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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6910369 | Apparatus for detecting compression top dead center of an engine An apparatus for detecting a compression top dead center phase includes an external driving portion for driving a crankshaft of an engine, a phase sensor for detecting a top dead center phase of the crankshaft, which corresponds to a top dead center position of a sp... | 06/28/2005 |
| 5459940 | Apparatus and process for determining top dead center of a piston and crank shaft in an internal combustion engine An apparatus and process which can be used to determine the top dead center position of a piston. The apparatus includes an actuator plunger which engages the rocker lever of an engine cylinder, and a gauge indicator to measure movement in the rocker leve... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5414941 | Diesel engine service tool kit A service tool kit to perform synchronizing, fuel setting and fuel timing on a diesel truck engine. These adjustments are done without removing the rocker arm assemblies through the use of the access positioning tool included in the kit. All three calibra... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5038449 | Piston ring end gap tool A tool for use in checking and filing the end gap of piston rings. The tool includes a cylindrical member having a shoulder adjacent one end thereof which will receive and seat a piston ring and position it at a predetermined depth below the deck of a bor... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4566196 | Variable point position determining arrangement A variable point position determining arrangement includes a housing having a stationary portion secured to a fixed member as, for example working cylinder, and an extendable portion secured to a member movable in relation to the fixed member, as for exam... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4531295 | Timing tool The timing tool (10) includes a piston follower (12) slidingly mounted in the base (14) with its lower end (90) in contact with the top (76) of the piston (68) and its upper flat cap end (56) engaging the lock block (16). The lock block (16) slides on rod... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4489498 | Bracket qualifier device The bracket qualifier device comprises a body and first and second legs carried thereby. The first leg is adapted to be inserted into the magnetic probe receptacle of a combustion engine. The second leg carries a foot which mates with a corresponding shap... | 12/25/1984 |
