"The abolishment of pain in surgery is a chimera. It is absurd to go on seeking it...knife and pain are two words in surgery that must forever be associated in the consciousness of the patient."
Dr. Alfred Velpeau, French surgeon ; 1839
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7146948 | Valve lifting arrangement A valve actuating assembly for opening and closing a valve includes a cam mounted on a camshaft and enclosed by a pair of rotary cam guides each of which includes a roller channel having an outer race for receiving opposed ends of a roller that extends transversely ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7025022 | Exhaust valve and intake system A method for controlling a fluid quantity in an internal combustion engine is provided for an internal combustion engine having an engine shaft and an operation cycle that includes at least one intake phase, one proportioning phase, one combustion phase in a combust... | 04/11/2006 |
| 3955543 | Two stroke cycle internal combustion engine A double acting working piston drives a connecting rod and crankshaft. A smaller valve piston is fastened to each end of the working piston. Each valve piston withdraws briefly from its bore so as to introduce scavenge air into a respective annular workin... | 05/11/1976 |