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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370845 | Throttle body for two-wheeled vehicle To shorten a side mounting pitch of adjacent throttle bodies, in a multiple throttle body, thereby improving a mounting property to a two-wheeled vehicle, a discharge open hole (5) and a fuel spray escaping hole (7) are continuously provided toward a s... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7287744 | Fuel conditioning apparatus A fuel conditioning system (10) comprises a housing (12) defining a chamber (14) and provided with an inlet (16) upstream of the chamber (14) and an outlet (18) downstream of the chamber (14). A hemispherical seat ( | 10/30/2007 |
| 7264230 | Carburetor and solenoid assemblies and methods of assembling the same An engine carburetor and a solenoid valve assembly therefor and methods of assembling the same. The carburetor has a body with a fuel and air mixing passage communicating with an air bleed passage. A cavity extends into the body for communication with the air bleed ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7213571 | Throttle valve arrangement for a carburetor A carburetor throttle valve actuation assembly for a combustion engine is readily adapted for use as a remote control actuator, a local control throttle actuator, or both together providing an optional choice for the end user. The carburetor has a throttle valve hav... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7152851 | Steam injection heater with dual-sealing assembly A direct contact steam injection heater that includes a steam diffuser having a plurality of steam diffusion holes that are selectively exposed by a regulating member to control the amount of steam used to heat a liquid. The regulating member is movable within the s... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7090203 | Carburetor for internal combustion engine A carburetor for an internal combustion engine has an intake pipe having a throttle valve plate therein. An annular venturi tube is disposed upstream or downstream of the throttle valve plate inside the intake pipe. The annular venturi tube is located at a predeterm... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6499726 | Engine having carburetor with bridge circuit An internal combustion engine including a cylinder, a crankshaft, a reciprocating piston disposed in the cylinder and operably coupled to said crankshaft, and a carburetor. The carburetor includes an airflow passage through which varying amounts of air fl... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6478288 | High performance carburetor A carburetor for supplying fuel to an engine includes a body defining a venturi and first and second fuel lines fuel lines which discharge fuel into the venturi from a fuel reservoir. The opening of the first fuel line into the venturi is near the wall to... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6446939 | Modular diaphragm carburetor A modular diaphragm carburetor is provided which has a plurality of plates each with generally planar faces adapted to be mated and releasably connected together to facilitate manufacturing and assembling the carburetor and to permit various plates and co... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6439294 | Carburetor with primary and secondary fuel delivery circuits and methods of operation and installation of the same A carburetor having a plurality of orifices at different locations adjacent to the sidewall of the airflow passage therethrough and connecting passages communicating the orifices with a fuel source, such that different airflow conditions through the airfl... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6439546 | Carburetor with fuel vapor control A carburetor having a plurality of restricted fluid flow paths upstream of a fuel and air mixing passage to inhibit the passage of large fuel vapor bubbles through the fuel paths and to the fuel and air mixing passage. Desirably, the restricted flow paths... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6299144 | Carburetor device with additional air-fuel flow apertures A carburetor device (10) having a plurality of apertures (12) circumferentially positioned and equally spaced around an orifice (14) portion of the carburetor device (10). The apertures (12) have a cross sectional area dimensioned to allow an air-fuel mix... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6234457 | Method of operating a diaphragm-type carburetor Methods of operating a diaphragm type carburetor to facilitate the atomization of fuel in the diaphragm-type carburetor are disclosed. Particularly, methods of operating a diaphragm-type carburetor having a check valve installed in a fuel passage leading ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6149140 | Carburetor with primary and secondary fuel delivery circuits and methods of operation and installation of the same The carburetor includes a fuel holding chamber, an air flow passageway, a primary fuel delivery circuit including a primary fuel delivery passage communicating with the fuel holding chamber for receiving a first flow of fuel therefrom and with a primary f... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6086054 | Diaphragm type carburetor The present invention serves to facilitate atomization of fuel in a diaphragm type carburetor for all-purpose two-cycle engines. A check valve used to prevent back flow is installed in the fuel passage leading from a constant-fuel chamber to a main nozzle... | 07/11/2000 |
| 4966735 | Non-leaking venturi carburetor A main carburetor body has generally cylindrical bores into which are precisely and removably fitted liners. The inner liner surfaces are contoured as a venturi wherein a circular inlet section narrows down to a throat after which the outlet section gradu... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4567871 | Fuel distribution and metering The invention relates to a fuel metering and distribution system for an internal combustion engine comprising an open fuel reservoir 18 into which fuel is metered and a set of capillary tubes 20 each extending from the fuel reservoir 18 to a point in an i... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4505864 | Device for carburetting air and fuel A device for carburetting air and fuel includes, a housing having its wall confining a main air passage of converging-diverging shape, an annular chamber around the diverging portion of the passage, a plurality of tubes for sucking the fuel from the annul... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4275015 | Carburetor with manual selectable fuel metering jets A modular addition to a modular constructed carburetor is disclosed having a manually adjustable control for selecting any of a plurality of fuel jets. A plurality of jets located in the modular addition are individually selectable from a remote location ... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4268462 | Variable venturi carburetor A variable venturi carburetor is disclosed which includes a mixture conduit having therein a throttle plate, a fixed venturi, and a vacuum sustaining plate for variably opening and closing the throat of the fixed venturi. A first fuel nozzle opens into th... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4132752 | Apparatus for providing a uniform combustible air-fuel mixture A carburetor for gasoline internal combustion engines includes a generally cylindrical housing having an intake air receiving section. A fuel atomization and distribution device is mounted in the housing immediately below the intake air receiving section.... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4080409 | Variable venturi carburetor A variable venturi carburetor comprised of an open carburetor body enclosing an interior first venturi member and coaxial peripheral second venturi member. The second venturi member is integral with the carburetor body and defines a peripheral annular fue... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4001356 | Variable venturi downdraft carburetor A variable venturi downdraft carburetor comprised of an open carburetor body enclosing an interior first venturi member and coaxial peripheral second venturi member. The second venturi member is integral with the carburetor body and defines a peripheral a... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3940460 | Air-valve type carburetor An air valve type carburetor is described having an enlarged mixing chamber in an induction duct. Fuel is supplied to the mixing chamber at a plurality of annularly spaced locations about the circumference of the mixing chamber. An air valve having an umb... | 02/24/1976 |