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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367371 | Inflation circuit, in particular for a tire mounted on a wheel, and corresponding wheel An automatic inflation and deflation circuit for a tube (3) is produced with a single compressed fluid supply conduit (5). The inflation results from subjecting a non-return valve (VA) in series on the conduit to excess pressure. Deflation is provided ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 6568970 | Vehicle having improved fuel, lubrication and air intake systems A vehicle, including watercraft and personal watercraft, includes a hull, an engine system and a propulsion system. The engine system comprises an internal combustion engine and an air intake for receiving air to be mixed with fuel supplied to the engine.... | 05/27/2003 |
| 4459963 | Electrically controlled fuel injection apparatus for multi-cylinder internal combustion engines A fuel injection apparatus in which the duration of fuel supply of at least two pump pistons of a fuel injection pump is determined by the closing duration of an electrically actuated overflow valve. The overflow conduits of at least two adjacent pump wor... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4412518 | Idle speed control system Disclosed is a system for maintaining the desired idling speed of an internal combustion engine. In its simplest form the system utilizes a speed biasing mechanism to regulate a source of fluid pressure supplied to a fluid pressure regulator to provide a ... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4380976 | Fuel flow arrestor An emergency shutdown device for an internal combustion engine, especially a fuel-injected diesel engine. In addition to shutting off the flow of fuel to the engine, the device "suspends" fuel within the engine fuel supply system to prevent it from passin... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4245598 | Speed control device A speed control system for controlling a vehicle's speed operates by means of limiting fuel flow to the engine of the vehicle at and above, a predetermined speed. the system comprises fuel line means to the engine, a fuel pump feeding the fuel line means,... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4158348 | System for retarding engine speed An engine retarder for a fuel injection engine wherein a charge of fuel is pumped to each cylinder under pressure in timed sequence to reach the cylinder near top dead center of its stroke. A selectively operated bypass valve enables that measured charge ... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4108127 | Modulated throttle bypass An auxiliary air control system controls the flow of air into the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. The system controls flow through a valve bypassing the main throttle valve to maintain an appropriate rate of air flow. A manifold pressure... | 08/22/1978 |
| 3946716 | RPM regulator for fuel injection pumps A centrifugal rpm regulator for the fuel injection pump of an internal combustion engine is equipped with a separate, independent, rpm-responsive adjustment mechanism which rotates a cam. This cam serves as the limiting stop for a lever which controls the... | 03/30/1976 |
