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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6321695 | Model-based diagnostic method for an engine cooling system An improved method of diagnosing an engine cooling system through the use of a coolant temperature model based on existing sensor information. Proper operation of the engine thermostat and coolant temperature sensor is diagnosed based on an initial compar... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321769 | Injection pressure sensor sealing mechanism An injection pressure sensor (10) intended for use with a fluid source (12). The injection pressure sensor (10) has a sensor element (14). and a tube member (18). The tube member (18) creates a fluid pathway (20) between the fluid source (12) and the sens... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6305361 | Evaporative system and method of diagnosing same There is disclosed a leakage diagnosis of an evaporative system in an internal combustion engine, and more particularly there is disclosed an evaporative system in which a more accurate leakage diagnosis can be effected using a change in the pressure in t... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6302078 | Two-stroke internal combustion engine with an additional engine-oil lubricating system A two-cycle internal combustion engine (10) with additional engine oil lubrication system comprises a fuel tank (11) which can be filled with fuel through a filling opening which can be closed with a fuel tank cap (13), as well as an engine oil tank (12) ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6298820 | Apparatus and method of protecting a water pump driven by a combustion engine from high speed damage An apparatus and method for automatic shut-off of a combustion engine driving a fluid pump of a fluid displacement unit is presented. The apparatus and method are designed to protect the fluid displacement unit form damage due to excessively high running ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6293245 | Sealing-fail safe leakage control in a cylinder head joint A cylinder head sealing system having a fail safe leakage control system. The fail safe leakage control system provides a leakage fluid path which allows any sealed fluid to leak externally from a cylinder head joint and not contaminate any other vital fl... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6283097 | Automotive evaporative emission leak detection system A leak detection system for detecting leakage from a portion of a vapor confinement space which is upstream of an inlet of a canister purge valve relative to an engine. During a test, an electric-motor-operated air pump pumps atmospheric air through a flo... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6283098 | Fuel system leak detection A vehicle fuel system has on-board diagnostics for leak testing with correction for different operating conditions. An electronic control unit (ECU) is arranged to carry out a periodic two stage leak test, when the engine is running. Stage A includes evac... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6283086 | Engine control apparatus An engine control apparatus is provided that is capable of improving drivability and reducing the volume of exhaust gas expelled. In the engine control apparatus of the present invention, it is determined whether or not a vehicle is stopped. When the vehi... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6276328 | Diesel air intake shut down devices and methods An air intake shut down device which utilizes variations in the ratio of air pressure and vacuum during load and no load conditions in different locations of a turbo charged engine air intake to influence movement of a pair of diaphragms which are linked ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6273053 | Engine shutdown valves The shutdown valve design is comprised of a housing in which a gate slides from an open to a closed position in a guillotine type motion. At one end of the housing is an unobstructed bore, which is the air through flow passage, and which has a longitudina... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6260516 | Safety fuel tank and filler cap apparatus A safety fuel tank and filler cap apparatus is disclosed for use with a powered implement such as a lawn mower, tiller, weed trimmer or the like. The apparatus includes a locking mechanism that can be mounted on the engine body or fuel tank that disallows... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6257194 | Method to manage internal combustion engine shutdown A shutdown method for an internal combustion engine having deactivatable intake and exhaust valves is disclosed in which unburned fuel existing within the engine at the time of shutdown is managed to prevent its release into the atmosphere.... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6253598 | Method and system for predicting stabilized time duration of vapor leak detection pump strokes A system and method for indicating leakage from a contained volume for holding volatile liquid, such as from an evaporative emission space of an automotive vehicle fuel system. A reciprocating pump operates to build pressure in the space toward a nominal ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6250288 | Method for checking the operability of a tank-venting system of a vehicle The invention is directed to a method for checking the operability of a tank-venting system of a vehicle. A pressure source is operatively connected to the tank-venting system and a first fill level of the tank is determined and stored at the start of a s... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6247441 | Fuel injection control system An outboard motor has a fuel injected internal combustion engine operating on either a two-cycle or four-cycle principle. In some embodiments, the engine is directly injected while in others it is indirectly injected. The engine features one of a number o... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6244253 | Pressure control valve A pressure control valve for a fuel injection apparatus for internal combustion engines, including a housing with a high-pressure connection and a return connection and including a cup-shaped piston, which is disposed in a housing bore, can be moved axial... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6240908 | Fuel storage device diagnostic apparatus A diagnostic apparatus for a fuel storage device has a gas introducing passage for introducing gas from a fuel storage device into an intake passage of an internal combustion engine and a shutoff valve that shuts the gas introducing passage. The diagnosti... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6240910 | Fuel injection control system for compressed natural gas-fueled automotive vehicle A compressed natural gas-fueled automotive vehicle is disclosed in which the fail-safe control operation is performed thereby to secure the safety of the vehicle when the gas pressure drops. If the remaining amount of the gas is very small, an engine misf... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6237571 | Apparatus and method for connecting a fuel pressure tube to a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine An apparatus and a method for connecting a fuel pressure tube to a side feed injector device of an internal combustion engine providing a conduit for leak-back transfer from the injector to a take-off point for return to the fuel feed system having a hold... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237574 | Evaporative emission canister for an automotive vehicle An evaporative emissions canister includes a housing containing a hydrocarbon adsorbing material, such as carbon. The canister may be configured to such that a portion acts as a buffer canister of such that the entire canister is used to adsorb hydrocarbo... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6234148 | Method and device for monitoring a pressure sensor A method for monitoring a pressure sensor, which determines a pressure in a pressure accumulator regulated by a pressure actuator, includes the steps of calculating an expected pressure value in the pressure accumulator for a given point in time based on ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6223714 | Method for increasing the safety of motor-vehicle occupants in the event of a crash Switching off a fuel pump of a fuel supply system for the internal combustion engine with the aid of a signal from a retardation sensor of the airbag in the event of a crash in which the motor vehicle is involved is known. To further enhance the safety of... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6220217 | Fuel supply system for direct injected system for engines A number of embodiments of direct injected V-type outboard motors provided with a very effective fuel supply system wherein the number of components can be significantly reduced as well as the elimination of many of the flexible conduits normally employed... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6209523 | Control and safety valve arrangement in a fuel feeding system A control and safety valve arrangement in a fuel feeding system of an internal combustion engine, especially a large diesel engine, in which fuel is pumped from a fuel tank at least to one common pressure accumulator unit (1) and is fed therefrom under hi... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6202609 | Electromagnetic control device In a valve control, which operates in the normal case purely electromagnetically without return spring and ancillary means of this kind, the unwanted collision between piston base and valve plate (8) is to be reliably avoided. An electromagnetically opera... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6202608 | Control system for internal combustion engine A control system for an internal combustion engine is configured to suitably control the operation of electromagnetically driven intake valves and/or exhaust valves upon start-up of the engine for reducing the output current of a battery and suppressing a... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6196202 | Evaporative emission system for low engine intake system vacuums An evaporative emission control system for a fuel system of an internal combustion engine of an automotive vehicle has a purge flow path through which an evaporative emission containment space of the fuel system for containing volatile fuel vapors is purg... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6196203 | Evaporative emission control system with reduced running losses An evaporative emission control system that operates in a running loss mode and an active weathering mode during purge to substantially eliminate running losses during operation of an internal combustion engine. The evaporative emission control system inc... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6192867 | Method and device for protecting a turbo-supercharger In order for the process and the device to function with as small as possible a number of sensors for operating parameters, a program map (20) is provided from which the intake air pressure (AL) of the charger (3, 5) is derived as a function of the chargi... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192854 | Device for measuring the mass of a flowing medium A fuel injection system for multi-cylinder internal combustion engines, which has one injection unit per cylinder. Each injection unit includes one injection valve, one control valve, one flow limiting valve and one injection nozzle and is supplied with f... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6189510 | Fuel distribution system with flexible metallic conduits for an internal combustion engine A fuel line for an internal combustion engine is provided by forming a metallic tube into regions with folds and other regions without folds. As a result, a flexible metallic conduit is formed which can be easily bent during assembly to an internal combus... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6186112 | Fuel supply apparatus for internal combustion engine In order to prevent fuel leakage from a high pressure fuel pipe at a low temperature, a sealing capacity of a seal member provided in a fuel transfer portion of a high pressure fuel pipe is estimated in accordance with various conditions and the fuel pres... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6178941 | Device in a power-driven tool A device in a power-driven tool, such as a motor saw, includes a handle (10) having a gas control (14) and a gas control catch (15). The gas control and the gas control catch have pivots (14a, 15a) adapted to be rotatably attached to the handle. In order ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6169953 | Method and apparatus for protecting an engine from overheating An apparatus is disclosed for protecting an engine of a vehicle driving a load from overheating. The apparatus comprises a sensor configured to provide a temperature signal representative of a temperature of the engine of the vehicle, a controller respons... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167853 | Hydraulic control device for at least one lifting valve The invention relates to a hydraulic control device for a lifting valve, the said device comprising a valve stem capable of being moved by two spring means acting in opposition to one another, the valve stem being capable of being activated hydraulically ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6148777 | Control for direct injected two cycle engine A fuel injection control strategy and system for engines for maintaining good performance under normal running conditions and also for providing cylinder engine speed slow-down under abnormal conditions without necessitating cylinder skipping except in ex... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148849 | Safety vehicular fuel system A safety system is provided for a vehicular fuel line installation which includes a fuel tank, an engine and delivery and return lines extending between the tank and the engine. A pump is operatively associated with the delivery line to feed fuel from the... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6131551 | Method for controlling evaporative emission control system A method is provided for controlling an evaporative emission control system for a motor vehicle. The method includes the steps of periodically measuring a system pressure within the evaporative emission control system and filtering a signal of the system ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6131550 | Method for checking the operability of a tank-venting system The invention is directed to a method for checking the operability of a tank-venting system of a motor vehicle. The tank-venting system includes a tank, an adsorption filter and a tank-venting valve. The adsorption filter has a venting line and is connect... | 10/17/2000 |
