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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7631625 | Glow plug learn and control system A system and method for controlling a temperature of a combustion chamber heater of an engine includes a calculation module that determines a temperature of the combustion chamber heater based on an effective resistance of the combustion chamber heater, and a contro... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7357124 | Multiple capillary fuel injector for an internal combustion engine A fuel injector for vaporizing a liquid fuel for use in an internal combustion engine. The fuel injector includes a plurality of capillary flow passages, each of the plurality of capillary flow passages having an inlet end and an outlet end; a heat source arranged a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337768 | Multiple capillary fuel injector for an internal combustion engine A fuel injector for delivering fuel to an internal combustion engine. The fuel injector includes a fuel injector housing, a system for metering vaporized fuel to the internal combustion engine, the system positioned within the fuel injector housing, and a system for... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7319208 | Controller and glow plug for controlling energization modes There is provided a control device for a glow plug, capable of controlling the energization of a resistance heater of the glow plug by a resistance control process while attaining good resistance control response under cooling of the heater by fuel injection and com... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7305955 | Dual combustion engine An internal combustion engine is disclosed in which some cylinders are adapted to run in homogeneous-charge compression-ignition (HCCI) combustion mode and at other cylinders are adapted to run in spark-ignition (SI) combustion mode. HCCI cylinders are at least 2 co... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7291814 | Grip heater control apparatus A grip heater control apparatus (7) capable of increasing the opportunities to enable a heater (2) to warm a grip (1) while suppressing a voltage drop of a battery (10), the grip heater control apparatus comprising a heater (2) for... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7249596 | Fuel system for an internal combustion engine and method for controlling same A fuel system for use in an internal combustion engine includes a plurality of fuel injectors, each injector including at least one capillary flow passage, the at least one capillary flow passage having an inlet end and an outlet end, a heat source arranged along th... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7234430 | Method for heating a glow plug for a diesel engine A method for heating a glow plug for a diesel engine to its desired temperature by supplying power to the glow plug in a controlled fashion. During a certain time interval after termination of a previous glow process, a mathematical model is used to determine the va... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7188597 | Engine cold start aid malfunction alert A motor vehicle engine (10) has a glow plug system (14) for aiding combustion of fuel in combustion chambers of the engine when the engine is cold and an ignition switch (16) is operated to crank the engine. A first circuit signals the cold star... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7180406 | Onboard fire alert system The method is for warning for alcohol fueled fires in vehicles such as racing vehicles. The method comprises providing a vehicle (44) with an engine (46) fueled by alcohol. Sensors (20, 22, 24) are mounted adjacent to the engine. The sensors sen... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7156065 | Trigger circuit for an engine starter relay A trigger circuit for an engine starter relay includes: (a) a switching device for switching an output of the engine starter relay to a reference potential and for activating the engine starter relay as a function of a trigger signal, which is applied to a trigger i... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7148454 | Systems for regulating voltage to an electrical resistance igniter Systems and methods for energizing an electrical resistance igniter include determining the line voltage into the system and controlling the voltage being applied to the electrical resistance igniters so a first voltage is applied initially and for a time period and... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137383 | Capillary fuel injector with metering valve for an internal combustion engine A fuel injector for vaporizing a liquid fuel for use in an internal combustion engine. The fuel injector includes at least one capillary flow passage, a heat source arranged along the at least one capillary flow passage, the heat source operable to heat the liquid f... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7122764 | Sheathed element glow plug A sheathed-element glow plug for self-igniting internal combustion engines has an electrical heating element which projects into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, and a current feed-through for providing a heating current for the heating elemen... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7098581 | Spark plug A spark plug is disclosed having at least one main electrode and at least one secondary electrode. The gaps associated with the secondary electrodes are between one third and two thirds the optimum gap distance. Resistors associated with the secondary electrodes con... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7077224 | Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling the same When a starter switch is switched from OFF to ON, a hybrid ECU determines that a driver intends to start driving a vehicle, reads a temperature of each of items (engine coolant, injectors, lubricating oil, and the like), and makes a determination on the necessity of... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079940 | Method for automatically stopping an internal combustion engine with a variable stopping delay A control method for an internal-combustion engine, working with a variable stopping delay. The stopping delay is essentially affected by the following parameters: the operational mode selected for the internal-combustion engine, | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076360 | Auto-ignition timing control and calibration method An auto-ignition timing control and calibration method for use in an internal combustion engine having more than one ignition modes including the mode of compression ignition of a premixed fuel/air mixture (CAI/HCCI), wherein when the engine is operating in the CAI/... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7013869 | Fuel supply system for internal combustion engine The present invention provides an electronically-controlled fuel injector, for an internal combustion engine, comprising a downstream fuel injection valve located near an air intake port of each cylinder or inside a cylinder, an air intake passage which bypasses the... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6969855 | Active night vision thermal control system A thermal control system (11) for a light source (46) of a vision system (10) includes a heater (63) that is thermally coupled to the light source (46). A thermal sensor (60) is thermally coupled to the light source (46 | 11/29/2005 |
| 6964269 | Heating flange for preheating air in an intake line of an internal combustion engine The present invention relates to a heating flange, in particular for preheating air in an intake line leading to an internal combustion engine. The heating flange comprises at least one heating element for heating the air flowing past said heating element, and a bod... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6918383 | Fuel control system A cold start fuel control system is disclosed for use with an internal combustion engine having a plurality of combustion chambers, a source of fuel and an intake manifold having an inlet and an outlet port connected to each combustion chamber. The system includes a... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6789530 | Cold start system for high-speed direct-injection diesel engines Electrical resistances to carry out heating of air necessary for the combustion process of an engine, each of said resistance being in continuous tape form, with a pronounced coiled trajectory so that the resistance is distributed uniformly in an orifice for the pas... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6651602 | Heater control apparatus and heater control method When starting an engine, the engine is driven by a starting motor and, at the same time, a fuel heating heater can be operated. If the engine is stopped and then immediately restarted, the operation of fuel heating heater is controlled according to the op... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6508236 | Fuel supply device and internal combustion engine mounting the same Atomizing air flowing in an atomizing gas passage is merged with a fuel spray to promote atomization of the fuel, and carrier air flowing in a carrier gas passage is merged with the fuel spray at a further downstream position so as to surround the fuel sp... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6481428 | Methods and systems for reducing internal combustion engine exhaust emissions In order to provide for reduced internal combustion engine exhaust emissions when cold starting an internal combustion engine, there is provided two methods and systems for cold starting an internal combustion engine, and one method and system for shuttin... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6405700 | Method for heating the combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine A method for heating the combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine, an exhaust pipe of the fuel-injected internal combustion engine being designed with an exhaust-gas flap; the exhaust-gas flap being closed or retained in the closed state when ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6354256 | Cold starting aid system for an internal combustion engine and method of start-up sequencing for same A cold starting system and power management software consisting of an air heater system, a fuel heater system, a controller with microprocessor and related software, a series of devices comprising of switches, indicators, solenoids and sensors, is used as... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6334418 | Method of using fuel in an engine A method of using a petroleum based fuel in an internal combustion gasoline engine. The fuel has a flash point of at least 5° F. and the fuel is heated, within the engine, to a temperature above 5° F. The electrodes of the spark plugs are continually en... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6332457 | Method of using an internally heated tip injector to reduce hydrocarbon emissions during cold-start A method of heating fuel using a heated tip fuel injector includes providing an internal combustion engine having at least one fuel injector, the at least one fuel injector having an internal heater; energizing the engine starter and the internal heater; ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6213103 | Fuel preheater for a piston internal combustion engine with heat vaporization of the fuel The invention seeks to improve the functioning of a piston internal combustion engine which uses heat vaporization of the fuel, already in the starting and cold running phase. This is achieved by using a fuel preheater having at least one glow plug fitted... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6209500 | Cold start fuel preheat system for internal combustion engine A cold start fuel preheat system for an internal combustion engine includes a housing and a fuel rail extending through the housing to deliver fuel to the internal combustion engine. The cold start fuel preheat system also includes a phase transform mater... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6202615 | Methods and apparatus for starting an internal combustion engine Methods and apparatus for starting an internal combustion engine are disclosed. One of the disclosed apparatus includes an electric starter operatively coupled to the internal combustion engine and an energy storage device for supplying the starter with p... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6148258 | Electrical starting system for diesel engines An integrated electronic starting control system module for diesel engines which provides unique packaging with integration of a multiplicity of features previously unavailable or available only in separate control modules. Integrated into one modular dev... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6138645 | Method of heating the intake air In the method, the intake air for an internal combustion engine is heated both during the starting and/or warm-running phases by at least one electrically heatable heating element arranged upstream of the air inlet to the internal combustion engine and wh... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6109247 | Heater for a cold start fuel injector A heater is provided for use in conjunction with a cold start fuel injector for an internal combustion engine in which the injector, upon activation, injects fuel into a cold start passageway. The heater includes a metal tube having an interior and an ext... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6109229 | Auxiliary starter unit for use with a diesel engine, and method for starting a diesel engine An auxiliary starter unit is disclosed for facilitating starting of a diesel engine. The auxiliary starter unit includes a heater positioned in proximity to the diesel engine to improve a starting characteristic of the diesel engine. The auxiliary starter... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6092496 | Cold starting method for diesel engine with variable valve timing A method of operating a diesel engine is disclosed. The method includes the step of sensing a temperature level associated with the engine. The method further includes the step of positioning the intake valve in the open position during an exhaust stroke ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6089201 | Method of using fuel in an engine A method of using a petroleum based fuel in an internal combustion gasoline engine. The fuel has a flash point of at least 100° F. and the fuel is heated, within the engine, to a temperature above 100° F. The heated fuel is introduced into the cylinders... | 07/18/2000 |
