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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7779810 | Idle stability improvement for direct injected engines A fuel injection method for internal combustion engines with gasoline direct fuel injection systems comprises receiving a crankshaft position signal from a crankshaft position sensor. A position of a crankshaft is determined from the crankshaft position signal. Fuel... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7610898 | Apparatus and method for controlling idle speed of internal combustion engine An engine has a variable valve actuation mechanism that varies lift characteristics of an intake valve. An idle speed control apparatus has a control section for controlling an intake air amount of the engine in an idle state for adjusting an actual engine speed to ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7389765 | Electrically controlled throttle apparatus An electrically controlled throttle apparatus comprises a throttle valve for controlling an amount of intake air to be supplied to an internal combustion engine; a throttle body which houses the throttle valve; a motor for driving the throttle valve; and a throttle ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7369932 | System and method for turbine engine fault detection using discrete event system modeling A system and method is provided for fault detection in a turbine engine. The fault detection system and method uses discrete event system modeling to provide improved fault diagnosis and prognosis. The fault detection system and method receives sensor taken at multi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357121 | Control apparatus for internal combustion engine An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: calculating a fuel injection ratio of an in-cylinder injector; calculating an amount of spark advance using a first map employed when the in-cylinder injector has a fuel injection ratio of one, said first map ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7328686 | System and method to control cylinder activation and deactivation Engine cylinder reactivation from a fuel-cut state is controlled based on a calculated future engine speed and a minimum allowable engine speed. The future engine speed is calculated based on the current rate of change of engine speed and a duration required to reac... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311080 | Idle speed controller of internal, combustion engine, and internal combustion engine controller and internal combustion engine An idle rotational speed controller of an internal combustion engine includes an intake path for supplying air to a combustion chamber. An auxiliary intake path communicates the intake path on upstream and downstream sides of a throttle valve in the intake path. An ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7290526 | Throttle body having fuel return passage and vehicle A throttle body includes a housing that accommodates a connector for a rotation shaft of a throttle valve disposed in the throttle body and a throttle position sensor, a fuel return passage that communicates the housing with an air intake passage in the throttle bod... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7231907 | Variable incremental activation and deactivation of cylinders in a displacement on demand engine A method of regulating displacement in a displacement on demand engine includes determining a desired engine displacement and determining a current engine displacement. The method further includes adjusting activation of a first cylinder to partially achieve the des... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222604 | Method and device for controlling a drive unit A method and a device for controlling a drive unit which allow an improved transition between idle regulation and drive unit propulsion are provided. A setpoint value for an output variable of the drive unit is predefined, it being possible to modify the setpoint va... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7204229 | Method and device for determining an output torque In a method for determining an output torque in order to prevent pedal play in a gas pedal assigned to a combustion engine, a correction torque Muffset is calculated in this respect, which is dependent on the activation speed Nact of the idling... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7191755 | Idle air control valve stepper motor initialization technique A system for controlling idle air flow for an engine. The system includes an idle air control valve, a stepper motor, and a controller. The idle air control valve has a first hard stop and a second hard stop. The stepper motor is coupled to the idle air control valv... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7174880 | Method for operation of an internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine has an air intake tract which comprises at least one inlet pipe leading to one intake duct per cylinder of the internal combustion engine. It also has at least one exhaust gas duct per cylinder of the internal combustion engine, at leas... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168410 | Idle speed controller for internal combustion engine An idle speed controller for an internal combustion engine provided with an intake variable valve timing mechanism for varying valve timing and a variable working angle for varying a valve working angle of an intake valve. The controller performs idle speed control.... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165530 | Method for controlling a variable-speed engine A method for controlling a variable-speed engine of a machine is provided. The machine may include a park-brake. The method may include receiving a signal indicating an engagement status of the park-brake. The method may also include operating the variable-speed eng... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152582 | Gasoline type identifying system and method for identifying gasoline type The types of gasolines having different distillation characteristics and various compositions are identified accurately and rapidly. A pulse voltage is applied for a predetermined time to a liquid type identifying sensor heater including a heater and an identifying ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7124736 | Idling opening degree control apparatus in intake air control apparatus To make a motor to control throttle valve opening degree compact and reduce electricity consumption, a throttle valve lever (4) attached to a throttle valve shaft (3) has a roller (4b) and an operating arm portion (4a), a lo... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7082936 | Internal combustion engine control device An engine control device is configured to prevent a rotational speed of a vehicle engine from becoming abnormally low during deceleration due to an abnormal air-fuel ratio. When conditions for feedback control of engine idle speed are not satisfied and self diagnosi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080627 | Throttle control device for internal combustion engines A throttle control device having a quick response and a control stability in the ISC running mode of an internal combustion engine comprises: feedback control means for outputting an amount of activation for activating a drive motor by using a predetermined control ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7047937 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine is provided, and has a throttle element mounted in the intake channel of the engine so as to be pivotable, via a throttle shaft, between an idling position and a full-load position. An abutment is fixedly connected with the throttle sha... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7021272 | Computer controlled multi-stroke cycle power generating assembly and method of operation An internal combustion engine and its method of operation including at least one embodiment operating on a six-stroke cycle and including at least one piston and cylinder assembly. The six-stroke cycle includes two power strokes, the latter of which is the result of... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021281 | Engine idle control system An internal combustion engine idle speed control system includes a first valve control mechanism that adjusts a first operating parameter of a first cylinder valve. A control module determines an idle speed error and generates a first control signal to the first val... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013868 | Accelerator signal offset system A disclosed accelerator pedal offset system includes a first connector that can be coupled to an accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle and a second connector that can be coupled, in place of the accelerator pedal, to an engine control module of the vehicle. The secon... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7000591 | Throttle assembly having deadband linkage An apparatus and method for adjusting a throttle plate of a throttle assembly of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. A throttle linkage mechanically connects a throttle actuator to the throttle assembly with a deadband therebetween. The deadband allows the t... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6994067 | Valve timing mechanism for a rotary valve internal combustion engine A rotary valve internal combustion engine comprising a crankshaft, a throttle (23), a throttle actuator, a cylinder head (7), a combustion chamber (8), and at least one rotary valve (1). The rotary valve (1) having at least two por... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6965825 | Control apparatus for vehicle and method thereof In a diagnosis control for periodically detecting a pressure in a fuel tank during an operation of an engine is stopped, to diagnose whether or not the leakage occurs in a fuel vapor purge system, the power supply to a sensor detecting the pressure in the fuel tank ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6948477 | Idle speed control device An idle speed control device for smoothly executing a transition from an idle state where engine speed is feedback controlled to a non-idling state where open-loop control is employed. The device includes an idling state determination section for determining whether... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6941927 | Internal combustion engine control during cold start The invention relates to a method for controlling an internal combustion engine during a cold start operation. The engine is supplied with a substantially constant, lean air/fuel ratio immediately after the engine is started, while the engine has an idle speed that ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6918803 | Outboard motor An outboard motor in which a location on a hull of a throttle operating unit (81) such as a throttle lever and a location on the hull of an outboard motor main body accommodating therein an engine are positioned away from each other on the hull and in which a... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6880523 | Measurement of engine cylinder induction air quantity An engine cylinder induction air quantity measuring apparatus includes a controller to calculate an intake manifold inside air quantity of air in an intake manifold of the engine, from a sensed intake air quantity by performing a balance calculation to calculate a b... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6879902 | Accelerator opening setting apparatus, method thereof and motor vehicle equipped with the apparatus When the vehicle speed is within a range equal to or greater than a threshold value in which the vehicle is often cruised, a cruising accelerator opening is set as an accelerator opening needed to cruise the vehicle at the vehicle speed, and a cruise-purposed conver... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6877480 | Idle speed compensation in a pedal map A method of controlling torque output of an engine including receiving an acceleration pedal position signal and receiving an engine speed signal. The method also includes calculating a modified engine speed signal as a function of the engine speed signal and the ac... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6823839 | Apparatus for and method of controlling temperature of exhaust gas sensor, and recording medium storing program for controlling temperature of exhaust gas sensor An apparatus controls the temperature of an exhaust gas sensor disposed in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine. An exhaust gas temperature estimating unit sequentially estimates the temperature of exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust passage, usin... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6820589 | Idle speed control method and system A method and system for generating an idle control signal for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. Rotational speed, n, of the engine is measured. Combustion generated torque Ο„ind is estimated as a function of the measured engine rotational speed,... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6810853 | Electronic throttle control (ETC) idle area request security An electronic throttle control (ETC) system to control an idle speed of an engine includes an accessory that increases a load on the engine and a controller that generates an idle request signal based on the increased load. The controller compares the idle request s... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6810852 | Method and arrangement for controlling an output quantity of a drive unit of a vehicle The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for controlling an output quantity of a drive unit of a vehicle for at least one operating state of the vehicle which makes possible to optimally consider the power requests of motor-specific or vehicle-specific c... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6799554 | Apparatus for controlling electronic throttle valve To provide an electronic throttle valve control apparatus which has a high throttle valve opening resolution, and which can be manufactured at a low cost. The apparatus for controlling an electronic throttle valve in which a throttle valve provided in a suction path... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6782912 | Throttle assembly for a flowing medium In a throttle assembly for a flowing medium having an inlet and outlet and having two throttle devices disposed between them coaxially to one another, which each have at least one flow window for the passage of a flow of the medium flowing from the inlet to the outl... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6694946 | Method of deactivating selected fuel injectors of an internal combustion engine for improved idle stability An idle stability control for a fuel injected internal combustion engine deactivates selected fuel injectors after specified idle conditions have been met for a predetermined period of time, and thereafter until the conditions are no longer met. The engin... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6688282 | Power-based idle speed control A system and method are disclosed for regulating engine idle speed by coordinating control of two actuators: a slow actuator and a fast actuator. The slow actuator is preferably a throttle valve and the fast actuator is preferably an ignition system affec... | 02/10/2004 |
