Quotables
"Rail travel at high speeds is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia."
Dionysius Lardner, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at University College, London ; 1830
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7789058 | Mixture distribution device for a combustion engine and combustion engine provided with such a mixture distribution device A mixture distribution device (1) for a combustion engine comprises a first mixture inlet (3), multiple first mixture outlets (4) and a first branch guiding structure (6). The mixture distribution device further comprises a second mixture... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7387099 | Thermoplastic composite intake manifold An intake manifold for an internal combustion engine including a manifold base portion and a manifold cover portion. The manifold cover portion and base portion are each formed from a thermoplastic composite material. The base portion includes several runners which ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7350495 | Intake system of internal combustion engine and method of controlling the intake system An intake system of an internal combustion engine includes a surge tank communicating with cylinders of the engine via individual intake paths, a vacuum tank connected to the surge tank, a valve that permits or inhibits communication between the surge tank and the v... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7328692 | Intake device for internal combustion engine According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided an intake device for an internal combustion engine, including a gas passage unit defining therein a secondary gas supply passage for supplying a secondary gas to an intake of the engine, and a thermal insul... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7296551 | Intake manifold In an intake manifold in which air introduced from an introduction port is fed to each cylinder of an engine by use of multiple ducts which are disposed parallel, a communication space section which provides communication between the introduction port which introduc... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296563 | Internal combustion engine intake device An internal combustion engine intake device is configured to suppress the occurrence of freezing in a portion thereof where blow-by gas or another gas is introduced into an intake passage. The intake device basically has a throttle chamber, an intake air collector, ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7237522 | Intake system for combustion engine An intake system for a combustion engine includes an intake passage (12), a suction duct (22) protruding into the intake passage (12) to communicate therewith and having front and rear wall areas (22a and 22b), and a ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7165539 | Integrated air inlet module and its manufacturing process An air inlet module incorporating, in one structural unit, on the one hand, a supply manifold, on the other hand, an exhaust gas reinjection circuit and, finally, a gas/liquid heat exchanger designed to cool the exhaust gases, the module consisting of a sealed assem... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152706 | Induction system for a four cycle engine A four cycle engine having at least one cylinder unit is disclosed. The engine includes a continuously variable transmission (CVT) connected to the engine on one side of the engine. An air box is also provided that is located on the same side of the engine as the CV... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7131415 | Resin intake manifold for multicylinder engine An intake manifold is assembled from a near manifold component which is positioned near an engine, a far manifold component which is positioned far from the engine and a middle manifold component which is positioned between the near and far manifold components. The ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7090710 | Air intake duct for vehicle An air intake duct for a vehicle having a cuttable groove at an external wall of an air exhaust port can be applied to any vehicle regardless of whether an air filter is adopted, thus providing cost-effectiveness, preventing air leakage when the air filter is not us... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089921 | Intake manifold for internal combustion engine An intake manifold (1) of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine comprises a single pipe portion (4), a collector (5) connected to the pipe portion (4), and a plurality of branch pipes (6) branching from the collector (5 | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077093 | Fresh gas supply system for a combustion engine The present invention relates to a fresh gas supply system for an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle. A fresh gas distributor can be connected on the inlet side with a fresh gas feed line, and on the outlet side to an internal combustion en... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066129 | Intake manifold and runner apparatus An air intake system for an internal combustion engine includes a manifold defining a chamber in which air is distributed to a plurality of engine cylinders. The chamber includes an inlet and a plurality of outlets, each outlet providing fluid communication between ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7047926 | Intake manifold or distributor for the thermal engine of a vehicle and production process thereof The present invention relates to an intake manifold or distributor for a thermal engine constituted by at least two parts (1, 1′) assembled together, in particular two parts made from thermoplastic material assembled by vibration welding and comprising an i... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044117 | Positive crankcase ventilation system Blow-by gas supplied from a cylinder head cover is re-supplied to an engine through runners of an intake manifold via a channel portion in communication with a plenum of an intake system. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036493 | Intake manifold for an internal combustion engine An air intake system for an internal combustion engine includes a manifold defining a chamber. The chamber is divided into a first chamber portion and a second chamber portion by a permeable member for fluid communication between the first chamber portion and the se... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032556 | Intake arrangement for internal combustion engine An intake arrangement for an internal combustion engine, including an intake manifold including an intake collector disposed above the engine body, a plurality of branch pipes extending from the intake collector to an intake side of the engine body over above the en... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028679 | Engine air charge system with branch conduits Prior art air charge systems for ‘V’ configuration internal combustion engines use two turbochargers and two intercoolers, one for each bank of cylinders, and require relatively long and complex air ducts. The present invention provides a charge air system for a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025029 | Air intake tube for an internal combustion engine An air intake, especially for internal combustion engines with a V-shaped cylinder arrangement, which is composed of two units (16a, 16b). From the two units (16a, 16b) extend the intake ducts (19a, | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021262 | Undercowl plenum chamber with preferential air paths An air intake system for an outboard motor provides parallel air flow paths between an opening formed in a cowl of the outboard motor and an air intake manifold of an engine under the cowl. A first air path flows in a relatively direct path between the opening in th... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017562 | Air intake system for a vehicle Because the PCV channel for guiding blow-by gas to a plenum is formed in an intake manifold, the blow-by gas can be equally supplied to respective combustion chambers. In addition, since a PCV nipple is mounted on the outermost intake runner that has a relatively hi... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011065 | Air intake and a method for installing an air intake The invention relates to an air intake for an engine (19) of a motor vehicle. In particular, the present invention concerns a detachable connection between an air collector module (10) and an intake duct module (11) of the air intake. The invent... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6945098 | Hydrocyclone wear-detection sensor Wear-detection sensor has a body of electrically insulating material with an opening through which a flowable substance can pass, and one or more electrical conductors surrounding the opening and adapted to undergo a discernable change in conductivity as the insulat... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6807935 | Intake pipe for an internal combustion engine comprising at least two welded shells An intake pipe (10) for an internal combustion engine composed of shells (11a, 11b) in which the geometry of the joining surfaces (19) adopts an approximately stepped course in areas with a slight incline relative to to join... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6739313 | Air induction system for multi-cylinder engine An air induction system is arranged to introduce air into a plurality of combustion chambers. The air induction system includes intake passages through which the air flows to the combustion chambers. Throttle valves are arranged to regulate an amount of the air flow... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6578537 | Welded intake device for an internal combustion engine An intake device for an internal combustion engine, comprising welded shells joined along a partition line, in which the partition line is provided with a region for producing inclined additional surfaces, which generate a transverse force Q2 d... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6526933 | Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine includes an intake manifold having branch pipes connected to one side of a cylinder head and curved to allow the intake manifold to extend to directly above a cylinder-head cover, and intake-side spark plugs and... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6474284 | Air-routing system, especially a suction system of an internal combustion engine An air routing system, especially an air intake system of an internal combustion engine, which makes optimal use of available installation space by integrating a bypass channel (25) into an air intake module (10). The volume of the bypass channel also pro... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6357411 | Intake device for internal combustion engines Branching pipes connect a surge tank to an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. The branching pipes are made such that each gas column of the internal combustion receives a uniform intake volume. This is achieved by either making each branchi... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6340011 | Intake duct for an internal combustion engine An air intake duct for an internal combustion engine, which has a plurality of intake tubes 13. In one of the intervening spaces 15 between the intake tubes a working element, especially a filter housing 16, is contained. The latter communicates directly ... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6272851 | Exhaust recirculation system of internal combustion engine This invention relates to an exhaust recirculation system for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine (1), wherein intake air aspirated to a collector (4) from an intake passage (6) of circular cross-section is provided to cylinders (#1-#4) via branch... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6227184 | Blow-by gas ventilation system for engine A blow-by gas ventilation system for a crankcase of an engine includes an improved construction for distributing blow-by gases more evenly between multiple cylinders. The engine has an air intake device that includes a plurality of air delivery conduits f... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6192848 | Intake manifold An intake manifold is provided in which blow-by gas is distributed uniformly and readily to the cylinders of an engine. The intake manifold 10 is made of aluminum and has a blow-by gas passage 14 formed integral with a collector 11 as ridged on the collec... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6161513 | Plenum module having a runner pack insert A modular integrated intake manifold (10) for a V-type internal combustion engine (20). A fuel module (16) nests between cylinder heads (28, 30) and has through-passages (42) leading to intake valves in the heads. An air cleaner module (12), which has an ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6067949 | Intake manifold for motorcycle engine An intake manifold for use with a downdraft carburetor of a motorcycle engine having a plurality of cylinders comprising a plenum to receive a mixture of fuel and air from the venturi of the downdraft carburetor, the plenum being in fluid communication wi... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6032633 | Vertical crankshaft engine for outboard marine engines In a outboard marine engine having a vertically oriented crankshaft, an intake manifold assembly which may consist of a one-piece cast member is disposed on one side of the cylinder block, and a throttle body is connected to an upstream end of said manifo... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6026775 | Intake system of engine An intake system for an engine has an intake manifold attached to the engine. A surge tank is attached to the engine and is located rearwardly of the engine. An air cleaner is attached to the engine and is located on one side of the engine. A resonator or... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6024066 | Air-intake module for internal combustion engine All the components constituting an air-intake module for an internal combustion engine, including an air cleaner for cleaning air and manifold pipes for distributing air into each cylinder of the engine, are integrated in a single unit. A mounting flange ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5896835 | Induction system for outboard motor An induction system arrangement for an engine powering an outboard motor is disclosed. The engine has a block defining at least one combustion chamber which a member movably mounted therein which is connected to a crankshaft for driving the crankshaft. A ... | 04/27/1999 |
