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7621257 Engine valve operation  
Various approaches are described for operating an engine in a vehicle having variable valve operation for an intake and/or exhaust valve of the cylinder. In one example, a method comprises...
7615520 Additives and lubricant formulations for improved antioxidant properties  
A method and compositions for lubricating surfaces with lubricating oils exhibiting increased antioxidant properties. The lubricated surface includes a lubricant composition containing a base oil...
7615519 Additives and lubricant formulations for improved antiwear properties  
A lubricated surface and method for reducing wear between metal parts. The lubricated surface contains a base oil of lubricating viscosity and an amount of a hydrocarbon soluble titanium compound...
7587997 Hydrogen gas injector plug for diesel engines  
The hydrogen gas injector plug for diesel engines employs an injector plug for generating hydrogen gas from water. Pressurized hot water is pulsed into contact with a heated metallic catalyst. The...
7581516 Water/alcohol injection flow switch safety device  
An embodiment of a water/alcohol injection safety device adapted to signal a user and vehicle equipment when injection has reached a set flow rate specified by the user comprises a housing with...
7565900 Fuel property determining apparatus, leakage detecting apparatus, and injection control apparatus  
A fuel property determining apparatus is provided to a fuel vapor treatment apparatus. The fuel vapor treatment apparatus controls purging of mixture containing fuel vapor, which is generated in a...
7557255 Method and an unleaded low emission gasoline for fueling an automotive engine with reduced emissions  
An unleaded reduced emissions gasoline having at least one of an octane less than about 86.7, a sulfur content less than about 40 ppmw sulfur and containing an oxygenate, and having reduced...
7556030 Spark ignition type internal combustion engine  
A spark-ignition type internal combustion engine, including a main tank for storing a to-be-determined fuel having an unknown self-ignition property, an auxiliary tank for accumulating a reference...
7550861 AC power supplying system, power supply apparatus, and vehicle having the same  
Upon power failure of a commercial power source, an automatic switching device switches to power supply from a hybrid vehicle. An ECU of the vehicle, when receiving a request for generation of a...
7546835 Fuel delivery system for multi-fuel engine  
A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine and a method of operating the fuel delivery system are provided. An example embodiment of the method includes: transferring at least some...
7540888 Fuel compositions comprising tetramethylcyclohexane  
A fuel composition comprises at least a tetramethylcyclohexane having a quaternary carbon atom in the cyclohexane ring and optionally, a fuel component. The tetramethylcyclohexane can be used as a...
7536981 Reformate assisted combustion  
A hydrogen gas generator in the form of a reformer is used to produce a reformate gas containing hydrogen and at least one other component for use as a fuel or part of a fuel for a compression...
7533651 System and method for reducing knock and preignition in an internal combustion engine  
A system for an engine of a vehicle, comprising of a combustion chamber located in the engine; a delivery system configured to deliver a fuel and a fluid to at least the combustion chamber in...
7533521 System and methods for improved emission control of internal combustion engines using pulsed fuel flow  
The present invention provides systems and methods to improve the performance and emission control of internal combustion engines equipped with nitrogen oxides storage-reduction (“NSR”)...
7526374 Ethanol compensated fuel density for fuel consumed calculation  
An engine control module determining an alcohol compensated fuel consumption value includes an alcohol percent module that determines an alcohol percent in fuel and a fuel mass module that...
7523744 Apparatus and method for controlling an internal combustion engine  
When an internal combustion engine controller determines that an internal combustion engine is experiencing difficulty in starting, the fuel injection amount is corrected according to a first...
7523724 In transit desulfurization of widely available fuels  
A method of and system for reducing engine environmental atmospheric pollution emissions from a vehicle having a combustion engine utilizing hydrocarbon fuel for at least one of propulsion and...
7523723 System and method for determining ethanol content in fuel  
A system and method are provided for determining an ethanol content of a fuel that is part of a fuel and air mixture combusted within an internal combustion engine. A pressure characteristic of a...
7523722 Fuel additive concentrate dosing system  
A safe, reliable system for automatically dosing diesel truck fuel tanks with a fuel additive is provided. The additive, such as a concentrated solution containing fuel borne catalyst (FBC), is fed...
7493884 Method and system for reducing pollutant emissions of an engine  
A system for reducing pollutant emissions may include an engine, an intake system fluidly connected to the engine for supplying air into the engine, and a carbon dioxide supply fluidly connected to...
7487631 System and method for supplying reductants to an emission treatment system  
System and method for supplying reductants to an emission treatment system. The system includes a fuel tank adapted to supply a premixed fuel stream that includes a primary component and a...
7478627 Fuel control apparatus for internal combustion engine  
When a combustion feedback correction coefficient to which a predetermined value is added in correspondence to half miss firing judgment exceeds a heavy fuel judgment value (K 0 ), heavy fuel...
7475656 Hydrogen and oxygen production and accumulating apparatus including an internal combustion engine and method  
An apparatus, including an internal combustion engine, produces hydrogen fuel from water to power the engine, comprises water supply means, fuel storage means, controlling means, a collector...
7469661 Additive tank for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine  
An additive tank for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine, the tank including a flexible bag which contains the additive and is connected to a device allowing the flexible bag to be...
7454285 Optimized flex fuel powertrain  
A fuel system and powertrain for a flexible fuel system vehicle utilizes a controller system to control variables in an engine and the final drive optimize operating efficiency of the vehicle while...
7449034 Continuous dehydration of alcohol to ether and water used as fuel for diesel engines  
The present invention relates to an oxygenated fuel composition suitable for use in compression ignition internal combustion engines, equipped with inlet air heater and catalytic alcohol...
7444987 Fuel management system for variable anti-knock agent octane enhancement of gasoline engines  
Fuel management system for efficient operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder of the engine. A fuel management...
7441401 Control apparatus for internal combustion engine  
The present invention provides a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine which can make a determination on fuel property with high accuracy without causing a cost increase. The control...
7434568 Method and apparatus for liquid fuel conditioning to improve combustion  
A fuel is conditioned in a fuel supply system for more efficient combustion in a combustion chamber. The conditioning system includes a plurality of vessels, each defining a fuel chamber for fuel...
7428890 On-board fuel additive injection systems  
Disclosed is a fuel additive system for internal combustion engines in which the fuel additive system is disposed on-board a vessel such as marine vessel or locomotive. The fuel additive system...
7412966 Engine output control system and method  
A system for an engine, comprising of a cylinder located in the engine; a first injector for injecting a first fuel into said cylinder; a second injector for injecting a second fuel into said...
7409926 Controlling engine operation with a first and second fuel  
A method of operating an internal combustion engine including at least a combustion chamber having a piston disposed therein, the method comprising during a first number of cycles after start-up of...
7406955 Method and system for liquid fuel conditioning  
A fuel conditioning method is applicable to common rail direct injection or unit injector system. A liquid fuel is conditioned for higher-efficiency combustion in a combustion chamber. The...
7406947 System and method for tip-in knock compensation  
A method of controlling an engine, the method comprising of providing fuel having a blend to a cylinder of the engine, actively varying said fuel blend in response to at least an operating...
7404397 Method and apparatus for modifying fuel injection scheme  
A fuel injector control modification module is configured to modify primary fuel injector control signals provided by an engine control unit of an internal combustion engine. The module is...
7404380 Method of controlling compression-ignition internal combustion engine  
There is provided a control method of a compression-ignition internal combustion engine capable of easily coping with a wide range of required loads by a single fuel. A compression-ignition...
7395786 Warm up strategy for ethanol direct injection plus gasoline port fuel injection  
A system for an engine, comprising of a cylinder of the engine; a first injector configured to inject a first substance to said cylinder; a second injector configured to inject a second substance...
7389752 Use of engine lubricant as ignition fuel for micro-pilot ignition system of an internal combustion engine  
A method and system for providing pilot fuel for a pilot ignition system of an internal combustion engine having one or more cylinders and having a lubrication system. A portion of the lubricating...
7389751 Control for knock suppression fluid separator in a motor vehicle  
A system for an engine of a vehicle, comprising of a cylinder located in the engine, a delivery system configured to deliver fuel and a fluid to at least an engine cylinder while the vehicle is...
7383792 Hydrogen gas injector plug  
The hydrogen gas injector plug for generating hydrogen gas from ambient air drawn into the piston chamber of an engine includes an array of nozzles fabricated from a metal or a mixture of metals....
7377254 Extending operating range of a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine via cylinder deactivation  
An HCCI engine has the ability to operate over a large load range by utilizing a lower cetane distillate diesel fuel to increase ignition delay. This permits more stable operation at high loads by...
7377235 Heat exchanger for hydrogen-operated fuel supply systems  
A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine operable using hydrogen and/or for a fuel cell includes a hydrogen tank, which is provided for storing deep-cooled, liquid hydrogen, and a...
7370609 Internal combustion engine system  
An internal combustion engine system uses a blended fuel of gasoline and ethanol, operates with high efficiency, and can inhibit nitrogen oxide and the like from being discharged. The internal...
7367309 Internal combustion engine  
An internal combustion engine is provided which can operate by either the homogeneous charge compression ignition system or the spark ignition system using a single fuel. In the internal combustion...
7367289 Control system for hydrogen addition internal combustion engine  
Disclosed is a control system for a hydrogen addition internal combustion engine that uses hydrocarbon fuel and hydrogen gas as combustion fuel. The control system includes a canister 52 for...
7367183 Internal combustion engine with a fuel reformer and ammonia generator  
The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine which is used in particular in motor vehicle having a reformer for generating hydrogen, whereby the reformer has a single operating...
7360509 Method for operating compression ignition internal combustion engine  
An object is to provide a method for operating a compression ignition internal combustion engine which, using a single fuel, can produce diesel combustion when the load is high, or...
7357102 System for generating hybrid fuel for a combustion engine  
A system includes: an electrolytic cell for electrolytically converting water into a oxyhydrogen gas, the electrolytic cell having a gas outlet port; a fuel tank defining a fuel chamber therein and...
7357101 Engine system for multi-fluid operation  
A system for an engine, comprising of an injector coupled to the engine and configured to inject fuel to a cylinder of the engine; a first reservoir holding a first fluid containing at least a...
7354462 Systems and methods of improving diesel fuel performance in cold climates  
Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward systems and methods of providing a low-emissions diesel fuel for use in cold climates. Such fuels may be prepared by a Fischer-Tropsch...