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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110203555 | Valve Seat Insert In one example, a valve seat insert for a cylinder head seat pocket of an internal combustion engine is described. The valve seat insert comprises an annular body comprising a first material and including an inner surface, an outer surface opposite the inner surface, a ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110100316 | Cylinder Head Assembly For An Internal Combustion Engine and Method of Manufacture A cylinder head assembly for an internal combustion engine and its method of manufacture is disclosed. The cylinder head assembly includes a cylinder head having a combustion chamber and a port opening into the combustion chamber. An insert pocket is circumferentially d... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110023808 | IRON-BASED SINTERED ALLOY FOR VALVE SEAT, AND VALVE SEAT FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE It is an object of the present invention to provide a valve seat product in which the amount of hard particles added to improve the wear resistance of a valve seat of an internal combustion engine is increased, and is excellent in the mechanical strength and machinabili... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100269778 | CYLINDER HEAD ASSEMBLY FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine comprises a combustion chamber/face, a port opening into the combustion chamber/face and an insert pocket circumferentially disposed about the port and configured to receive a valve seat insert therein. A carbon layer is... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100236533 | Valve Seat Insert for a Split-Cycle Engine The present invention provides an improved valve seat insert, particularly for split-cycle engines with outwardly opening crossover valves. The improved valve seat insert combines an interference fit section with a threaded section. The interference fit section aligns a... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100224160 | ENGINE ASSEMBLY WITH VALVE SEAT VENT PASSAGES AND METHOD OF FORMING An engine assembly may include an engine block defining a cylinder bore, a cylinder head fixed to the engine block, and a valve seat insert. The cylinder head may include an intake port, defining an inlet in fluid communication with an air source and an outlet in fluid ... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100180852 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE The invention relates to an internal combustion engine (1), in particular in a motor vehicle, comprising at least one cylinder (3) that defines a combustion chamber (4) and in which a piston (5) can be adjusted with regard to stroke. Each cyl... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100108013 | Gasoline Direct Injection Engine A gasoline direct injection engine may include: a piston; a combustion chamber interposed between a piston head and a cylinder; an ignition plug disposed at the top of the combustion chamber; at least one intake manifold disposed at an upper wall of the combustion chamb... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100101517 | VALVE DRIVE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A valve drive of an internal combustion engine, which has a reciprocating poppet valve and a spring element which impinges the closed reciprocating poppet valve with force against the action of a valve seat. The force characteristics are substantially independent of the... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20090173307 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Disclosed is an internal combustion engine (A), which has a valve overlap period (T) during which an intake valve (1) and an exhaust valve (2) are opened, and a geometric compression ratio of 13.0 or greater. The engine (A) is designed to satisfy, at a cen... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090084339 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A cylinder of an internal combustion engine is communicated with intake ports. Each of intake valves and each of fuel injection valves are provided to a corresponding one of the intake ports to inject fuel into a combustion chamber through a curved portion and an openin... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090084337 | Inlet port design to improve scavenging in overhead valve two-stroke engine (In a Two Stroke engine, there is very little opportunity for scavenging residual exhaust gas, without using impractical exhaust pipe tuning.) Our design utilises momentum air-filling of the cylinder. We use overhead poppet valves, but we have positioned the inlet valve... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20080251044 | Electronically actuated valve system An electronically actuated valve assembly for an internal combustion engine is disclosed, wherein the valve assembly comprises a valve stem, a shape memory alloy actuator in operative communication with the valve stem, a coolant passage through which at least a portion ... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080230031 | DUAL INTAKE VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE An intake valve assembly of an internal combustion engine that includes a combustion chamber and an intake passage. The intake valve assembly comprises a primary valve provided to seal against a primary valve seat formed in an intake port, a secondary valve mounted abou... | 09/25/2008 |
