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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7329105 | Multi-directional pump A multi-directional pump is disclosed generally comprising a housing with inlet and outlet ports, a pumping device disposed therein, a first chamber in fluid communication with the inlet port, and a second chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber. The f... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7200483 | Controller module for modular supercharger system There is provided a supercharger controller module of a supercharger system for use in conjunction with a vehicle computer system of a vehicle engine including a microprocessor in communication with the vehicle computer system. The supercharger controller module may... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7066143 | Barometric pressure diesel timing controller A fuel injection timing control system for diesel engines operating at high altitude, including a sensor for a parameter of the engine intake air, such as engine intake air pressure or turbocharger speed. This sensor communicates with a barometric pressure timing co... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055504 | Barometric pressure diesel timing controller A fuel injection timing control system for diesel engines operating at high altitude, including a sensor for a parameter of the engine intake air, such as engine intake air pressure or turbocharger speed. This sensor communicates with a barometric pressure timing co... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048515 | Hydraulic drive system and method using a fuel injection control unit A fuel injection control unit, including an electronic governor and a controller for an engine performs control in a governor region based on an isochronous characteristic. A working machine controller receives a delivery pressure signal P and controls a regulator s... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7007664 | Fuel injection control system of internal combustion engine An electronic control unit (ECU) of a fuel injection control system of an internal combustion engine feedback-controls injection timing so that a cylinder pressure maximum value coincides with a target pressure value in an operation range, in which the cylinder pres... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6910467 | Evaporated fuel processing apparatuses for engines with supercharger In an engine with a supercharger, there is provided an evaporated fuel processing apparatus for collecting vapor generated in a fuel tank into a canister and purging the collected vapor into an intake passage. The supercharger includes a compressor. The evaporated f... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6883316 | Control system for a turbo-charged diesel aircraft engine In the control system for a turbo-charged diesel aircraft engine, a target value for a fuel injection amount is determined by the stroke of a throttle lever. A boost compensator determines the maximum limit for the fuel injection amount in accordance with the boost ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6840216 | Governor for diesel engine In a mechanical fuel pump control device for a diesel engine, air at intake manifold pressure is fed to an actuator that is used to control the amount of fuel being injected into the engine cylinders. The mechanism is designed such that an increase in air pressure r... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6431143 | Aneroid control for fuel injection pump A control mechanism functions as a dual stage controller that is alternately and independently responsive to engine oil pressure and intake manifold pressure to adjust fuel delivery by one or more unit pumps. Engine oil pressure is delivered as a control ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6422015 | Propane injection system and method for a diesel engine A method and system for reliably and cost effectively operating a turbocharged diesel engine by injecting propane in gaseous form from a vehicle mounted tank into the engine by the use of a fuel pressure regulator valve responsive to the boost pressure of... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6152107 | Device for controlling fuel injection in cold engine temperatures The present invention is an apparatus for controlling the amount of fuel delivered to an engine during operation at cold and warm temperatures using different sets of fuel rate maps designed to compensate fuel quantity signals to optimize engine performan... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5979418 | Apparatus for processing fuel vapor in internal combustion engine equipped with supercharger A three-way valve is mounted in the middle of a bypass passage bypassing the upstream and downstream of a compressor, and a purge passage is connected to the three-way valve. When the negative throttle pressure is equal to or above a predetermined value (... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5769052 | Method for regulating loading and acceleration behavior of supercharged internal combustion engines A method is provided for improving the loading behavior of an internal combustion engine that is supercharged by an exhaust turbocharger and is operated in an essentially steady-state mode, in which system-related sags in rpm when a load is applied the en... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5468126 | Hydraulic power control system Large work vehicles include hydraulic implement control systems having an hydraulic pump being driven by an internal combustion engine. The subject invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling such an hydraulic system to control engine lug wh... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5444627 | Fuel delivery temperature compensation system and method of operating same An engine control is provided for compensating the fuel delivery to an internal combustion engine as a function of the energy content of the fuel. The engine control includes a fuel temperature sensor connected to an electronic controller. A memory device... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5218940 | Aneroid boost modulator An aneroid boost modulator briefly restricts mass air flow from a turbocharged diesel engine intake manifold to a fuel injection pump aneroid control during free engine acceleration to inhibit operation of the aneroid controller until the engine and the t... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5201790 | Fuel control apparatus of an engine A fuel control apparatus of an engine comprises fuel control means for controlling fuel supply means in such a manner that an amount of fuel supplied to the engine corresponds to an intake pressure on the basis of a signal outputted from intake pressure d... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5186081 | Method of regulating supercharger boost pressure The torque output of a fluidic torque converter that is driven by a supercharged engine and whose output is coupled to the input of a hydraulic automatic transmission is determined and compared with a transmission input torque limit which is a function of... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5174259 | Fuel injection control system for turbocharged diesel engine The supercharge pressure and the pressure differential which develops between the supercharge pressure and the exhaust gas pressure upstream of a turbocharger turbine are monitored. In the event that the supercharge pressure is below a target level which ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5159815 | Turbocharged internal combustion engine A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine is provided having a turbine section responsive to the engine exhaust gas flow and a compressor section communicating with the engine intake manifold. A pressure responsive adjustable fuel pump is in commun... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5092299 | Air fuel control for a PT fuel system An air fuel control system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The control system includes an air pressure responsive device for modulating mechanically the flow of fuel into the engine in response to the pressure of air within the intake mani... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4969436 | Diesel engine injection pump governor A governor for injection pumps of diesel internal combustion engines in which the injection amount is controlled by the boost pressure. The governor is mounted directly on the crank casing of the internal combustion engine together with an electromagnet w... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4953515 | Diesel engine secondary fuel injection system A method of operating a diesel engine. Diesel fuel is controllably injected into the engine. An engine performance parameter such as turbo-charger boost pressure, fuel pressure in the diesel fuel injector galleries, or air intake manifold pressure, or a c... | 09/04/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4869219 | Dual spring air fuel control for the PT fuel system A tamper-proof dual spring controlled air fuel control for a compression ignition type internal combustion engine is provided wherein fuel is supplied to the engine cylinders in response to the pressure of the air in the intake manifold. A pair of opposit... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4864993 | Boost compensator A boost compensator has a valve operative in response to a boost pressure. When the boost pressure is equal to or lower than a setting pressure, the valve intercepts communication between first and second chambers of the boost compensator which are partit... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4844033 | Fuel injection pumping apparatus A fuel injection pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to a compression ignition engine has an annular cam ring which has internal cam lobes for imparting inward movement through cam followers respectively to pumping plungers mounted in a rotary distributo... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4736721 | Boost compensator for use with internal combustion engine with supercharger A boost compensator for controlling the position of a control rack of a fuel injection pump to supply fuel to an internal combustion engine with a supercharger in response to boost pressure to be applied to the engine. The control rack is moved in a direc... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4727839 | Pneumatic diaphragm control element for a fuel injection apparatus in internal combustion engines A pneumatic diaphragm control element for a fuel injection apparatus for internal combustion engines, in particular for supercharged diesel engines, has a thrust rod that is axially displaceable between two end stop counter to the force of a restoring spr... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4719887 | Control arrangement for a fuel injection system A control arrangement for a fuel-injected supercharged internal engine and, in particular, a diesel engine, with the control arrangement including a fuel injection pump. A control unit is provided for adjusting a fuel output of the fuel injection pump in ... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4714065 | Method and device for supplying fuel and air to an internal combustion engine A method and a device for supplying fuel and air to an internal combustion engine 1, in the case of which fuel is supplied to at least one injection valve 2 and combustion air is supplied to at least one intake pipe 3 provided with a throttle 4. For the p... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4709676 | Fuel supply system for turbocharged internal combustion engine An improved fuel supply system for a turbocharged diesel engine, of the general type comprising a fuel pump which conveys fuel at an intermediate pressure to a high-pressure distributor which has a fuel-injection timing piston that adjusts the injection t... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4700680 | Two stage fuel pump The present invention provides a two stage fuel pump which is particularly suited for piston aircraft engines. The fuel pump includes a housing having a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet where the fuel inlet is open to a cylindrical swirl chamber formed in the... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4694795 | Governor mechanism A governor mechanism for attachment to an engine fuel supply pump is of the two speed type having a weight mechanism 12 which has an output member which moves in response to speed throughout the speed range of the engine. This output member provides an in... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4664081 | Fuel injection system for diesel internal combustion engines, in particular vehicle diesel engines A fuel injection system for Diesel internal combustion engines, particularly vehicle Diesel engines, is proposed which has a full-load stop dependent on atmospheric pressure. The position of the full-load stop which adapts the injection quantity to the va... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4658784 | Mechanical injection pump governor A mechanical injection pump governor is provided having a first adapting device which acts in the lower speed range up to the full-load characteristic curve of a supercharged diesel engine for adapting the delivery quantity of the injection pump to the fu... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4640247 | Air-fuel ratio control system having a fluid-powered broken-link mechanism The subject air-fuel ratio control system for an engine includes a fluid-powered broken-link mechanism which is operatively linked between an air-fuel ratio control device and a fuel quantity control member, such as a fuel injection pump rack. During star... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4635603 | Fuel pressure control system for internal combustion engine A fuel pressure control system has a fuel pressure regulator having a reference chamber and a fuel chamber separated by a diaphragm which opens and close a fuel return passage in accordance with a pressure difference between both chambers. There are provi... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4562810 | Fuel injection pump A fuel injection pump according to the present invention is provided with a spill passage and an escape passage which are connected to a pump chamber. Disposed in the middle of the spill passage is a solenoid valve, which is adapted to open the spill pass... | 01/07/1986 |
