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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7806102 | Variable coordination volume type eight-stroke engine The present invention provides a variable coordination volume type eight-stroke engine for increasing the fuel efficiency in the heavy load operation by regulating the maximum air-pressure in the charge-coordinate-channel and adjusting the initiation timing of the i... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7806101 | Two-stage-coordination type eight-stroke engine The present invention provides a two-stage-coordination type eight-stroke engine for controlling the air-flows of the eight-stroke-operation and preventing the backfiring in the coordinate-port during the injection-process, so the coordinate-valve and the coordinate... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7422004 | Internal combustion engine with variable compression ratio In a variable compression ratio internal combustion engine in which the compression ratio is changed by changing the combustion chamber volume, the present invention enables to inhibit irregularities in the air-fuel ratio involved by changing of the combustion chamb... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7415967 | Manifold pressure control for a variable event valvetrain A method for improving engine intake manifold pressure control of an internal combustion engine is described. According to one aspect of the description, the manifold pressure may be controlled to reduce fuel consumption and engine emissions during at least some ope... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7377267 | Injection strategy to maximize efficiency in gaseous engine A method is provided for an engine capable of burning gaseous fuel, the engine also including a combustion chamber, a fuel supply system with at least one fuel tank, at least one intake valve, and at least one exhaust valve, an injector to directly inject gaseous fu... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7347179 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine In a method for operating an internal combustion engine in which the angular locations where the fuel/air mix combustions takes place can be controlled by an adjustment of the inlet and outlet valve timing, the timing of at least one of the intake and exhaust valve ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337763 | Engine valve actuation for combustion enhancement A combustion chamber valve, such as an intake valve or an exhaust valve, is briefly opened during the compression and/or power strokes of a 4-strokes combustion cycle in an internal combustion engine (in particular, a diesel or CI engine). The brief opening may (1) ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7320307 | Manifold pressure control for a variable event valvetrain A method for improving engine intake manifold pressure control of an internal combustion engine is described. According to one aspect of the description, the manifold pressure may be controlled to reduce fuel consumption and engine emissions during at least some ope... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318314 | Method of controlling a supercharged internal-combustion engine with at least two cylinders and engine using such a method A supercharged internal-combustion engine has at least two cylinders with a combustion cycle during which a cylinder (10) of the engine is in the intake phase with burnt gas scavenging in the vicinity of the top dead center (TDC) thereof while another cylinde... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318018 | Control system A control system which is capable of compensating for and suppressing the influence of a periodic disturbance on a controlled object more quickly, even when the controlled object is subjected to the periodic disturbance the amplitude of which periodically changes, t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314037 | Engine brake system of a multicylinder internal combustion engine comprising a cooled intermediate pipe for exchanging gas between cylinders during engine braking The invention relates to a multicylinder internal combustion engine (1) comprising intake valves and exhaust valves that are provided with at least one additional valve (10) for each cylinder (C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7284531 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine In a method for operating an internal combustion engine in which the fuel is injected into a combustion chamber of a pre-injection and a main injection quantity, the quantity of fuel for the pre-injection, which is selected depending on the combustion location, is i... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281527 | Internal combustion engine and working cycle The invention is concerned with a method of deriving mechanical work from a combustion gas in internal combustion engines and reciprocating internal combustion engines for carrying out the method. The invention includes methods and apparatuses for managing combustio... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7263968 | Exhaust gas recirculation An internal combustion engine comprising, an engine management unit, a combustion chamber having an inlet port and an outlet port, a fuel supply mechanism to supply gasoline to the engine, a valve train mechanism to permit introduction of air to the inlet port of th... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263428 | Cylinder inflow exhaust gas amount calculation system of internal combustion engine and intake passage inflow exhaust gas amount calculation system of internal combustion engine A cylinder inflow exhaust gas amount calculation system of an internal combustion engine provided with an intake passage, an exhaust passage, an exhaust gas recirculation passage connecting the intake passage and exhaust passage, and an exhaust gas flow rate control... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258100 | Internal combustion engine control A method for controlling the output of an internal combustion engine includes opening an intake valve on a cylinder; receiving air from an intake manifold into the cylinder during an intake stroke of a piston in the cylinder; returning excess air from the cylinder b... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7237540 | Method of modifying exhaust valve timing to improve engine performance A method for actuating one or more exhaust valves in an internal combustion engine during positive power operation is disclosed. The expansion stroke of an engine cylinder is effectively lengthened and the exhaust stroke is effectively shortened by delaying the open... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222614 | Internal combustion engine and working cycle The invention is concerned with a method of deriving mechanical work from a combustion gas in internal combustion engines and reciprocating internal combustion engines for carrying out the method. The invention includes methods and apparatuses for managing combustio... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213550 | Internal combustion engine and valve timing control method An internal combustion engine includes: a variable valve timing mechanism for changing a valve timing of at least one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve; a pressure for detecting an intake pressure and an exhaust pressure of the internal combustion engine that ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7203589 | Method for a torque-based control of an internal combustion engine In a method for a torque-based control of an internal combustion engine wherein from an input value representing a desired engine power output a desired torque value is calculated, then the desired torque value is converted using a performance graph while taking ano... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191743 | Air and fuel supply system for a combustion engine In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to an internal combustion engine having an engine block defining at least one cylinder and a head connected with said engine block. The head has an air intake port and an exhaust port. The internal combustion engine ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188020 | Control system A control system which is capable of compensating for and suppressing the influence of a periodic disturbance on a controlled object more quickly, even when the controlled object is subjected to the periodic disturbance the amplitude of which periodically changes, t... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181332 | Method for controlling an operating condition of a vehicle engine A residual ratio factor characterizing the amount of residual exhaust gas left in a selected cylinder at the end of a piston intake stroke is determined from tabular and surface models based on previously gathered dynamometer data from a test vehicle at various engi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159560 | Supercharged four-stroke engine combustion method and engine using such a method A combustion method for a supercharged four-stroke engine having at least four cylinders includes a combustion cycle during which a cylinder of the engine is in the exhaust phase while another cylinder is in the supercharged air intake phase with a burnt gas scaveng... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155330 | Cam sensor elimination in compression-ignition engines A method for controlling start of a compression ignition engine having a plurality of cylinders is provided without a cam sensor is provided. Each cylinder includes a respective piston reciprocally movable between respective top and bottom positions along a cylinder... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150272 | Apparatus for an internal combustion engine Method and arrangement for delivering EGR gas to combustion spaces in a multi-cylinder, four-stroke internal combustion engine. Each cylinder, with an associated piston, has at least one inlet valve and at least one exhaust valve (10) for controlling fluid in... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150250 | Valve and fueling strategy for operating a controlled auto-ignition four-stroke internal combustion engine Low load operating point for a controlled auto-ignition four-stroke internal combustion engine is reduced without compromising combustion stability through a valve control operative to establish sub-atmospheric pressure conditions within the combustion chamber into ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143726 | Method and device for controlling the opening of an intake valve of an internal combustion engine A method for controlling the opening of at least one intake valve of a combustion chamber in a periodically working piston engine, at least one intake valve of the combustion chamber being opened during a first partial period of a working period of the piston engine... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131408 | Method and arrangement for controlling an internal combustion engine The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for controlling an internal combustion engine (20) which achieve an optimal efficiency in different operating states. An opening time of an inlet valve (5) of a cylinder (1) of the engine ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128062 | Method for mid load operation of auto-ignition combustion A method is disclosed for expanding the mid load range of a four-stroke gasoline direct-injection controlled auto-ignition combustion engine. The engine includes at least one cylinder containing a piston reciprocably connected with a crank and defining a variable vo... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114484 | Drive apparatus, control method thereof, and motor vehicle equipped with the apparatus and the method Provided herein are a drive apparatus that includes an internal combustion engine capable of operating with a high expansion ratio by reducing an effective compression ratio through advancement of an intake valve closing timing, and a control method of the drive app... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7093568 | Control of autoignition timing in a HCCI engine Method and system embody a valve timing strategy to control the autoignition timing of a four stroke internal combustion engine (10) operated in an HCCI mode at different engine operating conditions such as different engine speed and torque. A particular valv... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7082898 | Internal combustion engine of compression ignition type The present invention aims at expanding an operation range for allowing a compression ignition combustion operation. The present invention provides an internal combustion engine of a compression ignition type that is capable of operating with a compression ignition ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7073481 | In-cylinder combustion recipe for meeting tier 2 locomotive emissions regulations A diesel engine (E) has a combustion chamber (C), a piston (T) movable in the chamber, air intake and exhaust valves (IV, EV), and a nozzle (N) injecting fuel into the combustion chamber. By controlling characteristics of an air-fuel mixture, emissions produced by c... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063059 | Piston engine with selectable firing order A multi-cylinder four-stroke internal combustion engine enabling a method for on-the-fly switching between two or more firing orders. Switching to the new firing order is done without requiring any tear-down of the engine such as to swap camshafts. Switching can be ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7043349 | Method and system for inferring exhaust temperature of a variable compression ratio engine A method for operating a variable compression ratio internal combustion engine includes the steps of determining a compression ratio operating state of the engine and inferring an exhaust temperature for the engine based at least in part on the compression ratio ope... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040264 | Timing advancement for exhaust valve in internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine having a timing device for advancing operation of an exhaust valve, and a method of operating the exhaust valve, wherein, for the case of a conventional automotive engine, the timing device opens the exhaust valve less than 90 degrees b... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036483 | Diesel engine with dual-lobed intake cam for compression ratio control Dual-lobed cams mounted on the intake camshaft of a diesel engine selectively retard timing of the intake valve closure. The purpose of retarding timing of the intake valves is to retard valve closing sufficiently to shorten the effective compression strokes of the ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021270 | Connecting rod and crankshaft assembly for an engine A novel engine is provided with a crankshaft that is offset from a centerline of the bore shaft, where a reciprocally sliding piston is disposed. A curved or angularly shaped connecting rod is pivotably connected to the piston at one end and to the crankshaft at the... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7004124 | Valve strategy for operating a controlled auto-ignition four-stroke internal combustion engine Low load operating point for a controlled auto-ignition four-stroke internal combustion engine is reduced without compromising combustion stability through a valve control operative to establish sub-atmospheric pressure conditions within the combustion chamber into ... | 02/28/2006 |
