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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7343870 | Combination boat hawse pipe and accessory tray The invention comprises a boat hawse pipe and accessory tray combined in a single-piece unit for mounting on a boat's gunnel boards to provide a means for holding beverage cups, bottles, or personal and marine accessories, and for receiving the dock lines or cables ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343871 | Device for surveying the pressure of fluids housed in tanks or flowing through ducts An apparatus for surveying the pressure of fluids housed in tanks or flowing through ducts comprises a device (100), an envelope (1) with axial symmetry which forms the external covering of the device (100), said envelope (1) being kept i... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343872 | Freeze indicators suitable for mass production A freeze indicator employs, as active indicator element, dispersion of solid particles in a liquid medium which can be water or aqueous and which coagulates to provide an irreversible appearance change when subject to freezing. The liquid dispersion can be contained... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343873 | Step voltage regulator polymer position indicator with non-linear drive mechanism A position indicator may include a position indicator display and mechanism. A polymer housing houses the position indicator display and mechanism and a one-piece clear polymer cover encloses the position indicator display and mechanism in the polymer housing. The p... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343874 | Silica gel based animal litter A litter composition comprising a substantially particulate primary absorbent material and a binding agent, the binding agent comprising approximately 0.01%-40% of the litter composition. In one embodiment, the primary absorbent material comprises silica gel and the... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343875 | Method and apparatus for creating a pathway in an animal A method and apparatus for safer and more effective deep trans-cervical intra-uterine artificial insemination (AI) is provided. Such a deep AI catheter causes minimal discomfort and risk of trauma, and does not require the services of a highly trained AI professiona... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343876 | Collapsible corner animal cage A collapsible corner animal cage is provided. The collapsible cage comprises a first set of side walls fastened together to define the rear corner of the cage; a second set of side walls fastened to the first set of side walls to define the side corners of the cage;... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343877 | Birdcage A bird cage has at least one flush mounted door for the cage when door is opened; and an accessible feed receiver for the cage, which can be retrieved and serviced without reaching inside the cage. An arcuate perch permits access to the feed receiver. ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343878 | Method and apparatus for reducing risk that a thrown toy will injure an animal A method and apparatus for reducing the risk that a thrown toy will injure an animal. The apparatus consists of a toy which when thrown bounces erratically, which compressively elastically deforms, which includes a soft fabric outer surface that compresses to absorb... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343879 | Rising stimulation modification A method of altering a stimulation level of an animal behavior modification device including the steps of detecting compliant behavior of the animal and reducing a stimulation level an incremental amount between a current stimulation level and a minimum level depend... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343880 | Child harness A child harness has two strap loops which pass around respective shoulders of the wearer and which are mutually connected by a fastener on the rear side of the harness. The harness has a child carrying pouch on the front side, so as to be supported on the chest side... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343881 | Animal harness An animal harness includes a chest and girth panel with a front side, a rear-end or tail side, an abdominal or girth strap section connecting the sides to form left and right side leg openings. Lateral side straps extend from the front of the chest panel to the tail... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343882 | Fluid valve A fluid valve for use in proportioning/mixing fluid between at least one input and at least one output. The fluid valve including a rotary actuated diverter for controlling fluid flow between the inlet(s) and outlet(s). The fluid valve may be configured to support p... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343883 | Coolant pump arrangement for an internal-combustion engine A coolant pump arrangement for an internal-combustion engine of a motor vehicle is provided, which includes engine shafts. The coolant pump arrangement encompasses a pump housing and a pump shaft, one end of which is provided with a pump impeller. The pump shaft is ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343884 | Coolant system for hybrid power system A cooling system for a hybrid power system that includes an engine such as a generator engine, and a power converter such as an inverter, includes an engine cooling circuit, a power converter cooling circuit and a common coolant tank operatively coupled to both the ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343885 | Crankcase ventilation system for internal combustion engine A crankcase ventilation system for a reciprocating internal combustion engine includes an exhaust outlet and a collector for gathering gases from the engine crankcase. An eductor is connected to the collector and to the exhaust outlet. The eductor includes a general... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343886 | Internal combustion engine control apparatus An internal combustion engine control apparatus is provided with a hydraulically operated variable valve operating mechanism for varying the valve timing of air intake valves, and a water temperature sensor for sensing engine coolant temperature to estimate the degr... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343887 | Apparatus for abnormal diagnosis of variable valve timing mechanism An abnormality diagnosis system 100 includes a VVT controller 110, an adjustable valve mechanism 120, a cam angle sensor 130, a model computation module 140, an abnormality detection module 150, and an alarm lamp 160.... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343888 | Springless valve system A poppet valve actuation system utilizing separate opening and closing cams that press against opening and closing cam followers, respectively. The opening and closing cam followers are linked to each other directly by a tension member so they move in unison. The va... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343889 | Cam angle sensor mounting structure A cam angle mounting structure includes a cylinder head, a sensor bracket and a head cover. The cylinder head is configured and arranged to rotatably support a camshaft. The sensor bracket is configured and arranged to support a cam angle sensor. The sensor bracket ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343890 | Two-piece valve cover A two-piece valve cover for use on an engine having an engine cylinder head and a plurality of valve rocker arms. The two-piece valve cover includes a base housing for sealing with the cylinder head and a top cover. The top cover includes a sealing flange adapted to... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343891 | Starting device for a model engine A starting device for a model engine includes an electric-operation unit and a rope-operation unit. The electric-operation unit consists of an engage wheel having engage teeth elastically engaged thereon, and a starting shaft slidably fitted at the outer side of the... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343892 | Air-cooled diesel outboard motor An air-cooled diesel outboard motor comprising an air-cooled diesel engine. The diesel engine includes a vertical crankshaft, an exhausting port and a drive-leg. The drive leg includes a gear-box, a propeller and a water pump in a lower unit, a water cooling exhalat... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343893 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine includes a connecting rod that connects a crankpin and a piston. The connecting rod has first and second connecting rods, and a guide piston is disposed at a connecting portion between the first and second connecting rods. Deformed port... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343894 | Modular rotary engine An internal combustion device, rotor self cooled, concentric and symmetric shape, dynamically variable compression ratio; capable of developing multiple Otto cycles per rotation, using modules, each made, mainly of a solenoid gate valve and three chambers operating ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343895 | Fuel injection system and method of operation for a gaseous fuelled engine with liquid pilot fuel ignition A pilot fuel injection valve is mountable in a cylinder head of an engine and injects a liquid pilot fuel directly into a combustion chamber. The pilot fuel injection valve comprises a cooling system to keep the pilot fuel at a temperature that is lower than the low... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343896 | Carburetor valve control linkage A carburetor for a high performance vehicle includes an actuator lever mounted to a first valve linkage for rotating a first pair of carburetor butterfly valves and a crank mounted to a second valve linkage for rotating a second pair of carburetor butterfly valves, ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343897 | Engine control system with user-commanded engine speed adjustments in varying increments An engine control system includes an engine with an output shaft. A power take-off device interfaces with the output shaft and provides rotational power to an auxiliary device. A user input device includes a first engine speed control that commands an increase in en... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343898 | Air vane governor An engine includes a stationary member, a crankshaft supported for rotation by the stationary member, and a flywheel rotatable in response to rotation of the crankshaft. A fan has a plurality of fins and is rotatable in response to movement of the flywheel. A movabl... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343899 | Watercraft propulsion system and control method of the system A propulsion system for a watercraft includes an engine. An air intake device delivers air to a combustion chamber. A throttle valve regulates an amount of the air. A control device sets the throttle valve to a desired position. A remote controller provides the cont... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343900 | Ignition timing controller of internal combustion engine To provide an ignition timing controller of an internal combustion engine which prevents poor acceleration due to overcorrection for retard and the occurrence of knocking due to undercorrection for retard regardless of a change in the ratio of fuel injections, the i... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343901 | Fuel supply device A fuel filter is located downstream of a feed pump to filter fuel discharged from the feed pump. An orifice is located between the fuel filter and a suction quantity control valve to restrict a flow rate of the fuel passing through the fuel filter. A positive pressu... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343902 | Dual combustion mode engine A system and method to provide a desired torque increase from an engine in which some cylinder operate in spark ignition (SI) combustion mode only and some cylinders operate in homogeneous-charge, compression-ignition (HCCI) combustion mode only are disclosed. Such ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343903 | Fuel tank A fuel tank in which at least a part of a fuel storing unit is formed of a flexible film is provided with a main chamber having a variable volume by deforming according to a storing amount of a fuel, a sub-chamber having a volume which is kept substantially constant... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343904 | Canister close valve device Disclosed herein is a canister close valve device for opening or closing a passage of a canister collecting evaporation gas evaporated in a fuel tank and a passage communicating with the atmosphere. The canister close valve device includes a housing which has a firs... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343905 | System and method for conditioning fuel An engine assembly may include an internal combustion engine configured to combust a gaseous fuel. The engine assembly may also include a fuel intake line operatively connected to the internal combustion engine. The fuel intake line may be configured to direct the g... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343906 | Water jet propulsion boat A watercraft can include an engine having a crankshaft with its output end extending rearward of a crankcase and a supercharger for compressing air feeding it to the engine. The supercharger can be located forward of a rear end of the crankcase. An exhaust pipe, des... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343907 | Crankcase lower part A crankcase lower part for a supercharged internal combustion engine, wherein the crankcase lower part extends about a space below the crankshaft. The crankshaft lower part comprises an intercooler, which is cooled by coolant, and/or a charge air intermediate cooler... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343908 | EGR system having EGR valve with purge air chamber An exhaust gas recirculation system for an internal combustion engine includes an intake manifold, an exhaust manifold, and a turbocharger compressor coupled with the intake manifold. The exhaust gas recirculation system includes an EGR valve fluidly coupled between... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343909 | Mechanical drive assist for active feed paintball loader An active feed paintball loader for supplying paintballs to a paintball marker. The loader includes a container for storing a plurality of paintballs. An outfeed tube on the container is connected to an inlet tube on the marker. The loader further includes a drive s... | 03/18/2008 |
