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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6959692 | Computer controlled engine valve operation An electronic valve actuation system and control method is described. The valve timing is changed between early and late intake valve closing depending on engine operating conditions. Further, valve timing is adjusted to control engine airflow or engine torque. Fina... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6647941 | Air-routing system, especially a suction system of an internal combustion engine An air routing system includes an air filter for cleaning intake air having a clean air outlet a compressor for compressing aspirated intake air an intermediate line connected between the clean air outlet of the filter and the compressor, and an intake mo... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6273038 | Rotary distribution system internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, comprising a movably mounted distribution element, wherein the distribution element in a first configuration fluidly couples an intake portion of a first cylinder of the plurality of cylinders... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6167857 | Timed tube induction system for improving the performance and efficiency of an internal combustion engine A timed tube induction system according to the present invention is located at the downstream side of the carburetor in fluid communication with an induction hose between the carburetor and the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine having an in... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5680839 | Apparatus and method of delivering a fuel and air mixture for internal combustion engines The present invention involves an apparatus for the induction of a fuel and air mixture into the combustion chambers of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine. A partition divides a manifold into a first and second portion. The first manifold portion... | 10/28/1997 |
| 4889082 | Intake system for multiple-cylinder engine An intake system for a multiple-cylinder engine has first and second branch passages, a plurality of discrete intake passages for connecting the cylinders to one of the first and second branch passages, an intake air supply passage, an upstream side commu... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4884534 | Fuel and air induction structure and mechanism for internal combustion engines Structure and a method for introduction of a mixture of fuel and air into the combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine which has a plurality of combustion chambers. Each combustion chamber having an intake port region which leads to the combus... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4848281 | Pulse chamber and supercharging apparatus for internal combustion engines An intake and exhaust flow improvement device for internal combustion engines is disclosed. The invention provides an anti-reversion chamber having a gas-redirecting profile on the intake side as well as providing a gas-redirecting profile on the exhaust ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4457267 | Kinetic energy injector--method and apparatus for improving the performance and efficiency of a two-cycle internal combustion engine A method and apparatus for improving the performance and efficiency of a two-cycle internal combustion engine are described wherein the backflow combustion mixture gasses are captured at the reed valve and directed through a uni-directional passageway and... | 07/03/1984 |
| 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 |
