090277403 - Variable-coordination-timing type self-cooling engine: The variable-coordination-timing system will regulate the air flow between each coordinate-channel and its associated power-cylinder to optimize the cooling effects, and the hot-combusting-medium in each power-cylinder will be mixed with a flow of compressed air at a controlled rate and pressure, which prevents the hot-combusting-medium from charging into the primary-coordinate-channel... Agent: Hu Lung-tan

20090277434 - Control strategy for multi-stroke engine system: An engine system and a method of operation are described. As one example, the method may include: during a first operating condition, operating a cylinder of the engine in a two stroke cycle to combust a first mixture of air and fuel, and adjusting an opening overlap between an intake... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090277405 - Continuous variable valve lift device: A continuous variable valve lift (CVVL) device opens and closes a valve by pressing a rocker arm through a rotational force transmitted from a drive cam. The CVVL device includes a drive arm, which is pivotably mounted such that one side thereof presses a rocker arm, a variable arm, which... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090277406 - Power unit for vehicle: Provided is a power unit for a vehicle including an engine main body of an engine having: a valve system capable of changing operational modes of each engine valve; valve controlling apparatuses for controlling operations of the valve system; and a crankcase housing a transmission, the engine main body being... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090277407 - Valve gear of internal combustion engine: A valve train for an internal combustion engine that uses motors to open/close intake valves of cylinders. The motors drive the intake valves for each of a plurality of groups of cylinders that perform an explosion stroke at substantially equal crank angle intervals. Since the intake valves are driven for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090277408 - Variable valve operating device and valve opening amount adjustment method: The present invention relates to a variable valve operating device and a valve opening amount adjustment method, and can accurately control the amount of in-cylinder air and the strength of a swirl flow. The variable valve operating device according to the present invention includes a valve mechanism that can select... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090277410 - Spark plug: Projecting portions extended in an axis (O) direction and projecting forward are formed on a front end face of a cylindrical portion provided on a front end side of a metal shell. The projecting portions are disposed at an equal interval therebetween in a circumferential direction revolving around a center... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20090277411 - Warming-up device of internal combustion engine: A container (14), which contains a latent heat storage material (X), is provided in a water jacket (13) of an internal combustion engine. A nucleation device (2) is provided in the container. The nucleation device includes a plate-like member (29), which is formed of bimetal, a water wheel (25), which... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090277412 - Intake system for v-type multicylinder internal combustion engine: An intake system for a V-type multiple cylinder internal combustion engine includes a plurality of parallel first intake pipes 15L connected to the plurality of cylinders of a first cylinder row, a plurality of parallel second intake pipes 15R connected to the plurality of cylinders of a second cylinder row.... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090277413 - Intake system for a barrel internal combustion engine: An intake system is provided for a barrel internal combustion engine. The intake system includes a main air inlet, an intake plenum for a plurality of combustion cylinders, a first throttle, a second throttle and a control unit. The first throttle is operative to control a flow of air from... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090277414 - Balancing assembly of an engine: A balancing assembly of an engine may include a crankshaft in which crank pins each connected to a connecting rod, are disposed at both ends thereof and that is equipped with a counterweight opposite to and corresponding to each crank pin, a balance shaft that is disposed at a distance... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090277415 - Cylinder crankcase for a motor vehicle: A quasi-monolithic cylinder crankcase is provided that is cast in a metal permanent mold for an internal combustion engine having an infiltration body penetrating the cylinder crankcase, wherein the infiltration body is composed of an inductively welded, open-cell metal foam.... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090277416 - Diluting fuel-in-oil separating apparatus of internal combustion engine: The diluting fuel-in-oil separating apparatus includes an oil container (an oil pan) and a fuel eliminator (a heater, a bubble generator). The oil container contains lubricating oil of the internal combustion engine, and has a first compartment and a second compartment divided from the first compartment, such that the lubricating... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090277417 - Crankshaft-free drive shaft and piston assembly of a split-cycle four-stroke engine: A drive shaft and pistons assembly of a split-cycle four-stroke engine that contains a drive rotary shaft that supports at least two circular eccentrics pivotally connected to the first ends of connecting rods, the other ends of which are pivotally connected to the respective pistons. The circular eccentrics are angularly... Agent: Michael Inden

20090277419 - Multiple gas fuel delivery system: In a multiple gas fuel delivery system for interchangeably supplying a plurality of gas fuels having different supply pressures to an internal combustion engine, at least a pair of fuel passages extend from a gas fuel inlet (6a) to a fuel ejection nozzle (12) for delivering the gas fuel to... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090277420 - Accumulator-type fuel injection apparatus and internal combustion engine provided with that accumulator-type fuel injection apparatus: In one embodiment, the high-pressure pump (8) for providing a pressurized supply of fuel in an engine furnished with a common rail type fuel injection apparatus is provided with two actuators (88, 89). Of these actuators (88, 89), one (88) is stopped and the operation for providing a pressurized supply... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090277421 - Fuel injector: The invention relates to a fuel injector, in particular a common rail injector, for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The fuel injector has an injection valve element which is adjustable between a closing position and an opening position and which is switchable by means... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20090277423 - Fuel injector: A fuel injector for use in an internal combustion engine comprises a first valve member and a second valve member, an injection control chamber for fuel, and a set of nozzle outlets; wherein actuation of the second valve member controls the fuel pressure within the injection control chamber, and actuation... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090277424 - Fuel supply apparatus: In a fuel supply apparatus, a fuel pump draws fuel from a fuel tank, and discharges the fuel to a high-pressure fuel system. A filter unit has a filter element located on a downstream side of the fuel pump to remove foreign matters contained in the fuel discharged from the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090277425 - V-type engine with valley-mounted fuel pump: A V-type engine with an engine block face extending upward on at least one end of the valley includes a plurality of fasteners having a first threaded portion engaging the face of the engine block and a second threaded portion extending through the face into the valley and through corresponding... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl/dsb

20090277427 - Diagnostic device and diagnostic method for fuel vapor treatment system of vehicle: A diagnostic device for a fuel vapor treatment system having: a canister that captures fuel vapor generated in a fuel tank; a purge passage for purging fuel vapor from the canister to an intake passage of an internal combustion engine; a purge valve provided in the purge passage to adjust... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090277426 - Gas vapor control system and method thereof: A gas vapor control system may include a canister for capturing gas vapor that is generated from a fuel, a throttle valve that is disposed substantially in the middle of an intake passage through which air flows into a cylinder of the engine, a gas passage that communicates from the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090277431 - Internal combustion engine with an exhaust-gas recirculation and method for operating an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine has a high-pressure exhaust-gas recirculation line and a low-pressure exhaust-gas recirculation line with a low-pressure exhaust-gas recirculation valve. The low-pressure exhaust-gas recirculation line branches off from the exhaust-gas system downstream of a turbine of an exhaust-gas turbocharger and opens into a fresh-air system upstream of a... Agent: Manfred Beck Pa

20090277428 - Locomotive exhaust gas recirculation cooling: A method of operating an engine having exhaust gas recirculation from an exhaust manifold of the engine to an intake manifold of the engine, the engine in a locomotive or other vehicle car body, the engine further having an intake system turbocharger with an air-cooled intercooler, the method including cooling... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090277430 - Open loop brayton cycle for egr cooling: A system for reducing the temperature of waste heat from a waste heat source of a vehicle engine, including an open loop Brayton cycle having a cooler, a compressor, a turbine, and a shaft coupling the compressor to the turbine. Waste heat and compressed air from the compressor flow through... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20090277429 - System, kit, and method for locomotive exhaust gas recirculation cooling: A system, kit, and service method for exhaust gas recirculation cooling are described. In one example, a removable cooling system for an engine, the engine in a vehicle car body, the system comprising: a removable package including a first exhaust gas recirculation cooler, a second exhaust gas recirculation cooler, and... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090277432 - Multi-fuel multi-injection system for an internal combustion engine: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed, the fuel injection system including a plurality of injectors, wherein each of the injectors is adapted to inject at least one of an alternative fuel and a fossil fuel over a full range of operating conditions of the engine.... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20090277433 - Smallest, highest energy density inductive coils with optimized equation for rare earth highest energy biasing magnets: An ignition-engine system for internal combustion engines having two-valves [46, 47] in the cylinder head and an Optimized Coil [9] per plug [20], the optimized coil being a small coil of peak primary current Ip of approximately 20 amps, spark current Is of approximately 350 ma, spark energy Ep is... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20090272352 - Jet fuel compositions and methods of making and using same: Provided herein are, among other things, jet fuel compositions and methods of making and using the same. In some embodiments, the fuel compositions comprise at least a fuel component readily and efficiently produced, at least in part, from a microorganism. In certain embodiments, the fuel compositions provided herein comprise a... Agent: Jones Day

20090272341 - Cooling structure for working vehicle: A cooling structure for a working vehicle in which a shroud is attached to a radiator provided to a vehicle body, and an air-cooling fan is made face to an airflow opening of the shroud, wherein the shroud comprises a shroud body attached to the radiator, and an opening member... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20090272342 - Cooling air conduit for v-twin cylinders: A cooling air conduit for motorcycle engine which is particularly suitable for V-twin cylinders is provided which is constructed of a conduit body of elongated, tapered shape formed by a top panel, a bottom panel and two side panels such that a cool air passageway is formed inbetween the panels... Agent: Global Patents/randy W. Tung, Esq

20090272343 - Drive unit with an internal combustion engine and a reciprocating piston engine which is self-starting without regulation: A drive unit and a method for the operation thereof. The drive unit has an internal combustion engine in operative connection with a driven shaft and a reciprocating piston expansion engine in an operative connection with a crankshaft. The driven shaft is mechanically connected to the crankshaft by a clutch... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090272368 - Split-cycle four-stroke engine: An engine has a crankshaft, rotating about a crankshaft axis of the engine. An expansion piston is slidably received within an expansion cylinder and operatively connected to the crankshaft such that the expansion piston reciprocates through an expansion stroke and an exhaust stroke of a four stroke cycle during a... Agent: Scuderi Group LLC

20090272345 - Continuous variable valve lift apparatus: A continuously variable valve lift apparatus includes an input cam disposed to a camshaft and rotating, a follower supporting portion rotatably disposed to the camshaft for changing a relative angle of the follower with respect to the camshaft, a follower that includes a center shaft, is connected with the follower... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090272346 - Continuous variable valve lift apparatus: A continuously variable valve lift apparatus may include an input unit, a camshaft for receiving rotation from the input unit, wherein one end portion of the camshaft is slidably coupled to the input unit in a longitudinal direction of the camshaft, a controlling unit for controlling a relative position of... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090272350 - Camshaft adjuster for an internal combustion engine: A camshaft adjuster (1) for an internal combustion engine is provided, which includes a housing (21) and in which a relative angular position between a driving gear (22′) and an output element allocated to the camshaft is adjustable. In a first connection region (28), the housing is connected in a... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090272347 - Device for modifying control times of an internal combustion engine: A device (1) for modifying the control times of an internal combustion engine (100) is provided, including a drive gear (13), a driven element (4) and a swashplate mechanism (2). The torque of the crankshaft (101) is transferred via a primary drive to the drive gear (13), and via the... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090272351 - Valve drive system and valve driving method: A valve drive system comprises a power transmitting mechanism (13) that converts rotary motion of an electric motor (12) into opening and closing motion of an intake valve (3) provided in a cylinder (2) of an internal combustion engine (1) to transmit power from the electric motor (12) to the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090272348 - Valve timing control device and engine device and vehicle including the same: When an engine speed of an engine is low, a force by a spring to bias a low speed lock pin in the direction in which the pin is to be inserted into a low speed pin introduction hole is greater than a centrifugal force acting on a weight. This... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090272349 - Vane-type phaser: A vane-type phaser connected to drive an assembled camshaft includes a drive member and a driven member each connected to a respective one of the inner and outer shafts of the camshaft. A first of the members includes a disc with at least one arcuate cavity that is open at... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20090272344 - Ball type valve rotator: An improved ball type valve rotator is provided that includes a main body segment having a bottom wall with an upper surface, and a body cap that overlies the main body segment. A ball cages assembly is housed between the main body segment and the body cap. The ball cages... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090272353 - Auxiliary locomotive engine warming system: An auxiliary engine warming system for a primary engine in a diesel locomotive including: a modular engine assembly including an auxiliary diesel engine, the assembly displaceable as a unit from and to a frame for the engine warming system; an auxiliary fuel tank including a fuel line detachably connected to... Agent: Robert P. Simpson Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090272354 - Capacitor discharge ignition device for engine: A capacitor discharge ignition device for an engine including: an exciter coil provided in a magneto generator driven by the engine; a voltage increasing circuit that increases an induced voltage of the exciter coil; a capacitor charged by an output voltage of the voltage increasing circuit; and a discharge switch... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090272355 - Intake control device for internal combustion engine: An intake control device for an internal combustion engine having a first intake passage (5); a second intake passage (8); an intake passage length-changing valve (11); a partition (14) that partitions the intake passage into two partitioned intake passages (12, 13); and a tumble control valve (17). When one of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090272356 - Intake system for internal combustion engine: In an intake system for an internal combustion engine wherein a partition plate is provided within an intake pipe in a longitudinal direction so that an inside is divided into a first intake passage, which is an upper side passage of the above described intake pipe, and a second intake... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090272357 - Engine with a slidable valve: An engine has an auxiliary cylinder 2 and a valve body 6 slidable in this cylinder. The valve body 6 has a gas space 7 formed in it. The engine further has an actuator for shifting the valve body 6 to switch the communication between the main combustion chamber and... Agent: Yasuhito Yaoita

20090272358 - Method for installing an assembly: The invention relates to a method for the installation of an assembly, in particular of a balance shaft unit for the compensation of mass or torque for internal combustion engines in motor vehicles. The assembly includes a housing part having at least one bearing section, at least one rotating component... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090272360 - Lubrication device of four-stroke engines: A lubricant device of four-stroke engine is provided according to the present invention. The lubricant device is applicable to a four-stroke engine having a cylinder, a crank case, a rocker arm room and a cam room connected to the rocker arm room. The lubricant device mainly has the rocker arm... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090272359 - Method of removing the fuel contained in the lubricating oil of an internal-combustion engine and engine using same: l

20090272361 - Hydrocarbon adsorption filter for air intake system evaporative emission control: The present invention is directed to the use of an improved hydrocarbon adsorbent coating for the treatment of evaporative emissions from a motor vehicle. More specifically, one or more hydrocarbon adsorbents, in accordance with the present invention, can be coated to any surface area of an air intake system to... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20090272363 - Extension of the application of multiple injection hcci combustion strategy from idle to medium load: A method for controlling an internal combustion engine includes monitoring an engine operating state and selectively operating the engine in a multiple-injection, multiple-ignition combustion mode comprising three injection events based upon the engine operating state. The selective operation includes controlling a first injection during a recompression period of the combustion... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090272362 - Light load and idle hcci combustion control by fuel pressure modification: A method for controlling a homogeneous-charge compression-ignition capable engine, operating with spray-guided spark ignition stratified combustion at low load, includes monitoring a speed of the engine, monitoring a load of the engine, determining a desired fuel pressure based upon the speed of the engine and the load of the engine,... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090272364 - Radial piston pump for supplying fuel at high pressure to an internal combustion engine: A radial piston pump (1) for supplying fuel at high-pressure to an internal combustion engine has a displacement housing (3) equipped with a compression chamber (4), a reciprocating piston which is arranged in a cylinder chamber (5) of a cylinder (30), a suction valve (10) which is connected to a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090272365 - Cam lobe profile for driving a mechanical fuel pump: In a fuel-pumping system in an internal combustion engine, a mechanical fuel pump roller actuator is slidably disposed to ride on a dedicated tri-lobate camshaft lobe. In prior art camshaft lobes for this purpose, a portion of the lift profile over a certain angle of camshaft rotation imparts a constant... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090272366 - Internal combustion engine set up method and fuel pump having installation assist mechanism: A method of setting up a common rail internal combustion engine system includes setting a fuel pump for a common rail of the engine system at a configuration where a camshaft of the fuel pump is rotationally stable. The rotationally stable configuration may be a configuration where forces acting on... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper Intellectual Property Department

20090272367 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: By a respective cylinder-specific lambda regulator, a regulator value for influencing the air/fuel ratio in the respective cylinder is determined as a function of the cylinder-specific air/fuel ratio measured for the respective cylinder. The regulator value is monitored for the attainment of a first predefined threshold value, and when the... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

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