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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4054113 | Ignition breakerless and distributorless multiple cylinder ignition system A two cylinder, two cycle engine for an outboard motor includes an alternator driven, capacitor discharge ignition system. The alternator includes an annular permanent magnet secured within a flywheel skirt and includes a pair of circumferential opposite ... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4051828 | Ignition system for use with internal combustion engines The sub-ultrasonic ionization ignition system "PULSAR" changes the present characteristics of combustion in internal combustion engines.... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4050428 | Carburetor intake air flow measuring device The differential pressure between a carburetor venturi and an upstream point, and ambient pressure and temperature are sensed. Analogous electric signals are fed into an electronic computing means which produces an output analogous to the air flow rate th... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4048964 | Fuel metering apparatus and method A closed loop, electronically controlled and regulated fuel metering system for operating an internal combustion engine in accordance with a predetermined mass fuel-air ratio scheduled in the controller for different engine operating conditions. Linear ai... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4048970 | Fuel injector A fuel injector for a compression ignition engine comprises a fuel injection nozzle, a valve controlled fuel supply chamber located behind the injection nozzle for storing a quantity of fuel, a port for admitting fuel to the supply chamber, a fuel piston ... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4048971 | Fuel injection system A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine in which a ram is fixed to and movable with a piston reciprocatively mounted in the cylinder, the ram being provided with a fuel compression chamber having a fuel injection port communicating with ... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4047507 | Fuel economizing system There is provided a fuel economizing system comprising a constant speed control unit for varying the opening of a throttle valve to reduce the difference between the preset vehicle speed and the actual vehicle speed, fuel pattern setting means for setting... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4046127 | Spark boosting device The invention comprises a spark booster for use in the ignition system of an internal combustion engine. Two embodiments of the invention are disclosed. Each embodiment comprises two electrically conductive members which are spaced from each other to defi... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4046122 | Fuel feed control system of internal combustion engine A multi cylinder torch ignition internal combustion engine including a main combustion chamber and an auxiliary combustion chamber for each is cylinder designed for proper air-fuel ratios of mixtures for both types of combustion chambers. In order to effe... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4046118 | Air fuel mixture control apparatus for carbureted internal combustion engines Air-fuel mixture control apparatus for a carbureted internal combustion engine having air bleed and fuel supply passages comprises a detector for sensing pre-combustion data such as engine operating parameters and an exhaust gas sensor for providing post-... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4046123 | Contactless photoelectric ignition system A contactless ignition system for internal combustion engines permitting the elimination of mechanical ignition points by replacing such ignition points by a radiation source and a radiation sensitive element mounted on the distributor breaker plate. The ... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4046111 | Combustion chamber of internal combustion engine A combustion chamber structure for an internal combustion engine, which combustion chamber structure includes a main combustion chamber and a separate auxiliary combustion chamber. The main combustion chamber is supplied solely with air by a conventional ... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4043307 | Fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine comprises a fuel metering means operative to meter and adjust the flow of fuel to the engine in accordance with the operating conditions of the engine, fuel injection nozzles disposed in respective... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4041921 | Fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines A fuel injection pump with a simultaneously rotating and reciprocating fuel delivery piston and with rpm-dependent fuel quantity control exerted by a centrifugal force governor. The fuel delivery piston is powered by a primary shaft which also drives a se... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4040395 | Engine selectively utilizing hybrid thermodynamic combustion cycles An engine is disclosed incorporating a block means defining a plurality of cylinder chambers for containing reciprocating pistons that are coupled to provide output drive power. Means are incorporated in the block means for valving the cylinder chambers t... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4040396 | Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engine The discharge side of a fuel injection valve is covered by a disc forming a passage member adjacent the valve seat and a disc forming a nozzle member on the opposite side thereof, the passage member having central recesses on opposite sides, radial passag... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4040407 | Internal combustion engine distributor-breaker unit holding and adjustment arrangement The housing of the breaker-distributor is formed with a shaft element inserted in a motor block, and with a flange thereon which is engaged by a claw surrounding the flange and gripping therearound, screwed to the motor to clamp the housing against the mo... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4040408 | System for reducing toxic components in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine A fuel supply and metering valve assembly used for fuel injection to an internal combustion engine includes a control pressure circuit which determines the restoring force on the movable valve member of the metering valve. The magnitude of the control pre... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4037578 | Ignition safety control system An automatic digital safety system for controlling the starting and continued energization of one or more internal combustion engines within an engine compartment and for controlling the energization of exhaust blowers in fluid communication with the engi... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4037577 | Auto ignition system Automotive distributor apparatus for replacing the standard mechanical breaker points and including a molded plastic rotor cap adapted to fit onto a rotor cap plate in the same manner as a standard rotor cap and having a skirt portion with molded-in, circ... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4034725 | Electric governor An electric governor for an internal combustion engine comprises an engine speed sensor, a phase shifter, a twin-T type filter and a multiplier for multiplying outputs of the phase shifter and the twin-T type filter. The twin-T type filter is arranged to ... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4034721 | Electrical indirect petrol injection system for Otto cycle engines There is disclosed an electronic indirect petrol injection system for Otto cycle engines, which comprises at least one air intake duct, one electroinjector for each engine cylinder, a feed circuit to feed the petrol to the electroinjectors under pressure,... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4027641 | Control apparatus for starting internal combustion engines A fuel injection control apparatus provides electrical pulses whose length determines the amount of fuel supplied to the injection valves of the engine. These pulses can be extended by a circuit including a temperature dependent resistor when the engine h... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4013056 | Automatic control system for a gasoline-powered combustion engine An automatic control system for a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine of a load device, in which a switching unit is responsive to an input signal produced in response to a given operating condition of the load device and generates an operating si... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4004561 | Ignition system An ignition system having capacitive storage of energy required for developing ignition pulses, particularly in Otto and Wankel engines, includes a capacitive storage arrangement, a charging circuit connected between the capacitive storage arrangement and... | 01/25/1977 |
| 4003359 | Flux wheel for breakerless distributor retrofit There is disclosed pulse wheel means for fitting onto multi-lobe, breaker cams of automotive distributors to convert the distributors to a pointless or breakerless ignition system. The outer surface of such wheel means carries a plurality of upstanding, a... | 01/18/1977 |
| 4002153 | Intake system in internal combustion engine An intake system adapted to be used in combination with an internal combustion engine having a main combustion chamber and a preliminary or subcombustion chamber equipped with an ignition plug. There is provided an intake cylinder having a venturi portion... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4000729 | Ignition system bypass unit An ignition system bypass unit for quick and easy connection to an electronic automobile ignition system having malfunctioning electronic components. The unit bypasses electronic ignition components to apply a string of pulses across the primary winding o... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3999525 | Apparatus for the cold starting and warming run of spark plug-ignited internal combustion engines In each fuel injection valve forming part of a fuel injection apparatus and associated with an internal combustion engine, there is disposed an electric heater which transmits heat to the fuel by contact-type heat exchange. The heat output of each heater ... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3999532 | Internal combustion engine fuel system A fuel system for an internal combustion engine. Fuel is injected into a cavity formed between the cylinder head and the piston head of each cylinder and a relatively rich air-fuel mixture is created in a localized space. The amount of injected fuel and t... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3998198 | Capacitor discharge ignition system with frequency operated speed limiting control Disclosed herein is a capacitor discharge ignition system with speed-limiting capability, which system comprises a charge capacitor, a coil, a magnet rotatable relative to the coil for generating alternating potential in the coil, a rectifier connected be... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3996911 | Means and method for controlling the occurrence and the duration of time intervals during which sparks are provided in a multicylinder internal combustion engine A control system controls the occurrence and the duration of time intervals during which sparks may be provided in the cylinders of an internal combustion engine driving a crankshaft as a function of operating parameters of the engine. Sensors sense param... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3995604 | Spark ignited internal combustion engine operated with charge stratification An internal combustion engine of the type operated with charge stratification is disclosed. The engine comprises a main combustion chamber and an auxiliary combustion chamber (prechamber), the main chamber and prechamber being interconnected by a short pa... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3994272 | Injector An injector for delivering fuel to a combustion engine in which the pump chamber of each fuel pump has a volume adjustable by control means, is provided with a displacer body which is connected to an armature of an electromagnet. The stroke of the displac... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3993035 | Double energy inductive-capacitive discharge ignition system This system provides means for storing electrical energy in a plurality of inductors during the period when no demand for the stored energy is made and having means for discharging the stored energy from each particular inductor to fire a particular ignit... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993031 | Electronic magneto ignition system with engine speed limiting By means of an auxiliary voltage the semi-conductor controlled rectifier of a capacitor discharge magneto ignition system is at some limiting speed of the engine kept in its conducting condition from a time before the initiation of a charging halfwave unt... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3990411 | Control system for normalizing the air/fuel ratio in a fuel injection system In a closed loop fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine, a control system responding to several engine operating conditions and to rich fuel power demands operates to normalize the air/fuel ratio to a fixed air/fuel ratio. In the preferre... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3987765 | Residual gas control apparatus for internal combustion engines having auxiliary combustion chambers A residual gas control apparatus for internal combustion engines of the type including a main combustion chamber connected through a torch passage to an auxiliary combustion chamber having a spark plug, the residual gas control including a partial partiti... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3983847 | Jet ignition engine with prechamber fuel injection A jet ignition engine, of the type in which lean mixtures in the main combustion chambers are ignited by flame jets formed by combustion of rich mixtures in adjacent small auxiliary precombustion or ignition chambers connected with the main chambers by re... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3983849 | Fuel injection system A fuel injection system for stratified-charge engines includes a fuel metering valve assembly controlled by an air flow sensor. The restoring force on the movable plunger in the fuel metering assembly may be varied in dependence on load by a differential ... | 10/05/1976 |
