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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8191857 | Linear motor valve A valve having a valve body having spaced inlet and outlet ports separated by an intermediate valve seat in open communication with the inlet and outlet ports includes a piston and a valve member being adapted to sealingly mate with the valve seat. A biasing member ... | 06/05/2012 |
| 7871058 | Dual inline solenoid-actuated hot melt adhesive dispensing valve assembly A hot melt adhesive or other thermoplastic material dispensing valve assembly comprises a pair of oppositely disposed electromagnetic solenoid assemblies which alternatively act upon a pair of armatures which are fixedly mounted upon a valve stem, upon which is fixe... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7481415 | Multi-force actuator valve with multiple operating modes A multi-force actuator valve invention including a radially polarized permanent magnet, a pair of associated electromagnetic coils, a movable magnetically operated armature member, a valve located to be actuated by movement of the armature member, and mechanical for... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7424995 | Valve A valve is provided. The valve includes a plunger, a chamber having a first region and a second region where the plunger moves back and forth, a first electromagnet and a second electromagnet which are located around the first region and the second region to apply a... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7367352 | Multiway valve arrangement The valve device consists, according to the invention, of (at least) two part valves which are symmetrical in circuit terms with respect to the existing connections and which are designed, in particular, as four-way, two position valves of any desired type of constr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7331654 | Solenoid valve The invention relates to a solenoid valve made using certain materials which is capable of operation at high frequencies and which can be made as a compact unit. The plunger (1) is made from an electromagnetic material having a saturation flux density greater... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7303178 | Additional control valve device for an inlet channel of a reciprocating internal combustion engine The present invention is a supplementary control valve device including a valve body, which may be reversibly displaced in a guide, in the direction of the longitudinal axis, between an opening solenoid and a closing solenoid. The magnetic yoke of the opening soleno... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7280020 | Magnetic inertial force generator A magnetic inertial force generator includes a magnetic shell internally defining an armature chamber. At least two circumferential electric coils are spaced longitudinally within the chamber and mounted on a cylindrical inner surface of the outer shell. An armature... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278593 | Common rail fuel injector A common rail fuel injector comprises a three-way control valve that controls the flow of high-pressure fuel to a fuel cavity for fuel injection. Specifically, when the control valve is transitioning to a first, on position, from a second, off position, high-pressur... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278447 | Co-axial solenoid actuator An actuator assembly comprised of: a first coil and a second coil, each with a bore and a producing a magnetic flux when subject to an electric signal; a tube extending through the bores such that coils are coaxial; a magnetic pole piece within the tube and generall... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270093 | Internal combustion engine with electronic valve actuators and control system therefor A valve assembly for an internal combustion engine includes a stationary permanent magnet assembly having at least one permanent magnet for generating a permanent magnetic field with a radial component and a movable coil assembly having at least one coil of electric... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264222 | Modular valve assembly A valve assembly provides a holder cantileveredly attached to a boss on an end cap to axially dispose an actuator and a poppet on an axis with a valve seat formed in the end cap. The actuator is preferably a shape memory alloy actuator. The end cap may be placed in ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7246489 | Position control actuator system A position control actuator system includes a control element and first and second actuators. The first and second actuators are each comprised of magneto-active twinned material. The first actuator is configured to extend and drive the control element in a first di... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246787 | Solenoid valve assembly A valve assembly comprised of a solenoid coil, having a coil bore, and being operative to produce a magnetic field when subject to an electric signal, a fixed magnetic pole piece within the coil bore, a generally cylindrically and axially translatable armature with ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7228783 | Pressure control system for a torque-transmitting mechanism The present invention provides a pressure control system having a control solenoid with plurality of coils disposed therein, and operable to provide a plurality of pressure gain characteristics to a torque-transmitting mechanism. By selectively energizing the indivi... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226035 | Valve device A valve member is located in a passage through which fluid passes. The valve member selectively opens and closes the passage. The valve member is supported by a support member formed a magnetic material. An electromagnetic driving mechanism attracts the support memb... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225770 | Electromagnetic actuator having inherently decelerating actuation between limits An electromagnetic valve actuator system for controlling the operation of a valve in an internal combustion engine comprising a valve having a valve stem with a valve head at one end. The valve is reciprocable along the longitudinal central axis of the valve stem to... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7191963 | Fuel injector with hydraulic pin actuation The injector has a cylindrical body, which houses an injection nozzle regulated by an injection valve provided with a moveable pin, a fuel supply line, an injection chamber communicating with the supply line, housing a lower portion of the pin and delimited below by... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188823 | Electromagnetic valve operating device with adjustable neutral position An electromagnetic valve actuating mechanism for an internal combustion engine has an axially displaceable control element with an armature plate, for opening or closing a valve. Two solenoids are arranged behind one another in the displacement direction and spaced ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178490 | Device for hydraulic valve lift switching The invention relates to a device for electrohydraulic valve lift switching with a hydraulically activatable actuating element for bringing about valve lift switching, which is connected to an oil line, whereby the action of pressurized oil on the actuating element ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7163188 | Solenoid valve for fluid flow A solenoid valve is provided that comprises a valve body having an inlet and an outlet, and a movable member for moving a valve element away from a valve seat to open the valve. The moveable member engages and moves the valve element away from the seat to an open po... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156366 | Electromagnetically driven valve device An electromagnetically driven valve device is formed by attaching a lower core assy, an armature, an upper core assy, and an upper case in that order from bottom, to a cylinder head of an engine. Each of the lower core assy and the upper core assy is unitarily forme... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156183 | Electric hydraulic power unit and method of using same An apparatus includes a housing defining a chamber therein and defining an inlet port and an outlet port and a movable pressure barrier, disposed in the chamber, separating the chamber into first and second portions, the inlet port and the outlet port being in fluid... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146943 | Electromechanical valve actuator for internal combustion engines and internal combustion engine equipped with such an actuator An electromechanical valve actuator for internal combustion engines is equipped with a polarized electromagnet exerting a magnetic action on a magnetic plate that is subject to a mechanical restoring action, which action can compensate for the mechanical action and ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145424 | Solenoid assembly What is disclosed is a lifting magnet assembly for a servo valve or control valve comprising a proportional magnet which acts on a valve spool of the control valve or servo valve through a tappet. Between the spool and the proportional magnet a failsafe magnet is pr... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143782 | Pressure regulator module for controlling a gas A pressure regulator module for controlling a gas is provided, which includes a chamber, at least one gas inlet, and at least one gas outlet. In addition, a proportional valve operating essentially according to the pressure-equalization principle is post-connected t... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131408 | Method and arrangement for controlling an internal combustion engine The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for controlling an internal combustion engine (20) which achieve an optimal efficiency in different operating states. An opening time of an inlet valve (5) of a cylinder (1) of the engine ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121525 | Method of determining a clearance A method of determining timing clearance between a valve stem and a moving member using an electromagnetic actuator comprising electromagnets, an electromagnet for moving the moving member from a closed position towards an open position and an electromagnet for movi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111595 | Electromechanical valve control actuator for internal combustion engines A valve actuator for internal combustion engines, includes at least one electromagnet and a magnetic plate, whose movement controls the displacement of the valve. The parameters of the electromagnet and of the plate are such that at least part of the magnetic circui... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108200 | Fuel injectors and methods of fuel injection Fuel injectors and methods of fuel injection allowing direct control of the flow of fuel at an intensified pressure to the needle. A valve, typically a spool valve, is placed in the fuel passage between the intensifier actuation piston and the needle, and controlled... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100305 | Air dryer mounting assembly An improved system and method for mounting an air dryer is provided. The improved system and method employs a single centralized special fitting that secures the air dryer manifold to a reservoir. The bore in which the fitting is disposed is used to communicate air ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095599 | Fuel injector and its control method When voltage changes occur in the battery used as a power supply in a fuel injection system, the amount of fuel injection also changes and the required amount of fuel injected cannot be obtained. To eliminate this problem, a fuel injector system is provided which ha... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7089894 | Electromechanical valve actuator assembly A lever electromechanical valve actuator assembly and arrangement of electromechanical valve actuators that creates a compact actuator assembly to increase ease of serviceability, provide space for engine components and eliminate interference between the actuators a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7080855 | Safety steering column, motor vehicle with a safety system and safety method A safety steering column which is adjustable in its axial direction whereby pyrotechnically driven steering column retraction is provided for a positioning of a safety steering column in its axial direction, to move it away from the driver in case of an accident. Fu... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7081711 | Inductively generated streaming plasma ion source A novel pulsed, neutralized ion beam source is provided. The source uses pulsed inductive breakdown of neutral gas, and magnetic acceleration and control of the resulting plasma, to form a beam. The beam supplies ions for applications requiring excellent control of ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7069886 | Valve control device for an internal combustion engine and internal combustion engine comprising such a device The present invention pertains to a device for controlling a valve of an internal combustion engine, the device comprising an electromechanical actuator equipped with a magnet, and a processor controlling a defluxing current generating a magnetic field opposed to th... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066141 | Linear control valve for controlling a fuel injector and engine compression release brake actuator and engine using same A linear control valve is disclosed regulating the flow of fluid to hydraulically activated devices, preferably a fuel injector and an engine compression release brake. The valve includes a valve member that is moveable between a first position in which the fuel inj... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055799 | Electromagnetic apparatus for automatically and selectively supplying and shutting off fluid Disclosed herein is an electromagnetic apparatus for automatically and selectively supplying and shutting off fluid. The electromagnetic apparatus includes a frame unit, a through unit, a coil unit, a rotor, a casing, a shaft and a casing. The frame unit is coaxiall... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7047919 | Made to an electromechanical valve actuator of an internal combustion engine The invention concerns a valve operating device for an internal combustion engine, comprising a means connected to the valve and able to be displaced on a course by which, at one end of this course, the valve is in the closed position and at the other end of the cou... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044438 | Electromagnetic actuator with non-symmetrical magnetic circuit layout for actuating a gas-reversing valve An electromagnetic actuator for actuating a gas-reversing valve on a piston internal combustion engine includes two electromagnets. Each electromagnet includes a one yoke body presenting a pole face. The pole faces of the two electromagnets face each other at a dist... | 05/16/2006 |
