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US3460521A
US3460521A US626871A US3460521DA US3460521A US 3460521 A US3460521 A US 3460521A US 626871 A US626871 A US 626871A US 3460521D A US3460521D A US 3460521DA US 3460521 A US3460521 A US 3460521A
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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
    • F02M69/28—Low-pressure fuel-injection apparatus ; Apparatus with both continuous and intermittent injection; Apparatus injecting different types of fuel characterised by means for cutting-out the fuel supply to the engine or to main injectors during certain operating periods, e.g. deceleration
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D1/00—Controlling fuel-injection pumps, e.g. of high pressure injection type
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D2700/00—Mechanical control of speed or power of a single cylinder piston engine
    • F02D2700/02—Controlling by changing the air or fuel supply
    • F02D2700/0269—Controlling by changing the air or fuel supply for air compressing engines with compression ignition
    • F02D2700/0282—Control of fuel supply
    • F02D2700/0284—Control of fuel supply by acting on the fuel pump control element

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  • An electrical control circuit for use with a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine comprises a pump or a relay for operation of a pump, and a pair of switches one responsive to engine speed and the other operable with throttle closure, the switches being so connected that the pump or relay is de-energized to interrupt fuel supply to the engine when the speed of the engine is above a predetermined value but the throttle is shut.
  • This invention relates to fuel injection systems for internal combustion engines and of the kind wherein liquid fuel (usually petrol) is injected into the inlet manifold of the engine adjacent the inlet valves thereof.
  • liquid fuel usually petrol
  • the object of the invention is to provide in, or for such systems means whereby the supply of fuel to the engine is automatically cut off when the throttle is closed and the engine is operating at a speed above a predetermined value.
  • an electrical control circuit for use with a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine comprises electromagnetic means for controlling the supply of fuel to the associated engine, and a pair of switches controlling the supply of current to said electromagnetic means, one of said switches being operable when the engine speed is above a predetermined value and the other switch operating with closure of the throttle, the switches being so arranged that when the throttle is closed but engine speed is above said predetermined value, the supply of fuel to the engine is interrupted.
  • the electromagnetic means may be an electromagnetically driven pump for supplying fuel to the engine in which case the two switches may be arranged to break the circuit to the pump or its electric motor under appropriate circumstances.
  • an electromagnetically operable valve may be provided in the fuel supply line to the engine, this valve being arranged to close under the control of the two switches when the throttle is closed with the engine operating above the predetermined speed.
  • FIGURE 1 shows an electrical circuit arranged in accordance with the invention and FIGURES 2, 3 and 4 illustrate alternative circuits.
  • FIGURE 1 there is shown an engine 9 to which fuel is supplied into a manifold 8 through nozzles (not shown) from a pump 10 with is either electromagnetically operated or is driven by an electric motor.
  • the fuel supply is controlled by a mechanism including a throttle 7.
  • the pump 10 or the combined pump and electric motor, as the case may be, is connected to an electric storage battery 11 through an engine ignition switch 12, which is arranged to actuate an electrical ignition system indicated diagrammatically at 13.
  • an engine ignition switch 12 In series with the pump 10 and switch 12 are two switches 14, which are themselves connected in parallel.
  • One of the switches 14 is a centrifugal or other engine speed responsive switch which is normally closed but opens when the engine speed reaches a predetermined value.
  • the other switch 15 is a normally closed switch which is open only when the engine throttle 7 is closed.
  • the pump 10 or its motor will always be energised except when the throttle 7 is closed but with the engine operating above the predetermined speed, which may be approximately 1000 r.p.m.
  • This arrangement will cut off the fuel supply under overrun conditions when the throttle is shut, but since idling speed is below the predetermined speed, the pump or its motor will be energised to provide a supply of fuel when the throttle is shut and the engine speed is below the predetermined speed.
  • the pump 10, or its motor is connected to the ignition switch 12 through the contacts 19 of a relay 20, these contacts 20 however being open when energised.
  • the coil 21 of this relay 20 is connected to the ignition switch 12 through a parallel circuit including an engine speed responsive switch 22 and a throttle operated switch 23 arranged in series.
  • the throttle operated switch 23 is closed only when the throttle is closed, and the speed responsive switch 22 is normally open but closes above a predetermined engine speed. Thus, only when the throttle is closed above the predetermined speed will the pump, or its motor, be stepped to interrupt the fuel supply.
  • the switches 14, 15 are arranged in parallel and when either of them is closed the pump is actuated.
  • the speed sensitive switch 14 is closed below the predetermined speed and the other switch 15 is closed when the accelerator is open.
  • the speed responsive switch 14 in either of FIGURES 1 and 2 or the switch 23 in FIGURE 3 is operated by changes in the depression in the engine inlet manifold. This switch opens, in the circuit of FIGURES 1 and 2 and closes in the circuit of FIGURE 3 when the pressure in the manifold falls below a predetermined pressure.
  • this predetermined pressure is an absolute pressure which is less than that existing in the manifold at idling but is greater than the minimum pressure obtainable in the manifold during use.
  • An electrical control circuit for a fuel injection systern for an internal combustion engine electrical power supply means, electromagnetic means for the supply of fuel to the engine, and a pair of switches controlling the supply of current from the power supply means to said electromagnetic means, one of said switches being operatively connected to the engine to operate when the engine speed is above a predetermined value and the other switch being operatively connected to the throttle to operate with closure of the throttle, the switches being so connected that when the throttle is closed but engine speed is above 3 said predetermined value, the supply of fuel to the engin is-interrupted, the two switches being arranged in parallel, between the power supply means and the electromagnetic means, said one switch being closed below the predetermined speed and open above it, the said other 5 switch being open only when the throttle is closed, and opening of both switches preventing energization of the electromagnetic means to interrupt the supply of fuel to the engine.

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Aug 12, 1969 w, Dowumc; ETAL E 3,460,521
ELECTRICAL SPEED CONTROL FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Filed March 29, 1967 United States Patent US. Cl. 123-102 2 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An electrical control circuit for use with a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine comprises a pump or a relay for operation of a pump, and a pair of switches one responsive to engine speed and the other operable with throttle closure, the switches being so connected that the pump or relay is de-energized to interrupt fuel supply to the engine when the speed of the engine is above a predetermined value but the throttle is shut.
This invention relates to fuel injection systems for internal combustion engines and of the kind wherein liquid fuel (usually petrol) is injected into the inlet manifold of the engine adjacent the inlet valves thereof.
The object of the invention is to provide in, or for such systems means whereby the supply of fuel to the engine is automatically cut off when the throttle is closed and the engine is operating at a speed above a predetermined value.
According to the invention an electrical control circuit for use with a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine comprises electromagnetic means for controlling the supply of fuel to the associated engine, and a pair of switches controlling the supply of current to said electromagnetic means, one of said switches being operable when the engine speed is above a predetermined value and the other switch operating with closure of the throttle, the switches being so arranged that when the throttle is closed but engine speed is above said predetermined value, the supply of fuel to the engine is interrupted.
The electromagnetic means may be an electromagnetically driven pump for supplying fuel to the engine in which case the two switches may be arranged to break the circuit to the pump or its electric motor under appropriate circumstances.
Alternatively, where a mechanically driven pump is used an electromagnetically operable valve may be provided in the fuel supply line to the engine, this valve being arranged to close under the control of the two switches when the throttle is closed with the engine operating above the predetermined speed.
The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention, and
FIGURE 1 shows an electrical circuit arranged in accordance with the invention and FIGURES 2, 3 and 4 illustrate alternative circuits.
In the example shown in FIGURE 1 there is shown an engine 9 to which fuel is supplied into a manifold 8 through nozzles (not shown) from a pump 10 with is either electromagnetically operated or is driven by an electric motor. The fuel supply is controlled by a mechanism including a throttle 7.
The pump 10 or the combined pump and electric motor, as the case may be, is connected to an electric storage battery 11 through an engine ignition switch 12, which is arranged to actuate an electrical ignition system indicated diagrammatically at 13. In series with the pump 10 and switch 12 are two switches 14, which are themselves connected in parallel. One of the switches 14 is a centrifugal or other engine speed responsive switch which is normally closed but opens when the engine speed reaches a predetermined value.
The other switch 15 is a normally closed switch which is open only when the engine throttle 7 is closed. Thus, when the ignition switch 12 is closed, the pump 10 or its motor will always be energised except when the throttle 7 is closed but with the engine operating above the predetermined speed, which may be approximately 1000 r.p.m. This arrangement will cut off the fuel supply under overrun conditions when the throttle is shut, but since idling speed is below the predetermined speed, the pump or its motor will be energised to provide a supply of fuel when the throttle is shut and the engine speed is below the predetermined speed.
In the example illustrated in FIGURE 2, the switches.
14, 15 control the supply of current to the coil 16 of a relay 17 the contacts 18 of which are closed when the coil 16 is energised and are in series with the ignition switch 12 and pump 10 or its motor but in parallel with the two switches 14, 15 and the coil 16.
In the example shown in FIGURE 3 the pump 10, or its motor is connected to the ignition switch 12 through the contacts 19 of a relay 20, these contacts 20 however being open when energised. The coil 21 of this relay 20 is connected to the ignition switch 12 through a parallel circuit including an engine speed responsive switch 22 and a throttle operated switch 23 arranged in series. The throttle operated switch 23 is closed only when the throttle is closed, and the speed responsive switch 22 is normally open but closes above a predetermined engine speed. Thus, only when the throttle is closed above the predetermined speed will the pump, or its motor, be stepped to interrupt the fuel supply.
In the arrangement in FIGURE 4, the switches 14, 15 are arranged in parallel and when either of them is closed the pump is actuated. The speed sensitive switch 14 is closed below the predetermined speed and the other switch 15 is closed when the accelerator is open.
It will be understood that if a mechanically operated pump is used the switch and/ or relay can be used to actuate a solenoid operated valve for controlling the fuel supply to achieve a similar result.
By the present invention it is envisaged that, not only will there be a saving in fuel consumption, but overfueling on overrun will be minimized thereby reducing the production of objectional exhaust gases due to incomplete combustion in the engine.
In still further alternative arrangements, the speed responsive switch 14 in either of FIGURES 1 and 2 or the switch 23 in FIGURE 3 is operated by changes in the depression in the engine inlet manifold. This switch opens, in the circuit of FIGURES 1 and 2 and closes in the circuit of FIGURE 3 when the pressure in the manifold falls below a predetermined pressure.
Conveniently this predetermined pressure is an absolute pressure which is less than that existing in the manifold at idling but is greater than the minimum pressure obtainable in the manifold during use.
Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:
1. An electrical control circuit for a fuel injection systern for an internal combustion engine, electrical power supply means, electromagnetic means for the supply of fuel to the engine, and a pair of switches controlling the supply of current from the power supply means to said electromagnetic means, one of said switches being operatively connected to the engine to operate when the engine speed is above a predetermined value and the other switch being operatively connected to the throttle to operate with closure of the throttle, the switches being so connected that when the throttle is closed but engine speed is above 3 said predetermined value, the supply of fuel to the engin is-interrupted, the two switches being arranged in parallel, between the power supply means and the electromagnetic means, said one switch being closed below the predetermined speed and open above it, the said other 5 switch being open only when the throttle is closed, and opening of both switches preventing energization of the electromagnetic means to interrupt the supply of fuel to the engine.
2. An electrical control circuit as claimed in claim 1 in which the electromagnetic means comprises an electromagnetically driven pump for supplying fuel to the engine.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1/1946 Weissetal. 123-102 9/1946 Udale 61; a1 "123-102 FOREIGNPATENTS 1,125,717 3/1962 Germany.
WAYNER, Primary Examiner U.S. 01. x11."
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