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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6397792 | Internal combustion engine with a fluid cooling system The invention relates to an internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder bank of cylinders (12) arranged in a row in at least one cylinder block, and at least one fluid cooling system allocated to a particular cylinder bank. Said fluid cooling sy... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397793 | Microcombustion engine/generator A knocking-based, micro-combustion engine constructed in three layers of micromachined material. Two outer layers contain means for directing gases and fuels into and out of vents in a middle layer. The middle layer has machined in it two, linear, free pi... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397794 | Piston engine assembly A variable compression piston assembly includes a plurality of pistons, a transition arm coupled to each of the pistons, and a rotating member mounted for pivoting movement to slide along an axis of the drive member. Movement of the rotating member relati... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397795 | Engine with dry sump lubrication, separated scavenging and charging air flows and variable exhaust port timing An engine is disclosed having an improved lubrication system and scavenging system. An oil sleeve is positioned between the cylinder and the crankcase, the sleeve having a bore sized to receive the piston. The piston and sleeve define an annular oil space... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397796 | Oiling systems and methods for changing lengths of variable compression ratio connecting rods An engine 20 has an oiling system including a pump (46) that delivers oil under nominal engine lubrication pressure to lubricate moving surfaces of the engine mechanism (42). The system also has first and second control passages (30, 32) to effect engine ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397797 | Method of controlling valve landing in a camless engine A method of controlling valve landing in a camless engine including a valve movable between fully open and fully closed positions, and an electromagnetic valve actuator for actuating the valve is provided. The method includes providing at least one discre... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397798 | Method and device for electromagnetic valve actuating The electromagnetic valve actuator has a valve drive armature and return springs provided to hold the valve in a determined rest position substantially halfway between two extreme positions namely a valve closed position and a valve open position. An elec... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397799 | Method for controlling a valve lift device A method for controlling a valve lift device associated with an internal combustion engine includes determining, according to maps, a relative timing angle to be applied to a camshaft and crankshaft. The determined timing angle is processed with a PID-typ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397800 | Valve control device of internal combustion engine A first variable valve actuating mechanism varies an operating angular range of an intake valve, a second variable valve actuating mechanism varies a center angle of the operating angular range, and a control unit controls, through the first and second va... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397801 | Valve timing control apparatus of an internal combustion engine A valve timing control apparatus, includes a drive wheel in driving relation with the crankshaft and has a hollow space with at least one hydraulic working chamber demarcated by two boundary walls extending inwardly from an inner wall surface of the drive... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397802 | Multiple cylinder internal combustion engine A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder row is equipped with a cylinder head housing containing intake and exhaust valves that feed combustion air to the cylinders and release combustion exhaust gases through an exhaust syst... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397803 | Valve timing control system for internal combustion engine A valve timing control system for an internal combustion engine for improving engine starting performance by controlling an actuator to a lock-up position upon stopping of the engine and fixing the actuator positively at the lock-up position by a locking ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397804 | Valve drive mechanism for engine A valve drive mechanism includes a generally cylindrically shaped tappet assembly (24) comprising a center tappet (41 ) and a side tappet (42). The center tappet (41 ) has a circular-arcuate side walls (41c) formed with vertical side shrouds (41d) at oppo... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397805 | Retainer for rocker arm coupling in an internal combustion engine A resilient retainer is disclosed for a rocker arm coupling joining a valve assembly to a rocker arm assembly in an internal combustion engine. The rocker arm coupling comprises a first coupling member having a socket for receiving a ball extending from a... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397806 | Engine valve assembly for internal combustion engine In an engine valve assembly, a valve lifter comprises a cylindrical main body portion and a head wall portion by which an opening of the cylindrical main body portion is enclosed and with which a cam is brought in contact, a valve stem is contacted on an ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397807 | Internal combustion engine having combustion heater An internal combustion engine having a combustion heater is capable of enhancing an engine starting characteristic by improving warm-up of the engine and ensuring a sufficient oxygen content in intake air of the engine. An ECU executes, at the engine star... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397808 | Engine starter having traction-drive type reduction gear and torque transmitting device for linking the reduction gear and driven shaft of engine An engine starter for preventing undesirable noises is disclosed, which is applicable to a vehicle employing an idle stop system. The starter comprises a starter motor; a traction-drive type reduction gear connected to the starter motor and positioned bet... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397809 | Balancing device for a four-cycle engine There is provided a balancing device for a four-cycle V-type eight-cylinder engine having a bank gap angle of 90 degrees, characterized by provision on a common rotating shaft (balance shafts 81, 82 as described in the mode for carry... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397810 | Balancer-fitting configuration for an internal combustion engine To provide a balancer-fitting configuration for an internal combustion engine. With the balancer-fitting configuration of the present invention, the vibration control of an internal combustion engine with forward-inclined cylinders is achieved effectively... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397811 | Electronically controlled lubricating oil removal system A novel method and system for automatically removing an engine's used lubricating oil and injecting the used oil into the engine's fuel system throughout operation is disclosed. The lube oil removal system includes a removal and injection pump including a... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397812 | Temporary cylinder and piston rod housing for an engine being repaired A housing includes a flange apertured to receive cap screws for temporary attachment to the block of an air cooled engine to enclose a piston rod and close a cylinder of the engine to protect engine parts from foreign matter. Oval flange openings accept c... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397813 | Method and apparatus for inducing swirl in an engine cylinder by controlling engine valves Swirl motion of gases in a combustion chamber of an engine is affected by changing the timing of opening and closing one of two intake and/or exhaust valves. By retarding the opening of one intake valve relative to a second intake valve, swirl motion can ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397814 | Apparatus and method for controlling intake air quantity for internal combustion engine In a control apparatus and method for controlling an intake air quantity for an internal combustion engine, a throttle position of a throttle valve installed in an intake system of the engine is controlled in such a manner that an intake pressure around t... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397815 | Load adjusting device A load adjusting device for a throttle (3) that determines the output of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle has an emergency-running spring (17) produced from an elastic material. A return spring (12) is configured as a steel spring and bias... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397816 | Throttle position control method and system A method for controlling a throttle of an electronic throttle control-equipped engine. The method includes the steps of providing a desired throttle position derived from the driver demand and vehicle system requests. The method generates first and second... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397817 | Control system for in-cylinder injection type engine Ignition timing changing control is performed in an engine operated under a condition of injecting fuel in the compression stroke. When ignition timing is changed in the engine operated under a condition of injecting fuel in the compression stroke, the fu... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397818 | Engine warm-up offsets An internal combustion engine is controlled during a warm-up period as a function of a cumulative measure of energy supplied to the engine. For example, the total amount of fuel delivered to the engine since start-up or an accumulated value of a load leve... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397819 | Fuel supply system in an internal combustion engine In fuel delivery systems with two fuel pumps connected in series, two fuel distribution strips are provided in V-engines. Before now in this connection, there was the problem that in order to regulate the pressure in the two fuel distribution strips, a co... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397820 | Method and device for controlling a combustion engine Methods are disclosed for controlling an internal combustion engine in a vehicle which include detecting the value of a variable associated with an operating condition of the engine including the rotational speed and the load of the engine, determining a ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397821 | Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine For an internal combustion engine serving as a ship's propulsion unit or a generator drive, it is proposed, in operation within the range of the nominal output point, with the occurrence of a significant load change on the power take-off, to shift the inj... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397822 | Integrated fuel system unit with two-stage marine fuel pump An integrated fuel system unit (10) comprises a two-stage fuel pump (16) and fuel filter (34). The fuel filter is interposed between the first and second pump stages (S1,S2) so fuel flowing between the stages is drawn through the filter. A spiral-wound fu... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397823 | Purge valve integration An emission control system includes a purge valve mounted to an air intake manifold. An external wall defines an internal manifold space for distributing induction flow that has entered the manifold to be directed to the engine cylinders. A substantially ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397824 | Fault diagnosing apparatus for evapopurge systems A fault diagnosing apparatus for evapopurge systems, including a device adapted to detect a pressure in the interior of an evapopassage including a fuel tank, a depressurization device adapted to close a first valve provided in an atmosphere-opened port o... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397825 | Oxygen enrichment for air-assist type fuel injectors A fuel system for an internal combustion engine has an air-assist fuel injection system. An oxygen generator is employed to supply oxygen-enriched air to the fuel injector to create a more readily ignitable mixture in the engine combustion chamber.... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397826 | Fuel cooling system for fuel emulsion based compression ignition engine The present invention improves operation of a compression ignition engine using a fuel emulsion. Fuel emulsions tend to separate at high temperatures and pressures as a surfactant in the emulsion looses its effectiveness. The present invention employs a f... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397827 | Spark ignition device for direct injection-type engines An ignition device sets a total discharge period, each discharge period and each intermittent period of a multiple discharge are set by a control map in addition to the setting of a throttle opening, fuel injection timing, fuel injection period and igniti... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397828 | Method for controlling the titre of the air-fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine A method for controlling the titre of the air-fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine provided with at least two cylinders, in which the exhaust gas present in a common exhaust manifold is analyzed in order to measure at least two successive values ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397829 | Purge control system of engine A purge control system of an engine has a purge valve which is opened and closed in accordance with the state of operation of the engine so as to establish a purge-on mode and a purge-off mode, thereby controlling purge rate which is the flow rate of the ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397830 | Air-fuel ratio control system and method using control model of engine An internal combustion engine is simulated as a control model that covers from a fuel injection point to an air-fuel ratio detection point. A response time constant of the control model is calculated as a continuous function of the amount of intake air, a... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397831 | Saw for cutting of hard materials A saw for cutting hard materials, and including a guide rail (24) securable to a cut component, a support (13) displaceable along the guide rail (24), a saw head (1) including a drive for driving a saw blade, a guide element along which the saw head (1) i... | 06/04/2002 |
