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5092303 In-line fuel preconditioner  
A fuel preconditioner for catalytic cracking of long-chain liquid hydrocarbons, and particularly gasoline, for internal combustion engines. A tubular housing, in-line with the fuel pump and...
5090389 Fuel delivery control apparatus for engine operable on gasoline/alcohol fuel blend  
A fuel delivery control apparatus for use with an engine operable on either of gasoline fuel and gasoline/alcohol fuel blend. The amount of fuel metered to the engine is controlled based upon...
5081977 Low pollution natural gas vehicle  
A method and apparatus for reducing emissions from an internal combustion engine used for propelling a heavy land vehicle, for example, comprising a fuel supply tank for storing liquified natural...
5063881 Ceramic engine  
In this ceramic engine, the cylinder liners are formed out of a ceramic material, and bearings consisting of a ceramic material are installed in the rotary sliding portions of a crankshaft and...
5060619 Electrostatic capacity type fuel concentration monitoring unit with temperature dependent fluctuation compensating feature  
A fuel concentration monitoring unit includes a fuel temperature dependent error correction circuit in the unit. A fuel concentration indicative voltage signal variation rate set with taking a...
5059217 Fluid treating device  
The invention relates to a fluid treating device for treatment of gasoline or diesel fuel for land and/or water vehicles. The liquid fuel treating device has an elongated housing provided with...
5056490 Fuel injection control apparatus for alcohol engine  
In a fuel injection timing control apparatus for an alcohol engine for injecting a fuel containing alcohol to each of a plurality of cylinders at a predetermined timing, fuel injection start timing...
5048499 Fuel treatment device  
A fuel treatment device is an elongated element having an outer surface and a central axis extending between first and second ends in the direction of elongation. The element is made of an alloy...
5038730 Start control system for alcohol engine  
A start control system for an alcohol engine having heater means for heating fuel injected by an injector, comprising: sensing means for sensing an alcohol concentration of the fuel; detecting...
5035227 Vaporizer for internal combustion steam engine  
An alcohol/water fuel vaporizer for use in an internal combustion steam engine. The vaporizer comprises an exhaust gas chamber through which engine exhaust is passed and a vapor chamber for the...
5033415 Friction reducing additives and compositions thereof  
Mixtures of borated alcohols are effective friction modifying additives when incorporated into various lubricating or fuel media.
5033444 Liquid butane fuel injection for internal combustion engines  
An engine powered by fuel having a boiling temperature less than ambient wherein the fuel is stored as a liquid and delivered in the liquid state to a fuel injection system. The fuel is sprayed...
5033416 Internal combustion engine for propelling ships that transport gaseous fuel  
An internal combustion engine for propelling ships that transport gaseous fuel, the engine comprising two groups of cylinders, a first group which is always fed with the same fuel, and a second...
5031589 Safety device for preventing the loss of container closure plugs  
A safety device for preventing the loss of a container closure plug, comprising a retaining member disposed on, and preferably secured to, the container, and a spiral to which the closure plug is...
5018483 Fuel injection quantity control device for alcohol engine  
A fuel injection control device is provided for a flexible fuel vehicle alcohol engine to be driven with a mixed fuel consisting of gasoline and alcohol. The engine includes a port injector...
5010870 Portable engine-pump assembly  
An engine for a portable engine-pump assembly is designed to operate on a safe fuel such as JP5 or DFM. The engine is started by a starting fuel such as propane which is supplied to the engine from...
5007381 Method to decrease black smoke of diesel  
The method by this invention is characterized in that a fuel injection nozzle to inject diesel fuel oil into cylinder and an auxiliary injection nozzle to inject the combustible gas or...
5007398 Alcohol sensor failure detection system for internal combustion engine  
In an alcohol sensor failure detection system for an internal combustion engine, a failure of an alcohol sensor is detected utilizing an air/fuel ratio dependent correction coefficient during a...
5005402 Measuring cell for determinating the alcohol content and/or calorific value of fuels  
A device for the determination of the alcohol content and/or the calorific value of fuels by measuring the characteristics of the fuel in a measurement cell in which a flow body that is at least...
5006130 Gasoline composition for reducing intake valve deposits in port fuel injected engines  
Intake valve deposits in port fuel injected engines are reduced by using a mixture of (a) of about 2.5 ppmw or higher of basic nitrogen in the form of an oil-soluble aliphatic alkylene polyamine...
5003956 Electronic fuel injection control system for a multi-fuel internal combustion engine and method therefore  
In a multi-fuel engine which is operated on gasoline, alcohol or a mixture of the two, upon an alcohol sensor being diagnosed as being out of order, an alcohol correction factor in the injection...
5002033 Fuel system for internal combustion engine  
An apparatus for preparing and supplying a mixture of fuel, air and combustion supporting particles to an internal combustion engine for use therein. A first chamber open to the atmosphere is used...
4998518 Swirl control system for lean-burn engines  
A swirl control system for a lean-burn engine, utilizing composite fuel blended with at least two different liquid fuels, comprises sensors for monitoring the operating state of the engine, a...
4998969 Engine maintenance fluid introduction system  
Disclosed herein is an internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder defining a combustion chamber, a primer fuel conduit communicating with the combustion chamber for supplying a primer fuel to...
4995367 System and method of control of internal combustion engine using methane fuel mixture  
In controlling fuel injection and ignition timing in an internal combustion engine operating on a fuel mixture, such as gasoline and methanol, consideration must be given to the mixture ratio of...
4993391 Fuel supply control system for internal combustion engine  
In a fuel supply control system for an internal combustion engine, a voltage value to be applied to a fuel pump is controlled depending on a monitored alcohol concentration contained in a fuel to...
4993386 Operation control system for internal combustion engine  
An operation control system for an engine using alcohol fuel or mixed fuel of alcohol and hydrocarbon, or for an engine supplying cooling liquid such as alcohol, water or the like as fuel. Vapor...
4989570 Fail detecting system for sensor monitoring concentration of a fuel in blended multi-fuel for internal combustion engine and fail-safe system in lambda-control  
A fail-detection system is designed for detecting failure of a fuel concentration sensor for monitoring concentration of one of a plurality of different types of fuels which are blended to be...
4986241 Internal combustion engine air-fuel ratio control system including alcohol sensor back-up control arrangement  
If an alcohol sensor which determines the amount of alcohol which is mixed with gasoline, malfunctions, the fuel supply correction factor which is designed to modify the basic fuel supply amount to...
4982709 Apparatus for controlling the idling speed of engine operable on gasoline/alcohol fuel blend  
An apparatus for use with an internal combustion engine operable on either of gasoline fuel, alcohol fuel and gasoline/alcohol fuel blend. The apparatus comprises an alcohol concentration sensor...
4979886 Remediation of combustible organic contaminated water  
A system for remediating water contaminated with combustible hydrocarbons, particularly groundwater contaminated with gasoline, operates by separation of hydrocarbons from the water by spray...
4974552 Engine control system responsive to optical fuel composition sensor  
An engine control system for operating an internal combustion engine with any mixture of alcohol and gasoline. The control system includes an air/fuel ratio control system providing a desired fuel...
4974571 Pulsed jet combustion generator for non-premixed charge engines  
A device for introducing fuel into the head space of cylinder of non-premixed charge (diesel) engines is disclosed, which distributes fuel in atomized form in a plume, whose fluid dynamic...
4971118 Fuel additive mixing system  
A system for metering a fuel additive into a flow of fuel into a fuel tank includes a mixing unit coupled to the filler neck of the fuel tank. The mixing unit has a body with an axial main flow...
4967714 Apparatus for controlling engine operable on gasoline/alcohol fuel blend  
An apparatus for use with an internal combustion engine operable on either of gasoline fuel and gasoline/alcohol fuel blend. The apparatus comprises an alcohol concentration sensor for sensing the...
4965052 Integrated product generation and catalytic product synthesis in an engine-reactor  
A process of synthesizing an end product within an integrated engine-reactor wherein an initial product, e.g., syngas, is generated within a first chamber of the engine-reactor. This product is...
4962746 Mixing liquid ratio detector device  
In a mixing liquid ratio detector device, a LED and a photo diode are provided in a manner to sandwich an optically permeable column. The light emitting area of the LED and the light receiving area...
4958598 Engine emissions control apparatus and method  
Apparatus and method for reducing the emissions of a diesel engine. A hydrous alcohol fuel of low proof supplements the diesel fuel, particularly in high acceleration and high r.p.m. conditions....
4957087 Apparatus for controlling engine operable on gasoline/alcohol fuel blend  
An apparatus for use in an internal combustion engine operable on either of gasoline fuel and gasoline-alcohol fuel blend. The apparatus includes an alcohol concentration sensor for sensing the...
4955332 Method of improving fuel combustion efficiency  
A liquid hydrocarbon gasoline is provided by removing both the volatile and non-volatile components from C 4 -C 12 gasoline to yield either a C 6 -C 9 or a C 6 -C 10 intermediate gasoline....
4955331 Process for the operation of an Otto engine  
A method for reducing the consumption of fuel and emission of toxic exhaust gas and reducing engine wear of an Otto engine, equipped with an exhaust gas catalyst system for secondary combustion of...
4945881 Multi-fuel engine control with initial delay  
A fuel control for an engine using a liquid fuel mixture of two fuels such as gasoline and alcohol has a fuel composition sensor and stores a fuel composition value derived from the sensor near the...
4945882 Multi-fuel engine control with oxygen sensor signal reference control  
A fuel control for an engine using a liquid fuel mixture of two fuels such as gasoline and methanol acts in closed loop on a vehicle exhaust mounted oxygen sensor to maintain a stoichiometric...
4945880 Multi-fuel engine control with fuel control parameter lock  
A fuel control for an engine using a liquid mixture of two fuels such as gasoline and methanol and derives a fuel control parameter from the output of a fuel composition sensor in a first mode of...
4945863 Process for operating a fuel-burning engine  
A process for operating a fuel-burning engine which uses a conventional fuel containing alcohol as an alternative fuel, the fuel-alcohol ratio being measured for the purpose of controlling the...
4942848 Air-fuel ratio control system for automotive internal combustion engine or the like with fuel type discrimination capabilities  
Routines are run which briefly monitor a selected parameter and ascertain, based on the magnitude of the parameter, the use of heavy, regular or light fuel. These routines set correction factor...
4936261 Apparatus for introducing a fuel additive to the fuel tank of an automotive vehicle  
An apparatus for introducing a fuel additive into the fuel tank of an automotive vehicle comprising a pumping device including a pneumatically actuated displacement pump the pumping element of...
4913099 Fuel injection control apparatus  
An apparatus for controlling fuel delivery to an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders each having an individual fuel injector. The apparatus comprises a sensor sensitive to an...
4911116 Cold-start apparatus and cold-start method  
A cold-start apparatus for alcohol-fueled internal combustion engines in which a certain quantity of gasoline is injected directly into the combustion chambers upon starting. To assure reliable...
4905655 Fuel injector assembly with an alcohol sensor  
A fuel injector assembly for an internal combustion engine of an automobile including an alcohol sensor is disclosed. The assembly comprises a hollow cylindrical fuel delivery pipe having nozzles...