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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6932024 | Compact pedigrees showing heritable traits for many individuals Large, complex pedigrees of animals and plants group individuals for improved visualization. A computer transforms data from each mating to display nodes having separate symbols only for groups of offspring having common sex and/or traits. Pedigrees can include comp... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932025 | Scalable fish rearing raceway system A scalable fish rearing raceway system is provided, incorporating a fish containment structure having two semi-circular end sections, and two or more parallel fish raceways, surrounding a central zone for housing water treatment systems and a secondary fish crop. He... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932026 | Aquatic farm An aquatic farm has at least two segregated pools and an inter-pool transporter. The at least two segregated pools are stacked. Adjacent segregated pools are attached to each other with a vertical separation, and upper segregated pools are smaller than adjacent lowe... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932027 | Pet tethering apparatus The instant invention is a two piece waist mounted harness for use in hands free exercising of pets. The two pieced waist harness includes a back portion which is enlarged and padded and can be placed about a persons waist with a front portion which allows for ease ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932028 | Apparatus and method for determining a liquid level in a steam drum An apparatus for determining a density-compensated liquid level in a vessel containing a mixture of liquid and vapors comprises a temperature sensor which produces a signal that is proportional to the temperature of the mixture; and a processing apparatus that inclu... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932029 | Coolant pump cavitation suppressor An engine cooling system includes a centrifugal coolant pump and a cavitation suppressor in the system upstream of the pump inlet. The suppressor increases pressure in the pump inlet by a converging nozzle that accelerates a jet of coolant at the location of the sta... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932030 | Microgenerator of electrical energy Described herein is a microgenerator of electrical energy with a high power density, which uses an internal-combustion micromotor with two combustion chambers set opposite to one another, within which a piston is displaced with reciprocating motion. The piston is at... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932031 | Scavenging system for intermittent linear motor The intermittent linear motor of this invention incorporates features which enhance the exhaust scavenging and cooling processes, as well as simplifying overall construction including a compression plenum below the piston where air displaced during a power stroke by... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932032 | Two-stroke engine A two-stroke engine (1) has a combustion chamber (3) disposed in a cylinder (2). The combustion chamber (3) is delimited by a reciprocating piston (5). The piston (5) drives a crankshaft (7) via a connecting rod (6... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932033 | System and method for improving VCT closed-loop response at low cam torque frequency Known method suitable for implementation in a computer program product for VCT closed-loop control system generally includes an integrator to eliminate the steady state error. A novel method suitable for implementation in a computer program product includes a set po... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932034 | Fail-safe control apparatus for internal combustion engine equipped with variable valve characteristic mechanism and method thereof When it is detected that any one of a plurality of variable valve characteristic mechanisms disposed for every cylinder groups is failed, an effective opening degree (valve lift amount, valve operating angle or the like) in a valve characteristic in the failed state... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932035 | Cylinder valve operating system for internal combustion engine A poppet valve operating system for an internal combustion engine includes a finger follower which is driven by an intermediate rocker. The intermediate rocker selectively converts motion imparted by a drive cam into either a purely translational trajectory, or into... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932036 | Electromagnetic brake cooling structure of phase variable device in car engine An electromagnetic-brake cooling structure of a phase-variable device having an electromagnetic brake means (40) and varying the phase of a camshaft, wherein engine oil in an oil sump (74) on the radial inner side of a clutch case (60) led to th... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932037 | Variable CAM timing (VCT) system having modifications to increase CAM torsionals for engines having limited inherent torsionals In a variable cam timing (VCT) system that has a crank shaft coupled to at least one cam shaft. The system has at least one timing gear associated with the crank shaft or a cam shaft. The timing gear includes at least two groups of toothlike projections including a ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932038 | Method and apparatus for actuating a cam phaser A camshaft phaser wherein camshaft oscillatory torque resulting from opening and closing of an associated engine valve is employed to controllably adjust the degree of advance or retard of the rotor. All advance chambers communicate with a first annular passage, and... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932039 | Valve timing adjusting apparatus A valve timing adjusting apparatus comprises a first rotating body adjusting the opening/closing timing of the intake valves, and a second rotating body adjusting the opening/closing timing of exhaust valves. A first and a second driving force transmitting members r... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932040 | Metal plate rocker arm and method of manufacturing the metal plate rocker arm A sheet-metal rocker arm formed by the steps of punch-pressing a sheet of metal member to form a blank having a predetermined shape and a through-hole, of subjecting the blank to a bending process based on pressing to form a pair of substantially parallel side wall ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932041 | Apparatus and method for maintaining controlled orientation of a roller lifter follower used in conjunction with a variable phased lifter In a variable phased valve lifter of an internal combustion engine, a roller lifter is allowed to move along a constraining face of a constraining mechanism in a first direction, and the constraining mechanism is allowed to move freely in a second direction. As the ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932042 | Starter having pinion-rotation-restricting member for use in automotive vehicle A pinion gear of a starter is engaged with a ring gear of an internal combustion engine by restricting rotation of the pinion gear while driving a motor at a low speed. After the engagement is established, the motor is driven at a full speed by supplying a full curr... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932043 | Ancillary unit drive adapter An ancillary unit drive adapter is disclosed for use in an engine block which has at one end a lateral flange formed with an aperture for mounting of the ancillary unit. The drive adapter comprises a casing (112) for mounting on the end face of the engine to ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932044 | Windage tray with improved captured nut A windage tray (26) has a captured nut (30) mounted to a retaining washer (46) through a central aperture (52) that has a tapered interior wall (58) which wholly retains a collar (42) of the captured nut for mounting the tra... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932045 | Cylinder block for an internal combustion engine In a cylinder-block for an internal combustion engine with a plurality of cylinders having longitudinal profiled sections in the form of lateral hollow reinforcement structures and vertical sections in the form of profiled reinforcement structures, in the region of ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932046 | Two cycle engine having minimal lubrication The invention relates to a two cycle engine comprising a lean lubrication system, whereby the lubrication oil is only applied in the area of a contact surface between a piston and a cylinder. An oil outlet is provided in or below a running surface pertaining to the ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932047 | Planetary piston rotary engine An apparatus for a rotary internal combustion engine. The engine has three rotating members that orbit about the center of a three-armed rotor as the rotor rotates within a housing with three lobes. The tips of the rotating members engage the lobes and a circular cu... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932048 | Combustion control device and method for engine A combustion control device for an engine, comprises a fuel injection valve for injecting a fuel into a combustion chamber, ignition timing adjustment unit for adjusting an ignition timing of a mixture inside the combustion chamber, and control unit for controlling ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932049 | Wing structure of air swirling device for internal combustion engine Disclosed is a wing structure of air swirling device for internal combustion engine, which has a swirling device body mounted in an air cleaner, a plurality of wings mounted slantingly and radially on the swirling device body for accelerating or increasing an airflo... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932050 | Engine controller for a vehicle including an automatic centrifugal clutch An engine controller for a vehicle having an automatic centrifugal clutch device, includes an engine halt controlling means (ECM) for performing engine halt control. The engine halt controlling means halts the engine with the condition that the engine speed becomes ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932051 | Throttle valve opening and closing device The invention is intended to simplify a default mechanism of a throttle valve opening and closing device for the purpose of improving mountability of the device to a vehicle. When a motor generate no driving forces, a throttle valve is held in a position (1) ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932052 | Air/fuel ratio control system for gaseous fueled engines The invention provides a system that controls the air intake pressure of a venturi mixer in an air/fuel ratio control system for gaseous fueled engines to match the fuel vaporizer/regulator output pressure (negative pressure) or to a desired set point of a fuel vapo... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932053 | Control device of internal combustion engine A catalyst for purifying exhaust gas is provided in an exhaust pipe of an engine. When air-fuel ratio dither control is performed, an ECU calculates a requested torque to be generated by combustion of the engine based on an accelerator opening angle or the like oper... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932054 | Internal combustion engine controller A target intake air mass and a target compression ratio are determined according to the operating condition of an internal combustion engine. A variable compression ratio mechanism is controlled according to the target compression ratio. During this process, a knock... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932055 | Engine control system for internal combustion engines An engine control system for maintaining the operator-commanded speed setting of an internal combustion engine over a range of engine loads and for easy starting and improved efficiency over a range of ambient and engine operating temperatures. The engine control sy... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932056 | Method for reacting to knock event in an internal combustion engine A control method for controlling an internal combustion engine selects a knock threshold magnitude and compares it to individual knock event magnitudes. The difference between these two values is calculated and limited to be within a predetermined range of values. T... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932057 | Engine control device To permit reliable occurrence of initial combustion at the start of an engine during which a stroke is not determined by only a crank pulse and to increase an engine speed. During a period from when cranking is started until a stroke is detected, fuel is inje... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932058 | Carburetor arrangement for an internal combustion engine A carburetor arrangement is provided for an internal combustion engine that is to be started with a pull cord. A fuel channel that is connected with a fuel-filled storage space opens into and supplies fuel to an intake channel portion as a function of the underpress... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932059 | Fuel injection system of internal combustion engine An electronic control unit (ECU) of a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine stores correspondences defining each correspondence between an operating state and a correction value for each progression level of a change in the engine with time in advan... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932060 | Starting method of an LPI engine in partial cool-down state A starting method of an LPI engine in a partial cool-down state wherein an engine is allowed to start with ample fuel pressure obtained in a fuel line when an LPI engine is in a partial cool-down state, thereby enabling the engine to start smoothly, and a fuel pump ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932061 | Fuel routing apparatus for a vehicular fuel tank, and fuel tank incorporating same A fuel tank includes fuel pipes which are configured to resist bubble disruption of the fuel pump, minimizing the risk of fuel running out when the tank level becomes low. The fuel tank includes a fuel tank body with a fuel feed conduit operatively attached thereto,... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932062 | Compression ignition type internal combustion engine A compression ignition internal combustion engine according to the present invention includes: at least one combustion chamber; an intake passage and an exhaust passage connected to the combustion chamber, respectively; intake valve provided at a position along the ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932063 | Internal EGR cooler One aspect of the invention relates to cooled internal EGR. Cooled internal EGR is achieved by selectively admitting exhaust to an intake manifold. A heat exchanger is used to cool the exhaust within the intake manifold. Another aspect of the invention related to an... | 08/23/2005 |
