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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4180021 | Method of injecting fuel and a fuel injection device of an internal combustion engine Disclosed are a method of injecting fuel and a fuel injection device in an internal combustion engine comprising a main chamber and an auxiliary chamber. An annular raised portion is formed on the inner wall of the auxiliary chamber and divides the auxili... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4177781 | Electromechanical engine timing device An electromechanical engine timing device for installation in an ignition system distributor having one or more breaker points which provides a visual indication of maladjustments and malfunctions, permitting easy detection and correction. The system is c... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4176642 | Diesel engine starting control A starting control for a fuel injected diesel engine retards movement of the fuel injection control rack out of the starting position by a degree which varies with temperature to improve the starting characteristics of the engine without interfering with ... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4173960 | Inductive ignition control pulse generator in an internal combustion engine distributor An inductive pulse generator for producing control pulses for ignition timing is built into a conventional distributor designed for a mechanical circuit interruptor. The stator is mounted on a plate fastened to the interruptor carrier plate and consists o... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4173958 | Carburetor A carburetor in a fuel system in a motor vehicle including a fuel tank, a fuel pump for delivering fuel from the fuel tank to the carburetor under pressure and the return line which returns fuel from the carburetor to the fuel tank when an excess amount o... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4173207 | Canister A canister comprising: a main body having a space therein; an adsorbent material contained in the space of said main body; an inlet pipe attached to said main body for connecting a carburetor float chamber with an upper portion of said space defined betwe... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4173208 | Fuel systems for an internal combustion engine A fuel injection system includes a first piston which can be subjected to fluid under pressure to cause displacement of a further piston, which causes delivery of fuel through an outlet. In addition a second piston is provided which is located in a cylind... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4170202 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine which includes a main combustion chamber, and which is improved by the inclusion of an auxiliary combustion chamber, an ignition valve for controlling the establishment of communication between the main and auxiliary chambers... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4164924 | Centrifugal speed governor for an internal combustion engine A centrifugal speed governor for controlling fuel pump discharge into an internal combustion engine has a control shaft rotatable and axially movable by the rotation and radial movement of fly weights, respectively. The control shaft is operatively associ... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4161936 | Audio frequency ionization ignition system This invention relates to an ignition system which produces a continuous sinusoidal wave at audio frequency in order to produce a continuous spark discharge during certain times, at the spark plugs and is usable in any form of gasoline burning internal co... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4161964 | Reservoir for fuel injection system A reservoir for a fuel injection system including an intermediate plate and a yieldable member movable relative thereto. The intermediate plate includes a flow opening and a throttle opening, the opening and closing of which are controlled by a valve. The... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4160432 | Internal combustion engine having main and auxiliary combustion chambers Herein disclosed is an automotive spark-ignition valve-in-head internal combustion engine of the type which has main and auxiliary combustion chambers wherein combustion is initiated in the auxiliary combustion chamber and the resultant flame squirts into... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4160429 | Electronically controlled fuel injection system for internal combustion engines An electronically controlled fuel injection system in which terminating fuel injection is improved is disclosed. A reference position detector is adapted to generate a synchronizing signal at the predetermined angular position of an engine. A first comput... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4153030 | Ignition distributor with wide rotor registration angle A distributor for use in the electrical system of an internal combustion engine, providing an increased angle of registration between a rotor element and each spark plug contact within the distributor. The rotor element is provided with a plurality of con... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4153022 | Electronic closed loop air-fuel ratio control system A control means is provided in an electronic closed loop air-fuel ratio control system for use with an internal combustion engine, which means controls a time constant of an integrator or a proportional constant of a proportional element of the system so ... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4151818 | Ignition timing adjusting system for spark-ignition internal combustion engines This discloses an ignition timing adjusting system for spark-ignition internal combustion engines, which realizes an advance in ignition timing in relation to altitude or vertical height at which an engine is operating. This system comprises vacuum advanc... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4151815 | Operation timing control system for an internal combustion engine An engine operation timing control includes a transducer producing pulses at predetermined different angular positions of the engine shaft, a speed counter connected to the transducer and periodically generating a multibit digital signal corresponding to ... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4148283 | Rotational speed detecting apparatus for electronically-controlled fuel injection systems A rotational speed detecting apparatus for controlling the operation of an electronically controlled fuel injection system in accordance with the rotational speed of an engine. A reference pulse generator is connected to generate a reference pulse signal ... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4148290 | Centrifugal regulator system for fuel injection combustion engines A centrifugal regulator for an internal combustion engine having a fuel injector controllable by actuation of a control rod. Movement of the governor sleeve upon a variation in rpm is transferred to a spring-biased support lever, which is pivotally connec... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4144858 | Fuel supply apparatus for an internal combustion engine A fuel supply apparatus for an internal combustion engine in which fuel is supplied to the air induction tube in proportion to the aspirated air flow rate. A fuel metering valve, which may be electromagnetically actuated on the basis of engine rpm and oth... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4142483 | Operation timing control system for an internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine operation timing control uses a programmed read only memory to produce a multibit digital signal used to determine the instant of operation. There are two inputs to the ROM, one of which is from a speed counter and the other ... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4142497 | Fuel pressure booster and regulator A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine employs a relatively low pressure pump to provide fuel to injectors located at the engine cylinders. A booster device for maintaining the fluid pressure constant, at a substantially higher level, i... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4136652 | Fuel delivery system A fuel delivery system for an engine operated with a gasoline/alcohol fuel mixture in which a fuel pump delivers fuel from a fuel tank to a fuel feed device on the engine. According to the invention the fuel pump is immersed within the fuel in the fuel ta... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4135480 | Spark vacuum advance control An ignition spark advance system for use with spark ignited internal combustion engines having an exhaust gas recycle system which includes EGR vacuum modulator means connected to and modulating an exhaust gas recycle valve. A conventional first vacuum ac... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4134549 | Injectors of a fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine This disclosure deals with a fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine, the supply system including injectors for injecting fuel into the combustion chambers of the engine, and hydraulic means for adjusting the timing of injection. The hydrauli... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4133321 | Clamping device for fuel injection nozzles A clamping device in the form of a bracket for use in clamping a fuel injection nozzle to the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. The clamping device has a generally flat top portion and a pair of legs extending therefrom which together define... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4132208 | Ignition system for an internal combustion engine An ignition system for an internal combustion engine wherein ignition timing is retarded when the engine speed exceeds a predetermined value. The ignition angle retardation is effected by an angle retarding circuit for by-passing at least part of an AC ig... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131100 | Multiple spark discharge circuitry A multi-strike spark discharge system which is combined with an internal combustion engine to produce a plurality of high voltage discharges across the spark gap of the engine. A timing signal associated with the engine is treated and used to actuate a du... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4127089 | Internal combustion engine having main and auxiliary combustion chambers Herein disclosed is an automotive spark-ignition valve-in-head internal combustion engine of the type which has main and auxiliary combustion chambers wherein combustion is initiated in the auxiliary combustion chamber and the resultant flame squirts into... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4127086 | Fuel injection control system A fuel injection system in which the valve control pulses are generated on the basis of information regarding the engine rpm and the combustion air flow rate and in which the air flow rate is measured by a baffle plate and a position sensor. When the thro... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4127097 | Fuel evaporation control system A fuel evaporation control, or vapor recovery system including: a charcoal canister housing therein activated charcoal adapted to adsorb gasoline vapor from a fuel tank; a purge port leading to a canister and opening into an intake passage in such a posit... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4125096 | Ignition timing control system Passage means is provided to feed atmospheric air into the vacuum chamber of a vacuum actuator of a breaker plate and a control valve is provided to control the amount of atmospheric air fed into the vacuum chamber to make the vacuum in the vacuum chamber... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4122816 | Plasma igniter for internal combustion engine An igniter for the air/fuel mixture used in the cylinders of an internal combustion engine employs a conventional spark to initiate the discharge of a large amount of energy stored in a capacitor. A high current discharge of the energy in the capacitor sw... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4122669 | Single stage or multi-stage expansion engine An expansion engine having a cylinder with a piston and a head provided with a housing in which the housing is subdivided by a partition into a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber is in open communication with the cylinder by means of an... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4122807 | Ignition spark timing control system for an internal combustion engine An ignition spark timing control system for an internal combustion engine, which comprises a reference angle signal generator to generate reference angle signals corresponding to the reference angles of each cylinder of the engine, a divider for dividing ... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4120274 | Carburetors or fuel mixing systems A fuel-air proportioning and mixing system for internal combustion engines is disclosed comprising a variable orifice for measuring the volume of air and a motor driven variable volume displacement pump for measuring and atomizing fuel. Changes in size of... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4119075 | Distributor spring for use in a magnetic sensor An electronic ignition system for internal-combustion engines is disclosed, the system having a magnetic pulse unit using a sensor that produces a voltage trigger pulse in response to the rotation of a distributor shaft past a pole of a permanent magnet, ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4117809 | Resilient throttle stop means A variably positionable throttle employed for controlling the flow through induction passage means to related engine means employs, in various embodiments, resiliently deflectable and/or yieldable means which, upon sufficient opening movement of the throt... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4116186 | Fuel injection pumping apparatus A fuel injection pumping apparatus includes an axially movable member which at one end is acted upon by governor weights and at its other end is acted upon by a spring, the governor weights moving the member in opposition to the spring, the reaction membe... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4116191 | Internal combustion engine with an auxiliary chamber Disclosed is an internal combustion engine comprising a main chamber and an auxiliary chamber which are interconnected with each other via a connecting passage. An annular raised portion is formed in the inner wall of the auxiliary chamber so as to divide... | 09/26/1978 |
