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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146559 | Vehicle hybridization system A vehicle control system is programmed to stop the vehicle's internal combustion engine upon certain conditions including the vehicle being stopped and engine temperature having reached a minimum operating level. On vehicles equipped with air brakes and having an en... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7882816 | Air starter engagement system A method of starting an engine with an engine starter that includes pressurizing a motor supply chamber with a fluid, selectively pressurizing an actuating chamber in response to the pressure in the motor supply chamber, moving a first valve along a first axis in re... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7665439 | Single piece rotor A starter for moving a movable portion of an engine to start the engine includes a gear housing, a gear assembly within the gear housing, an output member at a first end of the gear assembly adapted to operably couple to the movable portion of the engine, a motor ho... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7584734 | Engine starter assembly A pressure washer, connected to a water source by a hose, includes a frame, an engine supported by the frame and having a crankshaft, a pump driven by the engine, a wheel supported for rotation relative to the frame, an input configured to receive water from the hos... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7574988 | Engine starter assembly An engine starter assembly, coupled to a rotatable member of an internal combustion engine, includes an accumulator device coupled to the rotatable member for storing energy, an input device impinged by a fluid stream, and a fluid input receiving the fluid stream an... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7357105 | Hydraulic valve driving device and engine including the same and vehicle A hydraulic valve driving device includes a valve actuator operable to drive an engine valve, a hydraulic pump that generates the oil pressure for the valve actuator, a hydraulic pump driving motor that drives the hydraulic pump, and a starter motor. At the time of ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7241117 | Motor shaft assembly and method A method for assembling a motor shaft with a bearing, a motor housing, and an impeller is disclosed. A motor shaft extension is used to retain the impeller axially on the motor shaft and allows the motor shaft to drive an additional component, such as an impeller, l... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7137315 | Wheel hub having driving mechanism A wheel hub for attaching to a vehicle includes a hydraulic engine received in a hub shell and attached or secured to the vehicle, for allowing the hub shell to be rotated relative to the hydraulic engine and the vehicle. The hydraulic engine includes a rotatable sp... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7117836 | Automotive starting system and method An automotive starting system includes an accumulator, a hydraulic motor, and an engine controller. The accumulator is adapted for holding a charge of pressurized fluid. The hydraulic motor has a fluid input operatively connected to the accumulator and has an output... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7021445 | Low power hydraulic clutch actuation systems A torque transfer mechanism for controlling the magnitude of a clutch engagement force exerted on a clutch pack that is operably disposed between a first rotary member and a second rotary member includes a hydraulic clutch actuation system. The hydraulic clutch actu... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021171 | Annulus gear and drive shell A method of producing a torque transmission between a driving member and a driven member including the steps of capturing an annular gear within the interior of a hollow cylindrical shell formed of a formable material which is caused to be flow formed around a porti... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6971340 | Compression pulse starting of a free piston internal combustion engine A method for starting an engine uses an actuator, such as a hydraulic or pneumatic pump-motor or an electric linear alternator-starter to move the pistons to a position where the inlet ports are opened. This ensures that air is present in the cylinder in a space whe... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6966280 | Compression pulse starting of a free piston internal combustion engine having multiple cylinders A method for starting a free piston internal combustion engine that includes a first pair of mutually connected pistons, a second pair of mutually connected pistons, a first piston of each pair located in a first cylinder, a second piston of each pair located in a s... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6935202 | Starter An inertia-drive starter is proposed, in the case of which a relay is not required to engage the pinion in the flywheel ring gear (47) of an internal combustion engine. With this starter, a pushing-forward of the driven shaft (33) to engage a pinion ( | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935294 | Fluid actuated engine starting system and method for a hybrid vehicle powertrain A pump-motor is used to move engine pistons to a position where the exhaust ports of a first cylinder are opened, and later to move the pistons to a position where the inlet ports and exhaust ports of the first cylinder are closed. Fuel is then injected into the fir... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6736099 | Hydraulic engine-starting system in vehicle A hydraulic engine-starting system for cranking and starting an engine for a vehicle having automatically stopping and starting functions by a hydraulic motor. A hydraulic pressure that operates a hydraulic clutch of a transmission is raised promptly by using a hydr... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6615786 | Starter system for internal combustion engine There is provided a starter system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of preventing wear of a brush of an electric motor ascribable to the combined use of the electric motor with a hydraulic actuator and the resulting increase in the rota... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6460500 | Start control system for internal combustion engine A start control system for an internal combustion engine which is capable of automatically restarting the engine while ensuring excellent startability and fuel economy of the engine, and permits reduction of the size of the system, to reduce the weight an... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6125808 | Apparatus and method for starting an internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine has a plurality of engine cylinders with pistons which have a path of revolution therein. The one piston which is past a top dead center of its revolution at the beginning of the starting process is identified. Compressed air... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6079957 | Soft start valve A fluid pumping apparatus (10) includes a soft start valve (16) coupled with the outlet of a pump (14) driven by an electric motor (12) for reducing the startup current of the motor (12). The preferred valve (16) includes a fluid chamber (32), a valve ope... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6026695 | Engine starter housing and an annular housing extension therefor An annular housing extension for an engine starter housing which facilitates and assists in the installation of the engine starter onto an engine. The annular extension extends from a mounting flange and has an inner diameter to form a cylinder which subs... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5542384 | Hydraulic engine starting equipment Hydraulic equipment used for starting engines utilizing a source of hydraulic fluid under pressure. The fluid under pressure is supplied to an engine starter motor through a valve assembly without causing shock loads, wherein the valve assembly comprises ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5528901 | Compact auxiliary power system for heavy-duty diesel engines and method An auxiliary power assembly (5) for use with a heavy-duty diesel engine (8) of the type used in the trucking industry and including a small auxiliary diesel engine (9), an air compressor (10), a compressed air accumulator (17) fluid coupled to the air com... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5337713 | Feedback controlled engine starting system The engine starting system herein described controls an engine starting sequence which prevents start attempts when the engine is running and regulates the starting function within a control range of revolutions for efficient use of the available starting... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5319989 | Gas turbine starter incorporating wear-resistant slip clutch A gas-driven turbine starter (10) is provided with a slip clutch comprised of a radially inner portion (58,70) which is rotatable relative to the starter housing (14); and a radially outer portion (54,68) which is connected to the housing so as to be rota... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5291861 | Moving starter system An engine starter having an internal liner which carries forward the motor and gear reducing assembly in unison to engage the engine simultaneously providing power to the engine starter. Movement of the liner performs the valving or switching function to ... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5271285 | Hydraulic starter A hydraulic starter for gas turbine engines comprises a one piece shaft located in a motor cylinder block and having an internally splined end that extends outside of the cylinder block and is adapted to receive a coupling shaft that in turn engages a tur... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5267539 | Electro-pneumatic engine starter A vehicle engine starter includes a self-contained solenoid-operated valve and a self-contained relay valve which simplify installation of the starter by reducing the number of electrical and pneumatic hook-ups between the starter and the electrical and p... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5255644 | Positive gear engagement mechanism An engine starter having an internal liner which carries forward the motor and gear reducing assembly in unison to engage the engine simultaneously providing a limited power rotation to the pinion and subsequently full power to the engine starter once eng... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5179921 | Integrated engine and compressor device A combination reciprocating piston device, such as an internal combustion engine, and a rotary machine of the intermeshing gear type, such as a hydraulic pump, are afforded in a compact arrangement that eliminates the need for separate crankshafts or sepa... | 01/19/1993 |
| 4981120 | Low profile internal combustion engine, and lawnmower comprising same A low-profile internal combustion engine is disclosed, featuring a unitary flywheel spark generation and distributor assembly. A hydraulic starter system is disclosed which may be adapted to such internal combustion engine. The engine of the invention is ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4960085 | Pneumatic and electro-pneumatic starters Engine pre-engage starters formed of compactly interfit sections featuring a universally applicable high speed turbine rotor, formed preferably of nylon based plastic, the body of which is distinguished by low tensile strength, high impact resistance, rad... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4846122 | Pneumatic starter for internal combustion engine A starter arrangement for an engine includes a fluid actuated rotary vane motor which is adapted to engage an associated engine. The rotary motor has a plurality of blades or vanes with each of the blades being made from a fiber reinforced plastic materia... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4823647 | Hydromechanical transmission system An arrangement is disclosed for push-starting of road vehicles of the type having an internal combustion engine and an automatic hydrodynamic transmission provided with a friction clutch, shift gears and a solenoid valve system for controlling the transmi... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4781028 | Turbocharged diesel engine A diesel engine, in particular an aircraft engine with an exhaust gas turbocharger, which comprises a compressor and a turbine, wherein for the engine (1) a compressed air starter (20), for the engine (1), is provided whose exhaust air (31, 31') is direct... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4747270 | Compressed air starting device A compressed air starting device includes a starter with a starter motor operated at least indirectly from a pneumatic pressure reservoir and a meshing unit controlled by a signal input. A main valve is provided in the supply line between the pressure res... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4702273 | Electrically controlled starter air valve The disclosed electrically controlled starter valve (10) regulates the flow of compressed gas to an air turbine starter (11) and precisely controls the way in which the flow is reduced after start of the aircraft engine. The electronic control system (30)... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4699095 | Geared compressed air starter A geared compression air starter having a lead rotor, a driven rotor and a hollow shaft. A driven trunnion of the driven rotor engages with external teeth thereof into external teeth of the hollow shaft to connect the driven rotor with the hollow shaft. A... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4694791 | Starting device with air motor for internal combustion engines A starter for internal combustion engines comprising a driving shaft to be driven by the air motor, a main valve for controlling the flow of compressed air to the air motor, and an air piston to advance the driving shaft to a position for starting the eng... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4679533 | Pneumatic starter A pneumatic starter arrangement includes a pneumatic actuator having a piston supporting for axial displacement a starter pinion to engage or disengage a flywheel gear of an internal combustion engine. A pressure air source is connected to the actuator vi... | 07/14/1987 |
