Quotables
"What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I pray you, excuse me, I have not the time to listen to such nonsense."
Napoleon Bonaparte ; When told of the Robert Fulton steamboat
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181625 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine In an internal combustion engine, fuel is directly injected into at least one combustion chamber at least during a compression stroke in such a way that a stratified mixture is present in the combustion chamber. This mixture is then externally ignited. The fuel is i... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8151760 | High pressure injection arrangement for an internal combustion engine with direct injection The invention relates to a high pressure injection arrangement for an internal combustion engine with direct injection, with an injection valve and a support element, which supports the injection valve in the installed state on a seat of an internal combustion engin... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8069835 | Internal combustion engine and operating method therefor The present disclosure provides an internal combustion engine having an engine housing with at least one cylinder that has diameter less than about 3 inches. A fuel injector is provided and disposed at least partially within the at least one cylinder, and includes a... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7963268 | Control strategy for transitions between homogeneous-charge compression-ignition and spark-ignition combustion modes A method for transitioning a spark-ignition direct injection internal combustion engine between a controlled auto-ignition combustion mode and a homogeneous spark-ignition combustion mode includes operating the engine in a stratified-charge spark-ignition combustion... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7938098 | Control apparatus and control method of in-cylinder injection type spark ignition internal combustion engine An ECU controls an internal combustion engine which generates a tumble flow inside a cylinder and strengthens the tumble flow by fuel injected near bottom dead center of an intake stroke. The ECU includes an injection timing changing device that changes the injectio... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7861684 | Compression ignition engine and method for controlling same An engine having improved combustion characteristics is provided. The engine includes a fuel injection system that is variable between two operational states. In the first operating state, the fuel injectors provide a fuel spray having first spray pattern characteri... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7677221 | Internal-combustion engine, notably of direct injection type, with a piston provided with a bowl comprising a teat The invention concerns an internal combustion engine, in particular with direct injection comprising at least one cylinder (10), one piston (30) sliding in said cylinder, a combustion chamber (26) delimited on one side by the upper side of the p... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7597084 | Internal combustion engine and operating method therefor The present disclosure provides an engine operating method and high power density internal combustion engine, including an engine housing with a plurality of cylinders. Fuel injectors are provided and disposed at least partially within each cylinder, and configured ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7478620 | Method and apparatus to control a transition between HCCI and SI combustion in a direct-injection gasoline engine A method to operate a multi-cylinder direct-injection engine in one of a controlled auto-ignition and a spark-ignition combustion mode is described. Engine operation and an operator torque request are monitored. Fuel delivery to a portion of the cylinders is selecti... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7392785 | Controlled self-ignition of an otto engine by supporting spark ignition A method for operating an internal combustion engine in controlled self-ignition, a fuel-air mixture being introduced into a combustion chamber at least partially in a gas-exchange cycle, and being compressed in a compression stroke, the load range usable for the Ot... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7387105 | Injector for diesel engine An injector for a diesel engine that controls an injecting angle of a fuel in accordance with a driving type of the diesel engine. A nozzle body defines first and second injection holes for injecting a fuel into a combustion chamber and first and second needles sele... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383820 | Electromechanical valve timing during a start A system and method to control engine valve timing to during the start of an internal combustion engine. Electromechanical valves are controlled in a manner to reduce hydrocarbon emissions during the start of an internal combustion engine. The method controls intake... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7377255 | Dual injection type internal combustion engine A dual injection type internal combustion engine including an injector for in-cylinder injection and an injector for intake manifold injection includes a learning device for learning a background noise level based on an output signal of a knock sensor, and a knockin... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370616 | Method for transition between controlled auto-ignition and spark ignition modes in direct fuel injection engines A method is provided for control of transition between combustion modes of a direct-injection engine operable in a homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) mode at lower loads and a spark ignition flame propagation (SI) mode at higher loads. The engine include... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370633 | Load transient control methods for direct-injection engines with controlled auto-ignition combustion A direct injection controlled auto-ignition engine is operated at steady state, within a homogeneous charge compression-ignition (HCCI) load range and with fuel-air-diluent mixtures at predetermined conditions, for each speed and load, of engine control inputs, incl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367308 | Method for load transient control between lean and stoichiometric combustion modes of direct-injection engines with controlled auto-ignition combustion A method is provided for control of a direct-injection engine operated with controlled auto-ignition (HCCI) during load transient operations between modes of lean combustion low load (HCCI/Lean) and stiochiometric combustion medium load (HCCI/Stoich.). The method in... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367181 | System for assisting the regeneration of depollution means integrated in an exhaust line of a heat engine The system for assisting the regeneration of depollution means (1) integrated in an exhaust line (2) of a heat engine (3) of a motor vehicle, by switching the engine between operation in lean mode and operation in rich mode in accordance with va... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367309 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine is provided which can operate by either the homogeneous charge compression ignition system or the spark ignition system using a single fuel. In the internal combustion engine using a fuel containing a hydrocarbon, the fuel contains o-xy... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367313 | Speed transient control methods for direct-injection engines with controlled auto-ignition combustion A direct injection controlled auto-ignition engine is operated at steady state, within a homogeneous charge compression-ignition (HCCI) load range and with fuel-air-diluent mixtures at predetermined conditions, for each speed and load, of engine control inputs, incl... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367310 | Controller for compression ignition engine The controller includes combustion mode switching means for decreasing an exhaust gas temperature in the spark ignition combustion immediately before the combustion mode switching based on an estimated exhaust gas temperature immediately before the combustion mode s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367290 | Diesel combustion mode switching control strategy and model A combustion mode switching control system for diesel engines is provided. The system includes: a switch determination module that initiates a switch request to switch between at least one of a premixed compression ignition (PCI) mode and a diesel combustion mode ba... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360523 | Method and apparatus to control operation of a homogeneous charge compression-ignition engine The invention provides a method for operating a multi-cylinder, spark-ignition, direct-injection, four-stroke internal-combustion engine adapted to operate in a controlled auto-ignition mode selectively operative at stoichiometry and lean of stoichiometry. The metho... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357124 | Multiple capillary fuel injector for an internal combustion engine A fuel injector for vaporizing a liquid fuel for use in an internal combustion engine. The fuel injector includes a plurality of capillary flow passages, each of the plurality of capillary flow passages having an inlet end and an outlet end; a heat source arranged a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357103 | Internal combustion engine and method for performing a mode switch in said engine The invention relates to an internal combustion engine provided with at least one cylinder and comprising a fuel injection system, an intake air charging system for supplying air under pressure to an air intake manifold, a controller for controlling the fuel injecti... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347180 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine In a method for operating an internal combustion engine having a variable compression ratio either in a compression ignition or in a spark ignition operating mode depending on the engine operating point, a higher compression ratio is provided in the compression igni... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343902 | Dual combustion mode engine A system and method to provide a desired torque increase from an engine in which some cylinder operate in spark ignition (SI) combustion mode only and some cylinders operate in homogeneous-charge, compression-ignition (HCCI) combustion mode only are disclosed. Such ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337768 | Multiple capillary fuel injector for an internal combustion engine A fuel injector for delivering fuel to an internal combustion engine. The fuel injector includes a fuel injector housing, a system for metering vaporized fuel to the internal combustion engine, the system positioned within the fuel injector housing, and a system for... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322341 | Control system for internal combustion engine A control system for an internal combustion engine having a fuel injection valve. A fuel injection timing is determined according to the detected engine operating condition. A target ignition timing of the fuel is calculated using a plurality of maps that store the ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318427 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine In a method of operating a reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine with a combustion chamber in which a fuel mix with fresh gas is provided via intake ports and combustion exhaust gases are discharged through exhaust ports which can be opened by intake valve... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7309030 | Injection nozzle The invention provides an injection nozzle for an internal combustion engine, the injection nozzle (2) including an outer valve member (8) received within a bore (6) provided in a nozzle body (4) and being engageable with a first seating ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293551 | Liquefied gas-fuel supply device for diesel engine Since an aspirator 7 is disposed at a position lower than a fuel gallery 11 and an overflow fuel pipe 81, DME fuel remaining in the fuel gallery 11 and the overflow fuel pipe 81 can be more efficiently retrieved to a fuel tank 4... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290531 | Integrated fuel supply system for internal combustion engine An electronic fuel injection system is combined with a carburetor in a carbureted internal combustion engine. The resulting air/fuel induction system comprises a carburetor air/fuel induction system in combination with an electronic fuel injection system which uses ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278393 | Direct injection type fuel injection device and fuel injection control device for internal combustion engine A fuel injection device is provided with a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber and an air injection valve for the injection of air into the combustion chamber. One fuel injection orifice which opens into the combustion chamber is provid... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267111 | Fuel injector Known fuel injectors have a valve housing in which an actuator and an hydraulic coupler are arranged, an electrical plug being provided on the valve housing for contact with a voltage source. The cables running from the plug to the actuator must be guided around the... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7246595 | Diesel engine with differential cylinder group operation A method for controlling operation of a diesel engine having a plurality of cylinders, the engine including a first group of cylinders and a second group of cylinders, the method comprising of operating the first group of cylinders with a first intake and exhaust va... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246597 | Method and apparatus to operate a homogeneous charge compression-ignition engine A method and apparatus for controlling engine operation to compensate for effects of combustion chamber deposits (CCDs) on combustion in a controlled auto-ignition engine is presented. Control methodologies comprise operation of variable valve actuation, fuel inject... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240659 | Transition strategy for engine operation with spark ignition and homogeneous charge compression ignition modes A method of operating an internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber with a piston and a spark plug, when transitioning between spark ignition combustion and autoignition combustion, creating a first mixture of air and fuel, adjusting an operating conditi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234440 | Fuel injection strategy for reduced cold start emission from direct injection gasoline engines A system, comprising of an engine having a cylinder therein, a fuel injector coupled to said cylinder and configured to directly inject fuel into said cylinder, a fuel system coupled to said injector, and a controller configured to control engine starting operation,... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228839 | NOx emission control for a controlled auto-ignition four-stroke internal combustion engine A four-stroke internal combustion engine is operated in controlled auto-ignition mode by any of a variety of valve control strategies conducive to controlled auto-ignition conditions in conjunction with in-cylinder fuel charges that are at either stoichiometric or l... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225790 | Valve device and method for injecting a gaseous fuel A valve device and a method directly inject gaseous fuel into a combustion chamber. A rapid response in a simple and compact design is achieved by a piezoelectric, magnetostrictive, or electromagnetic actuator that acts on a transmission device that comprises at lea... | 06/05/2007 |
