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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7987673 | Turbo-compound system The invention concerns a turbo compound system, including a crankshaft driven by an internal combustion engine; a blowdown turbine arranged in the exhaust line of the internal combustion engine; a hydrodynamic clutch, including a driving torus and a driven torus, wh... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7966817 | Compound transmission An internal combustion engine comprises includes a turbo-compound and the known Föttinger-coupling is replaced by a torsion vibration damper. The Föttinger-coupling, which is used to transmit power, has high losses in power when it is necessary to have a different... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7950231 | Low emission turbo compound engine system A diesel or HHCI engine has an air intake and an exhaust for products of combustion. A pair of turbochargers receive the products of combustion in a series relationship and an exhaust aftertreatment device receive the products of combustion from the downstream turbi... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7694519 | Turbine compound system A turbo-compound system having a crankshaft driven by an internal combustion engine; having an exhaust gas turbine arranged in the flow of exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine; having a hydrodynamic coupling, having a primary impeller and a secondary impell... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7673453 | Hydrodynamic coupling A hydrodynamic coupling that has a primary impeller and a secondary impeller. A drive shaft drives the primary impeller. The drive shaft has a first end, a second end, a central axis, and a prespecified segment between the first and second ends. There is at least on... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7654087 | Compact compound engine package A compound cycle engine (10) comprises a compressor (19) and a turbine section (16 & 20), and at least one cycle topping device (12) cooperating with the turbine section (16 & 20) to provide power. The cycle topping d... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7412831 | Integral cooling system for rotary engine A rotary combustion engine (12) with a self-cooling system comprises a heat exchanging interface for discharging excess heat from the rotary combustion engine (12), and a direct drive fan (44) integrated on the rotary engine output shaft (26 | 08/19/2008 |
| 7398650 | Internal combustion engine comprising a mechanical charger and a turbo-compound In an internal combustion engine comprising a mechanical charger in the form of a positive displacement compressor connected to the engine intake duct for supplying compressed air to the engine and a turbo-compound including an exhaust gas turbine connected to the e... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7363127 | Air brake system monitoring for pre-trip inspection Vehicles equipped with air brake systems and compressed air systems for supporting operation of the brakes provide for automated inspection of the air compressor system using an onboard vehicle or engine management computers. During vehicle operation, the system con... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347048 | Internal combustion engine comprising an engine braking arrangement In an internal combustion engine comprising an engine braking arrangement including a constant throttle valve, an exhaust gas turbocharger with a variable turbine guide vane structure and a power turbine connected to an exhaust tract and a compressor connected to an... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7296562 | Control system and method for estimating turbocharger performance A control system for estimating the performance of a compressor is disclosed. The control system has a compressor fluidly connected to an inlet manifold of a power source. The control system also has a power source speed sensor to provide an indication of a rotation... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7240491 | Turbocompound internal combustion engine arrangement Method and arrangement for a turbocompound type internal combustion engine including an exhaust system for ducting the engine's exhaust gases. A supercharger turbine drives a compressor for the engine's combustion air, and an exhaust turbine is placed in the exhaust... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7174709 | Turboscreen assembly for diesel exhaust systems A turboscreen for use with diesel exhaust systems comprises a plurality of parallel metal V-shaped wires joined with a peripheral band. The turboscreen is reversibly provided within a housing assembly that permits removal of the interior screen without detaching the... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7104061 | Fluid machine A fluid machine for a waste heat collecting system for an internal combustion engine has an object to make most use of the collected waste heat and an operation of a compressor, an alternator or the like by a rotational driving force from an expansion device functio... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7077632 | Blower having a blower tube incorporating a reduction device for reducing the clear flow cross section of said blower tube at idle operation A blower (1) has a housing (10) to which a blower pipe (2) may be removably connected. An internal combustion engine located within the housing (10) drives a blower wheel. The blower wheel, in turn, generates an air flow (11) withi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7047743 | Electric turbo compound configuration for an engine/electric generator system An engine/electric generator system includes an internal combustion engine, a primary electric generator driven by an output shaft of the engine and providing electrical power. A turbocharger has a first turbine driven by exhaust gasses from the engine and a compres... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036313 | Co-generation turbocharged turbine system A co-generation turbocharged turbine system that utilizes a gas turbine (10) connecting the exhaust to a turbocharger (24) to introduce pressurized air into the inlet of the turbine for improving power and efficiency. A second embodiment places a work ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021554 | Heating appliance A domestic combined heat and power system comprising a Stirling engine (1) and water heater in the form of a supplementary burner (17). The exhaust gas from the Stirling engine is used to preheat combustible gas entering the Stirling engine and subsequ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7010918 | Internal combustion engine with motor brake In an internal combustion engine with a motor brake, includes an exhaust gas turbocharger and a power turbine disposed in the exhaust gas discharge line from the turbocharger for the conversion of the energy remaining in the exhaust gas into usable energy, the exhau... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6973787 | Motor brake device for a turbocharged internal combustion engine Motor brake device for a turbocharged internal combustion engine with an at least two-stage charge system, which includes at least one high-pressure stage as well as at least one low-pressure stage connected on the exhaust gas side downstream of the high-pressure st... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971585 | System and method for protecting equipment from damage due to low or rapidly changing temperatures A system and method of protecting production tooling used in semiconductor fabrication from potentially damaging low temperatures or sudden temperature drops during periods of primary power outage and low outside temperatures. The boilers and pumps at a central util... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6905316 | Turbine A turbocharger in which a drive shaft supports at one end a turbine driven by exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine. The end of the drive shaft remote from the turbine supports a drive connection which is coupled to an output shaft of the driving engine. ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6895753 | Exhaust turbine apparatus Apparatus and method for supplying sealing air to an exhaust turbine (15) that interacts with an internal combustion engine for turbo-compound operation in a vehicle. Exhaust gases from the internal combustion engine are received in an exhaust system having a... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6886337 | Drive unit with an internal combustion engine and an exhaust gas turbocharger The invention relates to a drive unit, comprising an internal combustion engine with a crankshaft; an exhaust line; an exhaust gas turbine which is acted on by the exhaust gas line, which is arranged downstream of the internal combustion engine and has the purpose o... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6758042 | Exhaust device with an electric generator An exhaust device includes a housing, a drive unit, and an electric generator. The housing includes a tubular wall with a tube axis, and a mounting wall transverse to the tube axis. The tubular wall has an inlet end portion to be connected to a source of exhaust gas... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6681575 | Turbocompound internal combustion engine A turbocompound internal combustion engine having a turbocharger with a variable-geometry turbine; and an auxiliary turbine, which is located downstream from the turbine of the turbocharger, provides for recovering energy from the exhaust gas, and is conn... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681574 | Method for controlling air flow to an engine Methods for controlling intake air flow to an internal combustion engine having an output shaft driven by the internal combustion engine, an intake air pipe, an exhaust gas pipe, a compressor located in the intake air pipe, a turbine located in the exhaus... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6655142 | Separate shaft turbocharger A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, is provided with a turbine including a rotatable turbine shaft, a turbine wheel carried by the turbine shaft, and a drive gear carried by the turbine shaft. A first compressor includes a rotatable first co... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6539716 | Internal combustion engine with exhaust gas turbocharger and compound power turbine In an internal combustion engine including an exhaust gas turbocharger and a compound power turbine connected to the crankshaft of the engine and an exhaust gas recirculation system extending between the engine exhaust duct upstream of the exhaust gas tur... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6470680 | Manifold alternator generator A manifold alternator generator including a turbine located proximal to a flow of exhaust gases in an internal combustion engine where the exhaust gases energize the turbine and produce rotation of an output shaft. The output shaft is connected to a rotor... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6408626 | Arrangement and method for power transmission in combustion engines The invention relates to an arrangement for power transmission in a combustion engine, comprising an outgoing exhaust pipe, at least one device for absorbing energy from exhaust gases in the exhaust pipe and/or at least one device for compressing air to t... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6378308 | Turbocharged internal combustion engine A turbocharged internal-combustion engine (10), with at least one high-pressure stage (20), with at least one low-pressure stage (30), which is arranged downstream of the high-pressure stage, with bypass piping (24a, 24b) having pipe switch(es) (70, 71), ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6374613 | Miniaturized waste heat engine A closed loop vapor cycle generated by a special device formed by heat transfer and a vapor expander means it is utilized to convert waste heat from conventional power systems into additional thermodynamic work, thereby improving the overall power system ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6295814 | Internal-combustion engine with an exhaust gas turbocharger An internal-combustion engine with a turbocharger is suggested, in the case of which a limiting of the exhaust gas counterpressure is provided in the braking operating mode of the internal-combustion engine.... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6286312 | Arrangement for a combustion engine Internal combustion engines are described including a crankshaft and at least one cylinder, an intake line for supplying air to the cylinder, an exhaust line for discharging exhaust gases from the cylinder, a recirculation line for recirculating at least ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6050094 | Supercharged internal combustion engine A turbocharged internal combustion engine with exhaust return via a valve on the intake side of the turbocompressor unit to the engine intake side. The turbine and the compressor of the turbocompressor unit are adapted to each other and to the engine in s... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5970924 | Arc-piston engine An engine having an annular cylinder formed about an opening which utilizes an arc-piston reciprocally positioned in the annular cylinder with a partition secured within the annular cylinder separating the annular cylinder into an air intake compression c... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5884482 | Combustion engine of turbocompound type with exhaust gas brake The invention relates to a combustion engine 7 of compound type in which the exhaust gases partly drive a first turbine 3 for driving a compressor 4 for supplying and compressing combustion air, partly a second turbine 2 which, via a mechanical transmissi... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5729978 | Supercharged internal combustion engine with capability for mechanical step-up drive of an exhaust gas turbocharger A supercharged internal combustion engine has an exhaust gas turbocharger which includes an exhaust gas turbine and a compressor. The exhaust gas turbine and the compressor are connected to a turbocharger shaft and an appliance for the transmission of pow... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5709088 | Engine An internal combustion engine has an annular rotor (2) arranged to rotate around a stator (6). The stator has a pair of combustion cylinders (19) extending therethrough with each cylinder containing a slideable piston (18). The pistons are coupled to a ce... | 01/20/1998 |
