Abstract: A head support arm of a disk drive device of the present invention comprises: an arm member having a rear portion with a pivot center and a front portion, a suspension load beam member having a rear portion fixed to the front portion of the arm member and a front portion supporting a head/slider assembly, and a flexure attached to the suspension load member, and is characterized in that the suspension load beam member has a first datum feature, a second datum feature and a third datum feature, the first datum feature is located in a hinged portion that applies a load force to the head/slider assembly, the first datum feature is located in proximity and adjacent to a dimple for providing a gimbal motion of the head/slider assembly, the first datum feature has a V shaped portion, the second datum feature is a slot and is in proximity and adjacent to a spacer mounted at the pivot center of the arm member, and the third datum feature is a slot and is in proximity and adjacent to a front end of the arm member.

Abstract: A number of embodiments of feedback control systems for two-cycle, internal combustion engine management systems. Each embodiment employs an exhaust system sensor which senses the exhaust gases by drawing exhaust gases from the exhaust of the engine. In some instances this is done directly from the cylinder and in others it is done in the exhaust system. In each embodiment, the sensor is provided in an accumulator chamber so as to provide an accurate signal of instantaneous engine running conditions. The use of the accumulator chamber insures that the combustible gases will not be diluted with fresh air charge, but will be able to purge from cycle to cycle so as to provide cycle-by-cycle information. Various arrangements are provided for protecting the sensor element including serpentine flow paths, shields, the direction in which the exhaust gases are delivered, lubricant catalysts, conduit shape, sensor cooling and combinations of these features.

Abstract: Feedback control systems for engines employing combustion condition sensors. The feedback control is varied in response to various other parameters such as back pressure, engine speed, engine temperature, engine load and initial start-up operation so as to provide more accurate control under varying and transient conditions.

Abstract: A number of embodiments of feedback control systems for maintaining the desired air fuel ratio in a marine propulsion engine that has an exhaust system for exhausting the exhaust gases to the atmosphere through an underwater exhaust gas discharge and wherein the discharge is adjustable relative to the associated watercraft. Conditions which will change the back pressure in the exhaust system are measured and the amount of fuel air ratio supplied to the engine by a feedback control system is varied, depending upon the sensed airflow and the sensed condition of the exhaust outlet that may affect back pressure and, accordingly, the ideal air fuel ratio. Spark ignition timing is also changed and the air fuel ratio may be corrected depending upon exhaust back pressure.

Abstract: An engine control system wherein the engine throttle valve is maintained in a substantial partially opened position at idle and the desired idle speed is maintained by controlling the spark advance. A lost motion connection connects the operator engine speed control with the throttle control so that when the operator speed control reaches a pick up position, the lost motion will be taken up and normal throttle opening will occur. This improves transient running. The system includes arrangements for detecting wear or other changes in the operative condition and compensating for it.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine with a fuel-vapor reduction arrangement, including a combustion chamber, an induction system for introducing an air-fuel charge to the combustion chamber, a fuel charge-forming system for supplying a fuel charge to said combustion chamber, an exhaust system for releasing combustion exhaust from the combustion chamber to the atmosphere, and a fuel-supply system for supplying fuel to the fuel charge-forming system. The fuel-supply system including a fuel-vapor separator and a fuel-vapor conduit connecting the fuel-vapor separator to a point of the engine so that fuel vapors are not directly released to the atmosphere and do not interfere with the air-fuel ratio in the engine.

Abstract: A number of embodiments of feedback control systems for maintaining the desired air fuel ratio in a marine propulsion engine that has an exhaust system for exhausting the exhaust gases to the atmosphere through an underwater exhaust gas discharge and wherein the discharge is adjustable relative to the associated watercraft. Hull conditions which will change the engine performance are measured and the amount of fuel air ratio supplied to the engine by a feedback control system is varied, depending upon the sensed airflow and the sensed condition that may affect engine performance and, accordingly, the ideal air fuel ratio. Spark ignition timing is also changed and the air fuel ratio may be corrected depending upon exhaust back pressure.

Abstract: A number of embodiments of feedback control systems for maintaining the desired air fuel ratio in a marine propulsion engine that has an exhaust system for exhausting the exhaust gases to the atmosphere through an underwater exhaust gas discharge and wherein the discharge is adjustable relative to the associated watercraft. Conditions which will change the back pressure in the exhaust system are measured and the amount of fuel air ratio supplied to the engine by a feedback control system is varied, depending upon the sensed airflow and the sensed condition of the exhaust outlet that may affect back pressure and, accordingly, the ideal air fuel ratio. Spark ignition timing is also changed and the air fuel ratio may be corrected depending upon exhaust back pressure.

Abstract: A feedback control system for a multi-cylinder engine using a combustion condition sensor that senses the condition in only one cylinder. The total air flow to the engine is measured and the amount of fuel supplied to other than the sensed cylinders is varied in response to known variations in air flow for a given engine running conditions. The sense cylinder has direct feedback control with no correction.

Abstract: A feedback control system for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine that employs a combustion condition sensor that senses the condition in only one combustion chamber at the end of the combustion cycle. The power of the engine can be reduced by disabling cylinders other than that from which the combustion products are sensed.

Abstract: A feedback control system for maintaining the air/fuel ratio in a two-cycle internal combustion engine employing an oxygen sensor that senses the combustion products in a combustion chamber at the end of the combustion cycle. The feedback control system is discontinued when a misfire condition exists and the fuel amount supplied is decreased until the misfired condition subsides and then feedback control is returned.

Abstract: A number of embodiments of fuel injection systems, particularly adapted for use with multiple cylinder V-type engines to ensure that the fuel injectors can all be appropriately positioned and each supplied with a steady source of fuel under pressure. An improved mounting arrangements is also disclosed wherein the fuel rails are rigidly affixed to the throttle bodies so as to hold the fuel injectors in place.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a container or bag for garbage which repels animals such as cats, dogs, rats, and crows. The article is made from a composition comprising a polyolefin having 10 to 7000 ppm by weight of a compound selected from methyl salicylate, ethyl salicylate, propyl salicylate, n-butyl salicylate, iso-butyl salicylate, iso-amyl salicylate, and menthol.

Abstract: A number of embodiments of drain-control systems for two-cycle crankcase compression internal combustion engines wherein collected lubricant and condensed fuel may be pumped out of a low spot in the engine when certain engine conditions exist. The pumped liquid is delivered back either to the engine through its induction system or exhaust system for further burning or is mixed with the fuel that is delivered to the engine. Adjustments are made in the fuel-air ratio supplied by the charge-forming system when the drains are being pumped so as to avoid uneven running.

Abstract: A feedback control system for a multi-cylinder two-cycle crankcase compression internal combustion engine. The feedback control system includes a combustion condition sensor that senses the combustion conditions in only one cylinder. Upon starting, the supply of lubricant and fuel to this one cylinder are discontinued to avoid contamination of the combustion condition sensor.

Abstract: A number of embodiments of induction system for fuel injected outboard motors. In each embodiment the fuel injectors are bounded on at least two sides by the induction system so that the airflow through the induction system will cool the fuel injectors.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine is provided wherein fuel supply compensation for low speed, low load or abnormal conditions is variable for a multi-cylinder configuration having one or more cylinders ceased or reduced in operation. Of particular utility in a vertical cylinder bank with compact space for exhaust gas collection and discharge, such as in an outboard motor, said fuel compensation relies upon engine parameters including engine speed and fuel-air ratio to improve engine performance.

Abstract: A scavenge system for a two cycle internal combustion engine that includes separate scavenge manifolds and riser scavenge passages extending therefrom to the individual scavenge ports so as to permit the establishment of a desired flow pattern within the engine without the flow to one scavenge port interfering with the flow to the other scavenge ports.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for engines that employs a fuel injector that sprays into a chamber to which compressed air is delivered and which chamber communicates with the combustion chamber through a port that is opened and closed by the reciprocation of the piston in a reciprocating engine. The source of compressed air may either be an air compressor or a crankcase chamber of the engine and the air compressor and/or crankcase chamber may also provide scavenging air for the engine. A variety of port arrangements are disclosed which include either single ports or a plurality of ports either circumferentially or axially spaced from each other and disposed between either the scavenge ports and exhaust ports or around a scavenge port or an exhaust port. Various arrangements are disclosed for improving the vaporization of the fuel in the chamber in which it is injected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for copolymerizing ethylene and .alpha.-olefin, or ethylene, .alpha.-olefin, and an unconjugated diene, in the presence of a catalyst in which at least one kind of transition metal compound, such as a V, Zr, or Hf compound, and an organic aluminum compound, are supported, and with the coexistence of a polysiloxane compound. By the process of the present invention fouling can be prevented when an ethylene-based copolymer is industrially prepared. Thus a continuous operation is made possible.