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7597078 Camshaft  
The present invention relates to a camshaft ( 1 ) having cams ( 3 and 4 ) rotatable with respect to one another about the camshaft axis ( 2 ) over limited circumferential angles, whereby an...
7597083 Oil pan to engine block attachment for avoiding fretting of the oil pan rim  
A clamp ( 26 ) has a main body ( 30 ) that is attached to an engine block ( 28 ). A right-angled flange ( 32 ) extends from the main body to enter a downwardly open concave interior of an outturned...
7597088 Apparatus and method for boosting engine performance  
A supercharger ( 10 ) is positioned in the valley of an automobile engine ( 60 ) so that it fits under the engine hood ( 25 ). The supercharger ( 10 ) has a low profile air inlet ( 14 ) at the top...
7597600 Engine for driving a watercraft propelled by a water jet  
A system for driving a water induction and discharge system of a watercraft propelled by a water jet includes a water impeller, an engine including a driven shaft and a first chamber for containing...
7597081 Engine secondary air system  
A secondary air injection system for improving emissions of internal combustion engines. The secondary air injection system includes an engine cylinder head and exhaust system designed to be used...
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...
7597091 Air-fuel ratio control apparatus and method for an internal combustion engine  
When an internal combustion engine including a plurality of cylinders is operating steadily, an index value relating to an actual hydrogen content in exhaust gas downstream of a portion where...
7597860 Low current plasmatron fuel converter having enlarged volume discharges  
A novel apparatus and method is disclosed for a plasmatron fuel converter (“plasmatron”) that efficiently uses electrical energy to produce hydrogen rich gas. The volume and shape of the plasma...
7597068 Internal combustion engine with fuel reforming apparatus  
A heat engine system includes a fuel reforming system for supplying a reformed gas to be combusted in an internal combustion engine or used to generate electricity in a fuel cell. An...
7599784 Fuel injection system learning average of injection quantities for correcting injection characteristic of fuel injector  
A fuel injection system designed to execute a learning operation to spray fuel through a fuel injector in a cycle to calculate an average of actual injection quantities for correcting an injection...
7599785 Multiple injection blend for direct injected engines  
A fuel injection system for a direct fuel injection engine is provided. The system includes an injection mode module that selects a fuel injection mode to be one of a single injection mode and a...
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...
7597071 Apparatus and method for establishing dual compression ratios within an internal combustion engine to improve mileage  
An apparatus and method for establishing two operating compression ratios in an internal combustion engine resulting in improved mileage and including the provision of a fuel additive vapor for...
7597074 Control system and method for controlling an internal combustion engine  
An engine includes two or more banks, VVTL mechanisms provided for the respective banks for changing the operating characteristics of intake valves, and a control device that controls the VVTL...
7597080 Engine for a radio control model  
An engine for a radio control model includes an input axle partially extending out of the engine. A drive device is laterally mounted to the engine for driving the input axle when starting the...
7594323 Methods for designing single-lobe and double-lobe rotors  
The present invention provides methods for designing single-lobe or double-lobe rotors which enable a defined rotor and a conjugate rotor intermeshing and conjugating to each other and by...
7594499 Fuel feed apparatus and accumulator fuel injection system having the same  
A fuel feed apparatus is provided for supplying high-pressure fuel to a common rail of an accumulator fuel injection system. The accumulator fuel injection system includes an injector for injecting...
7594493 Method for controlling fuel injection in a compression ignition engine  
A method for controlling operation of an internal combustion engine operating lean of stoichiometry is described. The engine is a multi-cylinder direct-injection engine operative in repetitive...
7594489 High voltage extender  
An extender for connecting a high voltage source to a spark plug has a conductive rod with one end suitable for electrical connection to the high voltage source and a second end suitable for...
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...
7594390 Combustion control apparatus and method for internal combustion engine  
In combustion control apparatus and method for an internal combustion engine, an exhaust gas purifying section is disposed in an exhaust system of the engine, a determination is made, on the basis...
7594498 System and method for compensation of fuel injector limits  
A method for an engine configured to deliver an actively varying relative ratio of a first and second fuel via a delivery system having a first and second injector for a cylinder of the engine,...
7594500 Air control module  
An air control module comprises a canister purge valve, a vapor blocking valve, a canister vent valve and a housing, wherein at least a portion of the canister purge valve, the vapor blocking...
7594487 Apparatus for and method of controlling motion mechanism  
A variable valve mechanism, which rotates a control shaft by means of an actuator to continuously change a lift amount of an engine valve, is configured in a manner such that when a sensor output...
7594491 Internal combustion engine start controller  
An internal combustion engine start controller in a vehicle that includes: a power source; an internal combustion engine that is started by using electric power supplied from the power source; a...
7596446 Control device  
A change in a torque request for an internal combustion engine during a prediction period is predicted as a change in a target torque. Further, a change in an outputtable upper-limit torque during...
7594497 Control device and control method for internal combustion engine  
When the engine output request is increased in a state in which the valve closing timing of an intake valve ( 9 ) is before intake BDC, a target value (LT) for the maximum lift of an intake valve...
7594496 Method and device for operating a drive unit of a vehicle  
A method and a device for operating a drive unit of a vehicle are provided, which result in reduced fuel consumption in the overrun condition. An output variable of the drive unit is set, in this...
7594492 Rotary valve system and engine using the same  
Rotary valve system for controlling communication with a port in an internal combustion engine which, in one disclosed embodiment, has a crankshaft, compression and expansion pistons connected to...
7594501 Cylinder head cover for an internal combustion engine  
A cylinder head cover for an internal combustion engine includes an oil separator with a vortex chamber extending in a longitudinal direction from a proximal end to a distal end. Said vortex...
7594483 Internal combustion engine cooling system  
An engine cooling system has an engine water jacket, a coolant circulation passage connecting a water jacket outlet to a water jacket inlet and a radiator disposed in the coolant circulation...
7594488 Cylinder head cover and method for mounting cylinder head cover to cylinder head  
A cylinder head cover covers a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. The engine has a variable valve actuation mechanism and a control valve for controlling supply and drainage of...
7596447 Control apparatus for internal-combustion engine  
Provision is made to avoid a fuel discharge timing and a fuel injection timing during the ordinary operation of the engine from being limited, by, upon the activation of an engine, making a...
7594494 Assembly with non-contacting position sensor  
An electronic throttle control system is described. The system includes a non-contacting sensor stator integrated into an electronic throttle body and is aligned to the sensor rotor attached to the...
7594536 EGR cooler  
An EGR cooler including tubes and a shell enclosing the tubes. Cooling water is supplied into and discharged from the shell. Exhaust gas is guided from a diesel engine into the tubes for thermal...
7594485 Valve actuation system for internal combustion engine  
A valve actuation system for an engine is provided. The valve actuation system can include two or more engine cylinders, each cylinder having at least one intake valve configured to control...
7594490 Engine starter  
An electric engine starter in which downsizing and weight saving are improved to an extreme based on the rational design and by eliminating an unnecessary unit, wherein a battery is arranged...
7594495 Electronic throttle valve control system and two-wheeled motor vehicle  
An electronic throttle valve control system prevents rapid rotation of a throttle valve when the control system has a failure. A throttle valve controls the amount of intake air to an internal...
7594484 Blower housing for internal combustion engine  
A blower housing for use with an engine. The blower housing is adapted to receive a stream of intake air, and the engine includes at least one cylinder. The blower housing includes an intake...
7594599 Hand-held power tool  
A hand-held power tool is provided, the operational power of which is provided by a gas combustion mechanism. The gas combustion mechanism comprises a first priming cylinder ( 2 ) having a first...
7595031 Plasma reformer with extended volume discharge  
Plasma reformer having a high voltage electrode spaced apart from a grounded electrode creating a volume therebetween. At least one electrically floating electrode is disposed between the high...
7591256 Exhaust gas recirculation apparatus for an internal combustion engine and the respective operating method  
An exhaust gas recirculation apparatus ( 5 ) for an internal combustion engine ( 1 ), in particular in a motor vehicle, has an exhaust gas recirculation line ( 9 ) which can be connected at the...
7591254 Supercharger control system  
A supercharger control system is installed at the bottom front end of the engine, directly onto the crankshaft. An accessory drive belt around the accessory belt pulley rotates continuously to keep...
7591244 Control method for the intake and exhaust valves of an engine and internal combustion engine comprising such valves  
This method is for controlling the intake and exhaust valves of the cylinders of an internal combustion engine which is capable of operating either in four-stroke positive mode or in two-stroke...
7591235 Opposed piston engine with piston compliance  
An engine having a cylinder with a bore opposed pistons disposed for reciprocation in the bore includes compliant members that allow for angular adjustment of piston structure with respect to the...
7593807 Method for optimizing fuel injection timing in a compression ignition engine  
A method for determining the optimum fuel injection timing angle in a CI engine provided with means disposed in one or more cylinders for measuring Indicated Mean Effective Pressure. The pressure...
7591252 Gas vapor control system  
A gas vapor control system that controls gas vapor that is generated in a fuel tank may include a canister in which the gas vapor is captured, a throttle valve that is mounted in an intake passage...
7591237 Electromechanical variable valve actuator with a spring controller  
Actuators, and corresponding methods and systems for controlling such actuators, provide independent lift and timing control with minimum energy consumption. In an exemplary embodiment, an...
7591251 Evaporative emission controls in a fuel system  
A method, fuel system, and components for facilitating the delivery of liquid fuel from a fuel tank in fluid communication with a float bowl carburetor of an internal combustion engine, wherein...