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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4430972 | Retaining device for fuel pump push rod A device useful in retaining the position of a push rod associated with an engine during removal of a fuel pump is comprised of a hollowed machine bolt and a second bolt associated therewith by spring means. The hollowed bolt is comprised of a polygonal h... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4426964 | Runner-type lubricating device for vertical engine A runner-type lubricating device for a vertical engine, in which a power gear is secured to a rotary shaft and properly meshed with a driven gear secured to a runner, with a bracket for pivotally supporting the runner secured to a crank case by a fixing m... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4423707 | Engine with internal crankcase bridge having integral oil pump and drive housing An engine, preferably of the heavy duty diesel internal combustion type, is provided with a crankcase having downwardly extending side walls interconnected by a stiffening bridge member. The bridge member includes integral mounting means for an oil pump a... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4412515 | Line multicylinder internal combustion engine An in-line multicylinder internal combustion engine comprising an engine block including a cylinder crank housing having disposed therein a plurality of approximately horizontally disposed cylinders and a cylinder head mounted on the cylinder crank housin... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4411227 | Internal combustion engine The oil pump of an internal combustion engine having an engine unit support elastically suspended in a crankcase, is arranged in a front wall of the crankcase and actuated by a flexible shaft driven by the crankshaft of the engine. Thereby, a vibrational ... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4373483 | Lubricating oil pump drive for an internal combustion engine Lubricating oil pumps for internal combustion engines have hitherto had individual drive means such as a pair of skew gears. To simplify and cheapen the pump drive means, the pump is of the internal gear type and is driven by and housed within an idler ge... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4363296 | Combustion chamber pressure tap A source of gas pressure from an internal combustion engine is made available by tapping off the exhaust products within the combustion chamber, preferably just prior to exhausting the gas out of the engine. A pressure tap fitting communicates with the co... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4342290 | Water pump housing A water pump housing embodies a construction to support the casing of a driven pump at an elevation that is higher by about 5 inches as compared with the support size established by a conventional water pump housing. The chamber walls forming an impeller ... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4334508 | Internal combustion engine having an engine driven oil pump An engine includes a crankcase and a crankshaft extending in the crankcase and having one end projecting from the crankcase. A driving pulley assembly is mounted on the projecting end of the crankshaft. The crankcase is formed at the end adjacent to the p... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4334836 | Oil pump arrangement An oil pump arrangement for the pressure oil supply for internal combustion engines, especially a gear oil pump, which comprises impeller gears housed in a pump housing. The gears are driven by the internal combustion engine and the pump housing is connec... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4328769 | Cooling system of liquid-cooled multicylinder engine A cooling system of a liquid-cooled multicylinder engine of the two cycle type, wherein a crank shaft is journalled by bearings housed in bearing housings of a small diameter mounting therein airtight seal members as well as the bearings and located at op... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4314532 | Method and apparatus for translating frequency of mechanical movement into a pneumatic signal An apparatus and method having a first unit for creating mechanical movement with a certain frequency ofmovement. A second unit is operatively associated with the first unit for producing a pulsing electrical signal that has a pulse rate substantially pro... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4306524 | Oil pump for a two-cycle internal combustion engine An oil pump for a two-cycle internal combustion engine is mounted in a flange member which is attached to one end of the engine housing. The shaft of the oil pump is connected to the adjacent end of the crank shaft so that there is no relative rotation be... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4305367 | Injection timing control system for fuel-injection pump for engine An injection timing control system for a fuel-injection pump for an engine has a phase angle regulator for varying the rotational phase angle of a drive shaft of the fuel-injection pump in which a cylindrical extension of one of an input shaft adapted to ... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4300872 | Outboard motor with hydraulic pump and means for attaching hydraulic pump to such a motor An attachment by which a hydraulic pump is to be driven by an outboard motor has a coupling by which the pump shaft is or can be connected to the support established by the fly wheel of the motor or the fly wheel and the upper end of the crankshaft with t... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4295807 | Internal combustion engine with oil pump gear surrounding and driven by crankshaft An internal combustion engine having a rotating crankshaft mounted on at least one main bearing is provided with an oil pump having at least one gear surround the crankshaft and rotationally driven by the crankshaft. The pump gear surrounds the main beari... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4218193 | Hydraulic pump drive A hydraulic pump drive for use in conjunction with an engine having a drive shaft in which the pump drive is adapted to be secured to the rear end of the engine. The pump drive comprises a housing secured to the engine and having an aperture for receiving... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4215658 | Electric water pump A kit for converting an automobile engine from a conventional water pump driven by mechanical engine power to electrical drive which is separately controllable independently of engine operation. The kit includes a conventional air conditioning blower moto... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4203710 | Unified pump and generator arrangement A combined pump and generator arrangement for use in a vehicle having an engine as the prime mover is disclosed and includes a pump housing with an axially extending actuating shaft and a rotatable member to be driven by the engine to rotate about that ac... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4198935 | Water-cooled internal combustion engine In an internal combustion engine its crankcase defines an oil reservoir and a pump receptacle. A crankshaft journaled in the crankcase carries a crank in the reservoir. A cylinder fixedly mounted on the crankcase is formed with a cooling jacket which comm... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4156407 | Driving arrangement for internal combustion engine auxiliaries in the form of pumps An arrangement for driving the oil and water pumps of an internal combustion engine in which the pumps are driven independently of the engine's speed. In one arrangement the oil pump is activated prior to starting the engine to provide adequate lubricatio... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4114586 | Accessory mounting means for internal combustion engines An internal combustion engine comprising a crankshaft mounted in a crankcase and connected with a piston through a connecting rod, an accessory drive shaft connected at one end with the crankshaft and support at the same end by the crankcase, a water pump... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4095571 | Filtering and mixing apparatus A device used to recycle used engine lubricating oil for addition to the fuel oil burned by a compression ignition engine includes a pump for pumping used lubricating oil from the engine sump. A filter removes contaminates from the oil before it is pumped... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4064901 | Gasoline supply accessory An accessory device attachable to a vehicle for pumping gasoline from the attached vehicle into a portable tank or into the gasoline tank of a disabled vehicle. The device includes a flexible hose permanently connected by a valve to the supply tube in the... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4054108 | Internal combustion engine A V-type automotive diesel engine having a high pressure fuel injection pump mounted between the cylinder heads and intake manifolds and above a tappet gallery cover that is integral with the intake manifolds. The pump is supported on the cylinder block b... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4031877 | Engine lubricating oil pump Air-cooled two stroke internal combustion engine having a cooling air blower driven by the engine and a lubricating oil pump for supplying lubricating oil to the engine, said lubricating oil pump being housed in the hub portion of the blower.... | 06/28/1977 |
| 3991735 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine, which has soundproofing cowling, uses the space between the sidewalls of the cylinder block and the cowling to provide a reservoir for a liquid lubricant media. A cover cap is provided over the fuel injection and valve timin... | 11/16/1976 |
