CA2018608C - Fuel injection - Google Patents
Fuel injectionInfo
- Publication number
- CA2018608C CA2018608C CA 2018608 CA2018608A CA2018608C CA 2018608 C CA2018608 C CA 2018608C CA 2018608 CA2018608 CA 2018608 CA 2018608 A CA2018608 A CA 2018608A CA 2018608 C CA2018608 C CA 2018608C
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- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- valve
- passages
- injector
- orifices
- seats
- Prior art date
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Classifications
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M69/00—Low-pressure fuel-injection apparatus ; Apparatus with both continuous and intermittent injection; Apparatus injecting different types of fuel
- F02M69/46—Details, component parts or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus covered by groups F02M69/02 - F02M69/44
- F02M69/50—Arrangement of fuel distributors, e.g. with means for supplying equal portion of metered fuel to injectors
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M51/00—Fuel-injection apparatus characterised by being operated electrically
- F02M51/02—Fuel-injection apparatus characterised by being operated electrically specially for low-pressure fuel-injection
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- Fuel-Injection Apparatus (AREA)
Abstract
An injector has a single tapered valve controlling fuel flow to a plurality of outlet passages. The entrance to each outlet passage has an orifice surrounded by a raised valve seat. Each valve seat is separated from the other valve seats by a recessed space. The valve pivots as it is displaced from the valve seat to allow fuel flow through the outlet passages, and is constrained against other motion within the injector.
The valve seats are clustered beneath the free end of the valve. The orifices are sized to compensate for the unequal lift of the tapered valve from the valve seats.
The valve seats are clustered beneath the free end of the valve. The orifices are sized to compensate for the unequal lift of the tapered valve from the valve seats.
Description
FUEL INJECTION
Technical field This invention relates to a fuel injection system for a multi- cylinder internal combustion engine in which a plurality of injection nozzles discharge fuel adjacent the engine inlet ports and a single injector meters the fuel to all of the injection nozzles.
Summary of the drawings Figure 1 is a sectional view of a single injector that meters fuel to six injection nozzles in accordance with this invention.
Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the lower portion of the Figure 1 injector, taken along the line 2-2 of Figure 1, showing the injector valve engaging its seat.
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, showing the injector valve lifted from its seat.
Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the Figure 1 injector, taken along line 4-4 of Figure 1 and with various portions broken away, showing the relationship of the injector valve and the orifices through which the injector meters the fuel to the injection nozzles.
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2~186~8 Detailed description Referring to the drawings, an injector 10 has a body 12 that receives fuel through a plurality of radial inlet passages 14 surrounded by a filter 16. A distributor 18 threaded into the lower end of body 12 delivers fuel through six outlet passages 20, each of which directs fuel to an associated injection nozzle.
A valve 22 controls the delivery of fuel through passages 20. As shown in Figure 2, valve 22 is biased by a spring 24 to engage a planar surface 26 formed by raised valve seats or lands 28, each surrounding one of the passages 20, and thereby interrupt fuel delivery through passages 20.
Injector 10 includes a solenoid having a coil 30, a center pole 32 surrounding spring 24, a ring spacer 34 surrounding valve 22 and sandwiched with a shim 36 between body 12 and distributor 18, and an armature formed by valve 22. Valve 22 is tapered from its thickest portion on the left as viewed in Figures 2-3 to its thinnest portion on the right. When coil 30 is energized as shown in Figure 3 to actuate valve 22, the thickest portion of valve 22 engages shim 36 and causes the valve to pivot about its left edge, thereby lifting from lands 28 to allow fuel delivery through passages 20.
Each land 28 is separated from the other lands by the recessed space 38 between the lands. The recessed space 38 assures that each land 28 is isolated from the 21~186û8 other lands to minimize the effect or interaction of fuel delivery through any one passage 30 on fuel delivery through the other passages.
Because valve 22 pivots as it lifts from lands 28, the clearance between valve 22 and lands 28a and 28b is less than the clearance between valve 22 and lands 28c and 28d which in turn is less than the clearance between valve 22 and lands 28e and 28f. Unless otherwise compensated, the differences in clearance would create undesirable inequalities in fuel delivery through passages 20.
To minimize the differences in clearance, passages 20 are clustered beneath the right or free end of armature valve 22, and pins 40 hold valve 22 in alignment with passages 20. Pins 40 are imbedded in distributor 18 and constrain the movement of valve 22 to the pivotal motion described above, preventing valve 22 from rotating on distributor 18.
To compensate for the remaining differences in clearance, the orifices 42 formed at the entrance to each passage 20 are sized to assure equal fuel delivery through passages 20. Orifices 42a and 42b associated with lands 28a and 28b are larger than orifices 42c and 42d associated with lands 28c and 28d, and orifices 42c and 42d in turn are larger than orifices 42e and 42f associated with lands 28e and 28f. In one embodiment, the clearance between valve 22 and lands 28a and 28b is about 0.0056 and the diameter of orifices 42a and 42b is about 0.041, the clearance between valve 22 and lands 28c and 28d is about 0.0060 and the diameter of orifices 42c and 42d is about 0.0395, and the clearance between valve 22 and lands 28e and 28f is about 0.0065 and the diameter of orifices 42e and 42f is about 0.038. (Dimensional units are not provided; only the proportions are significant.) ';~,~ ,
Technical field This invention relates to a fuel injection system for a multi- cylinder internal combustion engine in which a plurality of injection nozzles discharge fuel adjacent the engine inlet ports and a single injector meters the fuel to all of the injection nozzles.
Summary of the drawings Figure 1 is a sectional view of a single injector that meters fuel to six injection nozzles in accordance with this invention.
Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the lower portion of the Figure 1 injector, taken along the line 2-2 of Figure 1, showing the injector valve engaging its seat.
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, showing the injector valve lifted from its seat.
Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the Figure 1 injector, taken along line 4-4 of Figure 1 and with various portions broken away, showing the relationship of the injector valve and the orifices through which the injector meters the fuel to the injection nozzles.
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2~186~8 Detailed description Referring to the drawings, an injector 10 has a body 12 that receives fuel through a plurality of radial inlet passages 14 surrounded by a filter 16. A distributor 18 threaded into the lower end of body 12 delivers fuel through six outlet passages 20, each of which directs fuel to an associated injection nozzle.
A valve 22 controls the delivery of fuel through passages 20. As shown in Figure 2, valve 22 is biased by a spring 24 to engage a planar surface 26 formed by raised valve seats or lands 28, each surrounding one of the passages 20, and thereby interrupt fuel delivery through passages 20.
Injector 10 includes a solenoid having a coil 30, a center pole 32 surrounding spring 24, a ring spacer 34 surrounding valve 22 and sandwiched with a shim 36 between body 12 and distributor 18, and an armature formed by valve 22. Valve 22 is tapered from its thickest portion on the left as viewed in Figures 2-3 to its thinnest portion on the right. When coil 30 is energized as shown in Figure 3 to actuate valve 22, the thickest portion of valve 22 engages shim 36 and causes the valve to pivot about its left edge, thereby lifting from lands 28 to allow fuel delivery through passages 20.
Each land 28 is separated from the other lands by the recessed space 38 between the lands. The recessed space 38 assures that each land 28 is isolated from the 21~186û8 other lands to minimize the effect or interaction of fuel delivery through any one passage 30 on fuel delivery through the other passages.
Because valve 22 pivots as it lifts from lands 28, the clearance between valve 22 and lands 28a and 28b is less than the clearance between valve 22 and lands 28c and 28d which in turn is less than the clearance between valve 22 and lands 28e and 28f. Unless otherwise compensated, the differences in clearance would create undesirable inequalities in fuel delivery through passages 20.
To minimize the differences in clearance, passages 20 are clustered beneath the right or free end of armature valve 22, and pins 40 hold valve 22 in alignment with passages 20. Pins 40 are imbedded in distributor 18 and constrain the movement of valve 22 to the pivotal motion described above, preventing valve 22 from rotating on distributor 18.
To compensate for the remaining differences in clearance, the orifices 42 formed at the entrance to each passage 20 are sized to assure equal fuel delivery through passages 20. Orifices 42a and 42b associated with lands 28a and 28b are larger than orifices 42c and 42d associated with lands 28c and 28d, and orifices 42c and 42d in turn are larger than orifices 42e and 42f associated with lands 28e and 28f. In one embodiment, the clearance between valve 22 and lands 28a and 28b is about 0.0056 and the diameter of orifices 42a and 42b is about 0.041, the clearance between valve 22 and lands 28c and 28d is about 0.0060 and the diameter of orifices 42c and 42d is about 0.0395, and the clearance between valve 22 and lands 28e and 28f is about 0.0065 and the diameter of orifices 42e and 42f is about 0.038. (Dimensional units are not provided; only the proportions are significant.) ';~,~ ,
Claims
1 - An injector comprising a distributor having a plurality of outlet passages and an orifice at the entrance of each of said passages and a valve seat surrounding each of said orifices, a tapered valve biased to engage said valve seats to interrupt fuel delivery through said outlet passages, a valve actuator adapted to pivotally displace said valve from said valve seats to allow fuel delivery through said passages, said valve pivoting about one end thereof as it is displaced whereby the lift of said valve from the valve seat furthest from said end of said valve is greater than the lift of said valve from the valve seat closest to said end of said valve, and wherein said orifices are sized to compensate for the differences in lift of the valve from the associated valve seats, the orifice associated with the valve seat closest to said end of said valve being larger than the orifice associated with the valve seat furthest from said end of said valve.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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US36950589A | 1989-06-21 | 1989-06-21 | |
US07/369505 | 1989-06-21 |
Publications (2)
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CA2018608A1 CA2018608A1 (en) | 1990-12-21 |
CA2018608C true CA2018608C (en) | 1994-10-18 |
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CA 2018608 Expired - Fee Related CA2018608C (en) | 1989-06-21 | 1990-06-08 | Fuel injection |
Country Status (6)
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EP (1) | EP0404342B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JPH0333471A (en) |
BR (1) | BR9002929A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2018608C (en) |
DE (1) | DE69000794T2 (en) |
MX (1) | MX172612B (en) |
Family Cites Families (2)
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US4572436A (en) * | 1984-12-24 | 1986-02-25 | General Motors Corporation | Electromagnetic fuel injector with tapered armature/valve |
US4787418A (en) * | 1987-09-15 | 1988-11-29 | Colt Industries Inc. | Valve assembly and fuel metering apparatus |
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- 1990-05-18 EP EP19900305384 patent/EP0404342B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1990-05-18 DE DE1990600794 patent/DE69000794T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1990-06-08 CA CA 2018608 patent/CA2018608C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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- 1990-06-21 BR BR9002929A patent/BR9002929A/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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DE69000794D1 (en) | 1993-03-04 |
BR9002929A (en) | 1991-08-20 |
CA2018608A1 (en) | 1990-12-21 |
EP0404342B1 (en) | 1993-01-20 |
EP0404342A1 (en) | 1990-12-27 |
DE69000794T2 (en) | 1993-05-13 |
MX172612B (en) | 1994-01-03 |
JPH0333471A (en) | 1991-02-13 |
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