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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6032608 | Pointer indicator A pointer device having an illuminated pointer made of light-guiding material, mounted rotatably about a pointer axis, having a permanently mounted light source whose light is coupled axially into the illuminated pointer. The illuminated pointer includes ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032609 | Dosage indicator medicine container The combination of a bottle used to contain pharmaceutical products such as capsules, pills, tablets, caplets, gelcaps or the like and a permanent indicia system having a plurality of indicators operated sequentially by an irreversible physical act produc... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032610 | Apparatus for dispensing a quantity of material on a shell A food material dispensing apparatus for adding a topping to a target food is described. The apparatus comprises a first hopper and a first food distributing system. The first hopper is adapted for receiving the food material at an inlet and delivering th... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032611 | Apparatus for forming single-crystalline thin film by beam irradiator and beam reflecting device In order to form a single-crystalline thin film on a polycrystalline substrate using plasma CVD, a downwardly directed mainly neutral Ne atom current is formed by an ECR ion generator (2). A reaction gas such as silane gas which is supplied from a reactio... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032612 | Automated in ovo injection apparatus A multi-site in ovo injection apparatus and related methods for treating live eggs is disclosed. The multi-site injection apparatus includes one or more injection delivery devices which are configured to deliver multiple treatment substances to predetermi... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032613 | Biological treatment system for gaseous waste A biological treatment system for removal of gaseous waste materials. The system comprises a column containing microorganisms which break down components of the waste materials; a pond in series with the column containing life forms in addition to the mic... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032614 | Housing for a small animal A housing for a small pet animal has a housing body, a plurality of unit plates and attaching mechanism for the unit plates. The unit plates form a shape which fits in the housing body in a horizontal state when combined with each other on an plane. The a... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032615 | Amusement device for household pets, such as cats An outer housing preferably fabricated from a transparent or translucent plastic material, the outer housing including a central connecting portion and three outwardly extending arms. Slots are provided in the top and the sides of the three outwardly exte... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032616 | Rapid response hot water heater A hot water heater for generating substantial instantaneous hot water by positioning a plurality of burners adjacent one end of a heat transfer section. The heat transfer section includes an elongated housing which has a plurality of tubes carried therein... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032617 | Dual fuel engine which ignites a homogeneous mixture of gaseous fuel, air, and pilot fuel A method of operating an engine assembly having a cylinder assembly which defines a combustion chamber is disclosed. The method includes the steps of performing an intake stroke of the cylinder assembly and advancing a conditioning fuel into the combustio... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032618 | Cooling system for a motor-vehicle engine A cooling system for an internal combustion engine has temperature sensors including at least one sensor for the temperature of the cooling fluid and at least one sensor for the temperature of the metal body of the engine. Both sensors are used for contro... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032619 | Piston having a tube to deliver oil for cooling a crown A piston (20) for an engine having a crown portion (22) that contains a generally closed cooling chamber (58) that communicates with a cooling fluid source by a cooling bore (74) formed in a pin ear (60, 62). A tube portion (80) is located along the cooli... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032620 | Air intake structure in a construction machine An air intake structure in a construction machine, comprising a radiator chamber, a radiator ventilating hole formed in an upper position of the radiator chamber, an air cleaner chamber formed in close proximity to the radiator chamber, an air cleaner ven... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032621 | Cooling device for water cooled engine A part attachment hole for attaching an accessory part, such an ignition plug, is formed in a substantially central part of a cylinder head of a water-cooled engine. A plurality of cylinder block attachment bolt holes are formed around the part attachment... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032622 | Internal combustion cylinder engine An internal combustion engine is provided. The engine includes a housing (9) having at least first and second pairs of chambers (20) formed in the housing. Each chamber extends from the exterior of the housing to a predetermined point therein. The first p... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032623 | Control apparatus and control method of variable valve timing structure In a hydraulic type variable valve timing structure having a construction for changing a phase of a cam shaft by controlling the current provided to a linear solenoid valve, and a change of said rotational phase corresponding to the increase of said curre... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032624 | Engine valve actuating devices Integrally formed with each other are a first engaging portion 20A and second engaging portion 20B of a connecting member 20 that are rotatably supported by a support shaft 24 disposed below a rocker arm 10. The engaging portions 20A and 20B are formed to... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032625 | Variable valve control for internal combustion engines In a variable valve control for an internal combustion engine with a cylinder head having a first camshaft controlling the opening of the engines intake valves and a second camshaft for controlling the closing of the engines intake valve, a control drive ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032626 | Device for varying valve timing of gas exchange valves of internal combustion engines, particularly a vane-type camshaft adjusting device A vane-type camshaft adjusting device for an internal combustion engine, comprising a drive pinion (2) connected in driving relationship to a crankshaft, and a winged wheel (8) connected rotationally fast to a camshaft (7), the drive pinion (2) comprises ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032627 | Compact valve actuation mechanism A valve actuation device. The device may include a free floating valve bridge movably supported within a cavity in the engine housing. The bridge may be provided with a cavity and an orifice arrangement for pumping gases entrained with lubricating fluid t... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032628 | Camshaft drive for four cycle outboard motor An outboard motor embodying a twin overhead camshaft, four cycle internal combustion engine as a power plant. The engine has an improved flexible transmitter drive for the camshaft, which permits the drive pulley to overly the end main bearings for the ca... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032629 | Variable valve timing arrangement Two embodiments of VVT mechanisms for internal combustion engines. The VVT mechanisms are hydraulically operated by the engine lubricating oil through control passages formed in the forward-most bearing portion of the camshaft. However, spaced on both sid... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032630 | Valve lifter A direct valve drive device which can open and lose a valve with accuracy even if a negative valve clearance forms between the cam and the valve stem due to a difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the cylinder head made of aluminum alloy and... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032631 | Tappet for a valve train of an internal combustion engine In a tappet (1) of a valve train of an internal combustion engine, the leakage of hydraulic medium occurring between its reception bore (6) and skirt (2) is to be reduced. To achieve this, the tappet (1) of the invention comprises an anti-rotation device ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032632 | Starting and driving unit for internal combustion engine of motor vehicle A driving and starting unit for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle has a driving element, a switching transmission, a coupling arrangable between a drive shaft of the internal combustion engine and the switching transmission, an electrical c... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032633 | Vertical crankshaft engine for outboard marine engines In a outboard marine engine having a vertically oriented crankshaft, an intake manifold assembly which may consist of a one-piece cast member is disposed on one side of the cylinder block, and a throttle body is connected to an upstream end of said manifo... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032634 | Air induction system for internal-combustion engine The present invention provides a compact air induction system for an internal-combustion engine in which an air inlet section, a collection section and the intake port section for a plurality of cylinders of the internal-combustion engine are formed adjac... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032635 | Overhead cam engine with integral head A single cylinder, internal combustion engine with a dry sump lubrication system. The engine includes an engine housing in which the overhead camshaft and crankshaft are rotatably supported, and the housing includes an integrally formed cylinder and head.... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032636 | Disc-type rotary engine A rotary disc having at least two radial concave portions and two radial convex portions on one end is opposed at the concave/convex surface to a concave/convex surface of a non-rotary disc having the concave/convex surface of the same shape, and one of t... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032637 | Control system for controlling a fuel direct injection type of engine An engine control system for controlling operation of an engine of a type injecting fuel directly into a combustion chamber in different injection modes according to engine operating conditions has a map of engine control values with respect to specified ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032638 | Fuel injection system A number of embodiments of direct injected V-type outboard motors provided with a very effective fuel supply system wherein the number of components can be significantly reduced as well as the elimination of many of the flexible conduits normally employed... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032639 | Diagnosis for fuel system of internal combustion engine A diagnostic system for a fuel system of an internal combustion engine such as direct-injection gasoline engine monitors a pressure deviation of a actual fuel pressure sensed by a fuel pressure sensor from a desired fuel pressure in a feedback fuel pressu... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032640 | Control method for spark-ignition engines The control system disconnects the throttle from direct connection with the accelerator pedal, which sets the power requirements or demand. The demand signal passes to a computer control or microprocessor which electronically controls the throttle as a fu... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032641 | Fuel injection device for diesel engine A fuel injection device for a diesel engine adapted to perform a preliminary injection (1) and a main injection (2) to a combustion chamber (3), wherein the preliminary injection (1) is adjusted to begin within a valve overlap term (40). Within the valve ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032642 | Method for enhanced split injection in internal combustion engines A method of controlling fuel delivery in a fuel injection system capable of performing a split injection includes comparing at least one engine operating temperature to a temperature threshold, and disabling split injection when the at least one engine op... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032643 | Decompression engine brake device of automotive internal combustion engine A decompression engine brake device is incorporated with an internal combustion engine. The device comprises an exhaust valve arranged to open and close an exhaust port of a combustion chamber of the engine. A valve stem extends from the exhaust valve. A ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032644 | Method and arrangement for controlling an internal combustion engine The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for controlling an internal combustion engine wherein the operational reliability of the control is ensured by comparing the actual torque of the engine to a maximum permissible torque. This torque ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032645 | Electronic fuel injection apparatus for diesel engine An electronic fuel injection apparatus for a diesel engine comprising a driving state detection means for detecting a driving state of a vehicle associated with an automatic transmission and a controller for periodically determining a target injection qua... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032646 | Control apparatus and a control method for a vehicle A control device and a control method capable of eliminating a torque variation in changing an air/fuel ratio and establishing a compatibility of promotion in fuel economy with promotion in drivability is provided. The device includes an outer environment... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032647 | Throttle valve control device For controlling a throttle valve of an internal combustion engine, there is provided a control valve control device. The device includes a throttle body; a pivot shaft rotatably held by the throttle body and extending across a throttle chamber of the thro... | 03/07/2000 |
