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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367183 | Internal combustion engine with a fuel reformer and ammonia generator The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine which is used in particular in motor vehicle having a reformer for generating hydrogen, whereby the reformer has a single operating mode in which it generates as much reformate as needed or even more for... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7287523 | Thermally responsive regulator valve assembly A thermally responsive regulator valve assembly and exhaust gas recirculation system for an internal combustion engine having an intake manifold and an exhaust system is provided. The exhaust gas recirculation system includes an exhaust gas recirculation passage sel... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7255097 | Method for increasing performance of automobile and apparatus thereof A method for increasing the performance of an automobile engine and apparatus thereof is provided, wherein both ends of a pipe interconnecting an idle motor and a throttle valve and an air filter are respectively connected to tubes made of rubber. The pipe is made o... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7171805 | Deflector style exhaust manifold An exhaust manifold is provided with deflector members positioned between downstream gas inlets and a main gas passage. The deflector members redirect the flow of exhaust gas from the inlets into the general direction of the gas flowing in the main passage as the ex... | 02/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7152706 | Induction system for a four cycle engine A four cycle engine having at least one cylinder unit is disclosed. The engine includes a continuously variable transmission (CVT) connected to the engine on one side of the engine. An air box is also provided that is located on the same side of the engine as the CV... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7117859 | Air bleed vapor system An air bleed vapor system is provided having a primary vapor manifold connected to a fuel line take-off for providing a source of liquid fuel to the system. A vapor control module incorporates a precision needle valve for allowing metering of extremely small flowrat... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7013869 | Fuel supply system for internal combustion engine The present invention provides an electronically-controlled fuel injector, for an internal combustion engine, comprising a downstream fuel injection valve located near an air intake port of each cylinder or inside a cylinder, an air intake passage which bypasses the... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004130 | Camshaft adjuster for an internal combustion engine having hydraulic medium guides A camshaft adjuster for an internal combustion engine having hydraulic medium guides. The adjuster can include a setting unit that can be controlled by a control unit using these guides in the adjuster, wherein the setting unit is for adjusting an angle of a camshaf... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6990966 | Heater unit for a combustion-stabilizing device and a combustion stabilizing device including the same A slit-shaped heater holder 54 outside the heat-exchanger tube 55 can eliminate the use of adhesive in the heater assembly. A flat electrode 53 which is pressed on and in surface contact with the PTC heater 53 can improve the wear resista... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6907866 | Vapor fueled engine A fuel supply assembly is provided that may allow for use of vaporized fuel to power an engine and enhance fuel efficiency. The fuel supply assembly may include a vaporizing tank, a heating source, a temperature control and a monitoring and control system configured... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6679234 | Manually guided implement having an internal combustion engine A manually guided implement having an internal combustion engine and a carburetor for supplying the engine with a fuel/air mixture is provided. A combustion air stream is drawn in through the carburetor by the engine. A warming medium heated up by the eng... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6606976 | Fuel supply system of internal combustion engine A fuel supply system for use in an internal combustion engine, comprising: an intake passage; a downstream fuel injection valve near the port of each cylinder of the engine and downstream of the intake passage; and a controller, wherein the intake passage... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6595185 | Heatable throttle device for internal combustion engines A device for mixture preparation in internal combustion engines, in which a fluid flow flows through a flow cross section of a bore, and the fluid flow is meterable by means of an actuatable throttle element, which is pivotable in a receiving bore of a ho... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6508236 | Fuel supply device and internal combustion engine mounting the same Atomizing air flowing in an atomizing gas passage is merged with a fuel spray to promote atomization of the fuel, and carrier air flowing in a carrier gas passage is merged with the fuel spray at a further downstream position so as to surround the fuel sp... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6363721 | Internal combustion engine, in particular of the self-igniting type This invention relates to an internal combustion engine, in particular of the self-igniting type, with a compressor, which is preferably connected to an exhaust gas turbine and is located in an intake flow passage for compression of the intake air, and wi... | 04/02/2002 |
| 5819712 | Air and fuel system for carburetor and fuel injection systems An air and fuel system for carburetor and fuel injection engines that regulates the temperature of air and fuel that is mixed in the carburetor or fuel injector prior to introduction to the cylinders of the engine. A heater and associated filter located a... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5782225 | Vaporization system A fluid vaporization system comprises a first fluid inlet for receiving a first fluid, a second fluid inlet for receiving a second fluid, and a first discharge aperture for discharging the first fluid and the second fluid. A first connecting passage conne... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5769059 | Elongated fuel-air bypass for internal conbustion engine An elongated fuel-air bypass is connected between an outlet port of a fuel-air mixing device and an inlet port of an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. The elongated bypass apparatus includes an elongated bypass conduit formed of a thermall... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5735235 | Method and system for heating a liquid A direct contact gas-to-liquid method and system for heating a liquid with a burning source being wholly submerged and producing-power is disclosed. A liquid is heated by an internal combustion engine means, which is submerged in a container and can utili... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5680839 | Apparatus and method of delivering a fuel and air mixture for internal combustion engines The present invention involves an apparatus for the induction of a fuel and air mixture into the combustion chambers of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine. A partition divides a manifold into a first and second portion. The first manifold portion... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5606956 | Elongated fuel-air bypass for internal combustion engine An elongated fuel-air bypass is connected between an outlet port of a fuel-air mixing device and an inlet port of an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. The elongated bypass apparatus includes an elongated bypass conduit formed of a thermall... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5598826 | Cold start fuel control system for an internal combustion engine A cold start fuel control system provided for use with an internal combustion engine of the type having at least one combustion chamber, an air/fuel passageway fluidly connected with the combustion chamber and the source of fuel. The fuel control system i... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5555855 | Water circulation system for marine engine A water circulation system of a marine engine improves the consistency of engine combustion by stabilizing the temperature of water flowing through the engine water jacket and by heating the intake manifold to a temperature within a desired temperature ra... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5396866 | Ram tube The ram tube of this invention basically consists of an intake bracket, inner tube, output bracket, outer tube, input port and output port. The intake and output brackets are attached to the ends of the inner tube for attaching the ram tube to the base of... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5353772 | Carburetor fuel charge heating apparatus An apparatus including a first chamber in operative communication with a carburetor to receive carburetor fluid flow therefrom, directing such fluid flow through a central conduit into a second chamber in operative fluid communication with an intake manif... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5335639 | Heat exchanger having close packed spheres An apparatus (16) for preheating combustion fluids such as air, fuel or fuel-air mixtures upstream of the combustion chamber in an internal combustion engine (10). The apparatus (16) generally includes a heat exchanger (18) and an assembly (46) for heatin... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5327875 | Vapor enhanced carburetion system A carburetion system for an internal combustion engine includes fuel vaporizing gun which operates as a heat exchanger with heat from the engine exhaust manifold. The system may be manually or automatically operative when hot exhaust gases from the engine... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5327874 | Method and device for preparing fuel-air mixture for internal combustion engine The present invention relates to the engine-building industry and can find application in the fuel feed system of internal combustion engines for preconditioning part of the flow of a rich fuel-air mixture fed to the main flow to decompose liquid fuel and... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5291870 | Fuel vaporizing system A system for providing an air-fuel vapor mixture to an engine for improving completeness of combustion and also reducing emissions. The system includes a vaporizer within which a series of baffles are disposed such that air and fuel pass along a tortuous ... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5247909 | Combustion enhancement system An apparatus and method for enhancing the efficiency of a combustion process and thereby reducing undesirable emissions in which a solid combustion enhancing substance is converted into a highly dispersed, gas-transportable state at a controlled rate and ... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5146897 | Intake manifold of intake system for multi-cylinder internal combustion engine An intake manifold for a multi cylinder internal combustion engine has a common upstream passage and individual downstream passages, leading individually to cylinders of the engine, respectively. These individual downstream passages are connected between ... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5134986 | Internal combustion engine with fuel heater An internal combustion engine has a channel member such as a plenum chamber or cylinder head or the like with an inlet receiving air and fuel to form an air-fuel mixture and with a pair of outlets furnishing the air-fuel mixture to respective cylinders or... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5123398 | Carburetion system A fuel gasifier for an internal combustion engine having a gasification chamber, a device for injecting fuel into the chamber in droplets of about 30-50 microns or less in diameter, an ambient air inlet to the chamber with a flow control therefor, to admi... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5101801 | Method of heating an IC engine A method of heating an internal combustion engine during cold start-up and also for maintaining an optimum development of the temperature of the combustion gas during other operational conditions is disclosed. Heat stored in a heat storage means is releas... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5086748 | Fuel supplying system for gas engine Several embodiments of gaseous fuel supplying systems for an internal combustion engine used to power a portable generator. In each embodiment, heat is supplied to the fuel so as to maintain the fuel pressure if the fuel pressure falls below a predetermin... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5086747 | Internal combustion engine with fuel heater An internal combustion engine has a channel member such as a plenum chamber or cylinder head or the like with an inlet receiving air and fuel to form an air-fuel mixture and with a pair of outlets furnishing the air-fuel mixture to respective cylinders or... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5048501 | Fuel economy system for internal combustion engines A mechanical process for significantly improving the octane rating performance of gasoline powered engines (either conventional carburetion or fuel injection). An auxiliary system fractionates a precise portion of the required fuel and combines the fracti... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5042447 | Thermostatically controlled fuel heater and cooler A device for heating and cooling fuel to maintain the temperature of fuel delivered to an engine within a desired temperature range includes a body (10) having a fuel inlet (12) and a fuel outlet (14). The body includes a middle portion (16) and a first h... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5040517 | Carburetor preheater A continuous hot air intake for carburetor and fuel injection supplied engines that regulates the temperature of air mixing with fuel that is mixed in the carburetor or fuel injector prior to introduction to the cylinders of the engine. The invention incl... | 08/20/1991 |
