Abstract: This invention aims to allow one of a pair of auxiliary apparatus and the other of the auxiliary apparatus to be handled independently of each other, while satisfying the need to be installed in a limited boarding space and the need to be produced at low production costs. For this purpose, this invention allows an autotensioner idler (ID) which serves as one of the auxiliary apparatus and a viscous heater (VH) which serves as the other of the auxiliary apparatus to transmit power to each other and to be attachable to and detachable from each other.

Abstract: A holder for a spare spark plug for an internal combustion engine in a snowmobile is provided on an engine accessory such as an air intake silencer for the engine, and wherein the holder includes a receptacle for receiving the threaded electrode end of a spare spark plug and a clamp for the opposite terminal end of the spark plug. The terminal end clamp is configured to retain the spark plug against substantial axial movement out of the receptacle while permitting lateral displacement of the terminal end of the spark plug to permit removal of the spark plug from the receptacle. The holder and terminal end clamp may be integrally formed as one piece with an air intake silencer. The receptacle is configured to shield the electrode end of the spark plug when it is installed in the receptacle.

Abstract: A chain tensioning arrangement arranged in a timing case for an internal-combustion engine which acts upon a timing chain that can be driven by the crankshaft of the internal-combustion engine. The chain tensioning arrangement provides a simple device with respect to assembly and operational reliability. The chain tensioning arrangement includes a tensioning member which can be adjusted between a mounting position, releasing chain tension and a tensioning position acting upon the chain. In the mounting position, the tensioning member is clamped by a releasable locking pin which extends beyond the floor of the timing case of the internal-combustion engine.

Abstract: In an arrangement for driving accessories of an internal combustion engine such as a water pump and a fan by means of a V-belt drive operated by an engine crankshaft wherein a first belt pulley is mounted on the crankshaft for rotation therewith, a second pulley is mounted on a water pump shaft to be driven by the first pulley via a first V-belt, a third pulley is mounted on the water pump shaft for rotation therewith and a fourth pulley is rotatably mounted on the crankshaft or an extension thereof and driven by the third pulley via a second V-belt and a fan is mounted for rotation with the fourth pulley via clutch so that the fan can be operated at a speed different from the crankshaft speed.

Abstract: An outboard motor having a direct cylinder fuel injection system with a high-pressure pump that is driven directly from the engine crankshaft. This drive is positioned on the crankshaft above the flywheel at the upper portion of the engine, with other accessories being driven from the crankshaft below the flywheel, while still at the top of the engine. This facilitates servicing of the components and places them all in easily accessed locations.

Abstract: A portable vehicle fueling device is described wherein fuel is dispensed directly from the vehicle fuel tank directly from the vehicle fuel tank by the vehicle fuel pump through the hose of this invention so that a supply of gasoline can be provided for auxiliary engines such as boat, lawn mowers, and the like. A Schrader valve is provided in the fuel line and the portable device of this invention includes a coupling for opening the Schrader valve at the end of the hose and a nozzle at the opposite end.

Abstract: A drive arrangement for an engine of an outboard motor including a cowling and a water propulsion device is disclosed. The engine is positioned in the cowling and has a body having a top end and a bottom end and defining at least one combustion chamber. The engine has a generally vertically extending crankshaft having a bottom end in driving relation with the water propulsion device and a top end extending above the top end of the body of the engine, the engine including an intake system including an intake passage through which air is provided to each combustion chamber, at least one intake valve for controlling the flow through the intake passage, and an intake camshaft for actuating the intake valve(s). The engine also includes an exhaust system including an exhaust passage leading from each combustion chamber, at least one exhaust valve for controlling the flow of exhaust through the exhaust passage, and an exhaust camshaft for actuating the exhaust valve(s).

Abstract: The air rail comprises a housing defining an air passageway conduit therein. The conduit has a plurality of passageways therethrough with access to the passageways provided by a plurality of ports disposed in the housing, the main passageway being fed pressurized air from an air compressor discharge and discharging to the brake reservoir. A second passageway acts as a sensing and secondary air supply passageway, the outlet ports from this second passageway being engageable in a push to connect manner with air tubing leading to various air-using systems and devices, the outlets each being positioned as close as possible to the corresponding structure to which it is to be engaged. Further, the air rail may incorporate a fuel oil passageway therein, thereby providing for pre-warming of fuel for the engine.

Abstract: In a compact gas engine using a liquefied gas for a fuel, a gas canister holder for holding a fuel gas canister is provided. The gas canister holder includes a case having a gas canister outlet and inlet port and a cap axially engaged with the gas canister outlet and inlet port of the case. A pusher brought into contact with an end surface of the gas canister outlet and inlet port of the case and brought into contact with an end surface of the gas canister attached to an inner portion of the case is disposed between the case and the cap. A spring for urging the pusher and the cap in a direction taking these apart from each other is provided between the pusher and the cap. Accordingly, even when the gas canister is not attached within the case, the urging force is applied to the cap by the pusher and the spring, so as to prevent the cap from being disengaged with the case.

Abstract: A fuel supply system is described which allows the use of a disposable fuel tank prefilled with the required fuel mixture. The system includes a mounting bracket having a fuel coupling, a disposable tank, and a venting manifold.

Abstract: An engine arrangement having a gas engine, an exhaust gas tract with an exhaust gas catalytic converter in the exhaust gas tract, a propellent gas feed tube connecting a gas supply to the engine, and a cleaning device in the gas feed line.

Abstract: According to the present invention, when a vehicle speed is less than a set value (e.g., 40 km/h) and a throttle opening degree is more than a set value, it is determined that the vehicle is accelerating, and a viscous clutch is turned off. Therefore, a shearing operation of high-viscosity fluid by a rotor of a viscous heater is not performed. In this way, a driving load applied to an engine is reduced, so that an accelerating state suitable for an intention of a driver can be obtained. Further, when the vehicle speed is more than a set value (e.g., 40 km/h) and an engine rotational speed is more than a set value (e.g., 3500 r.p.m.), the viscous clutch is turned off, and a driving load applied to the engine and a V-belt is reduced.

Abstract: In an internal combustion engine including a cylinder head and at least one camshaft and accessory units comprising pumps mounted on the front end of the engine on which also drive means for the camshaft of camshafts are disposed, the accessory units are operatively coupled to the drive means for the camshafts or camshafts so as to be driven thereby.

Abstract: The present invention involves a drive unit, specifically a drive unit for a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine, a cooling system with fan and a hydrodynamic retarder with a stator, rotor and housing. The retarder is located within a space bounded on one side by the front of the crankcase, on a second side by the fan shaft which runs parallel to the engine shaft, and on a third side by the rear edge of the fan wheel. Viewed from the front, the retarder is substantially located within the fly circle of the fan wheel whereby the air flow generated by the fan wheel removes heat, generated by braking actions, from the housing of the retarder.

Abstract: A method of reinforcing threads. Firstly, provide a workpiece. Secondly, determine the position on the workpiece that a hole is to be drilled and into which threads are to be tapped. Thirdly, bore an opening in the workpiece which transversely intersects the hole. The opening must have a diameter which is greater that a diameter of the hole. Fourthly, insert an insert into the opening in interference fit relation. The insert is of a harder material than the workpiece. Fifthly, bore the hole through the workpiece and into the insert. Sixthly, tap threads in the hole, such that a portion of the threads are reinforced by virtue of being tapped into the harder material of the insert.

Abstract: A modular filter for removing particulate matter from gases or liquids is disclosed. The filter includes at least two porous ceramic or ceramic composite modules and a heater structure for regenerating the modules by heating which is integral with the modules. The regenerating structure may also be a ceramic structure. The filter modules may be manufactured using micropyretic synthesis and manufactured to have interconnected porosity. The filter may be used to remove particulates from the exhaust of engines such as engines of land and water vehicles.

Abstract: An intermediate drive mechanism allows an alternator to be mounted beneath an engine flywheel on the side of the engine. This location reduces both the girth and height of the engine, thereby reducing the size of the power head of an outboard motor. The intermediate drive mechanism includes a first intermediate pulley, which lies generally at the same level as a drive pulley attached to the engine output shaft. A second intermediate pulley lies beneath the first intermediate pulley and generally at the same level as a driven pulley of the generator. Belts couple the pulleys of the intermediate drive mechanism to the respective drive and driven pulleys. The intermediate pulleys also can move relative to the corresponding pulleys so as to function as a belt tensioner.

Abstract: In an accessory unit drive arrangement of an internal combustion engine the accessory unit is mounted on the engine such that its drive shaft is arranged in axial alignment with an engine-operated shaft. The drive shaft is coupled to the engine-operated shaft by a coupling structure which includes a pin which projects axially eccentrically from the end face of the engine-operated shaft and engages a carrier mounted on the drive shaft of the accessory unit. The engine-operated shaft is supported by a friction bearing and a lubricant collecting space is in communication with the friction bearing so as to collect lubricant leaking from the bearing for the lubrication of the coupling structure.

Abstract: An engine including an intermediate shaft which is driven by the crankshaft and drives the camshaft. The intermediate shaft directly drives an oil pump arranged above the trans-axle and drives an alternator and compressor through a pulley connected to the intermediate shaft and a belt. The intermediate shaft is arranged shifted in the lateral direction from the plane containing the axes of the cylinders.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine having an improved accessory drive arrangement. A number of the engine accessories is driven off of an intermediate shaft that is driven from the crankshaft between its ends and which permits the driving of accessories at points on this intermediate shaft that are spaced inwardly from the ends of the crankshaft to provide a more compact assembly. This facilitates mounting of the engine in transverse engine fashion in the engine compartment of a motor vehicle since the accessory drives do not increase the overall length of the engine, particularly at its upper end.

Abstract: A washerless closure plug for closing althreaded opening in the block of automotive engines includes an externally threaded nipple surrounded by a sharp shoulder, which shoulder is provided with a pair of forwardly facing ribs. When the nipple is screwed into an engine block the ribs form a seal with the block wall to resist leakage from the block and to damp the transmission of vibrational forces from the block to the closure plug which tend to unscrew the closure plug from the block.

Abstract: A wiring harness support and under valve cover oil deflector formed from a single sheet metal blank that is connected to each individual injectors, by a single bolt, of a Hydraulically-actuated Electronically-controlled Unit Injector (HEUI) system for a diesel engine. This combined wiring harness support and oil deflector aligns itself when mounted in the proper tapped holes in the unit injectors.

Abstract: A motor vehicle containing a two-cycle, crankcase compression, internal combustion engine having direct lubricating systems for supplying lubricant to the sliding surfaces of the piston and cylinder bore for each cylinder of the engine, separate pumps for delivering lubricant to the crankshaft bearings associated with each cylinder of the engine and a system for delivering lubricant to the engine for the remaining components through the induction system. The accessories for the engine including its induction and exhaust system are laid out so as to facilitate transverse front wheel drive mounting of the engine in the vehicle.

Abstract: An accessory control system for a vehicle which includes an engine, cooling fan driven by the engine and a selectively-operable, power-requiring accessory includes an electronic logic control module which is packaged within a logic control box and which is electrically connected between various sensors and various power-requiring accessories. The accessory control system further includes a first signal output line which is electrically connected between the logic control module and a power-requiring accessory, such as a combine unloader. Also connected to the logic control module is an engine temperature sensor which operates on a thermocouple principle and is connected to a relay within the logic control module. If the engine temperature is below a threshold level then the logic control module is able to disengage the cooling fan so as to make additional horsepower available for operation of the power-requiring accessory.

Abstract: A device for damping torsional vibrations in a drive train of a traction drive connecting an internal combustion piston engine and an auxiliary unit, comprising an overrunning clutch (5,30,48) arranged between a driving pulley (2,25,42) and an input shaft (1) of the auxiliary unit or between a crankshaft and a driven pulley of the internal combustion piston engine, characterized in that the overrunning clutch (5,30,48) comprises an inner or outer ring (8,9,28,29,50) made of sheet metal without chip removal on which locking ramps cooperating with locking rollers (10,30a,48a) are formed, and the inner or outer ring (8,9,28,29,50) extends at least on one side beyond a region of the locking ramps to form a raceway for a rolling bearing (6,7,31,32,45,49).

Abstract: A burglarproof system for automotive vehicle which precludes a burglar from improperly starting the engine of an automotive vehicle using a duplicate key or short-circuiting a starter circuit. A magnetic card having a plurality of permanent magnets buried wherein and representing a predetermined password, and a card reader reading the poles and arrangement of the permanent magnets appearing on the upper surface of the magnetic card. One embodiment reads the password in a static reading mode. A second embodiment reads the password during movement of the magnetic card. A password comparator of the burglarproof system compares the password of the magnetic card with the predetermined password. A coincidence signal from the comparator establishes an electric circuit required for starting the engine of the automotive vehicle.

Abstract: A crankshaft assembly provides a combination of a clutched hollow crankshaft for driving a reciprocating device with a driveshaft for driving another device. The drive shaft extends through the crankshaft and is powered by the same flywheel as is used to drive the crankshaft. The assembly permits selective transmission of power to those devices only when they need power. In the preferred embodiment, the drive shaft provides continuous power while the crankshaft provides power as needed by engaging and disengaging the crankshaft clutch.

Abstract: Multiple control-request switches are operatively coupled by an electronic interlock circuit with an electronic engine control that controls an engine that powers a heavy duty automotive vehicle. The vehicle is also equipped with one or more devices, such as an air-compressor or hydraulic pump, that are powered from the engine via a power take-off. The control-request switches request control of this equipment from various stations via control of an operational function of the engine, such as control of engine speed. The interlock circuit functions to allow only a first-to-be-actuated of the control-request switches to acquire control so that subsequent actuation of any other switch causes the control to go to a default mode to avoid conflicting control of the engine and equipment powered through a power take-off.

Abstract: An engine barring system is disclosed that includes a barring device having a drive shaft manually engageable with the flywheel of an engine to rotate the engine crankshaft. An electric motor is coupled to the drive shaft of the barring device and incrementally rotates the drive shaft in response to forward and reverse signals. A controller supplies the forward and reverse signals in response to manual input by a user. The controller is portable about the engine so that the user can incrementally advance or reverse the crankshaft while observing the crankshaft rotation away from the barring device. A reduction gear box is coupled between the motor and the barring device to reduce the drive shaft speed from the motor speed and also provide torque multiplication between the motor and drive shaft. The torque multiplication serves as an effective lock to prevent movement of the crankshaft when the barring device is engaged.

Abstract: Timing pin apparatus for locking a fly wheel of a diesel engine in place for timing purposes includes a housing securable to a bell housing of a diesel engine and a timing pin movable in the housing and into the bell housing to engage a detent in the diesel engine flywheel. The timing pin is spring loaded to engage the flywheel and to retract from the flywheel. A sleeve disposed about the housing loads and unloads a spring for urging the timing pin into the detent in the flywheel when loaded, and when unloaded allows a second spring to automatically retract the pin from flywheel engagement.

Abstract: A method and arrangement for operating a drive for auxiliary devices arranged on an internal-combustion engine has a differential gear driven by the crankshaft of an internal-combustion engine distributes a driving torque corresponding to the tooth numbers of the transmission to auxiliary devices driven by this transmission. An exciting current which is supplied to an auxiliary device, as a function of load signals and/or cooling water temperature signals, is regulated so that it changes the driving torque of the generator. For maintaining a constant wiring voltage generated by the generator, the rotational speed of the generator therefore changes and, via the differential gear, the rotational speed changes of another auxiliary device. The cooling power of the internal-combustion engine can therefore be regulated as a function of cooling demands or load requirements.

Abstract: Two embodiments of flexible transmitter tensioning devices that afford a screw threaded operation for moving an idler pulley to vary the adjustments. The construction lends itself to incorporation in an outboard motor.

Abstract: A drive assembly for auxiliary units of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, which may be mounted at an end wall of the internal combustion engine especially coaxially relative to the crankshaft, has two switchable gear stages between its input shaft, driven by the crankshaft and its output shaft, driving the auxiliary units. Gear changing is ejected by actuating a friction coupling. The friction coupling, in the connected condition, engages a direct gear and, in the disconnected condition, drives a reduction gear via a locking freewheeling device. An actuating assembly for the friction coupling includes adjusting discs which are held in a housing of the drive assembly so as to be arranged coaxially relative no the friction coupling and which are rotatable relative to one another. One of the adjusting discs, in the form of a supporting ring, is axially supported in the housing of the drive assembly.

Abstract: A drive assembly, particularly for driving a vehicle, comprises a driving engine and an auxiliary engine as well as auxiliary assemblies which can be selectively driven by one of the engines. In a clear frontal area of the vehicle engine, a single-bank radial engine constructed as an internal-combustion engine is arranged as the auxiliary engine to save space. For achieving a compact, high-powered arrangement, the single-bank radial engine is constructed as a 4-cylinder 2-stroke engine with a crank guide power unit.

Abstract: A hydraulic pump is mounted to a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine and powered by said engine, and a hydraulic motor for operating an engine accessory, such as alternator, compressor of air conditioner and the like, is mounted to the cylinder block and driven by a highly pressurized oil fed by the hydraulic pump. The cylinder block is formed with an oil flow passage through which the highly pressurized oil is conveyed from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic motor. An oil return passage is provided for returning the oil from the hydraulic motor to the hydraulic pump. If desired, the oil return passage may be defined in the cylinder block.

Abstract: A user-adjustable control system monitors an electrical signal indicative of manifold pressure in an internal combustion engine that powers a wheeled vehicle. The engine simultaneously powers the drive train of the vehicle and, when a thermostat so dictates, an air conditioning compressor. This system improves vehicle driving performance by selectively restricting the diversion of engine power from the drive train to operate the air conditioning compressor, based on threshold changes in a monitored electrical signal. With electronic circuitry the system selectively disengages power to the compressor when the difference between manifold and atmospheric pressure drops below a preset value. The system includes a transducer connected to provide an electrical output signal that is indicative of pressure changes in the engine manifold. The manifold pressure changes are, in turn, indicative of changes in the engine's load conditions.

Abstract: An apparatus for driving devices which are operated by, or "supplementary" to, a V-type internal combustion engine, having a crankshaft and overhead camshafts, includes a camshaft drive mechanism for rotatably connecting the camshafts to the crankshaft so that the camshafts are "timely" driven. A supplementary device drive mechanism rotatably connects supplementary devices independently of the overhead camshafts to the crankshaft. The crankshaft is provided with a transmission gear train for transmitting rotation of the camshafts to the camshaft drive mechanism and the supplementary device drive mechanism.

Abstract: An auxiliary mechanism mounting structure for mounting an auxiliary mechanism on an engine has an auxiliary mechanism mounting portion whose bearing rigidity is high in the longitudinal direction of the engine and is low in the vertical direction of the engine so that the auxiliary mechanism is easy to vibrate in the vertical direction of the engine.

Abstract: In a V-type engine with two bore-offset banks opposed to one another at a predetermined angle, an accessory mechanism is provided between the two banks. A drive belt for the accessory mechanism is disposed on the side of one of the banks which is recessed inwardly due to the bore offset. In another embodiment, the accessory mechanism is a supercharger driven by a balancing shaft which, in turn, is driven by the crank shaft. In yet another embodiment, the V-type engine has a separate timing belt for each bank, that is, a first timing belt for the bank which is recessed inward because of the bore offset, and a second timing belt for the bank which juts out because of the bore offset. A drive belt is provided for driving the supercharger. The belts are arranged in the following order from the inside outward: the second timing belt, the first timing belt and the accessory belt.

Abstract: The fuel pump permits a high delivery pressure with a low degree of pressure fluctuations and can be attached to the internal-combustion engine in a space-saving manner in axial prolongation of the camshaft and can be driven in a simple fashion. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the fuel pump serves as a tensioning device for a belt or chain drive by virtue of the drive wheel of the fuel pump acting as a belt or chain tensioning roller.

Abstract: An air-cooled internal combustion engine and a structure of its air cleaner, a major object of which is to control noises emitted from various parts of engine and to minimize the overall size and dimensions of the engine. A cam shaft and a balancing shaft are arranged on an air cleaner side relative to a crank-shaft, a starting motor is arranged on an exhaust muffler side relative to the crank-shaft, shaft portions of the balancing shaft and the starting motor are located at a position lower than the crank shaft, and the exhaust muffler is arranged vertically above the starting motor, so that a center of gravity of the entire engine is lowered and engine noise can be controlled. Further, noises emitted from various parts of engine are controlled by positioning and shaping of an exhaust pipe, a shape of a cylinder head cover, and an arrangement and position of a fuel tank.

Abstract: In the case of a reciprocating engine of V-construction, a generator is arranged in the V-center. The outer walls of the engine power section bounding the V-cutout are adapted to the cylindrical housing of the generator and surround it at a radial distance.

Abstract: A V-type engine equipped with a supercharging device, which comprises an engine body having first and second cylinder banks formed in the V-shape and a crank shaft disposed therein, a pair of camshafts disposed in the first and second cylinder banks, respectively, an endless belt engaged with each of one end portions of the camshafts and one end portion of the crank shaft in such a manner that the first cylinder bank is disposed on the tension side of the endless belt, and an engine-driven supercharger mounted on the engine body to jut out widthwise from the first cylinder bank and driven to rotate by the crank shaft through an additional endless belt engaged with the engine-driven supercharger and the one end portion of the crank shaft.

Abstract: An improved engine load management system that will de-excite the field coils of an alternator that is driven by an internal combustion engine when the battery that the alternator charges is above a required minimum voltage and when the engine is operating under high load conditions such as acceleration or climbing. When the battery charge falls below the required minimum, the system excites the alternator field coils and permits the alternator to charge the battery despite a high engine load condition. When the battery charge is above the minimum required voltage, but below the voltage at which charging is discontinued, and the engine is under high load, the alternator field coils are energized and de-energized in a cycle that reduces alternator drag on the engine, but permits limited battery charging to occur.

Abstract: Mounting brackets for mounting engine accessories, such as custom air conditioning compressors, alternators, and the like, on certain types of automobile engines and other engines, particularly engines such as small block Chevrolet engines having factory formed front end surfaces, top surfaces, and tapped holes which can be utilized to mount the brackets on the engines without the necessity of drilling and tapping holes in the engine.

Abstract: A vehicle and drive unit therefor including a transversely disposed engine located in an engine compartment. The cylinders are inclined to the rear from a vertical plane at an acute angle and the engine crankshaft drives an accessory shaft that rotates in a plane disposed at an acute angle to the vertical and forwardly of the cylinder axis and at an acute angle to the cylinder axis. Accessories are driven from this accessory shaft as are the front wheel axles which lie on the opposite side of the plane containing the cylinder axis from the output shaft axis. The accessory drive is disposed inwardly of the ends of the engine so as to provide a compact body and the engine body is recessed to receive the accessory drive so as to minimize the distance between the accessory shaft and the engine crankshaft.

Abstract: The improved engine load management system of the present invention includes an apparatus that will de-excite the field coils of an alternator that is driven by an internal combustion engine when the battery that the alternator charges is above a required minimum voltage and when the engine is operating under high load conditions such as acceleration or climbing. When the battery charge falls below the required minimum, the apparatus excites the alternator field coils and permits the alternator to charge the battery despite a high engine load condition. When the battery charge is above the minimum required voltage, but below the voltage at which charging is discontinued, and the engine is under high load, the alternator field coils are energized and de-energized in a cycle that reduces alternator drag on the engine, but permits limited battery charging to occur.

Abstract: An engine control system of an automotive engine cooperates with an engine driven air conditioning system which is restrictively driven when the engine operates in a predetermined operating condition. The engine control system includes a pressure sensor to detect an atmospheric pressure at which the engine operates. The predetermined condition is changed according to the atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: An improved lubricant oil amount detector in an oil pouring device of a vertical shaft type engine includes an oil passageway provided in an oil pan side portion of a crank case cover, an oil pipe molded of transparent resin and communicating with the oil passageway and a cover bearing level marks corresponding to upper and lower limits of an engine lubricant oil amount, assembled around the outer circumference of the oil pipe and having a small window for facilitating inspection opened therein. Instead of the above-mentioned oil pipe and cover, an oil pipe molded of resin and communicating with the oil passageway, and a small window provided in a part of the same oil pipe and molded of transparent nylon, PBT, which has level marks corresponding to upper and lower limits of an engine lubricant oil amount integrally molded thereon, can be employed.

Abstract: An improved arrangement for a V-type of engine having staggered cylinder banks wherein an accessory is driven by the engine and is located at least in part within the void defined by the stagger between the cylinder banks.