Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363914 | Solenoid actuated fuel injector having a pressure balanced pintle A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine, the injector comprising an injector body having a tip portion defining at least one spray aperture; a pintle extending within the tip portion, the pintle having a head portion engageable with a valve seat to close t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7309032 | Dosing device for fluids, especially a motor vehicle injection valve An actuator (4) is connected, on one side, to a valve needle (3), and on the opposite side, to a hydraulic piston (6) pertaining to a hydraulic length compensator. A working chamber (5) is divided by a tight separating membrane (9)... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7216632 | Fuel injection valve A valve body surrounds a first passage connecting with a cylinder of an engine. A valve member is adapted to be seated on and lifted from the valve seat. An injector body connects with the valve body. The injector body has a pressure control chamber for controlling ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7185832 | Fuel injection nozzle for an internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection In an injection nozzle for an internal combustion engine including a nozzle housing, a closure member disposed in a nozzle opening and connected to a nozzle needle for axially moving the closure member outwardly off its seat in the nozzle opening to open the nozzle ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182281 | Air assist fuel injector with a one piece leg/seat An air assist fuel injector having a solenoid with a metallic core, an armature, and a solenoid coil for generating a magnetic field in the metallic core to actuate the armature. A poppet is attached to the armature. A single piece metallic body forms part of the me... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7151233 | Contact system A contact system needs comparatively little overall space. that the contact system includes a spring element acting on the contact holder, fabricated from an electrically nonconducting material. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140562 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injector for the direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes a valve needle situated in a nozzle body, the valve needle being actuable by an actuator and acted upon by a restoring spring in such a manner that... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137571 | Fuel injector nozzles Disclosed is an injector nozzle through which fluid is delivered and which has a port (17) having an internal surface and a valve member (13) having a complementary external surface. The valve member (13) is movable relative to the port (17 | 11/21/2006 |
| 7124965 | Spraying gun A spraying gun includes a gun body, a handle, a sealing gasket, a connecting member, a control valve, a control handle, an outer control tube, a control shaft, a catch block, an inner control tube, a control ring, a drive ring, and a nozzle assembly. The nozzle asse... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124966 | Fuel injector check valve A high pressure unit fuel injector includes a member with a fuel delivery opening to be intermittently supplied with high pressure fuel and a valve seat encircling the fuel delivery opening. A valve cage includes a check-valve chamber adjacent the valve seat. The ch... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121480 | Fuel injector and an engine including such as injector A fuel injector for spraying fuel into a combustion chamber comprises a spray head (6) extending along a central axis (X) from a base (6a) to a free end (6b), the head comprising a free outside face (6c, 6d | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108201 | Injection valve The injector tip of an injection valve which injects directly into the combustion chamber protrudes therein, thereby incurring the risk that combustion residues can become deposited on the injector tip. When the injection valve is in a closed state, the possible att... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7086377 | Dual mode fuel injector A dual mode fuel injector having first (15) and second (30) valve members. The valve members are actuatable independently of one another and are arranged to open in opposite directions. The valve members control the flow through first (18) and s... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7048207 | Fire fighting nozzle and method including pressure regulation, chemical and eduction features A fire fighting nozzle for extinguishing industrial scale fires including improved automatic pressure regulating features, enhanced educting features including central and peripheral channeling for foam concentrate, and combining with a capacity to throw dry chemica... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044407 | Fluid dosing device with a throttle point A fluid dosing device for a pressurized liquid is disclosed, which comprises a chamber (35) which is supplied with pressurized liquid by means of a liquid supply line (17, 19); a valve needle (9) which is guided through the chamber (35), ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7014130 | High-pressure fuel device A high-pressure fuel system including a housing having first and second high-pressure bodies (3, 5), which contact one another at a contact face. A high-pressure chamber in the housing passes through the contact face, and at least intermittently a high fuel p... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6978942 | Shockwave injector nozzle A system for assisting in the atomisation of liquid particles conveyed in a gas stream flowing along a flow path having a rigid boundary, said system involving the creation of one or more shock waves in the gas stream. In a preferred embodiment, the system comprises... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6955307 | Deposit control in fuel injector nozzles An injector nozzle for a fuel injected internal combustion engine, said injector nozzle including a port (5) having an internal valve seat surface (15) and a valve member (13) having an external seating surface (17), said valve member bei... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6923387 | Deposit control in fuel injector nozzles An injector nozzle for a fuel injected internal combustion engine, said injector nozzle including a port (5) having a valve seat surface (15) and a valve member (3) having a seating surface (17), said valve member (3) being movable... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915960 | Fuel-injection and a method for setting the same A fuel injector for fuel-injection systems of internal combustion engines, e.g., for the direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, includes an actuator, a valve needle which is in operative connection to the actuator and ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6902122 | Device for atomizing a liquid product, a spray-drying and conditioning device provided therewith, and a method for conditioning a liquid product The invention relates to a device for atomizing a liquid, thereby forming a hollow cone of liquid, comprising a housing into which a first liquid product can be supplied, said housing comprising an outflow end and an insert piece with a guide end that interacts with... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6779535 | Paint brush cleaning device A cleaning device for a paint brush comprises a hollow nozzle attached to a source of pressurized cleaning solution such as water, solvent, liquefied hot soap or alike. The distal tip of the nozzle is equipped with a poppet valve such that the body of the valve prot... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6749027 | Fire fighting nozzle and method including pressure regulation, chemical and education features A fire fighting nozzle for extinguishing industrial scale fires including improved automatic pressure regulating features, enhanced educting features having central (110) and peripheral channeling (94) for foam concentrate, combined with a capacity to ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6719220 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injector, especially for the direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing internal combustion engine having externally supplied ignition, comprising a swirl disk having swirl channels and a central recess, and having a guide c... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6612508 | Fuel injector A fuel injector for delivering fuel to a combustion space comprises a valve needle which is movable within a bore provided in a nozzle body and which is engageable with a seating to control the supply of fuel from the bore. The injector further comprises ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6464150 | Spray device for a windshield washer system A spray device (10, 56, 58) for a window or glass washing system has a spray nozzle (14) that has a nozzle bore (50) and is supported in a nozzle housing (12) with a water connection and has a device that prevents a returm flow and an uncontrolled escape ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6412709 | Fluid mixing-jetting apparatus, fluid mixer and snowmaker A fluid mixing-jetting apparatus includes an apparatus body provided at its upstream end with an inlet arrangement for introducing plural kinds of fluids into a flow passage formed in the apparatus body. The apparatus further includes an end plate closing... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6349885 | Fuel injector for internal combustion engines and method for making same A fuel injector nozzle includes a nozzle body and a poppet disposed in the body for reciprocating movement. The body has an internal bore surrounding the poppet. The internal bore tapers in a constant angle of taper from a front seating region to a fuel r... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6345771 | Multiple stack piezoelectric actuator for a fuel injector A fuel injector comprises a tube assembly, a seat secured at an end of the tube assembly, a stem assembly movable with respect to the seat, a first set of piezoelectric elements connected to the stem assembly, and a second set of piezoelectric elements co... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6247453 | Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, having a valve member which is axially displaceable in a bore of a valve body and which on an end toward the combustion chamber has a valve member head. The head forms a valve closing member, which o... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6213414 | Fuel injector A fuel injector has an actuator for generating a lifting movement and a lift translator filled with a hydraulic medium and deformable in the lifting direction, for transferring the lifting movement of the actuator to a valve needle, provision being made f... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6155499 | Injection valve, particularly for direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine An injection valve is described, in particular for direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, with a valve body having a valve opening surrounded by a valve seat to form a spray opening, and with a valve needle wh... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6113011 | Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, having a valve member, which is guided axially displaceably in a bore of a valve body. An end toward the combustion chamber and that protrudes from the bore has a valve sealing face with which the va... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5878961 | Injection valve for injecting fuel directly into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine An injection valve, particularly for injecting fuel directly into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, has a flow path whose end region encompasses an annular gap on the outlet side, and which, in the open state, has at least one annular... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5862992 | Adjustable dual cone spray pattern valve apparatus and related methods The invented spray valve DEFINES two orifices that generate respective spray patterns. Preferably, the spray patterns are each conical in shape and coaxially configured so that the inside spray pattern is enveloped by the outside spray pattern. The spray ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5833142 | Fuel injector nozzles An injector nozzle has a body having a nozzle through which fuel is delivered. The nozzle includes a port having an internal surface and a valve member having a complementary external surface. The valve member is movable relative to the port to respective... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5752656 | Nozzle assembly and method of fabrication thereof Disclosed herein is a nozzle assembly comprising a housing including an outer end, an inner end, a central bore extending between the inner and outer ends and including a valve seat adjacent the outer end of the housing, and a spring seat extending transv... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5730365 | Rotary water sprinkler including protective cover A rotary sprinkler includes a rotor rotatably mounted with respect to a nozzle to be impinged and to be rotated by the water jet from the nozzle, and a sleeve circumscribing the nozzle and formed with an open end through which the water jet is discharged ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5551638 | Valve member for fuel injection nozzles An injector nozzle for a fuel injected internal combustion engine having a selectively openable nozzle for the delivery of fuel to the engine combustion chamber, the nozzle comprising a port having an internal annular surface and a valve member having an ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5472013 | Fuel injection nozzle A valve assembly including a valve housing adapted to be fixed in the bore of a member supplying fuel under pressure, the valve housing including a bore which extends along an axis, which is adapted to communicate with the bore of the member and which has... | 12/05/1995 |
