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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056541 | Internal combustion engine having an electric solenoid poppet valve and air/fuel injector The invention presents new and useful improvements in the mechanical design of control elements of a reciprocating piston engine. The camshaft is replaced by electric magnetic solenoids that operate a single poppet valve for each cylinder. The invention also include... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7878183 | Apparatus, system, and method to provide air to a doser injector nozzle An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for providing air to an injector nozzle. An injector nozzle is in fluid communication with a dosing fluid input. An opening substantially circumscribes the injector nozzle. The injector nozzle is directed toward the ope... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7467623 | Fuel delivery system A fuel delivery system is disclosed which includes a purge device which comprises a compressor (30) which includes a tank (32) for supplying compressed air to a line (34) which is connected to a fuel line (24). The compressed air is suppl... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7370643 | Internal combustion engine having compressed air supply passages therein for routing compressed air to charge injectors A V-type internal combustion engine includes cylinder heads having respective compressed-air supply channels extending therein for providing fluid communication between an air compressor and charge injectors. Formation of condensation in the compressed-air supply ch... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7334572 | System and method for securing fuel injectors A system and method for securing a fuel injector in an internal combustion engine include a clamp for securing adjacent injectors to a cylinder head. The clamp includes a central portion with a hole for receiving a fastener to secure the clamp to the cylinder head, ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331331 | Fuel injection valve installation structure of engine To effectively reduce operational noise generated by vibration of the fuel injection valve with a fuel injection valve installation structure of an engine. In the structure, an installation hole is formed in an engine component member that constitutes a part of an e... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7252076 | Internal combustion engine with air-fuel mixture injection A structure for supplying assist air to an air-fuel mixture injection valve including a device for limiting the intake air taken by a compressor, whereby a drive force of the compressor required for compressing air is reduced, and fuel efficiency is achieved. The st... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7228851 | Canister having absorbent and internal purge pump A canister includes a casing that has a tank port connected to a fuel tank, an atmospheric port connected to an atmospheric passage communicating with atmosphere, and a purge port connected to an intake passage of an engine. An adsorbent is charged in the casing for... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225769 | Two-stroke cycle engine This invention concerns a two-stroke cycle engine, more specially it concerns a two-stroke cycle engine using a preceding air-layer for scavenging. It has a scavenger passage connected to a branching scavenger passage opened to said scavenging port. The engine has a... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7168690 | Multiple circuit—single valve metering system for carburetor A carburetor for an internal combustion engine includes idle passages (22A and 22B) extending through the carburetor body adjacent each cylinder bore (18A–18-D) of the carburetor, such that the idle passages bypass the cylinder bores. A... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159796 | Device for spraying a substance onto a medium A device for spraying at least one substance onto a medium includes a supply of vector gas, a substance feed in communication with a supply of the substance and at least one shutter which interrupts communication between the substance feed and the supply of substanc... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159801 | Fuel injector assembly and poppet An assembly for a fuel injector includes a fluid transportation member having a first portion that defines an internal passageway configured to convey fluid through the first portion, and a second portion in fluid communication with the first portion. The second por... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7134281 | System and method for operating a compression-ignition engine A method of operating a compression-ignition engine includes adjusting timing of fuel injection if a sensed parameter indicative of a maximum pressure within a combustion chamber varies relative to a selected pressure and if fuel injection timing is greater than a p... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131262 | Secondary airflow system for engine exhaust emission diagnostics In one example, a system for an engine having an intake system and an exhaust system is described. The system comprises: an airflow sensor coupled to the intake system; an air pump having at least an inlet side and an outlet side, said inlet side having a first coup... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7104477 | Air assist fuel injector guide assembly Air assist fuel injectors having one or more inserts that guide movement of a poppet, and an air assist fuel injector having a solid poppet. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7069901 | Control apparatus for internal combustion engine and control method for internal combustion engine combustion method for internal combustion engine and direct injection engine A gasoline engine is provided which is capable of introducing a large amount of EGR gas for performing homogeneous combustion and thus offering a good fuel economy. An external EGR mechanism or an internal EGR mechanism is used to introduce an EGR gas into a combust... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7028677 | External drive supercharger An external drive supercharger is described. The external drive supercharger includes an impeller, a multibelt pulley adapted to a drive source, an impeller pulley drivingly coupled to the impeller, and an external drive belt having at least one rib coupled to the m... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011048 | Method and apparatus for liquid fuel preparation to improve combustion An apparatus and method for dissolving gas or gases in liquid fuel to improve combustion of the liquid fuel when injected into a combustion chamber is provided. A gas-charger unit is provided to dissolve the gas into liquid fuel at a first pressure. The pressure of ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6955161 | Charge-injected internal combustion engine, and method of operating same A charge-injected internal combustion engine exhibits improved starting performance with charge-injection timing control. A charge-injected internal combustion engine has an air-fuel injection valve for directly injecting a compressed air-fuel mixture into a combust... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6941903 | System and method for adding air to an explosion chamber in an engine cylinder An engine includes a piston located in a cylinder, an inlet through which at least a portion of fuel for an ignition and combustion is passed into the cylinder, an outlet through which exhaust from the combustion is removed from the cylinder, and an air injector tha... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6934643 | Ultra accurate gas injection system with vehicle transient air simulation An ultra accurate gas injection system with vehicle transient air simulation is provided. The device includes an input device, at least one mass flow device, an air flow device, a controller, such as a PC based controller, and an output device. The air flow device i... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6921034 | Fuel nozzle assembly A fuel nozzle assembly for delivering fuel to a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The assembly includes a fuel nozzle including a body having a fuel inlet, an air inlet, an outlet for discharging fuel to the combustor, and a mounting flange for mounting the nozzle ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6913003 | Direct injected engine control strategy A method of operating a direct injected combustion engine having an exhaust system with a conventional three-way catalytic converter, the method including operating the engine with a stoichiometric air/fuel ratio at least substantially across the entire engine opera... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6899089 | Control apparatus for internal combustion engine and control method for internal combustion engine combustion method for internal combustion engine and direct injection engine A gasoline engine is provided which is capable of introducing a large amount of EGR gas for performing homogeneous combustion and thus offering a good fuel economy. An external EGR mechanism or an internal EGR mechanism is used to introduce an EGR gas into a combust... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6889670 | Engine fuel injection apparatus In an engine fuel injection apparatus including an injector having a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel and an air fuel injection valve that is mounted to a cylinder head so as to inject fuel directly into a combustion chamber with compressed air an increase in... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6880534 | Evaporative fuel processing system An evaporative fuel processing system for processing evaporative fuel generated a fuel tank. A canister temporarily stores evaporative fuel generated in the fuel tank. A charge passage connects the fuel tank and the canister. A first purge passage connects the canis... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6877491 | Air fuel injection engine An air fuel injection engine including an injector composed of a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel and an air fuel injection valve for directly injecting fuel together with compressed air into a combustion chamber and an injector housing for holding and securi... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6807938 | Post-retard fuel limiting strategy for an engine An engine (10) having a control system (24) that executes a control strategy (44) for limiting engine fueling upon deactivation of an engine retarder. Upon deactivation of the retarder, the strategy immediately shuts off fueling by setting the m... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6752131 | Electronically-controlled late cycle air injection to achieve simultaneous reduction of NOx and particulates emissions from a diesel engine An electronically-controlled air injection system implemented in three different embodiments with respect to each cylinder. A first embodiment includes a T-adapter, an air solenoid, a fuel injector, and a control unit. The T-adapter receives pressurized fuel and pre... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6745729 | Internal combustion engine system An internal combustion engine system for providing better fuel economy and fewer toxic emissions. The internal combustion engine system includes an engine assembly including an engine casing having first and second rows of chambers, and also including pistons being ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6679233 | Start-up method for an internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine and a method of operating said engine, the engine having a plurality of cylinders (3,4,5) each respectively supporting a piston (6) therein, a fuel injection system (2) including a plurality of selectively operable delivery i... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6668546 | Utilization of air-assisted direct injection, cylinder deactivation and camshaft phasing for improved catalytic converter light-off in internal combustion engines A vehicle engine control system controls an engine that includes a plurality of cylinders and that generates exhaust gas. An air-assisted direct injection fuel system supplies an air/fuel mixture to the cylinders. A catalytic converter reduces harmful emi... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6626161 | Methods and assemblies for delivering fuel and gas in air assist fuel injection systems An assembly for an air assist fuel injection system have a rail configured to fluidly communicate pressurized gas to a fuel pressure regulator and to an air assist fuel injector of the system. The assembly further includes a cover configured to fluidly co... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6615809 | External drive supercharger An external drive supercharger is described. The external drive supercharger includes an impeller, a multibelt pulley adapted to a drive source, an impeller pulley drivingly coupled to the impeller, and an external drive belt having at least one rib coupl... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6581576 | Oxidizer-referenced fuel supply system A fuel supply system includes a source of oxidizer providing oxidizer at an oxidizer pressure, a source of fuel providing fuel at a fuel pressure, and a fuel pressure regulator referenced to the oxidizer pressure. The fuel pressure regulator receives the ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6567755 | Metering equipment Metering equipment for metering fluid flow through an injector valve, comprising metering means and locating means arranged to locate such a valve in fluid communication with the metering means. The metering means are upstream of the locating means.... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6505613 | Air assist fuel injection system with compressor intake throttle control An air-assisted fuel injection system for an engine includes an air compressor to be driven by the engine and having an air inlet and an air outlet connected with air-assisted fuel injectors for the engine. An air pressure regulator is also connected with... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6481422 | Device for injecting a fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine The invention relates to a device for controlling the injection of a fuel into a combustion chamber (2) of a cylinder of a controlled-ignition or diesel internal combustion engine, the combustion chamber (2) being equipped with at least one spark plug (8)... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6446618 | Purge fuel flow rate determination method A method of determining a purge fuel mass flow rate from a fuel vapor control system to an internal combustion engine having a compressor for delivering purge gas from the fuel vapor control system to the engine. The temperature rise of the purge gas pass... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6435165 | Regulation method for fuel injection system A method of regulating gas pressure in a dual fluid fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine having at least one delivery injector, including; determining when the gas pressure supplied to the fuel injection system is above a desired level;... | 08/20/2002 |
