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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110180040 | SWITCH-MODE SYNTHETIC POWER INDUCTOR A fuel delivery system for a vehicle includes a fuel injector that meters fuel flow and provides for pre-heating fuel to aid combustion. A control circuit including a synthetic inductor drives a heated element within the fuel flow.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110079202 | AUTOMOBILE FUEL PRETREATMENT DEVICE An automobile fuel pretreatment device includes an instantaneous constant-temperature heating device including a fuel tube which allows fuel to flow, a heating unit positioned on and heating an outside surface of the fuel tube, and two spring clamp boards enclosing and ... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110030661 | STRATEGY FOR ENABLING INTAKE AIR HEATER TO CLEAN UP WHITE SMOKE DURING WARM ENGINE RE-START IN COLD WEATHER A motor vehicle has an engine compartment (123) and a compression ignition engine (100) disposed within engine compartment (123). Engine (100) has an air intake (110) through which combustion air enters the engine. A heater (120... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100299052 | Fuel Systems and Methods for Cold Environments Fuel systems and methods for cold environments which includes a fuel pump having at least one solenoid coil in an unlaminated magnetic circuit, the fuel pump being disposed in a fuel tank, and a pump drive and pulsing system, the pump drive providing pump actuation curr... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100242926 | FUEL HEATING APPARATUS A fuel heating apparatus for an internal combustion engine or other type of spark ignition engine having an associated pressurised fuel delivery system, the apparatus comprising a chamber for receiving a volume of a pressurised liquid fuel; and means for heating the fue... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100170481 | Fog carburetor A conversion system for a gasoline engine based generator enables the use of heavier fuels. A vertically disposed vortex separation chamber includes an inlet proximate the bottom of the chamber and tangential to the longitudinal axis of the chamber for delivering to the... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100078507 | Heated and insulated fuel injector A fuel injector having a fuel heater and an insulating air jacket. The fuel injector includes a fuel heater disposed on the outside of the injector body. The injector body conducts heat energy from the heater element to the fuel chamber preferably via cooling fins that ... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20090320805 | HEATER FOR FLUIDS To improve environmental protection from hydrocarbon emissions particularly from vehicles a heater for fluids comprising heating elements of an electrically conductive monolith, wherein the heater comprises a passageway for the fluid to be heated with a defined flow dir... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090320806 | FUEL VAPOR STORAGE AND RECOVERY APPARATUS A fuel vapor storage and recovery apparatus includes a fuel vapor storage canister, said fuel vapor storage canister comprising at least first and second vapor storage compartments filled with an absorbent material, for instance filled with activated carbon, at least a ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090294552 | Heated fuel injector A heated fuel injector includes a heated body, liquid fuel flowing through a fuel passage within the body, and a member that increases heat transfer from the heated body to the fuel within the fuel passage. The thermal efficiency of the fuel injector is increased separa... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090260600 | FUEL PUMP MODULE FOR ETHANOL FUEL VEHICLE A fuel pump module for an ethanol fuel vehicle, which is mounted on a fuel tank for storing ethanol fuel and is provided with a pump and a supply portion for pressure-feeding the ethanol fuel stored in the fuel tank to an engine, may include a heater unit that is dispos... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090241915 | COLD START UP AUXILIARY SYSTEM FOR ALCOHOL AND FLEX ENGINES WITH AIR-INLET AND ALCOHOL WARM UP The present invention relates to a new auxiliary system of cold start, preferably used in the internal combustion engines that use alcohol as fuel. The engines ‘Flex Fuel’ (alcohol/gasoline/GNV) are included in the possibility of the use of this invention. The cold ... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090194078 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING HEATING OF A THROTTLE VALVE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE In an embodiment, conductance of electricity to a heating element (4) for heating a throttle valve (2) of an automobile engine and a peripheral section thereof is performed only during a period wherein this heating can be performed effectively. Specificall... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090178651 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL FUEL VAPORIZATION A method for improving fuel heating is presented. The method can reduce system complexity and cost when fuel is heated within a fuel injector. In one embodiment, the method independently heats and injects fuel by changing the direction of current flow through a fuel cir... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090145491 | Method of Preheating Injectors of Internal Combustion Engines In a method and device for preheating an internal combustion engine injector (1) including at least one valve (3) to be activated by an electromagnet (21), in which the coil of the electromagnet (21) is energized before the engine is started,... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090133676 | Fuel-heating assembly and method for the pre-heating of fuel an internal combustion engine A heating assembly that allows an adequate pre-heating of a fuel used in an internal combustion engine is disclosed.... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090126705 | Heated fuel vaporizer for enhanced cold starting of an internal combustion engine A heated fuel vaporizer is disposed in an intake component, such as a throttle valve or an intake manifold, of a fuel injected and spark-ignited internal combustion engine. The engine may be fueled by any liquid fuel, such as gasoline, diesel or by fuels much less volat... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090126655 | Catalytic Fuel Oil Economizer in Oil Lines of Motor Vehicle The present invention discloses Aa vehicle oil-way catalytic fuel economizer which includes a catalyzing device, a heating box enveloping the catalyzing device, electric heating temperature controlling parts, return oil amount regulating parts and a return pipeline for ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090107473 | Cold start structure for multipoint fuel injection systems Cold start structure (10) for a fuel injection system includes a fuel rail (12) constructed and arranged to receive a source of fuel. A plurality of fuel injectors (14) is provided with each fuel injector being mounted to the fuel rail to receive fu... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090044520 | Intake Air Heater for Assisting DPF Regeneration An apparatus and a method for enhancing diesel engine performance is provided. At low engine load and cold ambient temperatures, an intake air heater increases the engine load via an engine alternator, which in turn, enables the engine to burn more fuel by the process o... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090000605 | Regeneration system having integral purge and ignition device A regeneration device is disclosed. The regeneration device has an injector configured to inject pressurized fuel during an injection event. The regeneration device also has a heater configured to ignite the pressurized fuel during the injection event. The heater is als... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090000604 | Engine system having aftertreatment and an intake air heater An engine system for a power unit is disclosed. The engine system includes an exhaust system having at least one exhaust treatment device and an air induction system having at least one heater. The heater is configured to raise the temperature of an intake flow in the a... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080276913 | Hybrid Thermal Energy Conversion for HCCI Heated Intake Charge System A method of operating an internal combustion engine coupled in a hybrid powertrain, the method comprising of extracting waste energy from a component of an electrical power system of the hybrid powertrain, and adjusting intake air temperature during homogeneous charge c... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080223346 | Automotive modular inductive heated injector and system A fuel injection system (60) is provided for an internal combustion engine (62). The engine has a plurality of cylinders (70). The system includes a plurality of fuel injectors (10′) constructed and arranged to receive fuel. One fuel inject... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080190402 | Motor Vehicle Heating System The invention relates to an automotive heater (10) which is designed for operation with liquid fuel and which has a fuel pump (16′, 16) and a damping element (34, 66) comprising an elastomer (36, 68) for dampin... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080149076 | FUEL SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A fuel system for an internal combustion engine includes a delivery unit and a pressure region into which the delivery unit feeds; the fuel system includes at least one heater and a control unit, which activates the heater when the delivery unit is switched off so that ... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080127951 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING OPERATION OF A FUEL INJECTOR AT LOWER TEMPERATURES A system and method to heat a fuel injector is described. Resistive heating may be selectively applied to improve the performance of a fuel injector. Specifically, current can be supplied to an electrically operable mechanical valve to improve the operation of the valve... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080127940 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION WHEN HEATING A FUEL INJECTOR A system and method to reduce the instantaneous power consumption during heating of a fuel injector is described. The system is capable of heating the fuel injectors of an engine at different times.... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080060619 | Fuel vapor generator for enhanced cold starting of an internal combustion engine A fuel vapor generator disposed in the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. The vapor generator enriches air passing through the manifold to the individual cylinders to enhance engine starting capability, especially at low ambient temperatures. A dedicated ... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080053415 | PRE-HEATING FUEL FOR COLD START A method of pre-heating a fuel in an internal combustion engine includes inducing a current in a solenoid coil of a fuel injector of the internal combustion engine and heating the fuel within the fuel injector using heat generated by the current before initiating a comb... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20070193562 | Air heater with one-piece housing A heating device for use in an internal combustion engine having an intake defining a passage is disclosed. The intake includes an opening in communication with the passage. The heating device includes a one-piece housing having a mounting flange portion and a first leg... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070080239 | Fuel injector A heating time period is decreased by that a valve body including a hollow valve shaft is arranged in a slidable manner in a cylindrical part of a casing on which a nozzle body with a valve seat is mounted at a front end thereof, a fuel is introduced from a fuel outlet ... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20070079705 | Heated Carbon Structure for Evaporative Emission Control Canister Activated carbon for automobile emission control canisters is disclosed to be heated by modular adsorbent structures within the canister in which activated carbon is bonded to very thin, electrically conductive heating elements, such that all of the carbon in the canist... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20070062496 | System and method for operating a motor A system and a method operate a first motor of a vehicle which is fueled by a gellable fuel. The system and the method have a tank for storing the gellable fuel. One or more wires heat the gellable fuel to a temperature prior to injecting the gellable fuel into the firs... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070056570 | Multiple capillary fuel injector for an internal combustion engine A fuel injector for vaporizing a liquid fuel for use in an internal combustion engine. The fuel injector includes a plurality of capillary flow passages, each of the plurality of capillary flow passages having an inlet end and an outlet end; a heat source arranged along... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20070044775 | Fuel saving heater for internal combustion engine A fuel saving device powered by electrical energy from a battery in an automobile has many competitive advantages over its predecessors such as efficient operation, inexpensive price, compact size, safe use, easy installation, simple replacement, etc. The device may be ... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20070039596 | Module for heating the intake gases of an internal combustion engine incorporating electronic temperature control Used for heating the gases circulating through an intake manifold (13), preferably of a plastic material, by means of heating element (1), incorporating a metal frame (2) in which is adhered the power control circuit (4), and in which is inst... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20060196484 | Capture and burn air heater An air intake heater having a heating element in a heat transfer relationship with the passageway is positioned between the intake port and a mixing zone of the fresh air and the recirculated exhaust gas. The air intake heater is operable in a cold-start mode to heat fr... | 09/07/2006 |
| 20060150958 | Quick temperature rise air intake heater A quick temperature rise air intake heater is operable to rapidly transfer heat to air as it moves across a heating element and enters the combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine. The air heater may be energized simultaneously when the engine is cranked to ... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060150959 | Controller for air intake heater An air intake heater system includes an air heater adapted to be positioned in communication with an intake passageway of an engine and a controller. The controller is operable to repeatedly supply current and discontinue the supply of current to provide a desired energ... | 07/13/2006 |
