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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100206257 | METHOD FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE In a method for starting an internal combustion engine, immediately before a predetermined idling speed is reached for the first time, a rate of injection of fuel into at least one combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine is reduced for at least one cycle of... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100154752 | Fuel delivery system having electric pump A fuel delivery system is provided for a combustion engine having an exhaust treatment device. The fuel delivery system includes a fuel supply, an injector configured to pressurize fuel and inject the pressurized fuel into the combustion engine, and a transfer pump conf... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100000496 | Method for carrying out a high-pressure start of an internal combustion engine, control facility and internal combustion engine In known methods for carrying out a high-pressure start of an internal combustion engine, inconvenient starting behaviour can sometimes occur. A method for carrying out a high-pressure start of an internal combustion engine (1) is provided, in which method a high... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090183707 | OPERATION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN ENGINE AND VEHICLE COMPRISING THE SAME An operation control system for an engine having at least one piston includes an engine control unit which drives a fuel pump for supplying fuel to an injector. The engine control unit is configured to perform a control function to cut the electric power supply to the f... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090120397 | Internal Combustion Engine Starting System and Method A starting system is provided for delivering pressurized fuel to an engine to start the engine without a starter. The starting system includes an accumulator for storing pressurized fuel during engine operation and engine shut-down. During engine start-up, the accumulat... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090107442 | HIGH PRESSURE PISTON PUMP ACTUATING SYSTEM USING AUTOMOTIVE STARTER SYSTEM An apparatus for providing pressurized fuel for an engine includes an electric motor operative to crank said engine, a fuel pump, and a gear reduction device. This gear reduction device includes a worm and worm wheel and operates to receive a high speed input from said ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20080276910 | FUEL PRESSURE BOOST METHOD AND APPARATUS An apparatus for providing pressurized fuel for an engine includes an engine starting apparatus including an electric motor operative to crank the engine and a fuel pump operatively coupled to the electric motor.... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080087256 | ADVANCE ARRANGEMENTS An advance arrangement for use in controlling timing of fuel delivery by a fuel pump for use in an engine comprises an advance piston (12) which is slidable within a first bore (14) and which cooperates, in use, with a cam arrangement of a fuel pump to adj... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20070227502 | ENGINE An engine comprises an upstream interlocking portion (1) near a crank shaft, which is interlockingly connected through a timer (20) to a downstream interlocking portion (2). The timer (20) is provided with a temperature-sensing operation mean... | 10/04/2007 |
