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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6945237 | Intake manifold with EGR/air mixing An intake manifold mixes and supplies air and exhaust recirculation gas (EGR) to an internal combustion engine. The manifold is a casting and includes an air intake port, an intake chamber receiving intake air from the intake port, an outlet plenum communicated with... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935321 | EGR/air mixing intake manifold with dual orientations An intake manifold mixes and supplies air and exhaust recirculation gas (EGR) to an internal combustion engine. The manifold is a casting and includes an air intake port formed on one side thereof, an intake chamber receiving intake air from the intake port, an outl... | 08/30/2005 |
| 5216986 | V-engine construction A V-engine for permitting the engine to be more compact and easy to assemble and to improve engine cooling performance. In a first embodiment, the branch pipes of the intake manifold of the engine extend at an acute inclined angle with respect to the cent... | 06/08/1993 |
| 4817566 | Four-stroke cycle induction tuned V-engine with central exhaust manifold A V-type four-stroke cycle internal combustion engine is provided with an exhaust manifold disposed in the valley of the V-shaped engine. The exhaust from the cylinders passes through the cylinder heads to an exhaust collection cavity formed in the exhaus... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4592329 | Apparatus and operating method for an internal combustion engine A method and apparatus for operating an electric ignition, internal combustion engine that substantially improves the fuel efficiency by utilizing heat normally discharged to the ambient to condition and prepare the fuel mixture prior to entry into the co... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4267812 | Engine EGR cooler An automotive type exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler or heat exchanger that is constructed for integral mounting to the engine intake manifold, the cooler being flat and having an engine coolant inlet at one end of an oblong casing and a coolant outl... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4258687 | Engine with integral mounted EGR cooler An automotive type V-8 engine has an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system wholly contained within its intake manifold, and a flat, sandwich type EGR cooler is constructed to be integrally mounted to the underside of the manifold in the valley of the V-8... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4212281 | Low weight reciprocating engine An internal combustion V-8 engine is disclosed having an aluminum semi-permanent mold head cast by a low-pressure die-cast process and an iron block cast by the evaporative casting method. The block and head have controlled thickness walls throughout to o... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4094283 | Internal combustion engine Two or more carburetors for an internal combustion engine are mounted on a member providing inlet ducts for each carburetor to engine. The member also includes: An engine coolant duct to heat the ducts; and, further an exhaust gas duct to provide rapid he... | 06/13/1978 |
| 3994129 | Exhaust gas cleaning device for internal combustion engines An internal-combustion spark-ignition V-8 piston engine has an exhaust gas reaction chamber body positioned between its two banks of cylinders. Each cylinder has a main combustion chamber communicating with an auxiliary combustion chamber by means of a to... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3969893 | Exhaust gas emission control device for multi-cylinder engines Each cylinder of an internal combustion V-8 piston engine has a main combustion chamber and an auxiliary combustion chamber connected by a torch nozzle restriction. A main exhaust gas reaction chamber is positioned between the two banks of cylinders. Exha... | 07/20/1976 |
