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7631623 Valve timing controller  
A valve timing controller includes a driving circuit, a control circuit, and a signal line. Receiving electric power from a power source, the drive circuit drives an electric motor according to the...
7628127 Apparatus and method for controlling variable valve actuation mechanism  
A pulse signal output from a crank angle sensor is counted from start of an engine starting operation, and whether or not an engine rotation is started is determined at the time when the count...
7624710 Valve timing controller  
A valve timing controller includes a first rotor having a first gear, a second rotor having a second gear, and a planet gear engaged with the first and the second gear. The first rotor has the...
7621243 Valve timing controller  
A valve timing controller includes a first rotary element having a first gear part, a second rotary element having a second gear part, and a planetary gear including a third gear part and a fourth...
7614370 Vane-type cam phaser having bias spring system to assist intermediate position pin locking  
A vane-type camshaft phaser for varying the timing of combustion valves in an internal combustion engine includes a seat formed in the sprocket at the appropriate position of intermediate rotation...
7614371 Engine valvetrain having variable valve lift timing and duration  
An engine includes a crankshaft, a first noncircular gear operatively connected to the crankshaft to be driven thereby, a second noncircular gear meshingly engaged with the first noncircular gear,...
7614372 Bias spring arbor for a camshaft phaser  
A torque bias coil spring for a camshaft phaser disposed in an annular well formed in the phaser rotor and having a central arbor for supporting the spring. The radius of the central arbor is such...
7610884 Valve timing control system  
A first-side check valve prevents a hydraulic fluid from being discharged out of a retard chamber, and a second-side check valve prevents the hydraulic fluid from being discharged out of an advance...
7610885 Variable drive for camshafts  
A rotor ( 2 ) and/or rotor housing ( 1 ) for a camshaft adjuster for a motor vehicle engine and a method for manufacturing the same.
7610889 Camshaft assembly including a target wheel  
A camshaft assembly including a target wheel is manufactured using an assembly process in which the camshaft is formed from a hollow tube. After the cam rings and a target wheel ring have been...
7610883 Valve timing control apparatus  
A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving side rotational member, a driven side rotational member arranged coaxially to the driving side rotational member, a fluid pressure chamber...
7603974 Variable camshaft timing system for an internal combustion engine  
A system is disclosed which has a first camshaft coupled to a first gearwheel via a camshaft adjuster, the camshaft adjuster allowing the camshaft to be rotated with respect to the gearwheel, and a...
7603975 Valve timing controller  
A valve timing controller includes a first gear rotating together with a crankshaft, a planetary carrier eccentric to the first gear, a second gear engaging with the planetary carrier. The second...
7600495 Method for controlling an engine having variable cam timing  
A method for operating an engine having a variable cam timing control system, for controlling a camshaft angle in such engine. The method includes deactivating the variable cam timing system and...
7599782 Variable valve timing controller for internal combustion engine  
An ECU outputs a signal indicative of a target motor speed calculated based on a deviation between a target camshaft phase and an actual camshaft phase to an EDU. The EDU performs a feedback...
7597075 Electrically driven camshaft adjuster  
Adjustment device ( 1 ) for adjusting a relative rotational angle position of a camshaft ( 3 ) relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine is provided. The adjusting device includes a...
7597072 System and method for operating a multiple fuel engine  
A system and method to control valve timing and valve lift of an engine is described. The valve timing can be adjusted to improve engine operation when a range of fuels are used. The method can...
7597073 Valve timing control apparatus  
A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving side rotational member synchronously rotatable with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, a driven side rotational member arranged...
7597092 Internal combustion engine and method for controlling a supercharged internal combustion engine  
The invention relates to n internal combustion engine and method for controlling a supercharged internal combustion engine, wherein a deviation of the actual lambda value from a calculated lambda...
7597076 Camshaft adjuster  
A device for changing the control times of an internal combustion engine (camshaft adjuster) having a pressure medium distributor arranged within a camshaft is provided. The pressure medium...
7594486 Engine control system  
A system for improving engine operation during a condition of engine controller degradation is presented. According to one aspect of the description, the engine may continue to operate if the...
7588004 Vane-type camshaft adjuster  
Vane-cell camshaft adjuster with a stator and a rotor which is hydraulically rotatable relative to the stator. The rotor is connectable to a camshaft. It is provided with radially projecting vanes...
7584731 Camshaft adjuster for an internal combustion engine  
A camshaft adjuster for an internal combustion engine comprises a stator having inwardly projecting stator vanes, which are distributed over the periphery of the stator and which have at least one...
7584729 Variable valve timing controller for internal combustion engine  
A motor current (driving current of motor) is estimated based on a target motor speed, an actual motor speed, and an engine speed. When the estimated motor current exceeds the upper limit value...
7584728 Method and apparatus for operating an oil flow control valve  
An oil flow control valve ( 10 ) in a combustion engine is operated for affecting a cam phaser ( 26 ) disposed at an output side of said oil flow control valve ( 10 ). The cam phaser includes a...
7581519 Phase adjusting apparatus and a cam shaft phase adjusting apparatus for an internal combustion engine  
A plurality of advanced angle chamber oil paths communicated to advanced angle hydraulic chambers and a plurality of retarded angle chamber oil paths communicated to retarded angle hydraulic...
7584044 Camshaft phaser position control system  
A camshaft phasor control system for an engine includes a position control module. The position control module generates a position control signal based on a camshaft position command signal and a...
7578275 Device for variably setting the control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine  
A device for variably setting the control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine is provided having a hydraulic actuator ( 18 ) with two reciprocally operating pressure...
7578273 Device for adjusting the phase angle between two rotating, drive-connected element  
In a device for adjusting the phase angle between two rotating, drive-connected elements, which are interconnected by means of an adjustment device, a control arrangement is provided for the...
7578271 Valve timing controller  
A valve timing controller is provided with a first rotary element including a first gear part, a second rotary element including a second gear part, and a third rotary element including a third...
7578274 Camshaft adjuster  
A locking unit of a camshaft adjuster ( 1 ) for an internal combustion engine is provided, in which a locking pin ( 19 ) establishes a positive connection between a driving element and a driven...
7571700 Valve timing control apparatus  
A valve timing control apparatus includes a rotor linked to a camshaft of an internal combustion engine. A drive member is linked to the drive shaft of the internal combustion engine and supports...
7568458 Valve event reduction through operation of a fast-acting camshaft phaser  
A variable cam timing system for an engine with at least one camshaft comprising: a housing, a rotor, and a controlled bypass. The housing has an outer circumference for accepting drive force and...
7568455 Method and device for controlling an electrodynamic brake of an electric camshaft adjuster for an internal combustion engine  
In a method and device for adjusting an electro-dynamic brake of an electric camshaft adjuster for a phase angle adjustment of a camshaft of an internal combustion engine with respect to the...
7565889 Valve timing control apparatus  
A valve timing control apparatus includes a locking mechanism that can minimize the accumulation of foreign material in a concave engagement part, can minimize the penetration of foreign material...
7565888 System to release a stuck lock-pin in a cam phaser  
A stuck lock-pin release system for a lock-pin in a cam phaser includes a stuck lock-pin detection module and a stuck lock-pin module that communicates with the stuck lock-pin detection module. The...
7562645 Electromechanical camshaft phaser having a worm gear drive with a hypoid gear actuator  
An electromechanical camshaft phasing system comprising a first pinion gear mounted on the end of an engine camshaft and engaged by a worm gear mounted on a transverse shaft extending from and...
7559300 Multiple slave piston valve actuation system  
Systems and methods of actuating engine valves using a hydraulic valve actuation system are disclosed. The valve actuation system includes a master piston and two slave pistons slidably disposed in...
7556001 Oil control valve of a vehicle engine  
An oil control valve includes an operation unit at an upper part of a cam cap and an inner part of a head cover that changes a path of fluid into a continuously variable valve timing unit, and a...
7556000 Camshaft phaser having designated contact vane  
In a vane-type camshaft phaser, one vane extends over a much larger internal angle than the other two vanes. Because of its size and strength, the large vane is the vane designated for contact with...
7536986 Camshaft  
The present invention relates to a camshaft ( 1 ) having an inner shaft ( 3 ) arranged coaxially in an outer shaft ( 2 ) and mounted to rotate with respect to the outer shaft ( 2 ). The camshaft (...
7536987 Mounting structure of functional device for internal combustion engine  
A stay for keeping an oil control valve fastened to a sleeve extends across the outer surface of a head cover from the oil control valve and is fixed by a screw. Thus, the OCV is removable from the...
7536985 Valve timing control device  
A valve opening and closing timing control device includes a phase control unit having a drive side rotation member for rotating in synchronization with a crankshaft of an internal combustion...
7533640 Combustion engine comprising a control cam  
The invention relates to a contoured body having an additional cam contour for effecting a valve control of a piston combustion engine that is used, in particular, for an internal exhaust gas...
7533695 Control valve for a device changing the control times of an internal combustion engine  
A control valve for a device for changing the control times of an internal combustion engine, having a substantially hollow-cylindrical valve housing, a control piston which is arranged within the...
7527029 Controller for plant using PWM algorithm  
A controller for a plant that can compensate for non-linear property and reduce oscillation of output of a controlled object even when the controlled object has high non-linear property is...
7527028 Hybrid vehicle system having engine with variable valve operation  
A system for a vehicle, comprising of an internal combustion engine coupled in the vehicle, the engine having at least one cylinder with an intake and exhaust valve, where the opening and closing...
7523727 Engine  
In an engine having a cylinder head which forms a portion of an engine body and is provided with an intake valve operated for opening and closing operations by an intake valve operating device...
7523728 Phaser for controlling the timing between a camshaft and a timing gear  
A phaser for controlling the timing between a camshaft and a timing gear having a rotor with at least one vane and a stator with at least one recess the phaser allowing limited rotational movement...
7520255 Control for an engine having a variable valve-driving unit  
A control for avoiding interference between a valve and a piston of an engine is provided. The engine has a variable lift mechanism that is capable of changing a lift amount of the valve and a...