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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166942 | Start-up control of internal combustion engines An electric power generation system (20) is disclosed, which includes an electric power generator (22) driven by a four-cycle internal combustion engine (30). The engine (30) includes a plurality of reciprocating cylinders (C1-C... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161931 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine In a method for operating an internal combustion engine that has a starter device for starting the internal combustion engine and a device for supplying fuel controlled by a control device, it is determined whether cold start conditions or hot start conditions exist... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8146556 | Start control device of internal combustion engine A start control device of an internal combustion engine, the start control device includes: a starting unit, which cranks the internal combustion engine to start the internal combustion engine while opening and closing an intake valve; a variable valve mechanism, wh... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146557 | Direct injection event-based engine starting A method for starting an internal combustion engine having direct fuel injection, comprising of adjusting a number of direct injections per combustion cycle based on a cylinder event number from a first cylinder event. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7810464 | Procedure for starting a combustion engine Procedure for starting a combustion engine with at least one combustion chamber, whereby injections from the high pressure system are deposited into the combustion chamber during the starting process, is thereby characterized, in that at least one injection into the... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7775189 | Fuel system with drain unit A fuel system for a carburetor that supports operation of an engine includes a body with a bore, a fuel source communicated with the bore and from which fuel is supplied to the bore for delivery to the engine, a drain unit and a control. The drain unit is communicat... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7661403 | Start controller for internal combustion engine At an intake timing of an initial combustion cylinder, an actual intake valve timing is adjusted to a target intake valve timing corresponding to a target intake air flow rate of the initial combustion cylinder. At intake timing of the other cylinders which contribu... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7418946 | Engine start control apparatus and method An engine start control apparatus includes an intake air amount control device for controlling an amount of air supplied to a combustion chamber, a fuel supply device for injecting fuel to be fed into the combustion chamber, and an igniting device for igniting the f... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412954 | Start-up control for internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine (101, 601, 901) alters an effective compression ratio from an effective compression ratio for a start-up operation to a larger effective compression ratio for a normal operation when an engine rotation speed (NE) increases beyond... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412953 | Engine control device An engine control device that controls, using a microprocessor, a fuel injection device including an injector and a fuel pump, and a starter motor that starts an engine, including: first fuel pump driving means for driving the fuel pump only during set time at power... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7395786 | Warm up strategy for ethanol direct injection plus gasoline port fuel injection A system for an engine, comprising of a cylinder of the engine; a first injector configured to inject a first substance to said cylinder; a second injector configured to inject a second substance to said cylinder; and a controller configured to commence combustion i... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7383804 | Procedure to recognize a depressurized fuel system A procedure to recognize a depressurized fuel system of a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine that includes a parameter characterizing the fuel system temperature is acquired when turning off the internal combustion engine; a parameter characterizing th... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370845 | Throttle body for two-wheeled vehicle To shorten a side mounting pitch of adjacent throttle bodies, in a multiple throttle body, thereby improving a mounting property to a two-wheeled vehicle, a discharge open hole (5) and a fuel spray escaping hole (7) are continuously provided toward a s... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7337757 | Carburetor arrangement for an internal combustion engine A carburetor (1) for an internal combustion engine has an intake channel section (3) wherein a throttle element and a choke element are supported to pivot about respective rotational axes (34, 35). The carburetor (1) has a starter unit wh... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325521 | System and method for improved cam retard A system and method to control valve timing and valve lift of an engine is described. The intake valve timing can be retarded while the valve is in a low lift or high lift mode. The method can lower engine friction and reduce fuel consumption, at least under some co... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322342 | Control device of in-cylinder direct-injection internal combustion engine A requested injection amount of fuel necessary during ignition cut-off at the time of start at an extremely low temperature is calculated (step ST2), injection start timing and injection end timing between which wetting of a spark plug by fuel is less likely ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320300 | Multi-stroke cylinder operation in an internal combustion engine A system and method to control engine valve timing to during the start of an internal combustion engine. Valves that may be deactivated are controlled in a manner to reduce hydrocarbon emissions during the start of an internal combustion engine. ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7308887 | Controller for direct-injection internal combustion engine and method of controlling the direct-injection internal combustion engine After initial combustion at the time of engine startup under very low temperature conditions, a fuel-injection start time point and a fuel-injection end time point are restricted to a period of time during which smoldering of an ignition plug is less prone to occur,... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308880 | Starting device for internal combustion engine A starting system rotates and starts an internal combustion engine by injecting fuel into a predetermined cylinder using an injector and igniting the fuel using an ignition plug, and upon starting the engine, the fuel pressure supplied to the injector is detected, a... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7287521 | System and method for improved engine starting using heated intake air A system for an internal combustion engine, the engine having an intake and exhaust manifold, the system comprising of a heat exchanger configured to extract energy from engine exhaust gases; a catalyst coupled between said heat exchanger and the exhaust manifold of... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287742 | Carburetor and method of manufacturing A carburetor has an air intake passage, a fuel passage, a fuel nozzle in communication with the fuel passage and having an opening through which fuel flows, a first valve in communication with the air intake passage and being movable between first and second positio... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284522 | Automatic choke A choke valve is controlled finely suited to the running state of an engine. A throttle valve 8 and a choke valve 9 are provided in series on an intake pipe 6, and the opening degree of the choke valve 9 is controlled by a stepping motor ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281509 | Internal combustion engine system and starting method of internal combustion engine The start control procedure of the invention lags an open-close timing VVT of an intake valve, restricts a throttle opening TH of a throttle valve, and starts cranking an engine with a lower torque Tlow. When a pressure Pf of a fuel supplied to in-cylinder fuel inje... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278388 | Engine starting for engine having adjustable valve operation A method for controlling an engine having at least two cylinders, at least one of which having at least an adjustable valve, the method comprising before engine rotation closing electrically actuated valves in at least a first and a second cylinder; fueling at least... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273027 | Startup-time control apparatus and stop-time control apparatus of internal combustion engine, and control methods thereof, and record medium If it is determined that the present engine startup is a high-temperature startup, immediately fuel injection in concert with start of cranking is prohibited. After a delay time elapses following the start of cranking, or when THC | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269499 | Engine starting and stopping control device An engine stopping and starting control device predicts which cylinder will be on a compression stroke upon being stopped during a process for stopping the engine. Fuel is injected into the predicted cylinder during the process for stopping the engine to seal an air... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267326 | Automatic priming system An automatic priming system for internal combustion engines, which is operable to prime the carburetor of the engine at engine cranking speeds, and is automatically disabled after the engine starts. The automatic priming system is driven by pressure fluctuations wit... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264230 | Carburetor and solenoid assemblies and methods of assembling the same An engine carburetor and a solenoid valve assembly therefor and methods of assembling the same. The carburetor has a body with a fuel and air mixing passage communicating with an air bleed passage. A cavity extends into the body for communication with the air bleed ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258112 | Reducing HC collection in a diesel particulate filter during failure in an engine cold start aid An engine (10) and a method of operating it during cold start and ensuing running using a cold start aid such as a glow plug control (24) and glow plugs (22). The control (24) monitors all glow plugs to distinguish between one that is eff... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255081 | Method and device for improving the starting response of an internal combustion engine The present invention relates to methods for charging at least one combustion chamber (12) of a spark-ignition combustion engine (10) with fuel and air. At least one combustion chamber charge is produced during a shutoff phase of the internal-combustio... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250689 | Common composition engine control unit and voltage regulator A control unit assembly is disclosed including a housing, at least one processor to control operation of an engine, and a voltage regulator configured to regulate a voltage of at least one rail of the engine. The at least one processing unit and the voltage regulato... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243011 | Hybrid transmission launch algorithm A launch system for a hybrid vehicle includes a pump, an electronic throttle, a sensor, and a hybrid control module. The pump is driven by an internal combustion engine and provides pressurized fluid to a transmission. The electronic throttle selectively adjusts air... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237521 | Engine starting method and engine starting device An engine starting method includes maintaining a rotation speed of a crankshaft of an engine rotated by a motor at a first rotation speed, supplying fuel to the engine and igniting the fuel while the crankshaft is rotated by the motor at the first rotation speed, de... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234442 | Controlled starting and braking of an internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine may be provided with independently controllable valves, fuel injectors and ignition elements that may be used to start the engine without a separate auxiliary device such as an electric starter motor. The engine may fire the cylinders u... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236875 | System and method for controlling an engine in a vehicle A system and method for controlling an engine in a vehicle to facilitate heat transfer to a passenger compartment is provided. A number of conditions are examined, and if it is found that one or more of these conditions matches a corresponding predetermined conditio... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231908 | Engine start control device and start control method An engine start control device capable of starting upon receiving generated power from a generator which is driven by a starter, includes a fuel injection timing setting device which makes a power generation waveform of the generator correspond to a crank pulse sign... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228222 | Engine start control device and start control method An engine start control device which in a time period from the start of a starting operation by a starter for starting an engine to the start of the engine, reads out substitute values used at the time of starting the engine, instead of reading out backup data used ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216614 | Fuel supply device for outboard device A fuel supply device can have a low pressure fuel pump that supplies fuel to a vapor separator tank positioned adjacent to an engine from a main fuel tank disposed in a hull. An electrically operated primary fuel pump (e.g., a primer pump) and a check valve can both... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213555 | Automatic choke A choke valve is controlled finely suited to the running state of an engine. A throttle valve 8 and a choke valve 9 are provided in series on an intake pipe 6, and the opening degree of the choke valve 9 is controlled by a stepping motor.... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201127 | Internal combustion engine start-up operating mode and engine using same A method of initially operating an internal combustion engine including operating the engine in a start-up mode is provided. The start-up mode includes injecting at least two fuel pre-shots wherein a first of the fuel pre-shots is smaller in quantity than a last of ... | 04/10/2007 |
