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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151761 | Integrated intake valve and fuel injector for vehicle engine A vehicle engine with integrated intake valve and fuel injector is provided. An intake valve is housed in an intake valve body which is provided with a valve seat face. A fuel passage is positioned at the valve seat face toward a spark plug. Further, a valve stem is... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7273026 | Roller follower body The present invention relates to a roller follower, comprising an outer surface, enclosing a first cavity, a second cavity, and a transition opening, wherein the first cavity includes a first inner surface configured to house a cylindrical insert the second cavity i... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7077381 | Desensitizing armature air gap to component distortion in a fuel injector Because of the relatively high pressures experienced within fuel injectors, several internal components can undergo substantial deformation each time fuel is pressurized to injection levels. In some instances, such as when a solenoid operated control valve is positi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7040667 | Clamping assembly A clamping assembly has a first component and a second component, which has an essentially cylindrical outer jacket, which is attachable to the first component. The clamping assembly has a support surface supported against the first component, which is able to be cl... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6758407 | Fuel injector A fuel injector comprising a nozzle body, a first outlet opening having an axis, a second outlet opening having an axis, and means for controlling fuel delivery through the first and second outlet openings. The axes of the first and second outlet openings are arrang... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6474295 | Monovalve with integrated fuel injector and port control valve, and engine using same Each cylinder of an internal combustion engine includes a combined gas exchange valve and fuel injector with a port control valve. The port control valve operates to open either an intake passage or an exhaust passage. The operation of the combined device... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6446597 | Fuel delivery and ignition system for operation of energy conversion systems A process for performing energy conversion that converts pressurized combustants to produce to expansive work in one or more devices selected from the group including a reversible fuel cell, expansion engine, and heat releasing combustor.... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443121 | Hydraulically actuated gas exchange valve assembly and engine using same An engine comprises a housing that defines a hollow piston cavity that is separated from a gas passage by a valve seat. The housing further defines a biasing hydraulic cavity and a control hydraulic cavity. A gas valve member is also included in the engin... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6311668 | Monovalve with integrated fuel injector and port control valve, and engine using same An engine includes an engine casing that defines a hollow piston cavity separated from an exhaust passage and an intake passage by a valve seat. A gas exchange valve member is positioned adjacent the valve seat and is moveable between an open position and... | 11/06/2001 |
| 5957106 | Engine having an intake/exhaust valve integrated with a fuel injector A fuel injection system includes a hydraulically-actuated electronically-controlled fuel injector having a needle valve member and an injector body that defines a fuel pressurization chamber that opens to a nozzle outlet. The needle valve member is positi... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5934245 | Two cycle engine having a mono-valve integrated with a fuel injector A two cycle engine comprises an engine casing that defines a hollow piston cavity, a first gas passageway and a second gas passageway. The hollow piston cavity is separated from the first gas passageway by a valve seat. A piston is positioned in the hollo... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5579734 | Rotary valve internal combustion engine A rotary valve engine includes an engine block having at least one combustion chamber which is sealed by a rotary valve which also can function as a head. The rotary valve includes an intake passage and an exhaust passage for directing intake air into the... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5522358 | Fluid controlling system for an engine A fluid system of an engine which has an outwardly opening engine valve controls fluid delivery and removal from first and second cylinders for controlling the position of the engine valve and injection of fuel responsive to the position of the engine pis... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5197428 | Fuel injector surrounding intake valve stem An electromagnetic fuel injector has a tubular non-magnetic body defined by radially inner and outer side walls bounding an annular shaped interior which contains a tubular solenoid coil and an annular valve element that is operated by said solenoid coil ... | 03/30/1993 |
| 4809655 | Method for the direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber in the cylinder head of a diesel engine and device for implementing such method The inlet valve (1) and the injection nozzle (8) for a diesel engine with direct injection are combined together in such a way that they form a single unit. The fuel is atomized for direct injection in the middle of the combustion space in the cylinder he... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4640237 | Four stroke piston engine A four-stroke piston engine in which air is drawn into a cylinder while rotary motion about the cylinder axis is imparted to the air. Fuel may be blown/injected into the air during its rotation in the cylinder while the fuel supply is located on the axis ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4539950 | Four-stroke piston engine A four-stroke piston engine in which air or a fuel-air mixture is drawn into a cylinder. Fuel may be injected into the air in the cylinder while a further fuel supply is located on the axis of the cylinder and supplies at least one jet of fuel during the ... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4450796 | Four-stroke piston engine A four-stroke piston engine in which air or a fuel-air mixture is drawn into a cylinder. Fuel may be injected into the air flowing into or already present in the cylinder while a further fuel supply is located on the axis of the cylinder and supplies at l... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4450795 | Four-stroke piston engine A four-stroke piston engine in which air is drawn into a cylinder while rotary motion about the cylinder axis is imparted to the air. Fuel may be blown/injected into the air during its rotation in the cylinder while the fuel supply is located on the axis ... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4300514 | Device for vaporizing fuel and controlling the temperature of the fuel in an internal combustion engine A device for vaporizing fuel in an internal combustion engine whereby the fuel-air ratio in the mixture zone is varied by controlling the temperature of the vaporized fuel without the need for changing the orifice cross section of the nozzle. The fuel is ... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4058091 | Internal combustion engine of a lean air-fuel mixture combustion type An internal combustion engine of a lean air-fuel mixture combustion type comprising a valve guide and an intake valve supported by the valve guide. A pumping chamber is formed between the inner wall of the valve guide and the outer wall of the valve stem ... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4020803 | Combined fuel injection and intake valve for electronic fuel injection engine systems A solenoid actuated combined fuel injection and intake valve supplies an air-fuel mixture to an electronic fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine. In one embodiment of the invention fuel injection is controlled dependent upon the operatio... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3987759 | Stratified charge rotary engine with variable spray angle fuel nozzle A rotary combustion engine having a fuel nozzle for discharging fuel into each working chamber just prior to combustion and in which means are provided for increasing the width of the spray angle of the fuel discharged by said nozzle as the quantity of fu... | 10/26/1976 |