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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117831 | Diesel exhaust gas temperature reduction An exhaust system for a vehicle having a diesel engine and a method of operation are disclosed. The exhaust system may include a diesel particulate filter, a pipe located downstream of the diesel particulate filter and an exhaust gas cooling assembly. The exhaust ga... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7367180 | System and method for controlling valve timing of an engine with cylinder deactivation Various systems and methods are disclosed for carrying out combustion in a fuel-cut operation in some or all of the engine cylinders of a vehicle. Further, various subsystems are considered, such as fuel vapor purging, air-fuel ratio control, engine torque control, ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347046 | Layout of catalyst of vehicle An exhaust system for a vehicle includes a muffler including end walls and a side wall connected to the end walls enclosing an interior space of the muffler. A first pipe is disposed within the interior space of the muffler and extends from one end of the muffler at... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7316241 | Steam trap A steam trap comprises a trap body having an inlet and an outlet each defining inner threads. The trap body further includes a spigot defining external threads. Also provided is a cap defining internal threads for engaging the external threads of the spigot of the t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310942 | Exhaust passage control valve Exhaust passage control valve 10 may comprise housing 30, valve member 20, and helical torsion spring 40. Housing 30 has an exhaust passage. Exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine flows through the exhaust passage of the ho... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7269501 | Method and device for monitoring the functioning of a valve stroke adjusting device of an internal combustion engine during cold starts A method and device for monitoring the functionality of a valve stroke adjusting device of an internal combustion engine in a cold start phase. The internal combustion engine includes an electronically controllable throttle, the control utilizing an integral compone... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263826 | Muffler device with catalysts for improving purifying exhaust gas of nitrogen oxides within a motorcycle exhaust pipe A muffler device with catalysts for improving purifying exhaust gas of nitrogen oxides within a motorcycle exhaust pipe comprises a muffler divided into three chambers, a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber; a front exhaust pipe; a front reduction c... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260929 | Secondary air deliver device for an internal combustion engine In a secondary air delivery device for an internal combustion engine comprising a secondary air charger with a compressor and a turbine which is driven by the vacuum generated in the engine intake duct and which drives the compressor that delivers secondary air to t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260928 | Diagnostic device for secondary air supply system A secondary air control system supplies secondary air to the upstream of a catalyst purifying exhaust gas in an exhaust passage of an engine. A diagnostic device includes a secondary air detecting means that detects a secondary air information related to pressure of... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7243490 | 4-cycle engine for motorcycle A 4-cycle engine for a motorcycle has a secondary-air supplier for supplying secondary air to exhaust ducts. The engine includes a recess, which is depressed toward the engine, on a cylinder-head cover for holding a control valve of the secondary-air supplier. The r... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231760 | Internal combustion engine with exhaust-gas turbocharger and secondary air injection The invention relates to an internal combustion engine which has charge-air supercharging by means of an exhaust-gas turbocharger and secondary air injection, the flow path of which is selected in such a way that the quantity of secondary air injected has an influen... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222483 | Device for supplying secondary air There is provided a device for supplying secondary air, which comprises a secondary air passage for supplying secondary air, to an exhaust passage of an engine, upstream of an exhaust purification device provided in the exhaust passage, a pump provided in the second... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213394 | Engine blowby injector and injection system and method for injecting blowby An engine blowby injection system including a blowby passage, and a blowby injector with a blowby flow outlet sized to inject the blowby flow into an exhaust gas flow generated by an internal combustion engine. The blowby injector includes a cooling mechanism for co... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201189 | Reed valve and reed valve assembly A reed valve having a plate shaped support substrate with a valve hole formed in a central section passing through in a plate thickness direction is provided. A flexible plate-shaped reed covering the valve hole at one surface of the support substrate and having one... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7178330 | Pressure detecting apparatus having solenoid valve and pressure sensor A secondary air pressure detecting apparatus includes a solenoid valve and a pressure sensor. The solenoid valve defines a secondary air passage that introduces secondary air from the air pump into the exhaust system of an engine. The solenoid valve opens and closes... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159678 | Air cleaner apparatus for scooter-type vehicle An air cleaner device is provided for a scooter-type vehicle which can prevent foreign substances from entering an air intake port of an air cleaner even when the air cleaner is arranged at a position out of protection of the vehicle body cover. An air intake port c... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156199 | Motorcycle A motorcycle includes a seat supporting member provided extending in a rearward direction from a body. The seat supporting member includes an upper seat supporting member with a seat in place and a lower seat supporting member connected to and separated in a downwar... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152393 | Arrangement for utilizing the throttle energy of an internal combustion engine In an arrangement for reducing exhaust emissions and utilizing the throttling energy of an internal combustion engine, a compressor and a generator are operatively connected to a turbine by which the intake air flow is controlled while transferring the throttling en... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152396 | Reductant distributor for lean NOx trap A lean NOx trap operating in a lean NOx exhaust stream is progressively regenerated, sector to sector, for efficient operation of the trap and conservation of reducing gas used in the regeneration. A reductant gas distributor is inserted in the exhaust upstream of t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146801 | Fuel vaporizing device Hydrogen-rich reformate gas is produced by a fuel reformer (2) from fuel vapor containing hydrocarbon, which is produced by a fuel vaporizer (6), by means of a partial oxidation reaction and a steam reforming reaction. A fuel injector (8, 9) sup... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140177 | Secondary air supply system and abnormality diagnosis method of secondary air supply system In a secondary air supply system, each of two branch portions of a secondary air supply pipe that is divided from a joint portion is provided with an air control valve, and the joint portion is provided with a pressure sensor and an auxiliary air control valve. The ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7117668 | Method and apparatus for rapid exhaust catalyst light-off An internal combustion engine is supplied with reformate from a hydrocarbon reformer at engine start-up and during engine warm-up. The reformate fuel mixture is fuel-lean at start-up to ensure that all the fuel is burned while the exhaust converter is thermally non-... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7107762 | Secondary air supplying apparatus A secondary air supplying apparatus of the present invention comprises a secondary air supplying device for supplying secondary air to upstream of an emission purifying device in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, a coolant temperature sensor for de... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100366 | Device for the post-treatment of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine An apparatus for posttreatment of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, using a reducing agent to be introduced into the exhaust gases, in particular a urea or a urea-and-water solution, having an improved mixing chamber into which stored reducing agent, v... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090048 | Method and apparatus for exhaust sound attenuation on engines with cylinder deactivation A system for attenuating exhaust noise from an engine with a first group of active cylinders and a second group of deactivatable cylinders includes a first exhaust manifold connected to the first group of active cylinders and a second exhaust manifold connected to t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073323 | Secondary air supply apparatus and method for detecting abnormality thereof A secondary air supply apparatus controls emissions from an engine through secondary combustion of combustible matters in exhaust gas accomplished by supplying air to an exhaust pipe upstream of an emission control device. A pressure behavior pattern is determined f... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066296 | Valve device for silencer A valve device for a silence opens a bypass passage provided in the silencer to flow exhaust gas through the bypass passage when exhaust gas pressure rises to a certain pressure. The valve device includes a base having a valve opening through which exhaust gas flows... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065958 | Emission control system A method and apparatus to reduce the emissions of an exhaust stream is provided. One feature of the present invention includes a control unit for metering a reagent into the exhaust stream. The control unit adjusts a quantity of the reagent to be metered into the ex... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7032375 | Secondary air supply system In the disclosed secondary air supply system, an on-off valve (13) is driven by the discharge pressure of an air pump (12). A diaphragm chamber (44) is arranged in the neighborhood of a discharge outlet (54), and a part of the discharge a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028652 | Device for controlling an internal combustion engine with a variable valve timing system A device for controlling an internal combustion engine with a variable valve timing system is provided. While the piston descends just after the combustion in the cylinder, the intake valve is opened by the variable valve system for the intake valve such that the in... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025799 | Carburetor air flow structure Air flow from the airbox (57) to the carburetor of an internal combustion engine is regulated by a plurality of valve bodies (66) fitted with rotatable lids (77) which permit infinite adjustment of air flow between a fully closed and fully open ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024852 | Multi-purpose valve In an electrical multi-purpose valve for supplying secondary air into an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, in which a power-actuated closing member controls a valve orifice in a passage between an inlet from an air supply line and an outlet to the exh... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013788 | Launch tube with adjustable plenum A launch tube assembly including an aft launch tube portion, a forward launch tube portion, and a transfer sleeve having a first end fixed to and adjacent the forward end of said aft launch tube portion and a second end adjustably receiving the forward launch tube p... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6978605 | Exhaust emission control system for engine In an exhaust emission control system for an engine, comprising an exhaust emission control catalyst disposed in an exhaust muffler whose inside is divided into a plurality of chambers, at least a portion of the inside of the exhaust muffler is divided into a first ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6973777 | System and method for monitoring the feeding of secondary air into the exhaust as of an internal combustion engine The internal combustion engine has at least two partly separate exhaust systems in each of which are disposed a catalytic converter, and upstream thereof, a lambda probe. There is provided a secondary air pump and a number of individual secondary air lines, correspo... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6962047 | Engine intake A/F ratio control system in outboard engine system In an engine intake A/F ratio control system in an outboard engine system, a secondary air passage (P) for supplying secondary air for regulating the A/F ratio of an air-fuel mixture is connected to a carburetor (33) in an intake system of an engine (E), and ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6945035 | Auxiliary air supplying system, and control methods and failure diagnostic methods thereof When the determination result of failure determination at a start of AI (auxiliary air injection=supply) is that there is a possibility of a closing anomaly due to freezing, a reevaluation process 1 being a reevaluation after a warm-up is performed. When the ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6932189 | Device for noise structuring in a motor vehicle A device for noise structuring in a motor vehicle has a plurality of gas-carrying lines connected to an internal combustion engine. At least two of the gas-carrying lines are acoustically linked together by at least one connection. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6921307 | Exhaust system for outboard motor An outboard motor includes a housing unit mounted on an associated watercraft. An engine is disposed above the housing unit. The engine defines a first exhaust passage communicating with a combustion chamber of the engine. The housing unit defines a second exhaust p... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918245 | Secondary air feeding apparatus and method of detecting abnormality in the apparatus The invention relates to a secondary air feeding apparatus and a method of detecting an abnormality in the apparatus capable of making a precise determination on abnormalities in components and detecting operational failures as well. According to one aspect of the i... | 07/19/2005 |
