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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7490594 | Super-turbocharger The invention combines the features of a supercharger, a turbocharger and turbo-compounding into one system, utilizing a hydraulic or mechanical continuously variable transmission to drive the turbocharger up to a specific speed or intake manifold pressure and then ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7367309 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine is provided which can operate by either the homogeneous charge compression ignition system or the spark ignition system using a single fuel. In the internal combustion engine using a fuel containing a hydrocarbon, the fuel contains o-xy... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7317980 | Automatic brake device for controlling movement of vehicle in direction opposite to intended direction of movement of driver When a vehicle stops, a brake control unit maintains a braking force applied on a wheel by a braking-force application unit for maintaining a halted state. In this state, if a driver depresses the accelerator pedal to execute starting of the vehicle, the braking for... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7293543 | Integrated speed changer assembly An integrated speed changer assembly for increasing or decreasing the rotational speed of the output of an engine, or other prime mover, to that required by the input of a process machine. The assembly includes a housing, a flywheel assembly, an internal ring gear a... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281603 | Engine An engine for an offroad vehicle including a crankcase, a transversely extending crankshaft, and a transmission connected to the crankshaft. The transmission includes a drive pulley, a driven pulley, and a drive belt connecting the drive pulley and the driven pulley... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7228762 | Traveling gear for agricultural working machine A method of regulating a travelling speed of an agricultural machine includes providing a diesel engine to drive a variable displacement pump, the variable displacement pump connected by a hydraulic line to at least one hydraulic motor connected to a running gear so... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7201156 | Thermal transfer internal combustion engine A thermal transfer internal combustion engine with an air transfer cylinder located between a pair of power cylinders. The transfer cylinder has an intake valve and two transfer valves alternately feeding the two power cylinders. The power cylinders each contain a m... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7134282 | Turbo system and method of installing A turbocharger system for a combustion engine and method of installing a turbocharger system includes a turbocharger having an oil inlet and an oil outlet configured for being coupled to an oiling system. An oil pump is connected to the oil outlet of the turbocharge... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7111704 | Hydrostatic drive apparatus for a road vehicle A road vehicle utilizes hydraulic machines for primary and accessory vehicle drive functions. An internal combustion engine directly drives a first variable capacity hydraulic machine selectively operable as pump or motor, an electric machine electrically coupled to... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104061 | Fluid machine A fluid machine for a waste heat collecting system for an internal combustion engine has an object to make most use of the collected waste heat and an operation of a compressor, an alternator or the like by a rotational driving force from an expansion device functio... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096105 | Combine having a system estimator to automatically estimate and dynamically change a target control parameter in a control algorithm An agricultural combine includes a rotor drive system to which sensors are coupled to signal the rotational speed of a hydraulic motor and an engine. An electronic controller that contains a mathematical model of the system reads the sensors and using the model esti... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7082932 | Control system for an internal combustion engine with a supercharger A method is provided in which a marine propulsion system with a charge air compressor is controlled through the use of a clutch or a multiple speed transmission that allows the charge air compressor to be engaged or disengaged. The engagement or disengagement of the... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082933 | Fuel valve operated by nitrous oxide pressure This invention is a fuel valve used with a nitrous oxide delivery system to control supplemental fuel flow to an engine. This valve is typically a normally closed valve which is opened by application of nitrous oxide under pressure when the nitrous oxide delivery sy... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066158 | Homogeneous charge compression ignition internal combustion engine that performs EGR, and ignition timing control method for the engine A combustion chamber of a homogeneous charge compression ignition internal combustion engine that performs EGR communicates with an intake passage and an exhaust passage. The combustion chamber is opened and closed to the intake passage with an intake valve, and is ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055507 | Continuously variable drive for superchargers A drive assembly for a supercharger for an internal combustion engine provides a continuously variable drive ratio between the engine and supercharger to provide a substantially, constant drive speed to the supercharger, thereby optimizing performance. The continuou... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7004072 | Magnetically sensed second environment safety and arming device The fuze is armed only if muzzle exit is sensed by a magnetic sensor within a predetermined time after setback is sensed and either one or both of a minimum spin rate is sensed by the magnetic sensor and/or a minimum number of turns are counted. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000601 | Supercharger with a planetary gear mechanism A supercharger of an engine comprises a motor/generator, a compressor provided in an air intake system of the engine, and a planetary gear mechanism. The planetary gear mechanism includes a sun gear connected to a driving shaft of the engine, planetary gears connect... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6953416 | Traveling gear for an agricultural working machine A traveling gear for an agricultural working machine configured to adjust an engine speed so as to control the traveling speed of the agricultural working machine for road travel. The traveling gear generally controls the traveling speed of the machine by controllin... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6938588 | Controllable combustion method and device A method and device for controllably combusting combustible material, including a combustion device comprising an elongate combustion tube having an inlet section including an inlet for combustible material, an ignition section, including an igniter displaced along ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6922995 | Supercharging device for internal combustion engine In an intake passage (1) of an internal combustion engine (8), a compressor (4) combined with an electric motor/generator (4a) is provided. A bypass valve (6) connecting upstream and downstream portions of the intake passage... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6912846 | Method and apparatus for metering a reducing agent for removing nitrogen oxides from exhaust gases A method and an apparatus for metering a reducing agent in which the reducing agent is delivered, via a line and a final control element that regulates the metering, in particular a metering valve, to a catalytic converter assembly for removing nitrogen oxides from ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6883503 | Engine driven supercharger for aircraft A supercharging system for supplying pressurized combustion air to a piston engine of an aircraft at high altitudes. The engine has an output shaft on which the propeller is supported, together with a small ducted centrifugal fan. The duct leads to the intake side o... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6851256 | Exhaust emission control device An exhaust emission control device has operating condition detecting means for detecting an operating condition of an engine, fuel control means for controlling fuel supply into a combustion chamber of the engine on the basis of an output of the operating condition ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6796126 | Supercharger A speed increasing gear used in a supercharger has a center roller connected to an output shaft, an outer wheel arranged eccentric to the center roller, and a plurality of intermediate rollers arranged within an annular space in which a width of the center roller wi... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6666194 | Method and device for controlling a mechanical supercharger of an internal combustion engine A method and a device for controlling a mechanical supercharger of a combustion engine, coupling a mechanical supercharger to the internal combustion engine during the starting phase, even before the appearance of the first fuel injections into the combus... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6637203 | Method and arrangement for regulating crankshaft rotational speed Method and arrangement for regulating the rotational speed of a crankshaft included in an internal combustion engine during a gear changing process of a gearbox connected to the internal combustion engine. The arrangement includes a compressor mounted in ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6609505 | Two speed supercharger drive A two speed supercharger system (20) for an internal combustion engine. The supercharger system includes a supercharger pump (40) that is driven by the engine via a gear box (34). The gear box includes two planetary gear sets (54, 70) and a controllable c... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6568376 | Four stroke engine having a supercharger A supercharged four stroke internal combustion engine. The engine includes a power take off housing located on one end of the crankcase. A supercharger for boosting air intake to an air intake manifold is mounted to the power take off and operatively conn... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6553977 | Five-stroke internal combustion engine The present invention concerns a process of construction of a five-stroke internal combustion engine comprising especially at least one low-pressure cylinder (1) functioning in a two-stroke mode located between two high-pressure combustion cylinder (2,3) ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6347618 | Intercooler system for internal combustion engine Disclosed is an intercooler system which uses an air conditioner evaporator coil or other mechanical refrigeration device to cool air flowing therethrough prior to intake of the air by an internal combustion engine. The invention thereby reduces the tempe... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6082340 | Two-speed supercharger A supercharger for a motor vehicle internal combustion engine, the engine having an air intake, a crankshaft, a rotating engine accessory and shaft, the supercharger being driven by the rotating engine accessory shaft, the supercharger consisting of a rot... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6058916 | Apparatus for controlling a mechanical supercharger for a diesel engine A control apparatus includes a detecting means (16) for detecting the position of an accelerator pedal (14) or an accelerator lever, a clutch (8) which is disposed between a diesel engine (1) and the mechanical supercharger (10), and a coupling/decoupling... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5937833 | Control system for hydraulic supercharger system A control system for a hydraulic supercharger system. The control system is specially adapted to control a supercharger system comprising: (A) an hydraulic pump; (B) a supercharger comprising: an hydraulic turbine drive and a compressor driven by said hyd... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5937832 | Control system for hydraulic supercharger system A control system for an hydraulic supercharger system. The control system is specially adapted to control a supercharger system comprising: (A) an hydraulic pump; (B) a supercharger comprising: an hydraulic turbine drive and a compressor driven by the hyd... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5890468 | Differential driving supercharger and method for controlling the same The present invention provides a differential driving supercharger and a method for controlling the same, wherein supply air to an engine for a vehicle, such as a construction machine, is supercharged, the acceleration properties of the engine are improve... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5887434 | Arrangement for regulating the engine braking effect of a combustion engine Arrangement for regulating the engine braking effect of a compressor (2) supercharged combustion engine (1) in a vehicle, which engine is equipped with an engine braking effect-increasing device, such as a compression brake device (10). The compressor is ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5875766 | Supercharging device for a vehicle engine and method for controlling the same Disclosed is a supercharging device for a vehicle engine, for use in construction machines, etc., that has high acceleration performance, that is compactly made but provides high output, and that provides good engine braking efficiency, and a method for c... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5724949 | Hydraulic drive for a pressure wave supercharger utilized with an internal combustion engine A hydraulic drive system for a pressure wave supercharger having a circular array of elongated chambers disposed to form a rotor rotatably disposed in a housing, the pressure wave supercharger being cooperatively associated with an internal combustion eng... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5462035 | Supercharging device A supercharging device including an actuator for controlling return force of a resilient member in a continuously variable transmission (CVT) with a flyweight and a resilient member is provided. The actuator is employed so that a movable flange slides alo... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5443054 | Supercharging device for an internal combustion engine In a supercharging device for an internal combustion engine including an air compressor, a bearing holder, and a planetary gear type of speed increasing gear device with an internal gear, a pair of pinion gears, and a sun gear, a oil channel guiding lubri... | 08/22/1995 |
