Abstract: A thermal choke, includes (1) a body, comprising a heat conductive material, (2) an electric heater, on or in the body, (3) a temperature sensor, on or in the body, and (4) a fin, in a channel surrounded by the body. The thermal choke is configured to fit between a throttle assembly and a cylinder of a spark ignition engine.

Abstract: A throttle body structure includes a plurality of throttle bores, an idle air control valve that is provided between the throttle bores, a plurality of bypass passages that extend toward a downstream side of the throttle bores, and bypass ports that are arranged between the throttle bores and supply idle air to throttle bores which are spaced apart from the idle air control valve. Compound bypass passages and third bypass passages are arranged parallel to each other. The third bypass passages communicate with the throttle bores arranged adjacent to the idle air control valve, and the compound bypass passages communicate with the bypass ports.

Abstract: A membrane separation method is useful in purifying clear water, sewage, etc. and can reliably remove obstruction of an air diffusing apparatus by opening and closing valves, a submerged membrane separation apparatus to be used for the same, and a method for cleaning an air diffusing apparatus. The submerged membrane separation apparatus includes a separation membrane module, an air diffusing apparatus, and a gas supplying apparatus, wherein an air diffusing apparatus is arranged in one treatment tank, two header pipes (A and B) are placed as the gas supplying pipes, the connecting port a and the header pipe A and the connecting port b and the header pipe B for each of the air diffusing apparatuses are respectively connected, on-off valves are arranged in four parts, and the header pipes A and B each have an open end.

Abstract: A control system for a turbo charged natural gas engine. A butterfly valve used for fuel control upstream of a carburetor provides non-linear flow response during opening and closing and a flow compensator compensates for the non-linear response. A throttle valve position sensor acts in association with a controller which compares the throttle valve position signal with a predetermined set point and thereby opens or closes the waste gate of the turbo charger which affects oxygen content in the exhaust. A compensator for a throttle valve used with electronic engine controllers is also provided.

Abstract: A carburetor for use with an internal combustion engine has a fuel and air mixing passage, a choke valve with a valve head disposed at least partially in the fuel and air mixing passage and an air bleed passage with at least a portion that is communicated with the choke valve head when the choke valve is in its closed position to at least partially restrict air flow out of the air bleed passage when the choke valve is closed. The air bleed passage preferably provides air to a fuel circuit of the carburetor when the choke valve is open. When the choke valve is closed the air flow through the air bleed passage to the fuel circuit is at least partially restricted to provide a richer fuel and air mixture to the engine during a choke assisted start and warming up of the engine.

Abstract: The present invention facilitates the stabilization of the fuel flow rate in a single fuel system carburetor in which bleed air, mixed with fuel, is controlled by a metering needle moving in response to the movement of a throttle valve and the mixture is discharged into an intake channel. The present invention is directed to a carburetor in which an effective surface area of a metering hole is adjusted by a metering needle moving in response to the movement of a throttle valve, and the fuel introduced into a mixing chamber from a constant-fuel chamber under flow rate control with a metering hole is mixed with bleed air and discharged into an intake channel from a nozzle orifice. The mixing chamber has a volume providing for absorption and relaxation of changes in the negative pressure acting upon the nozzle orifice, the fuel is sucked in under stabilized negative pressure, and the air-fuel mixture with a preset air/fuel ratio is supplied over the entire operation range of the engine.

Abstract: A fuel expansion system or carburetor for internal combustion engines utilizing the bubbling of air through use of a number of bubble tubes through a supply of liquid fuel. The resulting atomized, vaporized and expanded fuel is then mixed with air and fed into the engine for combustion.

Abstract: A fuel expansion system or carburetor for internal combustion engines utilizing the bubbling of air through use of a number of bubble tubes through a supply of liquid fuel. The resulting atomized, vaporized and expanded fuel is then mixed with air and fed into the engine for combustion.

Abstract: The present invention facilitates the stabilization of the fuel flow rate in a single fuel system carburetor in which bleed air, mixed with fuel, is controlled by a metering needle moving in response to the movement of a throttle valve and the mixture is discharged into an intake channel. The present invention is directed to a carburetor in which an effective surface area of a metering hole is adjusted by a metering needle moving in response to the movement of a throttle valve, and the fuel introduced into a mixing chamber from a constant-fuel chamber under flow rate control with a metering hole is mixed with bleed air and discharged into an intake channel from a nozzle orifice. The mixing chamber has a volume providing for absorption and relaxation of changes in the negative pressure acting upon the nozzle orifice, the fuel is sucked in under stabilized negative pressure, and the air-fuel mixture with a preset air/fuel ratio is supplied over the entire operation range of the engine.

Abstract: The present invention facilitates the stabilization of the fuel flow rate in a single fuel system carburetor in which bleed air, mixed with fuel, is controlled by a metering needle moving in response to the movement of a throttle valve and the mixture is discharged into an intake channel. The present invention is directed to a carburetor in which an effective surface area of a metering hole is adjusted by a metering needle moving in response to the movement of a throttle valve, and the fuel introduced into a mixing chamber from a constant-fuel chamber under flow rate control with a metering hole is mixed with bleed air and discharged into an intake channel from a nozzle orifice. The mixing chamber has a volume providing for absorption and relaxation of changes in the negative pressure acting upon the nozzle orifice, the fuel is sucked in under stabilized negative pressure, and the air-fuel mixture with a preset air/fuel ratio is supplied over the entire operation range of the engine.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fuel supply system comprising a carburetor including a fuel bowl, an air induction passage including therein a venturi, a throttle valve located in the air induction passage downstream of the venturi, a fuel enrichment conduit communicating between the fuel bowl and the air induction passage downstream of the throttle valve, and a temperature responsive valve for admitting air to the fuel enrichment conduit when the ambient temperature is above a predetermined level and for admitting air to the air induction passage when the engine temperature is below the predetermined level.