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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6718914 | Method for neutralizing offensive chemical odors A method is provided for neutralizing the odor of low molecular weight thiols, such as found in skunk spray, in an affected area. An effective amount of a cleaning composition including an oil phase having at least one of a hydrocarbon oil and a hydrocarbon solvent,... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718915 | Horizontal spiral tube boiler convection pass enclosure design A convection pass enclosure for a boiler comprising a front wall having a gas inlet for receiving gases from the boiler; right and left side walls connected to the front wall; a rear wall having a gas outlet, the rear wall being connected between the right and left ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718916 | Container for the coolant of an internal combustion engine A container for the coolant of an internal combustion engine including a first chamber (11), which forms the coolant reservoir and has a connection to a radiator. The first chamber is equipped with a sealing cap (19), and the sealing cap seals the firs... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718917 | Two-stroke internal combustion engine Crankcase scavenged internal combustion engine of two-stroke type (1) having at least one cylinder (15) and at least one air passage arranged between an air inlet (2) and the upper part of a number of scavenging ducts (3, 3′) with exhau... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718918 | Device for actuating a gas exchange valve In a device for actuating at least one gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine, comprising at least one pivoting armature, which is operatively connected to the gas exchange valve, and at least one first and at least one second electromagnetic units for ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718919 | Valve driving apparatus A valve driving apparatus includes a magnetic flux generating element in which an electromagnetic coil is wound to generate magnetic flux, a magnetic field generating element which has at least two poles to distribute magnetic flux and form at least one magnetic fie... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718920 | Camshaft rotational phase detecting apparatus and cylinder intake air quantity calculating apparatus for engine A camshaft rotational phase detecting apparatus for an engine provided with a variable valve timing control mechanism which controls a camshaft rotational phase of an engine valve to a target camshaft rotational phase by varying a rotational phase of a camshaft rela... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718921 | Method and apparatus for cleaning an oil control valve for an internal combustion engine The present invention is a method and apparatus to clean an oil control valve for use by an internal combustion engine. The invention causes the oil control valve to execute a cleaning routine when specific entrance criteria are met. This ensures cleaning of the val... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718922 | Cam phase control apparatus and method, and engine control unit for internal combustion engine A cam phase control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided for improving the controllability in a transient state in which an actual cam phase converges to a target cam phase to accurately and readily identify model parameters even when a mechanism ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718923 | Hydraulic play compensation element for a valve gear of an internal combustion engine The aim of the invention is to functionally improve a hydraulic play compensation element for a valve gear of an internal combustion engine. To this end, the play compensation element is characterized by the following features. Both components (4; 6) enclose ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718924 | Design and assembly method of a low cost camshaft A camshaft assembly and method of making a camshaft assembly is disclosed. Each of the cams includes a lobe boss portion that defines the cam lift profile, and a base portion that provides a surface for joining the cam to the shaft. In contrast to conventional ring-... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718925 | Heat storage tank In a heat storage tank, an elbow pipe member defining a water introduction passage is formed by connecting an inlet-side cylinder portion and an outlet-side cylinder portion to have a corner portion. A step portion is disposed in the water introduction passage aroun... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718926 | Starter motor having labyrinth ventilation passage An inside space of a starter motor having a motor, a magnetic switch and a reduction gear train is ventilated through a ventilation passage formed in the starter motor. The ventilation passage includes a labyrinth passage formed at a portion connecting a front housi... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718927 | Vehicle electrical system, particularly for a truck Two low-voltage energy storage devices (B1 and B2) are provided in an arrangement that ensures, on the one hand, a high start power in the vehicle electrical system, resulting from being connected to a higher-level voltage, for a starter generator (SG)... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718928 | Method for starting a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine The invention relates to a method for starting a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine (1), especially of a motor vehicle. The position of a piston (2) in a cylinder (3) of the engine (1) is determined and fuel is injected into a comb... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718929 | Starting method for internal combustion engine and starting device for the same In an internal combustion engine provided with a decompression mechanism, a decompression cam that is rotatable with respect to a camshaft between first and second stop positions has a cam profile so that an exhaust valve is opened at the first stop position and is ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718930 | Intake system of a V-type engine A first intake pipe has one end connected to a second side of the surge tank which faces a second cylinder bank, and a second intake pipe has one end connected to a first side of the surge tank which faces a first cylinder bank. Adjacent the intake pipe ends, the fi... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718931 | Recoil starter A recoil starter has a starter case provided around a starter shaft. A one-way clutch mechanism is formed between one end of the starter shaft and an engine. A reel is mounted rotatably on the starter shaft and a rope is wound in a groove of the reel. A first spiral... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718932 | Lightweight engine poppet valve A lightweight engine poppet valve that has a valve head portion made from a lightweight, heat resistant material is attached to a hollow tube stem portion. The attachment is made with a mechanically locking interfitting joint on an extending portion of the valve hea... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718933 | Valve seal for rotary valve engine A valve seal for a rotary valve assembly for use in an internal combustion engine of the piston and cylinder type, the valve seal having a valve body member having a curved annular upper surface conforming to the spherical periphery of a spherical rotary valve, the ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718934 | Balancer structure for a V-type engine A balancer shaft is positioned on the center plane which divides cylinder banks of a V-type engine and which passes through an axis of the crankshaft, and is positioned directly below the crankshaft, whereby the balancer shaft is in close proximity to the crankshaft... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718935 | Hydraulic fuel system There is provided a hydraulic fuel system having an integrated and internally mounted oil circuit for providing high pressure in a hydraulically operated electronically controlled fuel injector fuel system. There is provide an internally mounted high pressure pump i... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718936 | Four-cycle engine for small watercraft Disclosed is a four-cycle engine for a small watercraft including a fuel injector for injecting a fuel into an air-intake passage through an injection nozzle, an openable valve provided in the air-intake passage for regulating an intake amount of air into a cylinder... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718937 | System and method for performing partial cylinder cut-off of internal combustion engine A system and method for performing partial cylinder cut-off of an internal combustion engine is provided, the system including a rocker arm including first and second arms that are selectively joined together; a rocker arm connecting unit operated by hydraulic press... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718938 | Hinged rotor internal combustion engine A rotary internal combustion engine comprises a four-segment hinged rotor assembly accommodated in a coaxial housing such that the rotor assembles deforms and continuously adapts to the housing internal profile during its rotation. The closed non-circular rotor hous... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718939 | Engine cylinder induction air quantity measurement An engine cylinder induction air quantity measuring apparatus includes a controller to calculate an intake manifold inside air quantity of air in an intake manifold, from a sensed intake air quantity by performing a balance calculation to calculate a balance between... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718940 | Hydraulic lash adjuster with compression release brake The present invention is directed to an improved assembly for operating at least one exhaust valve and at least one intake valve in a cylinder in an engine. The assembly includes a rocker shaft, an intake rocker arm pivotally mounted on the rocker shaft for operatin... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718941 | Engine fuel control device and control method for requested idle air quantity An engine fuel control device includes an idle speed control valve that is disposed in a bypass passage that bypasses a throttle valve, a starting phase determination means that determines whether the engine is in a pre-start phase or a post-start phase, a first ope... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718942 | Method for estimation of the quantity of fresh air present in the intake and exhaust manifolds of an internal combustion engine with a recirculation circuit Method for estimation of the quantity of fresh air present in the intake and exhaust manifolds of an internal combustion engine with a recirculation circuit, by an observer, applied to a system of the third order, which models the physical system constituted by the ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718943 | Controlling undesired fore and aft oscillations of a motor vehicle In order to control vehicle shuffle, ie undesired fore and aft oscillations of the vehicle, the invention discloses a method comprising the steps of: continuously sensing the speed of the vehicle motor and producing a signal representing the speed anal... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718944 | Method of cylinder shut-off in an internal combustion engine, in particular of a vehicle, and appropriate device The method and the device are used for cylinder shut-off in an internal combustion engine (10), in particular of a vehicle, using a control unit (15) in effective operational contact with the cylinders (11, 12, 13, 14) of the internal combustion... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718945 | Multicylinder petrol engine with variable actuation of the valves A multicylinder petrol engine is provided with a hydraulic system for variable actuation of the valves, which enables easy control of operation of the engine according to different strategies. The engines according to the invention is, in particular, able to operate... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718946 | Fuel injection device of an engine A device provided with a fuel injector and a reservoir for temporarily storing the fuel to be fed to the fuel injector. Fuel is injected at least two times in one engine cycle. Pulsation of fuel occurring in the fuel injector due to a prior fuel injection is propaga... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718947 | Fuel injection method and systems for an internal combustion engine A method for injecting fuel at at least two different high fuel pressures via injectors into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The fuel injection at the higher fuel pressure takes place by pressure-controlled features, during the fuel injectio... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718948 | Fuel delivery module for petrol direct injection applications including supply line pressure regulator and return line shut-off valve A fuel delivery system and method are described that can provide different pressures of the supply of fuel to a power source such as an engine or a motor. The engine or the motor can power, for example, a vehicle or a generator. The fuel delivery system includes a f... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718949 | Fuel injection system A fuel injection system for direct injection of fuels into at least one combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine has at least one fuel injection valve for each combustion chamber which can be inserted at a spray section into a respective receptacle bore h... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718950 | Electrically driven hydraulic pump sleeve actuator A hydraulically-actuated system includes a fix displacement variable delivery pump with a plurality of parallel disposed pistons that reciprocate in a pump housing the defines a high pressure portion and a low pressure area. A control device is attached to the pump ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718951 | Advance arrangement An advance arrangement for use in controlling timing of fuel delivery by a fuel pump comprises an advance piston which is moveable within a first bore and which cooperates, in use, with a cam arrangement of a fuel pump to adjust the timing of fuel delivery by the pu... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718952 | Fuel module assembly A fuel pump module (10) includes a fuel reservoir (R), fuel pump (26), manifold (32) connected to a pump outlet (30), a fuel line (FS) for supplying fuel to an engine (E), and a return line (FR) returning unconsumed fuel to the reservoir ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718953 | Fuel vapor separator with a flow directing component within a fuel recirculating flow path A fuel delivery system for a marine engine provides first, second, and third reservoirs of a fuel vapor separator and first, second, and third pumps to cause fuel to be drawn from the fuel tank and provided to the combustion chambers of an internal combustion chambe... | 04/13/2004 |
