F01L 9/14
The volume of the chamber being variable
Official title: the volume of the chamber being variable, e.g. for varying the lift or the timing of a valve
F01L9/14 (The volume of the chamber being variable) appears on 204 US grants and 176 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F01L- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, with cylinders equipped with intake valve variable actuation systems having hydraulic circuits which cross each other11 Mar 2025US 12,247,502 B2C. R. F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
- Fully variable electro-hydraulic valve system22 Oct 2024US 12,123,330 B2Weifang Lichuang Electronic Technology Co., Ltd
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- Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, with cylinders equipped with intake valve variable actuation systems having hydraulic circuits which cross each other16 Jan 2025US 2025/0020072 A1C. R. F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Internal combustion engines with combined cam and electro-hydraulic engine valve control86US 5,680,841 ADiesel Engine Retarders, Inc. · 1997
- System and method for controlling the amount of lost motion between an engine valve and a valve actuation means83US 5,829,397 ADiesel Engine Retarders, Inc. · 1998
- Multi-cylinder diesel engine with variable valve actuation74US 6,237,551 B1C. R. F. Societa Consortile per Azioni · 2001
- Device for varying a valve timing and lift for an internal combustion engine58US 4,696,265 AToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 1987
- Electro-rheological valve control mechanism55US 5,103,779 A1992