公开(公告)号：US06584964B1

公开(公告)日：2003-07-01

申请号：US10217395

申请日：2002-08-13

Applicant: Richard Seilenbinder ,  Robert K. Mitchell

Inventor： Richard Seilenbinder ,  Robert K. Mitchell

IPC: F01M100

CPC classification number: F01M13/04 ,  F01M2013/0422

Abstract: A breather and separator assembly for an engine. The engine includes a crankcase, a cylinder communicating with the crankcase, and a piston coupled for reciprocation in the cylinder. The engine includes a rotating shaft and a crankcase wall that includes a stationary aperture fluidly connected to an air/fuel induction system. The breather and separator assembly is separate from the shaft and adapted to be rotatable with the shaft. The breather and separator assembly includes a first side, an opposite second side, and an outer edge between the first and second sides. The first side is adapted to face the crankcase wall and has an annular groove adapted to be in fluid flow communication with the aperture during rotation of the rotating shaft. The breather and separator assembly also includes at least one radial passageway extending between the annular groove and the outer edge.

Abstract translation: 用于发动机的呼吸器和分离器组件。 发动机包括曲轴箱，与曲轴箱连通的气缸，以及用于在气缸中往复运动的活塞。 发动机包括旋转轴和曲轴箱壁，其包括流体连接到空气/燃料感应系统的固定孔。 呼吸器和分离器组件与轴分离并且适于与轴一起旋转。 呼吸器和分离器组件包括第一侧，相对的第二侧和在第一和第二侧之间的外边缘。 第一侧适于面对曲轴箱壁并且具有适于在旋转轴旋转期间与孔径流体连通的环形槽。 呼吸器和分离器组件还包括在环形槽和外边缘之间延伸的至少一个径向通道。

公开(公告)号：US06263852B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-24

申请号：US09780219

申请日：2001-02-09

Applicant: Gary J. Gracyalny ,  Robert K. Mitchell ,  Art Poehlman ,  Richard Dykstra ,  Steven Dethloff ,  Charles Brown ,  Paul Tharman ,  John Santi ,  Dick Seilenbinder ,  Aaron Jerabek ,  John Feldner ,  Stanley Filipak

Inventor： Gary J. Gracyalny ,  Robert K. Mitchell ,  Art Poehlman ,  Richard Dykstra ,  Steven Dethloff ,  Charles Brown ,  Paul Tharman ,  John Santi ,  Dick Seilenbinder ,  Aaron Jerabek ,  John Feldner ,  Stanley Filipak

IPC: F02N502

CPC classification number: F02N15/027 ,  A01D34/6818 ,  F02D41/042 ,  F02D2009/0216 ,  F02N5/02 ,  F02N15/022 ,  Y10T74/134

Abstract: 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.

Abstract translation: 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。

公开(公告)号：US06237555B1

公开(公告)日：2001-05-29

申请号：US09645976

申请日：2000-09-29

Applicant: Richard A. Dykstra ,  Robert K. Mitchell ,  Gary J. Gracyalny

Inventor： Richard A. Dykstra ,  Robert K. Mitchell ,  Gary J. Gracyalny

IPC: F02P7063

CPC classification number: F02P7/0631

Abstract: 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.

Abstract translation: 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 。

公开(公告)号：US5904124A

公开(公告)日：1999-05-18

申请号：US848424

申请日：1997-05-08

Applicant: Arthur G. Poehlman ,  Gary J. Gracyalny ,  Robert K. Mitchell

Inventor： Arthur G. Poehlman ,  Gary J. Gracyalny ,  Robert K. Mitchell

IPC: F01L13/08 ,  F02M1/10

CPC classification number: F01L13/08

Abstract: 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.

Abstract translation: 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。

公开(公告)号：US5605130A

公开(公告)日：1997-02-25

申请号：US630871

申请日：1996-04-02

Applicant: Richard A. Dykstra ,  Robert K. Mitchell

Inventor： Richard A. Dykstra ,  Robert K. Mitchell

IPC: F02D31/00 ,  H02P7/28 ,  F02D41/00

CPC classification number: H02P7/2805 ,  F02D31/007

Abstract: The low cost speed governor is used to provide stable device speed over a wide range of selected reference speeds and loads. The speed governor includes a means for changing the pulse width of a pulsed reference signal as a function of the selected reference speed and the load applied to the device. Operational stability is achieved at low reference speeds by automatically increasing the speed droop as the selected reference speed is lowered and as the applied load is increased. Overall governor cost is reduced by an arrangement that uses the same potentiometer to both vary the selected reference speed and to automatically change the speed droop.

Abstract translation: 低成本调速器用于在宽范围的选定参考速度和负载下提供稳定的设备速度。 调速器包括用于根据所选参考速度和施加到设备的负载来改变脉冲参考信号的脉冲宽度的装置。 通过在选定的参考速度降低时随着施加的负载增加自动增加速度下降，在低参考速度下实现操作稳定性。 总调节成本通过使用相同电位计来改变所选参考速度并自动改变速度下降的布置减少。

公开(公告)号：US5497679A

公开(公告)日：1996-03-12

申请号：US255665

申请日：1994-06-09

Applicant: Robert K. Mitchell ,  Leonard G. Miller

Inventor： Robert K. Mitchell ,  Leonard G. Miller

IPC: B29C45/00 ,  B29C33/44 ,  B29C37/00 ,  B29C45/14 ,  B29C45/33 ,  B29L31/30 ,  F01L1/047 ,  F16C3/02 ,  F16H53/00

CPC classification number: F16C3/026 ,  B29C33/44 ,  B29C37/0003 ,  B29C45/14598 ,  B29C45/33 ,  F01L1/047 ,  B29K2077/00 ,  B29L2031/7484 ,  B29L2031/75 ,  Y10T29/49293 ,  Y10T74/2101

Abstract: A camshaft assembly for an internal combustion engine includes a rotatable camshaft and a cam lobe mounted on the camshaft for rotation therewith. The cam lobe includes first and second axial ends and an integral crowned cam profile formed in its periphery which includes a radially extending shoulder located between the first and second ends. The shoulder may be formed by a pair of axially extending parallel tapered surfaces in the cam profile.

Abstract translation: 用于内燃机的凸轮轴组件包括可旋转凸轮轴和安装在凸轮轴上以与其一起旋转的凸轮凸角。 凸轮凸角包括第一和第二轴向端部以及在其周边形成的整体冠状凸轮轮廓，其包括位于第一和第二端之间的径向延伸的肩部。 肩部可以由凸轮轮廓中的一对轴向延伸的平行锥形表面形成。

公开(公告)号：US5388176A

公开(公告)日：1995-02-07

申请号：US864404

申请日：1992-04-06

Applicant: Richard A. Dykstra ,  Robert K. Mitchell

Inventor： Richard A. Dykstra ,  Robert K. Mitchell

IPC: B60L11/18 ,  B60L15/08 ,  H02P7/29 ,  H02P5/17

CPC classification number: B60L15/08 ,  B60L11/1805 ,  H02P7/2913 ,  Y02T10/645 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y10S388/903 ,  Y10S388/93

Abstract: A speed controller for a DC motor minimizes speed droop and load droop through pulse width or frequency modulation. The controller provides an extra power increase upon engine starting or whenever a heavier load is temporarily encountered. The control circuit also has a current limiter, overload indicators, and a battery recharger. The controller is very inexpensive, primarily because all of the timing components are contained on a single integrated circuit timer chip such as a 556 timer. The controller contains other features, including a circuit for limiting the pulse width of the control signal from the pulse width modulator.

Abstract translation: 用于直流电动机的速度控制器通过脉冲宽度或频率调制使速度下降和负载下降最小化。 控制器在发动机启动时或每当暂时遇到较重的负载时提供额外的功率增加。 控制电路还具有限流器，过载指示器和电池充电器。 控制器非常便宜，主要是因为所有定时组件都包含在单个集成电路定时器芯片（如556定时器）中。 控制器包含其他功能，包括用于限制来自脉冲宽度调制器的控制信号的脉冲宽度的电路。

公开(公告)号：US5320795A

公开(公告)日：1994-06-14

申请号：US444839

申请日：1989-12-04

Applicant: Robert K. Mitchell ,  Leonard G. Miller

Inventor： Robert K. Mitchell ,  Leonard G. Miller

IPC: B29C45/00 ,  B29C33/44 ,  B29C37/00 ,  B29C45/14 ,  B29C45/33 ,  B29L31/30 ,  F01L1/047 ,  F16C3/02 ,  B29C41/42

CPC classification number: F16C3/026 ,  B29C33/44 ,  B29C37/0003 ,  B29C45/14598 ,  B29C45/33 ,  F01L1/047 ,  B29K2077/00 ,  B29L2031/7484 ,  B29L2031/75 ,  Y10T29/49293 ,  Y10T74/2101

Abstract: A camshaft assembly for an internal combustion engine includes a rotatable camshaft and a cam lobe mounted on the camshaft for rotation therewith. The cam lobe includes first and second axial ends and an integral crowned cam profile formed in its periphery which includes a radially extending shoulder located between the first and second ends. The shoulder may be formed by a pair of axially extending parallel tapered surfaces in the cam profile. A method of molding the camshaft assembly includes the steps of providing a mold including a die component closable to define a mold cavity having a first portion in the shape of a camshaft and a second portion in the shape of cam lobe which includes a crowned cam profile, filling the mold cavity with a shrinkable fluid plastics material, waiting a predetermined period of time to permit the plastics material in the second portion of the mold cavity to harden and shrink, and moving the die component in an axial direction to open the mold.

Abstract translation: 用于内燃机的凸轮轴组件包括可旋转凸轮轴和安装在凸轮轴上以与其一起旋转的凸轮凸角。 凸轮凸角包括第一和第二轴向端部以及在其周边形成的整体冠状凸轮轮廓，其包括位于第一和第二端之间的径向延伸的肩部。 肩部可以由凸轮轮廓中的一对轴向延伸的平行锥形表面形成。 一种模制凸轮轴组件的方法包括以下步骤：提供模具，该模具包括模具部件，所述模具部件可闭合以限定具有凸轮轴形状的第一部分的模腔和凸轮凸角形状的第二部分，所述第二部分包括凸面凸轮轮廓 用可收缩的流体塑料材料填充模腔，等待预定的时间以允许模腔的第二部分中的塑料材料硬化和收缩，以及沿轴向移动模具部件以打开模具。

公开(公告)号：US5232346A

公开(公告)日：1993-08-03

申请号：US928265

申请日：1992-08-11

Applicant: Robert K. Mitchell, Jr. ,  Mark J. Bailey

Inventor： Robert K. Mitchell, Jr. ,  Mark J. Bailey

IPC: F01D5/30 ,  F01D11/00

CPC classification number: F01D11/008 ,  F01D5/3038 ,  Y02T50/672 ,  Y02T50/673

Abstract: A platform spacer is joinable to a rotor disk between adjacent rotor blades having dovetails retained in a circumferential dovetail groove therein. The spacer includes a platform having a flat upper surface sized for abutting adjacent blade platforms to form an inner flowpath, and first and second hooks extending downwardly from the platform lower surface. The first and second hooks are configured for insertion radially inwardly through first and second loading recesses in the rotor disk for retention thereto.

Abstract translation: 平台间隔件可连接到相邻的转子叶片之间的转子盘，其具有保持在其中的周向燕尾槽中的燕尾。 间隔件包括具有平坦的上表面的平台，其尺寸适于邻接相邻的叶片平台以形成内部流路，以及从平台下表面向下延伸的第一和第二钩。 第一和第二钩构造成径向向内插入通过转子盘中的第一和第二加载凹槽以保持在其中。

公开(公告)号：US4372433A

公开(公告)日：1983-02-08

申请号：US139880

申请日：1980-04-14

Applicant: Robert K. Mitchell ,  Robert K. Catterson

Inventor： Robert K. Mitchell ,  Robert K. Catterson

IPC: A01D34/68 ,  F16D67/02 ,  A01D69/08

CPC classification number: A01D34/6812 ,  F16D67/02 ,  A01D2101/00

Abstract: A clutch/brake mechanism designed to reduce the possibility of its clutch and brake components being engaged simultaneously that includes axially fixed clutch and brake members (80 and 33) spaced from one another relative to the drive shaft (21) of a power source, and an axially movable carrier (65) arranged about the drive shaft. The carrier has wall surfaces defining a movable brake element (75) and a movable clutch element (76), the former being engageable with the fixed brake member (33) when the carrier is in one position and the latter being engageable with the clutch member (80 ) when the carrier is moved to another position.

Abstract translation: 一种离合器/制动机构，其被设计成减少其离合器和制动部件同时接合的可能性，其包括相对于电源的驱动轴（21）彼此间隔开的轴向固定的离合器和制动部件（80和33），以及 围绕驱动轴布置的可轴向移动的载体（65）。 载体具有限定可动制动元件（75）和可动离合器元件（76）的壁表面，当载体处于一个位置并且后者可与离合器构件接合时，前者可与固定制动构件（33）接合 （80）当载体移动到另一位置时。