EP0570640A1 - Vergaser und Brennstoffversorgungssystem dafür - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to a fuel feed system for feeding an air-fuel mixture to an engine for combustion therein.
- a particular, but not sole, application is to a fuel feed system having a carburettor for generating a fuel-air mixture, a fuel injection equipment, etc., for supplying fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine.
- a carburettor is well known as a fuel feeding system for mixing air and fuel in a suitable mixing ratio and then supplying the air-fuel mixture to an internal combustion engine for combustion.
- a conventional carburettor is provided with a throttle valve disposed in an air-suction passageway so as to be movable in such a direction that air flow in the air suction passageway is suitably intercepted to form a variable venturi portion in the air-suction passageway.
- a fuel feed passageway which serves to control the flow of fuel to the venturi portion is also provided. The fuel feed passageway is in communication with the air suction passageway so as to be intersected thereby.
- a tapered jet needle whose diameter is gradually reduced toward its tip portion, has its rear end portion secured to the throttle valve while the front (tip) end portion thereof is inserted into the fuel feed passageway.
- the clearance (gap) between the jet needle and the fuel feed passageway is varied by suitably moving the throttle valve in the intersecting direction to the air suction passageway, and an amount of fuel proportional to the air suction flowing in the venturi portion is fed to the venturi portion thus controlling the air fuel ratio.
- the tip portion of the jet needle has a needle-shaped portion which is tapered with a constant gradient, or a conical portion which is tapered with a gradient being varied at the tip portion of the conical portion.
- the conical tapered jet needle generally has a vertical angle of about 60 degrees.
- each of the fuel feed passageway and the jet needle along which the fuel flows are smoothly formed to reduce flow resistance between the fuel and the surfaces. That is, each of the fuel feed passageway and the jet needle has a smooth surface.
- JP-A-59-90751 has proposed a fuel feed system in which the outer diameter of a jet needle is set to be substantially equal to the inner diameter of a needle jet constituting a fuel feed passageway to prevent the jet needle from being fluctuated over a movable region of the jet needle, and a chamfered portion is formed at the side surface of the jet needle such that clearance between the jet needle and the inner surface of the needle jet is gradually increased toward the tip portion of the jet needle.
- the low combustion efficiency of the conventional fuel feeding system can be estimated not to be caused by the instability of the air fuel ratio due to the fluctuation of the jet needle, but to be caused by the following two points.
- the low combustion efficiency would be caused by the smoothened (flat) wall surface of a fluid passageway such as a fuel feeding passageway, an air suction passageway, etc., along which fuel, air or air-fuel mixture flows in contact with the wall surface thereof although the smoothened surface itself is considered as a most preferable surface on the basis of the hydrodynamics. That is, since the wall surface of the fuel feeding passage or the surface of the jet needle (hereinafter referred to as "wall surface”) is smoothly (flatly) formed in a conventional fuel feeding system, a boundary layer is formed between the surface wall of each of the fuel feeding passageway and the jet needle and the fuel due to friction therebetween.
- the flow of the fluid such as fuel, air or air-fuel mixture is decelerated by the boundary layer, so that the fuel feeding is restricted or disturbed.
- This restriction or disturbance of the fluid flow by the boundary layer mainly causes the instability of the air fuel ratio. Therefore, the conventional fuel feeding system can not provide an ideal air combustion ratio.
- difficulty in increase of air suction amount for power-up would be also caused by the smoothly-formed (smoothened) surface wall of the air suction passageway.
- the clearance between the jet needle and the fuel feeding passageway is small, the clearance would be mostly occupied by the boundary layer, and thus the flow resistance of the fuel would be remarkably great.
- the flow condition of fuel, etc. could be approached to an ideal condition in which no friction occurs between the fluid (fuel, air, air-fuel mixture) and the wall surface of the fluid passageway, and thus the flow resistance could be reduced to increase the fuel feeding amount, so that an ideal (optimum) air fuel ration can be obtained to improve the combustion efficiency.
- the low combustion efficiency would be caused by stable fluidity of fuel which is controlled by the shape of the tip portion of the jet needle. That is, the fuel is allowed to smoothly flow through the clearance between the jet needle and the needle jet by an acute shape of the tip portion of the jet needle and thus the fluidity of the fuel itself is stabilized irrespective of the instability of the fuel feeding to the venturi portion.
- This stability of the fluidity of the fuel causes insufficient fine-atomisation of the fuel in the venturi portion where the air-fuel mixture is generated and/or insufficient turbulence of the air-fuel mixture, so that a flaming speed in a combustion chamber can not be improved. Accordingly, if the stable fluidity of the fuel in the clearance between the jet needle and the needle jet is intentionally disturbed to form turbulent flow of the fuel in the clearance, the turbulent flow of the fuel would cause the turbulence of the air-fuel mixture and thus improve the combustion efficiency.
- a fuel feed system for feeding an air-fuel mixture to an engine for combustion therein comprises an air-fuel mixture passageway for delivering an air-fuel mixture to the engine; an air suction passageway for the passage of air and interconnected with the air fuel mixture passageway; and a fuel feed passageway for the passage of fuel and interconnected with the air suction passageway; characterised in that at least one of the air suction passageway and the fuel feed passageway has a roughened portion on a wall surface thereof to cause turbulence of fluid flow and promote atomisation of the fuel and carburetion of the air-fuel mixture.
- the air-fuel mixture passageway, the air suction passageway and the fuel feed passageway may constitute parts of a carburettor.
- the fuel feeding passageway may comprise a needle jet intercommunicated to the air suction passageway, and a jet needle which has a tapered portion and is movably inserted into the needle jet, clearance between the jet needle and the needle jet being adjustable by moving the jet needle in the axial direction thereof to control an amount of fuel to be fed into the air suction passageway in accordance with the opening degree of the clearance.
- a carburettor for generating air-fuel mixture in a suitable air-fuel ratio and feeding the mixture to an engine for combustion comprises an air suction passageway for the passage of air; and a fuel feed passageway for the passage of fuel and which is disposed so as to intersect said air suction passageway, characterised in that said fuel feed passageway comprises a needle jet in communication with said air suction passageway for guiding the fuel flow into said air suction passageway and a jet needle which has a tapered portion and is movably inserted into said needle jet, clearance between said jet needle and said needle jet being adjustable by moving said jet needle in the axial direction thereof to control an amount of fuel to be fed into said air suction passageway in accordance with an opening degree of the clearance, and wherein a substantially flat surface portion is formed at the tip portion of said tapered portion of said jet needle to cause turbulence of fluid flow,
- the tip of the jet needle may be provided with a substantially flat surface or a substantiually conical surface having a vertical angle above 145 degrees.
- the area of a boundary layer occurring between the wall surface of the fuel feeding passageway and the fuel is reduced by the formation of the roughened surface portion. That is, the fuel is stored into the recesses of the roughened surface portion, and the flow resistance is mostly caused by the same fluid (fuel), so that the deceleration of fluid flow due to the flow resistance between the wall surface of the fuel feeding passageway and the fuel can be mostly prevented. Therefore, the fluid flow is approached to an ideal fluid flow, and thus the fuel feeding for air-fuel mixture can be smoothly carried out and an optimum air-fuel ratio can be obtained.
- the thickness and area of a boundary layer occurring between the air suction passageway and air is reduced by formation of the roughened surface portion. Therefore, the air flow is approached to an ideal air flow, and the air suction amount is increased, so that the fuel flow is changed from a laminar flow to a turbulent flow at the roughened surface portion. This turbulent flow causes the fuel flow to be slightly vibrated, and the atomisation and carburetion of the fuel is promoted.
- the tip portion of the jet needle is shaped in a flat form or in a substantially flat surface form, the fuel which is sucked into the air suction passageway due to the negative pressure of the air flow in the air suction passageway collides against the tip portion of the jet needle, and the smoothly propagating flow is prevented by the substantially flat tip surface of the jet needle.
- the fuel flow and the flat tip portion of the jet needle eddy occurs at the rear side of the flat tip portion (downstream of the fuel flow), and the turbulence flow occurs in clearance between the jet needle and the needle jet, whereby the atomisation of the fuel and the turbulence of the air-fuel mixture are performed when the air-fuel mixture is formed in the air suction passageway.
- Fig. 1 shows the schematic construction of an embodiment of a carburetor according to this invention.
- the carburetor 2 includes an air suction passageway 4 intercommunicated to an engine side G, a fuel feeding passageway 10 which mainly comprises a needle jet 6 and a main jet 8 and is intercommunicated to the air suction passageway 4 at the lower side of the air suction passageway 4 so as to be intersected (i.g., perpendicular as shown in Fig. 1) to the air suction passageway 4, and a throttle mechanism 12 disposed at the upper side of the air suction passageway 4.
- the throttle mechanism 12 is provided with a throttle valve 16 which is movable in such a direction that it suitably intercepts the air flow in the air suction passageway 4 to form a venturi portion in the air suction passageway 4.
- a jet needle 18 serving as a part of the fuel feeding passageway 10 is secured to the lower side of the throttle valve 16, and the free end (tip) portion of the jet needle 18 is movably inserted into the needle jet 6.
- the throttle valve 16 is downwardly urged by a spring member 20, and its vertical movement (ascending and descending operation or amount) is adjustable by a throttle lever (not shown).
- the carburetor 2 is further provided with a fuel tank 22 at the lower side of the air suction passageway.
- the fuel tank 22 is provided with a fuel feeding inlet 24 through which fuel is supplied to the fuel tank 22, and a float 26 which is connected to a control valve 28.
- the fuel feeding (supply) into the fuel tank 22 is controlled by the control valve 28.
- Arrows A, E and F as shown in Fig. 1 indicate fluid flow directions of sucked air, air-fuel mixture and fuel, respectively.
- the main jet 8 disposed at the lower side of the needle jet 6 has a throttling portion 8a, and the amount of fuel which is sucked into the venturi portion by a negative-pressure action of the sucked air A flowing from the upstream side X to the downstream side in the air suction passageway 4 is first roughly adjusted through the throttling portion 8a.
- Fig. 2 shows the schematic construction of the jet needle 18 of this embodiment.
- the jet needle 18 is formed of four bodies which are integrally linked in series into one body.
- a first body comprises a securing portion 30 which is secured to the lower portion of the throttle valve 16 through an engaging ring or the like.
- the securing portion 30 is provided with plural recess portions 30a at the peripheral surface thereof, and the securing position of the securing portion 30 to the throttle valve 16 is freely adjustable by engaging a desired one of the recess portions 30a with the throttle valve 16.
- a second body comprises a cylindrical body 32 having a constant diameter D1 which is continuously (integrally) linked to the securing portion 30.
- a third body comprises a tapered body 34 whose diameter is gradually decreased toward the tip portion thereof and has a final diameter D2 at the tip thereof.
- the tapered body 34 is continuously (integrally) linked to the cylindrical body 32.
- a fourth body comprises a conical body 36 having a vertical angle of 120 degrees which is continuously (integrally) linked to the tapered body 34.
- the wall surface 4a of the air suction passageway 4, the wall surface 8a of the main jet 8 and the wall surface 18a of the jet needle 18 are partly or wholly formed with roughened surface portions 40, 42 and 44 respectively by a shot peening treatment as shown in Fig. 4.
- the shot peening treatment is suitably carried out such that the roughness of each of the roughened surface portions 40, 42 and 44, that is, the diameter D3 of each recess 44a as shown in Fig. 4 is approximately equal to 1/100 mm, for example.
- the jet needle 18 Upon manipulation of the throttle lever in an opening direction, the jet needle 18 is upwardly moved as shown in Fig. 3. Through this operation, the clearance C between the jet needle 18 and the needle jet 6 is broadened (an opening degree of the throttle valve 16 is increased) so that the sectional area of the clearance is increased from t1 to t2, and fuel F is supplied to the venturi portion 14 in correspondence with the air suction amount which corresponds to the opening degree of the throttle valve 16 to thereby adjust the air-fuel ratio.
- the roughened portion 44 formed on the wall surface 18a of the jet needle 18 comprises recesses 44a which are formed by the shot peening treatment and projections 44b which are apparently formed relatively to the recesses 44a.
- the flow deceleration of the fuel F occurs between the projections 44b and the fuel F due to flow resistance therebetween, and thus a boundary layer 50 is formed between each of the projections 44b and the fuel F.
- an occupy ratio of the boundary layer 50 over the wall surface 18a is more decreased in the carburetor of this embodiment, so that the fuel flow suffers only a slight amount of flow decelerating action of the boundary layer 50 even when the clearance C is small. Therefore, the fuel feeding is promoted and an optimum air-fuel ratio providing high power output is realized.
- the above effect can be obtained for the main jet 8 in the same manner, and also the air suction amount in the air suction passageway 4 can be increased in the same manner as described above.
- Fig. 5 is a graph showing an experimental result of a power test of the carburetor as described above.
- a carburetor of Keihin PF70 which has a venturi diameter of 18 mm and is produced by Keihin Seiki Company
- a car of Hyundai NSR50 produced by Hyundai company
- the ordinate and abscissa of the graph represent horsepower and speed per hour, respectively.
- Figs. 6 to 12 are graphs showing experimental results obtained when a roughened surface forming condition is varied.
- a table at the upper and right side of each graph represents the roughened surface forming condition for the graph.
- reference characters JN, AT and MJ represent the jet needle 18, the air suction passageway 4 and the main jet respectively
- reference characters P, W and S represent roughened surface formation by shot peening treatment, roughened surface formation by a corrugating treatment and no roughened surface formation (standard mode), respectively.
- the wave formation was carried out by a threading treatment in a cutting method to form a spiral groove 18a in 1/100 mm depth on the wall surface of the jet needle as shown in Fig. 14.
- Fig. 13 is a graph showing an experimental result of a conventional carburetor whose elements were formed in the standard mode (that is, no roughened surface formation). In this case, torque in a low-speed region was very low, and thus it was impossible to make a measurement at a third gear speed which was commonly made for the other cases. Therefore, in the measurement for the experiment of Fig. 13, a test car was first accelerated at a second gear speed, and then changed to the third gear speed, so that no experimental result below 40 Km/h was obtained in the graph of Fig. 13.
- this fact means that increase of torque in an ordinary rotating region (low and intermediate speed rotating regions) can be achieved even when the roughened surface formation is made to at least one of the air suction passageway 4, the main jet 8 and the jet needle 18.
- FIG. 10 A different point between the examples of Figs.9 and 10 is difference in roughened surface forming manner (that is, corrugating treatment and shot peening treatment). As is apparent from the graphs, the example using the shot peening treatment as shown in Fig. 10 has a slightly more power-up than the example using the corrugating treatment as shown in Fig. 9.
- Fig. 11 where the roughened surface formation was made to only the air suction passageway 4 provides increase of the air suction amount.
- the increase of the torque at the high-speed rotating region is sharper and the decrease of the torque is more moderate than the other cases (so-called top-out does not occur).
- the total increase of the horsepower can be easily performed in accordance with the increase of the air suction amount by changing the size of the main jet 8.
- the increase of the horsepower and prevention of the discontinuous combustion can be easily performed by forming the roughened surface portion on the passageway for fluid such as fuel F, air and so on.
- the control of flow amount in proportion to the clearance can be performed, the peripheral elements of the jet needle 18 can be easily set up and designed, and the availability of the carburetor can be improved.
- the increase of the air suction amount and the fuel feeding amount enables miniaturization, light weight and low manufacturing cost of the carburetor.
- the roughened surface portions 40, 42 and 44 are formed substantially wholly over the air suction passageway 4 and the fuel feeding passageway comprising the main jet 8 and the jet needle 18, however, may be formed partly insofar as the effect as described above is obtained.
- the roughened surface formation may be made to any one of the air suction passageway 4 and the fuel feeding passageway 10.
- the shot peening method and the cutting method are adopted as the roughened surface forming means, however, this invention is not limited to these methods. Various methods such as etching, sand blast, coating, dimple processing, knurling processing, etc., may be used.
- a roughened surface portion 44 may be formed on a sheet surface and a portion which is not contacted with the sheet surface.
- a main jet, a needle, a main nozzle or a throw jet may be used as a member to be formed with the roughened surface portion 44.
- the flow resistance of fuel or air can be reduced by providing the roughened surface portion to the fluid passageway for fuel or air, and atomization and carburetion of the fuel can be promoted, so that the optimum air-fuel ratio can be obtained to improve the horsepower and prevent the discontinuous combustion.
- the flow amount of the fuel can be proportionally adjustable, so that the design and set-up of the peripheral elements of the jet needle can be easily performed and the availability can be improved.
- the increase of the fuel feeding amount or the air suction amount enables the miniaturization of the carburetor, so that the weight of the carburetor can be lightened and the manufacturing cost thereof can be reduced.
- a second embodiment of this invention will be next described.
- the basic construction of the fuel feeding system and the fuel feeding operation to the engine in the second embodiment are substantially identical to those of the first embodiment as shown in Fig. 1, except for the construction of the jet needle. Therefore, the detailed description of the same elements and construction as those of the first embodiment is eliminated hereunder, and only the different elements and construction will be described in detail. In the following description, the same elements as those of the first embodiment are represented by the same reference numerals.
- Fig. 17 shows the schematic construction of a jet needle 114 which is used in the second embodiment.
- the jet needle 114 of the second embodiment includes a first body comprising a securing portion 126 having plural recesses 26a, a second body comprising a cylindrical body 128 having a constant diameter of D, and a third body comprising a tapered body 130 having a minimum diameter of d at the tip portion thereof.
- the jet needle of this embodiment has no fourth body (i.e., a conical body), and the end surface of the tapered body 130 has a substantially flat surface portion 132a which is substantially vertical to the axis thereof, that is, the tapered body 130 is designed in a substantially conical form with its apex being cut or in a substantially cylindrical form.
- l1 and l2 represent the length of the tapered body 130 and the total length of the tapered body 130 and the cylindrical body 128, respectively.
- the jet needle 114 Upon manipulation of the throttle lever In an opening direction, the jet needle 114 is upwardly moved as shown in Fig. 18. Through this operation, the clearance C between the jet needle 114 and the needle jet 6 is increased so that the sectional area of the clearance C is increased from t1 to t2, and fuel F is supplied to the venturi portion 14 in correspondence with the air suction amount which corresponds to an opening degree of the throttle valve 16 to adjust the air-fuel ratio.
- the fuel F which upwardly flows through the main jet 8 is inhibited from propagating straightly by the flat surface portion 32a, and its propagating or flowing direction is forcedly and rapidly altered, so that the flow of the fuel F is disturbed or turbulent.
- the tip portion of the jet needle 114 is not necessarily required to be shaped in a flat form, various modifications may be made to the shape of the tip portion of the jet needle 114.
- the tip portion may be designed in a substantially conical form (132b) having a vertical angle ⁇ above 145 degrees which is approximate to a flat surface.
- a conical recess portion 132c as shown in Fig. 20 or a semi-spherical recess portion 132d as shown in Fig. 21 may be formed in the flat surface portion 132a.
- an uneven portion 132e as shown in Fig. 22 may be formed on the flat surface portion 132a by a punch or the like.
- notches 132f as shown in Fig. 23 may be formed on the periphery of the flat surface portion 132a.
- the substantially conical tip surface portion 132b having the vertical angle above 145 degrees as shown in Fig. 19 may be formed with notches 132g thereon as shown in Fig. 24.
- Fig. 25 is a graph showing the comparison result of power test between the jet needle 114 of this embodiment and the prior art.
- the ordinate and abscissa of the graph as shown in Fig. 25 represent horsepower and speed per hour, respectively.
- a solid line (1) represents a comparative example using a conventional jet needle 140 with a conical tip portion 140a having a vertical angle ⁇ 1 of 60 degrees as shown in Fig. 26
- a broken line (2) represents an example using the jet needle having the flat tip surface as shown in Fig. 17,
- a one-dotted chain line (3) represents an example using the jet needle having the semi-spherical recess portion at the tip thereof as shown in Fig. 21, and
- a two-dotted chain line (4) represents an example using the jet needle having the notches at the tip portion thereof as shown in Fig. 23.
- l1, l2, D, d and taper angle were set to be identical among the above examples and comparative example.
- 88'-type HONDA HRC RS-125 (124cc and 2 cycle, produced by Nissan Company) was used as a test engine, and Keihin PJ ⁇ 36 (produced by Keihin Seiki Company) was used as a test carburetor.
- the fact that the output power of the example (4) is largest in the low-speed region means that as the fuel is more greatly stirred by the jet needle, the fine granulation of fuel and/or the turbulence of the air-fuel mixture are more promoted, so that the combustion efficiency, and thus the engine efficiency can be improved.
- (a) represents the comparative example of the conventional jet needle as shown in Fig. 26,
- (b) represents a comparative example of a conventional jet needle having a conical tip portion having a vertical angle of 90 degrees
- (c) represents the example of the jet needle having vertical angle of 145 degrees as shown in Fig. 19
- (d) represents the example as shown in Fig. 17,
- (e) represents the example as shown in Fig. 20,
- (f) represents the example as shown in Fig. 21.
- the dimension of the jet needle is identical among the above examples and comparative examples. "Road Racer 125cc" was used as a test autobicycle.
- the improvement in the accel response can be performed according to the carburetor having the fuel feeding system of this invention.
- the knocking and the discontinuous combustion can be also overcome and the combustion efficiency (fuel consumption) can be improved.
- the fuel feeding system of this invention can be easily manufactured, and alternately an existing fuel feeding system can be easily altered to that of this invention. Therefore, the fuel feeding system of this invention has excellent wide availability.
- the roughening method for roughening the tip portion of the jet needle is not limited to the above embodiments.
- Various methods such as a knurling processing may be used insofar as they can promote the stirring of the fuel flow.
- the fine atomisation of fuel and the turbulence of air-fuel mixture can be promoted by designing the tip portion of the jet needle in a suitable form, so that high combustion efficiency and low fuel consumption can be performed, and the output power can be improved over the entire region from the low-speed region to the high-speed region.
- the accel response can be improved, and the knocking and the discontinuous combustion can be prevented.
- the above effect can be obtained merely by changing the shape of the tip portion of the jet needle, so that the manufacturing cost can be reduced.
- an existing carburetor can be used by modifying it, so that the availability can be improved.
- the carburetor and the fuel feeding system having the carburetor according to this invention may be applied to an injection nozzle serving as a fuel injection device, an injection nozzle for a diesel engine, and an external combustion engine such as a jet engine as well as an internal combustion engine.
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JP4151218A JP2727039B2 (ja) | 1991-05-20 | 1992-05-20 | 燃料供給系及び気化器 |
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EP0570640A1 true EP0570640A1 (de) | 1993-11-24 |
EP0570640B1 EP0570640B1 (de) | 1997-06-18 |
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EP1965070A1 (de) * | 2006-08-31 | 2008-09-03 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. | Kraftstoffeinspritzventil |
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FR1137803A (fr) * | 1955-09-23 | 1957-06-04 | Perfectionnements aux carburateurs pour moteurs à explosion et analogues | |
DE2402883A1 (de) * | 1973-01-26 | 1974-08-01 | Dezsoe Fonagy | Vergaser fuer benzinmotor |
FR2393236A1 (fr) * | 1977-06-01 | 1978-12-29 | Dresser Investments | Appareil de dosage et de distribution de combustible |
DE3019065A1 (de) * | 1980-05-19 | 1981-11-26 | William H. El Toro Calif. Edmonston | Vergaser |
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FR1137803A (fr) * | 1955-09-23 | 1957-06-04 | Perfectionnements aux carburateurs pour moteurs à explosion et analogues | |
DE2402883A1 (de) * | 1973-01-26 | 1974-08-01 | Dezsoe Fonagy | Vergaser fuer benzinmotor |
FR2393236A1 (fr) * | 1977-06-01 | 1978-12-29 | Dresser Investments | Appareil de dosage et de distribution de combustible |
DE3019065A1 (de) * | 1980-05-19 | 1981-11-26 | William H. El Toro Calif. Edmonston | Vergaser |
Cited By (2)
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EP1965070A1 (de) * | 2006-08-31 | 2008-09-03 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. | Kraftstoffeinspritzventil |
EP1965070A4 (de) * | 2006-08-31 | 2013-04-03 | Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd | Kraftstoffeinspritzventil |
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EP0570640B1 (de) | 1997-06-18 |
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DE69220480D1 (de) | 1997-07-24 |
TW329852U (en) | 1998-04-11 |
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