Quotables
"That the automobile has practically reached the limit of its development is suggested by the fact that during the past year no improvements of a radical nature have been introduced."
Scientific American ; Jan. 2 edition, 1909
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 |
| 8091528 | Integrated fuel injector igniters having force generating assemblies for injecting and igniting fuel and associated methods of use and manufacture Embodiments of injectors configured for adaptively injecting and igniting various fuels in a combustion chamber are disclosed herein. An injector according to one embodiment includes an end portion configured to be positioned adjacent to a combustion chamber, and an... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8069836 | Fuel injection stream parallel opposed multiple electrode spark gap for fuel injector Generally, a multiple electrode spark gap fuel injector and methods of utilizing a multiple electrode spark gap fuel injector for internal combustion engines. Specifically, at least one pair of electrodes having a corresponding pair of electrode ends radially locate... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7966989 | Engine control apparatus An engine control apparatus controls changeover of a combustion mode in an engine in which each cylinder has an injector that can perform fuel injection a predetermined number of times for each cylinder combustion. A control unit controls fuel injection and ignition... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7849833 | Engine head structure An injector, a spark plug and a pressure sensor are assembled integrally in a common housing. The common housing is fixed in a mounting hole provided in a cylinder head of an engine so that tip end portions of the injector, the spark plug and the pressure sensor fac... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7798119 | Internal combustion water injection engine An internal combustion system and a water injection nozzle to position a water mist within an internal chamber of an internal combustion engine. In one form, the apical cone of the injection is altered with respect to the position of the piston within the interior c... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7650873 | Spark ignition and fuel injector system for an internal combustion engine An improved spark ignition system for an internal combustion engine that includes a pair of electrodes disposed to extend from opposite sides and into a combustion chamber to form a spark gap between them that is central to the combustion chamber. Each electrode is ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7628137 | Multifuel storage, metering and ignition system A system for safe storage and efficient utilization of a variety of fuel selections that range in composition and phase from cryogenic mixtures of solids and liquids to elevated temperature gases is provided for unique applications with various types of heat engines... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7591242 | Plasma reformer and internal combustion engine system having the same A plasma reformer includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an insulating member, an atomizing device and a power supply. A discharge gap is defined between the first electrode and the second electrode. The insulating member is arranged between the first elect... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7578279 | Fuel injection spark ignition system A fuel injection system providing both fuel injection devices (5) and methods of fuel injection for internal combustion engines (1) in which a piezoelectric material (29) generates a current discharged to ignite fuel (8) delivered into th... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7546826 | Injector-ignition for an internal combustion engine The present invention provides a heated catalyzed fuel injector that dispenses fuel substantially exclusively during the power stroke of an internal combustion engine, wherein ignition occurs in a fast burn zone at high fuel density such that a leading surface of th... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7435082 | Furnace using plasma ignition system for hydrocarbon combustion An apparatus and method for the creation, placement and control of an area of electrical ionization within an internal combustion engine combustion chamber or a fuel burner for a furnace is disclosed. A furnace includes a fuel source, a fuel burner, a plasma nozzle ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431008 | Ignition system of an internal combustion engine An ignition system of an internal combustion engine, of a motor vehicle in particular, having at least one device for igniting a jet of a fuel/air mixture which has a chamber enclosing a process space in which the ignition of the fuel/air mixture takes place. The ch... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7278413 | Fuel pump system with precision variable restrictor A supplemental fuel supply system for use in an internal combustion engine having a fuel supply and using an on-demand supplemental oxygen supply includes a fuel pump and a supplemental oxygen supply regulator. The pump has a fuel supply and a fuel discharge. The pu... | 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 |
| 7250689 | Common composition engine control unit and voltage regulator A control unit assembly is disclosed including a housing, at least one processor to control operation of an engine, and a voltage regulator configured to regulate a voltage of at least one rail of the engine. The at least one processing unit and the voltage regulato... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7228840 | Spark ignition device and internal combustion engine with the same A plurality of spark electrodes are disposed in an arc shape on the surface or so as to be projected from the surface of an insulating member formed on a part of the wall face of a combustion chamber, and are formed so as to be in series electrically via discharging... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7201136 | Direct injection of fuels in internal combustion engines A fuel delivery injector for an internal combustion engine is provided. A fuel injector forms part of a device which provides a combined injection and ignition. The fuel delivery injector comprises first and second portions adapted to be detachably connected togethe... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188587 | Methods for operating a compression ignition engine A method of operating a compression ignition engine is disclosed. The method comprises, introducing an enriching component into a combustion chamber during an intake stroke, igniting the enriching component during the compression stroke, introducing a main injection... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188478 | Power generation system and method of operating same A power generation system comprising a liquid-cooled electrolyzer operable to produce a supply of hydrogen from water is provided. The power generation system may also comprise a steam turbine and a steam production device operable to produce a supply of steam to th... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7162994 | Control method and apparatus for gaseous fuelled internal combustion engine A method and apparatus create an environment within a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine suitable for auto-ignition and combustion of a fuel that will not otherwise auto-ignite. Under high-load conditions, a pilot quantity of the fuel is injected in... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161119 | Multiple filament for sheathed-element glow plugs A sheathed-element glow plug, in particular for internal combustion engines, includes a housing, a glow plug situated on the housing and having a heating and regulating filament situated in the glow tube, current being applicable to this heating and regulating filam... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150443 | Control valve for nitrous oxide injection system A nitrous oxide or fuel control valve has flow control of nitrous oxide from a fluid-delivery aperture (7) or flow control of fuel from a fluid-delivery aperture (8) into a injection nozzle (22) of an intake manifold of an engine by actuation of... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140562 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injector for the direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes a valve needle situated in a nozzle body, the valve needle being actuable by an actuator and acted upon by a restoring spring in such a manner that... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131423 | Fuel injection spark ignition system A fuel injection system providing both fuel injection devices and methods of fuel injection for internal combustion engines in which a piezoelectric material generates a current discharged to ignite fuel delivered into the engine combustion chamber. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128590 | Signal connector A signal connector is provided according to the invention which signal connector relates to a signal connector used to connect to an electronic circuit and can be switchedly operated between two signal sources. The elements needed are simplified so that the signal c... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7117726 | Method and apparatus for indirect measurement of engine cylinder pressure An apparatus for determining the pressure within the combustion chamber of an engine. The engine has a fuel injector seated within an opening of a cylinder head to inject fuel into the combustion chamber. Combustion chamber pressure acts upon the fuel injector to ej... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7107964 | Control of auto-ignition timing for homogeneous combustion jet ignition engines A method and system of controlling auto-ignition timing in an internal combustion engine cylinder in which the timing of auto-ignition in prechambers that are coupled to the cylinder is precisely controlled. The auto-ignition in the prechambers produces hot gas jets... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7086376 | Combined fuel injection and ignition means A device (10) providing a combined fuel injection and ignition means for a spark-ignition internal combustion engine. The device (10) comprises a insulator body (25) of ceramic material, a fuel flow path (24) having a section thereof enca... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077100 | Combined fuel injection valve-ignition plug A fuel injector having an integrated spark plug is provided, the fuel injector providing direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, and the spark plug for igniting the fuel injected into the combustion chamber. Also provided... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7069907 | Compression ignition internal combustion engine A compression ignition engine injects fuel through injection holes of an injector at a substantially constant injection rate to atomize the fuel so that the fuel can be easily vaporized and to make the fuel penetrate an atmosphere inside a cylinder. A spatial distri... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7044104 | Internal combustion engine with compression ignition In a method for operating an internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection, in which air and a first fuel quantity are fed to a combustion chamber, in such a manner that a homogenous lean base mixture is formed in the combustion chamber, and a second fuel qu... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7021275 | Igniter for internal combustion engines operating over a wide range of air fuel ratios An igniter for ignition over a wide air/fuel ratio range. Igniter includes an igniter body including an internal cavity disposed substantially within the igniter body, an internal spark gap disposed substantially within the internal cavity, an external spark gap dis... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6997401 | Fuel injector nozzle adapter A fuel injector adapter for providing nitrous oxide to an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The nozzle has a fuel injector passage, having a central axis and terminating at an injector outlet, for passing fuel from a fuel injector to an engine. The nozzle als... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6955154 | Fuel injector spark plug A spark plug and fuel injector combination. The spark plug has a central channel that funnels fuel into the lower portion of the spark plug, where it is superheated. A solenoid system causes a needle valve to rise up to allow a measured quantity of fuel to be inject... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6947830 | Adaptive variable fuel internal combustion engine A programmable internal combustion engine, comprising programmable computer processor controlled engine components including electronically controllable valves, fuel injection and air fuel mixture ignition cylinder components, is programmed to dynamically reconfigur... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941901 | Injector for an internal combustion engine fueled with hydrogen gas An injector for hydrogen gas for use in an internal combustion engine, the injector comprising a mixing chamber communicating with a cylinder of the internal combustion engine via an injector tip, where a water input port and a hydrogen input port feed individually ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6932278 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injector for the direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing internal combustion engine having external ignition includes a piezoelectric or magnetostrictive actuator and a valve needle, which, via a compensation element, is ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6925983 | Fuel injection valve spark plug combination A fuel injector-spark plug combination includes a fuel injector for the direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine and a spark plug with a spark-plug insulator, the spark plug having a first electrode, and a second electrode ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923387 | Deposit control in fuel injector nozzles An injector nozzle for a fuel injected internal combustion engine, said injector nozzle including a port (5) having a valve seat surface (15) and a valve member (3) having a seating surface (17), said valve member (3) being movable... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6923645 | Gas mixing device A gas-mixing device includes a store tank, a mixing chamber provided in the store tank, an air intake tube provided in the mixing chamber and having an intake, and an outlet tube connected with the mixing chamber. Properly pressured air is pumped through the air int... | 08/02/2005 |
