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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6941907 | Homogneous or premixed charge auto-ignition engine A homogeneous or pre-mixed charge auto-ignition engine comprising two interconnected chambers (20, 30) one of which is the combustion chamber (20) and the other (30) containing the power transmitting member (31). Between the two chambers ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6868668 | Internal combustion engine Disclosed is an internal combustion engine which is to be mounted on automobiles or the like and in which an improvement has been achieved in terms of startability and combustion stability during warm-up operation. In an internal combustion engine of the type in whi... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6497224 | Internal combustion engine with combustion heater In an internal combustion engine with a combustion heater for elevating a temperature of an engine related element, there is provided a combustion heater comprising a combustion chamber and a heat exchange portion for transmitting to an engine related ele... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6345610 | Partial oxidation device for an HCCI engine intake system A homogeneous charge compression ignition engine comprising an air intake passage, a combustion chamber connected to the air intake passage, and a partial oxidation device is disclosed. The partial oxidation device comprises a housing including a fuel inl... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6253545 | Internal combustion engine having lean NOx catalyst An engine having in an exhaust system a lean NOx catalyst for purifying nitrogen oxide in an oxygen excessive exhaust gas by using a reducing agent, includes an intake air quantity decreasing device for decreasing a quantity of intake air flowing through ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6053144 | Diesel engine with a combustor which provides combustion products to reduce NOx production in a combustion chamber A method of operating a diesel engine assembly having a combustion chamber is disclosed. The method includes the step of determining a desired level of NOx for exhaust gases exiting the combustion chamber and generating a fuel control signal in... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5823170 | Method and apparatus for reducing engine NOx emissions An apparatus and method for reducing NOx emissions in diesel engine exhaust air includes a secondary burner engaged within an air intake system of the engine, upstream of an intercooler in the intake system, the secondary burner being actuated during warm... | 10/20/1998 |
| 4744747 | Heater controller A controller for a heater has two switch circuits for controlling the supply of electric power to an atomizing glow plug for atomizing fuel and an ignition glow plug for igniting atomized fuel, the glow plugs being connected parallel to each other. One of... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4715347 | Method and apparatus for pretreatment of fuel by partial combustion with a composite catalyst An apparatus and method for pretreatment of fuel in a combustion device such as an internal combustion engine, in which a fuel is partially combusted by a catalytic reaction to form a high temperature hydrogen-rich product gas, which gas is thereafter dir... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4691682 | Method and apparatus for maximizing internal combustion engine work output by controlled heat release A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling the rate and timing of heat released during each combustion cycle of an internal combustion engine so as to maximize the net work output of the engine. Mathematical expressions of engine loss factors, s... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4684341 | Fuel vaporization apparatus for combustor A liquid fuel combustion apparatus including a housing defining a composite chamber; a perforate wall separating the composite chamber into a vaporization chamber and a combustion chamber and distributing the flow of vapor therebetween; an intake pipe pro... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4651703 | Method and apparatus for achieving hypergolic combustion by partial catalytic combustion An apparatus and method for achieving hypergolic combustion, in which a hydrocarbon fuel is partially combusted by a catalytic reaction to form a high temperature hydrogen-rich product gas, which is directly injected into an oxidizing atmosphere in a comb... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4625910 | Heater system associated with engine A heater system associated with an engine is described having a burner disposed on an air intake tube of the engine for burning fuel, and a heat exchanger disposed downstream of the burner. The combusted gas produced by burning the fuel in the burner is i... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4587941 | Intake burner An intake burner is disclosed for use in an internal combustion engine having an air intake system including an air intake tube, comprising an outer tube adapted to be attached to the air intake tube, a heater mounted in the outer tube and made of a ceram... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4404931 | Stable fuel burner for preheating intake air of internal combustion engine A fuel burner for producing a highly stable flame and predictable heat output for use within an environment subject to disruptive pressure changes and ambient air current flow such as the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. The burner includ... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4380975 | Cold starting system for alcohol fueled engine To restart an alcohol fueled engine at low temperatures, a quantity of liquid ethanol is supplied to a vaporizing chamber before the engine is stopped. When restarting the engine, some of the alcohol in the vaporizing chamber is delivered to an igniter, a... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4161164 | Internal combustion engine fuel supply system The method of operating an internal combustion engine which includes the steps of converting liquid hydrocarbon fuel to a soot-free gaseous fuel by means of partial combustion in a converter while supplying an oxygen-containing gas to the converter by mea... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4131086 | Fuel reforming apparatus for use with internal combustion engine A fuel reforming apparatus for use with an internal combustion engine, comprising hydrocarbon fuel supply means for producing a mixture of hydrocarbon fuel with air in a suitable air-fuel ratio, a burning chamber in which the mixture is ignited and burned... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4120273 | Starting aid for internal combustion engines Starting aid for internal combustion engines according to which fuel is conveyed to a flame heater plug extending into the interior of an outwardly bulging section of the air intake manifold which bulging section is larger than the entire plug portion ext... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4096839 | Internal combustion engine air-fuel ratio control system utilizing oxygen sensor An air-fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine utilizes an oxygen sensor to maintain a 14.5/1 air-fuel ratio at a first location in an intake manifold to an engine combustion chamber. A method and apparatus is disclosed for adding fuel... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4074661 | Fuel reforming system for an internal combustion engine A system for converting a rich air-fuel mixture into a reformed gaseous mixture containing hydrogen forms a part of an intake system of an internal combustion engine. The system includes an intake passage divided by a dividing wall into a first and a seco... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4047511 | Perfect fuel gasification device for use in combination with a combustion apparatus of internal combustion engine A perfect fuel gasification device for use in combination with a combustion apparatus in which there is provided a hollow cylindrical main body divided into a plurality of operation zones, an air or fuel conduit extending from and in fluid communication w... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4034733 | Internal combustion engine The invention disclosed is an internal combustion engine of the type having a main combustion chamber for combustion of the lean mixture; a trap chamber for trapping therein the rich mixture; a spark plug for igniting the rich mixture in the trap chamber;... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4034729 | Preheating apparatus of a diesel engine In a preheating apparatus of a diesel engine of the type wherein, at the time of starting the engine, a fuel pump is used to inject fuel through a nozzle into a precombustion chamber provided with a preheating device, and the suction air preheated by the ... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3996912 | Low compression ratio diesel engine A diesel engine operating with a low compression ratio.... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3980052 | Fuel supply installation for internal combustion engines A fuel supply installation is disclosed, which is constructed so that a novel means having an electric-spark ignition plug is provided underneath the intake manifold for generating a fuel vapor containing partially oxidized fuel components, and a connecti... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3961611 | Preheating installation for air-compressing and auto-igniting injection internal combustion engine An installation for preheating the combustion air for the multi-fuel operation of air-compressing and auto-igniting injection-type internal combustion engines with poorly ignitable fuels, for example, gasoline, during idling and partial loads, which essen... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3949723 | Air pre-heating arrangement for combustion engines An intake conduit or manifold for air for combustion engines has an auxiliary burning chamber provided in one of its walls which communicates with the interior of the intake conduit. A valve can establish or terminate communication between the chamber and... | 04/13/1976 |
