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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120048237 | FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR A pressure regulator includes a housing at least partially defining a chamber. A tube defines a valve seat having an inlet disposed inside the chamber, an outlet, and a passageway extending from the inlet to the outlet. The passageway is characterized by a first portion... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110162624 | DIESEL START-STOP FUEL PRESSURE RESERVE DEVICE An apparatus in a fuel path to assist in delivering fuel to an engine, the apparatus comprising: a fuel tank to contain a fuel and define a first end of the fuel path; a fuel rail to receive fuel and define a second end of the fuel path; a vacuum fuel pump to draw the l... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110126808 | FUEL SUPPLY EQUIPMENT A fuel supply equipment includes: a lid member provided with a fuel discharge pipe; a fuel pump held by the lid member and configured to suck in fuel within the fuel tank and discharge the fuel to an outside of the fuel tank from the fuel discharge pipe; a suction filte... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110100335 | FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM A method and system for fuel delivery. The method and system may include one or more fuel storage tanks housing propane, one or more regulators through which fuel may flow and one or more fuel metering devices or systems. The flow of fuel from a fuel storage tank to an ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20100307460 | FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CONTROL DEVICE OF FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS A fuel supply apparatus of an internal combustion engine is provided which can discharge air bubbles or air from within fuel supply paths while increasing pressure within a common rail up to a predetermined pressure level before a start of the internal combustion engine... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100307459 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A FUEL-SUPPLY SYSTEM In a method for controlling a fuel-supply system, a first supply unit supplies fuel from a storage container to a second supply unit. At least a partial quantity of the fuel quantity supplied by the first supply unit returns to the storage container as return quantity v... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100294250 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE ARRANGEMENT A method is provided for operating an internal combustion engine arrangement and to an internal combustion engine arrangement, which includes, but is not limited to an internal combustion engine, which can be operated with gaseous fuel, a pressure reducer for reducing t... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100263634 | DUAL LEVEL PRESSURIZATION CONTROL BASED ON FUEL FLOW TO ONE OR MORE GAS TURBINE ENGINE SECONDARY FUEL LOADS A system and method provide dual level pressurization control of a fuel supply system based on whether fuel is being supplied to one or more secondary fuel loads. Fuel pump discharge backpressure is maintained above either a first minimum pressure value or a lower secon... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100242923 | TWO STEP PRESSURE CONTROL OF FUEL PUMP MODULE A fuel system comprises a fuel line that supplies fuel to an engine at a fuel line pressure. A first fuel pump selectively supplies fuel to the fuel line at a first pressure. A second fuel pump selectively supplies fuel to the fuel line at a second pressure that is grea... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100212639 | PULSATION REDUCING APPARATUS At abnormal pressure pulsation generating time, a piston of a pulsation reducing apparatus is displaced in a valve chamber due to an increase in a fuel pressure in an upstream side fuel passage, so that fluid communication between a valve chamber and a downstream side f... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100139624 | HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP CONTROL FOR IDLE TICK REDUCTION A method for controlling a mechanical solenoid valve of a high-pressure fuel pump to supply fuel to an engine is provided. The method includes: during an idle condition, adjusting a pull-in current of the mechanical solenoid valve utilized to control closing of the mech... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100059024 | VEHICLE FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE AND FUEL FILTER STRUCTURE Secondary fuel filter (143) provided downstream of a fuel pump (92) has a smaller pore size than a primary fuel filter (141) provided upstream of the fuel pump. The secondary fuel filter is covered with a case member (171) and positioned alon... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100037868 | FUEL FEED SYSTEM OF ENGINE A fuel feed system of an engine is provided with a gas-fuel separating unit for separating oil mist generated in an engine case from air with a labyrinth, and an auto fuel cock is operated by pressure pulsation of the air from which the oil mist is separated by the gas-... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100006072 | FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR THE FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE A fuel supply device has a main line, a fuel pump, a first return line, a second return line, a valve mechanism, a first pressure regulator, and a second pressure regulator. The fuel pump is arranged in a fuel tank or in the vicinity of the fuel tank, and pressurizes th... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090211559 | ENGINE FUEL SUPPLY CIRCUIT A fuel supply circuit for a Diesel engine includes fuel injectors, a fuel tank, a main pump for delivering fuel to the injectors, and a variable flow charge pump for delivering fuel from the tank to an inlet of the main pump, and a surplus fuel line communicating unburn... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090194075 | By-pass regulator assembly for dual ERFS/MRFS fuel pump module A fuel system that supplies fuel to an engine of a vehicle. The fuel system includes a pump that pumps fuel and a controller that selectively changes operation of the pump between an electronic returnless fuel system mode and a mechanical returnless fuel system mode. In... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090183716 | FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE FOR GAS ENGINE A fuel supply device for a gas engine is provided that includes a vaporizer (17) that gasifies a first fuel (FA), a primary regulator (18) that regulates the pressure of the first fuel (FA) introduced from the vaporizer (17), a fuel changeover valve... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090120413 | Fuel delivery module for high fuel pressure for engines A fuel pump module comprising a fuel pump, a pressure regulator, a supply line check valve, a relief valve, and a flange adapted to engage a fuel supply line that fluidly links the fuel pump module with an injector rail. The pressure regulator is adapted to maintain a p... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090107471 | FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS The present invention includes a fuel supply apparatus having a pressure regulator for regulating a pressure of fuel supplied from a fuel pump to a target, such as an internal combustion engine of an automobile. The pressure regulator includes a first pressure chamber, ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090095259 | Fuel System for Improved Engine Starting A method for operating fuel system that supplies fuel to a plurality of injectors in an internal combustion engine via a first pump and a second pump with a bypass circuit coupled between the first and second pump for returning fuel to a fuel tank, the pumps connected i... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090013974 | Portable gas powered internal combustion engine arrangement A gas powered internal combustion engine in which the gas is provided from pressurized liquid gas in an LPG container and in which the LPG container is rigidly mounted adjacent to the internal combustion engine at a preselected angle to be in conductive heat transfer re... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080271707 | Liquefied Gas Fuel Supply Device of Diesel Engine In a diesel engine system of a liquefied gas fuel, the present invention aims at the prevention of storing of the liquefied gas fuel in a cam chamber even when a diesel engine repeats stopping and operation thereof without returning the liquefied gas fuel in a fuel gall... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080257314 | Method for Operating a Fuel System of an Internal Combustion Engine In a fuel system for an internal combustion engine, the fuel is pumped by a high-pressure fuel pump into a fuel pressure accumulator, from which it is supplied into at least one combustion chamber via at least one injector. A value is provided for the actual pressure in... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080251052 | Fuel Conveying Device Disclosed is a fuel conveying device including a valve housing in which a pressure release valve and a non-return valve are arranged parallel to one another, the pressure release valve having a first inlet, which downstream of a valve seat opens into a valve chamber in ... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080216801 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM A fuel supply system provided in a fuel tank includes: a fuel pump that sucks fuel reserved within the fuel tank via a suction filter and discharges the sucked fuel; a pressure regulator that maintains pressure of the fuel discharged from the fuel pump within a predeter... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080190399 | System for controlling an air to fuel ratio A method of controlling an air to fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine may include receiving a request for a modification of a first flow of fuel to at least one combustion chamber, modifying the first flow of fuel in response to the request, receiving a first si... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080184971 | Check valve placement in an electronic returnless fuel system A fuel pump module within a fuel tank employs at least one fuel pump, while in the case of additional fuel pumps, a manifold receives all pumped fuel and directs it into a surrounding fuel filter within a filter case. A check valve is adjacent the filter case at a first... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080149074 | Fuel supply device In a fuel supply device for the supply of fuel from a fuel tank to an internal combustion engine, with at least one electrically driven fuel pump arranged in the fuel tank which pump conveys fuel out of a fuel tank to the internal combustion engine via a fuel supply lin... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080006247 | Fuel supply apparatus for internal combustion engine A fuel supply apparatus for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The fuel supply apparatus includes a fuel pump driven by the engine, a pressure accumulating device for retaining the fuel pressurized by the fuel pump, a relief device which opens when a fuel press... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070079813 | Filter unit and valve for a fuel supply system A valve (49) which is intended for insertion into the line connecting a fuel pump to a system of injection valves and which is designed as a pressure-maintaining valve is characterized by a pipe body (50) intended to have a flow passing through it, into wh... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20060231078 | Fuel system pressure relief valve with integral accumulator A fuel pressure relief system in an engine fuel system having a fuel line is shown. In one example, the system has a pressure relief valve in the fuel line; and a pressure relief assembly coupled to the relief valve, the assembly having an accumulator in communication w... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060225711 | Device for conveying fuel out of a tank and to a combustion engine A diaphragm valve having a first chamber and a second chamber, which is separated from the first chamber by means of a valve member which cooperates with a valve seat. A first connecting conduit situated in the vicinity of the valve seat feeds into the first chamber. To... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20060124111 | Fuel flow path module in inline pump type fuel injection apparatus To make a length in a horizontal direction of a vapor return joint small, thereby improving an assembling property of a fuel flow path module to a fuel tank, a vapor inflow hole, a fuel outflow hole and a regulator fuel inflow hole are provided in a fuel tube portion of... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20050235962 | Fuel supply system for internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection In a fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection including a fuel supply pump and, downstream thereof, a high pressure pump for supplying high pressure fuel to a plurality of injectors and, parallel to the high pressure fuel pump, a h... | 10/27/2005 |
| 20050056258 | Fuel supply apparatus and fuel pressure regulating method for internal combustion engine When an engine operation is stopped, a bypass passage returning fuel in a fuel supply passage into a fuel tank is opened to return a part of the fuel in the fuel supply passage, and a fuel pressure in the fuel supply passage is lowered to a predetermined fuel pressure h... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050056257 | Fuel supply apparatus and fuel pressure regulator A fuel supply apparatus having a fuel pressure regulator (60) for regulating the pressure of fuel discharged from a fuel pump (4) to a predetermined pressure, the fuel pressure regulator (60) including: a first chamber (62), formed in a case ... | 03/17/2005 |
