Abstract: An apparatus and method for using pure dry biomass carbohydrates as fuels, fuel extenders and fuel oxygenates. Preferably, the apparatus and method would be used in internal combustion engines. The apparatus and method disclose the concept of mixing dry carbohydrates with hydrocarbon fuel to create a carbohydrate slurry fuel that burns as efficiently and cleanly as gasoline alone.

Abstract: A linear fluid engine includes a power transfer cylinder that is driven by combustion of fuel in a combustion cylinder to pressurize a power transferring fluid. Some of the power transferring fluid is used to power a subsequent compression stroke in the combustion cylinder and, optionally, the intake/exhaust valves on the cylinder. A controller controls the compression stroke and intake/exhaust valve operation based on a stored control algorithm.

Abstract: A moving cylinder assembly includes an end ported moveable cylinder having a chamber for receiving and engaging a piston connected to at least one crank. A stationary housing embraces the cylinder and has at least one port for intermittent communication with the cylinder chamber. One or more ported seals are positioned within the housing and adjacent the cylinder to minimize leakage.

Abstract: A crankcase (100) for an engine includes a first bank (102) of cylinders that has a plurality of cylinder bores (104) formed therein, and a second bank (102) of cylinders that includes an additional plurality of cylinder bores (104). The second bank (102) is at an angle with respect to the first bank (102). A valley structure (106) is located between the first bank (102) and the second bank (102). A gallery (122) is located between the first bank (102), the second bank (102), and the valley structure (106). The gallery (122) has at least one rear opening (118) that fluidly connects the gallery (102) to a rear portion (120) of the crankcase. At least one front opening (210) fluidly connects the gallery (122) to a front portion (116) of the crankcase (100). At least one breather opening (124) fluidly connects the gallery (122) to an outer valley surface (107).

Abstract: A switchable air intake system for a multicylinder internal combustion engine has at least one short and one long intake manifold whose cross sections are controllable by at least one regulating unit as a function of operating parameters (in particular the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine). The short intake manifold for a first cylinder bank row and the long intake manifold for a second cylinder bank row of the internal combustion engine, are controllable via a joint regulating unit (56, 58).

Abstract: Various systems and methods are disclosed for carrying out combustion in a fuel-cut operation in some or all of the engine cylinders of a vehicle. Further, various subsystems are considered, such as fuel vapor purging, air-fuel ratio control, engine torque control, catalyst design, and exhaust system design.

Abstract: A combustion-engined setting tool for driving fastening elements such as, e.g., nails, blots, etc. in constructional components includes a combustion chamber (13) for combusting therein an oxidant-fuel mixture, a turbulence generating element, arranged in the combustion chamber (13) for creating turbulence of the oxidant-fuel mixture, and a drive for at least partially driving the turbulence generating element (32) and including a mechanical device (30) for a pulsed acceleration of the turbulence generating element (32) and which is activated by the actuation switch (35) that actuates the setting process.

Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinder banks provides a cylinder cut-off using at least a reduced ignition angle retardation shift. In this context, at least one first cylinder bank is configured such that it is at least partially able to be cut off. Immediately before a cut off or immediately after a reactivation of at least one cylinder of the at least one first cylinder bank, a first output variable is set for the at least one first cylinder bank and a second output variable is set for at least one second cylinder bank. The first output variable and the second output variable are set differently from each other in such a way that an average of the first and second output variables is equivalent to a predetermined output variable of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A method for controlling an engine that operates with negative valve overlap between an intake valve and an exhaust valve during at least some conditions, the method comprising of providing an engine stop position with at least one cylinder near top dead center of piston position and adjusting at least one of the intake valve and the exhaust valve to position the at least one of the intake and exhaust valves of said at least one cylinder so that the at least one of said intake and exhaust valves is substantially closed at said engine stop position.

Abstract: A two-stroke internal combustion engine (1) includes one pair or two pairs of scavenging passageways (31, 32) of reverse flow system where scavenging outlet ports (31b, 32b) are opened to the cylinder bore (10a); the internal combustion engine being characterized in that an external air inlet port (42, 44, 46) for introducing external air into a combustion actuating chamber (15) formed over a piston (20) is formed at a portion of the cylinder (10) which is located closer to an exhaust port than a scavenging outlet port (31b, 32b) from which an air-fuel mixture (M) is introduced into the combustion actuating chamber (15) in a descending stroke of piston, and/or the external air inlet port (42, 44, 46) is formed at a portion of the cylinder (10) which enables the external air to be introduced into the combustion actuating chamber (15) prior to introduction of the air-fuel mixture (M).

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an electric oil pump with greatly improved operation, increased endurance, and extended service life of an Oldham's coupling connecting a drive shaft that rotates a rotor in a pump housing and a motor output shaft in a motor housing. The electric pump comprises a pump housing having a rotor and a drive shaft for rotatably supporting the rotor, and a motor housing connected to the pump housing and having an output shaft connected to the drive shaft via an Oldham's coupling. The pump housing is provided with a coupling chamber for accommodating the Oldham's coupling, and a linking channel for transporting the leaked oil from a rotor chamber accommodating the rotor of the pump housing to the coupling chamber.

Abstract: The invention concerns a combustion engine comprising a cylinder and a piston which is displaceably guided in the cylinder, the piston having a piston head facing a combustion chamber and being coupled to a crankshaft via a connecting rod, wherein a second piston which is displaceably guided in the cylinder is provided opposite to the piston, the second piston also having a piston head, wherein the combustion chamber is disposed between the two piston heads, and the second piston is coupled to a crankshaft via a connecting rod.

Abstract: A method for controlling at least an electrically actuated valve to operate in at least a cylinder of an internal combustion engine, the method comprising deactivating an electrically actuated valve in response to an operating condition of a vehicle electrical system, said electrically actuated valve deactivated in a desired position.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for controlling operation of an engine coupled to an exhaust treatment catalyst. Under predetermined conditions, the method operates an engine with a first group of cylinders combusting a lean air/fuel mixture and a second group of cylinders pumping air only (i.e., without fuel injection). In addition, the engine control method also provides the following features in combination with the above-described split air/lean mode: idle speed control, sensor diagnostics, air/fuel ratio control, adaptive learning, fuel vapor purging, catalyst temperature estimation, default operation, and exhaust gas and emission control device temperature control. In addition, the engine control method also changes to combusting in all cylinders under preselected operating conditions such as fuel vapor purging, manifold vacuum control, and purging of stored oxidants in an emission control device.

Abstract: A crankshaft for a V-type six-cylinder engine is equipped with first through sixth crankpins, first through fourth crank journals, and first through ninth arms for connecting the crank pins and the crank journals to each other. Of the first through ninth arms, the third arm and the seventh arm respectively have surplus weight portions (inclusive of counterweights) whose centers of gravity are situated respectively in a direction substantially opposite the first crank pin and the sixth crank pin.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cleaning exhaust gases from a combustion engine, in which method humid air is fed into the combustion chamber of the combustion engine. In order to reduce nitrogen emissions effectively, particularly when a diesel engine is running at partial power, and in order for the method to be very accurately adjustable to meet the requirements of each particular engine application and use, in accordance with the invention, a mixture of gas and aqueous mist is fed with a spray head (3) into a space (2), which leads to the combustion chamber. The method can be readily implemented by an apparatus, which can be mounted in a small space without having to make substantial changes in the combustion engine. The invention also relates to an apparatus for cleaning exhaust gases from a combustion engine.

Abstract: A method and system for extending the load range of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) in an internal combustion engine includes detecting a current state of the engine, detecting a load demand placed on the engine, determining if the load demand is beyond a power generating capacity of a four-stroke engine cycle based on the current state of the engine and the load demand, and switching from the four-stroke engine cycle mode to a two-stroke engine cycle mode when it is determined that the load demand is beyond the capacity of the four-stroke engine cycle.

Abstract: An engine-driven vehicle cooling device includes an engine room for reception of an engine, a radiator provided within the engine room for cooling down a cooling water circulating through the engine, a cooling fan positioned between the engine and the radiator for blowing an internal air present in the engine room toward the radiator, a charged air cooler smaller in size than the radiator and disposed between the radiator and the cooling fan in a parallel relationship with the radiator, a shroud provided at an intake side of the cooling fan in the engine room for obstructing a stream of the internal air heading for the charged air cooler, and an external air inlet opening provided between the shroud and the cooling fan for allowing an external air present outside the engine room to be supplied to the charged air cooler as the cooling fan is caused to rotate.

Abstract: A method for spraying an aqueous liquid into the air intake duct (2) of a turbocharged piston engine (1) for humidifying the intake air to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. In a first stage in the method, the intake air is heated by a heat exchanger element (5?) before the turbocharger and water mist is injected into the air intake duct after the first heading stage through at lea one first nozzle (9, 10), and in a second stage the intake air is compressed by the turbocharger (4), causing its temperature to rise, and water mist is injected into the air intake duct through at least one second nozzle (12, 13) after the second stage.

Abstract: A compression ignition rotating cylinder engine (CIRC), provides a design that has several distinct advantages over conventional internal combustion engines. Rotating cylinder blocks and a fixed header plate provide a more fuel-efficient engine with constant positive torque and reduced vibration.