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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8122872 | Fuel pump module for ethanol fuel vehicle A fuel pump module for an ethanol fuel vehicle, which is mounted on a fuel tank for storing ethanol fuel and is provided with a pump and a supply portion for pressure-feeding the ethanol fuel stored in the fuel tank to an engine, may include a heater unit that is di... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8100114 | Fuel vaporizer for fuel injected engines Free heat from an exhaust manifold of an internal combustion engine or an electric heater supplies heat to a vaporizer. Gasoline is converted from fluid to vapor in the vaporizer and sent directly to the fuel injectors. Water fog may be added to the air intake manif... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8079348 | Heated catalyzed fuel injector for injection ignition engines The present invention provides an injector-ignition fuel injector for an internal combustion engine, comprising an input fuel metering system for dispensing a next fuel charge into a pressurizing chamber, a pressurization ram system including a pressurization ram fo... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7942136 | Fuel-heating assembly and method for the pre-heating of fuel an internal combustion engine A heating assembly that allows an adequate pre-heating of a fuel used in an internal combustion engine is disclosed. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7934491 | Heater module for the admission gases of an automobile engine with an overheating protection and/or closed-loop regulation Incorporates at least one thermal switch (5) in series with the heating resistor (4) of the module located on the frame (1) of said resistors (4) that cuts off current to the resistor (4) when the heater power control circuit fails... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931012 | Method for identifying a fuel quality and for operating an internal combustion engine and an engine control unit A method for identifying the fuel quality and for operating an internal combustion engine, as well as an engine control unit, in which the temperature of at least one sheathed-element glow plug of the engine is controlled, an engine response after a temperature chan... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7905219 | Method and apparatus for heating at least one injector of an engine An apparatus and a method that prevent sticking of a valve pin in a valve seat of an injector at low temperatures can be provided providing an engine control unit and an additional control device, wherein the engine control unit activates the additional control devi... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7849839 | Pre-heating fuel for cold start A method of pre-heating a fuel in an internal combustion engine includes inducing a current in a solenoid coil of a fuel injector of the internal combustion engine and heating the fuel within the fuel injector using heat generated by the current before initiating a ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7743754 | Heated catalyzed fuel injector for injection ignition engines The present invention provides an injector-ignition fuel injector for an internal combustion engine, comprising an input fuel metering system for dispensing a next fuel charge into a pressurizing chamber, a pressurization ram system including a pressurization ram fo... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7690366 | Throttle valve and method of producing the same A throttle assembly including a first throttle component that is formed of a plastic material including a conductive additive substantially homogeneously dispersed within the plastic material, and a second throttle component is axially aligned with the first throttl... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7614388 | Flanged heating element with thermal expansion joint An air heater for heating air entering a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The air heater includes a heating element having a substantially planar portion and a flange portion. The flange portion is positioned at an angle to the plana... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7527046 | System and method for generating power Disclosed are systems and methods for generating power. The systems and methods provide techniques for agitating fuel stored in a fuel storage tank and then combusting that fuel to generate power. ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7487765 | Intake air heater and air delivery assembly for engines A unitized intake air delivery assembly is provided which minimizes the size of an engine by integrating the intake manifold and intake air heater within the cylinder head of the engine. In addition, an intake air heater is provided which can be easily mounted on ex... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7481205 | High frequency vaporized fuel injector There is provided a fuel injector system for vaporizing liquid fuel and metering the vapor to an internal combustion engine of an automobile. The system has at least one fuel injector with at least one capillary flow passage with a heat source arranged along the flo... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7472695 | Controller for air intake heater An air intake heater system includes an air heater adapted to be positioned in communication with an intake passageway of an engine and a controller. The controller is operable to repeatedly supply current and discontinue the supply of current to provide a desired e... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7444230 | Fuel injector having algorithm controlled look-ahead timing for injector-ignition operation The present invention provides an injector-ignition fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine, comprising an ECU controlling a heated catalyzed fuel injector for heating and catalyzing a next fuel charge, wherein the ECU uses a one firing cycle look-ah... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7412973 | Fuel vaporizer The present invention is a fuel vaporizer that will greatly increase power and economy in fuel powered engines while producing far less pollution. The present invention has a fuel chamber, air inlet, vibrator and heating element that aerate fuel by vibrating and hea... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7406957 | Air heater with one-piece housing A heating device for use in an internal combustion engine having an intake defining a passage is disclosed. The intake includes an opening in communication with the passage. The heating device includes a one-piece housing having a mounting flange portion and a first... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7387263 | Fuel injection valve of engine, fuel injection method and assembling method of the same The heating injector in which the fuel is heated within a short time when starting and the size of a fuel atomized particle is very small h as casing 10 for a fuel injection valve which supplies fuel to an engine, orifice member 50 with an orifice thro... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7373932 | Heating apparatus for liquefied gas fuel supply system A heating apparatus for a liquefied gas fuel supply system includes a heating unit, a detecting unit and a setting unit. The liquefied gas fuel supply system vaporizes liquefied gas fuel to supply the vaporized gas fuel to an internal-combustion engine. The heating ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370610 | On-board fuel fractionation system and methods to generate an engine starting fuel A Fuel Fractionation System (FFS) and associated methods to generate and store a fuel for internal combustion engines is provided. FFS provides a distillation column assembly to distill liquid fuel to form a volatile light fraction secondary fuel. The distillation c... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367329 | Intake device for engine An intake device for an engine includes a fuel supply system for supplying fuel to an intake passage and a plurality of plates. The plurality of plates are positioned on an upstream side and a downstream side along a direction of a flow of intake air and arranged at... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364139 | Carburetors A carburetor having a throttle valve in the form of a disc which can be rotated to control flow of an air/fuel mixture through a duct, the throttle disc having a heating element and a temperature sensor formed on at least one surface of said throttle disc; and an el... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357124 | Multiple capillary fuel injector for an internal combustion engine A fuel injector for vaporizing a liquid fuel for use in an internal combustion engine. The fuel injector includes a plurality of capillary flow passages, each of the plurality of capillary flow passages having an inlet end and an outlet end; a heat source arranged a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353810 | Heating element for fuel tank A heating element for a fuel tank takes the form of an immersion heater commonly used in process applications to heat the contents of a fuel tank. The heater would be encased within a well for ease of servicing and replacement as well as safety. The tank heater woul... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350514 | System for vaporizing liquid fuel The vaporizing liquid fuel system converts virtually all of the liquid passing through it to a vapor state for chemical or physical processes in the vapor state. One chemical process is combustion in an engine or fuel burning apparatus such as a heating device. The ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337768 | Multiple capillary fuel injector for an internal combustion engine A fuel injector for delivering fuel to an internal combustion engine. The fuel injector includes a fuel injector housing, a system for metering vaporized fuel to the internal combustion engine, the system positioned within the fuel injector housing, and a system for... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329119 | Vaporizer for fuel supply to a carburetor Fuel for supply to the carburetor of an engine is vaporized in a container having a first and second chamber divided by a transverse heating plate against which the fuel is impacted from a fuel injection nozzle a form vapour therefrom so be discharged under pressure... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316226 | Heated PCV system A PCV system includes heated PCV valve for metering a flow of crankcase gases therethrough and a heated inlet manifold fitting for receiving a flow of crankcase gases therethrough. The PCV valve and the heated inlet manifold fitting are in communication with a curre... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317871 | Heater for fluids comprising an electrically conductive porous monolith An electrical heater element of controlled resistivity which can be used for a wide range of applications is formed from an electrically conductive synthetic porous carbon monolith. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313916 | Method and apparatus for generating power by combustion of vaporized fuel An apparatus for producing power from a source of liquid fuel. The apparatus includes at least one capillary flow passage, the at least one capillary flow passage having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end in fluid communication with the source of liquid f... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311268 | Nozzle body for a cleaning system on a motor vehicle A nozzle body for a cleaning system on a motor vehicle includes at least one feed line element adapted for connection to a cleaning liquid supply container. At least one nozzle element is connected to the feed line element by a channel section in the basic body. A h... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293551 | Liquefied gas-fuel supply device for diesel engine Since an aspirator 7 is disposed at a position lower than a fuel gallery 11 and an overflow fuel pipe 81, DME fuel remaining in the fuel gallery 11 and the overflow fuel pipe 81 can be more efficiently retrieved to a fuel tank 4... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295723 | Plasmon photocatalysis Plasmons on a waveguide may deliver energy to photocatalyze a reaction. The waveguide or other energy carrier may be configured to carry electromagnetic energy and generate plasmon energy at one or more locations proximate to the waveguide, where the plasmon energy ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287744 | Fuel conditioning apparatus A fuel conditioning system (10) comprises a housing (12) defining a chamber (14) and provided with an inlet (16) upstream of the chamber (14) and an outlet (18) downstream of the chamber (14). A hemispherical seat ( | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278409 | System for controlling the temperature of the intake air in internal combustion diesel engines The system is meant to heat the intake air in internal combustion Diesel engines and is based on the use of a resistor having two segments (1) and (1′) joined to each other on one end (2), the segments (1) and (1′) being made o... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270688 | Compact fuel processor for producing a hydrogen rich gas An apparatus for carrying out a multi-step process of converting hydrocarbon fuel to a substantially pure hydrogen gas feed includes a plurality of modules stacked end-to-end along a common axis. Each module includes a shell having an interior space defining a passa... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7249596 | Fuel system for an internal combustion engine and method for controlling same A fuel system for use in an internal combustion engine includes a plurality of fuel injectors, each injector including at least one capillary flow passage, the at least one capillary flow passage having an inlet end and an outlet end, a heat source arranged along th... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243637 | Fuel injector A fuel injector configured and arranged to inject fuel into a combustion chamber comprises a casing member, a fuel discharge valve and a micro nozzle. The casing member includes a hydraulic chamber configured to contain pressurized fuel and a flow rate regulating ho... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240691 | Rotary bleed valve assembly A rotary bleed valve (10) for a gas turbine engine comprises a passage (11) connecting high pressure gases from a compressor to an exhaust and a valve member (12), the valve member (12) may be rotated within the passage (11)so as t... | 07/10/2007 |
