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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8122865 | Intake manifold for vehicle The present invention relates to an intake manifold for a vehicle and comprises tanks for stabilizing intaken air introduced from a throttle body; a plurality of zip tubes diverged from the tanks; a plurality of runners connected to the zip tubes and communicated wi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8015959 | Valve shaft support structure for variable intake manifold A valve shaft support structure is closed to improve its durability, lower its manufacturing cost and improve its quality, in which a valve shaft interposed between runners is formed as an eccentric shaft integrally formed with a valve. A valve and a valve shaft are... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7997247 | Engine intake control system A valve plate is formed as a butterfly-type valve plate including a first and a second valve-plate half portions that extend in opposite directions to each other from a valve shaft. When the valve plate is at a first changeover position, the first valve-plate half p... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7963265 | Tunable air intake system An air intake system for a two-stroke or four-stroke internal combustion engine that is tunable through the use of interchangeable velocity stacks. ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7886708 | Intake air control apparatus and method An intake air control apparatus comprises an intake air path connected to a combustion chamber, and an intake airflow control device having a first opening deviated in one direction when viewed from an axial direction of the intake air path by partially closing a cr... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7717078 | Intake manifold regulators for internal combustion engines The present invention provides an internal combustion engine including an engine housing, a crankshaft rotatably supported in the engine housing, a cylinder, a piston movable within the cylinder, a combustion chamber in fluid communication with the cylinder, a fuel ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7669572 | Intake manifold regulators for internal combustion engines An intake manifold assembly includes an intake manifold having an inlet configured to receive an air/fuel mixture from a carburetor, an outlet configured to discharge the air/fuel mixture into a combustion chamber, an interior wall at least partially defining an int... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7395811 | Choke device for an internal combustion engine intake system A choke device for an intake system of an internal combustion engine; the choke device has at least one choke body fitted movably inside an intake conduit, and an actuating device for moving the choke body to and from a work position in which the choke body reduces ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7360518 | Expandable manifold An expandable manifold comprises an expansion chamber defined by a resilient surface. Intake is provided by a conduit extending into the chamber. As reverse impulses resulting from the closing of an intake valve enter the expansion chamber from the output end of the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353812 | Vehicle engine with integral vacuum generator An integral vacuum generator system for an internal combustion engine includes a throttle body and intake manifold defining a bypass passage which is connected with a vacuum manifold by both a venturi and a direct vacuum supply passage. Vacuum flow through the ventu... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353791 | Sound increase apparatus A sound increase apparatus includes a first hollow body member that communicates with an intake flow path of an internal combustion engine, a second hollow body member that communicates with the first hollow body member, and a vibration member capable of vibrating i... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7337877 | Variable geometry resonator for acoustic control The present invention provides a resonator for attenuating acoustic vibration from an air intake passage. The resonator includes a neck, a resonator chamber, a piston-type member, and an actuator. The neck is attached between the air passage and the resonator chambe... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7311091 | Temperature-controlled PCV valve A positive crankcase ventilation valve includes a flow restrictor movable in an orifice to vary flow of fumes from a crankcase to an intake manifold in a vehicle. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7287504 | Over-center actuator The disclosure allows a short runner valve or manifold tuning valve type manifold tuning device to retain sufficient force on the valve assembly in its closed state to eliminate any vibration or chatter from the system under normal engine operation. The disclosure a... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281511 | Air intake for motor vehicles This invention describes an improved intake tube for internal combustion vehicles by locally increasing and then decreasing the airflow over the Mass Airflow Sensor (MAS) preventing a lean condition, which over time is catastrophic to the life of the engine. The int... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281512 | Passively variable plenum volume for a vehicle intake manifold assembly An intake manifold assembly (10) includes a plenum (14) and a variable volume assembly (20). The variable volume assembly (20) includes a deformable member (22) and a biasing member (24). The biasing member (24) posit... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7255197 | Muffler A muffler which reduces noises of a wide frequency band with a simple structure. Sound waves of an intake duct enter into and are received in a resonance box via a branch pipe. At the branch pipe, a movable body slidingly abuts a peripheral portion of an opening of ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7225779 | Intake system including a resonance chamber In an intake system for an engine incorporated with a resonance chamber (32), a variable communication unit (50) for controlling the communication between an intake passage with the resonance chamber comprises an outer tube (51) having an open a... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210444 | Variable air intake pipe length An air intake system for an internal combustion engine has at least one air box and a short duct for each cylinder. Each duct can be extended to provide higher torque at low speed. At high speed, the shorter duct length can be selectively provided for enhanced engin... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207322 | Supercharger installation with load control for internal combustion engines An impulse turbocharger for an internal combustion engine. The impulse turbocharger is adapted to be used for controlling the air flow of an air supply conduit on the intake side of an internal combustion engine. The impulse turbocharger has a rotary valve which is ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7188604 | Internal combustion engine air intake structure An air intake structure is provided with an air intake control valve disposed in the air intake passage. The air intake control valve has a valve element pivotally mounted at one end adjacent to a passage wall of the air intake passage. The air intake control valve ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188008 | System for controlling the operation of at least one aircraft engine A system for supervising the speed of at least one engine of an aircraft includes three independent information sources determining first, second and third values for an aerodynamic parameter of the aircraft and precision information indicating the precision of thes... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7143733 | Intake manifold having variable cross-sectional 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... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7121246 | Intake passage of an internal combustion engine Branch pipes (3) of an intake manifold (1) comprise main bodies (3c), a common flange (11b) and pipe shape joining portions (11c) respectively connecting the main bodies (3c) to the flange (11 | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7089909 | Choke valve provided with an integrated electromagnetic actuator for an intake manifold with a retracting tumble system A choke valve for an intake manifold with a retracting tumble system for an engine provided with a number of cylinders, the choke valve being adapted to vary the passage section of the air through an intake duct which connects each cylinder with the intake manifold ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7055484 | Multiple frequency Helmholtz resonator The tunable resonator is coupled to the engine speed control such that the resonator is set to a different frequency range when the engine speed is changed. The frequency range is changed by opening and closing necks and/or changing the effective volume of the reson... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7047934 | Fuel injection type internal combustion engine and vehicle provided with the same An internal combustion engine includes an engine body including a cylinder that defines a combustion chamber, an intake opening that faces the combustion chamber, and an intake passage in communication with the combustion chamber through the intake opening, a piston... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7032557 | Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine has an intake device (1), the intake pipes (5 to 8) for the intakes of cylinders of the internal combustion engine and actuators for adjusting the effective pipe lengths of the intake pipes (5 to 8) by... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7013211 | Variable valve control apparatus for internal combustion engine and method thereof A requested volume flow ratio calculated based on a requested torque, an amount of two times a spit-back gas amount at the valve overlap time calculated based on a requested residual gas rate, and a spit-back gas amount of the time when an intake valve is closed are... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011066 | Intake manifold for an engine The present invention relates to a modified intake manifold having short runner valves in the manifold tuning valve. Anti-chatter devices are disclosed for reducing shaft chatter without placing friction on the shafts. A lost motion linkage is used to ensure closure... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6986333 | 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... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6915774 | Intake apparatus for internal combustion engine An intake apparatus for an internal combustion engine, including a partition dividing an intake port into a first passage and a second passage, and a gas motion control valve including a rotatable valve element disposed upstream of the partition and spaced from an u... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6732509 | Engine acoustical system A number of embodiments of acoustical devices for improving either or both the intake and exhaust sounds emanated from an internal combustion engine. This is achieved by employing acoustical devices which are configured so as to discharge the desired sound waves to ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6666182 | Intake device for an internal combustion engine An intake device for an internal combustion engine including a mounting flange (10) for mounting to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and a plurality of intake manifolds (11-14) which open into a common collecting chamber. The mounting flan... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6591805 | Port system, especially an induction manifold for an internal combustion engine A duct system, especially an intake manifold for an internal combustion engine, having flap valves (13) for selective opening and closing of at least some of the ducts. The valves should be continuously adjustable in position in order to produce a swirl i... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6591804 | Variable intake apparatus for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine In a variable intake apparatus for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, each cylinder is allowed to communicate with each other through air intake passageways including at least a pair of air intake passageway portions. Further, an air intake cont... | 07/15/2003 |
