05th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 7 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100024689 | PALLET WITH COMPOSITE COMPONENTS - A pallet having a first deck, a second deck, and a plurality of composite block members securing the first and second decks together to form a pallet. The composite block members and lead boards of the first and/or second deck comprise a composite material including about 50%-55% by weight of juniper or conifer particles and about 45%-50% by weight of a plastic component including a major portion of polyethylene. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024690 | TABLE ASSEMBLY, JOINTED TABLE, AND METHOD OF CREATING A CLEAN INTERSTICE - This disclosure relates to a table assembly, a jointed table, and a method of creating a clean interstice between adjacent tables. More particularly, this disclosure relates to the use of both male and female support connectors where the male connector includes a junction plate and the female connector includes a spacer and a holder plate to create a female connector space. In another embodiment, silicone joints and industrial grade stainless steel plate are used. A method of creating a clean joint by depositing silicone in an interstice between adjacent tables is also disclosed. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024691 | COMPUTER WORK STATION WITH MOVEABLE MONITOR SUPPORT - A portable workstation configured for use with a primary worksurface includes a monitor support adapted to be moveably supported by the primary worksurface and an auxiliary worksurface pivotally connected to the monitor support about a horizontal axis. The auxiliary worksurface is automatically moveable with the monitor support and pivots downwardly from a first worksurface position to a second worksurface position. In one embodiment, a pivotable link member connects a base and a front portion of a worksurface. A method of configuring the workstation is also provided. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024692 | BLAST AND IMPACT RESISTANT WINDOW PANE SYSTEMS - Window pane systems which offer improved protection against blast and impact hazards, including contact blast caused by a bomb or a shell, with or without hollow charge and bullets. A window pane system of the present invention includes multiple glass layers, to absorb the ballistic impact of the explosion; a thick polymer such as polycarbonate, to absorb the kinetic energy of the blast including contact blast; and multiple elastic thin layers of polymer such as polycarbonate, to absorb the blast impact such as the shock wave and shrapnel. Optionally, the last layer is extended such that the last layer is covering up to the full width of the window pane system, preferably in all four sides of the window pane system. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024693 | FOSSIL-FUEL-FIRED SYSTEM HAVING REDUCED EMISSIONS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A fossil-fuel-fired system, which includes an emissions-control-agent dispenser, a furnace, an emissions monitor and, optionally, a controller, is disclosed. The emissions-control-agent dispenser provides a prescribed amount of organic-emissions-control agent, such as, for example, an opacity-control agent to the fossil-fuel-fired system. The furnace includes an exhaust communicating with the atmosphere. The emissions monitor is capable of measuring at least one property of the flue-gas communicated through the exhaust to the atmosphere. For example, when an organic-emissions-control agent is an opacity-control agent, the emissions monitor has the capability of at least measuring opacity. When included, the controller communicates with at least the emissions-control-agent dispenser and the emissions monitor. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024694 | Separator Construction of a Fluidized Bed Boiler - A separator construction, connectable to a fluidized bed boiler having a furnace, for circulating bed material and returning the material to the furnace. The separator construction includes walls, a ceiling, an inlet conduit, an outlet conduit in flow communication with a flue gas channel located above the separator, and a suspending device connecting the separator to a supporting structure in a building housing the boiler. The suspending device is formed of a frame arranged between the flue gas channel and the separator in connection with an upper circumference of the wall of the separator, and hanger rods or wires connecting the frame directly to the supporting structure. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024695 | Fabrics - Fabric comprising a plurality of fibers (F) comprising at least one polymer material (P) selected from the group consisting of:
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20100024696 | System and Method for Recycling Waste into Energy - A system for recycling solid waste into energy includes a heated enclosure | 2010-02-04 |
20100024697 | PREPARATION OF FUEL USABLE IN A FOSSIL-FUEL-FIRED SYSTEM - A fossil-fuel-fired system, which includes an emissions-control-agent dispenser, a furnace, an emissions monitor and, optionally, a controller, is disclosed. The emissions-control-agent dispenser provides a prescribed amount of organic-emissions-control agent, such as, for example, an opacity-control agent to the fossil-fuel-fired system. The furnace includes an exhaust communicating with the atmosphere. The emissions monitor is capable of measuring at least one property of the flue-gas communicated through the exhaust to the atmosphere. For example, when an organic-emissions-control agent is an opacity-control agent, the emissions monitor has the capability of at least measuring opacity. When included, the controller communicates with at least the emissions-control-agent dispenser and the emissions monitor. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024698 | METHOD FOR REDUCING NOx DURING COMBUSTION OF COAL IN A BURNER BY OPTIMIZING COMBUSTION AIR FLOW - An initial coal feedstock comprised of primary or second coal is cleaned so as to reduce its ash content by at least about 20% in order to yield a refined coal product that produces fewer NOx emissions. The reduced NOx emissions result primarily from the ability to use less primary combustion air in order to maintain the pulverized refined coal in a suspended condition within the feeder pipes of a coal burner compared to the minimum quantity of air required to maintain pulverized coal from the initial coal feedstock in a suspended condition within the feeder pipes. Reducing the primary combustion air reduces the amount of oxygen in the primary combustion zone that would otherwise be available for converting fuel nitrogen into NOx. Instead, more of the fuel nitrogen is converted into N | 2010-02-04 |
20100024699 | LIQUID DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS EMPLOYING A CHECK VALVE FOR DISTRIBUTING LIQUID INTO A SEED FURROW - Aspects of the present invention involve an extension adapted to extend from a planter, such as the seed tube portion of the planter, into a seed furrow in order to engage seeds being deposited therein, where such engagement may involve deflecting the seeds toward the vertex region of the furrow and/or firming the seeds in the furrow. The extension includes or supports a fluid distribution arrangement such as a hose or the like, which may be separate or integral with the liquid supply hose of a planter. The fluid distribution arrangement is adapted to supply fluid, such as liquid fertilizer, insecticide, water, etc., to the furrow. A valve is provided in the fluid flow path in the region of the fluid distribution arrangement to control the distribution of fluid to the furrow. The valve may be a check valve that allows fluid flow therethrough when fluid pressure exceeds a value such that the valve opens, and prevents fluid flow when the pressure decreases below the valve activation pressure. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024700 | Stippling pattern stitching apparatus and sewing machine - The invention discloses an apparatus for easily stitching a stippling pattern, wherein the stippling pattern | 2010-02-04 |
20100024701 | INSULATED PRODUCT - An insulating product and method for its creation involving inner valves designed to impede the flow of insulating materials between compartments formed by the inner valves. This allows for creating vertical baffles in addition to the typical horizontal baffles. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024702 | WATERCRAFT STABILIZATION SYSTEM - This invention relates generally to the stabilization of watercraft, such as kayaks and canoes, and especially to the stabilization of a kayak to allow an individual to stand or move in a kayak without the kayak rocking or rolling over. The pontoon assembly is mounted to a kayak which allows for extending a stabilizing pontoon individually on each side of the watercraft and locking the pontoon at an operative position. Each pontoon can be rapidly raised to a rest position for paddling the kayak or canoe. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024703 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A SCUTTLE MECHANISM - Methods and apparatus for a scuttle assembly including an end member having a port to enable fluid flow, a valve member having a closed position to prevent fluid from flowing into a channel and an open position to allow fluid flowing into the channel, a bias member to bias the valve member to the open position, and a scuttle washer sandwiched between the end member and the valve member, the scuttle washer comprising a material that dissolves due to exposure to sea water without generating toxic gas or hydrogen. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024704 | MOORING SYSTEM FOR A CONVENTIONAL TANKER - Mooring system for a tanker, i.e. a mooring of a conventional tanker to an installation with fixed orientation, wherein a conventional tanker ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100024705 | DRAG-INDUCING STABILIZER PLATES WITH DAMPING APERTURES - A floating vessel is equipped with perforated plates which exhibit both an added-mass effect and a damping effect. The addition of porosity to an added mass plate phase-shifts the added mass force so that it becomes at least partially a damping force which does not depend on large velocities to develop a large damping force. Preferred porosity is in the range of about 5% to about 15% of total plate area. A semi-submersible drilling rig may have damper plates fitted between its surface-piercing columns and/or extending from the sides of its pontoons. A truss spar offshore platform may have damper plates installed within its truss structure intermediate its hull and ballast tank. Drill ships and similar vessels may be equipped with damper plates extending from the sides of their hulls to reduce both heave and roll. In certain embodiments, the damper plates are retractable so as not to interfere with docking and to reduce drag while the vessel is underway. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024706 | System and Method for Mooring of Offshore Structures - A system and method for configuring and supporting mooring lines deployed on offshore structures, e.g. Spar-type platform, are provided with recessed portions that are located around the splash/ice zones for “cutting” through waves. An offshore structure may be provided with a chain tensioning mechanism that applies a desired tension to a hull chain and mooring line during mooring. Upon mooring the offshore structure, a chain lock mechanism maintains the tension in the hull chain and mooring line, while the chain tensioning mechanism releases a portion of the hull chain which is to be stored in a chain housing which is fully submerged underwater. This way, the recessed portions of the offshore structure around the splash/ice zones would be substantially free of the hull chains. Additionally, a disconnect mechanism may be provided to allow quick and safe disconnection of the offshore structure from the mooring position. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024707 | VARIABLE TRIM BOAT - The variable trim boat comprises a pair of hollow bodies, arranged on the sides of the boat in symmetrical position with respect to the longitudinal axis, which stretch from a central position of the hull up to the stem area. The hollow bodies comprise respective no-leakage-chamber box structures, isolated from the boat, suitable to be kept empty or filled up with water to improve the trim and the stability of the boat both in static and in dynamic conditions. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024708 | Submarine short-range defense system - Disclosed is a launch system of an affixed lower section of launch tubing and an upper section of launch tubing configured to telescope vertically from a stowed position within the hull of a submarine to a position just above the ocean surface for a launch operation of a projectile, with the upper section returning to a stowed position after the launch operation. The launch system is capable of launching a projectile to engage air contacts by the discharge of high pressure fluid air, through the length of the upper and lower sections to impact the projectile for launch. The launch system includes surveillance, command and control elements as well as operational connection to additional projectile stowage and a supply of high pressure fluid. The projectile in use with the launch system can support surveillance and communications operations. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024709 | TAKE APART WATER CRAFT - A water craft comprises two or more sections with mating bulkheads and a tensioning device extending from bow to stem and passing through said bulkheads such that the tensioning device holds the sections together for use on the water. The mating bulkheads have inwardly and outwardly tapering ridges which guide the bulkheads into locking engagement as the tensioning device draws the sections together. The tensioning device is a strap which is attached internally to the bow and stem of the craft and is tensioned by a ratchet. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024710 | FOLDING BOAT - A folding boat can comprise a forward hull portion provided by a first molded plastic shell, an aft hull portion provided by a second molded plastic shell, a sprayskirt detachably attached to the forward hull portion, and a waterproof joint detachably attached to the cockpit end of the forward hull portion cockpit and to the cockpit end of the aft hull portion. The boat can be in an assembled state or in a folded state. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024711 | BOAT COVER SUSPENSION DEVICE - The present invention provides a device for suspending a boat cover from a vertical projection attached to a boat, such that the boat cover is maintained under tension to prevent the formation of pools of water on the cover. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024712 | ANCHORING SYSTEM FOR A KAYAK - Apparatus is disclosed for anchoring a kayak to the bottom of a body of shallow water. The apparatus includes first and second tubes for attachment to the kayak proximate the upper portion of the kayak between the bow and the stem of the kayak, and first and second shafts which are disposed in the first and second tubes, respectively. A gear box is provided proximate the seat which comprises two sets of gearing mechanisms for operative engagement with the two shafts, and a rotatable handle which is external to the gear box for operative connection to the first and second gearing mechanisms. First and second actuation devices external to the gear box are provided which have first and second positions, and, in the first position, the actuation devices function to establish operative connection between the first and second gearing mechanisms and a rotatable handle, which, when rotated in a first direction, deploys the two shafts from a position inside each tube to a position outside the tubes and into engagement with the bottom of the body of water. An anchoring system according to the present invention thus permits the operator of the kayak to anchor the kayak at both the bow and stern by apparatus which is located proximate the seat of the kayak and which may be operated using only one hand. In an alternative embodiment, only one tube containing a shaft is provided. In this embodiment, the kayak may be anchored from the bow or from the stern, but not from both. In this latter embodiment, the need for an actuation device is eliminated. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024713 | Air Blown Noisemaker - A noisemaker assembly that includes an annular horn body having an inner wall, an outer wall and a groove disposed there between. The groove is open at the top surface of the horn body. A tubular mouthpiece is provided that extends into the horn body. The mouthpiece communicates with the groove inside the horn body. When air is blown into the mouthpiece, that air passes into the groove within the horn body. A membrane is placed over the horn body so that the membrane covers the top of the groove. When air is blown into the groove, the air slips past the membrane from inside the groove. This causes the membrane to vibrate and generate a loud low frequency noise. The horn assembly can be held within a housing. The housing has perforations to enable sound energy from the horn assembly to escape from the housing. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024714 | FREEZE INDICATORS, FLEXIBLE FREEZE INDICATORS, COMBINATION INDICATORS AND MANUFACTURING METHODS - Freeze indicators providing a visual indication of exposure of the freeze indicator to a freezing or near-freezing temperature and their manufacture are disclosed. The freeze indicators employ colloidal dispersions as active elements and include flexible freeze indicators, freeze indicators protected against drying out and freeze indicators employing core shell composites, for example gold coated pigments as active indicator elements. Also disclosed are: a combination freeze indicator and threshold temperature indicator; a combination threshold indicator and cumulative temperature indicator; and three-way combination indicators that can provide indications of cumulative past temperature exposure, exposure to freezing temperatures and exposure to a temperature above a threshold. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024715 | INDICATOR DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an indicator display device displaying information by using an indicator, and more particularly, provided is an indicator display device having a simplified configuration and including a small module. The indicator display device includes a stepping motor; an indicator which is connected to the stepping motor and rotates by a driving force provided by the stepping motor; and an indicator position detector which detects a relative position of the indicator with regard to the stepping motor. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024716 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DIAMETER OF A SILICON CRYSTAL INGOT IN A GROWTH PROCESS - An improvement to a method and an apparatus for growing a monocrystalline silicon ingot from silicon melt according to the CZ process. The improvement performs defining an error between a target taper of a meniscus and a measured taper, and translating the taper error into a feedback adjustment to a pull-speed of the silicon ingot. The conventional control model for controlling the CZ process relies on linear control (PID) controlling a non-linear system of quadratic relationship defined in the time domain between the diameter and the pull-speed. The present invention transforms the quadratic relationship in the time domain between the diameter and the pull-speed into a simile, linear relationship in the length domain between a meniscus taper of the ingot and the pull-speed. The present invention applies a linear control (modified PID) which operates in the length domain, and controls a system that has a linear relationship between the ingot taper and the pull-speed in the length domain to control the diameter of a growing silicon ingot. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024717 | Reversed action diameter control in a semiconductor crystal growth system - A semiconductor crystal growth method includes pulling a crystal from melt in a crucible at a nominal pull speed and generating a crucible lift signal to compensate reduction in melt level in the crucible. Based on diameter of the crystal, the method includes generating a correction signal and combining the crucible lift signal and the correction signal to keep the crystal diameter substantially constant. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024718 | Procedure for in-situ determination of thermal gradients at the crystal growth front - A method and apparatus for growing a semiconductor crystal include pulling the semiconductor crystal from melt at a pull speed and modulating the pull speed by combining a periodic pull speed with an average speed. The modulation of the pull speed allows in-situ determination of characteristic temperature gradients in the melt and in the crystal during crystal formation. The temperature gradients may be used to control relevant process parameters that affect morphological stability or intrinsic material properties in the finished crystal such as for instance the target pull speed of the crystal or the melt gap, which determines the thermal gradient in the crystal during growth. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024719 | TRACKING CARBON TO SILICON RATIO IN SITU DURING SILICON CARBIDE GROWTH - A method of: supplying sources of carbon and silicon into a chemical vapor deposition chamber; collecting exhaust gases from the chamber; performing mass spectrometry on the exhaust gases; and correlating a partial pressure of a carbon species in the exhaust gases to a carbon:silicon ratio in the chamber. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024720 | COATING APPARATUS FOR COATING A BUILDING BOARD - A coating apparatus for coating an entire surface of a building board without forming uncoated area, while conveying the building board, having: an application device for applying a coating material to the surface of the building board; a removal device for removing an excess coating material applied to the surface of the building board and forming a coating liquid film; and a pressure device for blowing air to the coating liquid film on the surface of the building board, wherein the pressure device is provided in a step posterior to a step that uses the removal device and has an air outlet which is wider than the building board and which covers the surface of the building board, and wherein the surface of the building board is applied with pressure of the atmospheric pressure or higher, while the building board is conveyed from the removable device to the pressure device. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024721 | Apparatus for Coating Dental Tape - This present invention relates to an apparatus for evenly and uniformly coating dental tape. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024722 | Apparatus for Coating Dental Tape - This present invention relates to an apparatus for evenly and uniformly coating dental tape. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024723 | SUBSTRATE ALIGNMENT APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate alignment apparatus for aligning a substrate with a reference point, comprises a plurality of columns configured to rotate about rotation axes parallel to respective axial directions thereof, a driving mechanism configured to synchronously rotate the plurality of columns through an identical angle in an identical direction, a detector configured to detect an amount of positional deviation of the substrate from the reference point, and support pins which are located on upper surfaces of the plurality of columns while being spaced apart from respective rotation axes of the plurality of columns, and are configured to support the substrate, wherein the substrate is aligned by synchronously rotating the plurality of columns through the identical angle in the identical direction by the driving mechanism based on the amount of positional deviation detected by the detector. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024724 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING BUBBLES FROM A PROCESS LIQUID - The present invention is directed to methods and apparatuses for removing bubbles from a process liquid. The process liquid can comprise a plating solution used in a plating tool. The process liquid is supplied to a tank. A plurality of streams of the process liquid are directed towards a surface of the process liquid from below. This can be done by feeding the process liquid to a flow distributor comprising a plurality of openings providing flow communication between an inner volume of the flow distributor and a main volume of the tank. Before leaving the tank through an outlet, the process liquid flows through a flow barrier. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024725 | METHOD OF FORMING STRUCTURES USING DROP-ON-DEMAND PRINTING - A method and apparatus are described for forming a structure on a substrate. The structure may be a circuit element. The method uses a digital specification | 2010-02-04 |
20100024726 | FASTENING APPARATUS - One embodiment of this fastening apparatus comprises a cap with a passage through the length of the cap. This cap is received by the upper panels of a body. The embodiments of this fastening apparatus may have two or more upper panels that form a recess. The body also has a lower region with a passage. The upper panels are flexible and can translate to retain the cap within the recess. A threaded member is disposed in the passage of the body. This cap may be fabricated of graphite in one instance. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024727 | SHOWERHEAD AND CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a showerhead that can inject a reaction gas into a reaction chamber in a manner such that the injected reaction gas form a spiral vortex flow field. Therefore, the injected reaction gas can be mixed within a shorter distance, and thus the effective deposition radius of a wafer can be increased so that uniform-density deposition can be performed on the entire surface of the wafer using the mixed reaction gas. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024728 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus comprises: a process chamber configured to accommodate a substrate; a gas supply line configured to supply gas into the process chamber; and an exhaust line configured to exhaust the inside of the process chamber. In the substrate processing apparatus, the gas supply line comprises: a preheating unit configured to preheat the gas before supplying the gas into the process chamber; a metal pipeline configured to supply the preheated gas into the process chamber; and a heat dissipation member covering the outer periphery of a bend section formed in the metal pipeline. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024729 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR UNIFORM PLASMA GENERATION AND UNIFORM THIN FILM DEPOSITION - System for depositing a thin film over a substrate comprise a reaction space, a substrate support member configured to permit movement of a substrate in a longitudinal direction, and a plasma-generating apparatus disposed in the reaction space and configured to form plasma-excited species of a vapor phase chemical. The plasma-generating apparatus can comprise a cathode unit having an electrode plate and one or more gas diffuser plates for forming a high-density, linearly-shaped and uniform plasma in a space between the substrate and the cathode unit. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024730 | Processing system - A processing system for processing an object ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100024731 | PROCESSING TOOL WITH COMBINED SPUTTER AND EVAPORATION DEPOSITION SOURCES - A substrate processing system particularly suitable for fabricating solar cells. The system has a front end module transporting cassettes, each cassette holding a preset number of substrates therein; a loading module coupled to the front end module and having mechanism for loading substrates from the cassettes onto carriers; and a plurality of processing chambers coupled to each other in series, each having tracks for transporting the carriers directly from one chamber to the next; wherein selected chambers of the plurality of processing chambers comprise at least one combination source having a sputtering module and an evaporation module arranged linearly in the direction of travel of the carriers. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024732 | Systems for Flash Heating in Atomic Layer Deposition - System and methods for flash heating of materials deposited using atomic layer deposition techniques are disclosed. By flash heating the surface of the deposited material after each or every few deposition cycles, contaminants such as un-reacted precursors and byproducts can be released from the deposited material. A higher quality material is deposited by reducing the incorporation of impurities. A flash heating source is capable of quickly raising the temperature of the surface of a deposited material without substantially raising the temperature of the bulk of the substrate on which the material is being deposited. Because the temperature of the bulk of the substrate is not significantly raised, the bulk acts like a heat sink to aid in cooling the surface after flash heating. In this manner, processing times are not significantly increased in order to allow the surface temperature to reach a suitably low temperature for deposition. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024733 | FILM FORMATION APPARATUS AND FILM FORMATION METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are a film formation apparatus and a film formation method which are capable of forming a pixel pattern with good dimensional accuracy and with reduced misalignment in a plane direction between a substrate and a mask when the substrate is pressed against the mask. The film formation apparatus includes an alignment mechanism for aligning a substrate and a mask with each other and a pressing mechanism for pressing the substrate against the mask with a contact member provided to one end of a pressing body, which are provided in a vacuum chamber. After alignment between the substrate and the mask by the alignment mechanism, the contact member of the pressing body is brought into contact with a surface of the substrate, which is on a side opposite to the mask, to press the substrate. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024734 | SLENDER MILKING HOSE SUPPORT TREE - A device and method of use of a hose support device for supporting hoses that extend from an animal attached milking machine to a central milk collection system is disclosed. Adaptation to animal size and position in the stall is provided with a coarse adjustment of the hose support tree. Finer adjustment for optimizing milk flow and preserving animal health is accomplished by providing a selection of hose positions that also hold the hose in position. Further adaptations include attachment to milking stalls of differing configurations including rotary milking parlors. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024735 | Structure of Feeder for Supplying Water and Pet Food - An improved structure of a feeder for supplying water and pet food is disclosed. Therein, a base has a shifting space adjacent to a side of a bowl settled in the base so as to receive a dispensing controller. A container unit equipped with a hopper and a water supplier is provided on top of the dispending controller. The dispensing controller can be shifted in the shifting space so that an opening limit is formed when projections formed on two rear ends of the dispensing controller abut against blocks provided bilaterally in the shifting space, and a closing limit is formed when a groove of the dispensing controller abuts against a stop plate formed at a rear section of the shifting space. Thus, the container unit can be easily opened to dispense pet food or closed to not dispense pet food. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024736 | FOOD HOUSE FOR SMALL ANIMALS - A device, system, and method for an animal food house are disclosed herein. The present invention house is for small animals and includes a housing. The front section of the housing may have a vertical opening and a protruding barrier. This protruding barrier overhangs and blocks a portion of the vertical opening and may preventing large animals from observing or accessing the vertical opening. The food house may have a transparent window on at least one of the side sections of the housing. There may also be a food opening and a water opening on the top section of the housing for providing nutrients to the animal. A feeding tube extends through the food opening into the housing and a water holder extends through the water opening into the housing. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024737 | Disposable Pet Dish and Method of Advertising to Pet Owners - Disposable pet food dish and advertising method includes indicia disposed on a disposable pet dish. Indicia are disposed on media coupled to the dish—by adhesive, by insertion in a false bottom, or by placement in the dish. These media cooperate with the dish as it travels through the stream of commerce, providing opportunities to add a message targeted to a consumer having determined characteristics, and providing multiple opportunities to direct a consumer's attention to an advertising message as the consumer manipulates the dish in the process of unpacking it, loading it, placing it to feed the pet, and discarding it. Optionally, media are detachably adherent to the dish and to the surface the dish is placed on, further involving the consumer when it is time to dispose of the dish. Optionally, the dish is configurable in pairs to provide stable stacked presentation of food and water for a pet. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024738 | HUMMINGBIRD FEEDER - The present invention discloses an innovative hummingbird feeder. The feeder of the present invention is comprised of a main body, a stopper for the main body and several feeding port assemblies. The present invention allows the consumer to engage stoppers at each feeding port assembly, these stopper prevent spillage during refilling of the nectar reservoir. Additionally, the feeding port assemblies allow access to hummingbirds but prevent access by pests, while presenting a flower-like appearance to the birds. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024739 | Device for Cleaning Aquarium Windows - The invention relates to a device for cleaning aquarium windows ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100024740 | Remotely Operable User Controlled Pet Entertainment Device - A pet entertainment device that is also capable of exercising a pet, such as a cat, via user interaction with the device using a remote control that enables user control of motion of a pet plaything/attractant in or along two degrees of freedom. The device includes a base that rests on a floor that carries a housing rotatable relative thereto enabling corresponding plaything/attractant movement in response to a first user manipulable control of the remote. The housing includes a plaything/attractant carrier, such as a wand, that is movable relative to the housing, the base, and the floor in response to a second user manipulable control of the remote. The device includes a housing rotation drive and a wand drive connected to an electrical power supply and onboard controller that receives wireless control signals from the user-manipulable remote control and carries out user-initiated movement commands inputted into the remote. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024741 | Buddy leash system - A leash allowing a user to design and customize, meeting the needs of the animals and its user. Within the leash are areas that can be connected and disconnected from by means of quick connect/disconnect fasteners. Allowing options to be added for continuous use or can be removed when not in use leaving the leash at all times functional. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024742 | LEASH SECURING ASSEMBLY - A leash securing assembly includes a cuff having interior and exterior surfaces, the interior surface comprising one or more fastening components configured for securement with one or more fastening components of the exterior surface; a webbing loop secured to the cuff; a shock cord comprising an elastic member having two ends, two fasteners, two connecting members, each connecting member connecting one of the ends of the elastic member to a respective one of the two fasteners, and an outer sheath enclosing the elastic member; wherein one of the two fasteners of the shock cord is coupled to the webbing loop. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024743 | ANIMAL MUZZLE - An animal muzzle that is adapted to be placed over an animal's snout, particularly a domestic canine animal such as a dog. The muzzle advantageously prevents the animal from biting a human handler or another animal while permitting the animal to breathe easily and to consume water or food while the muzzle is in place. The muzzle can be fabricated from an elastic material, such as an elastomer. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024744 | DOG RESTRAINT ARRANGEMENT - The pet restraint system sheaths a restraint strap between an outer waterproof layer and an inner breathable fabric layer. These layers are oversized relative to the strap and do not extend the entire length of the strap. This arrangement is advantageously used in a pet collar structure, or a pet restraint harness. It has particular application for a dog collar or a dog restraint harness. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024745 | Protective pet device - According to certain preferred embodiments of the present invention, protective devices configured to be located around the neck region of a pet are provided, which are capable of preventing the pet from biting, licking, or otherwise irritating a wound located on the body of the pet. According to certain embodiments, device has five contiguously connected sides, a first open end and a second open end. The first open end is located around the pet's head and exhibits a pentagon-shaped peripheral edge, whereas the second open end is located around the pet's neck and comprises a circular (or oval) shaped peripheral edge. Preferably, the device will be comprised of a clear, or substantially clear, plastic material, such that the pet's peripheral vision is not impeded during use of the device. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024746 | Cooling arrangement for a fuel injector and method - A plurality of injector hold-down clamps ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100024747 | HARVESTING MACHINE AND SCREEN ARRANGEMENT - A harvesting machine is provided with a chassis, that includes at its rear an enclosed engine compartment in which an internal combustion engine is arranged. A screen arrangement can be positioned at the forward side of the engine compartment that includes a perforated filter element through which a blower can draw air through it and to the rear into the engine compartment. The screen arrangement is arranged to slide in a direction extending horizontally and transverse to the forward operating direction of the harvesting machine between an operating position of the engine compartment and a maintenance position outside the engine compartment. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024748 | Cooling device and insert for water jacket of internal combustion engine - The present invention is provided with one or more inserts that are inserted at the lower portion of a water jacket formed at siamese portions between cylinder bores of a cylinder block and increase the flow of cooling water at the upper portion of the water jacket, in order to provide a cooling device and an insert for a water jacket of an internal combustion engine, which is inserted at the lower portion of the water jacket formed at the siamese portions of the cylinder block to increase the flow of cooling water, improves cooling efficiency of the siamese portions of the cylinder block by inducting recirculation of the cooling water at the lower portion, and improves fuel efficiency by making the temperature uniform in the stroke direction of the piston of the cylinder block and reducing friction of the piston. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024749 | ENGINE ELECTRONIC VALVE ACTUATION - A head assembly for an internal combustion engine includes an electromagnetic valve actuation system. The head has an intake or exhaust passage defined therein. A valve is disposed in the passage and is operable to selectively open and close the passage. The head has a cooling passage defined therein for passage of a cooling fluid. An electromagnetic actuator has a piston in mechanical communication with the valve and a coil in fluid communication with the cooling passage. The electromagnetic actuator is operable to move the valve between a closed and an open position. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024750 | Apparatus to improve the efficiency of internal combustion engines, and method thereof - Method and apparatus for controlling the volume of air or air and non-combusted fuel mixture inside a combustion chamber and cylinder of an internal combustion engine. The apparatus includes an inlet-outlet portal having open and closed states and connected to air or air and non-combusted fuel source(s), and a combustion chamber with reduced volume. The inlet-outlet portal is controlled, when open, to permit air or air and non-combusted fuel mixture to enter or enter and exit the combustion chamber and cylinder and when closed to prevent air or air and non-combusted fuel mixture from entering or exiting the chamber and cylinder, in which the volume of air or air and non-combusted fuel mixture located inside the chamber and cylinder when the inlet-outlet portal closes, is less than the volume of the combustion chamber and cylinder defined when the piston is at the bottom dead centre position inside the cylinder when the inlet-outlet portal is closed. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024751 | Oil Circuit for Continuous Variable Valve Timing Device - An oil circuit for a continuous variable valve timing (CVVT) device includes a main oil passage from a cylinder block toward a cylinder head to feed oil from a main gallery to a cam shaft, and a control oil passage branching off from the main oil passage on a side of the cylinder block and formed so as to feed the oil from the main oil passage to the continuous variable valve timing devices via an intake-side oil control valve and an exhaust-side oil control valve. The oil is fed to the cam shaft, the intake-side CVVT device, the exhaust-side CVVT device and a timing chain tensioner at one time. Thereby, the hydraulic pressure the hydraulic pressure applied to two cam shafts can be equally maintained, and the tension of a belt or a chain can be simultaneously regulated so as to improve the driving force of a crank. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024752 | DEVICE FOR THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL OF GAS EXCHANGE VALVES OF A RECIPROCATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A device for hydraulic control of gas exchange valves of a reciprocating internal combustion engine which has slave cylinders, in operative connection with one or more gas exchange valves and, master actuators, in operative connection with at least one cam provided with a basic and cam profile of a camshaft that is rotatatly driven by the engine and can be hydraulically connected to the slave cylinders. The device also has a control device controlled by an actuating member, the device controlling the volume of hydraulic liquid fed to the slave cylinders, and at least one feed line, via which low pressure liquid from a pressure source can be fed to the device by means of at least one non-return valve. The actuators have displaceable vanes, a component carrying the vanes, and cells limited by walls. The vanes are in operative connection with the basic and cam profile of the cam. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024753 | Variable valve mechanism - The present invention provides a variable valve mechanism which includes a camshaft having a drive cam, a rocker shaft provided parallel to the camshaft, and a variable mechanism that is provided on the rocker shaft and interposed between the drive cam and a valve, and that changes an opening/closing amount of the valve. The variable mechanism includes a main arm that engages with the drive cam, a cam arm that has a cam surface pressing the valve, a control cam that is provided on the rocker shaft, and has an outer peripheral surface whose distance from a shaft center of the rocker shaft varies gradually, and a displacement member whose distance from the shaft center is changed by turning of the control cam. A relative phase between the main arm and the cam arm is displaced as the distance between the displacement member and the shaft center changes. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024754 | VALVE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ENGINE - [OBJECT] After having determined a phase angle, the phase angle is maintained as the determined one without consuming electric power. [ACHIEVING MEANS] An intermediate member | 2010-02-04 |
20100024755 | OPTICAL DISTRIBUTOR FOR A LASER-BASED IGNITION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF - An optical distributor for the distribution of light, in particular laser light, between at least one optical input and at least one of several optical outputs includes at least one movably disposed light guide and a positioning member for moving the at least one light guide, the movably disposed light guide being movable by the positioning member such that at least one of the optical inputs is connectable via the light guide to at least one of the optical outputs. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024756 | Method for controlling the start-up phase of a motor vehicle - The invention relates to a method for controlling the start-up phase of a motor vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100024757 | ENGINE STARTER MOUNTING STRUCTURE - An engine starter mounting structure is provided that basically has a starter housing part ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100024758 | RECIPROCATING ENGINE | 2010-02-04 |
20100024759 | TWO-STROKE ENGINE - The two-stroke engine includes an engine head, a cylinder block, and a lower block. The lower block is sealed from the engine head except for a cylinder bore in the cylinder block. A piston in the cylinder block has at least one compression ring groove for a compression ring to seal the lower block from the engine head. The piston also includes an oil control ring groove for an oil control ring to provide appropriate lubrication to the compression ring during each stroke of the piston. The piston further includes at least one drainage opening providing fluid communication between the outer circumference of the piston and an interior surface of the piston. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024760 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine in which it can be made difficult for bubbles to mix into oil in a flowing-down process of the oil. In a generator chamber, a shielding rib is provided which is disposed between a generator and an oil introduction port in side view and which extends skewly upwardly from the oil introduction port in a manner so as to cover one end side of the oil introduction port. A guide rib extends from a side wall of the generator chamber in the manner of covering the other end side of the oil introduction port. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024761 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine for reducing the amount of bubbles contained in the circulated oil without reducing the ground clearance of the engine. A crankcase is provided therein with an oil suction passage makes an oil pump and an end part of a bottom wall of an oil sump chamber communicate with each other, passes between the oil sump chamber and a hanger boss, and has a lowest part located below the bottom wall of the oil sump chamber. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024762 | SLUDGE ADHESION INHIBITING STRUCTURE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A sludge adhesion inhibiting structure for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention is characterized in that a sludge inhibiting layer inhibiting generation or adhesion of sludge is formed on a surface of an area inside the internal combustion engine into which oil as a liquid does not always spread and which is contacted by oil mist as a gas. Preferably, the sludge inhibiting layer is made up of a solid alkali substance. Furthermore, the sludge inhibiting layer is provided in a head cover and formed on an inner surface of an oil separator chamber separating the oil from a blow-by gas. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024763 | Low speed valveless horizontally opposed piston rotary internal combustion engine - Presented is a very low speed, high torque, horizontally opposed, rotary, valveless, Otto cycle piston engine producing four power strokes per revolution, the engine consisting of a fixed engine case assembly having upper and lower plates, the engine rotor assembly having upper and lower plates, sandwiching a single, closed ended cylinder assembly, the cylinder containing intake and exhaust-intake ports, independently reciprocating power and head pistons, each piston being reciprocally controlled by its vertically projecting piston bearing sets contacting respective sets of upper and lower, inner and outer peripheral cam plates, the engine being thus rotated, the cylinder being lubricated by a sealed, recirculating air-oil mist system, the engine rotor assembly having a lower, vertically projecting gear box housing containing a gas porting cap, a vertical drive shaft, two counter rotating output shafts, intake and exhaust pipes, and an exhaust gas filter canister. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024764 | THERMAL ENGINE - A thermal engine that comprises a rotary element. A plurality of drive elements are arranged in the rotary element. Each drive has a plurality of piston/cylinder arranged around a common central expansion space. Piston heads of the pistons abut on a power transmission surface of the rotary element in order to drive the same. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024765 | Rotary piston internal combustion engine - The invention relates to a central-axis rotary piston internal combustion engine, having a round cylindrical rotor housing ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100024766 | HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE - An HCCI engine provides a negative overlap period in an operation during HCCI combustion. During the negative overlap period, an intake valve and an exhaust valve are both closed when a piston is in the vicinity of the top dead center in an exhaust stroke, so that burned gas remains inside a combustion chamber. The engine is provided with a throttle, a fuel valve and an ECU. The ECU controls the throttle during a switching period in which SI combustion is switched to the HCCI combustion so that the opening degree of the throttle increases to the opening degree at the time of steady HCCI operation from the opening degree at the time of steady SI operation, and at the same time, controls the fuel valve such that the amount of fuel supplied to the intake passage becomes greater than the amount at the time of the steady SI operation. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024767 | SELF-CONTAINED COMPRESSION BRAKECONTROL MODULE FOR COMPRESSION-RELEASE BRAKESYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A compression-release brake system for operating an exhaust valve of an engine during an engine braking operation. The compression-release brake system comprises a self-contained compression brake control module (CBCM) operatively coupled to the exhaust valve for controlling a lift and a phase angle thereof and a source of a pressurized hydraulic fluid. The CBCM includes a casing defining piston and actuator cavities, a slave piston mounted within the piston cavity, a check valve provided between a supply conduit and a slave piston chamber and a compression brake actuator disposed in the actuator cavity. The compression brake actuator includes an actuator element and a biasing spring. The actuator element selectively engages the check valve when deactivated so as to unlock the slave piston chamber, and disengages from the check valve when activated so as to lock the slave piston chamber. The actuator element is exposed to atmospheric pressure. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024768 | Internal combustion engine control device - A control device for an internal combustion engine which transmits output to a drive-train via a dual mass flywheel, the control device including: an engine rotational state detecting unit that detects a rotational state of the internal combustion engine; a rotational fluctuation inhibiting unit that executes a process of inhibiting rotational fluctuation for the internal combustion engine when a rotational state that is detected by the engine rotational state detecting unit satisfies a rotational fluctuation inhibiting condition; and a rotational fluctuation inhibiting condition adjusting unit that is adjusts the rotational fluctuation inhibiting condition based on a operating state of the internal combustion engine. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024769 | EXTENDING VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT OPERATION THROUGH SPARK KNOCK CONTROL - A control system comprising a spark knock detection module that detects a spark knock in an engine of a hybrid vehicle, and a torque control module that selectively regulates an engine torque output and an electric machine torque output based on the spark knock. A method comprising detecting a spark knock in an engine of a hybrid vehicle, and selectively regulating an engine torque output and an electric machine torque output based on the spark knock. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024770 | FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR A MULTI-FUEL ENGINE - A fuel delivery system for a multi-fuel internal combustion engine and an approach for operating the fuel delivery system are provided. The fuel delivery system can be operated in two or more different fuel delivery modes according to operating conditions of the engine or fuel delivery system. A first example mode can be performed to concurrently deliver two or more fuels to the engine. A second example mode can be performed to transfer fuel from a first fuel storage tank to a second fuel storage tank. A third example mode can be performed to supply a fuel from a first fuel storage tank to at least two fuel injectors of each cylinder of the engine. In some embodiments, the various modes of operation may be selected by varying a fuel pressure that is provided by the fuel delivery system. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024771 | FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR MULTI-FUEL ENGINE - A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine is provided, which includes a valve including at least a first valve setting and a second valve setting; a first fuel storage tank fluidly coupled with a first fuel receiving end of the valve; a second fuel storage tank fluidly coupled with a second fuel receiving end of the valve; a port fuel injector fluidly coupled with a first fuel dispensing end of the valve, said port fuel injector configured to deliver fuel to a cylinder of the internal combustion engine; a direct fuel injector fluidly coupled with a second fuel dispensing end of the valve, said direct fuel injector configured to deliver fuel to the cylinder of the internal combustion engine; and a control system configured to selected one of the first valve setting and the second valve setting in response to an operating condition. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024772 | FUEL SYSTEM FOR MULTI-FUEL ENGINE - A fuel system and a method of operation of the fuel system are described in the context of a multi-fuel internal combustion engine. As a non-limiting example, the method includes: varying a composition of fuel supplied to an inlet of a fuel pump responsive to engine output; operating the fuel pump to provide pressurized fuel at an outlet of the fuel pump using the fuel received at the inlet of the fuel pump; supplying the pressurized fuel from the outlet of the fuel pump to the internal combustion engine and to a fuel separator; and varying a proportion of the pressurized fuel supplied to the internal combustion engine relative to the fuel separator responsive to the engine output. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024773 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PRESSURE CONTROL - A method for automatically controlling the pressure of a common rail system on an A side and a common rail system on a B side of a V-type internal combustion engine, in which the rail pressure (pCR(A)) of the common rail system on the A side is automatically controlled by an A-side closed-loop pressure control system, and the rail pressure (pCR(B)) of the common rail system on the B side is automatically controlled by a B-side closed-loop pressure control system. The automatic control of each side is independent of the other. A common set rail pressure is set as a reference input for both closed-loop pressure control systems. A set injection quantity is computed by a speed controller as a function of an actual speed relative to a set speed, and a common disturbance variable is computed as a function of the set injection quantity. Both the correcting variable of the A-side pressure controller and the correcting variable of the B-side pressure controller are corrected by the common disturbance variable. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024774 | CHECK VALVE, AND INJECTOR WITH HYDRAULIC BOOSTER AND CHECK VALVE - The invention relates to a check valve with a spherical valve element whose service life and operating reliability is considerably increased in relation to conventional check valves. The improved check valve is used in an injector for a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine, having a hydraulic pressure booster. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024775 | Fuel supply apparatus - A fuel supply apparatus having a fuel tank, throttle body, and fuel injection device configured integrally. The fuel injection device is positioned between the fuel tank and throttle body. The fuel injection device is a pressure-type fuel injection device that injects the fuel by pumping the fuel by reciprocative movement of a plunger. The fuel injection device injects the fuel located in the fuel tank into the intake passage of the throttle body on the basis of a signal from an Electronic Control Unit (ECU). | 2010-02-04 |
20100024776 | PIEZOELECTRIC FUEL INJECTOR HAVING A TEMPERATURE COMPENSATING UNIT - The present invention provides a fuel injector, comprising a housing having a sealable injector seat; a fuel injector pin disposed within the housing proximate to the injector seat such that the injector seat may be sealed and unsealed by displacing the fuel injector pin; a resilient element biasing the fuel injector pin in an unsealed direction; a piezoelectric actuator disposed within the housing proximal to the fuel injector pin configured to actuate to force the injector pin towards the injector seat to seal the injector seat; and a thermal compensating unit disposed within the housing proximal to the actuator and configured to compensate for thermal expansion or contraction of a component of the fuel injector. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024777 | Method for the localization of a fault location within a fuel injection system - In a method for localizing a fault location within a fuel injection system, when a critical fault is detected by the diagnostic function, a pulse or a series of pulses to the injectors is triggered by a control unit. By observing the voltage value and/or charge value at the injector, it is possible to localize the fault location within the fuel injection system. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024778 | Fuel Pumping System - A fuel pumping system comprises a high pressure pump having a drive input, a drive gear driven for rotation, in use, by the drive input, an idler gear driven by the drive gear, and an output gear driven by the idler gear, wherein the output gear is arranged to drive a rotor of an electrical generator and the idler gear is arranged to drive a rotor of a low pressure pump. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024779 | FUEL SUPPLY PUMP - A fuel supply pump includes a housing, a shaft in a case, a cam in the case formed eccentrically with respect to the shaft to rotate with the shaft, a tappet on an outer circumferential side of the cam movable in a vertical direction, and a plunger reciprocating with the tappet to pressurize fuel in a chamber. The tappet includes a roller and a supporting member rotatably supporting the roller in its thrust direction. The roller slidingly contacts outer circumference of the cam. The member includes an end face supporting the plunger, a surface at its end on an opposite side from the face and slidingly contacting outer circumference of the roller, and an inner wall supporting the roller in the thrust direction. The roller includes a middle section slidingly contacting the surface along its longitudinal direction, and a contact part at both ends of the section contacting the wall. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024780 | 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 fuel from a first fuel storage region to a second fuel storage region via a pump during a first condition; draining at least some fuel from the second fuel storage region to the first storage fuel region via gravity during a second condition; and delivering fuel from the first fuel storage region to a first fuel injector of a cylinder of the internal combustion engine; and delivering fuel from the second fuel storage region to a second fuel injector of the cylinder. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024781 | Compressed Fuel Supply System - The compressed fuel supply system is a simple low cost fuel fumes delivery system that will replace the present day liquid fuel delivery system used on the present day internal combustion engines. The system will deliver a constant supply of fuel fumes for all ranges of required engine performance. This invention is designed for the standard modern internal combustion engine ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100024782 | Device for Saving Fuel and Reducing Emissions - A fuel saving device comprising a support body ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100024783 | ELECTRIC-FIELD ASSISTED FUEL ATOMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE - An apparatus ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100024784 | Fuel oil pre-warming mechanism and its pre-warming method - A fuel oil pre-warming mechanism for attaching to the exhaust pipe of an engine-based machine to pre-heat the fuel oil passing from the fuel tank to the engine of the engine-based machine is disclosed to include a heat guide, which has a hollow metal body sleeved onto the fuel pipeline and attached to the exhaust pipe, and a heat accumulation medium prepared from a heat resisting fluid and sealed in the hollow metal body for absorbing heat from the exhaust pipe through the heat guide during operation of the engine-based machine for heating the fuel oil passing through the fuel pipeline. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024785 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine including a supercharging device, which includes: a valve-drive mechanism that variably controls the valve timings for at least intake valves; a target valve timing setting mechanism setting a target valve timing for at least the intake valves in accordance with an operation condition of the engine in a low engine speed range; and a valve-drive mechanism controller controlling the valve-drive mechanism based on the target valve timing. Each of the target valve timings is differently set such that (a) a valve-overlap duration is provided in a negative pressure region; (b) the valve-overlap duration in the negative pressure region is made shorter in a first supercharging region; and (c) the valve-overlap duration in the first supercharging region is made longer in a second supercharging region where the higher load of the engine is required. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024786 | Method for Manually Controlling a Turbocharger - A method and a system for manually controlling a turbocharger is disclosed. The method includes steps for selecting a minimum boost pressure and a maximum boost pressure. The method also includes steps for selecting a pre-configured boost mode, including a predefined boost pressure minimum and a predefined boost pressure maximum. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024787 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING EXHAUST EMISSIONS USING A PRE-FILTER - Various embodiments of an apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for improving the tracking bandwidth of an air handling system of an internal combustion engine. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus includes an intake charge module configured to determine a desired air intake flow rate into the combustion chamber based at least partially on a desired oxygen concentration in the combustion chamber. The apparatus also includes an EGR system module configured to determine a desired EGR gas flow rate into the combustion chamber based at least partially on the desired oxygen concentration in the combustion chamber. Additionally, the apparatus includes a pre-filter module configured to modify the desired air intake flow rate and the desired EGR gas flow rate based at least partially on predetermined transient response characteristics of the air handling system. The desired air intake flow rate is achievable by commanding a fresh air regulator to achieve the modified air intake flow rate and the desired EGR gas flow rate is achievable by commanding an EGR regulator to achieve the modified EGR gas flow rate. | 2010-02-04 |
20100024788 | Systems and methods for filtering crankcase fumes - A filtration system is disclosed. The filtration system includes a valve lid defining a chamber. The chamber is configured to extend substantially in a second direction. The filtration system also includes a filter element associated with a lower portion of the chamber. The filtration system further includes a passageway in flow communication with the lower portion of the chamber. The passageway is configured to provide flow communication for a mixture of oil vapor and crankcase fumes flowing into the chamber substantially in a first direction and substantially upward direction. The first direction is generally orthogonal to the second direction. The chamber is configured such that the flow of the mixture into the chamber results in at least a portion of the oil vapor collecting in the filter element, and at least a portion of the crankcase fumes flowing through the filter element. | 2010-02-04 |