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 |
| 7546827 | Methods for variable displacement engine diagnostics Methods and systems are provided for monitoring cylinder valve deactivation in an engine operating with a plurality of cylinder valves. One example method comprises, sensing a plurality of cylinder valve positions of a plurality of cylinder valves; and combining the... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7311079 | Engine system and method with cylinder deactivation Various systems and methods are disclosed for carrying out combustion in a fuel-cut operation in some or all of the engine cylinders of a vehicle. Further, various subsystems are considered, such as fuel vapor purging, air-fuel ratio control, engine torque control, ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7225788 | Fuel supply system of vehicle A fuel supply system of a vehicle is provided with a fuel tank 10 supported on a vehicle at a level equal to or lower than that of the carburetors 16 and 17 combined with an engine 5. A vacuum fuel cut valve 12 is placed on the upp... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7201143 | Intake amount control apparatus of internal combustion engine An intake amount control apparatus of an internal combustion engine in accordance with the invention includes a control portion that controls an opening amount of a throttle valve provided in an intake passageway of the internal combustion engine and operation of a ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7077632 | Blower having a blower tube incorporating a reduction device for reducing the clear flow cross section of said blower tube at idle operation A blower (1) has a housing (10) to which a blower pipe (2) may be removably connected. An internal combustion engine located within the housing (10) drives a blower wheel. The blower wheel, in turn, generates an air flow (11) withi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7051704 | Intake air control apparatus and method for internal combustion engine An intake air control apparatus method and apparatus for an internal combustion engine in which the engine includes a variably operated valve mechanism for making at least one of an operating angle of an intake valve and a valve lift thereof variable. A determinatio... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6968828 | Post-retard fuel limiting strategy for an engine An engine (10) having a control system (24) that executes a control strategy (44) for limiting engine fueling upon deactivation of an engine retarder. Upon deactivation of the retarder, the strategy immediately shuts off fueling by setting the m... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6957634 | Engine valve actuator An engine valve actuator for an internal combustion engine is provided. The engine valve actuator includes a housing having an opening and a first fluid passageway leading to the opening. An adjustment member is disposed in the housing and includes a protrusion that... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6161521 | Internal combustion engine having deceleration fuel shut off and camshaft controlled charge trapping A reciprocating internal combustion engine using poppet valves, valve timing control and fuel injection, cuts off fuel during engine deceleration and controls valve timing such that charge is trapped in the engine cylinders while the fuel is shut off.... | 12/19/2000 |
| 5794590 | Engine brake for a multicylinder diesel engine In an engine brake for a multicylinder Diesel engine having a cylinder head with at least one exhaust or decompression valve for each cylinder for controlling the discharge of gases from the cylinder, a high pressure fuel injection system with a common fu... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5713331 | Injection and exhaust-brake system for an internal combustion engine having several cylinders An injection system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders is known which has a hydraulic pump with a delivery outlet to which a delivery line common to the cylinders is connected, and a plurality of injection units each of whic... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5697336 | Engine brake for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine The present invention proceeds from an engine brake for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine with decompression valves actuatable by pressurization of hydraulic pistons outside of the exhaust stroke of the working piston of the internal combustion ... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5636611 | Arrangement for controlling air compressed in a cylinder of a diesel engine In an arrangement for controlling the flow of compressed air from a cylinder of a Diesel engine which includes a decompression valve mounted on a cylinder to permit the discharge of compressed air from the cylinder into a discharge passage, the decompress... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5609134 | Operating mechanism for an engine brake valve of an internal combustion engine In an operating mechanism for an engine brake valve of an internal combustion engine which has fuel injectors mounted in the cylinder head to which pressurized fuel is delivered through high pressure fuel passages from a high pressure fuel injection pump,... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5168848 | Engine brake for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine An engine brake arrangement for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine with at least one throttle valve per cylinder which, during braking operation of the internal combustion engine, is opened at times to connect a cylinder space with an exhaust con... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5161501 | Self-clippping slave piston An improved slave piston for use in a compression release engine retarder is disclosed. The piston incorporates a self-clipping mechanism whereby, when appropriate, the escape of the high-pressure fluid that drives the slave piston is allowed, clipping th... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5036811 | Four-stroke internal-combustion engine A four-stroke internal-combustion engine for a motor vehicle having inlet and exhaust valves is provided with additional outlet valves for each cylinder, which valves are adjustable by means of an actuating device and with a throttle flap arranged in the ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5022367 | Engine brake system of a two-cycle engine for a motor vehicle A two-stroke engine has a scavenge pump provided in an intake passage. A valve is provided in the intake passage downstream of the scavenge pump. When deceleration of a vehicle is detected, the valve is operated to partially close the intake passage.... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4700673 | Method of controlling the operating characteristic quantities of an internal combustion engine A method for controlling the operating characteristics of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. An injection signal for metering fuel and an idling charge signal for the supply of idling air are present. Engine overrun is also recognized in this met... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4515124 | Engine control system A control system for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission, comprises a first device for detecting an operating parameter in relation to vehicle cruising, a second device for detecting an engine temperature, an... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4445468 | 2-Stroke internal combustion engine and an ignition-combustion method of an internal combustion engine A 2-stroke engine having a combustion chamber and a scavenge port which is open to the combustion chamber. When the engine is operating under a light load in which a large amount of unburned components, incompletely burned components and oxygen remains in... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4341188 | Two-cycle internal combustion engine including means for varying cylinder port timing The two-cycle internal combustion engine includes an engine block having a cylindrical wall defining a cylinder having a head end, a piston mounted for reciprocative movement in the cylinder, and a passage in the engine block, such as an exhaust passage, ... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4291656 | Method of controlling the rotational speed of an internal combustion engine The flow rate of intake air sucked into an internal combustion engine when a throttle valve of the engine is at the idling position is controlled so that the actual rotational speed of the engine becomes equal to a desired value. This desired value of the... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4289094 | Two-stroke cycle gasoline engine A two-stroke cycle gasoline engine having a first scavenging port which is supplied with fuel-air mixture through a mixture passage, and a second scavenging port which is supplied with air, wherein supply of fuel-air mixture through the mixture passage is... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4159701 | System for controlling fuel supply in internal combustion engine A system for controlling or interrupting the fuel supply in an internal combustion engine operating under a braking condition, in response to the vacuum level in its intake system. This system is equipped with an air pump driven by an output shaft of the ... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4124012 | Fuel saving apparatus and spark plug therefor A fuel saving apparatus for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders each having a spark plug therein. The apparatus comprises a valve means for stopping fuel flow to predetermined cylinders and means for venting each of these cylinde... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4106471 | Internal combustion engine system with an air-fuel mixture shut off means An air-fuel mixture shut off means connected to selected branch tubes of an intake manifold of the engine and includes dampers swingably mounted in the selected branch tubes and a controller operable to close the dampers when the engine is decelerated.... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4092970 | Controlling internal combustion engines A device for controlling maximum speed and/or acceleration of a diesel engine by means of a spring-loaded valve located upstream on the air inlet manifold. The valve, which normally is open, operates on a pressure differential basis and is designed to clo... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4091777 | Electronic control circuit for a carburetor device A control circuit for delivering control signals to interrupt admission of the fuel-air mixture in the low speed and idle circuit of the carburetor of an internal combustion engine. The control circuit is operated according to the engine operating conditi... | 05/30/1978 |
| 3977372 | Carburetor vacuum shutoff control valve A carburetor vacuum shutoff control valve for motor vehicles includes a snap-action spring which senses the the sudden vacuum increase in the carburetor each time the vehicle decelerates. The spring opens the valve during deceleration to allow air to pass... | 08/31/1976 |
