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...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037870 | Fuel economy improvement assist device and method of fuel economy improvement assist A fuel economy improvement assist device (1) has: accelerator operation amount detection means (12); and display control means (15a) for displaying, on a display device (20), a target value corresponding to a target accelerator ope... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8006672 | Method for cold starting of ethanol-fueled engines A method for starting an internal combustion engine under cold conditions. The intake manifold throttle valve is held closed and spark ignition is suspended. Fuel and air are admitted into the cylinders and the pistons are cranked for a plurality of revolutions. Dur... | 08/30/2011 |
| RE42609 | System and method for reducing NOemissions during transient conditions in a diesel fueled vehicle with EGR The present invention is a dual-stage fuel injection strategy for compression ignition engines in which 15-40% of the fuel is injected into the combustion chamber no later than about −20 to −30 CA ATDC and as early as IVC. The remaining fuel is then injected in ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7918212 | Method and control system for controlling an engine function based on crankshaft acceleration A method and control system for controlling an engine includes an instantaneous crankshaft acceleration determining module determining an instantaneous crankshaft acceleration. An engine parameter adjustment module adjusts an engine parameter in response to the inst... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7475677 | Method and device for controlling combustion of an internal-combustion engine, and vehicle A method and apparatus, and vehicle on which the apparatus is mounted, for controlling combustion of a fuel-injection, internal-combustion engine with two or more cylinders are provided. The method includes determining a deceleration condition of a vehicle being dri... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7444994 | Control system for internal combustion engine In order that the acceleration mode hydrogen adding rate “RAcc” used during acceleration increases above the hydrogen adding base rate “RBase” predefined according to a particular operating state, the acceleration mode hydrogen adding rate “RAcc” is set ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7438056 | Method for setting initial compensation value in sensor complex module A method for setting an initial compensation value of a sensor complex module, the method including the steps of: reading a preset sensitivity value and an offset; detecting an acceleration value; calculating an accelerating-force sensitivity value using the acceler... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438048 | Fuel injection amount control apparatus for internal combustion engine An object is to prevent deterioration in both exhaust emission and fuel efficiency by suitably combining OTP boosting with power boosting. An electronic control unit (ECU) 30 of the present invention is arranged to control a fuel injection amount of an inject... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7426917 | System and method for controlling locomotive smoke emissions and noise during a transient operation A system and/or method of controlling smoke or noise emanating from a diesel engine wherein a throttle is drivingly coupled to the diesel engine, and wherein an operator of the engine changes a throttle position. The system may comprise a high pressure fuel pump in ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7373920 | Method for controlling an internal combustion engine For controlling an internal combustion engine, the activation of an accelerator pedal is sensed and a setpoint value for the angle setting of the throttle valve is determined in dependence on the measured variable of an accelerator pedal value signal transmitter and... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357034 | Dynamic transient pressure detection system The present invention is a dynamic transient pressure detection system for detecting and recording variations in pressure inside operating fluid chambers. One or more dynamic pressure sensors are installed inside an operating fluid chamber. Pressure is continuously ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355292 | Power generation control apparatus for internal combustion engine An increment of a fuel consumption rate caused by power generation is determined from a difference in fuel consumption rate between a case of performing power generation of an alternator and a case of stopping the power generation. The increment of the fuel consumpt... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7340330 | Hybrid type vehicle driving controller, hybrid type vehicle driving control method and its program The invention has an engine maximum torque calculating processor for calculating plural engine maximum torques showing a maximum value of engine torque, and an engine limit torque calculating processor for calculating a minimum value of the respective engine maximum... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337772 | Apparatus for and method of controlling temperature of exhaust gas sensor, and recording medium storing program for controlling temperature of exhaust gas sensor The temperature of an exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust passage 3 is estimated or detected, and the temperature of an active element of an exhaust gas sensor 8. (O2 sensor) is controlled at a predetermined target temperature by a heater... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7293556 | Method of controlling the injection begin of a fuel injection valve of an internal combustion engine In a method of controlling an internal combustion engine wherein an injection begin is calculated depending at least on an actual engine speed and the injection begin is corrected, the injection begin correction is calculated from a deviation of a desired air mass f... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287514 | Fuel supply control method and apparatus of internal combustion engine The invention provides a fuel supply control method and apparatus in which an air fuel ratio does not become rich even if an acceleration and deceleration operation is repeated for a short time in the case that a time lag with respect to a response from a detection ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285247 | Apparatus and method for operating a fuel reformer so as to purge soot therefrom A method of operating a fuel reformer includes advancing a first air/fuel mixture having a first air-to-fuel ratio into the fuel reformer. The method further includes determining if a soot purge is to be performed and generating a purge-soot signal in response there... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281522 | Acceleration sensor status detecting apparatus An acceleration sensor state detecting apparatus for detecting a state of an acceleration sensor provided at a vibrating body includes a calculating method for calculating a difference between measured results of the acceleration sensor obtained per first predetermi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275374 | Coordinated multivariable control of fuel and air in engines Methods and systems for controlling a diesel engine using a combined fuel and air-side controller are disclosed. An illustrative method may include the steps of providing a combined fuel and air-side controller adapted to coordinate both the fuel and air-side contro... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271558 | Method for the generation of electrical pulses In rotating systems with angular references, angular- and/or time-based pulses must be generated which can be described in a generic manner to meet various requirements. The parameters for definition of the pulse are assigned as a value pair to permit more flexibili... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267100 | Controller of internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine controller, is used with a fuel-based torque-on-demand control type, multi-cylinder, direct-injection internal combustion engine, to provide an air flow rate control that excels in response and convergence. The internal combustion engin... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267102 | Engine control device and engine control method for straddle type vehicle An engine control device responsive to a rider's accelerator operation. Throttle opening is controlled such that engine torque increases in response to an increase in accelerator displacement for all engine speeds. At least when the engine speed is in a low-speed ra... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7243644 | Apparatus for estimating air-fuel ratios and apparatus for controlling air-fuel ratios of individual cylinders in internal combustion engine An individual-cylinder air-fuel ratio estimation model is designed so as to consider the mixing of gases exhausted from adjacent combustion cylinders, and a movement by which a mixed gas arrives at the position of an air-fuel ratio sensor, in order that influences a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244281 | Method and apparatus for trapping and purging soot from a fuel reformer A plasma fuel reformer assembly for producing reformate gas includes a fuel reformer having an air/fuel input assembly, an electrode assembly, and a soot trap positioned downstream of the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode and a se... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237534 | Vehicle A vehicle is capable of improving layout flexibility for a fuel injector to an intake passage and preventing fuel from sticking to the inner wall surface of the intake passage. The vehicle includes an engine, an intake passage arranged to supply air to the engine, a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239955 | Method for controlling an internal combustion engine A method is provided for controlling an internal combustion engine operating in a homogenous mode. The internal combustion engine exhibits a control unit for setting the air supply, the fuel supply and the ignition angle. The method reduces the fuel consumption and ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7212900 | Method of reducing resonance phenomena in a transmission train of a vehicle internal combustion engine A method of reducing resonance phenomena in a transmission train of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle; when the rotation speed of at least part of the transmission train is such that the frequency of a disturbance harmonic component of the drive torque lies... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198031 | Control device of internal combustion engine An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: selecting a map for a warm state or a map for a cold state based on an engine coolant temperature after an engine is started and rapid catalyst warm-up ends; calculating DI ratio r; calculating when to inject ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191764 | Control unit for an internal combustion engine A control unit calculates a quantity of air that is taken into an engine from an output current from an air flow meter that is located downstream from a throttle valve. The control unit then determines the quantity of fuel to be injected for this quantity of air. Th... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194392 | System for estimating model parameters A system for estimating on-line a set of mathematical model parameters is disclosed. The system includes a control circuit and a number of sensors electrically coupled to the control circuit. The control circuit is configured to update a group of matrix cells of a d... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188603 | Fuel injection control device and control method for internal combustion engine and recording medium recorded with program realizing control method From execution of fuel cut until restoration therefrom in response to a F/C flag being set, an ECU senses an intake air amount Q and engine speed NE, calculates the charging efficiency based on Q and NE, and calculates a basic injection amount TAU_B based on the cha... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191051 | Method and apparatus for operating an injection system in an internal combustion engine In a method and an apparatus for operating an injection system of an internal combustion engine, triggering of an injection actuator being performed on the basis of at least one state variable of the injection system, in order to enhance the quantitative accuracy wi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188609 | Fuel delivery pipe An inlet port 16 communicating with the interior of a fuel delivery pipe body 10 to introduce fuel is made open in a center of a tubular joint 11 having a smaller diameter than an inside diameter of a holder portion 15 of an injector 3... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188594 | Apparatus and method for controlling variable valve actuation mechanism In an internal combustion engine equipped with a variable valve actuation mechanism, which varies a lift amount of an intake valve, when the lift amount is forcedly controlled at the minimum to learn a detection result of the lift amount at that time, a throttle ope... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185637 | Fuel injection control method and fuel injection control apparatus for engine In a fuel injection control method of an engine, an electronic control unit calculates a pressure integrated value for one combustion cycle by detecting a combustion cycle and continuously detecting a suction air pipe pressure and determines that the engine is under... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178616 | Power generation system and method An extended rich mode engine configured and operated extremely rich of stoichiometric to produce a substantially continuous hydrogen rich engine exhaust. Oxygen enrichment devices further optimize production of hydrogen rich engine exhaust. Engines include a free pi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174878 | Engine intake control device Provide is an engine intake control device in which components such as attachment brackets, attachment screws for attaching respective solenoid valves around an engine are not required, and the number of attachment operations is reduced. The engine intake control de... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174861 | Method and apparatus for fueling an internal combustion engine A combined gasoline and hydrogen fueling system for a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine, including, preferably, a rapid-start catalytic reformer for producing reformate gas containing hydrogen from gasoline. The reformate from the reformer is swept by air ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163002 | Fuel injection system and method A method for adjusting fuel injection, the method comprising during an engine start from a non-warmed-up condition, identifying a fuel quality of fuel supplied to the engine during said start based on a performance of said start, and after said start is completed an... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7140348 | Fuel injection control system A fuel injection valve control to correctingly increase the fuel amount appropriately for realizing a favorable acceleration performance at the time of accelerating after a throttle full closure period is finished. ... | 11/28/2006 |
