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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151762 | Direct-injection spark-ignition engine Disclosed is a direct-injection spark-ignition engine designed to promote catalyst activation during cold engine operation. A fuel injection timing for a fuel injection period in an compression stroke (second fuel injection period F2) is set to allow a first fuel sp... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8104450 | Backwards injected engine Fuel is injected into and through the exhaust port and into the cylinder of the piston engine during the time when the flow is reversed from the normally expected flow. The engine is able to operate with some or all of its fuel injected backwards of conventional exp... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8074621 | In-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine The invention provides an in-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine that is capable of controlling gas flow velocity in the vicinity of an ignition part of a spark plug and maintaining an air-fuel mixture suitable for ignition for a long time. The engine... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7966990 | 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... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7942126 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine and internal combustion engine for such a method In a method for operating a direct-injection auto-ignition internal combustion engine and a correspondingly configured internal combustion engine including a piston top having integrally formed therein a piston recess which merges into an essentially annular stepped... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7926463 | Cylinder injection type spark ignition internal combustion engine An engine provided with a fuel injector for directly injecting fuel into a cylinder, a spark plug positioning a spark gap in a flight path of fuel injected from the fuel injector, and a cavity formed in a piston top face, wherein at the time of stratified combustion... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7918206 | Device for reducing soot emissions in a vehicle combustion engine An internal combustion engine includes a combustion chamber, at least one intake port for directing intake air into the combustion chamber with no/low swirling; a piston with piston bowl, an injector with plurality of orifices arranged to inject fuel with high injec... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7895986 | Diesel engine and fuel injection nozzle therefor A fuel injection nozzle for a diesel engine. The fuel injection nozzle may include a plurality of injection hole groups, each having two injection holes respectively. A distance between the two injection holes, an angle between longitudinal axes of the two injection... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7861685 | Direct fuel injection diesel engine In a direct fuel injection diesel engine equipped with a pentroof-shaped piston, a collision angle (α) at which fuel injected in a direction in which the height of the top face of a piston (13) is high collides with a cavity (25) is set larger than a ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7823557 | Compression ignition engine having fuel injection devices and processes for promoting cleaner burning lifted flame combustion A mixing and combustion process for a compression ignition engine (10) creates an in-cylinder compressed gas charge of air and recirculated exhaust that has a temperature high enough to initiate and sustain combustion of diesel fuel that is subsequently injec... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7753025 | Surface ignition mechanism for diesel engines The present disclosure relates to combusting fuel during cold start. A glow-plug may be provided within a combustion chamber having a volume including a piston, wherein the glow plug may provide a localized heated region. Air may then be provided into the chamber an... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7721702 | Spark plug having separate housing-mounted electrode A spark plug arrangement for an exhaust treatment device is disclosed. The spark plug arrangement may have a body, and a center electrode extending from an end of the body. The spark plug arrangement may further have a mounting member with a bore configured to recei... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7571708 | Spark ignited direct injection targeting for improved combustion An engine assembly may include an engine block defining a cylinder bore, a piston disposed within the cylinder bore, and a spark ignited direct injection fuel system. The piston may be disposed within the cylinder bore and may be reciprocally displaceable from a fir... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7543560 | Cylinder direct gasoline injection type internal combustion engine, control equipment thereof, and injector To balance ignition retard for reduction in exhaust and increase in exhaust gas temperature at a start of cooling, and increased output under a full open condition. There are provided an upward spray that forms airflow toward an electrode portion of an ignition plug... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7527033 | Device and method for assisting injection and ignition of fuel of cylinder injection internal combustion engine An object of the present invention is to produce a difference in the pressure produced in a plurality of holes formed in a side part of a shield by a fuel injected from a fuel injection valve toward the side part, thereby the fuel flows easily into the shield by way... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7506631 | Internal combustion engine In an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder with a combustion chamber formed between a piston and a cylinder head, inlet and outlet ducts formed in the cylinder head, a fuel injector arranged in the cylinder head into for forming a hollow fuel cone... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7464687 | Direct-injection engine, method of controlling the same, piston used in the same and fuel injection valve used in the same In an injector having three concentrated fuel spray bands, one of the fuel spray bands is directed to an spark plug, and the others are directed to curved grooves on a piston. The sprays that enter each groove advance along each groove, mutually collide substantiall... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7441536 | Internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection In an internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder in which a combustion space is delimited between a piston and a cylinder head, with a fuel injector having an outwardly opening injection nozzle arranged in the combustion space for injecting fuel in the fo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7404389 | Direct injection internal combustion engine A direct injection engine has a fuel injection valve that directs a spray of fuel to each side of a spark plug electrode. The fuel mixes with the air to define a region of relatively richer air-fuel mixture and a region of relatively leaner air-fuel mixture. The ele... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7370627 | Optimized low emission two-stroke internal combustion diesel engine An optimized two-stroke internal combustion diesel engine, suitable for locomotive applications, has been developed to meet the EPA locomotive Tier 2 emission standards. To achieve a low emission target below the EPA Tier 2 standards for NOx (5.5 g/bhp-hr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370631 | Fuel injection system A fuel-injection system including a fuel injector, having a plurality of spray-discharge orifices, which meters fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, has an ignition device, which projects into the combustion chamber, this ignition device ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367179 | Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine having a catalytic converter A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine having a catalytic converter are described making it possible to heat the catalytic converter more quickly. An additional load of the internal combustion engine is applied to heat the catalytic conver... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357116 | Direct injection internal combustion engine A direct injection engine has a fuel injection valve that directs a spray of fuel to each side of a spark plug electrode. The fuel mixes with the air to define a region of relatively richer air-fuel mixture and a region of relatively leaner air-fuel mixture. The ele... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347181 | Direct injection spark ignition engine A direct injection spark ignition engine comprises a cylinder, a piston, a fuel injector arranged at one side of a center axis of the cylinder for directly injecting fuel into the combustion chamber, and a smoothly continuous lowered recess formed on a top surface o... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331325 | Direct-injection spark-ignition internal combustion engine When an engine is in transitional operation, combustion is carried out by spray guide method. Further, when catalyst temperature T is high, namely, equal to or higher than a specified maximum temperature T1, stratified charge combustion by spray guide method ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7319208 | Controller and glow plug for controlling energization modes There is provided a control device for a glow plug, capable of controlling the energization of a resistance heater of the glow plug by a resistance control process while attaining good resistance control response under cooling of the heater by fuel injection and com... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318406 | Bowl-in-piston of a cylinder in a direct injection engine A piston in a direct injection spark ignition internal combustion engine is configured to reciprocate upward and downward within a combustion chamber along a reciprocating axis. The piston comprises an upper end which partly defines the combustion chamber; a bowl de... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314033 | Fuel management system for variable ethanol octane enhancement of gasoline engines Fuel management system for efficient operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder of the engine. A fuel management microprocessor system controls injection of the anti-knock agent so as ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7287521 | System and method for improved engine starting using heated intake air A system for an internal combustion engine, the engine having an intake and exhaust manifold, the system comprising of a heat exchanger configured to extract energy from engine exhaust gases; a catalyst coupled between said heat exchanger and the exhaust manifold of... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281514 | Glow ring ignition assist for internal combustion engine A glow member, preferably in the shape of a ring, assists ignition and combustion of a fuel used in an internal combustion engine. A fuel injection valve injects a plurality of fuel jets directly into a combustion chamber during operation of the engine so that the f... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278382 | Water-cooled two-cycle engine A cooling structure of a water-cooled two-cycle parallel multicylinder engine includes: an exhaust port in a cylinder block; an air intake port disposed in a crankcase below the exhaust port; a water pump disposed in the crankcase in an opposite side of the exhaust ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275515 | Control device for internal combustion engine An in-cylinder injector injects fuel to be sprayed in the form of an inverted letter V sandwiching a spark plug, as seen in a top view, and in a sector as seen in a side view. The sprayed fuel interferes with an intake valve assuming an open position. An engine ECU ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273031 | Fuel mixture diffuser tab for a direct-injection internal combustion engine A cylinder head assembly for a direct-injection engine is provided. The cylinder head assembly includes a cylinder head at least partially defining a combustion chamber. The cylinder head is sufficiently configured to receive a fuel injector operable to inject fuel ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7243634 | Turbocharging and precombustion chamber spark plug internal combustion engine, ignition method and application The invention concerns an internal combustion engine with at least one engine member, the engine member including a combustion chamber (4) of a combustible mixture with fuel components and oxidants, an ignition system of the combustible mixture by an igniter ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237526 | Internal combustion engine with direct injection and sparking plug with precombustion chamber, ignition method and application The invention concerns an internal combustion engine with at least one engine member, the engine member including a combustion chamber (4) of a combustible mixture with fuel and oxidant components fitted with a compression system (9), an ignition syste... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237527 | Fuel injector for an internal combustion engine A fuel injector comprising a head which has a free outer face and a main orifice designed to spray a fuel jet in a main direction and a secondary orifice designed to spray a fuel jet in a secondary direction, the main and secondary orifices opening into the outer fa... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237768 | Liquid fuel and gas atomization and dispersion system A fuel injector is coupled to a fuel source. A vortex generator is coupled with the injector and a gas source and has a passageway there through. A portion of the passageway has a generally tapered configuration. At least one manifold tube has a generally hollow tub... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234437 | Direct-injection internal combustion engine and combustion method therefor A direct-injection internal combustion engine and a combustion method therefore in which fuel injection timing of a fuel injection valve is so configured that (a) the fuel inverted from a cavity in a crown portion of a piston reaches proximity to the discharge elect... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231902 | Fuel injection valve and internal combustion engine mounting the same At an outlet portion of an injection hole (8) of a fuel injection valve (1), through removal of a part (A1, 7B) of a wall forming the injection hole (8), a restriction to a spray flow is released, thereby, a deflection spray is formed in ... | 06/19/2007 |
