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| 7396516 | Manganese containing oxygen storage component comprising three-way catalyst composition A three-way catalyst (TWC) composition comprises a manganese-containing oxygen storage component (OSC) and at least one optionally doped alumina wherein where the at least one alumina is gamma-alumina it is doped with at least one of a rare earth metal, silicon, ger... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7284507 | Method and apparatus for the control of a spraying apparatus A method and apparatus controls intake air humidification spraying with at least two spraying nozzles (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) for spraying a liquid into the intake air. When an amount of the liquid to be supplied thro... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7237525 | Engine cast component having witness marks and method of machining same A component (100) for an internal combustion engine includes a plurality of as-cast features (e.g. 116) formed thereon, and a plurality of machined features (e.g. 120). The component (100) also includes at least one witness mark (128 | 07/03/2007 |
| 7188470 | Combustion process The combustion process is carried out in presence of a primary catalyst coating which is treated when required by means of cerium/europium compound in presence of water vapor and advantageously in presence of a refractory material, such as a clay, a hydrated clay. | 03/13/2007 |
| 7096839 | Ground structure for a vehicle A ground cable between an engine and a body frame has an advantage against vibrations and for increasing the universality in use and further improve the flexibility in coupling to a vehicle body. An engine case and a vehicle body frame are connected to each other by... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7055510 | Internal combustion engine having an internal barrier device to reduce oil carry-over To prevent seal failure in internal combustion engines, blow-by gasses leaking past the piston rings require venting. However, moving engine components cause airborne oil particles to be mixed in with the gasses. Depending on breather system and engine type, oil car... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040306 | Blowby gas ventilation system for an internal combustion engine, and method of using same A blowby gas ventilation system for an internal combustion engine capable of preventing oil from being diluted by efficiently and quickly exhausting a blowby gas together with a water content and the like from a crank chamber through forced ventilation of the crank ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7004120 | Opposed piston engine A four-stroke opposed piston engine includes a rotating cylinder with a circumference and an aperture defined through the circumference, first and second opposing pistons, optional first and second opposing cylindrical spacers, first and second opposing piston caps,... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6935284 | Power system A power system includes an internal combustion engine having a primary combustion chamber and a secondary combustion chamber, a first fuel being supplied to the primary combustion chamber, a second fuel being burned in the secondary combustion chamber so as to ignit... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6778884 | System and method for generating consolidated gas turbine control tables A method for generating a power setting parameter table. The method includes the steps of generating an index from a plurality of first and second inputs and determining a power setting parameter corresponding to each index and second input. The first inputs may inc... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6640564 | Vehicle air conditioner with automatic breaking-in operation of compressor In a vehicle air conditioner, a control unit includes determining means for determining a first start of a compressor for compressing refrigerant in a refrigerant cycle after being mounted on the vehicle, and control means for controlling operation of the... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6485590 | Method of forming a multilayer ceramic coating A method of forming a multilayer ceramic coating system on a substrate that requires thermal protection from a hostile thermal environment. The method generally entails forming at least one tape that contains ceramic particles dispersed in an organic cons... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6432283 | Hydrogen fuel replenishment system A hydrogen replenishment system for providing hydrogen to a hydrogen-receiving apparatus, the system comprising (i) an electrolytic cell for providing source hydrogen; (ii) a compressor means for providing outlet hydrogen at an outlet pressure; (iii) means for... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6359682 | Fluid flow velocity measuring system for internal combustion engine A fluid flow velocity measuring system for an internal combustion engine including a laser Doppler velocimeter having a probe for projecting a pair of coherent laser beams and beam guiding means for guiding the laser beams into a combustion chamber. The b... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6165600 | Gas turbine engine component having a thermal-insulating multilayer ceramic coating A method of forming a multilayer ceramic coating system on a substrate that requires thermal protection from a hostile thermal environment. The method generally entails forming at least one tape that contains ceramic particles dispersed in an organic cons... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5972829 | Internal combustion engines, fluid fuel reforming ceramic catalyst and transporting and power-generating means employing them A catalyst for improving combustion of fluid fuels which comprises three layers. An inner or core layer of complex oxides of a mixture of Mn, Ni, Co and Cu; an intermediate layer containing alumina and silicate and optionally silicon carbide and an outer ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5819702 | High efficiency vehicle and engine The efficiency of a vehicle having a body and a reciprocating piston four-stroke internal combustion engine is increased substantially by greatly reducing the size of the engine relative to the weight of the body. The great reduction in engine size relati... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5799626 | Methods for using styrene oil (as heat transfer fluid, hydraulic fluid, lubricant) Methods of using styrene oil, its fractions, and combinations thereof as working fluids, lubricants, fuels and solvents.... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5398406 | Balance shaft eliminator kit A retrofit kit for enabling an inline four cylinder automobile internal combustion engine to operate following removal of its upper and lower balance shafts. The includes a first bushing having a smooth circular cylindrical outer surface sized to permit c... | 03/21/1995 |
| 4867108 | Positive electrostatic power system A power supplementing system for an engine utilizes the selective delivery of electrical charge to a plate in the vicinity of a driving member of the engine, e.g. a piston, to increase the power of the engine. A high voltage AC signal is generated from a ... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4700663 | Air compressor A novel air compressor utilizing a simple modification of an opposing 4 cylinder air cooled Volkswagen internal combustion engine.... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4692171 | Solid with gas reactor plant A reactor plant is described comprising separate compressor and expander, and several reaction chambers. Solid reactant within each said reaction chamber is alternately compressed with reactant gas from the compressor and subsequently the consequently rea... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4606101 | Method of manufacturing a radially corrugated expander-spacer for a piston oil ring assembly Method of manufacturing a radially corrugated expander-spacer for a piston oil ring assembly, having inner and outer crowns alternately and successively laid, which can prevent its both terminal ends from nesting together during assembling of the piston o... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4584970 | Cyclic solid gas reactor A cyclic solid to gas reactor is described capable of reacting several different gas reactants in sequence with one or more solid reactants. The solid reactant in a reaction chamber is subjected to repeated cycles of compression and expansion with the rea... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4575383 | Process for producing acetylene using a heterogeneous mixture A method for converting methane to acetylene is disclosed wherein a hydrocarbon fuel is compressed, an oxygen-containing gas is introduced into a portion of the compressed hydrocarbon fuel and ignited to produce heat which causes the remaining portion of ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4530141 | Unitary removal of engine cylinder liner, piston and rod To service an engine, it is frequently determined that a cylinder liner and piston must be replaced. Removal is difficult and time consuming if the piston is first removed through the liner and the liner is then grasped from below and pulled from the bloc... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4480368 | Unitary installation of engine cylinder liner, piston and rod To service an engine (10), it is frequently determined that a cylinder liner (12) and piston (18) must be replaced. It is difficult and time consuming to first install the liner (12) and then the piston (18) with the rings (20) and connecting rod (22). A ... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4465030 | Transmission having a vacuum ventilation control A transmission includes a housing having the interior thereof connected for fluid communication with a vacuum source, such as an engine manifold. A check valve and regulator valve are disposed between the transmission housing and the vacuum source. The ch... | 08/14/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4414936 | Check valve cylinder deactivation A system for deactivating cylinders in an interval combustion engine by replacing the spark plugs in every other cylinder of the firing order of the engine with a check valve grounding the unused spark plug wire to the engine, disconnecting the valve acti... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4411241 | Method of controlling EGR for internal combustion engines An internal combustion engine has a primary intake passage including a primary throttle valve for supplying engine cylingers with an air-fuel mixture under a full range of loads, a secondary intake passage including a secondary throttle valve for supplyin... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4406259 | Adapter plate for the conversion of a 4-barrel carburetor to a 2-barrel configuration An adapter plate readily converts a 4-barrel carburetor to a 2-barrel configuration without disconnecting throttle linkages or requiring major adjustment of the combustion system of an internal combustion engine.... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4392457 | Combustion and electric engine A combination internal combustion and electric engine has a predetermined plurality of cylinders. A number of cylinders less than the predetermined plurality of cylinders are configured in conventional fashion and each has a conventional fuel powered pist... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4381745 | Porous burner diesel engine In the engines of this invention the fuel is spread out over the interior pore area of a porous burner volume and the large area of contact with air needed for rapid burning is obtained in this way. The fuel may burn in three ways: partial burning of evap... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4380904 | Air fuel engine An engine which utilizes gas and compressed air to provide propulsive force. A compressor and a turbo are connected to the engine to provide compressed air for driving the engine to either supplement or replace the gas.... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4322950 | Combined internal combustion and steam engine My invention relates to internal combustion engines that are intermittently operated as steam engines with the changeover from one phase to the other controlled by the heat of the metal of the engine in the region of the combustion.... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4317432 | Two-cycle internal combustion engine A method for operating a two-cycle internal combustion engine wherein in the scavenging stroke the air-fuel mixture charged into the cylinder forms a stratum adjacent to a piston and the stratum of the air-fuel mixture is made into contact with the stratu... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4310643 | Vulcanizable rubber composition A vulcanizable rubber composition composed of 100 parts by weight of a terpolymer rubber (A) composed of 35 to 80 mole % of epichlorohydrin, 15 to 50 mole % of ethylene oxide and 5 to 15 mole % of an unsaturated epoxide, 0.2 to 10 parts by weight of a non... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4273086 | Device and method for freeing frozen engine cylinders The subject invention constitutes an uncomplicated, inexpensive means of loosening "frozen" cylinders under certain conditions in an internal combustion engine, by applying pressure to the piston by forcing grease from a grease gun applied to a fitting in... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4230646 | Carburetor device A carburetor of the membrane type for correct operation of an engine partially or completely submerged in a liquid such as water. The carburetor has a fuel accumulating chamber which is connected through conventional idling and high-speed jets to a Ventur... | 10/28/1980 |
