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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7146927 | Canoe-angler The Canoe-Angler is a tray style device designed for organizing fishing and other sporting equipment while occupying a canoe. The Canoe-Angler can hold a tackle box, a beverage, (2) fishing rods, and has an extra compartment for miscellaneous items. The tackle box c... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146928 | Live capture automated milking apparatus and method A method and apparatus for the automated milking of dairy cattle employing live capture of the teats of a dairy cow without requiring identification of a particular dairy cow or the prior knowledge of the location of the individual teats. The live capture milking ap... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146929 | Pest-proof and self-cleaning pet feeding system A pet bowl assembly which provides protection for the food from birds by means of a swinging cover and protection from crawling insects by means of a water channel surrounding the food bowl. A pet watering dish, which provides fresh drinking water from the water cha... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146930 | Pet waterer An improved pet waterer is disclosed. The pet waterer has a tray for holding a fluid. Extending upwardly from tray is a container for dispensing fluid to the tray. The container has a base and one or more sidewalls extending from the base and having a top edge on th... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146931 | Animal enrichment system An animal enrichment device for use in an animal cage having a cage bottom, the cage bottom having a peripheral lip with recesses defined therein. The enrichment device can comprise a floor on which the animal may perch, a first set of opposing walls extending up fr... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146932 | Birdcage with water and feeder assembly A birdcage is disclosed that includes a collapsible cage having an opening adapted to be coupled to a support wherein the support is adapted to support at least one of a feeder and a waterer so that a bird in the cage may be provided at least one of food and water w... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146933 | Calving enclosure A calving enclosure which is adapted to be placed permanently on the ground or which may be moved from one location to another for use during calving operations. The enclosure includes a pivotal alleyway which may be moved from a stowed position to an operative posi... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146934 | Mushroom-shaped pet chew toy scent training device and method of training therewith A synthetic pet chew toy and scent-training aid, resembling desired mushroom species, that is formed of nontoxic, elastomeric materials, and a method for training one or more dogs to detect desirable fungi species, terrestrial or subterranean, using the toy as a sce... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146935 | Animal training method A method for training an animal to proceed through an enclosure begins with the act of providing a generally clear or translucent enclosure having a first end, which serves as an entrance and a second end, which serves as an exit. A trainer encourages the animal to ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146936 | Method and apparatus for animal positioning An animal positioning apparatus including a support stretcher having a main body support portion. A head support portion is fixed to a first end of the main body support portion and forward limb directing means are provided proximal the first end of the main body su... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146937 | Combustion chamber design with water injection for direct-fired steam generator and for being cooled by the water A direct-fired steam generator body defines a combustion chamber and having an exhaust outlet. A mixing chamber is provided for receiving the exhaust gases from the combustion chamber. A flange joint between an elbow forming part of the mixing chamber and the end of... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146938 | Water spraying system A water spraying system, especially for the humidification of the intake air of a piston engine to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions, said system comprising at least one nozzle (9, 10, 11, 12, 13) for spraying an aqueous liquid mist into the air intake duct ( | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146939 | Anti-cavitation diesel cylinder liner A wet-style cylinder liner (16) for a diesel engine is provided with a surface texture (28) to combat the effects of cavitation-induced erosion. The surface texture (28) can be formed as a coating (30) of manganese phosphate applied about... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146940 | Combustion engine Disclosed is a combustion engine. The engine includes a combustion chamber (40), which is delimited at one end by a head (41) and delimited at a second end by a piston (1). The piston is arranged on a connecting rod (3) via a piston pin (... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146941 | Rotary valve A rotary valve which can securely shut off a fluid flow without improving a working accuracy of an outer peripheral surface of a valve and an inner diameter portion of a body, and which has a simple and compact structure, wherein a gap is formed between the outer pe... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146942 | Two-cycle combustion engine with air scavenging system having pressure reducing device To provide an improved air scavenging type two-cycle combustion engine equipped with a pressure reducing device in which clogging of a decompressing hole can easily be removed, a two-cycle combustion engine includes a delivery passage (32) for introducing air... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146943 | Electromechanical valve actuator for internal combustion engines and internal combustion engine equipped with such an actuator An electromechanical valve actuator for internal combustion engines is equipped with a polarized electromagnet exerting a magnetic action on a magnetic plate that is subject to a mechanical restoring action, which action can compensate for the mechanical action and ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146944 | Valve timing controller The valve timing controller is driven by a motor. The valve controller has a control circuit and a driving circuit. The driving circuit receives a control signal generated by the control circuit and an engine rotation speed signal. The driving circuit supply a curre... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146945 | Apparatus for an internal combustion engine The invention relates to an apparatus for an internal combustion engine which for each cylinder with associated piston has at least one inlet valve and at least one exhaust valve for controlling the connection between the combustion chamber in the cylinder and an in... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146946 | Valve timing adjusting device A valve timing adjusting device includes a first rotor that rotates synchronously with a crankshaft of an engine; a second rotor that is relatively rotatable by a predetermined angle within the first rotor, and is secured on the end face of an intake or an exhaust c... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146947 | Arrangement for adjusting the angle of rotation of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft An arrangement for adjusting the angle of rotation of a camshaft (5) relative to a crankshaft is provided. The arrangement requires many components, which partially also require different operational conditions. The new arrangement is structured in a modular ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146948 | Valve lifting arrangement A valve actuating assembly for opening and closing a valve includes a cam mounted on a camshaft and enclosed by a pair of rotary cam guides each of which includes a roller channel having an outer race for receiving opposed ends of a roller that extends transversely ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146949 | Valve control apparatus A first camshaft (24) operates the exhaust valves (18) and a first intake valve (12) for each cylinder (8), and a second camshaft (38) operates the second intake valve per cylinder (14), the second camshaft further having a ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146950 | Connecting element for inseparable retention of a lever-type cam follower The invention proposes a connecting element (9) for retaining a lever-type cam follower (1), that serves to activate a gas exchange valve (5) of an internal combustion engine, inseparably on a support element (2) comprising a spherical en... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146951 | Switchable cam follower A switchable cam follower, comprising two relatively movable, e.g., telescopable, units which can be connected via a coupling which engages over a dividing face between the units such that there is a large valve stroke. It is possible to generate no valve stroke or ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146952 | Valve tappet system, especially anti-rotation bucket tappet having curved cam follower surface A valve tappet system includes a base body, a lateral section, which forms a guide surface for guiding the base body along an oscillation axis. The anti-rotation element to suppress a rotational or swiveling movement about the oscillation axis. The anti-rotation ele... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146953 | Mechanical valve play compensation element for a valve drive on a piston combustion engine The invention relates to a mechanical valve play compensation element for a valve drive on a piston combustion engine, comprising a first pressure part (1) which is axially displaceable in relation to a second pressure part (2) and which is fixed in su... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146954 | Hydraulic valve-lash-adjusting element A reverse spring hydraulic valve-lash-adjusting element for the valve train of an internal combustion engine having a plunger (1), in the plunger head (2) of which a control valve (5) is arranged, this control valve (5) controlling a cent... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146955 | Hydraulic tappet clearance compensation device The invention relates to a hydraulic tappet clearance compensation device (1) for a valve gear of an internal combustion engine, the high pressure chamber (8) of which device can be rapidly and easily vented. For this purpose an annular collar (11 | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146956 | Valve train for internal combustion engine A valve train for an internal combustion engine is comprised of a lubricating oil, and a camshaft which is made of an iron-based material and comprises a cam lobe and a camshaft journal. The camshaft slidingly moves on a counterpart thereof through the lubricating o... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146957 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine, in particular a stationary gas engine, comprising at least one spark plug connector plug device (2) which can be fixed to the internal combustion engine, wherein the spark plug connector plug device (2) and the fixing the... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146958 | Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle An object is to improve fuel consumption efficiency. Accordingly, a fuel gradual addition delay time when starting (engine water temperature) TMKSTDLYT which changes in a decreasing trend with an increase in the engine water temperature is set (step S10). A f... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146959 | Battery voltage threshold adjustment for automatic start and stop system A vehicle engine control having an automatic start and stop feature for idling the engine to maintain the battery charge includes adjustment for the battery voltage threshold at which the engine is started to recharge the battery. Preferably, the adjustment results ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146960 | Engine shut down using fluid pump to control crankshaft stopping position Systems and methods for controlling stopping position of a crankshaft during shutdown of an internal combustion engine control a fluid pressure to control a corresponding drive torque of a fluid pump. Kinetic energy of the engine at shutdown may be used to control f... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146961 | Engine air inlet flow enhancement device for internal combustion engines An airflow treatment and regulation device for internal combustion engines that stabilizes inlet airflow characteristics before induction into a fuel metering and mixing device. The air stabilization device provides a non-restrictive honeycomb treatment element thro... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146962 | Portable engine operated machine A portable engine generator has a box-shaped case defining an internal space for holding an engine and an electric generator to be driven by the engine. The case is provided with carrying handles. The portable engine generator is provided with a cooling air passage ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146963 | State determination device for internal combustion engine An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: determining an airflow meter as abnormal when the number of times an injector is determined as abnormal (abnormality determination count C) is greater than a threshold value C(0) in all of a region wher... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146964 | Engine control system When a combustion mode of an engine is a diffuse combustion mode in which an initial rising inclination of a heat-release-rate is steep, an electronic control unit (ECU) calculates an ignition timing in which the heat-release-rate exceeds an ignition determining val... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146965 | Enhanced fuel pressure pulsation damping system with low flow restriction The invention relates to a fuel charging system having pressure pulsation damping. The fuel charging system includes a first side rail connected to a second side rail by a crossover tube. Defined within the crossover tube are first and second passageways; the first ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146966 | Cylinder cutoff control apparatus of internal combustion engine A cylinder cutoff control apparatus of an engine initiates a cylinder cutoff mode only when two conditions, namely a low load condition such as a vehicle cruising condition and an intake valve closure timing controlled to a given timing value before a bottom dead ce... | 12/12/2006 |
