Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7806096 | In-line induction system for internal combustion engine In line carburetor (104) is mounted to a manifold (140) over the engine (800). The barrels of the carburetor deliver air/fuel suspensions to concentrated positions (152) of the manifold, with the concentrated positions being at opposite e... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7523730 | Carburetor spacer A carburetor spacer is provided with an isolation member to isolate the flow of atomized fuel from a carburetor to an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine comprising first and second hollow members fitting one inside the other and an elastomeric member i... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7331314 | Two-stroke engine A two-stroke engine has a cylinder with a combustion chamber that is delimited by a reciprocating piston that drives with a connecting rod a crankshaft rotatably supported in a crankcase. In predetermined positions of the piston, the crankcase is connected by at lea... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331276 | Piston for a two-cycle engine A piston for a two-cycle engine having a piston head and a piston wall in which are disposed wrist pin eyes. At least one undercut is formed between the underside of the piston head and the wrist pin eyes at a distance from the piston head. The undercut extends from... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7232351 | Personal watercraft A personal watercraft includes a saddle ride type seat provided at a roughly central portion of a watercraft body, an engine mounted on the lower side of the seat and directed in a front-rear direction of the watercraft body, and cylinders provided in the engine are... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7201142 | Variable center pivot tumble control valve geometry for an intake manifold A tumble control valve for an intake manifold of an engine which eliminates or substantially reduces air leakage between the bottom and sides of the valve blade through a selected rotational segment of the blade as it moves from the closed position toward the open p... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7107962 | Carburetor hat for forced induction system A forced air induction system (10) constructed in accordance with the principles of a preferred embodiment of the present invention and configured for supplying compressed induction fluid to an internal combustion engine (E) for powering a vehicle (V) is disc... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096849 | Charge motion control plate kit The present invention provides a charge motion plate kit for internal combustion engines. More specifically, the charge motion plate kit permits replacement of the OEM charge motion valves of the prior art for high performance applications. In one embodiment, the ch... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082910 | Two-stroke internal combustion engine Crankcase scavenged two-stroke internal combustion engine (1), in which a piston ported air passage is arranged between an air inlet (2) and the upper part of a number of transfer ducts (3, 3′). The air passage is arranged from an air inlet ( | 08/01/2006 |
| 7017544 | Carburettor vibration damper Use of an vibration damper to dampen vibration transmitted from an engine to a carburettor is found to enhance carburettor and therefore engine performance. The vibration damper is conveniently placed axially between the carburettor and an end of the intake manifold... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6889647 | Connector assembly A connector assembly including the resilient member and two band clamps includes a feature for preventing the band clamps from overlapping with each other when the band clamps are tightened. The band clamps can include projections extending from an outer surface the... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6886526 | Air delivery apparatus for an internal combustion engine An air delivery device for use in delivering air from the outlet of a turbocharger to a carburetor. The device has an intake passage extending from an inlet through an appended portion extending to an outlet. A flow divider extends diametrically through the passage ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6880523 | Measurement of engine cylinder induction air quantity An engine cylinder induction air quantity measuring apparatus includes a controller to calculate an intake manifold inside air quantity of air in an intake manifold of the engine, from a sensed intake air quantity by performing a balance calculation to calculate a b... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6868813 | Connecting piece An elastic connecting piece (1) is mounted between a carburetor (4) and an inlet channel (3) of an internal combustion engine (2). The engine (2) is especially an engine of a portable handheld motor-driven work apparatus such as a ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6595175 | Carburetor spacer A carburetor spacer for installation between a carburetor and an intake manifold which effects increased horsepower in engine operation. More specifically, this invention relates to a carburetor spacer having a particular shape such that improved air/fuel... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6536395 | Membrane carburetor arrangement in a work apparatus having an internal combustion engine The invention is directed to a carburetor arrangement in a work apparatus having an internal combustion engine (2). The inlet channel (7) of the engine is connected via a connecting tube (8) to the intake channel section (9) of the membrane carburetor (4)... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6382160 | Internal combustion engine having a carburetor The available space within the apparatus housing (2) in the portable handheld work apparatus is limited so that the individual components have to be accommodated in a tight space. In work apparatus having internal combustion engines, this means that the c... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6263851 | Air inlet device for watercraft engine An air inlet device for an engine powering a water propulsion device of a watercraft, the watercraft having a hull defining an engine compartment in which the engine is positioned, is disclosed. The engine has a body defining at least one combustion chamb... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6260536 | Intake passage device for an internal combustion engine An intake passage device is provided for an internal combustion engine having carburetor communicated with a connecting projection of an intake port of a cylinder of the engine, wherein the diameter of the connecting projection becomes smaller toward the ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6209502 | Intake manifold with multiple stage ram induction An intake manifold for a four-cycle internal combustion engine with multiple stages to reduce imbalances in volumetric efficiency and air/fuel ratio. The intake manifold utilizes at least two ram stages coupled by a plenum chamber. The first stage include... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6142842 | Manifold arrangement for outboard motor An outboard motor having a multi-cylinder four-cycle, internal combustion engine as a power plant. An improved crankcase ventilating system is provided wherein the camshaft chambers and then to the intake system through an extended conduit passing over th... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6029639 | Fuel supply system for a watercraft A fuel system is provided with an accelerator pump. The accelerator pump has a single influent port and multiple effluent ports. The single influent port draws fuel from a single charge former into a fuel chamber of the accelerator pump. An operational li... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6019078 | Manifold for outboard motor An intake manifold for an engine powering a water propulsion device of an outboard motor is disclosed. The engine has first and second combustion chambers and an intake system for delivering a fuel and air charge to each combustion chamber. The intake sys... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6016782 | Accelerating pump for watercraft engine A fuel increasing mechanism for supplying fuel to an engine positioned in an engine compartment defined by a hull of a watercraft is disclosed. The engine is arranged to power a water propulsion device associated with the watercraft and has a body definin... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6000371 | Accelerating pump for watercraft engine A fuel increasing mechanism for supplying fuel to an engine positioned in an engine compartment defined by a hull of a watercraft is disclosed. The engine is arranged to power a water propulsion device associated with the watercraft and has a body definin... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5915365 | Combined system using a vaporous fuel mixture energy source and an internal combustion engine and method therefor A combined system and method is shown and described which uses a vaporous fuel mixture energy source comprised of air and a vaporous fuel as a source of fuel for an internal combustion engine. This mixture of air and vaporous fuel is injected into each on... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5850813 | Split intake manifold, structure, installation and method A substantially Y shaped split intake manifold is disclosed and also a method of connecting this manifold having fuel-air outlet conduits to a plurality of internal combustion engine cylinder inlet ports. The method comprises the steps of applying a layer... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5809960 | Intake pipe in an internal combustion engine with carburetor An intake pipe for absorbing vibrations of an internal combustion engine to prevent the transfer of the vibrations to a carburetor. The intake pipe includes an intake pipe body made of aluminum which is connected to an outlet portion of a carburetor. An i... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5738059 | Quick disconnect coupling A quick disconnect coupling is disclosed for releasably interconnecting first and second fluid flow members each having a fluid opening. The coupling includes a base member having a bottom surface, an annular attachment collar defining an inner fluid port... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5699763 | Air intake system for a marine engine An air intake box for a four-stroke marine engine. The air box is generally U-shaped in configuration, including a lower section that is connected to the carburetor throat. The lower section extends forwardly from the carburetor and merges into an upper s... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5645026 | Internal combustion engine for a portable handheld work apparatus The invention relates to an internal combustion engine for a portable handheld work apparatus such as a motor-driven chain saw or the like. The internal combustion engine includes a cylinder defining a combustion chamber and having an inlet passage for co... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5619960 | Spacing block The present invention relates to a spacing device which is adapted to be interconnected to the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. This device acts to increase the distance incoming air travels before it enriches the fuel mixture. This incre... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5575250 | Quick disconnect coupling for fluid flow connections A quick disconnect coupling is disclosed for releasably interconnecting first and second fluid flow members each having a fluid opening. The coupling includes a base member having a bottom surface, an annular attachment collar defining an inner fluid port... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5494011 | High-rise intake manifold for performance engines and method for manufacturing same An intake manifold for a combustion engine is provided. The intake manifold has a body with a front end, a back end, a top and a bottom. The bottom has a first angled portion, a second angled portion and a horizontal portion located therebetween. The inta... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5447129 | Intake insulator An adiabatic intake insulator inserted into a portion for connecting a carburetor to a small two-cycle gasoline engine or the like in which the generation of cracks due to stress concentration when bolts are fastened are restrained and the looseness of th... | 09/05/1995 |
| 4930461 | One-piece lost foam pattern for an intake manifold Disclosed herein is a one-piece foam pattern for an intake manifold for a two cycle internal combustion engine, which pattern comprises a first surface for providing an intake manifold surface adapted to engage an engine block surface and having therein a... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4905636 | Anti-puddling turbulence inducing cylinder head intake port and manifold An intake manifold and cylinder head intake passageway for an air-cooled internal combustion engine. The manifold is substantially S-shaped and generally vertically oriented and communicates a carburetor having a horizonal bore with an overhead valve cyli... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4356798 | Intake system for use in internal combustion engine An internal system for use in an internal combustion engine which includes a carburetor, a throttle valve and a check valve. A supplemental chamber is connected to an intake passage adapted to introduce therethrough air-fuel mixture from the throttle valv... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4231329 | Apparatus for atomizing fuel in an internal combustion engine An apparatus for improving atomization of fuel in an internal combustion engine, which apparatus has a pressure accumulation chamber connected to an intake passageway of the engine via a one-way valve and a first passageway of large flow area. The pressur... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4153015 | Carburetor adapter for multicylinder engines and manifold therefor Disclosed is a manifold and carburetor system especially for motorcycles having a plurality of cylinders so that each cylinder can be assured of uniform fuel input. Balancing means in the manifold uniformly distributes a fuel charge to the plural cylinder... | 05/08/1979 |
