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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1091096 · 17 Dec 2003
An anti-bounce needle valve for a fuel injector (104), wherein the needle (100) inherently incorporates the anti-bounce feature. The needle has a conventionally configured exterior for interfacing with a valve seat (106) and a tip body of a conventional fu...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1091105 · 17 Dec 2003
A wheel slip control for DC series wound traction motor vehicles such as railway locomotives in which each traction motor drives an axle and connected wheel set. The control utilizes motor field shunting, also known as field weakening, for providing wheel ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1091810 · 19 Nov 2003
An accurate method of determining the power developed by selected cylinders of a multiple cylinder engine is based on the concept of controlling engine rpm for test purposes by adjusting the load on the engine instead of controlling speed by adjusting the ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1092873 · 1 Oct 2003
Ignition delay in a diesel engine is reduced or eliminated by a fuel injector or igniter nozzle which includes energy supplying fuel conditioning means at the point of fuel injection into a cylinder. A preferred embodiment includes an electrically-conducti...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1092897 · 1 Oct 2003
A system for a turbocharged internal combustion engine includes an engine (10) having a charge inlet (14) connected to the compressor outlet (26) and an exhaust outlet (16) connected to the turbine inlet (28) for driving the turbocharger (18) with hot exha...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1093550 · 3 Sep 2003
A vehicle powertrain (16) includes a fuel cell (20) power source, an electronic control unit (42), and an electrical energy storage and retrieval assembly (22), which are interconnected to communicate electrical power. The powertrain (16) also includes a m...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1093712 · 27 Aug 2003
Superior piston bowl and combustion chamber configurations are designed for a reverse tumble spark ignition direct injection engine. The piston includes a shallow bowl extending from adjacent an edge of the piston head to an inner side slightly beyond a pe...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1096192 · 7 May 2003
An adaptive cruise control system that provides a smooth following by limiting the headway to keep it lower than a predetermined maximum. The present invention accomplishes this objective through systematically limiting the headway. In particular, the pres...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1098161 · 26 Feb 2003
An improved electrically variable transmission, especially useful in a hybrid electric vehicle, includes a variable input power split and independent shifting of the gear ratios of the mechanical and electrical power paths through the transmission. A first...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1098413 · 12 Feb 2003
A series electric drivetrain includes a multiple speed, mechanically-shifted transmission driven by a pair of electric motors (12,14). Input power is provided by both electric motors during operation in any given speed ratio, and by only one of the electri...