Patent · US Active

Method for cleaning internal parts of gasoline engines

US8926763B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by
23References
7Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 16, 2008
Grant dateJan 6, 2015
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 28, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Interior parts of gasoline engines are readily cleaned by a method comprising the steps of connecting an a cleaning liquid supply pipe having a gas supply port thereon airtightly to a port of an intake pipe of the engine below a throttle valve-attached position of the engine; operating the engine to draw cleaning liquid in the form of liquid drop and simultaneously drawing continuously a gas having an oxygen concentration of less than 20 vol. % into the intake pipe; and exhausting the cleaning liquid having been brought into contact with the internal parts of the engine with an exhaust gas.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.