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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151753 | Warm-up system and warm-up method for in-vehicle power train In a warm-up system that pre-warms up of an engine (E) by transferring heat from a heat source to an engine cooling water circulation circuit (1) of a vehicle, a residential hot water circuit (2) that uses a household heat source is provided as the hea... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7886705 | Engine system having dedicated thermal management system A thermal management system for an engine is disclosed. The thermal management system may have a first hydraulic circuit configured to circulate a fluid through the engine. The thermal management system may also have a second hydraulic circuit pressurized by the eng... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7730863 | Warm-up apparatus for internal combustion engine An inexpensive warm-up apparatus for an internal combustion engine having a simple structure and eliminating the need of forming a hole in a heat storage material retainer or the need for a seal around the hole or an electrical circuit. A heat storage material retai... | 06/08/2010 |
| RE40286 | System and method for supplying auxiliary power to a large diesel engine A system and method for providing auxiliary power to a large diesel engine allowing shutdown of such large engine in all weather conditions. An auxiliary power unit made up of a secondary engine coupled to an electrical generator is provided. An automatic control sy... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7270098 | Vehicle heater and controls therefor A heater for a liquid has a combustion chamber, a jacket for the liquid extending about the combustion chamber and a burner head assembly connected to the combustion chamber. The burner head assembly includes a housing having a burner mounted thereon and a hollow in... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7162987 | Method and apparatus for maintaining warm engine temperature A portable apparatus for temporarily warming a plurality of vehicle engines includes a warm fluid circulation loop; an engine fluid circulation loop; a fluid heater; a fluid to fluid heat exchangers; a warm fluid pump; and an engine fluid pump. The warm fluid circul... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159554 | Method and device for managing the vehicle warm-up phase in a cold start situation by controlling a hydraulic retarder This invention relates to a method for managing the vehicle warm-up phase in a cold start situation. The vehicle is equipped with a hydraulic retarder upstream of the set of gears of the transmission that dissipates heat in the engine coolant. Said method is based o... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7107954 | Internal combustion engine having thermal storage device An engine is arranged in such a way that while the engine is running, cooling fluid flows along a flow path that goes into a cylinder block (12) from an inlet (12b) at one end side of the engine main body (10), goes around the first cylin... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7040269 | Method for operating a drive with an internal combustion engine and an electric machine The warm-up period of the internal combustion engine is reduced by operating an electric machine as an additional load of the combustion engine in order to obtain a specific excessive increase in the heat loss of combustion engine. To this end, the magnetizing curre... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025026 | Heater and burner head assembly and control module therefor A burner head assembly for a burner includes a housing having a hollow interior and an exterior. There is a control module within the hollow interior. The module has internal connectors within the hollow interior and external connectors on the exterior of the housin... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6945207 | System and method for supplying auxiliary power to a large diesel engine A system and method for providing auxiliary power to a large diesel engine allowing shutdown of such large engine in all weather conditions. An auxiliary power unit made up of a secondary engine coupled to an electrical generator is provided. An automatic control sy... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6928973 | Internal combustion engine with combustion heater The present invention aims at providing a technology capable of increasing a heat quantity of a combustion gas discharged from a combustion heater in an internal combustion engine having the combustion heater. To accomplish this object, the internal combustion engin... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6928972 | Locomotive and auxiliary power unit engine controller Systems and methods for providing auxiliary power to a large diesel engine allow shutdown of the engine in various weather conditions. An auxiliary power unit (APU) comprising a secondary engine coupled to an electrical generator is provided. An automatic control sy... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6918365 | System having an internal combustion engine and a fuel cell and method of making and using same A system comprising an internal combustion engine, which particularly serves to provide the locomotion of a vehicle, and a fuel cell, which serves, among other things, to generate current for electrical units of the vehicle is provided. In order to utilize the heat ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6843216 | Internal combustion engine and control method of the same The internal combustion engine includes an engine preheating apparatus for preheating the internal combustion engine upon or before starting thereof. This internal combustion engine further includes an air-fuel ratio controller for setting an air-fuel ratio of the i... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6772722 | Heater and burner head assembly and control module therefor A burner head assembly for a burner includes a housing having a hollow interior and an exterior. There is a control module within the hollow interior. The module has internal connectors within the hollow interior and external connectors on the exterior of the housin... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6718925 | Heat storage tank In a heat storage tank, an elbow pipe member defining a water introduction passage is formed by connecting an inlet-side cylinder portion and an outlet-side cylinder portion to have a corner portion. A step portion is disposed in the water introduction passage aroun... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6681725 | Internal combustion engine with regenerator An internal combustion engine includes a circulation system which circulates a heat medium, a cylinder head part channel which circulates the heat medium into a cylinder head, a cylinder block part channel which circulates the heat medium into a cylinder ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6647961 | Internal combustion engine and control method of the same The internal combustion engine includes an engine preheating apparatus for preheating the internal combustion engine upon or before starting thereof. This internal combustion engine further includes an air-fuel ratio controller for setting an air-fuel rat... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6644272 | Diesel engine A diesel engine (1) has: a flow adjuster (10) for throttling exhaust flow; an intake heater (71) for heating intake air; a thermal medium circulator (72) for circulating a thermal medium to warm the diesel engine (1); a cylinder cut-off device (73) for co... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6629512 | Internal combustion engine with heat accumulating device An electronic control unit (ECU) of an engine system starts a control (preheat) that supplies heat reserving hot water stored in a heat accumulating device to an engine prior to an engine start. The ECU determines a time that continues the preheat on the ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6615772 | Internal combustion engine with heat accumulating device and method of controlling same An engine system that includes an internal combustion engine and a heat accumulating device also includes a heat accumulator that accumulates heat by storing a heated cooling medium, a heat supplying device that supplies the cooling medium accumulated in ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6575129 | Method of reducing emissions in the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine The invention discloses a method of reducing emissions in the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder to which an air/fuel mixture is supplied when a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine rotates, at least one in... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6571752 | Cooling system and method for an internal combustion engine A cooling system and method for an internal combustion engine including a controller for varying the rate of the cooling water. The controller varies the flow rate of cooling water by setting the flow rate of the cooling water to high when the controller ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6564545 | Superintegration of three way catalyst and heat exchanger for HCCI engine intake air temperature control A superintegration of heat exchanger and a typical three way catalyst is disclosed for controlling the temperature of the air entering an internal combustion engine in a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine system. The superintegrated heat excha... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6527548 | Self powered electric generating space heater A self-powered space heater. At least one thermoelectric module is sandwiched between a hot surface of a combustion chamber of a fluid fired space heater and a room air-cooled heat exchanger for transferring heat from the space heater to room air. A blowe... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6520136 | Warm-up control device for internal-combustion engine and warm-up control method A warm-up control device for an internal-combustion engine comprises a heat storage device for storing a heating medium heated during operation of the engine, supplies the heating medium stored in the heat storage device to a drive device (a transmission ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6470844 | System and method for supplying auxiliary power to a large diesel engine A system and method for providing auxiliary power to a large diesel engine allowing shutdown of such large engine in all weather conditions. An auxiliary power unit made up of a secondary engine coupled to an electrical generator is provided. An automatic... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6422190 | Heating system mounted in a vehicle with an internal combustion engine A heating system (1) is provided mounted in a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine. The system (1) includes an additional heating system (2 or 3) or an auxiliary heating system (4). The additional heating system (2 or 3) or the auxiliary heati... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6408817 | Throttle body for an internal combustion engine and its manufacturing method and a throttle apparatus using the same A hot water conduit is formed between an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder. A gasket seals an annular opening of the hot water conduit facing to a surge tank. Hot water is supplied into the conduit from an engine cooling water passage. Heat of the hot ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6397807 | Internal combustion engine having combustion heater An internal combustion engine having a combustion heater is capable of enhancing an engine starting characteristic by improving warm-up of the engine and ensuring a sufficient oxygen content in intake air of the engine. An ECU executes, at the engine star... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6378491 | Suction apparatus for an internal combustion engine A hollow-cylindrical heat conduction portion is formed on a throttle body in such a way as to protrude outwardly therefrom in the radial direction. The throttle body and the heat conduction portion are integrally formed using metal material such as alumin... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6374790 | Model airplane engine having a heated backplate A model airplane engine uses a heated backplate to replace the conventional, non-heated backplate of the engine. The backplate incorporates a heater, which is electrically, temporarily energized during the start cycle of the engine. The higher temperature... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6354266 | Vehicle with engine having enhanced warm-up operation mode An enhanced warm-up operation mode operates a first portion of engine cylinders in a power mode and a second portion of engine cylinders in a braking mode. More fuel is injected into the powered cylinders in order to maintain engine speed and overcome the... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6325026 | Cooling water recirculation apparatus for an internal combustion engine To accelerate a warming-up operation of an internal combustion engine and to quickly elevate a temperature of cooling water, a radiator side cooling water recirculation circuit E for recirculating the cooling water between an engine body 3 and a radiator ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6293241 | Internal combustion engine with combustion heater In an internal combustion engine with a combustion heater for elevating a temperature of an engine related element, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique that may effectively performs temperature elevation of an exhaust gas purifyin... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6257198 | Combustion control apparatus and combustion control method for engine An air-conditioning system heats the passenger compartment with coolant circulating in the water jacket of an engine. An electronic control unit of the engine controls the engine to perform homogeneous-charge combustion when the engine load is high and to... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6244232 | Automotive heater apparatus A control apparatus and method for controlling an automotive heater apparatus. The heater apparatus includes a coolant circuit for cooling an engine, a coolant circulating through the circuit, a heat generator for transferring heat to the coolant, and a h... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6232577 | Apparatus and method for heating cold engines An apparatus for heating a cold engine includes a cylinder band heater, a battery heater, an oil sump heater, and a wiring harness. The cylinder band heater includes a heating element, a tightening device, and a cylinder electrical connector. The tighteni... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6213233 | System for cooling drive units and for heating the inner space of a hybrid vehicle A combined system for cooling drive units and for heating the inner space of a hybrid vehicle comprises a cooling circuit, in which are connected in series an internal combustion engine, a thermostat valve, a cooler and an electrovalve. The system compris... | 04/10/2001 |
