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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6209494 | Hybrid fuel-cell electric-combustion power system using complete pyrolysis This is a procedure for producing mechanical power and a hybrid power generation unit for practicing such a process. In particular, the procedure uses a thermal or catalytic cracker to crack or to pyrolyze (partially or completely) a liquid or gaseous pet... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209495 | Compound two stroke engine A two stroke compound engine has a pair of horizontally opposed piston cylinder assemblies extending along a common axis therein. Each piston cylinder assembly includes a piston, a combustion chamber and respective inlet and exhaust valves. A pair of conn... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209496 | Reciprocating internal combustion engine A reciprocating internal combustion engine has at least one cylinder with a reciprocating piston arranged therein. Two parallel crankshafts connected by a toothing rotate in opposite direction. Each one of the pistons has first and second rigid connecting... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209497 | Device for changing the relative rotational position of a shaft to the drive wheel The system according to the invention for the relative rotating position change of a shaft with respect to a driving wheel has an adjusting device with two pressure spaces which act against one another and which can be acted upon by a pressure medium pump... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209498 | Roller valve lifter with oiling channel A valve lifter of the present invention includes a tappet body having a forked housing for receiving a cylindrical roller. The cylindrical roller is provided with a bearing assembly and a shaft extending therethrough to operatively couple the roller to th... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209499 | Retainer groove and variable resistance assembly A C-clip retainer is provided in a groove of a piston, such as for an engine hydraulic valve lash adjuster, to allow installation and removably retain the piston in a cylinder of an associated assembly. The groove has a novel shape including an inner surf... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209500 | Cold start fuel preheat system for internal combustion engine A cold start fuel preheat system for an internal combustion engine includes a housing and a fuel rail extending through the housing to deliver fuel to the internal combustion engine. The cold start fuel preheat system also includes a phase transform mater... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209501 | Suction system for internal combustion engine A suction system for an internal combustion engine has branch pipes of an intake manifold disposed on and connected to a cylinder head through a swirl valve assembly. The swirl valve assembly includes first and second intake passages provided in a main bo... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209502 | Intake manifold with multiple stage ram induction An intake manifold for a four-cycle internal combustion engine with multiple stages to reduce imbalances in volumetric efficiency and air/fuel ratio. The intake manifold utilizes at least two ram stages coupled by a plenum chamber. The first stage include... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209503 | Intake duct An intake duct capable of reducing intake noise when an engine runs at a low speed and supplying a sufficiently large amount of air when the engine runs at a high speed without using any electron control circuit or electromagnetic valve, which is produced... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209504 | Heavy-duty valve stem seal An integral valve stem seal retainer and spring seat for a reduced diameter valve seal subassembly is disclosed having lower and upper portions. An annular sealing member is bonded to the upper portion of the metal retainer and an annular flange extends r... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209505 | Four-cycle engine for vehicle To provide a four-cycle engine for a vehicle, in which a cylinder bore is disposed in such a manner that the axial line thereof extends substantially in the horizontal direction. Furthermore, a cam shaft is disposed between an intake valve and an exhaust ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209506 | Cylinder head for internal combustion engine A cylinder head of a spark-ignition engine is divided into an upper cylinder head portion and a lower cylinder head portion by means of a division wall portion. An upper spark-plug hole is formed in the upper cylinder head portion, whereas a lower spark-p... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209507 | Valve mechanism for internal combustion engine A number of embodiments of cylinder head constructions wherein the cylinder head is comprised of a main cylinder head member that slidably supports the valves for the engine, and which has an upper peripheral edge that defines a cam chamber. At least one ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209508 | Four-cycle fuel-lubricated internal combustion engine A four-cycle, fuel lubricated, internal combustion engine system suited for a vehicle includes a fuel tank containing fuel at a remote location from the engine, a first fluid path for transporting fuel to the lubrication system of the engine, and a second... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209509 | Bearing insert for supporting rotatable shafts, method of repair, and related broach tool A cam shaft bearing insert is provided for use in a cam shaft support bearing for operably supporting a cam shaft in an internal combustion engine. The engine includes a cylinder head with bearing support towers that operably support journals on the cam s... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209510 | Piston and connecting rod assembly A piston and connecting rod assembly includes a piston crown, a piston skirt, a connecting rod, and a bearing insert. The piston skirt is a component separate from the piston crown and is connected to the piston crown to provide a piston body. The bearing... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209511 | Lean combustion gas engine The present invention relates to a lean combustion gas engine which receives a drive output by means of supplying and combusting gas fuel in a main combustion chamber. The lean combustion engine of the present invention comprises: a main combustion chambe... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209512 | Small-dimension two or four stroke vehicle engine with stratified feed A two or four stroke valve engine including at least one cylinder (3) within which a piston (4) moves and which receives an air-fuel mixture via at least one induction or intake duct (16). For the combustion products, at least one exhaust duct (17) is ope... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209513 | Inductive load driving device and driving method An inductive load driving device in which the rise of load current at an initial stage of driving can be executed at high speed includes a plurality of step-up circuits (21, 31), for alternately applying a high voltage to the same inductive load within a ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209514 | Direct injection gasoline engine A direct injection internal combustion gasoline engine has a piston 4 which includes a first inclined surface 22 approximately parallel to an intake-side inclined surface 11a of a cylinder head and a second inclined surface 23 approximately parallel to an... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209515 | Internal combustion engine, controller and method A stable combustion without generating smoke or misfire is performed by selectively conducting a first combustion mode and a second combustion mode. In the first combustion mode, an amount of an inert gas, e.g., EGR gas, provided to a combustion chamber i... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209516 | Control system and control method for diesel engine A control system for a compression ignition type diesel engine includes an operating state detecting unit for detecting the operating state of the diesel engine. A combustion mode selecting unit selects, in correspondence with the output of the operating ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209517 | Apparatus for controlling rotational speed of internal combustion engine A control apparatus controls the rotational speed of an internal combustion engine by generating a command value for ignition timing of the internal combustion engine to convert an actual rotational speed of the internal combustion engine to a predetermin... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209518 | Method and apparatus for fail safe control of an electronically controlled throttle valve of an internal combustion engine In a method and apparatus for fail-safe controlling an electronically-controlled throttle-type internal combustion engine, provision is made of two accelerator position sensors and two throttle position sensors. When either one of the two accelerator posi... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209519 | Method and arrangement for controlling the quiet running of an internal combustion engine The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for equalizing torque contributions of different cylinders of an internal combustion engine to the total torque of the engine. The engine can operate in an overrun mode and in a fired mode. First qu... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209520 | Method and apparatus for cylinder balancing An automobile cylinder balancing assembly 10 including a controller 36 which operates under stored program control and which substantially ensures that the torque produced by each of the cylinders 12, 14 is substantially equal, thereby causing the cylinde... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209521 | System for operating an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle A fuel-supply system for an internal combustion engine, particularly of a motor vehicle. The fuel-supply system is provided with a pump for delivering fuel into a storage chamber and for producing a pressure in the storage chamber. In addition, provision ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209522 | Variable delivery fuel supply device A variable delivery fuel supply device capable of obtaining a stable fuel pressure even in a case of inoperability of an electromagnetic valve and capable of improving the durability of the electromagnetic valve, which comprises fuel injection valves 1a t... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209523 | Control and safety valve arrangement in a fuel feeding system A control and safety valve arrangement in a fuel feeding system of an internal combustion engine, especially a large diesel engine, in which fuel is pumped from a fuel tank at least to one common pressure accumulator unit (1) and is fed therefrom under hi... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209524 | Fuel-injection apparatus A fuel-injection apparatus is disclosed, in which a valve stem and a valve body for an actuator-operated valve are formed separately from each other whereby the valve body may be made less in its pressure-exposed area, resulting in reducing the force for ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209525 | Fuel supply system for direct injection gasoline engine A fuel supply system for a direct injection gasoline engine can be used in a variable fuel pressure system without using a large pulsation absorber and, as a result, is inexpensive and can be easily reduced in size. The fuel supply system for a direct inj... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209526 | Direct injection engine system A method for controlling mode transitions, such as from stratified to homnogeneous mode, in a direct injection engine adjusts a number of cylinders carrying out combustion to prevent engine torque disturbances. Cylinder activation or deactivation is used ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209527 | Pressure regulating valve A pressure regulating valve has a valve chamber having an inlet for connecting to a pressure source, a discharge chamber communicating through a valve opening with the valve chamber, a valve member, a valve seat surrounding the valve opening, a valve clos... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209528 | Fuel supply system for automotive engines A fuel supply system for an automotive engine is provided in which fuel is injected from fuel injectors (31a to 31d) into the air that is drawn into the engine (30) through an intake passage (120) to produce a mixture of fuel and air; a microswitch (80) d... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209529 | Injector EGR valve and system An internal combustion engine has multiple combustion chambers each having intake and exhaust valves for controlling intake and exhaust flows into and from the combustion chamber, an induction system to the intake valves, an exhaust system from the exhaus... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209530 | Control system for exhaust gas recirculation system A system and method for controlling an exhaust gas recirculation system (10) on an electronically controlled, turbocharger (18) equipped internal combustion engine (12) having two or more actuating devices (84,86). In the disclosed embodiments, the actuat... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209531 | Line placing apparatus and method A device for placing a work line into a space that is normally difficult-to-reach, comprising a tubular handle having a locally terminated distal end and a hand-gripped slingshot attached to a butt end of the handle. A spool of a pull line attaches to the... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209532 | Soft handling process tooling for low and medium volume known good die product A method of transferring a semiconductor die from a wafer containing a plurality of semiconductor dice. There is provided a semiconductor wafer having a top side and an opposing bottom side and a plurality of dice formed therein, each die containing a por... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209533 | Smoker grill with side-mounted smokestack A preferred embodiment of the smoker grill of the present invention incorporates a smoker chamber and a firebox. The smoker chamber defines a smoker interior, which is adapted for receiving food items for smoking, and includes an opening for providing acc... | 04/03/2001 |
