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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6585788 | Exhaust particulate removing filter of diesel engine The width of at least one felt out of a plurality of felts (22 to 24) is formed of ceramic fibers superposed between two wire nets (26, 27) for a heater is made to be narrower than the width w of the wire nets for heater (26, 27), and the width of other f... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6251039 | Torodial continuous variable transmission A continuous variable transmission is disclosed wherein the planetary gearset arranged downstream of the toroidal transmission mechanism is made simple in construction to reduce the overall axial length. To cope with this, a first planetary gearset arrang... | 06/26/2001 |
| 5732787 | Control device of a start-assist system A start-assist system provided in a vehicle having two rear axles, one of which is a drive axle. A control device includes an air actuator attached to the drive axle; a level sensor for detecting loads applied to the axles; an air supply source for supply... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5555501 | Road vehicle cab attitude controlling apparatus A vehicle cab attitude control system, in which a pair of hydraulic actuators control longitudinal movements between a vehicle frame and portions of the cab located on opposite sides of the cab's center of gravity and spaced vertically therefrom. The hydr... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5427067 | Piston and a connecting rod assembly An assembly including a piston having a crown surface, a bottom surface, and a skirt projecting therefrom and defining therewith a cavity; a cup-shaped housing retained in the cavity and having a bottom wall engaging the bottom surface and a side wall eng... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5427660 | Sintered composite and method of manufacture A sintered composite comprises capsule-like powder composite particles composed of core particles and an electrically conductive covering material which covers said core particles. The capsule-like powder composite particles are sintered in a sintering mo... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5413074 | Piston and a connecting rod apparatus A groove in a direction of a crank shaft is provided in an inner surface of a top wall of a cup-shaped inner sleeve. The groove provides a stop for a semicylindrical slidable guide member that cooperates with a cylindrical concave portion of a cylindrical... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5337862 | Eddy-current brake with magnets shaped to contain magnetic field An eddy current retarder for an automotive vehicle braking system including an annular fixed frame defining a hollow chamber is disposed internally of a brake drum, a pair of transversely adjacent parallel support rings disposed in the chamber of the fixe... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5138905 | Electronic-controlled transmission An arrangement wherein a proportional electromagnetic type pressure control valve is connected between a fluid pressure source and a shift actuator for changing speed stages of a vehicle transmission. The energizing current to the electromagnetic control ... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5050545 | Engine preheating system An engine preheating system preheats an engine such as a diesel engine efficiently and quickly with heating members such as self-temperature-controlling glow plugs. When the engine is to be preheated quickly, a voltage to be applied to the heating members... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4684341 | Fuel vaporization apparatus for combustor A liquid fuel combustion apparatus including a housing defining a composite chamber; a perforate wall separating the composite chamber into a vaporization chamber and a combustion chamber and distributing the flow of vapor therebetween; an intake pipe pro... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4590906 | Fuel control mechanism in internal combustion engine The invention is an internal combustion engine fuel control apparatus including a movable member for controlling the supply of fuel to the engine, the member being movable in one sense to increase fuel flow and movable in an opposite sense to decrease fue... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4525622 | Ceramic glow plug The heat generating member in a ceramic glow plug is a coil embedded in the ceramic. The coil is wound to have a coil angle, i.e. an angle formed between the coil and a line parallel to the coil axis, of no more than 60°. The ceramic may be a non-oxide c... | 06/25/1985 |
