Spark blanking apparatus for an internal combustion engine
    1.
    发明授权
    Spark blanking apparatus for an internal combustion engine 有权
    用于内燃机的火花消隐装置

    公开(公告)号:US06237555B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-05-29

    申请号:US09645976

    申请日:2000-09-29

    IPC分类号: F02P7063

    CPC分类号: F02P7/0631

    摘要: A spark prevention apparatus during the exhaust stroke of a four-stroke-cycle internal combustion engine is claimed. A valve operating assembly operates an intake or an exhaust valve. A switch is electrically connected to a primary winding of the engine and actuated by the valve operating assembly such that either the primary winding is electrically connected to ground during the exhaust stroke or the primary winding is electrically connected to an energy storage device during the exhaust stroke.

    摘要翻译: 要求保护在四冲程循环内燃机的排气冲程期间的火花塞装置。 阀操作组件操作进气门或排气阀。 开关电连接到发动机的初级绕组并由阀操作组件致动,使得初级绕组在排气冲程期间电连接到地面,或者在排气冲程期间初级绕组电连接到能量存储装置 。

    Starting and stopping device for internal combustion engine
    2.
    发明授权
    Starting and stopping device for internal combustion engine 失效
    内燃机启停装置

    公开(公告)号:US06311663B2

    公开(公告)日:2001-11-06

    申请号:US09780109

    申请日:2001-02-09

    IPC分类号: F02N502

    摘要: An internal combustion engine includes an engine housing, a crankshaft supported within the engine housing for rotation with respect to the engine housing, and a flywheel fixedly mounted to the crankshaft and rotatable with the crankshaft in a starting direction to start the engine. A coil spring has an outer end fixedly interconnected with respect to the engine housing, and an inner end. A unidirectional clutch has a portion connected to the inner end of the spring. The unidirectional clutch is characterized by an interference condition in which the unidirectional clutch couples the inner end of the spring to the flywheel such that the flywheel and crankshaft may be rotated in the starting direction in response to unloading of the spring. The unidirectional clutch is also characterized by a non-interference condition in which the inner end of the spring is uncoupled from the flywheel. An input assembly is interconnected with the spring and selectively movable into contact with flywheel to load the spring in response to rotation of the flywheel. A locking mechanism selectively prevents the spring from unloading, and at least one manual actuator is actuable to disengage the locking mechanism from the spring to enable unloading of the spring.

    摘要翻译: 内燃机包括发动机壳体,支撑在发动机壳体内的曲轴,用于相对于发动机壳体旋转;以及飞轮,其固定地安装到曲轴上并随着曲轴以启动方向旋转以起动发动机。 螺旋弹簧具有相对于发动机壳体固定地互连的外端和内端。 单向离合器具有连接到弹簧的内端的部分。 单向离合器的特征在于干涉状态,其中单向离合器将弹簧的内端耦合到飞轮,使得飞轮和曲轴可以响应于弹簧的卸载而沿起始方向旋转。 单向离合器的特征还在于非干涉状态,其中弹簧的内端与飞轮分离。 输入组件与弹簧互连,并可选择性地与飞轮接触,以响应于飞轮的旋转加载弹簧。 锁定机构选择性地防止弹簧卸载,并且至少一个手动致动器可致动以将锁定机构与弹簧分离以使得能够卸下弹簧。

    Engine starting and stopping device

    公开(公告)号:US06647942B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-11-18

    申请号:US09940032

    申请日:2001-08-27

    IPC分类号: F02N502

    摘要: An internal combustion engine includes a spring housing rotatably mounted to the engine's engine housing for rotation about an axis of rotation. An energy storing mechanism including at least one elastic member is housed within the spring housing. A spring loading mechanism includes at least one roller movable into and out of engagement between the engine's flywheel and the spring housing, such that rotation of the flywheel is converted through the at least one roller to cause rotation of the spring housing in a direction that loads the elastic member. An engine starting mechanism includes a helically threaded member interconnected with the spring housing and a starter pinion threaded onto the helically threaded member. Rotation of the spring housing in response to unloading of the elastic member causes the starter pinion to move into engagement with the flywheel, thereby rotating the flywheel and starting the engine.

    Engine starting and stopping device

    公开(公告)号:US06595176B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-07-22

    申请号:US09940031

    申请日:2001-08-27

    IPC分类号: F02N100

    摘要: An engine starting and stopping device includes a first roller selectively abutting the flywheel of an engine for rotation on a first shaft in response to rotation of the flywheel. A second roller abuts the first roller and rotates in response to rotation of the first roller. A second shaft and an overwind clutch couple the second roller with a third roller such that the third roller rotates in response to rotation of the second roller. The third roller abuts a spring housing and causes rotation of the spring housing in response to rotation of the third roller. A spring is housed within the spring housing and is loaded in response to rotation of the spring housing. The overwind clutch slips when the spring is loaded to a preselected level to protect the spring from overwinding. The spring is selectively unloaded to rotate the spring housing in an unloading direction. Rotation of the spring housing in the unloading direction causes rotation of the engine's crankshaft and startup of the engine.

    Starting and stopping device for internal combustion engine
    8.
    发明授权
    Starting and stopping device for internal combustion engine 失效
    内燃机启停装置

    公开(公告)号:US06263852B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-07-24

    申请号:US09780219

    申请日:2001-02-09

    IPC分类号: F02N502

    摘要: An internal combustion engine includes an engine housing and a crankshaft supported for rotation within the engine housing and rotatable in a starting direction to start said engine. At least one cup is fixedly mounted to the crankshaft for rotation therewith. A starter shaft is supported by the engine housing for rotation. A spring housing includes a circumferential flange that defines an annular track with the at least one cup, and a spring is housed within the spring housing. The spring has a first end interconnected with the spring housing and a second end interconnected with the engine housing. A friction roller is movable into the annular track and into engagement with both of the circumferential flange and the at least one cup to cause rotation of the spring housing and loading of the spring in response to rotation of the crankshaft. A unidirectional clutch is interconnected between the spring housing and the starter shaft, the unidirectional clutch causing rotation of the starter shaft in a starting direction in response to unloading of the spring, but not causing rotation of the starter shaft in a direction opposite the starting direction. At least one dog is interconnected with the starter shaft to engage the at least one cup in response to rotation of the starter shaft in the starting direction to thereby causes rotation of the crankshaft in the starting direction.

    摘要翻译: 内燃机包括发动机壳体和支撑在发动机壳体内以在起动方向上旋转以启动发动机的曲轴。 至少一个杯子固定地安装到曲轴上以与其一起旋转。 起动轴由发动机壳体支撑旋转。 弹簧壳体包括周向凸缘,其限定具有至少一个杯的环形轨道,弹簧容纳在弹簧壳体内。 弹簧具有与弹簧壳体相互连接的第一端和与发动机壳体互连的第二端。 摩擦辊可移动到环形轨道中并与周向凸缘和至少一个杯两者接合,以响应于曲轴的旋转而引起弹簧壳体的旋转和弹簧的加载。 单向离合器在弹簧壳体和起动轴之间相互连接,单向离合器响应于弹簧的卸载而使起动轴沿起动方向旋转,但不会使起动轴沿起始方向相反的方向旋转 。 至少一个狗与起动器轴相互连接,以响应起动器轴沿起动方向的旋转而接合至少一个杯,从而使起动方向上的曲轴旋转。

    Enrichment apparatus for internal combustion engines
    9.
    发明授权
    Enrichment apparatus for internal combustion engines 失效
    内燃机浓缩装置

    公开(公告)号:US5904124A

    公开(公告)日:1999-05-18

    申请号:US848424

    申请日:1997-05-08

    IPC分类号: F01L13/08 F02M1/10

    CPC分类号: F01L13/08

    摘要: The automatic enrichment mechanism for an internal combustion engine is thermally-responsive and may also be centrifugally-responsive. The invention increases engine startability and minimizes stumbling and stalling of the engine during engine warmup. The thermally-responsive mechanism allows an additional reverse gas flow through the intake manifold to thereby increase the fuel discharged by the carburetor fuel nozzle. In several embodiments, the thermally-responsive mechanism, at low engine temperatures, causes a blocking or retaining member to keep an auxiliary cam member engaged with the cam follower of the valve assembly. As a result, the intake valve is partially unseated at low engine temperatures and a portion of the air/fuel mixture is fed back to the intake manifold. In these embodiments, when the engine temperature reaches a predetermined level, the thermally-responsive mechanism allows the auxiliary cam member to disengage from the cam follower in response to centrifugal force on the flyweights. In other embodiments, the thermally-responsive device allows crankcase gases to be fed to the intake manifold downstream of the fuel nozzle, causing a reverse flow of gas through the carburetor. The thermally-responsive member may be made from a thermal actuating polymer, commercial wax, bimetallic material, or from a nickel-titanium alloy which contracts at a predetermined engine temperature.

    摘要翻译: 内燃机的自动浓缩机构是热响应的,也可以是离心式响应的。 本发明增加了发动机起动性,并且在发动机预热期间最大限度地减少了发动机的绊倒和失速。 热响应机构允许额外的反向气体流过进气歧管,从而增加由化油器燃料喷嘴排出的燃料。 在几个实施例中,在低发动机温度下,热响应机构使得阻塞或保持构件保持辅助凸轮构件与阀组件的凸轮从动件接合。 结果,在低发动机温度下进气阀部分地脱离,并且空气/燃料混合物的一部分被反馈到进气歧管。 在这些实施例中,当发动机温度达到预定水平时,热响应机构允许辅助凸轮构件响应于飞轮上的离心力而从凸轮从动件脱离。 在其他实施例中,热响应装置允许曲轴箱气体被供给到燃料喷嘴下游的进气歧管,导致气体通过化油器的反向流动。 热响应构件可以由热致动聚合物,商业蜡,双金属材料或在预定发动机温度下收缩的镍 - 钛合金制成。

    SYSTEM FOR CHECKING OIL LEVEL
    10.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM FOR CHECKING OIL LEVEL 审中-公开
    检查油位系统

    公开(公告)号:US20120097482A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-26

    申请号:US12910679

    申请日:2010-10-22

    IPC分类号: F01M1/18 G01F23/30

    摘要: An engine includes a volume configured to hold oil for lubricating components of the engine, a pump, a conduit coupled to the pump and extending into the volume, and a visual interface coupled to the conduit. The conduit includes an opening located on the conduit at a position associated with a desired level for oil in the volume. When oil in the volume is at least up to the desired level, operation of the pump draws oil from the volume through the opening and into the conduit. The visual interface communicates whether or not oil in the volume is at least up to the desired level.

    摘要翻译: 发动机包括被配置为保持用于润滑发动机的部件的油的容积,泵,耦合到泵并延伸到容积中的导管以及耦合到导管的视觉界面。 导管包括位于导管上的位于与体积中的油的期望水平相关联的位置处的开口。 当体积中的油至少达到所需水平时,泵的操作通过开口将油从体积吸入并进入导管。 视觉界面可以传达卷中的油是否至少达到所需的水平。