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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7882825 | Air intake heater with flanged heating element 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... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7757674 | Intake air and carburetor heating arrangement for v-twin engines A V-twin engine having a crankcase and a pair of cylinders defining a V-space therebetween, wherein the V-space is substantially enclosed, and a carburetor is positioned within the V-space. An intake air preheating arrangement supplies heated intake air to the carbu... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7464699 | Control of an electrically heated pre-heating device for cold-starting internal combustion engines In a method for heating up the intake air of an internal combustion engine during the preglow phase or start-up phase, the heating power is controlled by a control unit of the engine electronics as a function of the operating data of the internal combustion engine. ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7406958 | Snow remover The snow remover has a cooling fan for directing cooling air to an engine, and an air cleaner. The air cleaner has an air intake for drawing in outside air. The cooling fan and the air intake of the air cleaner is housed within the engine cover. Cooling air is chang... | 08/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7364601 | Precleaner arrangement for use in air filtration; method; and, air cleaner using same A precleaner arrangement for use in separating a portion of entrained material in air from air entering an air cleaner, is provided. The precleaner arrangement includes a vane structure positioned to direct air into a circular or cyclonic pattern, to facilitate mate... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353865 | Method for controlling a valve for an exhaust system An exhaust gas heat exchanger system of a combustion engine has a bypass duct and a heat exchanger duct with a heat exchanger. A valve is controlled by determining when heat is to be transferred from exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust system to the heat exchang... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7305955 | Dual combustion engine An internal combustion engine is disclosed in which some cylinders are adapted to run in homogeneous-charge compression-ignition (HCCI) combustion mode and at other cylinders are adapted to run in spark-ignition (SI) combustion mode. HCCI cylinders are at least 2 co... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7291836 | Method and device for continuous determination of lubricating oil consumption of an internal combustion engine The invention relates to a method and device for the continuous determination of the lubricating oil consumption of an internal combustion engine. The inventive method consists in: placing a determined quantity of at least one radioactive tracer in the lubricating o... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287521 | System and method for improved engine starting using heated intake air A system for an internal combustion engine, the engine having an intake and exhaust manifold, the system comprising of a heat exchanger configured to extract energy from engine exhaust gases; a catalyst coupled between said heat exchanger and the exhaust manifold of... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284508 | Intake air and carburetor heating arrangements for V-twin engines A V-twin engine having a crankcase and a pair of cylinders defining a V-space therebetween, wherein the V-space is substantially enclosed, and a carburetor is positioned within the V-space. An intake air preheating arrangement supplies heated intake air to the carbu... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7222821 | Method and apparatus for treating fuel to temporarily reduce its combustibility A method and apparatus are disclosed for treating fuel to temporarily reduce its combustibility, and thereafter restore its combustibility. As used in an aircraft, the method comprises the following steps: (a) treating aircraft eng... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7201156 | Thermal transfer internal combustion engine A thermal transfer internal combustion engine with an air transfer cylinder located between a pair of power cylinders. The transfer cylinder has an intake valve and two transfer valves alternately feeding the two power cylinders. The power cylinders each contain a m... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7143752 | Preheating of inlet air The claimed invention relates to a device for preheating of the inlet air to a combustion engine that powers a portable tool. The preheating of the air is activated when the surrounding temperature is low and deactivated when there is no need for preheating of the i... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7111830 | Anti-detonation fuel delivery system A fuel processing device [2] is provided that produces properly sized fuel aerosol particles [5] that when mixed with combustion air, reduces or eliminates detonation (knock) in internal combustion engines thus reducing fuel octane requirements for eng... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111829 | Anti-detonation fuel delivery system A fuel processing device (2) is provided that produces fuel aerosol particles (5) that when mixed with combustion air, reduces or eliminates detonation (knock) in internal combustion engines, reducing fuel octane requirements and improving burning char... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108193 | Integration of a thermostat in the recycling system of the vehicular exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system The invention relates to the control of the temperature of recirculated exhaust gas and oil, by means of the placement of a thermostat between an oil/water heat exchanger and a water/exhaust gas exchanger. The thermostat comprises a multifaceted casing (1), i... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096859 | Carburetor arrangement of a portable handheld work apparatus A carburetor arrangement of a portable handheld work apparatus includes a carburetor (1) which is fixed to a motor housing (4) of the work apparatus by elastic support elements (2, 3). A warm air channel (5) is provided for conducting war... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093826 | Anti-detonation fuel delivery system A fuel processing device is provided that produces properly sized fuel aerosol particles that when mixed with combustion air, reduces or eliminates detonation (knock) in internal combustion engines thus reducing fuel octane requirements for engines of a given compre... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7084374 | Heating flange A heating flange especially for the preheating of the intake air of an internal combustion engine with a frame (8), a supporting ceramic element (2) with a heating band (10) fitted thereto. The supporting ceramic element 2 is held in the ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7064293 | Heating element for preheating intake air for an internal combustion engine A heating element for preheating intake air for an internal combustion engine and having a housing for attaching the heating element to an air intake line of the internal combustion engine. At least one heating strip (1), which runs in windings (1a | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059278 | Locomotive engine charge air cooling system and method for cooling the engine A locomotive engine having an engine cooling system, a compressor for compressing engine intake air, and an aftercooler for cooling the compressed intake air prior to introduction into an intake manifold of the engine. The locomotive also has a dynamic brake system ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055315 | Heat exchangers of multiple cylinder internal combustion engine First heat exchangers (H4, H3, H2) are disposed within an exhaust port (18), within a pre-catalytic device (34), and on the downstream of a main catalytic device (35); the exhaust port (18), the pre-catalytic device (... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044115 | Heating flange for preheating air in an intake line of an internal combustion engine The present invention relates to a heating flange, in particular for preheating air in an intake line leading to an internal combustion engine. The heating flange comprises at least one heating element for heating the air flowing past said heating element, and a bod... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041368 | High speed spinning procedures for the manufacture of high denier polypropylene fibers and yarns Improvements in permitting greater efficiency for high denier polypropylene fiber and yarn production are provided. Generally, spinning speeds are limited for polypropylene fibers and yarns as such materials tend to break easily upon exposure to excessively high ten... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025799 | Carburetor air flow structure Air flow from the airbox (57) to the carburetor of an internal combustion engine is regulated by a plurality of valve bodies (66) fitted with rotatable lids (77) which permit infinite adjustment of air flow between a fully closed and fully open ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6997401 | Fuel injector nozzle adapter A fuel injector adapter for providing nitrous oxide to an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The nozzle has a fuel injector passage, having a central axis and terminating at an injector outlet, for passing fuel from a fuel injector to an engine. The nozzle als... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6998081 | Method of producing low-shrink polypropylene tape fibers Improvements in preventing heat- and moisture-shrink problems in specific polypropylene tape fibers are demonstrated herein. Such fibers are manufactured through the initial production of polypropylene films or tubes which are then slit into very thin, though flat t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6964269 | Heating flange for preheating air in an intake line of an internal combustion engine The present invention relates to a heating flange, in particular for preheating air in an intake line leading to an internal combustion engine. The heating flange comprises at least one heating element for heating the air flowing past said heating element, and a bod... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6931839 | Apparatus and method for reduced cold start emissions An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, comprising: a exhaust manifold for providing fluid communication of exhaust of the plurality of cylinders to a catalytic converter, the exhaust manifold comprising a first exhaust p... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6889652 | Variant-reduced throttle device with interchangeable housing parts The invention relates to a throttle device for the intake section of an internal combustion engine, wherein the throttle device has a multi-part housing that contains a throttle valve device in movable fashion, which can be actuated by means of an actuating drive un... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6823668 | Waste heat recovery device of internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine waste heat recovery system is provided in which a second heat exchanger, a fifth heat exchanger, a fourth heat exchanger, a third heat exchanger, and a first heat exchanger are disposed sequentially from the upstream side to the downstr... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6807954 | Portable power working machine There is provided a portable power working machine, which is capable of rationally and effectively preventing the generation of the icing without giving rise to early clogging of air cleaner, the malfunction of a internal combustion engine and deterioration of perfo... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6789530 | Cold start system for high-speed direct-injection diesel engines Electrical resistances to carry out heating of air necessary for the combustion process of an engine, each of said resistance being in continuous tape form, with a pronounced coiled trajectory so that the resistance is distributed uniformly in an orifice for the pas... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6779514 | Manually guided implement A manually guided implement having an internal combustion engine and a carburetor for supplying a fuel/air mixture to the engine is provided. Disposed between the internal combustion engine and the carburetor is a housing wall in which is arranged a preheating windo... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6712051 | Method for improving part throttle efficiency for spark ignition piston engines by providing a temperature controlled supply of hot combustion air A system for improving part throttle efficiency of spark ignition piston engines by utilizing waste heat to increase the temperature of the combustion air is provided. The engine combustion air intake is provided with an ambient temperature air supply and a high tem... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6615790 | Device that improves the performance of a portable engine powered tool during winter conditions Engine-driven portable tools are widely used for different kinds of work where the surrounding conditions are very different. Large variations in temperature can cause problems for the engine, especially during low temperatures that occur during winter. T... | 09/09/2003 |
