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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357124 | Multiple capillary fuel injector for an internal combustion engine A fuel injector for vaporizing a liquid fuel for use in an internal combustion engine. The fuel injector includes a plurality of capillary flow passages, each of the plurality of capillary flow passages having an inlet end and an outlet end; a heat source arranged a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337768 | Multiple capillary fuel injector for an internal combustion engine A fuel injector for delivering fuel to an internal combustion engine. The fuel injector includes a fuel injector housing, a system for metering vaporized fuel to the internal combustion engine, the system positioned within the fuel injector housing, and a system for... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7069916 | Evaporative fuel treatment apparatus for internal combustion engine A fuel tank is provided with an atmospheric air introduction hole so that the fuel tank communicates with the outside. As a result, the interior of the fuel tank is maintained at a pressure level between substantially atmospheric air pressure and positive pressure. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7028672 | Fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine In a fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine having two separate storage containers for liquid fuels, both connected to a first controllable valve which is connected, via a connecting line including a fuel pump to an inlet of a second controllable valve... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6959696 | Internal combustion engine evaporative emission control system A fuel vapor control system that is adapted for use with internal combustion engines includes a fuel tank, an evaporative emission control device containing activated carbon and including a first orifice that fluidly communicates with the fuel tank via a vent line. ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6817197 | Intake air dehumidification system for an internal combustion engine An intake air dehumidification system for an internal combustion engine includes a peltier junction device responsive to at least one control signal to cool, and therefore condense moisture from, ambient air supplied by an air intake conduit to an intake manifold of... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6273072 | Fuel system apparatus and method A combustion engine fuel system apparatus saturates and diffuses a gas, such a air, into a liquid fuel. The apparatus includes a fuel saturation chamber connected to the engine fuel tank for receiving a liquid fuel therefrom and also connected to a gas co... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6189516 | Fuel vapor extraction system A fuel vapour extraction system is described for an internal combustion engine (10) that is supplied with a volatile liquid fuel from a fuel storage tank (20). The engine (10) has an air intake system (12, 14, 16) and a liquid fuel injection system for di... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5850821 | Method and system for estimating air/fuel ratio of an engine having a non-heated fuel vaporizer A method and system for estimating air/fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine having a fuel vaporizer device calculates the rate of fuel evaporation based on temperature of the vaporizer device to estimate air/fuel ratio during a cold-start. In one e... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5673672 | Carburettor metering systems A carburettor metering system comprises a fuel evaporator 113 consisting of porous parallel plates 114 with their lower portions immersed in fuel 121, fuel metering means 122 for supplying fuel to the evaporator 113, and a laminar flow air restrictor 128 ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5564399 | Carburetor metering systems A carburettor metering system comprises a fuel evaporator 113 consisting of porous parallel plates 114 with their lower portions immersed in fuel 121, fuel metering means 122 for supplying fuel to the evaporator 113, and a laminar flow air restrictor 128 ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5529035 | Cold start fuel injector with heater A cold start fuel injector is disclosed for use with an internal combustion engine of the type having an intake manifold and a fuel injection system. The cold start fuel injector includes a housing having a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet. An outlet containe... | 06/25/1996 |
| 4848290 | Cold-start engine priming and air purging system A fuel delivery system for purging air from the reservoir of a diaphragm carburetor on an internal combustion engine and for supplying priming fuel to the carburetor air intake. A pump is responsive to electrical signals from priming control circuitry to ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4715346 | Carburetor for internal combustion engine A carburetor for an internal combustion engine has a long multi-stage mixing path for the air and fuel to completely mix, the path being formed by three mixing chambers arranged vertically in tandem. Each chamber has a spirally extending pathway. The air ... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4567871 | Fuel distribution and metering The invention relates to a fuel metering and distribution system for an internal combustion engine comprising an open fuel reservoir 18 into which fuel is metered and a set of capillary tubes 20 each extending from the fuel reservoir 18 to a point in an i... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4513726 | Fuel saving system for a gasoline engine A fuel saving system for a gasoline engine including a chamber for mixing air and gas and passing the vaporized fuel into an intake manifold to create a better balanced fuel mixture in the engine combustion chambers. The mixing chamber draws air from the ... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4469075 | Vaporous gasoline fuel system and control therefor A fuel system and electronic control therefor which is especially designed for use with an internal combustion engine or the like in which said fuel system is operable to provide fuel fumes or vapor to the engine from a source of liquid ignitable vaporiza... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4452214 | Fuel mixing device A fuel mixing device is provided an more particularly on improved fuel mixing device for an internal combustion engine which improves the fuel efficiency of the engine to obtain a more complete utilization of the power transmitting properties of the fuel.... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4412521 | Evaporative carburetor and engine An evaporative carburetor has a normally pressure-tight chamber which houses an evaporator tray to which a fuel supply delivers gasoline. A first air passage in the carburetor chamber communicates from a first, automatically-valved, air inlet to pick up g... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4397286 | Vaporous gasoline aspiration system and fuming tank A fuel system especially designed for use with an internal combustion engine or the like in which fuel system is operable therewith to provide fuel fumes or vapor to the engine from a source of liquid ignitable vaporizable fuel, such as gasoline, of suffi... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4374508 | Fuel saver system for internal combustion engines An arrangement and method is disclosed for improving the fuel economy of an internal combustion engine of the type having a carburetor for mixing a fuel with air, in which the air is saturated with a mixture of ether, alcohol and water.... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4306519 | Air humidity device for internal combustion engine A vaporizer cooperating with a recirculating water system humidifies air before it enters the carburetor of an automobile engine. The vaporizer is generally a hollow tube which includes an evaporating pad that distributes liquid such as water. As air move... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4290401 | Vaporization means for liquid fuel In vaporization means for liquid fuel for an internal combustion engine, the mixture strength is measured and used to control the rate of flow of liquid fuel into the air stream so as to maintain the mixture strength constant. Measurement of mixture stren... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4103658 | Carburetor A carburetor for an internal combustion engine comprises a housing, porous matter contained in the housing, means for injecting fuel into the housing and onto the porous matter to effect completion of vaporization of the fuel, means for admitting air into... | 08/01/1978 |
