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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7191054 | Fail-safe control apparatus for internal combustion engine equipped with variable valve characteristic mechanisms and method thereof When any one of a plurality of variable valve characteristic mechanisms which vary different operating characteristics of an intake valve is failed, a limit which is capable of satisfying predetermined conditions for a change in opening timing of the intake valve at... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7168638 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve includes a soundproofing cover molded out of a rubber-containing soft resin and arranged on the outer periphery of a metal casing. Collision noises and vibrations are absorbed by the soundproofing cover, achieving excellent sound insulation. M... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7117728 | Misfire detecting apparatus for internal combustion engine and method thereof Whether a misfire occurred is judged based on a comparison between diagnosis data that indicates a variation of an engine rotation speed and a threshold based on engine operating conditions. The threshold is corrected based on data that indicates an average correlat... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117727 | Misfire detecting apparatus for internal combustion engine and method thereof Whether a misfire occurred is judged based on a comparison between diagnosis data that indicates a variation of an engine rotation speed and a threshold based on engine operating conditions. The misfire judgment is canceled based on a result of a comparison between ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6974302 | Turbine fuel pump A turbine fuel pump includes an impeller having blades, each including a linear blade portion extending linearly in the radial direction of the impeller and a curved blade portion extending circularly curvedly from the head of the linear blade portion to the forward... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6915690 | Fuel gauge A fuel gauge includes an arm moving with the level of fuel in a fuel tank, a detection body for movably supporting the arm and including a rotor moving together with the arm and a stator for movably supporting the rotor, and a magnetic-flux detecting element arrange... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6874710 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve includes: a magnetic barrel body made of a magnetic material and shaped substantially into a barrel, a core barrel made of a magnetic material and shaped substantially into a barrel, a valve seat member positioned on a downstream side of the c... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6857314 | System for detecting remaining amount of liquid in tank A liquid remaining-amount detecting system includes a displacement transmitting part for transmitting displacement of a float to a rotation-angle sensor and including a bracket mounted to the bottom of a tank, an arm having a base end mounted to the bracket and a fr... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6851507 | Power steering system A power steering system includes: a first drain passage for draining an oil pressure from a first oil passage, a second drain passage for draining the oil pressure from a second oil passage, and a pair of a first and second switch valves. When one of the first oil p... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6845741 | Piston for an internal combustion engine A piston for an internal combustion engine is provided. The engine has an intake port through which an intake air is introduced into the cylinder in a way as to produce a swirl that travels along while whirling about an axis transversal to an axis of the cylinder. T... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6843235 | Fuel supply unit A fuel supply unit, includes: 1) a fuel pump including; i) a motor section, and ii) a pump section driven by the motor section, the pump section pumping a fuel; and | 01/18/2005 |
| 6836090 | Brushless motor control system A brushless DC motor control system is arranged to control a command current indicative of a current to be supplied to the brushless motor on the basis of an estimated phase angle and an actual phase angle to control a current supplied to the brushless motor on the ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6819118 | Sensing device A sensing device of the present invention includes a first resistive branch having first and second resistors connected in series, a second resistive branch comprising third and fourth resistors connected in series and arranged in parallel with the first resistive b... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6796764 | Turbine fuel pump A turbine fuel pump includes: a casing for casing an electric motor; a pump housing disposed at the casing, and an impeller rotatably disposed in the pump housing. The pump housing includes a fuel passage between an intake port and a delivery port. The fuel passage ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6792923 | Fuel supply system for vehicle A fuel supply system for a vehicle, the fuel supply system being comprised of a fuel tank, a fuel pump installed in the fuel tank, a fuel level detection unit which is comprised of a float and a sensor member which detects a vertical displacement of the float, and a... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6755084 | Pressure sensor and method of manufacturing pressure sensor In a pressure sensor in which a frame shaped protruding potion is formed on a surface side of a substrate by means of an etching process, and a blocking plate is connected to an upper part of the protruding portion, to form a standard pressure chamber, a recess is f... | 06/29/2004 |
