Abstract: A roll for applying a sizing composition to a fan of one or more fibers, providing a shaft having a curved central axis and a sleeve covering at least a portion of the shaft, the sleeve being rotatable relative to the shaft. Each fiber of the fan of one or more fibers contacts the sleeve at an axial location of the sleeve such that each fiber of the fan of one or more fibers lies substantially in a plane perpendicular to the curved central axis of the shaft at the axial location.

Abstract: A supporting structure (10) moves along panel joints (J), (J) of a roof panel (R) and a roof side panel (S) of an automobile body (B). Two sealant coating devices (20, 30), which each have a coating head, are provided on the left and right sides of the supporting structure (10). The sealant coating devices (20, 30) are mounted on the supporting structure 10 in such a manner that the coating heads can move in the width direction as well as in the vertical direction of the automobile body. According to this arrangement, the sealant coating devices (20, 30) move in such a manner that the coating head follows the panel joints (J), (J) while the supporting structure (10) along the longitudinal direction of the automobile body (B).

Abstract: A silica glass jig for semiconductor industry, which is does not contaminate semiconductor elements, and generates less cracks and a production method thereof are provided.

Abstract: A masking for an engine block to be thermally sprayed with a coating includes a head deck mask portion adapted to engage a head deck of an engine block to prevent over-spray of a thermally sprayed coating on the head deck. The masking also includes a crankcase mask portion adapted to be disposed in a crankcase chamber of the engine block and engage a lower end of a cylinder bore cavity of the engine block to prevent over-spay of the thermally sprayed coating into the crankcase chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for curing a coating applied to an optical fiber. A water-jacketed UV lamp is provided adjacent a first reflector. An optical fiber is drawn between a second reflector opposite the first reflector and at least one quartz plate, while a cross flow of a cooling gas is passed around the optical fiber. Apertures may be formed in the second reflector for passing the cooling gas while the optical fiber is passed between the second reflector and the at least one quartz plate. Alternatively, two or more quartz plates may be provided and the cooling gas and the optical fiber passed between the quartz plates. The cooling gas experiences laminar flow.

Abstract: A chamber 25 comprises a support 45 for holding a substrate 20 and a sensor system 135 adapted to detect the presence or proper placement of the substrate 20 on the support 45. The support 45 comprises a window 155 that is transparent and adapted to transmit light therethrough. The sensor system 135 comprises a light source 140 adapted to direct a light beam 150 through the window 155 and a light sensor 160 in the path of the light beam 150. The light beam 150 is sensed by the light sensor 135 when the substrate 20 is properly positioned and the light beam 150 is blocked from the light sensor 135 when the substrate 20 is improperly positioned or vice versa. Preferably, the support 45 comprises an electrostatic chuck 55 adapted to electrostatically hold the substrate 20, the electrostatic chuck 55 comprising a window 155 composed of transparent material or a cut-out or a hole therein.

Abstract: A leaf coater, in which a constant quantity of a coating solution is supplied intermittently from a coating solution supply source through a predetermined coating solution quantity intermittent supply means and a coating solution applying means to a blank substrate, for coating blank substrates one by one with the coating solution, characterized in that a coating solution filtration means is provided in the coating solution flow pipeline from said coating solution supply source to the coating solution applying means, and the Young's modulus of the filter medium in the coating solution filtration means is not less than 200 MPa, while the pore size of the filter medium is in the range of 0.05 &mgr;m to 100 &mgr;m; and a method for producing coated substrates using said leaf coater.

Abstract: A wafer stage including an electrostatic chuck and a method for dechucking a wafer using the wafer stage are provided, wherein, the wafer stage includes an electrostatic chuck support, an electrostatic chuck, a lifting means, and a grounding means including a device for connecting the interconnections for grounding the lifting means. According to the method for dechucking a wafer, when a lifting means is in contact with a rear side of the wafer, the lifting means is grounded. Then, an electrostatic chuck is neutralized by supplying power to electrostatic electrode, and the wafer is neutralized by supplying plasma to the wafer.

Abstract: A substrate 9 is carried by a carry system in sequence, via a direction-altering chamber 8 to which a plurality of vacuum chambers comprising processing chambers 21 to 24 are hermetically-connected in the perimeter, to the plurality of processing chambers 21 to 24. The carry system carries the substrate 9 horizontally by moving, using a horizontal moving mechanism, a substrate holder 92 which holds two substrate 9 upright in such a way that the plate surface thereof forms a holding angle to the horizontal of between 45° or more and 90° or less. The direction-altering chamber 8 includes a direction altering mechanism 80 that alters the direction of movement by the horizontal movement mechanism. The direction altering mechanism 80 alters the direction of movement by rotating the substrate holder 92 and the horizontal movement mechanism about the vertical rotating axis coincident with the center axis of the direction-altering chamber 8.

Abstract: A plasma enhanced chemical processing reactor and method. The reactor includes a plasma chamber including a first gas injection manifold and a source of electromagnetic energy. The plasma chamber is in communication with a process chamber which includes a wafer support and a second gas manifold. The plasma generated in the plasma chamber extends into the process chamber and interacts with the reactive gases to deposit a layer of material on the wafer. The reactor also includes a vacuum system for exhausting the reactor. The method includes the steps of generating a plasma within the plasma chamber, introducing at least one gaseous chemical into the process chamber proximate to the wafer support and applying r.f. gradient to induce diffusion of the plasma to the area proximate the wafer support.

Abstract: Disclosed are dual chambered bubbler designs for use with solid organometallic source material for chemical vapor phase deposition systems, and a method for transporting a carrier gas saturated with source material for delivery into such systems.

Abstract: The plasma treatment apparatus includes the plasma chamber and the film forming chamber in which plasma flow is generated. The target sputters target particles in the plasma flow. The substrate onto which a thin film is to be formed in held by the stage. The target particles are deposited on the substrate thereby forming the thin film. The arm moves the stage in a direction perpendicular to the plasma flow in such a manner that the plasma flow is always irradiated on the entire surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A feed conveying system, in which a disk cable is not easily dislocated from a drive sprocket or get fatigued to break in a short period, and feed S returned does not disturb the operations of the drive sprocket and others, is provided. A cable inlet port is formed at the top end of a side wall and a cable outlet port is formed at the bottom end of a side wall. The drive sprocket is disposed at an upper one side portion within a housing, and a free pulley is disposed at a lower other side portion on a substantially same plane as the drive sprocket so to be freely movable in a horizontal direction, and a weight for applying a tensile force to the free pulley is disposed. A feed guide member, which has a drop frame section falling between the drive sprocket and the free pulley connected to a guide cylindrical section extending from the cable inlet port, is disposed. A drive device having the above component members is disposed in the feed conveying system.

Abstract: An extended hummingbird feeder tube is provided which has a tubular shaft length of at least about six times the length of the internal diameter of the tubular shaft, and which extends to substantially a bottom portion of an upright reservoir to facilitate efficient and effective feeding for hummingbirds. Preferably, the hanging, upright tube has an annular lip which can take the form of various flower blossoms in order to replicate the external and internal characteristics of a typical flower.

Abstract: A livestock watering system, designed with the user in mind, is disclosed. The present invention is comprised of an insulated removable water reservoir whereby said reservoir provides easy access to all parts of the invention. This facilitates the ease of cleaning and maintenance. Moreover, this insulated design is heated by a heating element that heats the air below the removable reservoir, to prevent freezing. The reservoir automatically refills by the use of a water level control device. Said reservoir is easily drained by pulling a plug, through which a stainless steel eyebolt has been placed. Most every part is attached with wing nuts and bolts so that no tools are needed to replace or service individual components of the invention. Furthermore, most all parts are preferably made of plastic or stainless steel to prevent rust and corrosion. In addition, practically all parts may be removed, to be serviced or replaced without the use of tools.

Abstract: Cats are generally well liked in our society. At one time cats were raised for the sole purpose for catching mice in order to protect food stuffs and for preventing the spread of deceases. Nowadays, cats are even more reverent as pets since they provide companionship to the owners. For these reasons, they are important members of our society and their well being and health are closely related to ours. The present invention provides a flush toilet for removing excrement from pets such as cats and dogs so as to preserve the well being of the environment and to reduce medical expenses due to the unsanitary condition created by such excrement if not removed.

Abstract: A plastic poultry nest cover that covers the entrance to a nesting bed. The protective cover has a flat middle portion, a hook shaped upper portion projecting to the front of the middle portion, and a flat, rearward sloping lower portion which supports the anterior portion of the wire mesh floor of the nesting bed. The plastic cover is preferably sunshine red in color, which attracts breeder hens to the nesting beds.

Abstract: A collapsible small animal carrier for providing an easy-to-store and easy-to-access pet carrier. The collapsible small animal carrier includes a plurality of panels being interconnected to form a box-like structure; and also includes a plurality of strap-like connectors for interconnecting the panels; and further includes a carrying strap being removably fastened to the box-like structure with strips of hook and loop fasteners; and also includes a latch assembly for securely closing the box-like structure.

Abstract: An equine body brush is specially formed to produce a combined cleaning and brushing action for each single stroke of the brush in a desired stroke direction by using two distinct stiffness of bristles arrayed in a linearly tapered height arrangement. The leading edge bristles are shorter and harder than the following bristles which are longer and softer. The hard bristles first pull up the dander, loose animal hair and other debris and the following soft bristles sweep them away before they get a chance to settle back down. The correct cleaning and brushing directional action can be maintained regardless of which hand the user employs by virtue of either a unique pair of handles disposed on opposite ends of the central bristle-carrying brush portion, or a smaller palm-sized hand brush.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for an animal restraint are provided, wherein the animal restraint can be fabricated from a single continuous piece of cord with a series of knots formed therein. The series of knots includes a slide knot through which two lengths of the cord are passed in a substantially side-by-side manner. The cord is configured to define a head hole, a first leg hole, and a second leg hole, wherein the sizes of the first and the second leg holes are adjustable by moving the two lengths of cord in an adjustably slidable manner through the slide knot.

Abstract: An apparatus for capturing and loading fowl having a mobile frame to which a forward conveyor and a rearward conveyor are pivotally mounted. The forward conveyor has plurality of fingered drums that are rotated to engage the fowl and place them on the conveyor for movement to the frame. The forward and rearward conveyors are pivotally mounted for movement about a common vertical axis. Each conveyor may also be pivotal about a horizontal axis. The fowl are discharged from the forward conveyor onto the rearward conveyor which transports the fowl from the frame to storage cages. A rearward fingered drum is provided to engage the fowl and discharge the fowl from the conveyor and into a plurality of vertically stacked forming the cage compartments. The rearward conveyor includes a first rearward conveyor pivotally mounted to the frame and a second rearward conveyor slidibility connected to the first rearward conveyor.

Abstract: Improved style of dog clothes for the Dachshund breed will contribute to the comfort & warmth of the Dachsies and make it easier for the owners to obtain a correctly fitted/sized garment. This is easily made with only 2 simple pattern pieces.

Abstract: An oxygen selective ion transport membrane is integrated with a boiler furnace to generate steam and, optionally, high purity oxygen and nitrogen. The heat required to drive the system is obtained by the combustion of an oxygen transported through the oxygen selective ion transport membrane with a high BTU fuel such as methane or natural gas. NOx compound formation is minimized either by utilizing a combustion products diluted air/fuel mixture for combustion in the boiler furnace or by limiting combustion to a mixture of oxygen and a fuel.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine and method is disclosed wherein a separate compression cylinder and an adiabatic power cylinder are used and a regenerator or pair of regenerators is mounted between them to provide heat for hot-air ignition. The single regenerator embodiment operates as a two-stroke cycle engine and the embodiment with an alternating pair of regenerators operates as a four-stroke cycle engine. Improvements include a power transfer valve with an anti-backflow design using a recessed valve seat, a rapid leakdown lifter, and ceramic coatings to minimize blow-by, seal the power cylinder during the combustion process, and protect the valve. Additionally, the power cylinder piston, power cylinder head and power transfer valve are all either made from ceramics or have ceramic coatings to insulate the gases and prevent loss of heat from the gases to the cooling system. The lower pressures allows the soft spray of fuel without forming soot.

Abstract: A four-cycle engine includes a cylinder block defining a cylinder bore. A piston is reciprocally disposed within the cylinder bore. A cylinder head member closes an end of the cylinder bore to define a combustion chamber together with the cylinder bore and the piston. The cylinder head member defines an inner passage having a first end communicating with the combustion chamber and a second end terminating at an outer surface of the cylinder head. A valve assembly having a valve section and an actuateable section is provided. The valve section is selectively placed at an open position and a closed position to connect and disconnect the inner passage with the combustion chamber, respectively. The actuateable section is formed oppositely from the valve section. A valve actuation mechanism is arranged to actuate the actuateable section to move the valve section between the open position and the closed position.

Abstract: A diaphragm carburetor for an internal combustion engine is provided, and has a housing with an impulse pressure driven fuel pump. Provided in the housing is a chamber that is divided by a diaphragm into a pump chamber and a drive chamber that is acted upon by impulse pressure fluctuations during operation of the internal combustion engine. In order with the least available impulse pressure differences of the engine to effectively deflect the diaphragm in the chamber, the freely movable diaphragm surface of the diaphragm is maximized and the conveying stroke of the diaphragm is enhanced by a spring. The movable diaphragm surface assumes a major portion of the surface of the plane of separation in which the diaphragm is disposed. For this purpose, a fuel intake valve and a fuel outlet valve are spaced from the diaphragm, and in particular are removed from the plane of separation in which the diaphragm comes to rest.

Abstract: A drive control apparatus and a control method are provided for controlling driving of an engine valve of an internal combustion engine, utilizing an electromagnetic force generated by an electromagnet or electromagnets. A magnitude of an external force applied to the engine valve is estimated, and a target operating state of the engine valve is set in view of the estimated magnitude of the external force. Then, a current applied to the electromagnet(s) is controlled in accordance with an actual operating state and the target operating state of the engine valve, so that the actual operating state substantially coincides with the target operating state.

Abstract: In an engine having an intake device provided with a solenoid valve, an amount of intake air is controlled on a basis of a duty control by means of a control unit, and the control unit includes an element for recognizing a state which is evidently different from a normal state to thereby stationarily hold a duty of the solenoid valve at a necessary set value.

Abstract: There is provided a solenoid-type valve actuator for an internal combustion engine, having an inexpensive and single construction which is capable of maintaining stability of operation of a valve and reducing sliding resistance to the valve at the same time, thereby achieving improved response of the valve and reduced power consumption of electromagnets. The solenoid-type valve actuator electromagnetically opens and closes a valve. Two electromagnets are arranged in a manner opposed to each other with a space therebetween. An armature is arranged between the two electromagnets, for reciprocating motion by energization and deenergization of the two electromagnets. Two shafts project from respective opposite sides of the armature and extend through the two electromagnets, respectively, one of the shafts being connected to the valve.

Abstract: A valve timing control device includes a purge path communicating between a hydraulic chamber allowing the entry of hydraulic pressure on starting an engine and a backward pressurized section in an accommodation hole. When the hydraulic chamber allowing the entry of hydraulic pressure on starting the engine is the retardation side hydraulic chamber, a hydraulic pressure derived from an oil pump is supplied to the retardation side hydraulic chamber on starting the engine. On the way, air-mixed oil is discharged to outside of the device by way of a purge path, a backward pressurized section in the accommodation hole and the discharge hole. When the air is discharged, a residual pressure is produced in the backward pressurized section due to oil supplied thereto. The residual pressure results in the increase of an unlocking hydraulic pressure to prevent a locking member from being unlocked.

Abstract: A vehicle engine starting system that drives a starter motor engaged to start an engine by using a lithium secondary battery as a power source comprises a voltage sensor that detects a voltage at the secondary battery and a control device that allows power to be discharged from the secondary battery to the starter motor if the voltage at the secondary battery detected by the voltage sensor is equal to or higher than a predetermined value and disallows a discharge from the secondary battery to the starter motor if the voltage at the secondary battery detected by the voltage sensor is lower than the predetermined value.

Abstract: An automatic decompression device for an internal combustion engine includes a camshaft rotatable about an axis of rotation and having an end face, and a lever coupled to the end face and movable between a first position, wherein the lever is engageable with a valve actuating device to actuate a valve during rotation of the camshaft, and a second position, wherein the lever does not substantially move the valve actuating device. The lever is preferably pivotally coupled to the end face to pivot about a pivot axis that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the camshaft. Further preferably, the automatic decompression device further includes a spring between the end face and the lever to bias the lever toward the first position. In a highly preferred embodiment, the end face of the camshaft includes a slot and the lever is at least partially retained within the slot.

Abstract: An intake system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle which includes a first unfiltered air intake (10) which is arranged at a location in the vehicle that is favorable for air intake, and a second unfiltered air intake (11) which is arranged at a location in the vehicle that is protected against road spray and splashes of water. The two unfiltered air intakes (10, 11) each open into a common line (12) which communicates with the internal combustion engine. In the first unfiltered air intake (10) there is a moisture sensor (14) which emits a signal when water enters the first unfiltered air intake (10). This signal actuates a drive member 23 which moves a flap 13 between first and second switching positions. In the first switching position, the flap 13 closes the second unfiltered air intake 11, so that no air can get into line 12 from the second unfiltered air intake 11.

Abstract: An oil pump unit for an engine includes an improved construction. The pump unit includes a housing. A scavenge pump assembly is disposed in series with the feed pump assembly to be driven by the pump shaft. The feed and scavenge pump assemblies each defines end portions spaced apart from each other along the shaft axis. The housing defines a first inlet port and at least one outlet port at one of the end portions of the feed pump assembly, a second inlet port and a second outlet port at one of the end portions of the scavenge pump assembly, and at least a third inlet port at the other end portion of the scavenge pump assembly.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for introducing gaseous fuel into a piston cylinder of an operating internal combustion engine in two separate stages involves monitoring a set of engine parameters, determining engine load and engine speed from the set of engine parameters, in a first stage, introducing a first portion of the gaseous fuel into the cylinder where the first portion of gaseous fuel forms a substantially homogeneous mixture comprising gaseous fuel and air prior to combustion, and in a second stage, occurring sequentially after the first stage, introducing a second portion of the gaseous fuel into the cylinder. The gaseous fuel quantity is variable in response to at least one of engine load and engine speed. Initiation and duration for at least one of the first and second stages is also variable in response to at least one of engine load and engine speed.

Abstract: During stratified-charge combustion operation of a direct-injection spark ignition engine, at the cylinder compression stroke, a tumble is generated which flows between a spark plug electrode and a piston crown surface toward an injector. A fuel is injected from the injector in correspondence with the cylinder ignition timing by controlling the penetration of fuel spray from the injector to correspond to the tumble flow rate so that the fuel spray may go against the tumble, become a flammable mixture at the cylinder ignition timing and stay near the spark plug electrode. In the late stage of the compression stroke, diffusion of the flammable mixture is suppressed with squishes. Thus, fuel spray behavior in the combustion chamber is controlled to allow suitable mixture stratification over a wide engine operating condition range. This improves combustion quality and extends a stratified-charge combustion zone thereby providing enhanced fuel economy and power output.

Abstract: A cylinder head for a direct-injection spark-ignition internal combustion engine includes, for each cylinder, an inlet valve, an exhaust valve, a first receptacle, a second receptacle, and a third receptacle. The first, second, and third receptacles are respectively configured to receive an ignition device or an injection device. The first receptacle extends substantially parallel to the inlet valve. The second receptacle extends substantially parallel to the exhaust valve. A common camshaft is offset from a cylinder center plane and actuates the inlet valve and the exhaust valve via identically constructed valve actuating elements. The cylinder head is lightweight, compact and easy to assemble and is in particular suited for high performance engines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a variable tumble flow-generating device, which comprises: a bulkhead for dividing an intake port into a first passage and a second passage; an opening degree control valve for selectively changing an opening degree of the first and second passages; and driving means for operating the opening angle control valve. This variable tumble flow-generating device can generate tumble flow by making air flow through different passages while minizing a flow resistance of air supplied into the combustion chamber, and which has a simple structure so that a limitation in its installation space in relation with other parts can be avoid. Also, the variable tumble flow-generating device is manufactured by adding only a structure where the bulkhead is previously assembled with the intake port core of the prior art. For this reason, this is a simple structure and thus is manufactured at inexpensive costs.

Abstract: A method providing solution of both of the problem of black smoke during the engine startup period and the problem of undershooting and hunting at the settling time. By adding at least an integral term QI to a basic injection quantity, feedback control of a fuel injection quantity of an engine is carried out. An initial integral term QI0 , which is used during the engine startup, is predetermined. During the engine startup period, the integral term QI is set as “0” until an engine revolution number Ne reaches a predetermined startup revolution number Nes. When the Ne reaches the Nes, the initial integral term QI0 is used as the QI. The QI0 is preferably determined on the basis of one of, or both of, a water temperature and an I atmospheric temperature. The Nes is preferably a value close to, or equal to, an idling revolution number Nei.

Abstract: A fail-safe mechanism of an air induction control apparatus for automotive engines is provided which is designed to hold a throttle valve at a middle position when a valve actuator has failed to move the throttle valve. The fail-safe mechanism includes a middle position hold stopper, an opener lever connected to the throttle shaft, and a first and a second coil spring. The first coil spring works to exert a first spring pressure on the opener member in a first rotational direction in which the throttle valve is rotated from a fully opened position to the middle position. The first coil spring is urged at an end thereof into constant engagement with the middle position hold stopper to hold the opener member from rotating in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction. The second coil spring has a first and a second end between which the opener member extends. The first end abuts against the middle position hold stopper.

Abstract: An output timing of an opening degree command value &phgr;total is delayed by a predetermined delay time Tdly. A predictive throttle opening change &Dgr;&thgr;, calculated by using an electronic throttle model M4, is added to a present throttle opening degree &thgr; to obtain a predictive throttle opening degree &thgr;f at an intake valve close timing. Then, a provisional predictive charged air amount Gcf is calculated based on the predictive throttle opening degree &thgr;f by using an intake system mode M5. Then, a predictive change &Dgr;Gc of the charged air amount at the intake valve close timing is calculated by derivative and integral processing the provisional predictive charged air amount Gcf until the intake valve close timing. Then, the predictive change &Dgr;Gc is added to a base charged air amount Gbase calculated by a base intake system model M8 to obtain a final predictive charged air amount Gc.

Abstract: An engine control system for use in automotive vehicles is provided which is designed to execute given control tasks, for example, at a 30° angular interval of a crank shaft of the engine determined by sequential inputs of crank angle signals from a crank sensor. If a failure of the crank sensor has occurred, it becomes impossible to determine the 30° angular interval of the crank shaft. In this case, the engine control system works to calculate one-third of an interval (e.g., a 90° crank angle) between consecutive inputs of cam angular position signals provided by a cam sensor to define a dummy 30° crank angle as a trigger for initiating the control tasks.

Abstract: A magnetically energized ignition system (10, 24) for a small engine includes a rotary magnet system (11, 25) driven by the crank shaft of the engine, a charging coil (12, 26) in which a voltage is induced by the rotating magnet system (11, 25) an energy store (12, 28) which is charged by the charging coil (12, 26), a voltage converter (19, 34) which is connected with the energy store (12, 28) and creates a transformed high ignition voltage, a spark plug (23, 35) connected with the output of the voltage converter (19, 34), a crank shaft position indicator (14, 29), and a switch element (13, 27) controlled by the crank shaft position indicator and which has an effect on the energy store (12, 28), and reduces the disadvantages of known ignition systems, especially saving costs in respect to known ignition systems, especially by making possible the saving of costs in respect to high voltage cabling, the ignition system also being particularly suited to the narrow space requirements of small motors in that the vo

Abstract: A fuel regulator is provided for regulating the supply of fuel to a multi-cylinder engine. The regulator includes a regulator body defining a holding chamber connectable to a fuel source; a first supply chamber connectable to a first cylinder of the multi-cylinder engine; and a second supply chamber connectable to a second cylinder of the multi-cylinder engine. Orifices are provided between the supply chambers and the holding chamber. A first regulating structure is movable between a closed position wherein the orifice between the holding chamber and the first supply chamber is closed and an open position wherein the orifice between the holding chamber and the supply chamber is open in response to the fuel demanded by the first cylinder of the multi-cylinder engine.

Abstract: A variable delivery type fuel supply apparatus capable of suppressing variation of fuel pressure within a delivery pipe and hence variation of fuel quantity injected through fuel injection valves and simplifying a control method therefor. The apparatus includes an oil relief passage (6) provided between the suction port of a fuel pump (4) and a pressurizing chamber (4e) across a suction valve (4a) of the fuel pump (4), an electromagnetic valve (7) disposed in the oil relief passage (6) and opened for a predetermined time during a discharge stroke of the fuel pump (4) for thereby controlling a discharge quantity of the fuel pump (4), and a control unit (108) for controlling the timing at which the electromagnetic valve (7) is opened.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines is proposed in which gelation of the fuel is avoided by a fuel preheating that operates as a function of temperature. A pressure regulating valve of a common rail can be cooled as well.

Abstract: A control device and a control method capable of eliminating a torque variation in changing an air/fuel ratio and establishing a compatibility of promotion in fuel economy with promotion in drivability is provided. The device includes an outer environment detector for detecting an outer environment in running a vehicle, a running environment determining device for predicting a current running environment in accordance with the outer environment, a data storage device for storing data for changing a driving characteristic, a selecting device for selecting the data, a control quantity calculator for calculating a control quantity based on the data, and a control actuator for controlling a control object.

Abstract: A canister, for inhibiting a diffusion phenomenon in an adsorbent layer as much as possible and certainly adsorbing fed evaporated fuel to inhibit blow-by of the evaporated fuel into the atmosphere, is constituted by filling a first adsorbent layer of the canister with activated carbon A having a large evaporated fuel adsorption and a weak holding power, and filling a second and a third adsorbent layers with activated carbon B having an intermediate evaporated fuel adsorption and a weak holding power and therefore having characteristics that the residual amount of the low boiling point components in the evaporated fuel after purge is small, whereby after the high temperature standing of the canister, the discharge of the evaporated fuel into the atmosphere can be inhibited.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling evaporative emissions of a volatile fuel. The system preferably has a fuel vapor collection canister, a purge valve, an isolation valve, a fuel tank, and a vent valve. The fuel vapor collection canister includes a supply port and a discharge port. The purge valve includes an inlet port and an outlet port. The inlet port of the purge valve is in fluid communication with the discharge port of the fuel vapor collection canister. The isolation valve includes a housing, a valve body, and a seal. The housing has a first port in fluid communication with the supply port of the fuel vapor collection canister, a second port, and a fuel vapor flow path that extends between the first and second ports. The valve body is movable with respect to the housing along an axis between a first configuration and a second configuration.

Abstract: When starting an engine, the engine is driven by a starting motor and, at the same time, a fuel heating heater can be operated. If the engine is stopped and then immediately restarted, the operation of fuel heating heater is controlled according to the operation time of the fuel heating heater in the last operation. That is, if a period of time is brief between a stopping and a restarting of the engine, heat generated when the fuel heating heater was operated last remains and, in consideration of the amount of that residual heat, generation of heat by the fuel heating heater is restricted.