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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7775183 | Electronic voltage remover The present invention removes voltage that accumulates over a period of time in an automotive engine cooling system. This accumulation of voltage is provided a path to travel inside the engine and cooling system by the cooling liquid used to cool the vehicles engine... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7397354 | Cooling system monitoring system The invention relates to an engine cooling system monitoring system. There is a need for a cooling system monitoring system for an engine system wherein the coolant is maintained at a precise temperature. Thus, a cooling system monitoring system is provided for an e... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395788 | Drill rig and a method for controlling a fan therein In a method for controlling at least one fan (13) for the regulation of the cooling demand of at least two cooling elements (12) included in a drill rig (1), the cooling demand of each one of the cooling elements (12) being determined, th... | 07/08/2008 |
| RE40262 | Method to infer engine coolant temperature in cylinder head temperature sensor equipped vehicles The present invention provides a method of inferring the engine coolant temperature in cylinder head temperature sensor equipped vehicles including the steps of measuring the cylinder head temperature, calculating the engine coolant temperature from the measured cyl... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363905 | Procedure to operate a combustion engine in the event of damage and a device to perform the procedure Procedure to operate a combustion motor in the event of damage, whereby the thermoelectric voltage of a lubricant interruption on parts moving relative to each other and made of different, electrically conducting materials, is used to initiate an alarm signal, in th... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353965 | Closure cap provided with anti-twisting A pressure cap for openings in tanks, in particular in automobile radiators, has an outer cap component which is provided with a locking element that can be connected to the tank's neck, and provided with a handling element rotatably mounted in relation to said lock... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343752 | Thermostat abnormal state detecting apparatus When a temperature of cooling water detected by a water temperature sensor is, for instance, higher than, or equal to degrees, and is smaller than degrees, an abnormal state judging unit judges that an engine is under semiwarming-up condition, and then forcibly driv... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7325447 | Cooling apparatus for internal combustion engine and diagnosis method for the cooling apparatus A cooling apparatus for an engine is provided with a thermostat operating in such a manner as to control a supply of a coolant to a radiator. An electronic control apparatus estimates a reference temperature corresponding to a temperature of the coolant on the basis... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325534 | Supplemental internal air cooling of an internal combustion engine A method for providing supplemental internal air cooling to a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine. The method involves deactivating the fuel injector to one cylinder for a predetermined time period or temperature decrease, based upon engine operating condition... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326188 | Anesthesia manifold and induction valve The present invention is directed to an improved anesthesia manifold and an improved induction valve mechanism. A plurality of induction valve elements may be joined or “ganged” together in order to define a manifold. In the preferred embodiment of the induction... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322338 | Safety fuel tank and filler cap apparatus A safety fuel tank and filler cap arrangement is disclosed wherein the cap attaches to an internal combustion engine having a fuel tank and a starter or ignition system. The tether that connects the cap to the engine ignition or starter is an electrical conduit that... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7293454 | Anti-aliasing acoustic filter in the presence of pulsating flow An exhaust flow measurement system uses a noise attenuation device to cancel exhaust gas pulsations at the harmonic frequency of a flow rate measurement transducer. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7275510 | Startup-time control apparatus and stop-time control apparatus of internal combustion engine, and control methods thereof, and record medium If it is determined that the present engine startup is a high-temperature startup, immediately fuel injection in concert with start of cranking is prohibited. After a delay time elapses following the start of cranking, or when THC | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261067 | Thermostat monitoring system of vehicle and method thereof A thermostat monitoring system is provided which comprises a coolant temperature detection member for detecting a temperature of a coolant. An intake air temperature detection member detects a temperature of ambient air introduced into combustion chambers. An intake... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255093 | Device and method for diagnosing evaporation leak, and control device of internal combustion engine Pressure detection means detects the pressure of an evaporation purge system that includes a fuel tank and a communicating tube, which connects a canister for adsorbing and retaining fuel vapor to an intake pipe. Shutout means shuts out the evaporation purge system ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7234316 | Modularized high efficiency cooling device in a cooling mechanism A modularized high efficiency cooling device in a cooling mechanism, which includes at least one exchanger, at least one gas cooling device, at least one water cooling unit, at least one chiller unit, at least one chiller pump and at least one pair of copper tube. T... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7216611 | Cooling structure of cylinder block A cooling structure of a cylinder block includes a water jacket portion which is provided so as to surround an entire outer periphery of the bore wall; a water jacket spacer which is inserted in the water jacket portion; and a gasket which is provided in an upper po... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207297 | Internal combustion engine cooling system In a cooling system of an internal combustion engine, coolant flowing through a radiator and bypassing the radiator are mixed in a flow control valve controlled by ECU on the basis of signals provided by sensors such as a coolant temperature sensor, so that the cool... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7195055 | Device for connecting a secondary heat exchanger to an engine cooling system A secondary heat exchanger device can be connected to a primary engine cooling system by providing a flow restrictor and upstream and downstream ports, wherein the flow restrictor is disposed between the upstream and downstream ports. A heat exchanger can be connect... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7168418 | Heating device for carburetor A portion of the engine cooling water flowing from the cooling water pump through the engine and the radiator back to the cooling water pump is introduced into the carburetor through piping to heat the carburetor. The downstream side of the carburetor piping is conn... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168399 | Abnormality diagnosis apparatus and engine cooling system having the same A coolant temperature of coolant in a circulation line system is measured through a coolant temperature sensor and is controlled by controlling a flow rate control valve. The flow rate control valve is diagnosed to determine whether abnormality of the flow rate cont... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167778 | Electronic device cooling apparatus and method for cooling electronic device with temperature prediction A temperature predicting unit predicts the temperature of an electronic device after a predetermined period, and the speed of temperature variation from the operating state of the load. Based on the results of prediction by the temperature predicting unit, a selecti... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7137363 | Cooling structure of cylinder block A cooling structure of a cylinder block includes a water jacket portion which is provided so as to surround an entire outer periphery of the bore wall; a water jacket spacer which is inserted in the water jacket portion; and a gasket which is provided in an upper po... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7082908 | Cooling structure of cylinder block A cooling structure of a cylinder block includes a water jacket portion which is provided so as to surround an entire outer periphery of a bore wall; and a water jacket spacer which is inserted in the water jacket portion. A foreign matter collecting mechanism which... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085644 | Method for monitoring an internal combustion engine A method for monitoring an internal combustion engine (1′) having an injection system, in particular for preventing dieseling in the case of a diesel engine, comprising the following steps: Establishing a theoretical calorific balance of the internal combus... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082902 | Pump/valve assembly and a cooling circuit containing such an assembly A pump/valve assembly forming part of a circuit for circulating a liquid fluid has a pump and a proportional-control valve unit (2) in series with the pump. The valve unit (2) has a valve (3), an electrical actuator (4) and a position sen... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077285 | Oil container and a process for the production thereof What is proposed is an oil container which is suitable for use in optimizing the oil balance of an internal combustion engine or a transmission, particularly an automatic transmission, and which has low weight and can be produced in such a way that adverse effects w... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071658 | Protection of a generator without measuring temperature A method and an apparatus for providing protection to a generator are disclosed. A reference is determined out of rated capability of the generator. Based on the reference, and field current and output conditions of the generator, there is determined a drop in gener... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7036466 | Thermal management system and method for vehicle electrochemical engine A thermal management system of an electrochemical engine comprises a radiator provided with a wicking mechanism, a coolant pump fluidly connected to the radiator, a water tank, and a water pump. The water tank is located in the void spaces around fuel storage tanks,... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7001531 | Sustained release coolant additive composition A coolant additive composition comprising a sustained release component and an additive component, the additive component is effective to provide at least one benefit to a coolant when released into the coolant, the sustained release component includes a polymeric m... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6968906 | Electric tilling machine An electric tilling machine has a motor mounted on a machine body for rotationally driving a tilling shaft provided with tilling claws. A housing/cleaning box has an upper opening and is configured to receive therein the tilling shaft and tilling claws with the mach... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967572 | Radiator cap having readout capabilities A radiator cap for use with a fluid cooling circuit associated with an engine, such as an automobile engine, includes elements that monitor various conditions in the radiator and provides a readout of such conditions. A circuit that has an audible signal is also inc... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6957570 | Thermostat malfunction detecting system for engine cooling system A malfunction of a thermostat in a coolant circulating path is detected from an engine side coolant temperature in consideration of the following behavior of the coolant temperature. When an open-malfunction occurs, the coolant temperature becomes different consider... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6951527 | Method and an assembly for vehicle thermal management A method and an apparatus are provided which use, or which calculate, a temperature gradient of a portion of a vehicle to determine a value equal to, or representative of, a time before a maximum allowable operating temperature is reached by the portion. If the valu... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945691 | Method and apparatus for inferring a temperature A heat-conducting element having known length D is disposed at a first end in a first region having a first temperature T1 to be inferred. The second end of the element is disposed in a second region having a measureable second temperature T2 d... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6931865 | Method and apparatus for determining coolant temperature rationally in a motor vehicle Methods, systems and devices for identifying irrational results from an engine coolant temperature (ECT) sensor in a vehicle are described. The vehicle suitably includes a processor in communication with the ECT sensor and an intake air temperature (IAT) sensor. The... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6925376 | System for diagnosing operation of a cooling system for an internal combustion engine A system for diagnosing operation of a cooling system for an internal combustion engine includes a coolant temperature sensor producing a temperature signal corresponding to coolant fluid temperature, means for determining either an engine load or a throttle percent... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6912895 | Coolant flow monitoring system for an engine cooling system A flow monitor is removably connectable in serial fluid communication with a coolant conduit of an engine cooling system. By providing a flow restrictor between upstream and downstream ports, a differential pressure is created between the upstream and downstream por... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6908225 | Failure diagnosing apparatus for an engine cooling water temperature sensor The invention provides a failure diagnosing apparatus having a first sensor for detecting a temperature of cooling water of an engine mounted on a vehicle and a second sensor for detecting a temperature associated with the engine. The apparatus calculates a first di... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6804588 | System for detecting malfunction of internal combustion engine radiator A system for discriminating malfunction of a radiator of an internal combustion engine, in which conditions for execution of malfunction discrimination of the radiator are decided to be established, when a decline amount of outside air temperature is less than a thr... | 10/12/2004 |
