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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056525 | Induction system for internal combustion engine An induction system for an internal combustion engine includes an upper intake for receiving air from a supply, such as a turbocharger, and a lower intake which combines a cylinder valve actuator cover, a plenum for receiving air from the upper intake, and a number ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7581522 | Resin intake manifold Upper and lower split components include upper and lower concave parts, respectively, forming the inner periphery of an intake pipe. An internal pipe is placed between the upper and lower concave parts. The upper concave part is formed a distance away from the outer... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7503302 | Intake device for outboard motors An intake device for outboard motors, which makes it possible to improve intake performance and reduce the size of the device at the same time. Cylinder banks have a plurality of cylinder bores arranged in a vertical direction, and extend rearward to form a V shape.... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7441528 | Outboard motor An outboard motor mounted to a hull of a watercraft includes a V-type engine having right and left cylinder banks positioned in a cowling and having a crankshaft generally vertically disposed when the watercraft is under a running condition. A surge tank is disposed... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7428888 | V-type engine air intake device A V-type engine air intake device is provided for a V-type internal combustion engine. The V-type engine air intake device has a volume chamber, a first intake pipe, a second intake pipe and a plurality of curved branch pipes. The first intake pipe has a first outle... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7404387 | Intake system for an internal combustion engine An intake system for an internal combustion engine having at least two cylinder bank rows, each being assigned an intake bend having individual tubes leading to the cylinders, where the intake bends are interconnected in terms of fluid flow via a distributor tube ( | 07/29/2008 |
| 7389759 | Internal-combustion engine An internal-combustion engine has cylinders 21 arranged preferably in a V-formation with corresponding cylinder heads (27) including connectors for the supply and discharge of fluids. The cylinders are mounted in a crankcase (41) and are supplie... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7363070 | Biomagnetic measurement apparatus Disclosed herein is a biomagnetic measurement apparatus capable of visualizing cardiac electrical current distributions with information on the cardiac morphology of a subject. A magnetic field component in the z direction, vertical to the chest surface of a subject... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360519 | Engine intake manifold assembly An engine intake manifold assembly including a first portion configured with a first material and a second portion configured with a second material, wherein the first and second portions are adhesively bonded together. Preferably, the intake manifold assembly is ad... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357110 | Resin intake manifold A raised portion is formed at a predetermined location on an inside surface of a wall portion of an intake manifold. A gas introduction hole for introducing gas containing water vapor is formed in another predetermined location, other than in the raised portion, in ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7325530 | Engine intake manifold and airflow control valve assembly An engine intake manifold includes a casing having a plurality of air intake passages, and a plurality of valve plates, wherein each valve plate is disposed in one of the air intake passages to control airflow through the air intake passage. The valve plates are con... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322332 | Intake system of multi-cylinder engine An intake system of a V-engine provided with a surge tank arranged at a position higher than a cylinder head and divided in internal space into a top part and a bottom part. The surge tank has a plurality of intake tubes communicating the surge tank and intake ports... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7296552 | Air intake structure for engine An air intake system for an engine of an outboard motor includes an air intake support member that provides support for other components of the air intake system. The other component of the air intake system that can be supported by the air intake support member inc... | 11/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7287502 | Air intake device for internal combustion engine An air intake apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an air intake manifold that has a plurality of branch pipes that are connected to an internal combustion engine and has a collecting pipe to which a throttle body is connected, in which an air intake... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278389 | Automobile intake air flow plenum and plenum diverter An airflow diverter and replacement air intake plenum is disclosed that provides an increase in the air speed and airflow within the intake plenum of an automobile. The increase is the result of providing appropriately sized and shaped apparatus to smooth out the ai... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270103 | Intake apparatus of internal combustion engine A variable intake passage is made of a tubular space that is formed with a fixed member and a movable member arranged to face the fixed member and having a relative position with the fixed member changed. The movable member is moved to increase or decrease a distanc... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7252064 | Switchable air intake system for multi-cylinder internal combustion engine A switchable air intake system for a multicylinder internal combustion engine has at least one short and one long intake manifold whose cross sections are controllable by at least one regulating unit as a function of operating parameters (in particular the rotationa... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246592 | Intake manifold for internal combustion engine An intake manifold is provided to an internal combustion engine including a first and second cylinder heads each having an intake port. The first and second cylinder heads are distant from each other, and defining a crank angle therebetween. The intake manifold incl... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7237525 | Engine cast component having witness marks and method of machining same A component (100) for an internal combustion engine includes a plurality of as-cast features (e.g. 116) formed thereon, and a plurality of machined features (e.g. 120). The component (100) also includes at least one witness mark (128 | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222600 | Intake system of multi-cylinder engine An intake system of a V-engine provided with a surge tank arranged at a position higher than a cylinder head of the V-engine when attached to the V-engine and divided in internal space into a top part and a bottom part and a plurality of intake tubes communicating t... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219657 | Fuel routing structure for a V-type engine A fuel routing structure for use in a vehicle having a V-type engine is provided. The structure has fewer parts, is compact, and facilitates ease of assembly and maintenance for a vehicle where fuel injection valves are attached to an intake manifold, which contains... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213558 | Intake device for outboard motor An engine air intake device for an outboard motor includes a plurality of main intake pipes corresponding to each cylinder. First and second branch pipes extend from an upstream end of each main part. The first branch pipes are longer than the second branch pipes. T... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210461 | Internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle An internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle with a cylinder head, an intake manifold, and a fuel distributor rail. The downstream end of the intake manifold is connected by a flange to intake channels in the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. The... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7191750 | Laser welded manifold An intake manifold assembly (100) includes an inner shell (12) that is inserted into an outer shell (14), and a cover (25) that seals the open end (38) of the outer shell (14). The inner shell (12) includes dividers (... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191749 | Laser welded intake manifold Laser welding of plastic involves a laser passing through laser translucent then laser absorbent material. A technical description as envisaged here is Laser Contour Welding. Universally, laser welding is done by Quasi simultaneous techniques and rarely by Contour t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7174873 | Welding structure for synthetic resin intake manifold A synthetic resin intake manifold body and a synthetic resin passage structural member are respectively provided with a body side joining flange and a structural member side joining flange that are continuously formed along a joining line. A protrusion is provided o... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7150255 | Engine including electrical interference shield A shield cover for an engine is provided to shield electric parts, in an engine wherein an engine body includes a crankcase having a plurality of cylinder bores. An intake chamber common to all of the cylinder bores is spaced away from the crankcase. The shield cove... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137378 | Component mounting system for a marine engine An attachment and support system is provided for supporting a flame arrestor and cover at a preselected position relative to a throttle body which, in turn, is attached to an air intake manifold. A support member is attached, by four bolts, to the air intake manifol... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7128039 | Engine air induction arrangement and method Chaotic air flow structures in internal combustion engine manifolds may lead to poor combustion performance and hence undesirable emissions such as visible smoke. Manifolds with flow characteristics compromised by other design requirements are especially prone to th... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124726 | Low-profile intake manifold An intake manifold according to the present invention comprises a housing defining an interior cavity and having an exterior surface. The housing has at least one air in-flow passage from the exterior surface of the housing to the interior cavity. The housing includ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114480 | V-type engine There is provided a V-type engine in which banks of an engine block are offset in the same direction as the rotational direction of a crankshaft so that the banks may be displaced toward an end of a vehicle body. On the offset side, engine accessory is mounted on a ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107958 | Intake manifold with variable runner area A tunable intake manifold extends between a plenum and an intake of an internal combustion engine. A manifold housing defines an interior and a runner wall extending through the interior. A slider extends through the interior and slidably engages the manifold housin... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104237 | Intake system of multi-cylinder engine An intake system of a V-engine provided with a surge tank arranged at a position higher than a cylinder head and divided in internal space into a top part and a bottom part. The surge tank has a plurality of intake tubes communicating the surge tank and intake ports... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7086364 | Intake system for V-engine The intake system includes an intake path forming section having a downstream end in communication with an intake port included in each of cylinder heads of a pair of banks of an engine main body. The intake path connects to the common air chamber with an upstream e... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7073473 | Intake manifold variable runner area A tunable intake manifold is provided for directing a flow of air between a plenum and an internal combustion engine. The tunable intake manifold includes a manifold housing defining an interior. The manifold housing has a plurality of runner walls extending through... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7055499 | Internal module, members of the module, and electronic controlled throttle device for internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine intake module, members thereof and electronically controlled throttle apparatus for a car and related products characterized by great strength, and light weight and compact configuration wherein the weight of the electronically controll... | 06/06/2006 |
