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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4168685 | Fuel metering device for internal combustion engines and fuel systems incorporating such device A fuel metering device for an internal combustion engine, and in which a metering needle, common to a liquid and gaseous fuel chambers having respective inlets for communication with a respective source of liquid and gaseous fuel for the engine, extends b... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4129620 | Fuel changeover system for multi-fuel engines Fuel changeover system for a multi-fuel engine of the type which may be driven by various fuels such as gasoline and kerosene, which enables the engine to continue the operation by another fuel when one of the fuels has run out. The system comprises two f... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4119061 | Method and equipment for control of internal combustion engine including a fuel-reforming device Method and equipment for control of an internal combustion engine including a fuel-reforming device includes appropriate control of the ratio of total air to total fuel supplied to the internal combustion engine through mechanical regulation of the volume... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4108124 | Manifold system Herein disclosed is a manifold system for an internal combustion engine of the type having an auxiliary combustion chamber associated with each main combustion chamber and connected by a torch passage. The manifold system includes a main intake manifold f... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4096839 | Internal combustion engine air-fuel ratio control system utilizing oxygen sensor An air-fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine utilizes an oxygen sensor to maintain a 14.5/1 air-fuel ratio at a first location in an intake manifold to an engine combustion chamber. A method and apparatus is disclosed for adding fuel... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4095571 | Filtering and mixing apparatus A device used to recycle used engine lubricating oil for addition to the fuel oil burned by a compression ignition engine includes a pump for pumping used lubricating oil from the engine sump. A filter removes contaminates from the oil before it is pumped... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4094288 | Carburetor for engines using diesel fuel A carburetor capable of replacing the conventional carburetor of a poppet-valve type internal combustion engine and making possible satisfactory operation thereof using ordinary diesel fuel atomized under high pressure. After a short warm-up period on reg... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4092962 | Precarburetor ignition system This invention relates to a pre-ignition, combustion system of the type used in combination with an internal combustion engine whereby a vaporized fuel charge is created due to the exposure of heat to saturated fuel vapor. The fuel vapor is further heated... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4091772 | Internal combustion engine with delayed torch ignition of oil fuel charge A primarily oil-fueled engine is disclosed in which the engine compression ratio is established well below the level at which compression ignition of oil fuel will occur and in which the oil fuel charge is ignited by the discharge from a spark ignited, ga... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4075996 | External compression ignition system for internal combustion engines To increase the fuel efficiency and decrease the emissions of current types of internal combustion engines by improving the burning of leaner fuel mixtures, a novel igniter is provided for each combustion chamber of the engine. The igniter comprises a sma... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4063905 | Fuel mixer A gaseous fuel mixer for an internal combustion engine includes hinged air valve doors arranged for opening in accordance with manifold depression, the doors are linked to the fuel metering means and include means for ducting the gaseous fuel into the air... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4051673 | Automotive internal combustion engine A spark-igniton multiple-cylinder internal combustion engine for an automotive vehicle, having a first set of cylinders to operate on a relatively lean air-fuel mixture and a second set of cylinders to operate on a relatively rich air-fuel mixture, wherei... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4033307 | Process and device for preparing ignitable fuel mixtures Mixtures having good ignition quality and consisting of fuels with different calorific values, for example gasoline and methanol, for internal combustion engines are prepared by admixing the fuel mixture, in accordance with its calorific value, with atmos... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4031864 | Multiple fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine A multiple fuel supply or an internal combustion engine wherein phase separation of components is deliberately induced. The resulting separation permits the use of a single fuel tank to supply components of either or both phases to the engine. Specificall... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4018199 | Carburation system for an internal combustion The disclosure describes the improvement to a carburation system for an internal combustion motor which operates with a mixture of motor fuel vapor and air. The system comprises a carburetor, a heat exchanger and an admission block. The main object of the... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4013050 | Ignition system for a multifueled engine A manually operable lever feeds a selected fuel to the engine. A cam having lobes made of a magnetic material is affixed to a shaft driven off the engine. Each of a plurality of reluctance pickups is predeterminedly positioned to form a magnetic circuit w... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4003357 | Carburetion system for internal combustion motor The disclosure describes a carburetion system for internal combustion motor comprising a carburetor, a heat exchanger and an admission block. The carburetor has a carburetion chamber for each motor cylinder and is provided with a motor-fuel reservoir, eac... | 01/18/1977 |
| 4002151 | Diesel engine and method for improving the performance thereof A diesel engine characterized in that a part of fuel is reformed into a mixture containing decomposition and oxidation products in a system separate from that of a fuel injection in which a fuel is injected into a compressed air introduced into the cylind... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3985108 | Fuel separating system for starting an internal combustion engine In an internal combustion engine in which fuel in a fuel tank is sent to the carburetor to be sucked into the engine, a fuel separating system for starting an internal combustion engine comprising means for heating the fuel fed out of the fuel tank and me... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3982516 | Standby system An internal combustion engine is normally fueled from a primary source of natural gas. A pressure switch closes upon sensing engine vacuum. A second pressure switch closes at a predetermined low pressure in the primary natural gas source. The closing of t... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3969922 | Apparatus for feeding fuel to an engine An improved apparatus for feeding fuel to an internal combustion engine, said apparatus comprising a multiplicity of fuel sources that cooperate with a spill chamber that is surrounded by an overflow trough. Cooperation is by means of a feed line having a... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3943906 | Intake system for an internal combustion engine In an internal combustion engine having at least two separated combustion chambers and at least two separated intake passages respectively connected with said combustion chambers, a communicating passage is provided between the intake passages and shut-of... | 03/16/1976 |
