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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7721689 | System and method for controlling fluid flow to or from a cylinder of an internal combustion engine A system for controlling fluid flow to or from at least one cylinder of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The system includes a rotary valve. A cylinder head having a valve chamber accommodates the rotary valve. The rotary valve is arranged to selectively ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7328680 | Cylinder head assembly and spherical valve for internal combustion engines A cylinder head assembly includes a spherical valve for an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder defining a combustion chamber and housing a piston reciprocally movable therein throughout successive intake, compression, power, and exhaust strokes f... | 02/12/2008 |
| RE39852 | Charge control device for and method for controlling the functioning of a reciprocating internal combustion engine A charge control apparatus and a method for operating an reciprocating internal combustion engine are provided. The charge control apparatus includes a rotary disc valve disposed in the intake conduit upstream of the intake valve and connected to a motor and a contr... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7213547 | Valve A valve is constructed to strike a balance between providing relatively high sealing yet low friction as components of the valve move. The valve includes a port and an actuator movable relative to the port. A member is disposed between the port and the actuator. The... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7007639 | Air injection engine An internal combustion engine of the present invention features separate compression and expansion cycles. The engine includes a separate compressor device which pressurizes air by a ratio greater than 15 to 1, at least one two stroke combustion cylinder and a compr... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6976464 | Semi-rotating valve assembly for use with an internal combustion engine The present invention is directed to a semi-rotating valve assembly that may be used in conjunction with an internal combustion engine. The semi-rotating valve of the present invention comprises a valve shaft disposed substantially within a valve housing, wherein th... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6360719 | Charge control device for and method for controlling the functioning of a reciprocating internal combustion engine A charge control apparatus and a method for operating an reciprocating internal combustion engine are provided. The charge control apparatus includes a rotary disc valve disposed in the intake conduit upstream of the intake valve and connected to a motor ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6321699 | Spheroidal rotary valve for combustion engines A rotary valve is disclosed suitable for replacement of poppet valves. The valve is temperature controlled through a combination of heat transfer techniques and means for reducing heat transfer between gas flows and the valve components. Assymetric geomet... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6006714 | Self-sealing rotary aspiration system for internal combustion engines The disclosed aspiration system provides an alternative to poppet valves for motor vehicle and other applications including gasoline, diesel, natural gas or other internal combustion engines. In one embodiment, an aspiration head (30) includes a housing d... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5931134 | Internal combustion engine with improved combustion An internal combustion design which allows for enhanced control of the fuel-air mixture and complete exhaust of combustion gases during the exhaust stroke. The internal combustion engine does not require that the combustion gas outlet valve enter into the... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5579732 | Electromechanical valve system The electromechanical valve system consists of a new system for opening and closing intake and exhaust valves on internal combustion motor vehicle engines by using electric pulses from the electronic control module (ECM) to electromagnets surrounding ball... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5152259 | Cylinder head for internal combustion engine A cylinder head for attachment to a block assembly of an internal combustion engine as a replacement for a conventional cylinder head and its conventional valves and associated mechanical components. The cylinder head includes at least one longitudinally ... | 10/06/1992 |
| 4976227 | Internal combustion engine intake and exhaust valve control apparatus An intake and exhaust valve control apparatus includes a pair of valves rotatably disposed in a body mounted in association with a cylinder of an internal combustion engine. Each valve includes a through bore selectively disposed between ports in the body... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4944262 | Rotative combustion chamber engine In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an improvement in the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine (10) is provided. A spherically shaped rotating element (22) is mounted in the engine head (20) for rotation about a first ax... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4776306 | Valve operating system for internal combustion engine In an internal combustion engine in which intake and exhaust rotary valves each having a spherical valve body are controlled in opening and closing through a valve operating mechanism interlockingly with the movement of a piston, the intake and exhaust ro... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4739737 | Rotary valve for control of the cylinder charge change of an internal combustion engine In order to produce a rotary valve with short and small cross-sectional dimensions, fresh gas or exhaust gas ducts of the rotary valve are associated with adjacent cylinders and extend in some regions in a common cross-sectional plane, in different halves... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4574749 | Counterbalanced piston rotary machine Counterbalancing device in a rotary machine comprising at least one piston axially movable in a cylinder, such as a heat engine and equipped per cylinder with at least one rotating distributor. The distributor, on the one hand, is driven in rotation at th... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4163438 | Rotary valve timing apparatus A rotary valve system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. Through the provision of an axially movable valve rotor, the system is capable of variable valve opening duration and timing. Ports in the rotor or in the rotor housing, or both, have e... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4160436 | Rotary valves A rotary valve for controlling the flow of fluids, and especially the gases in an internal combustion engine. A rotatable valve member is housed in a bore defined by a two-part housing interconnected by an element serving as a hinge to allow relative move... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4041837 | Induction and exhaust apparatus for piston machines The four strokes of a piston in an internal combustion engine are sequentially controlled by two rotary valves, each including a housing and a triangularly shaped rotor mounted in the housing for epitrochoidal movement. The rotor defines three chambers in... | 08/16/1977 |
