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To: Balding_Eagle; Vn_survivor_67-68
Aura systems has held a patent on a camless valvetrain for several years.

They were even running a prototype Kenworth at Pikes Peak a couple years ago.

26 posted on 12/26/2006 11:17:31 AM PST by uglybiker (A bunch of radical Unitarians left a flaming question mark on my lawn!)
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To: uglybiker

I think Sturman patented his digital valve sometime in the 70's or 80's, originally for irrigation systems

In the early 90's they got a contract with Navistar to install their valves in the injector systems on a number of their truck engines. As I recall, they were talking of thousands of engines.

The valve allowed for a microsecond burst of a very small amount of fuel, a slight pause to allow ignition to begin, and then the injection of the 'power' shot of fuel. That increased fuel efficientcy, and cleaner burning.

Pretty amazing when that all happens everytime the piston reaches the begining of the power stroke.


32 posted on 12/27/2006 7:06:34 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (God has blessed Republicans with political enemies who are going senile.)
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