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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069840 | Injector for injecting fuel into combustion chambers of internal combustion engines The invention relates to an injector for injecting fuel into combustion chambers of internal combustion engines, in particular a common rail injector. The injector has a high-pressure region and a valve element which is axially adjustable between a closed position a... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7980222 | System and method for reducing power consumption when heating a fuel injector A method for heating fuel injectors of an internal combustion engine supplies current from a power source to a plurality of electrically operable mechanical actuators. The current is supplied sequentially to at least two electrically operable mechanical actuators at... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975673 | Injection arrangement for a piston engine A fuel injection arrangement for a piston engine, the arrangement comprising an injector nozzle (1) for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber (6) of the cylinder. A Theological actuator (15) is arranged in connection with the injector nozzl... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7845336 | Fuel delivery system having electric pump A fuel delivery system is provided for a combustion engine having an exhaust treatment device. The fuel delivery system includes a fuel supply, an injector configured to pressurize fuel and inject the pressurized fuel into the combustion engine, and a transfer pump ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7819107 | Pumping element for a fluid pump and method A pumping element for pressurizing a fluid within a fluid pump includes a plunger reciprocally disposed within a bore defined in a barrel. The plunger and barrel at least partially define a pressurization chamber into which fluid is pressurized. A flow path is defin... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7699040 | Control method for a direct injection system of the common-rail type provided with a shut-off valve for controlling the flow rate of a high-pressure fuel pump A control method of a direct injection system of the common-rail type; the control method contemplates: feeding the pressurized fuel to a common rail by means of a high-pressure pump which receives the fuel through a shut-off valve; cyclically controlling the openin... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7690353 | Synchronizing common rail pumping events with engine operation Noise and vibrations associated with a common rail fuel system drive linkage are reduced by synchronizing a high pressure common rail supply pump with engine operation. This may be accomplished by selecting a linkage associated with a desired ratio of engine speed t... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7610900 | Method and apparatus for operating a spark-ignited direct fuel injection engine A method and article of manufacture are provided to operate a spray-guided, spark-ignition, direct fuel injection engine, including injecting a first fuel pulse during a combustion cycle, and initiating spark ignition by energizing a spark igniter. A second fuel pul... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7540271 | Fuel injection lubrication mechanism for continuous self lubrication of a fuel injector Disclosed is an apparatus and method for lubricating a plunger residing within a bushing of a fuel injector. The apparatus includes a fuel lubrication mechanism comprised of lubrication grooves formed within and around the outer axial surfaces of the plunger. The gr... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7516733 | System and method for reducing power consumption when heating a fuel injector A system and method to reduce the instantaneous power consumption during heating of a fuel injector is described. The system is capable of heating the fuel injectors of an engine at different times. ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7451741 | High-pressure pump The pump described herein provides a potentially lower cost alternative to conventional high-pressure pumps by providing a head, a plunger, and a control valve assembly. The head defines a valve bore having a first diameter, a plunger bore having a second diameter, ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7421332 | Control method and control device for an actuator A control method for an actuator (1-4) of an injector of a fuel injection system in an internal combustion engine has the following steps: specification of a target value (SOISOLL) for the start of the injection; electric control of the actuator (1 | 09/02/2008 |
| 7401579 | Valve timing control device An intake port of an internal combustion engine 10 is provided with a fuel injection valve 22. An intake adjustment mechanism 30 for varying the valve timing of an intake valve 24 and an exhaust adjustment mechanism 32 for varying ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398762 | Vehicle control system A method is provided for controlling an engine having an intake manifold and an outlet control device coupled to the manifold for controlling flow exiting the manifold and entering at least one cylinder of the engine. The engine further includes an inlet control dev... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7367320 | Fuel control system for internal combustion engine A fuel control system for an internal combustion engine having an intake passage, a compressor provided in the intake passage, a throttle valve disposed downstream of the compressor, a bypass passage connecting an upstream side of the compressor to a downstream side... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357101 | Engine system for multi-fluid operation A system for an engine, comprising of an injector coupled to the engine and configured to inject fuel to a cylinder of the engine; a first reservoir holding a first fluid containing at least a fraction of gasoline; a second reservoir holding a second fluid containin... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353798 | Fuel supply system for internal combustion engine A low-pressure delivery pipe provided with intake manifold injectors, a fuel pressure regulator, a high-pressure fuel pump, a high-pressure delivery pipe provided with in-cylinder injectors, and an electromagnetic relief valve are connected in series at the downstre... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7316220 | Actuator drive system and fuel injection system A control device of a fuel injection system of an engine calculates command injection timing for starting an injection at target injection timing, and a command injection period for obtaining a target injection quantity. The control device monitors a charging voltag... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7302934 | Saddle-straddling type motor vehicle An air-cooled engine is hung and fixed under a rear part of a backbone of a body frame. The engine is disposed so that the center axis of a cylinder in its cylinder block extends approximately horizontally and so that its cylinder head is directed toward the front. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281519 | Set of piston type fuel pumps for internal combustion engines with direct fuel injection A plurality of piston pumps form a set of piston pumps, each including one drive region and at least one pumping region. The a set of piston pumps includes at least two piston pumps of different models, and the pumping regions of all the piston pumps the set are emb... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7263961 | Gas directing system and method An gas directing/exhaust system and method are provided. The gas directing system has an gas directing mechanism. The gas directing mechanism has different embodiments. In some embodiments, the gas directing mechanism has a first pathway and a second pathway. In oth... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252843 | Composition for cleaning contained bodies of water A composition and method for cleaning, sanitizing and maintaining contained bodies of water such as swimming pools, wading pools, fountains, ornamental ponds, etc. The composition includes pre-determined percentages of copper sulfate, zinc sulfate, and aluminum sulf... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7224093 | Polyphase electric rotary machine The electric machine includes a front end plate (13), a rear end plate (14), a rotor (4) installed between the said end plates, and a magnetic target (50) with axial or radial reading fixed onto a target holder installed between the rotor... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222608 | Injector for high-pressure injection An injector has a housing, a command piston, a control chamber, a needle, a nozzle chamber, a fuel inflow passage, a fuel discharge passage and an electric valve. The housing slidably supports the command piston and the needle. The housing and one end face of the co... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7198032 | Structure of fuel supply pipe in throttle body comprising two fuel injection valves An improved fuel supply pipe in a multiple throttle body comprising two fuel injection valves comprises a first fuel supply pipe 1 having a first one side inserting pipe 1c, a first another side inserting pipe 1d and a fuel flow-in... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7178508 | Fuel injection nozzle of engine A fuel injection nozzle of an engine used to inject fuel oil into the combustion chamber of each cylinder of a diesel engine and fixedly attached to a cylinder head (1) by a fuel injection nozzle retainer (15) supported by a valve arm shaft (11)... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7156078 | Fuel injection control device Provided is a fuel injection control device for an internal combustion engine capable of setting an overexcitation current time period which allows injectors to be reliably driven even when a fuel pressure sensor is in an abnormal state. A fuel supply control portio... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7143740 | Engine fuel injection control device A fuel injection control device is configured to suppress the effect of pressure pulsation occurring inside the accumulator section of an engine due to a first fuel injection and thereby accurately control the fuel injection quantity in an engine configured to execu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134425 | Structure of fuel supply pipe in throttle body comprising two fuel injection valves To simplify fuel piping for connecting a fuel distribution pipe and a fuel pump in a throttle body comprising two fuel injection valves, a fuel supply pipe F comprises a first fuel supply pipe 1 having a fuel flow-in passage 1b projected from a ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7130736 | Engine speed stabilization using fuel rate control Idle speed stability is imparted to a compression ignition engine by processing data values for actual engine speed and desired engine speed to yield a data value for engine speed error; processing (22) the data value for engine speed error according to a gov... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128056 | Throttle body in fuel injection apparatus To improve layout freedom, waterproof and dustproof, a lower cup opening upward side is integrally formed with a throttle body and an upper cup covers the lower cup to form a chamber, a fuel injection valve is fixed to throttle body by a fuel distribution pipe, the ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7104249 | Direct fuel injection/spark ignition engine control device A control apparatus is configured to achieve considerably delayed ignition timing and combustion stability, and to bring about an increase in exhaust gas temperature and a reduction in HC discharge when the engine is cold. Normal stratified combustion operation and ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7083126 | Fuel injection arrangement A fuel injection arrangement, which comprises a fuel source and a fuel nozzle connected thereto, including a fuel chamber and a needle valve arrangement in connection with the fuel chamber for controlling the fuel injection and an arrangement for bringing about a fo... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066149 | Internal combustion engine fuel pressure control apparatus An internal combustion engine fuel pressure control apparatus includes: fuel pressure control means including a spill valve and a high-pressure fuel pump that pressure-feeds fuel to an accumulation chamber; and control means that calculates a control quantity of the... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055496 | Strategy for engine fueling during return to positive power flow after engine brake de-activation An internal combustion engine that propels a vehicle has a fuel injection system for injecting fuel into engine cylinders at desired injection control pressure. A control system controls activation and de-activation of a hydraulic actuator for an engine brake. A pro... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055493 | Method for fuel injection in a combustion engine, and combustion engine A method and a device for fuel injection in a supercharged four-stroke combustion engine of piston-and-cylinder type with compression ignition (1), whereby a controlled fuel quantity is supplied to the combustion chamber (2) for each work cycle, a firs... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7025050 | Fuel pressure control device for internal combination engine A fuel pressure control device includes a fuel injection valve, a pressure accumulation chamber for storing a high pressure fuel, a high pressure pump, a fuel pressure control valve, a fuel pressure sensor for detecting a fuel pressure PR in the pressure accumulatio... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7007671 | Fuel injection system A booster unit is provided in an injector of a fuel injection system. The booster unit includes a booster piston accommodated in a pressure chamber, and a discharge valve capable of discharging fuel in a backpressure chamber. A controller includes an indication-valu... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994065 | Intake arrangement for internal combustion engine An intake arrangement for an internal combustion engine, including an intake manifold including an intake collector and a plurality of branch pipes connected with the intake collector. The branch pipes extend in substantially same direction. The intake collector inc... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6971371 | Air-fuel mixing and delivery apparatus for an internal combustion engine An air-fuel mixing and delivery apparatus for an internal combustion engine is situated to be shielded from exposure to water or mud during travel of a vehicle, to protect fuel system components such as a fuel injector. In the air-fuel mixing and delivery apparatus,... | 12/06/2005 |
