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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120046852 | Closed Loop Control of Fuel Viscosity in Multi-Fuel Engine A system and method for controlling the viscosity of liquid fuel delivered from a fuel tank to the fuel injectors of an internal combustion engine. A viscosity sensor is placed in the fuel line, or in a bypass fuel line, in close proximity downstream the fuel injectors.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120012085 | FUEL PREHEATER AND EMISSION REDUCING DEVICE FOR DIESEL AND OTHER FUEL INJECTED ENGINES Free heat or scavenged heat from the coolant system or circulating oil from the crankcase of an internal combustion engine supplies heat to a fuel pre-heater causing the liquid fuel to become superheated and partially vaporized. Liquid fuel preferably diesel is converte... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110297130 | Fuel Converter A fuel converter includes a housing having a hollow first end configured to be coupled to a fuel line, a hollow second end configured to be coupled to a fuel system downstream of the housing first end, a heat input area, a plurality of capillaries spaced about the heat ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110265769 | Fuel Warming System A fuel warming system featuring an outer housing that houses an inner housing, wherein a double copper coil is wrapped around the inner housing. Heating fluid and a heating element is disposed in the inner housing. A first thermal disc is adjustable and allows the tempe... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110253074 | Locomotive Engine Emissions Control Suite A locomotive diesel engine emissions control suite includes retarding fuel injection timing and heating the diesel fuel. Switch locomotives are now required to comply with USEPA emission standards under 40 CFR Part 1033 regulations. Retarding the fuel injection timing r... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110226221 | FUEL TREATMENT DEVICE USING HEAT AND MAGNETIC FIELD A fuel enhancer device provides a substantially higher miles per gallon gas saving of at least ten (10) miles per gallon for motor vehicles powered by fuel-injected, internal combustion engines. The device pre-heats the fuel, and subjects the fuel to a magnetic field, p... | 09/22/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110146605 | LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS SYSTEM FOR A NATURAL GAS VEHICLE A liquefied natural gas system for a natural gas vehicle engine with flow driven by the engine includes dual flow paths through at least one heat exchanger. A return path extends from the dual flow paths to the storage tank, and an engine feed path extends from the dual... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110139129 | 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 ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110132285 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ENGINE A method for operating an engine with a fuel reformer is presented. In one embodiment a first fuel is reformed into a gaseous fuel comprising H, CO, and CH4 or the fuel may change state to vaporized alcohol. The present method provides for ramping injection o... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110132284 | Method for Operating an Engine with Variable Charge Density A method for operating an engine with a fuel reformer is presented. In one embodiment a first fuel is reformed into a gaseous fuel comprising H, CO, and CH4. The engine is operated by injecting the gaseous fuel and a second fuel to a cylinder of the engine in... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110132320 | FLUID INJECTION PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM A system including, an internal combustion engine including a combustion chamber, a first injector to provide a first injection fluid to the combustion chamber, and a heated pressurization system to heat the first injection fluid in a pressure vessel to achieve a suffic... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110126809 | Portable gas powered internal combustion engine arrangement A gas powered internal combustion engine in which the gas is provided from the gas phase of a pressurized liquid gas in an liquified petroleum gas container and in which the liquified petroleum gas container is rigidly mounted adjacent to the internal combustion engine ... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110108011 | FUEL PRETREATER A fuel pretreater apparatus for pretreating fuel for combustion is provided. A conversion tube is provided for vaporized fuel to flow therethrough. The conversion tube includes an intake end for receiving the vaporized fuel and an outlet end for dispersing the vaporized... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110100338 | Fuel injector The invention is for an apparatus and method for a fuel injector enabling improved combustion in automotive engines. In one embodiment of the invention, fuel is preheated for greatly improved atomization and evaporation, especially during cold engine start. As a result,... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110088665 | Fuel Economizer Fuel Vapor System For Internal Combustion Engine A fuel vaporizer for an internal combustion engine having a closed pressure chamber defining a volume, to be heated, and a liquid fuel supply system disposed to emit a liquid fuel spray. The closed pressure chamber may be constructed and arranged relative to the heat-tr... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110088395 | COMBUSTION METHOD AND APPARATUS A method of combusting a very low cetane number material comprises injecting said material into a combustion cylinder of a heterogeneous-charge compression-ignition engine and supplying to the cylinder inlet port supplying the chamber combustion air or working fluid at ... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110088666 | INLINE FUEL PREHEATER AND ATOMIZATION DEVICE An inline fuel preheater and atomization device for an internal combustion engine having a main body including a plurality of sequentially arranged chambers including a first chamber and a final chamber, the chambers separated from each other by inter-chamber barriers h... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110083645 | Portable gas powered internal combustion engine arrangement A gas powered internal combustion engine in which the gas is provided from the gas phase of a pressurized liquid gas in an liquified petroleum gas container and in which the liquified petroleum gas container is rigidly mounted adjacent to the internal combustion engine ... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110079203 | FUEL TUBE AND FUEL TUBE CONTAINED AUTOMOBILE FUEL PRETREATMENT DEVICE A fuel tube includes a tube main body, a first tubular section, and a second tubular section. The tube main body defines a heating chamber. The first tubular section extends through one side of the tube main body and includes a first fuel inlet opening located outside t... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110073080 | FUEL HEATING DEVICE A fuel heating device comprises a heater housing (7) including a bottom wall (17), an upper inlet opening (13) provided in an upper part of the heater housing and an outlet opening (18) provided in a lower part of the heater housing diametric... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110041813 | SUPPLY DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE The invention relates to an internal combustion engine and in particular to a device and a method for improving the fuel supply of the engine in order to optimise the fuel consumption by a better combustion in the engine, to reduce the polluting exhaust gases and to inc... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110036320 | WASTE RECOVERY COGENERATOR A waste-to-energy cogeneration system is described in various embodiments. The system can convert certain fuel-laden waste to thermal energy and electrical power. In certain embodiments, fuel-laden waste which has not been pre-filtered or pre-treated to remove particula... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20100288244 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THERMAL EFFLUENTS GENERATED BY AN AIRCRAFT AND COOLING DEVICE FOR AN AIRCRAFT IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD A process for management of thermal effluents of an aircraft that includes an airframe (110) and at least one propulsion system (112), whereby the at least one propulsion system (112) includes a gas turbine engine (116) that is supplied with ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100288245 | FUEL CONSERVATION DEVICE A fuel conservation device for a combustion engine includes a heat-exchanging tube disposed through a heating coil that is contained within a housing containing coolant. The heat-exchanging tube is adapted to be coupled inline with a fuel line used to supply fuel from a... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100288246 | Fuel saving heater for internal combustion engine A fuel saving heater powered by electrical energy in an automobile may be disposed at any convenient position preferably as close to an engine as possible. The device is operative without any alteration or modification to the original design of the automobile. The devic... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100275889 | FUEL HEATING EQUIPMENT OF DIESEL ENGINE Disclosed is a fuel heating equipment of a diesel engine for preheating and heating fuel to supply the fuel to the engine. The fuel heating equipment of the diesel engine includes a main heating part having a collective tank, which is formed between runners connected to... | 11/04/2010 |
| 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 |
| 20100229808 | HEAT TRANSFERRING DEVICE AND METHOD TO BOOST FUEL ECONOMY IN MOTOR VEHICLES A heat exchanging device (10) and method for boosting fuel economy in the internal combustion engines of motor vehicles uses a shell and tube structure whereby that portion of the fuel line, i.e. an inner structure (20), that is downstream from the fuel li... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100204901 | FUEL INJECTOR HAVING ALGORITHM CONTROLLED LOOK-AHEAD TIMING FOR INJECTOR-IGNITION OPERATION The present invention provides an injector-ignition fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine, comprising an ECU controlling a heated catalyzed fuel injector for heating and catalyzing a next fuel charge, wherein the ECU uses a one firing cycle look-ahead ... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100199953 | FUEL INJECTION CONTROLLING APPARATUS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A fuel injection controlling apparatus (electronic control unit) of an internal combustion engine, which can cause first to fourth fuel injection valves of respective cylinders connected to a fuel delivery pipe to inject a fuel, which is heated after fed from a fuel pum... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100192890 | Cold fuel cooling of intercooler and aftercooler A high-altitude aircraft powerplant including an engine, a two-stage turbocharger having an intercooler and an aftercooler, a cryogenic hydrogen fuel source, and a cooling system including a hydrogen heat exchanger. Aided by a ram-air cooler that cools a coolant to a ne... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100139628 | FUEL PREHEAT FOR ENGINE START Systems and methods for providing heated fuel to a fuel injector of an engine are provided. One example method comprises maintaining a volume of fuel above a start-ready temperature during a pre-start interval, the pre-start interval beginning after the engine is turned... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100077996 | CHARGING FLUID INTAKE MODULE AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A charging fluid suctions module is provided for an internal combustion engine, comprising a housing forming a flow path for a gaseous charging fluid, particularly air, a gas, and/or an air/gas mixture. Whereby, a heat exchanger is disposed in the housing for the gaseou... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100050996 | FUEL VAPORIZER FOR FUEL INJECTED ENGINES Free heat from an exhaust manifold of an internal combustion engine or an electric heater supplies heat to a vaporizer. Gasoline is converted from fluid to vapor in the vaporizer and sent directly to the fuel injectors. Water fog may be added to the air intake manifold.... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100024784 | Fuel oil pre-warming mechanism and its pre-warming method A fuel oil pre-warming mechanism for attaching to the exhaust pipe of an engine-based machine to pre-heat the fuel oil passing from the fuel tank to the engine of the engine-based machine is disclosed to include a heat guide, which has a hollow metal body sleeved onto t... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100012102 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING FUEL STATES FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES A fuel state control unit for use with internal combustion engines can include a primary heating chamber, a secondary heating chamber, and an expansion chamber. The primary heating chamber has a fuel conduit through which fuel is conveyed. A heater in the primary heatin... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090314262 | FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE FOR A DIESEL ENGINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE FOR A DIESEL ENGINE A fuel supply device includes a) at least one first tank for diesel fuel, b) at least one second tank for vegetable oil/fat c) at least one third tank for holding a mixture of the diesel fuel and the vegetable oil/fat, d) wherein each tank has at least one fuel outlet, ... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090308361 | FLUID HEATING APPARATUS A fluid heating apparatus heats fluid in a passage to a target temperature. The fluid heating apparatus includes a fluid heating unit that heats the fluid, a fluid temperature measuring unit that measures a temperature of the fluid, and a pressure control unit that cont... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090308362 | FUEL HEATER An apparatus for heating fuel, in particular alcohol, for the operation of combustion engines. The latter can be operated with alcohol or with an alcohol/gasoline mixture. The apparatus for heating fuel is integrated into the injection system of the combustion engine op... | 12/17/2009 |
