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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434453 | Vacuum-assisted fixture for holding a part An inspection fixture, including a manifold having an inlet opening and an outlet opening for communicating with a negative pressure source for producing a vacuum within the manifold. A part collet is provided for being positioned in the inlet opening and held in pl... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7409856 | Starting motor tester that measures power A starting motor tester that may apply electricity to the starting motor while the starting motor is loaded by an engine, measure the power that is consumed by the starting motor while the starting motor is loaded by the engine, determine the condition of the starti... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7395813 | Method of controlling the intake and/or the exhaust of at least one deactivated cylinder of an internal-combustion engine A method controls the intake and/or the exhaust of at least one deactivated cylinder (10, 12, 14, 16) of an internal-combustion engine operating in four phases. The cylinder includes an intake with an intake valve (28), an exhaust with an exhaust valve... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7380449 | Method and device for testing a fuel metering system A method and device for testing a fuel metering system. A control unit checks the injector contacts during the initialization phase prior to starting up the fuel metering system. For the test, the injectors are activated by the control unit, and the current values a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373809 | Method for controlling a filter maintenance indicator A method for determining the condition of a transmission fluid filter and controlling an operator indicator to alert the operator that the fluid filter requires replacement is disclosed. The method includes monitoring a fluid pressure switch, determining an operatin... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7360407 | Crank angle detecting apparatus and reference angular position detection method for internal combustion engine A rotor is provided such that the rotor rotates with a crank shaft of an engine. A plurality of detection sections are formed on a rotor periphery at equal angle intervals. A particular detection section is used for detection of a reference crank angle. A pickup is ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350406 | Sensor chip breaking strength inspection apparatus and sensor chip breaking strength inspection method A sensor chip breaking strength inspection apparatus that performs sensor chip breaking strength inspection on a semiconductor wafer on which a plurality of sensor chips having a diaphragm portion are disposed includes: a stage on which the semiconductor wafer is mo... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340945 | Failure detection apparatus and failure detection method for exhaust gas sensor An air-fuel ratio sensor has an exhaust-side electrode and an atmosphere-side electrode. The atmosphere-side electrode is disposed in an atmosphere layer that communicates with the atmosphere. Since the air-fuel ratio sensor is disposed in an exhaust passage, exhaus... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337657 | Pressure glow plug for a diesel engine A pressure glow plug for a diesel engine has a glow plug body 2 for being inserted into a cylinder of the diesel engine, a heating rod 1 that is arranged in the glow plug body 2 and a pressure sensor 9 that is arranged between the heating... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328605 | Ice-processing device An ice-processing device is configured to test a consequence of ice on an aircraft engine component by simulating an effect on the ice upstream of the component. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329836 | Glow plug with O-ring seal An O-ring for a glow plug has a transverse cross section of an elliptical contour and is disposed between a tapered surface of an axial hole of a metallic shell and a sealing portion of a center shaft. The O-ring is pressed on from the rear by an end surface of a pr... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322249 | Mounting for a probe sensor A robust, easy to mount probe sensor includes an elongated body enclosing a sensor element and an integral flange extending away from the body. The body and flange are formed of material having a relatively low characteristic yield point. First and second generally ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311076 | Low fuel pressure warning system An internal combustion engine system having an internal combustion engine, a fuel source, a fuel filter for filtering fuel from the source to the engine, and a fuel pressure switch disposed between the fuel filter and the fuel source. An additional sensor is provide... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299993 | Apparatus for detecting a failure of a thermostat for an engine An apparatus for detecting a failure of a thermostat provided between an engine and a radiator is provided. The thermostat regulates circulation of cooling water between the engine and the radiator. The apparatus comprises a radiator water temperature sensor dispose... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7284416 | Starter motor apparatus and method for starter motor testing An apparatus for holding a starter motor for testing has a base, a first pad mounted to the base that provides a support rest to a first side of the starter motor, a ratcheting arm having a second pad for contacting a second, opposite side of the starter motor, and ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278304 | System and method for performing a particulate sensor diagnostic An apparatus comprising an internal combustion engine, an exhaust system in communication with the engine, a particulate sensor associated with the exhaust system, and a controller in electrical communication with the particulate sensor, wherein the controller is co... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278303 | Method for diagnosing an engine control unit and corresponding engine control unit A method for diagnosing an engine control unit (4) conducts an analysis as to whether the signal values from the cylinder pressure sensors (3) are faulty based on at least one characteristic value which is derived from an evaluation of signal values fr... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275425 | Method for testing at least three sensors, which detect a measurable variable for an internal combustion engine A method for checking at least three sensors which detect a measured quantity in the area of an internal combustion engine. A measure of the sensor signal of the particular sensor to be checked is compared to a reference signal which is obtained from at least one pa... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269996 | Method for dynamic diagnosis of an exhaust gas analyzer probe A method for the dynamic diagnosis of an exhaust gas analyzer probe situated in an exhaust-gas system having at least one exhaust-gas catalytic converter, of an internal combustion engine, a measuring signal (lambda-actual) of the exhaust gas analyzer probe being co... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263964 | Oil sensor mounting structure Of a sensing part and a mounting part of an oil level sensor mounted to a sensor mounting opening at a bottom portion of an oil pan of an engine, an undersurface of the mounting part exposed to the outside of the oil pan is located above the lowest part of the oil p... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257995 | Method for testing nozzles of internal-combustion engines A method according to the invention makes it possible to make a check of the correct installation and operation of piston cooling nozzles (10) in a cold text prior to the final assembly of the engine by applying compressed air to each piston cooling nozzle ( | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257984 | Miniaturized sensor device for detecting characteristics of a fluid, in particular a lubricating oil A miniaturized sensor device comprises at least one pair of active projecting elements or cantilevers, which are set parallel to one another and at a micrometric or sub-micrometric distance apart and are designed to be submerged at least partially in a fluid. Each p... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254491 | Clustering system and method for blade erosion detection A system and method for detecting erosion in turbine engine blades is provided. The blade erosion detection system includes a sensor data processor and a cluster analysis mechanism. The sensor data processor receives engine sensor data, including exhaust gas tempera... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243532 | Misfire detector for internal combustion engines Air fuel ratios of exhaust gases of respective cylinders are estimated based on a detection value of an air fuel ratio sensor mounted in an exhaust-collector. Normal combustion and misfire are determined depending upon whether individual cylinder air fuel ratios of ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7228730 | Pressure-measuring glow plug A pressure-measuring glow plug for a diesel engine with a plug body (3, 4) for insertion into a cylinder of the diesel engine, a heating rod (1) which is arranged in the plug body (3, 4), and a pressure sensor, which is arranged under an initial... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216531 | Compression tester adapter apparatus and method A compression tester adapter includes a plug fitting, a connector fitting and a flexible hose connected to the plug fitting and to the connector fitting to adapt a standard internal combustion engine cylinder compression tester hose assembly to a 16-millimeter threa... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207214 | Glow plug integrated pressure sensor A pressure-sensing element for an internal combustion engine is located in the sleeve of a ceramic glow plug heater having axial and radial pressure channels connecting the sensor diaphragm to the combustion chamber. The sensor signal conditioner is encapsulated in ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204152 | Apparatus and method for fatigue testing A method of simulating life of a rotor blade mounting feature mounted in a complementary rotor disc mounting feature comprises the steps of providing two specimen mounting features (37) each having portions defining pressure faces matching in profile respecti... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204153 | Apparatus and a method for testing attachment features of components An apparatus (10) for testing attachment features (26,28,30,32) of components (12,14) comprises a first member (16) having a first end (18), a second end (20), a first edge (22) and a second edge (24). The firs... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201043 | Combustion pressure sensor and glow plug including the same To provide a combustion pressure sensor capable of reducing noises generated by the force in a rocking direction by making uniform the stress exerted onto the piezoelectric element; and a glow plug having the same. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194398 | Method and apparatus for designing and developing a vehicular damper An assembly 10 which allows a vehicular damper to be virtually created and evaluated. Particularly, the assembly 10 includes a torque producer 31, a frequency filter generator 50, and analyzers 32, 34, 36 and 38. The torque ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191641 | Rotary position sensing assembly for internal combustion engine A rotary position sensing assembly for an internal combustion engine includes a mounting socket rigidly attached to a structural support of a rotating component and a position sensor slidably engaged with the socket. A slidably engageable retainer maintains the sens... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188516 | Friction testing apparatus A testing apparatus for measuring the friction characteristics between two components in rolling or sliding contact with one another is disclosed herein. The testing apparatus includes a traction surface, a first support structure adapted to support the traction sur... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181959 | Fatigue failure diagnostic method of turbocharger and fatigue failure diagnostic apparatus for turbocharger A fatigue failure diagnostic method of a turbocharger in accordance with the present invention is a method for diagnosing the fatigue failure of a turbocharger (5), comprising the steps of measuring the revolution speed of the turbocharger (5), computi... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168304 | Method and apparatus for indicating a potential fluid filter problem A fluid pressure near a filter (103) is measured and compared (307) to a predetermined value that is based on one or more engine operating parameters. When the measured fluid pressure deviates enough from the predetermined value by an established amoun... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165446 | Failure diagnostic apparatus for fuel vapor purge system and fuel vapor purge apparatus and combustion engine having failure diagnostic apparatus After a reference pressure using a reference hole is measured, a pressure in an evaporation path is measured. An ECU conducts failure diagnosis using, as a determination pressure for diagnosing presence/absence of a failure, a value obtained by correcting the refere... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157815 | Brushless electric motor A solenoid-based propulsion system and methodology comprised of at least one multiple wire coil set solenoid that reversibly receives at least a portion of a magnetic object, wherein the wire coil sets of the solenoid are connected to the energizing control system t... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152465 | Dynamometric bench for headstocks with SOHC and DOHC type overhead camshaft for internal combustion engines Dynamometric bench for headstocks with SOHC and DOHC type overhead camshaft for internal combustion engines has a testing workbench connected to a monitoring and control panel such that the testing workbench comprised of a mobile platform, protected by a cover, wher... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152464 | Belt tensioning apparatus and method for alternator testing An apparatus for testing an alternator has a base, a motor mounted to the base and a pulley extending from the motor. A belt is connected to the motor pulley and the alternator. A mount mounts the alternator to the base, and a pivoting idler arm pivotally is mounted... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150186 | Door interlock apparatus and method for alternator/starter bench testing device An apparatus and method for testing vehicle motor rotary accessory devices has a base and a housing assembly connected to the base. A mounting component is attached to the base. The apparatus includes a door cover which is rotatably attached to a side of the housing... | 12/19/2006 |