Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341043 | Fuel supply system of internal combustion engine and internal combustion engine A fuel supply system according to the present invention includes a first delivery pipe for intake passage injection and a second delivery pipe for cylinder injection. The second delivery pipe is provided with a relief valve. A fuel discharge section of the relief va... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7284536 | Fuel supply system of internal combustion engine and internal combustion engine A fuel supply system according to the present invention includes a first delivery pipe for intake passage injection and a second delivery pipe for cylinder injection. The second delivery pipe is provided with a relief valve. A fuel discharge section of the relief va... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278593 | Common rail fuel injector A common rail fuel injector comprises a three-way control valve that controls the flow of high-pressure fuel to a fuel cavity for fuel injection. Specifically, when the control valve is transitioning to a first, on position, from a second, off position, high-pressur... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7104464 | Fuel supply method and fuel supply system A fuel supply method for a fuel injection device including a fuel injection unit, comprising: supplying fuel to a first fuel injection member of the fuel injection unit through a first fuel supply passage internally formed in a holding-and-supplying unit holding the... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097115 | Fuel injector regulator having combined initial injection and peak injection pressure regulation A fuel injector regulator having combined initial injection and peak injection pressure regulation. The fuel injector regulator includes a rate shaping valve movably supported within a valve bore between a closed position and an open position to regulate a rate of i... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6959878 | Compact fuel injection nozzle A compact fuel injection nozzle includes a unitary nozzle body, a nozzle cap, a valve member and a spring sub assembly. The spring sub assembly provides a biasing force against a valve member that includes an integral lift stop. The biasing force holds the nose of t... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6547169 | Crop residue spreader for an agricultural combine A crop residue spreader for an agricultural combine including a unique support element which is an elongate tube, including a center portion and a pair of legs extending outwardly in opposite directions from the center portion, each of the legs including ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6109542 | Servo-controlled fuel injector with leakage limiting device A servo-controlled fuel injector is provided which includes a leakage limiting valve device for limiting the quantity of high pressure fuel available for leakage into the combustion chamber in the event the closed nozzle valve element fails to sealingly e... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5419492 | Force balanced electronically controlled fuel injector A unit fuel injector is provided comprising an injector body containing a pumping chamber for receiving fuel at a low pressure level from a fuel supply passage for subsequent discharge at a high pressure level, a discharge orifice and a transfer passage c... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5301875 | Force balanced electronically controlled fuel injector A unit fuel injector is provided comprising an injector body containing a pumping chamber and a valve element provided for movement between (i) an advanced position wherein a supply passage communicates with the pumping chamber through a transfer passage ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5007584 | Fuel injection device A fuel injection device having a fuel pump and an injection line connected to a pump work chamber and communicating with an injection nozzle via an interposed closing valve which closes toward the pump work chamber. Via the injection end of a magnetic con... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4979675 | Pressure control valve A residual pressure control valve which is interposed between a fuel injection pump and a nozzle includes an annular valve element which is biased by a spring into contact with a seating surrounding a port connected to the pump. Slidable in the valve elem... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4598863 | Fuel injector A fuel injector is provided wherein an accumulating chamber is formed around a needle valve in a nozzle assembly housing to open and close an inlet port. An injection end control valve is disposed between the accumulating chamber and a fuel passage having... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4200231 | Fuel injector nozzle A fuel injector nozzle includes a housing having a compartment therein divided by a valve seat disc into a control chamber of predetermined volume on one side of the valve seat disc and a fuel chamber on the other side thereof, the valve seat disc having ... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4153200 | Fuel injection nozzles A fuel injection nozzle comprises a poppet valve member having a head which is adapted to co-operate with a seating to control the flow of fuel through a spray orifice from an inlet. The poppet valve defines a first surface against which fuel under pressu... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4096995 | Variable spray direction fuel injection nozzle A variable spray direction fuel injection nozzle includes a cylindrical nozzle body having a stepped bore therein defining at one end a first cavity and a second cavity of reduced size terminating at a closed end wall at the opposite end of the nozzle bod... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4026468 | Headlamp cleaning assembly A headlamp cleaning assembly of the type for cleaning vehicle headlamps and including first and second nozzles for jetting an air/liquid mixture against a headlight surface. A regulator means is included for mixing air and liquid and for sequentially supp... | 05/31/1977 |
