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7441554 Engine controller  
The invention provides an engine controller, which can determine a deterioration mode (gain deterioration or response deterioration) of an air/fuel (A/F) ratio sensor, can detect a degree of the...
7441553 Ignition coil, mounting structure, and method for mounting of the same  
An ignition coil, which is adapted to being mounted to a sparkplug, includes a coil body having a primary coil and a secondary coil. The ignition coil further includes a plug cap provided to an...
7441552 Ignition coil apparatus for an internal combustion engine  
The rotation of an ignition coil apparatus upon mounting thereof on an internal combustion engine is prevented with a simple structure, and the efficiency of mounting the ignition coil apparatus on...
7441551 Intake manifold  
An intake manifold is disclosed. The intake manifold includes a first chamber in fluid communication with a PCV line and disposed generally upstream of a second chamber. The chambers are designed...
7441550 Method and device for activating a valve of a fuel vapor retention system  
For the purposes of a determination of a fuel vapor loading level of a fuel vapor retention system of a combustion engine, an opening level of a valve of the fuel vapor retention system is...
7441549 Fuel supply apparatus for and pressure control method of internal combustion engine  
A leak diagnosing technology in which a diagnostic space capable of being closed is defined which includes therein a fuel tank and a canister, the closed diagnostic space being pressurized by an...
7441548 Fuel supply apparatus  
A fuel supply apparatus particularly for the outboard motor is capable of decreasing the need to change the layout, etc., according to the specification of an engine to reduce the cost of...
7441547 Method of feeding fuel to an engine, fuel feed amount control system of an engine, and motorcycle comprising fuel feed amount control system  
A method of feeding fuel to an engine, comprising the steps of determining whether or not the engine is decelerating based on a time-lapse change rate of an engine speed of the engine, and reducing...
7441546 Valve apparatus  
A pushrod is slidably received in a slidably holding guide, which is formed separately from a valve body of a valve apparatus. A clearance is provided between an inner peripheral surface of a small...
7441545 Fuel pressure relief valve  
A fuel pressure relief valve includes a body defining a passageway having an inlet end in communication with a fuel pump and an outlet end in communication with a fuel rail. The valve also includes...
7441544 Control device for internal combustion engine  
Provided is a control device for an internal combustion engine, which is provided to allow a throttle opening degree to be controlled in accordance with a target engine intake air flow quantity...
7441543 Device and method for controlling ignition timing of internal combustion engine  
An engine ECU executes a program including a step of calculating a correlation coefficient K representing a degree of agreement between a vibration waveform and a knock waveform model, a step of...
7441542 Butterfly valves and intake air control devices for internal combustion engines  
The present invention includes a butterfly valve that has a resin valve body and a shaft. The shaft includes a first shaft member and a second shaft member. The first and second shaft members are...
7441541 Internal combustion engine stop and start method  
Fuel injection is controlled to cause one of multiple cylinders to receive fuel injection and to stop in a predetermined range over an intake stroke to a compression stroke in an operation stop of...
7441540 Multipoint ignition device  
A multipoint ignition device comprises: a head gasket ( 1 ) interposed between a cylinder head and a cylinder block of an engine, having an opening ( 3 ) in a position corresponding to a cylinder...
7441539 Multipoint ignition device  
Respective heat values of a plurality of electrode pairs P 1 to P 8 are set individually such that the temperatures of all of the plurality of electrode pairs (P 1 to P 8 ) are kept within an...
7441538 Method for auto-ignition operation and computer storage device for use with an internal combustion engine  
An internal combustion engine that can be operated in compression ignition mode, comprising a fuel injector ( 2 ) for each cylinder; a fuel injection control unit ( 4 ) for controlling fuel...
7441537 Method and apparatus to control combustion in a spray-guided direct injection spark-ignited engine  
A method and apparatus to operate a spray-guided spark-ignition direct fuel injection internal combustion engine are provided. The invention comprises injecting a first quantity of fuel during a...
7441536 Internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection  
In an internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder in which a combustion space is delimited between a piston and a cylinder head, with a fuel injector having an outwardly opening injection...
7441535 Shape of combustion chamber for direct-injection diesel engine  
The invention relates to a shape of a combustion chamber for a direct-injection diesel engine, in which a mixture in, particularly, an expansion stroke is promoted by optimally designing the shape...
7441534 Rotary engine system  
This rotary internal combustion engine has two rotatable vane type pistons mounted for axial rotation in a sealed casing. In an exemplary cycle, one piston is released to rotate at or prior to...
7441533 Cover assembly for an internal combustion engine  
A cover assembly is provided, such as a camshaft cover or valve cover, for an internal combustion engine. The cover assembly includes a cover member with a contoured surface. An acoustic barrier...
7441532 Four-stroke internal combustion engine having reduced noise emissions  
The present invention provides a four-stroke internal combustion engine having reduced noise emissions. The engine includes a filter element having substantially flat inlet and outlet sides, a...
7441531 Reverse rotation preventing mechanism for diesel engine  
The invention prevents reverse rotation of a diesel engine which is possible to occur when the engine is started. A camshaft 13 is driven by a crankshaft 5 through power transmission means, and...
7441530 Optimal heat engine  
A conservative force coupled to the piston of a reciprocating-piston engine, refrigerator, or compressor acts to counter the pressure force on the piston that arises from the change of volume of...
7441529 Pitot engine crankshaft oil pump  
The oil pump comprises an open ended conduit extending from a connecting rod journal to below the surface of oil in a crankcase. The conduit is bent and oriented such that the open end is...
7441528 Outboard motor  
An outboard motor mounted to a hull of a watercraft includes a V-type engine having right and left cylinder banks positioned in a cowling and having a crankshaft generally vertically disposed when...
7441527 Air suction device  
An air suction device is provided with an air suction system having at least one capacity-enlarged portion, a compression pump compressing air in synchronization with operation of an engine, a...
7441526 Multipoint ignition device  
A multipoint ignition device comprises: a head gasket ( 1 ) interposed between a cylinder head and a cylinder block of an engine, having an opening ( 3 ) in a position corresponding to a cylinder...
7441525 Cylinder head cover for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine  
A cover for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine having a connecting element for attachment the cylinder head and a sealing element arranged between the cylinder head cover and the...
7441524 Valve timing control apparatus for internal combustion engine and control method thereof  
In a structure with a variable valve timing mechanism which varies an opening-and-closing timing of an intake valve and/or an exhaust valve due to a rotational phase of a camshaft with respect to a...
7441523 Variable valve device for internal combustion engine  
A variable valve device for an internal combustion engine includes an internal combustion engine body having a plurality of cylinders, a variable valve mechanism which is provided in the body and...
7441522 Valve characteristic control device for internal combustion engine and method of the same  
A lift time area is calculated based on an actual valve working angle of an intake valve and an engine rotational speed. Then, a control gain of a feedback control is set based on the lift time area.
7441521 Variable valve mechanism  
A first arm member and a second arm member are provided. The first arm member is positioned between a cam and a valve body to oscillate in synchronism with the rotation of the cam. The second arm...
7441520 Valve-timing control apparatus of internal combustion engine  
A valve-timing control apparatus of an internal combustion engine provides a valve timing controller capable of continuously and variably controlling the overlap period of an intake valve and an...
7441519 Engine valve actuation system  
An engine valve actuation system may include an intake valve moveable between a first position that blocks a flow of fluid and a second position that allows a flow of fluid. The system may also...
7441518 Internal combustion engine and method of operating same  
An internal combustion engine having an intake channel that opens into a crankcase. A first fuel channel opens into the intake channel to supply fuel thereto as a function of underpressure in the...
7441517 Cooling circuit for a motor vehicle and corresponding motor vehicle  
The circuit includes an internal volume for receiving a cooling fluid, a stopper for selectively closing an opening giving access to the internal volume, and ensuring element that the cooling fluid...
7441453 System for virtual frost sensor  
A system for a virtual frost sensor is disclosed including a method for operating the virtual frost sensor. The method includes determining a first temperature indicative of a fluid upstream of the...
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...
7440841 Method of efficiently determining pressure-based combustion parameters for an IC engine  
Pressure-based combustion parameters of an IC engine are determined based on engine cylinder pressure measurements and crank angle dependent cylinder volume data, where the pressure in a given...
7440838 Torque based air per cylinder and volumetric efficiency determination  
A method of regulating operation of an internal combustion engine includes monitoring a manifold absolute pressure (MAP) of the engine, determining an engine torque based on the MAP, estimating an...
7440836 Control system for internal combustion engine  
A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of properly performing air-fuel ratio control and ignition timing control according to an actual amount of intake air, even when...
7439700 Control system  
A control system which is capable of avoiding an overloaded state of an actuator without using sensors or the like. An ECU 2 of the control system 1 calculates a lift control input U_Liftin to...
7438738 Air cleaner device for motorcycle  
An air cleaner device for a motorcycle including a cylindrical filter element disposed in a box of an air cleaner, wherein air purified by the element is sent to an air-intake system. Further, a...
7438665 Control system for internal combustion engine  
A control system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders and a switching mechanism for switching between an all-cylinder operation in which all of the plurality of...
7438238 Gaseous fuel injector  
The injector includes a nozzle, a needle, a control chamber, a working fluid supply passage, an electric switching valve, a high-pressure gaseous fuel supply passage and a lubrication liquid fuel...
7438067 Method of controlling engine using heated exhaust gas sensor  
A method of controlling an internal combustion engine system. The method comprises supplying a first amount of electric energy to heat to an upstream sensor located in an exhaust gas passage...
7438066 Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine  
A method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine, in which the fuel quantity to be injected into the engine is limited to a limiting value. The limiting value is predefined on the...
7438065 Breather device in engine  
A breather device disposed in a timing-gear chamber of an engine includes an oil separator rotatable with a camshaft, and a tubular breather housing that removes the oil mist by working in...