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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7726275 | System and method for powering a mechanically driven accessory component in an automotive vehicle A belt integrated starter generator may selectively drive accessory components while an engine is off. The belt integrated starter generator may also selectively drive a crankshaft of the engine. Clutches are used to access rotational power from the belt. ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7552708 | Damped accessory drive system including a motor/generator The invention is an improved internal combustion engine having a crankshaft, an accessory, a motor/generator, and a belt-drive system. The belt drive systems includes a crankshaft pulley, an accessory pulley, a motor/generator pulley, a belt tensioner, a belt tensio... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7425186 | Swivel arm assembly for a friction gear of an accessory unit of an internal combustion engine equipped with belt-driven auxiliary units An articulated-arm assembly for a friction gear of an internal combustion engine that is equipped with belt-driven auxiliary assemblies. The assembly comprises a friction wheel which is urged into engagement with a belt of the auxiliary belt drive, and an articulate... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421997 | Outboard engine unit An outboard engine unit having heat-generating electrical equipment. An intake port of an intake silencer is set at a distance from an engine, and air suctioned from the intake port is unlikely to be affected by heat produced by the engine. Electrical equipment is d... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7384369 | Friction wheel drive associated with a unit belt drive of an internal combustion engine for a separate secondary unit A friction wheel drive for an internal combustion engine's a unit belt drive for a secondary unit includes a control system, a friction wheel that engages frictionally with an outer side of a belt in a wrap-around portion of a drive wheel of the internal combustion ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370625 | Engine accessory layout structure for vehicle An engine accessory layout structure for a vehicle by which engine accessories are laid out near the engine without trouble. The structure includes a throttle valve disposed in the periphery of an engine, and an engine accessory laid out at an upper portion of an en... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367916 | Belt drive for auxiliary units of an internal combustion engine A belt drive for a secondary unit of an internal combustion engine includes a friction wheel drive having a friction wheel, a cam device for adjusting the engagement of the friction wheel to the drive wheel of the secondary unit, the cam device having a cam, a swive... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363903 | Engine for a leisure vehicle An engine for a leisure vehicle including a crankcase having at least two crankcase portions, a plurality of main journal fastener bolts by which the two crankcase portions are coupled to each other such that a crankshaft is rotatably mounted between the two crankca... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363175 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353901 | Snowmobile with improved component layout An improved component layout in a snowmobile includes a muffler is disposed on the front side of an engine, and a lower portion of a steering shaft extends between the muffler and the engine. The engine is disposed rearwardly of the lower portion of the steering sha... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353793 | Hold down plate for securing a component A hold-down plate (500) for securing a first component (104) to a second component (400) having a seal (416) disposed between the first component (104) and the second component (400), includes a support member (502) h... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7334560 | Accessory drive unit The accessory drive unit, mounted intermediate an engine and a transmission, provides mounts for a water pump, an alternator, a supercharger and a starter. The accessory drive unit includes a main planetary gear driving a supplemental gear which is rotatably interco... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329077 | Fastener apparatus for roofing and steel building construction A fastener apparatus includes a frusto-hemispherical head portion having a flat top surface, a curved outer surface, a base portion, and a peripheral edge, with the flat top surface bearing a tool fitting. A downwardly-depending lip portion extends from the head per... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318405 | Engine for vehicle An engine for a vehicle for which the work of replacing an oil filter or an oil cooler is easily executed. The vehicle engine is provided with a crank case, a cylinder head having an exhaust passage outlet in a front face, an oil pan being independently formed from ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311569 | Marine outboard motor jack plate stop An easy to use, inexpensive jack plate stop device for insertion into the guide slot of a jack plate to immobilize an outboard motor in raised position is disclosed. An outboard motor is fully raised using the jack plate by way of a hydraulic cylinder; the jack plat... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308883 | Vehicular accessory driving apparatus A vehicular accessories drive apparatus includes a main engine, a subsidiary engine, and vehicular accessories that are driven by the main engine or the subsidiary engine. Furthermore, a fuel consumption predicting portion predicts an amount of fuel that is consumed... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308876 | Electrically driven camshaft adjuster The invention relates to a camshaft adjuster (1) for adjusting and fixing the relative position of the angle of rotation of a camshaft (8) in relation to a crankshaft of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine. The adjusting device comprises ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305961 | Module-like constructed internal combustion engine The invention relates to a modular internal combustion engine (1) comprising an engine housing (17, 117) with a crankshaft drive (40) having at least one reciprocating piston (4) in a cylinder (2), which acts on a crankshaft (6 | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293543 | Integrated speed changer assembly An integrated speed changer assembly for increasing or decreasing the rotational speed of the output of an engine, or other prime mover, to that required by the input of a process machine. The assembly includes a housing, a flywheel assembly, an internal ring gear a... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290335 | Drive chain assembly restraint An apparatus for and method of installing a drive chain (201) uses one or more restraints (101) that do not interfere with drive chain function in an operating engine nor fall off during installation. One or more restraints (101) near a sprocket... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288045 | Friction gear for a separate accessory unit in an internal combustion engine equipped with belt-driven auxiliary units A friction gear for a separate accessory of a combustion engine equipped with belt-driven auxiliary units, including a frictional wheel guided by a swivel arm coupled to the engine, to which a protection device is assigned, with the swivel arm and the frictional whe... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287619 | Air intake system for off-road vehicle An off-road vehicle includes a frame and four wheels that support the frame. Two seat assemblies are disposed side by side on the frame. The seat assemblies are separated from each other to define a space therebetween. An engine powers the wheels. The engine defines... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284625 | Quick connect assembly for ATV implements A quick connect power take-off assembly adapted for an all-terrain vehicle (ATV). The quick connect power take-off assembly includes a housing, a driving assembly that is fixedly mounted to the ATV, a driven assembly that is releasably connected to the driving assem... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284518 | Drive plate assembly and method of assembling a powertrain A drive plate assembly includes a plate member adapted for mounting to an engine block. The plate member has first and second gears mounted thereto such that they intermesh. The backlash of the gears is predetermined by mounting to the plate member and unaffected by... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7267095 | Power unit having crankcase to which auxiliary machine is fitted, and motorcycle having power unit An internal combustion engine in a power unit includes an oil pump that rotates by a transmission mechanism with an endless chain, and a crankcase with an opening formed by protruding walls of side walls of the crankcase in an axial direction. A drive sprocket is fi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7259469 | Vehicle auxiliary power unit, assembly, and related methods A truck includes an auxiliary power unit having components specifically selected such that they form a stand-alone unit that can fit within an auxiliary compartment of a vehicle and deliver heating, cooling, and additional electric power to the vehicle. Included is ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252017 | Axial adjusting device with multiple ball means An axial adjusting device comprising two discs which are rotatable relative to one another, which are supported coaxially relative to one another and between which there are guided balls in pairs of ball grooves whose depth varies across the circumference. Of the di... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247065 | Outboard motor An outboard motor can includes an engine for driving a propulsion device, a cowling for covering the engine, a fresh air intake opening formed in the cowling for drawing fresh air, and an engine compartment defined in the cowling. The outboard motor can have a botto... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237523 | Internal combustion engine with at least two cylinder banks An intake air crossover arrangement for an internal combustion engine having two cylinder banks in a V-shaped arrangement in which air compressed by at least one, and preferably two, turbochargers, is delivered via air ducts to respective intake manifolds for each c... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7216621 | Double sheave accessory drive pulley The present invention provides a pulley assembly adapted to transmit torque from a drive pulley to first and second driven accessories. The pulley assembly generally includes a housing and an auxiliary drive component. The auxiliary drive component is rotatably supp... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7201119 | Vehicular power unit A vehicular power unit including a drive-side transmission sprocket wheel provided on an end of an output shaft that protrudes from one side of a crankcase, an endless transmission belt for transmitting power to a driving wheel wound the sprocket wheel. The endless ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201263 | Viscous damper A viscous damper for driving accessories by a crankshaft though a viscous coupler of the viscous damper. The rotational driving force of the crankshaft is transmitted to the viscous damper hub through the meshing of a large diameter gear and a driven gear, the visco... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198021 | Powertrain assembly including modular transmission A powertrain assembly having an improved engine configuration includes an engine and a transmission incorporated in a crankcase of the engine. The engine also comprises an oil pump and a water pump. The transmission is a cartridge-type shift drum transmission, which... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194994 | Bracket assembly for mounting accessories to the front of a small-block Ford motor A system and method for mounting engine driven accessories to the front of a small block Ford motor includes a bracket which bolts to the front of the cylinder block. Included within the bracket are mountings for a power steering pump, a compressor for an air condit... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196482 | PWM controller with automatic low battery power reduction circuit and lighting device incorporating the controller A controller for controlling a voltage applied to a load from a power source includes a square wave producing circuit for connection in the circuit with the battery and the lamp. The square wave producing circuit produces a variable duty cycle square wave for contro... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191753 | Cover structure for engine The present invention provides an engine cover structure for an engine (1) whose cylinder head (7) is covered at three of front, rear, right and left sides thereof by a fuel tank (10), an air cleaner (20) and a muffler (9), respect... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188601 | Oil pump for engine using gerotors having fully filtered oil flow The oil pump has a cam support plate attached to the engine block. The support plate has a pressure relief valve. An oil pump body assembly has a pair of gerotors on each side. The gerotors are attached to and driven by a shaft attached to the rear cam. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184862 | Turret targeting system and method for a fire fighting vehicle A turret control system and method for a fire fighting vehicle is disclosed. The turret control system includes one or more control modules, such as an envelope control module, turret targeting module, a turret pan module, a turret deploy module, a turret store modu... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7162989 | Engine unit of motorcycle An engine unit for an motorcycle is disclosed in which an accessory drive gear is disposed downstream of primary dampers in the engine power transmission path, and simultaneously upstream of a clutch mechanism in the engine power transmission path. In this engine un... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162332 | Turret deployment system and method for a fire fighting vehicle A turret control system and method for a fire fighting vehicle is disclosed. The turret control system includes one or more control modules, such as an envelope control module, turret targeting module, a turret pan module, a turret deploy module, a turret store modu... | 01/09/2007 |
