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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080202590 | High Efficiency Valve Geometry For Pressure Regulator A pressure regulator that has a geometry that reduces regulator droop is provided that reduces or eliminates the need for a larger package size for a given set of flow requirements. The regulator comprises a housing having a fuel inlet port and a fuel outlet port; at le... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080197312 | Tube-End Butterfly Metering And Shutoff Valve A butterfly valve comprising a valve body having a passage, a valve shaft assembly, a plate, and a tube is provided. The valve shaft assembly comprises first and second shaft portions in opposing spaced relation, an intermediate portion therebetween, and a support plate... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080142100 | Stepper Motor Driven Proportional Fuel Metering Valve A low energy stepper motor driven fuel metering valve (FMV) that eliminates the need for a position sensor is provided. The stepper motor rotates a cam that replaces the flapper valve used in conventional systems. The cam rotation increases the gap between the cam and n... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20070044461 | Electro hydraulic actuator with spring energized accumulators An electro hydraulic actuator with built-in fail safes is provided. Multiple accumulators are integrated into the actuator to improve reliability and redundancy. One or more accumulators can fail and the remaining accumulators provide sufficient energy to move the actua... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20060032225 | Super-turbocharger The invention combines the features of a supercharger, a turbocharger and turbo-compounding into one system, utilizing a hydraulic or mechanical continuously variable transmission to drive the turbocharger up to a specific speed or intake manifold pressure and then hold... | 02/16/2006 |
| 20050279959 | Valve having pressure balancing piston and method involving same A valve assembly is disclosed that provides for complete or partial fluid pressure balancing across the valve, and can be used for reducing valve actuation forces in order to employ electric actuation. The valve assembly includes a valve housing having a valve chamber, ... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050261867 | Inertia identification for electric actuators with observer based controls A method to automatically identify the inertia of an actuator (and the like) and load for tuning an observer-based controller is presented. The tuning is a one-time process that is initiated by a user when the actuator is installed. The control includes a model of the a... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050092287 | Method and apparatus for detecting ionization signal in diesel and dual mode engines with plasma discharge system An apparatus and method to detect combustion conditions using ion signals for use in a feedback control of a diesel engine is presented. The apparatus is a spark plug type of sensor or a sensor integrated with a fuel injector. The spark plug type of sensor is used to pr... | 05/05/2005 |
