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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6901909 | Centrifugal governor for horizontal diesel engines The centrifugal governor ensures that the governor lever (3) can apply a synthesized tensile force (STF) of the tensile forces (GS) of the main spring (4) and the tensile force (IS) of the idling spring (5) to the fuel adjuster (2) of the... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6481412 | Target block structure of electronic dartboard A target block structure of an electronic dartboard includes a target block made of hard material having a body whose outer portion is integrally formed with a soft cushioning structure and cushioning ribs. Thus, when the target block is hit by the dart t... | 11/19/2002 |
| 5957101 | Automatic compression release mechanism for an internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine includes a mechanism for releasing compression from the cylinder during starting. That mechanism has an actuator attached to the engine camshaft for sliding between first and second positions. In first position the actuator i... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5483945 | Air/fuel ratio control system for engine A learning control system for controlling an air fuel ratio an engine employs a slowly updated second learning control variable in addition to a normally updated first learning control variable in order to utilize the learning function sufficiently even w... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5226795 | Adjustable governor plate for internal combustion engines A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines is proposed, having a reciprocating piston that defines a pump work chamber in a pump cylinder and that on its jacket face has a control recess communicating with the pump work chamber, and a control s... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5027767 | Fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines A fuel injection pump including a housing having an adjustable coupling device on the outside of the housing by which the speed governor can be adjusted from outside the housing of the fuel injection pump. By use of the adjustable coupling device on the o... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4903661 | Fuel injection pumping apparatus A fuel pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to an engine has a high pressure pump which includes a component movable to determine the maximum amount of fuel which can be supplied to the engine. The component is biased by a spring to a minimum fuel positio... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4802451 | Mechanical governor for fuel injection pump, with reaction force adjusting mechanism for governor control lever A mechanical governor for a fuel injection pump of an internal combustion engine. A governor control lever is mounted on a casing of the governor for pivotal movement about a pivotal axis between first and second extreme angular positions corresponding re... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4754734 | Injection quantity increasing mechanism for governor in fuel injection pump at engine starting An injection quantity increasing mechanism for a governor in a fuel injection pump which is actuated at engine starting includes a guide lever and a torque cam both rotatable in accordance with the rpm of an engine, a floating lever swingably connected to... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4750463 | Fuel injection system for an air-compression internal-combustion engine with electronic regulation An electronically regulated fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine with a switchable safety and emergency driving device has a mechanical coupling which mechanically couples the accelerator pedal to the regulator. This coupling operativel... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4664079 | Fuel injection system for internal combustion engines In a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine, a control lever shaft interlocked with a governor spring is supported by a pump housing of a fuel injection pump with one and the other ends respectively located interiorly and exteriorly of th... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4621601 | Fuel injection pump in internal combustion engines A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines having an arbitrarily actuatable adjustment lever, the movement of which lever is fed as a set-point variable to an rpm governor for the purpose of fuel metering. Between the arbitrary adjustment and i... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4604978 | Speed governor for fuel injection pumps A speed governor for fuel injection pumps is proposed having a guide shaft guided in a cam plate to serve as the pivot shaft for a governor lever connecting an adjusting member and a supply quantity control member. The guide shaft is adjustable and guided... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4586470 | Centrifugal speed governor for fuel-injected internal combustion engines A centrifugal speed governor, functioning as a minimum-maximum-speed governor, includes an adjusting member which is pivotable for adjusting the supply quantity, and the governor rod of the associated injection pump is adjustable via an intermediate lever... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4515137 | Crankcase emissions device An improved device for separating liquid from gases and vapors passing from the crankcase of an internal combustion engine to the intake manifold thereof and allowing return of the separated liquid to the crankcase, through a conduit interconnecting the c... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4498437 | Centrifugal governor for internal combustion engine A centrifugal governor ensures a positive engine starting operation as well as a smoke control in the low engine speed range and a usual fuel injection control responsive to an increase in engine speed. A control rod with a rack is operatively connected w... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4497295 | Minimum-maximum speed governor for fuel-injected engines The governor includes a force transmission lever subject to the prestressing force of a main governor spring, which lever the governor sleeve comes into operative contact after traversing an idling sleeve path a, and a leaf spring acting as the idling spr... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4463720 | Centrifugal rpm governor for fuel injected internal combustion engines A flyweight governor comprising first and second sets of flyweights disposed pivotably on a flyweight support, the flyweights of the first set are arrested by stops after having traversed an idle speed angle of traverse (LL), on which st... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4461256 | Device for fuel injection pumps The device has a scanning member, adjustable in relation to the rpm, for the determination of the full load injection amount and a support attachable to a base and holding a contour disk in a predetermined position, the latter serving as a stop for the sc... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4459956 | Governor for fuel injection pumps A centrifugal governor for adjusting the fuel delivery to an internal combustion engine of the Diesel type is disclosed, wherein centrifugal masses slide along a tubular supporting member and act upon a sleeve, a spring and a slider to govern, through an ... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4453520 | Liquid fuel pumping apparatus A liquid fuel pumping apparatus includes a centrifugal weight mechanism 14 which is coupled to a fuel control member through a lever. A spring is provided to oppose the action of the weight mechanism and this is coupled through a lever having an adjustabl... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4432704 | Mechanical speed regulator for an injection pump A mechanical speed regulator for an injection pump which has centrifugal weights on its drive shaft. The centrifugal weights shift the regulator or control pin axially against the force of a starting supplementary feed spring, whereby in operation the con... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4343276 | Turbocharger boost feedback control for engine governor An add-on feedback control unit is connected to an existing mechanical governor for a turbocharged engine to control fuel flow to the engine in response to engine load and thereby maintain an adjustable low speed droop for the engine. The preload on the g... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4340020 | Governor mechanism A governor mechanism in or for a fuel injection pump includes a centrifugal weight mechanism which effects movement of a member against the action of a preloaded resilient means. The member is coupled to one end of a lever the other end being coupled to a... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4308833 | Centrifugal rpm governor for fuel injected internal combustion engines A centrifugal governor is proposed for fuel injected internal combustion engines, which preferably functions as an idling and a final rpm governor. Preferably, the governor is provided with a cam-guided adaptor apparatus whose influence on the governor mo... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4286558 | Centrifugal rpm governor for fuel injected internal combustion engines, especially an idling and final rpm governor for diesel vehicle engines A centrifugal governor for fuel injected internal combustion engines is proposed, especially an idling and final rpm governor for Diesel vehicle engines, in which the sudden emission of smoke upon starting of a heavily loaded engine is prevented. The impr... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4281630 | Centrifugal rpm governor for internal combustion engines A centrifugal rpm governor for internal combustion engines in which the initial stressing of an adaptation spring is adjustable in a continuously variable manner in the installed state and without changing the spring stroke (b) determining the adaptation ... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4258675 | Regulator apparatus such as a centrifugal governor for internal combustion engines A regulator apparatus controlled by spring tension, such as a centrifugal governor for internal combustion engines wherein the spring characteristic of the regulator spring remains unchanged during operation and a regulator effectiveness which remains the... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4252089 | Regulator for the fuel quantity to be injected into an internal combustion engine with self-ignition A fuel quantity regulator for self-igniting internal combustion engines having a fuel quantity regulator rod, an actuator for the regulator rod and an rpm governor. Between the actuator and the regulator rod there is interposed a rocker arm and an interme... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4204510 | RPM Governor for fuel injected internal combustion engines An rpm governor for diesel engines, with which an increased starting quantity of fuel, controlled by the rpm, is released automatically when the engine is started, but which is only released during a start when the engine is cold, and which is limited to ... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4192272 | Control device for fuel-injected internal combustion engines A control device for the fuel supply system of a fuel-injected internal combustion engine provided with a correcting device, which changes the adjusting path and/or the full load position of the fuel quantity adjusting member of the fuel metering device i... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4175529 | Regulating device A regulating device for an internal combustion engine, including a centrifugal governor, a linkage for determining initial tension of the governor spring and a restoring linkage, is constructed with a control track and movable element acting in cooperatio... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4164925 | Centrifugal rpm governor for internal combustion engines A centrifugal rpm governor for fuel injected motor vehicles, in which the control stroke, which is detected by a lever controlled follower on an adapting surface, is enlarged for a more precise control of the adaptation. A translated shift lever is used a... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4164924 | Centrifugal speed governor for an internal combustion engine A centrifugal speed governor for controlling fuel pump discharge into an internal combustion engine has a control shaft rotatable and axially movable by the rotation and radial movement of fly weights, respectively. The control shaft is operatively associ... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4132206 | Centrifugal force speed governor for internal combustion engines with fuel injection A centrifugal force speed governor for fuel injected internal combustion engines having at least a negative adjustment capability. In such a centrifugal force speed governor the following structural components are included: speed responsive structure; at ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4121555 | Transmission linkage A transmission linkage construction arranged between a governor and a fuel metering device of an internal combustion engine with the linkage construction selectively positioning a control rod of the fuel metering device in response to predetermined speeds... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4109629 | Fuel injection pumping apparatus A fuel injection pumping apparatus includes an injection pump having a fuel quantity control rod, the setting of which is determined by a governor mechanism; the governor mechanism includes a first pivotal link which is moved by a servo-mechanism controll... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4085724 | Fuel regulator for internal combustion engines with injection system The invention relates to a fuel regulator for internal combustion engines provided with a fuel injection system and with an adjusting member that operates preferably in dependence on the rpm, which moves the control rod of the fuel metering system via an ... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4064856 | Control mechanism for injection pump A control mechanism for an injection pump for internal combustion engines, espcially for Diesel engines, which includes an axially displaceable control rod changing the injection quantity by axial displacement and an adjusting lever for the control rod wh... | 12/27/1977 |
| 3991732 | Fuel injection timing control A fuel injection control linkage for timing and metering fuel injection on a multiple plunger fuel injection pump with modulation responsive to engine speed and engine load.... | 11/16/1976 |