Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Antonelii, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP
  • Patent number: 6267104
    Abstract: A system intended for pressure supply of liquid fuel to at least one combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine, includes a tank (1) intended for pressure storage of the liquid fuel, injectors (2) for pressure injection of the fuel into at least one combustion chamber, a line (3) between the tank (1) and the (pressure) injectors (2), a pump (4) placed in the tank (1) or on the line (3), a pressure regulator (5) placed in the tank (1) or on the line (3), and a capacity (canister) (6) placed on a by-pass (7) of the line (3) towards an intake system (A) of the engine and intended for gaseous fuel storage. The fuel injection is performed directly or not into the combustion chamber(s), and a solenoid value (8) for isolating the injectors (2) in relation to the tank (1) and are provided a drain (9) for draining the injectors (2), placed on the by-pass (7), upstream from the capacity (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventor: Gaƫtan Monnier
  • Patent number: 6131169
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a crossbar switch having a plurality of switching circuits for data transfer; connection lines having address data transfer paths of m-bit unit connected to each of the input/output ports of the switching circuits, control signal transfer paths of m-bit unit connected to each of the input/output ports of the control circuits and back-up transfer paths of m-bit unit connected to each of the input/output ports of the back-up circuits; and transfer path processing circuit connected correspondingly to the connection lines constructed by the n-bit provided on each of the processing units, monitored transfer of data and control signal between the processing units through the switching circuit and the control circuit in the crossbar switch, and detected a failure of at least the switching circuit and the control circuit to thereby change the connection of at least one of the failed switching circuit and control circuit to a connection of the back-up circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Okazawa, Toshiaki Tarui, Yasuyuki Okada