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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350514 | System for vaporizing liquid fuel The vaporizing liquid fuel system converts virtually all of the liquid passing through it to a vapor state for chemical or physical processes in the vapor state. One chemical process is combustion in an engine or fuel burning apparatus such as a heating device. The ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7287523 | Thermally responsive regulator valve assembly A thermally responsive regulator valve assembly and exhaust gas recirculation system for an internal combustion engine having an intake manifold and an exhaust system is provided. The exhaust gas recirculation system includes an exhaust gas recirculation passage sel... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7055511 | Fuel supply system including a pump unit In a fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine in which a gas delivery pump, a fuel pump and an electric motor are included in the fuel supply system and form a pump unit, the electric motor is incorporated in the system in such a way that it can selectiv... | 06/06/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6067969 | Fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine is provided with a fuel tank for liquid fuel, from which a fuel supply line leads to a fuel injection device, and an evaporating and condensing device for low-boiling fuel components, connected to the... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5331937 | Charge inlet system for internal combustion engine A charge inlet system for a spark ignited reciprocating internal combustion engine includes a plenum for receiving intake air and having a plurality of intake runners extending to the intake valves of the engine. Fuel flowing through primary fuel injector... | 07/26/1994 |
| 4789098 | System for heating vehicular operator space and engine fuel, and for separating moisture therefrom An apparatus for separating out absorbed and entrained moisture from fuel used in a motor vehicle or heating system. A baffle plate exposed to infrared radiation forms the primary functional moisture separating device.... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4637365 | Fuel conditioning apparatus and method A method and apparatus for operating an internal combustion engine that substantially improves the fuel efficiency by utilizing heat normally discharged to the ambient to condition and prepare the fuel mixture prior to entry into the combustion chambers. ... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4628889 | Device to preheat a fuel mixture A device preheats a fuel mixture in an intake manifold of a combustion engine, the device corresponding a cylindrical body having a side wall and a bottom disposed in the wall of the intake manifold. The body is arranged on an electro- and heat insulating... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4574764 | Fuel vaporization method and apparatus Carburetor air-fuel mixtures are directed to a manifold having a plurality of long, small diameter helical tubes extending upwardly therefrom. An auxiliary air inlet having an auxiliary choke and an auxiliary air throttle supplies air to mixtures entering... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4524748 | Apparatus for separating and re-circulating oversize fuel particles in spark-ignition engines There is disclosed a device for separating oversize fuel particles in an air fuel mixture in internal combustion engines and recirculating them to the fuel supply system for reinjection and atomization by the carburetor or fuel injector. An array of low l... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4510914 | Apparatus and method for preparing a mixture of combustible liquid fuel and air An apparatus and method of mixing liquid fuel and air for an internal combustion engine includes an assembly providing a plurality of venturi passageways for accelerative drawing of ambient air therethrough by the vacuum created by the engine and an assoc... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4478198 | Fuel treating apparatus for internal combustion engines A housing has an inlet arranged to be connected to the outlet of a fuel mixing device of an internal combustion engine such as a carburetor and an outlet arranged to be connected to the intake manifold of the engine. In a preferred embodiment of the inven... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4469077 | Fuel mixture method and apparatus for internal combustion engines A housing located between a conventional carburetor and the intake manifold inlet on a conventional internal combustion engine (such as that used in an automobile) has internal compartmentation to receive a volume of fuel and air mixture from the carburet... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4441477 | Economizer A fuel economizer system for use with an internal combustion engine comprises an evaporation chamber into which gasoline is sprinkled, and in which evaporated gasoline is mixed with air; a two-way safety valve arrangement permitting the mixture to be draw... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4419564 | Self-regulating electric heater for use in an early fuel evaporation system A self regulating heater for use in an early fuel evaporation (EFE) system for an automotive engine includes a thermally conductive thick metal radiator body having a heat receiving side an opposite side provided with a plurality of heat-disturbing fins f... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4413605 | Intake manifold heating and exhaust gas recirculation system for an internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine is provided with a system for heating the intake manifold and for the partial recirculation of the exhaust gas.... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4387291 | Fuel heater system and self-regulating heater therefor A self-regulating heater for use in an early fuel evaporation system for an automotive engine includes a metallic radiator having a first heat-receiving side and an opposite side for transferring heat to a fuel evaporization zone. Self-regulating ceramic ... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4381756 | Gasoline economizing attachment device for internal combustion engines A device for use in association with a carburetor of the type used for supplying fuel at the intake manifold of a gasoline internal combustion engine has an annular chamber at the exit port of the carburetor, adapted to collect uncarbureted raw gasoline p... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4368380 | Flexible ceramic PTC electric heater assembly A flexible barium titanate ceramic PTC heater for use in, for example, an intake pipe of an internal combustion engine to heat the air-fuel gas mixture is formed as a thin disc-shaped ceramic sheet constituted by a plurality of individual coplanar ceramic... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4356804 | Fuel evaporator A fuel evaporator for an internal combustion engine is comprised of a metallic casing which is composed of a heating plate portion and a supporting portion projecting from the outer periphery of the heating plate portion downward, a heating element fixed ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4355622 | Air/fuel mixture heating device for internal combustion engine An air/fuel mixture heating device for an internal combustion engine comprises a riser portion located at a relatively high position in the riser space in an intake manifold and having air/fuel mixture heating means and a barrier formed on a circumference... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4347826 | Fuel evaporator for internal combustion engine A fuel evaporator for an internal combustion engine comprises a casing composed of a heating plate member, a supporting member projecting from the outer periphery of the heating plate member underwards and a heat resistant and electric insulating covering... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4338906 | Fuel charge preheater A fuel preheater for an internal combustion engine directs incoming fuel from inlet manifold (40) against an end wall (22) heated by exhaust gas in conduit (14). The heated mixture is passed through a screen element (30) and traverses a helical path befor... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4337732 | Fuel and water conditioner and method therefor A fuel and water conditioner (10) integrated as a single unit is used with an engine that develops motive power. Such conditioner includes a first compartment (24) that vaporizes the fuel, and a second compartment (26) that vaporizes the water. An air int... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4325344 | Fuel evaporator A fuel evaporator for use in a fuel entry system of an internal combustion engine comprises a heating element of ceramics having a positive temperature coefficient of resistance, a thermally conductive covering plate which covers the heating element in th... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4325341 | Fuel control device for fuel injection system for internal combustion engine A fuel control device for a fuel injection system of a type having an intermittent injection type fuel injector disposed in a bore formed in the wall defining an intake passage. The device has a porous tubular element received in the bore in close contact... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4313413 | Fuel vaporization promoting device for an internal combustion engine A fuel vaporization promoting device comprises a heater vessel arranged in the collecting portion of the intake manifold of an engine. The heater vessel contains therein at least one PTC element and is shaped in the form of a flat plate. The heater elemen... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4303050 | Heated flow director In a typical vehicle intake manifold on which is mounted a carburetor, a fluid flow director is used to turn the initial downward flow of fuel and air into a lateral direction while simultaneously transmitting heat energy to the fluid for more complete fu... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4295458 | Device for increasing the uniformity of the air-fuel mixture in internal combustion engines A device for increasing the uniformity of the air-fuel mixture in internal combustion engines, comprises a hollow truncated cone having a collar about its major opening, the collar being disposed between the carburetor flange and the manifold flange of th... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4246880 | Arrangement for heating the intake pipe of a spark-ignited internal combustion engine An arrangement for heating the intake pipe of a spark-ignited internal combustion engine with electrical heating elements having a positive temperature coefficient. These heating elements are located on a heating plate which forms part of the intake pipe ... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4242999 | Self-regulating heater A self-regulating electrically heated positive-temperature-coefficient (hereinafter PTC) carburetor stove for use in the fuel entry system of a gasoline engine is connected through the ignition system directly to the battery for rapidly heating of the sto... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4241712 | Induction system for an internal combustion engine Two embodiments of internal combustion engine induction systems that provide for more efficient operation at low speed and low temperature. The induction system in each embodiment comprise a relatively large main induction passage and a relatively small s... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4231341 | Exhaust gas flow control valve apparatus for use in an internal combustion engine An exhaust gas flow control valve apparatus comprising a rotary valve shaft extending across the exhaust passage in the exhaust housing. The shaft has an end portion projecting from the exhaust housing. A bimetallic element is mounted on the end portion o... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4231329 | Apparatus for atomizing fuel in an internal combustion engine An apparatus for improving atomization of fuel in an internal combustion engine, which apparatus has a pressure accumulation chamber connected to an intake passageway of the engine via a one-way valve and a first passageway of large flow area. The pressur... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4212274 | Pollution emission control and fuel saving device for internal combustion engines Carbonation enhancer having a cylindrical shell that is closed at one end by an envolute wall spaced from the inner end of a withdrawal tube, the output stream of a conventional carburetor is directed tangentially into space between the shells and caused ... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4205646 | Heat control valve A seal construction for a heat control valve in a system for heating a fuel-air mixture in the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine by transfer of heat from exhaust gas flowing through a heating chamber defined in a portion of an exhaust manif... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4205640 | Intake mixture heating device for internal combustion engine An intake manifold for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine contains main intake passages leading from a main distribution chamber for supplying lean mixture to each cylinder. The intake manifold also has auxiliary intake passages leading from an a... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4201168 | Intake manifold for engine An intake manifold for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine contains a first distribution cavity and a plurality of passages for delivering a relatively lean air-fuel mixture to the main combustion chambers of the engine. This first cavity is fed f... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4187815 | Intake fuel mixture heating system for internal combustion engine The intake fuel charge of an internal combustion engine is heated by utilizing the heat from the exhaust gases which are controlled by a valve mounted on a shaft having a counterweight secured to the shaft to control rotation thereof. A stopper which is e... | 02/12/1980 |
