Walbro Corporation

Walbro Engine Management, L.l.c.

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Gary J Burns

Albert L Sayers

David L Speirs

Bradley Jon Roche

William E Galka

Eric G Zbytowski

Matthew A Braun

Duried F Rabban

Justin T Dolane

Andreas D M Dixon

Kent L Thompson

Nathan D Dockter

Kent M Recker

Tsuyoshi Watanabe

Masatoshi Endo

Scott D Bostian

Brent N Schermerhorn

Mikio Sato

Paul W Burns

Jeffrey T Knapp

Gerald J LeMarr, Jr

Curt T Graham

Scott A Rempe

A throttle body assembly for a combustion engine includes a throttle body having a pressure chamber including a supply of liquid fuel, and a throttle bore with an inlet through which air is received. A throttle valve is carried by the throttle body with a valve head movable relative to the throttle bore. A metering valve is coupled to the throttle body, and has a valve element that is movable between open and closed positions. A boost venturi is located in the throttle bore and has an inner passage that is open at both ends to the throttle bore. The boost venturi has an opening through which fuel flows into the inner passage when the valve element is in the open position, wherein fuel flows from the pressure chamber to the metering valve under the force of gravity or under a pressure of less than 6 psi.

Low pressure fuel and air charge forming device for a combustion engine

A throttle body may have a main bore for supplying a fuel and air mixture to an engine. A throttle valve head may be received in the main bore and movable between idle and wide open positions to control fluid flow through the main bore. A main fuel outlet and a boost venturi may open to the main bore and a flow directing feature may alter the velocity and/or direction of fluid flow in the main bore relative to the fuel outlet or boost venturi. The flow directing feature may be carried by the body, the throttle valve head, or the boost venturi.

Throttle body with fluid flow control

A charge forming device includes a housing having an inlet chamber in which a supply of fuel is received, a vent passage communicating with the inlet chamber and a throttle bore with an inlet through which air is received, a throttle valve carried by the housing with a valve head movable relative to the throttle bore to control fluid flow through the throttle bore, a vent valve. The vent valve is carried by the housing and has a valve element that is movable between an open position wherein fluid may flow from the inlet chamber through the vent passage and a closed position where fluid is prevented or inhibited from flowing out of the inlet chamber through the vent passage, the vent valve being electrically actuated, and wherein the vent valve is actuated as a function of a pressure within the inlet chamber or the vent passage.

Charge forming device with electrically actuated vapor separator vent valve

In at least some implementations, a throttle body assembly for a combustion engine includes a throttle body having a pressure chamber in which a supply of fuel is received and a throttle bore with an inlet through which air is received, a throttle valve carried by the throttle body with a valve head movable relative to the throttle bore to control fluid flow through the throttle bore, and a metering valve carried by the throttle body. The metering valve may have a valve element that is movable between an open position wherein fuel may flow from the pressure chamber into the throttle bore and a closed position where fuel is prevented or substantially prevented from flowing into the throttle bore through the metering valve.

In at least some implementations, a charge forming device for a combustion engine includes a housing, a throttle valve and a vent valve. The housing has an inlet chamber in which a supply of fuel is received, a vent passage communicating with the inlet chamber and a throttle bore with an inlet through which air is received. The throttle valve is carried by the housing and has a valve head movable relative to the throttle bore to control fluid flow through the throttle bore. And the vent valve is electrically actuated, carried by the housing and has a valve element that is movable between an open position wherein fluid may flow from the inlet chamber through the vent passage and a closed position where fluid is prevented or inhibited from flowing out of the inlet chamber through the vent passage.

In at least some implementations, a throttle body assembly includes a body that has multiple throttle bores, multiple throttle valve heads received one in each of the throttle bores, at least one throttle valve shaft to which the throttle valve heads are coupled, and at least one of a fuel metering valve and a vapor separator carried by the body.

Low pressure fuel injection system for a multi-cylinder light-duty internal combustion engine

A carburetor provides a supplemental fuel supply to an engine and includes a body, a fuel metering diaphragm and a fluid pump. The fuel metering diaphragm defines part of a fuel metering chamber and a reference chamber and has at least a portion that is movable relative to the body to increase and decrease the volume of the fuel metering chamber to control fuel flow in the fuel metering chamber. The fluid pump is carried by the carburetor or another component upstream of the carburetor and has an outlet in fluid communication with the metering reference chamber and an actuator arranged to discharge fluid through the outlet to increase the pressure within the metering reference chamber and thereby increase the fuel flow rate from the fuel metering chamber to the air-fuel passage to provide a supplemental fuel supply to the engine.

Carburetor supplemental fuel supply

In at least some implementations, a carburetor having a fuel metering system including a diaphragm assembly that moves in response to pressure changes in a metering chamber to actuate a metering valve may include a flexible diaphragm adapted to carried by a body of the carburetor at a periphery to define part of the metering chamber. The portion of the diaphragm that defines part of the metering chamber defines a chamber projected area of the diaphragm. A backing plate is attached to the flexible diaphragm and arranged to be located outside the metering chamber. The backing plate having an outer perimeter defining a plate projected area, wherein an area ratio of the plate projected area to the chamber projected area is greater than about 0.1.

Fuel metering diaphragm with backing plate

Supply of supplementary fuel is controlled through a supplementary fuel supply passage in a carburetor to an engine according to a variety of methods and devices.

Supplying supplementary fuel for engine startup

Jewelry display stand

A carburetor for a scavenged two-stroke internal combustion engine has an enriched fuel-and-air mixing passage extending through a housing of the carburetor. Engaged to the housing is a body of an air flow modular assembly which carries a primary air flow passage which houses a butterfly-type control valve therein. The throttle valve of the fuel-and-air mixing passage is mechanically linked or cammed to the control valve of the air flow passage so that opening of the throttle valve soon after opens the control valve allowing additional air to enter and provide a leaner fuel-and-air ratio in the combustion chamber of the engine when running under load. The air flow modular assembly has a sealing-and-bearing assembly which eliminates air leakage from the surrounding environment along the shaft of the control valve and into the primary air flow passage. The sealing-and-bearing assembly has a bushing which inserts into a counter bore of a cylindrical bore which receives the rotating shaft of the control valve. The bushing is thereby disposed radially and sealingly between the shaft and the body of the modular assembly to journal the shaft and prevent air leakage. To prevent air bypass leakage around the plate of the control valve within the air flow passage, the bushing and respective counter bore do not extend all the way through the body and into the air passage, instead, a cylindrical sealing surface which in-part defines the cylindrical bore, sealingly engages the shaft axially between the counter bore and the air flow passage. In this way, the plate and body interface at the location of the rotating shaft can more exactly follow the contour of the air flow passage, thereby preventing unwanted bypass air flow when the control valve is closed.

Carburetor for a two-cycle scavenging engine

A mobile booth, which is mounted upon a truck, comprising a primary housing and a canopy that is slidably mounted exterior to the primary housing. The canopy is mounted to the primary housing with a roller track. The canopy comprises a top panel, and side panels that are hingeably connected thereto. The side panels have a tri-partite construction, including an upper panel, middle panel, and lower panel which are hingeably connected to allow an enclosure created by canopy to be wider than the truck. To deploy the canopy, the middle panel and lower panel are lowered to the ground, and the truck is pulled forward until the primary housing is forward of substantially all of the canopy. Hydraulic jacks may extend downwardly from the primary housing to selectively engage the ground surface, raise the primary housing slightly, and allow the truck to be driven away to create a semi-permanent installation.

Mobile booth system

An orthopedic splint comprise a pair of arcuately shaped shell members to which are fastened on the interior surface thereof a foam pad and a flexible therapeutic insert in the form of a pad or a bladder that is filled with a gel material. The arrangement is such that when the shell members are fitted about the lower extremity of a leg and the pad or gel bags have been suitably cooled, the entire assembly may be fitted about the lower leg above the ankle and held in place by means of suitable encircling fastener straps and lacing.

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Millington, MI, United States of America

Gary J Burns