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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7245038 | Extending fuel economy operating range in gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines An engine control system for controlling engine operation in high-output (HO) and fuel-economy (FE) modes in a gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine includes an alternator that is driven by the engine and that is regulated by a load control signal. An alternator lo... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7069903 | Idle speed control for lean burn engine with variable-displacement-like characteristic A method is disclosed for controlling operation of a engine coupled to an exhaust treatment catalyst. Under predetermined conditions, the method operates an engine with a first group of cylinders combusting a lean air-fuel mixture and a second group of cylinders pum... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7019414 | Alternator load control to extend displacement on demand range An engine control system controls engine operation in activated and deactivated modes in a displacement on demand engine. The engine control system includes an alternator that is driven by the engine and that is regulated by a load control signal. An alternator load... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6951199 | Vacuum generator in combustion engine A vacuum generator is provided wherein the intake vacuum of a combustion engine is led to a negative pressure device such as a vacuum booster of a brake booster device through a check valve. An idling air passage is connected to a suction pipe of the combustion engi... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6915775 | Engine operating method and apparatus An internal combustion engine includes a plurality of cylinders each having intake and exhaust valves and at least one camshaft timed to operate the valves with a high performance fixed overlap. Each camshaft has a cam phaser controlled to equally vary the intake an... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6694948 | Vacuum management system on a variable displacement engine A vehicle reciprocating piston, variable displacement internal combustion engine arrangement 7 is provided. The arrangement 7 includes a first cylinder group 12. A second selectively deactivatable cylinder group 14 is also provided. A manifold 18 is provi... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6681729 | Method and device for controlling a gas fill of cylinders of an internal combustion engine A method and a device for controlling a gas fill of a plurality of cylinders in an internal combustion engine having variable valve timing, in which a detection signal of a filling sensor is sampled with a sampling rate. Furthermore, a detection interval ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 4232641 | Method and device for improving the efficiency of internal combustion engines A method for improving the efficiency of an internal combustion engine such as a Diesel engine, by ensuring, on the one hand, efficient cylinder scavenging, particularly at light engine loads and/or low speeds, and on the other hand, a reduction of the ef... | 11/11/1980 |
