ADVANCED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AIR INDUCTION CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An engine air intake cleaning system, comprising:
- an enclosure for housing a cleaning agent;
a nozzle;
a conduit allowing movement of the cleaning agent from the enclosure to the nozzle;
a valve having first and second positions, the valve first position being an open position allowing the cleaning agent to pass therethrough, the valve second position being a closed position restricting the cleaning agent from passing therethrough;
a controller in communication with the valve to control the position of the valve; and
a sensor detecting engine idle information and communicating at least some of the detected engine idle information to the controller;
wherein the controller positions the valve at the second position when the controller determines from the communicated engine idle information that engine idle has reached a threshold minimum performance.
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Abstract
An advanced engine air induction cleaning system and method allows for the safe spraying of multiple types cleaning solutions in alternating, pulsed sequences into the air intake system of a gasoline engine to create a frequency of thermal shocks to the air intake system. The system and method disclosed creates a feedback loop to the system that detects when the vehicle begins to stall, so that the system can stop the spraying of cleaning solutions into the engine'"'"'s air intake to avoid pooling of the cleaning solutions in the engine and thereby avoiding hydro lock conditions. The system and method also creates an excess bottle to hold the excess cleaner to allow the engine to ingest only the requisite amount of cleaner to aid in preventing pooling of cleaner to avoid hydro lock conditions.
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32 Claims
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1. An engine air intake cleaning system, comprising:
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an enclosure for housing a cleaning agent; a nozzle; a conduit allowing movement of the cleaning agent from the enclosure to the nozzle; a valve having first and second positions, the valve first position being an open position allowing the cleaning agent to pass therethrough, the valve second position being a closed position restricting the cleaning agent from passing therethrough; a controller in communication with the valve to control the position of the valve; and a sensor detecting engine idle information and communicating at least some of the detected engine idle information to the controller; wherein the controller positions the valve at the second position when the controller determines from the communicated engine idle information that engine idle has reached a threshold minimum performance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 23)
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8. An engine air intake cleaning system, comprising:
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first and second enclosures for respectively housing first and second cleaning agents; a nozzle; conduit coupling the first and second enclosures to the nozzle for providing the first and second cleaning agents to the nozzle; a first valve associated with the first cleaning agent; a second valve associated with the second cleaning agent, the first and second valves each having an open position for allowing passage of the respective cleaning agent therethrough and a closed position restricting passage of the respective cleaning agent therethrough; a controller to control the position of the first and second valves; and a nozzle adapter configured for connection of the nozzle to an engine outlet; wherein the controller positions the first and second valves to the open position in an alternating manner. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An engine air intake cleaning system, comprising:
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an enclosure for housing a cleaning agent; a nozzle; an excess cleaner collection container, the nozzle being situated within the collection container; and a first hose allowing movement of the cleaning agent from the enclosure to the nozzle; a second hose allowing fluid movement of the cleaning agent from the collection container to an opening in a vehicle engine, whereby the cleaning agent in the collection container is accessible to the engine. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An engine air intake cleaning system, comprising:
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an enclosure for housing a cleaning agent; a nozzle; a nozzle adapter configured to connect the nozzle to an engine outlet; a hose allowing movement of the cleaning agent from the enclosure to the nozzle; a valve having open and closed positions; a controller to control the position of the valve; and
whereinthe controller alternates the position of the valve, thereby altering the flow of the at least one cleaning agent. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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24. A method of cleaning the air induction of a vehicle engine, comprising the steps:
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a. inputting a cleaning solution into a canister and pressurizing the canister; b. installing at least one cleaning solution hose from the canister to a nozzle, such that the cleaning solution has a pathway from the canister to the nozzle; c. installing a sensor on the vehicle engine; d. idling the vehicle engine between predetermined revolutions per minute; e. providing idle information from the sensor to a controller; f. spraying the cleaning solution into the vehicle engine via the nozzle; g. stopping the spray of the cleaning solution when the idle information received by the controller indicates at least one of;
the vehicle engine is about to stall and the vehicle engine has stalled. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An engine air intake cleaning system, comprising:
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an enclosure for housing a cleaning agent; a nozzle; a conduit allowing movement of the cleaning agent from the enclosure to the nozzle; a valve having first and second positions, the valve first position being an open position allowing the cleaning agent to pass therethrough, the valve second position being a closed position restricting the cleaning agent from passing therethrough; a controller in communication with the valve to control the position of the valve; and wherein the valve is in the first position for a predetermined amount of time and then moves to the second position for a predetermined amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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