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US3683870A
US3683870A US46201A US3683870DA US3683870A US 3683870 A US3683870 A US 3683870A US 46201 A US46201 A US 46201A US 3683870D A US3683870D A US 3683870DA US 3683870 A US3683870 A US 3683870A
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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
    • F02M69/44—Low-pressure fuel-injection apparatus ; Apparatus with both continuous and intermittent injection; Apparatus injecting different types of fuel characterised by means for supplying extra fuel to the engine on sudden air throttle opening, e.g. at acceleration
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
    • F02D41/30—Controlling fuel injection
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
    • F02D41/30—Controlling fuel injection
    • F02D41/32—Controlling fuel injection of the low pressure type
    • 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
    • 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
    • F02M51/06—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle
    • F02M51/061—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle using electromagnetic operating means
    • F02M51/0625—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle using electromagnetic operating means characterised by arrangement of mobile armatures
    • F02M51/0664—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle using electromagnetic operating means characterised by arrangement of mobile armatures having a cylindrically or partly cylindrically shaped armature, e.g. entering the winding; having a plate-shaped or undulated armature entering the winding
    • F02M51/0667—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle using electromagnetic operating means characterised by arrangement of mobile armatures having a cylindrically or partly cylindrically shaped armature, e.g. entering the winding; having a plate-shaped or undulated armature entering the winding the armature acting as a valve or having a short valve body attached thereto
    • 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
    • F02M51/06—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle
    • F02M51/08—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle specially for low-pressure fuel-injection
    • 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
    • F02M69/14—Low-pressure fuel-injection apparatus ; Apparatus with both continuous and intermittent injection; Apparatus injecting different types of fuel having cyclically-operated valves connecting injection nozzles to a source of fuel under pressure during the injection period
    • F02M69/145—Low-pressure fuel-injection apparatus ; Apparatus with both continuous and intermittent injection; Apparatus injecting different types of fuel having cyclically-operated valves connecting injection nozzles to a source of fuel under pressure during the injection period the valves being actuated electrically
    • 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
    • F02M69/30—Low-pressure fuel-injection apparatus ; Apparatus with both continuous and intermittent injection; Apparatus injecting different types of fuel characterised by means for facilitating the starting-up or idling of engines or by means for enriching fuel charge, e.g. below operational temperatures or upon high power demand of engines
    • F02M69/36—Low-pressure fuel-injection apparatus ; Apparatus with both continuous and intermittent injection; Apparatus injecting different types of fuel characterised by means for facilitating the starting-up or idling of engines or by means for enriching fuel charge, e.g. below operational temperatures or upon high power demand of engines having an enrichment mechanism modifying fuel flow to injectors, e.g. by acting on the fuel metering device or on the valves throttling fuel passages to injection nozzles or overflow passages
    • F02M69/40—Low-pressure fuel-injection apparatus ; Apparatus with both continuous and intermittent injection; Apparatus injecting different types of fuel characterised by means for facilitating the starting-up or idling of engines or by means for enriching fuel charge, e.g. below operational temperatures or upon high power demand of engines having an enrichment mechanism modifying fuel flow to injectors, e.g. by acting on the fuel metering device or on the valves throttling fuel passages to injection nozzles or overflow passages using variably controlled air pressure, e.g. by modifying the intake air vacuum signal acting on the fuel metering device

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  • This invention relates to fuel injection systems for internal combustion engines and, in particular,.to systems in which the injection of fuel is intermittent rather than continuous.
  • fuel is injected in timed relation to engine operation, the injection being controlled by an engine-driven mechanical or electrical device.
  • the control mechanism may include an operating pulse generating circuit at least one component of which is responsive to the said one engine operating parameter and adjustable in response to variations in that parameter to adjust the operating pulse length.
  • the operating pulse generating circuit is an astable multivibrator circuit including at least one resistive component which is responsive to the said one engine operating parameter and is adjustable in response to variations in that parameter to adjust the operating pulse length.
  • the control mechanism includes a reference voltage generator operable to generate a reference voltage which varies periodically with time, a control signal generator operable to generate a control signal which varies in response to variations in the said one engine operating parameter, and an operating pulse generator responsive to the reference voltage and'the control signal to generate an operating pulse when the reference voltage bears a predetermined relationship to the control signal.
  • the reference voltage generator is a sawtooth waveform generator and the control signal generator is operable to generate a bias voltage the level of which varies in response to variations in the said one engine operating parameter, the operating pulse generator being operable to generate an operating pulse when the reference voltage exceeds the bias voltage.
  • FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of a component of the system
  • FIG. 4 is a block circuit diagramof an alternative form of the component illustrated in FIG. 2, and
  • fuel is drawn from a tank 1 and supplied by any suitable form of pump 2, for example an electric, gear pump, to a supply conduit 52.
  • Fuel passes from the conduit 52. to a further supply conduit 63 at a pressure determined by a control valve mechanism 100, and excess fuel is returned to the tank 1 via a chamber 53 in mechanism 100, a conduit 56, a relief valve 57 and a conduit 61.
  • the conduit 63 leads to thefuel injector nozzles 83 via a check valve 63A and excess fuel is returned from the nozzles to the tank 1 via a restrictor 61A and the conduit 61.
  • the unit is designed. to produce a pulsating DC. voltage when connected to a suitable source of electrical power 201, the pulses occurring at a suitable constant frequency.
  • the pulses are applied to the operating solenoids of the injectors 83 which are connected, as shown, to the output terminals of the unit 200.
  • the injectors 83 are thus caused to open at regular intervals (determined by the commencement of each one of the pulses from unit 200) to discharge fuel supplied through the conduit 63.
  • the fuel is discharged into the mixture induction manifold of the engine, to be drawn into the engine cylinders, and when the operating pulse from unit 200 terminates, the injectors close and fuel discharge ceases.
  • the length of the pulses generated by unit 200 and hence the period for which the injectors remain open is dependent on engine air intake.
  • the lever 7 is also coupled to one side of a piston 8A located in a cylinder 8B.
  • the cylinder 88 is connected, by a conduit 18 including a restrictor 18A, to a chamber 20 in a manifold depression control unit 102.
  • the unit 102 functions through the air valve 4 to maintain a constant depression in the air intake conduit 3 between the air valve 4 and the throttle valve 1.
  • the manner of operation of the unit 102 is exactly the same as that of the mechanism 102 described in my copending U.S. Pat. application Ser. No. 31,316 filed Apr., 23, 1970.
  • chamber 53 receives excess fuel from the supply conduit 52 and is connected, via relief valve 57 to the fuel tank 1.
  • the chamber 53 is,
  • valve of the restrictor 95a is chosen to give a desired opening speed to the ball valve 21A.
  • the depression between valves 1 and 4 may rise momentarily, for example to 2 inch Hg. This in turn raises the fuel pressure in conduit 63 to 20 psi.
  • the metering pressure is now 20 15 17 18 psi.
  • the fuel metering pressure has changed in the ratio 2.25/1, providing enrichment during acceleraq tion.
  • valve 101A was referred to above as having utility under engine starting conditions it is not restricted to use under these conditions and could, being a manually-operated valve, be used whenever a richer fuel/air mixture is required. It will also be appreciated that the valve 101A is not essential to the functioning of the manifold depression control unit 102 or (except in so far as it provides a restriction 66A, 668 through which atmospheric air is admitted to conduit 43) to the functioning of the pressure control mechanism the valve 101A could, accordingly, be omitted.
  • the reference voltage generator is a sawtooth waveform generator and the control signal generator is operable to generate a bias voltage the level of which varies in response to variations in the said one engine operating parameter, the operating pulse generator being operable to generate an operating pulse when the reference voltage exceeds the bias voltage.

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US3839997A (en) * 1971-07-21 1974-10-08 Sibe Fuel feed devices for internal combustion engines
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