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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5816204 | Variable valve timing mechanism for internal combustion engine A variable valve timing mechanism of an internal combustion engine varies the rotational phase of a camshaft with respect to a drive shaft to vary the timing of a set of engine valves. The mechanism includes a first rotor for a rotation in synchronism wit... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816205 | Oil supply structure in variable valve timing mechanism An oil supply structure for a variable valve timing mechanism that adjusts the valve timing of an exhaust valve of an engine. A exhaust side camshaft having a journal is provide for actuating the exhaust valve. A cylinder head and a bearing cap rotatably ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816207 | Tappet roller bearing A surface treatment layer for reducing friction is formed either on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft or on the inner peripheral surface of the roller opposed to the outer peripheral surface of the shaft with a small gap between them, wherein surf... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816208 | Engine decompression device An outboard motor embodying a four-cycle internal combustion engine having a decompression device for automatically reducing the compression ratio to assist in pull starting. The decompression device is mounted and operated through one end of the cam shaf... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816209 | Fuel injection system A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine provides a uniform flow of gaseous and liquid fuel to each of the intake passages of the engine. A balance passage interconnects each of the intake manifolds to each other and balances the pressure... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816210 | Structure of an exhaust port in an internal combustion engine A structure of an exhaust port (2) in an internal combustion engine is provided, which is capable of increasing the flow in the exhaust port (2) by regulating the flow of exhausted gases produced around a valve stem (4a). In the exhaust port (2) formed in... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816211 | Fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composite piston and cylinder/sleeve for an internal combustion engine This invention discloses a "ceramic" piston and cylinder/sleeve pair for an internal combustion engine. The pair has low coefficients of thermal expansion for closer parts tolerances without danger of seizing and/or breakage/cracking from dissimilar part ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816212 | Oil supply device In an oil supply device for a machine having different categories of oil consumers, to which respectively one supply loop provided with at least one pump is provided, it is possible to achieve a simple structure and advantageous operating costs in that al... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816213 | Integrated fuel and comburent feed assembly The fuel and comburent feed assembly of a combustion engine comprises a container having an internal chamber and housing an intake manifold of the engine, a filtration element of the comburent, a multiplicity of injection devices of the fuel to the intake... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816214 | Emission control system for an automobile The emission control system of the present invention removes the small amounts of polluting gases released from various parts of the automobile. These polluting gases are released from, for example, fuel oozing out from connections of the pipes in the fue... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816215 | Cylinder head for an in-cylinder injection spark-ignition type internal combustion engine A cylinder head for an in-cylinder injection spark-ignition type internal combustion engine is formed with an injection passage for providing communication between a fuel injection valve and a combustion chamber. The injection passage includes a first and... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816216 | Decompression brake device of automotive internal combustion engine A decompression brake device comprises a valve drive mechanism for driving an exhaust valve of an internal combustion engine. The valve drive mechanism has first, second and third conditions, the first condition being a condition wherein the exhaust valve... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816217 | Diesel engine air/fuel ratio controller for black smoke reduction A controller for mechanically setting a diesel engine's air/fuel ratio at a stoichiometric value to reduce black smoke emissions by regulating the quantity of fuel injected into a diesel engine's combustion chamber in response to the quantity of air flow ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816218 | Multi-cylinder engine control A number of embodiments of engine control systems wherein fuel injection and spark timing is controlled by individual sensors associated with each of the combustion chambers. This provides more accurate fuel-air control and ignition control, particularly ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816219 | Process for controlling the warm-up in an internal combustion engine Process for controlling the warm-up in an internal combustion engine wherein the combustion chamber pressure is obtained and evaluated, so that, using the evaluation of the combustion chamber pressure signal, the combustion is controlled so that combustio... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816220 | Process and device for monitoring a fuel delivery system In a process and in a device for monitoring a fuel delivery system, in particular a common rail system for a diesel engine, a defect in the delivery system is found when a signal from a temperature sensor and/or a pressure sensor deviates from a predeterm... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816221 | Fuel injected rope-start engine system without battery A system that provides rope-start capability on a fuel injected engine without the need of a battery. The system provides power to run an electronic fuel injection and the ignition directly from the alternator.... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816222 | Defect diagnosing apparatus for evaporative purge system From the relationship between the pressure change in the evaporative purge system during purge cutting and the valve opening pressure of an air intake valve, respective valve opening pressures of a tank internal pressure regulating valve and a back-purge ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816223 | Evaporative emission control system for providing fuel to vapor to automotive engine An engine controller tracks purge system pressure within a vapor line extending from a fuel tank to a carbon canister and, in the event that pressure changes at an unduly high rate, operates to restrict the purging of vapor from a carbon canister.... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816224 | Method and apparatus for utilizing gaseous and liquid fuels in an internal combustion engine A system for storing, handling, and controlling the delivery of the gaseous fuel to internal combustion engine powered devices adapted to run simultaneously on both a liquid fuel and a gaseous fuel. The invention provides a control system having a float c... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816225 | Device for the treatment of engine and heating fuels obtained from mineral oil or from plants The device is used for treating engine and heating fuels obtained from mineral oil or plants. It has a heating device (3) for heating the liquid engine or heating fuel and a reactor (1) containing at least one reactor element (4) which consists at least p... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816226 | In-line fuel treatment device An in-line fuel treatment device improves fuel efficiency and decreases the quantity of harmful gases produced as the result of combustion. The device comprises an elongate hollow tube having an inlet end and an outlet end and is adapted to be connected i... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816227 | Magnetic fuel stabilizer A magnetic fuel stabilizer comprising a fuel line between a metal plate and a magnet. The metal plate is electrically connected to ground by means of a shunt. The magnet comprises a magnet fuel line side in contact with the fuel line at a fuel line magnet... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816228 | Fuel injection system for clean low viscosity fuels An internal combustion engine that is driven by fuels such as dimethyl ether (DME) that have a viscosity less than 1.0 and a storage and delivery system for the fuel that will reduce considerably the emissions of NOx and particulate. The fuel d... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816229 | Internal combustion engine with hemi-spherical cylinder head and matched radiused piston An internal combustion engine having a piston is disclosed. The piston has a circular flat piston heat portion extending normal to the piston axis and opposed depressions opposite the combustion chamber intake and exhaust openings, respectively. The circu... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816230 | Air-fuel ratio control system for internal combustion engines An air-fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine has a sensor which detects the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gases in an exhaust passage of the engine emitted from a plurality of cylinders. An air-fuel ratio of a mixture supplied to each of... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816231 | Controller for heater of air-fuel-ratio sensor An apparatus controls power supplied to a heater of an air-fuel-ratio sensor in consideration of the radiant heat from a catalytic converter. A map showing a relationship between power supplied to the heater and engine operating conditions is prepared on ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816232 | Paintball loader having active feed mechanism An active feed loader for a paintball gun. The active feed loader includes a generally horizontal interior passageway or channel having a first end in communication with an interior space of the housing where paintballs are housed. A rotatable paddle posi... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816233 | Archery bow limb and method A composite reinforced limb of an archery bow is at least partially encased in a flexible plastic material which closely overlies and firmly engages the limb to substantially prevent the composite layers or fibers adjacent the limb from becoming detached ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816234 | Convection oven An oven having a heating element cavity including a heating element, an oven cavity including a plurality of inner walls, at least one of which includes a plurality of vertically and horizontally-spaced wall apertures that are in communication with the he... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816235 | Infrared gas burner for gas cookers An infrared gas burner for a gas cooker including a mixing tube arranged between a gas valve and a burner unit and adapted to mix gas supplied from the gas valve with air, a support member for supporting a ceramic plate within the burner unit in such a ma... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816236 | Viscous fluid type heat generator with an additional chamber for storing viscous fluid A viscous fluid type heat generator including a housing assembly defining a heat generating chamber and an additional chamber communicated through fluid passageway means with the heat generating chamber, these chambers forming a fluid-tight chamber for ac... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816237 | Low emission fireplace This invention relates to heating apparatus and particularly compact heating apparatus fuelled by a flammable fluid such as gas in which a visible flame is provided. The appearance of the visible flame and the fireplace setting within the heating apparatu... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816238 | Durable fluorescent solar collectors A solar collector exhibiting durable fluorescent properties comprising a polymeric matrix, dye, and hindered amine light stabilizer, wherein the polymeric matrix is comprised of polycarbonate and the dye is comprised of a dye selected from the group consi... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816240 | Spacer An improved spacer (10) for use in administering an aerosol medication to a patient includes a spacer body member (30) having a cylindrical wall (50) defining a generally hollow chamber (56), and a patient delivery member (20) in fluid communication with ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816241 | Coiled nasal dilator A removable device inserted into the nose which is designed to improve quality of sleep by increasing air-flow volume to lungs and to provide relief from snoring caused by insufficient air and mouth breathing. Triangular in shape with an open-ended base, ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816242 | Device for transmitting information via a patient tube in an intensive care or anesthetic machine In a device for transmitting information via a patient tube from a location near the patient to an intensive care or anesthetic machine, at least one signal source is arranged at one end portion of the tube to deliver information-carrying signals which pr... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816243 | Air supply apparatus An emergency air supply mask is provided including a head assembly having a transparent face portion defining a rear peripheral edge. The face portion has a plurality of bores formed therein. A filter unit includes a transparent plate and at least one bor... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816244 | Modular structural system for personal service and oxygen dispensing system modules for use in transport aircraft with improved latch and testing capability The compression molded aircraft personal service unit and integrated oxygen dispensing system module housings are formed by compression molding of a sheet molding material. The integrated oxygen dispensing system module can be mounted separately in the ai... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816245 | Electronic pneumothorax monitoring device The device presented here is a device for detecting the presence of pneumothorax in a patient including a non-coherent light source for shining light on a patient, mounted on a first patch, capable of being attached to the patient, a light detector for re... | 10/06/1998 |
