Engine Starting Or Warm-up Control Patents (Class 123/366)
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Patent number: 10508586Abstract: An air-cooled engine capable of enhancing detection precision of a temperature sensor includes a crankcase, a crankshaft, a fan case, and an engine cooling fan. The installation direction of the crankshaft defines the front and rear direction. The fan case is provided in a front part of the crankcase, and the engine cooling fan is accommodated in the fan case. The air-cooled engine includes a cooling wind passage, a wind passage terminal end wall, an oil splashing device, and a temperature sensor. The wind passage terminal end wall is provided in a rear end of the cooling wind passage, the oil splashing device is provided on the rear side of the wind passage terminal end wall and formed to splash engine oil in the crankcase onto the wind passage terminal end wall, and the temperature sensor is attached to a front part of the wind passage terminal end wall.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: KUBOTA CorporationInventors: Eishin Nakashima, Kiyoharu Kimoto, Mineo Takasaki, Masaharu Ohno
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Patent number: 7866287Abstract: A pump system for supplying pressurized hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic valve actuation system for operating engine valves of an internal combustion engine comprises a substantially conventional main pump, driven by the engine, which supplies the necessary volume of pressurized hydraulic fluid when the engine is running. The system comprises a booster pump that supplies in conjunction with the main pump the necessary volume of hydraulic fluid during starting/cranking of the engine. The main pump is preferably designed and constructed for operating efficiency during engine operating conditions while the booster pump is preferably designed and constructed for operating efficiency during cranking/starting of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Magna Powertrain Inc.Inventors: David R. Shulver, Adrian C. Cioc, Matthew Williamson
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Patent number: 7357105Abstract: A hydraulic valve driving device includes a valve actuator operable to drive an engine valve, a hydraulic pump that generates the oil pressure for the valve actuator, a hydraulic pump driving motor that drives the hydraulic pump, and a starter motor. At the time of engine starting, after the hydraulic pump is driven by the hydraulic pump driving motor while the crank is stopped in the first engine-starting mode, and then the crank and the hydraulic pump are driven by the starter motor in the second engine-starting mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2005Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuji Moriwaki, Naoki Tsuchida
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Patent number: 7350503Abstract: A fuel injection pump 100 comprises a thermoelement CSD 47 for advancing injection timing in a cold temperature condition. The CSD 47 uses a piston 46 for opening and closing a sub port 42 formed in a plunger barrel 8. An electronic governor 2 is provided with a mechanism for decreasing an injected fuel quantity when an engine starts in a cold temperature condition. The mechanism shifts a rack position in a fuel-decrease direction in a cold temperature condition, and switches the rack position to a normal position in a normal temperature condition. A timing TR for shifting the rack position is set before or simultaneous to a timing TC for switch-off of the CSD 47.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2003Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masamichi Tanaka, Tohru Ogawa, Satoshi Hattori
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Patent number: 7334544Abstract: A vehicle temperature control system comprising an internal combustion engine with an engine block and with a cylinder head, a heat source for heating a heat transfer medium, a heat exchanger arrangement for the transfer of heat transported in the heat transfer medium to air to be introduced into a vehicle interior, and a valve arrangement, by means of which the heat transfer medium heated by the heat source can be fed selectively, at least in part, to a first heat transfer region, provided in the region of the cylinder head, of the internal combustion engine, without being conducted into a second heat transfer region, provided in the region of the engine block, of the internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2005Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: J. Eberspächer GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Günter Eberspach
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Publication number: 20070227502Abstract: An engine comprises an upstream interlocking portion (1) near a crank shaft, which is interlockingly connected through a timer (20) to a downstream interlocking portion (2). The timer (20) is provided with a temperature-sensing operation means (7). During a cold-starting term while the temperature-sensing operation means (7) senses a temperature of a value less than a predetermined one, the downstream interlocking portion (2) advances by an advancing operation of the timer (20) based on an operation that the temperature-sensing operation mean (7) makes upon sensing the temperature. While the engine is warm, the temperature-sensing operation means (7) senses a temperature of a value not less than the predetermined one, the downstream interlocking portion (2) cancels an advancement by an advancement-cancellation operation of the timer (20) based on another operation that the temperature-sensing operation mean (7) makes upon sensing the temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2007Publication date: October 4, 2007Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Masayasu TAKAMI, Tadao YAMATO, Tetsuya KOSAKA, Yoshikazu TAKEMOTO
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Patent number: 7191756Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling stopping position of a crankshaft during shutdown of a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine influence cylinder pressure independent of associated intake/exhaust valves during shutdown of the engine so the crankshaft stops in a position favorable for restarting. Embodiments include an engine having variable compression ratio cylinders with the compression ratio of the cylinders controlled to vary cylinder pressure during shutdown to control stopping position of the crankshaft, or an auxiliary control valve disposed in a cylinder wall to control pressure within the cylinders during shutdown so the crankshaft stops in a position desirable for restarting.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2005Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Patrick Phlips, Bernd Steiner, Klemens Greiser, Ulrich Kramer
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Patent number: 7174878Abstract: Provide is an engine intake control device in which components such as attachment brackets, attachment screws for attaching respective solenoid valves around an engine are not required, and the number of attachment operations is reduced. The engine intake control device includes: a throttle chamber (1); a throttle valve (5) rotatably provided in the throttle chamber (1) using a valve shaft (2); an electric motor (6) provided outside an air passage (50); a coupling mechanism (51) for transmitting a driving force of the electric motor (6) to the valve shaft (2); a cover (7) provided on one side of the throttle chamber (1) to cover the coupling mechanism (51); and a solenoid valve (10) attached to the throttle chamber (1) for applying a negative pressure in a surge tank to an external negative pressure actuator and interrupting application of the negative pressure to the external negative pressure actuator. The solenoid valve (10) is provided integrally with the cover (7).Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2004Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Mikihiko Suzuki
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Patent number: 7051706Abstract: A control mechanism for a fuel injection pump comprises: an electronic governor which actuates a rack actuator by a controller for controlling a governing rack; and a cold start device which actuates an injection-quickening actuator by the controller for opening or closing a draining sub port formed in a plunger barrel so as to advance injection timing when an engine is cold. Different settings about control degree of the governing rack controlled by the controller are prepared for a case where the injection-quickening actuator is actuated to switch on the cold start device (as characteristic curve 61a), and for a case where the injection-quickening actuator is disactuated to switch off the cold start device (as characteristic curve 61b), respectively.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2005Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masamichi Tanaka, Hajimu Imanaka
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Patent number: 7044107Abstract: A method for enabling a transition of a multiple-displacement engine to a different engine operating displacement includes determining a temperature measure correlated with an instantaneous engine oil temperature at an engine start-up, for example, a detected engine coolant temperature at engine start-up; determining a start-up delay period based on the temperature measure, as with a lookup table of calibratable values; and enabling a displacement mode transition no earlier than when the engine run time since start-up exceeds the start-up delay period.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2005Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: DaimlerChrysler CorporationInventors: Mark J Duty, Michael J Prucka, Michael A Bonne, Gregory M Pannone, Marc H Sullivan
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Patent number: 6986331Abstract: If it is determined that the present engine startup is a high-temperature startup, immediately fuel injection in concert with start of cranking is prohibited. After a delay time elapses following the start of cranking, or when THC<THCh is satisfied, fuel injection is started. Therefore, the cranking during the delay time cools interior of the combustion chambers. Since fuel injection starts after the cooling, pre-ignition can be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2002Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Koichi Mizutani
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Patent number: 6951200Abstract: In an engine (1) in which the fuel injection rate is controlled by a governor (11) having a construction in which the turning of a governor lever (31) connected to the control lever (16) of a fuel injection pump (12) is controlled within a fixed range by a control section (33b) installed in a limiter (32), on the side surface of the engine (1), a stopper (40) for determining the maximum fuel injection position of the limiter (32) is provided with a heat sensitive expansion member, so that the expansion of the heat sensitive expansion member with increasing temperature causes the maximum fuel injection position of the limiter (32) to move to the fuel quantity decrease side.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2004Date of Patent: October 4, 2005Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisayuki Sakaguchi, Yasuhiro Kanatsu
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Publication number: 20040163622Abstract: In an engine (1) in which the fuel injection rate is controlled by a governor (11) having a construction in which the turning of a governor lever (31) connected to the control lever (16) of a fuel injection pump (12) is controlled within a fixed range by a control section (33b) installed in a limiter (32), on the side surface of the engine (1), a stopper (40) for determining the maximum fuel injection position of the limiter (32) is provided with a heat sensitive expansion member, so that the expansion of the heat sensitive expansion member with increasing temperature causes the maximum fuel injection position of the limiter (32) to move to the fuel quantity decrease side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2004Publication date: August 26, 2004Inventors: Hisayuki Sakaguchi, Yasuhiro Kanatsu
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Publication number: 20030051692Abstract: If it is determined that the present engine startup is a high-temperature startup, immediately fuel injection in concert with start of cranking is prohibited. After a delay time elapses following the start of cranking, or when THC<THCh is satisfied, fuel injection is started. Therefore, the cranking during the delay time cools interior of the combustion chambers. Since fuel injection starts after the cooling, pre-ignition can be prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Koichi Mizutani
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Patent number: 6109240Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a throttle valve electronically in an internal combustion engine. A rotational rod is coupled to a gear lever and the mechanism for putting the throttle back, which is protected by a cover. A throttle sensor is coupled to the rotational rod, which is also covered by a cover. Since the mechanism for putting the throttle back is covered, it is easy to prevent the deterioration of the mechanical parts, the entry of the foreign matter, corrosion, and to improve reliability. Also, because the throttle sensor is installed to the end of the apparatus for controlling the throttle valve, it is easy to adjust/readjust or install/exchange the throttle sensor, improve miniaturization, reduce weight, and lower cost.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1998Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: Unisia Jecs CorporationInventors: Hisaaki Sato, Ikuo Mogi, Masato Kumagai, Munehiro Kudo, Keiichi Kai
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Patent number: 5307775Abstract: In all-speed governors controlled by centrifugal force and controlling the full-load fuel delivery quantity of the respective fuel injection pump as a function of boost pressure, the starting fuel delivery is to be reduced at higher operating temperatures of the internal combustion engine to prevent smoke bursts during warm starting. For this purpose, the speed governor has an added support provided in addition to a base support and supported of the later swivelably between two adjusting stops. In addition to a full-load stop arranged on the base support, the added support has an added stop which can be displaced by an adapter unit transversely to the swiveling direction as a function of the boost pressure.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 1993Date of Patent: May 3, 1994Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Siegfried Ruthardt
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Patent number: 5255652Abstract: A speed governor for fuel injection pumps of internal combustion engines that has a centrifugal adjuster that acts counter to the force of governor springs to generate a speed-dependent adjustment travel of a governor sleeve and that acts on a fuel quantity adjusting device of a fuel injection pump via the governor sleeve and a governor lever disposed thereupon In this process a charge-pressure-dependently adjustable stop for a full-load fuel supply quantity, which is disposed on a stop lever is pivoted as a function of temperature and speed into the adjustment path of a counter stop disposed on the fuel quantity adjusting device, in such a way that, after a certain speed and a certain operating temperature of the engine has been reached, the stop comes into contact with this counter stop of the fuel quantity adjusting device.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1993Date of Patent: October 26, 1993Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Martin Boehm, Karsten Hummel, Siegfried Ruthhardt
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Patent number: 5193505Abstract: A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines which has a supply volume adjusting mechanism, being adjustable via a starting lever, an adjusting lever, and a tensioning lever. The starting lever is supported on the tensioning lever via a starting spring, and at non-operation of the engine, the starting spring is supported on a lever stop. To set the optimum amount of fuel to be injected at starting of the engine, which must be reduced at hot start, as opposed to a cold start, the lever stop is forcibly coupled with the adjusting lever such that the lever stop is moved by a swivel movement of the adjusting lever from a first end position to a second end position with the end positions being arranged so that the lever stop forces a starting lever position which in the first end position sets an amount of fuel on the supply volume adjusting mechanism as required for the hot start, and in the second end position, the lever stop sets an amount of fuel as required for the cold start.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1992Date of Patent: March 16, 1993Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Max Straubel, Klaus Krieger, Karl Konrath, Manfred Schwarz
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Patent number: 5080063Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanical speed governor, apparatus for an injection pump of compression-ignition internal combustion engines provided with an electronically controlled adapting device. The adapting device is provided for correcting fuel quantity delivered by the pump in the range of the full-load and starting speeds, and is in operative connection with a quantity-control member of the injection pump via a two-step stop. The two-step stop can be transferred as a function of speed from a position corresponding to the starting speed into a position corresponding to the full-load speed.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 1989Date of Patent: January 14, 1992Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AGInventor: Ulrich Augustin
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Patent number: 4969436Abstract: A governor for injection pumps of diesel internal combustion engines in which the injection amount is controlled by the boost pressure. The governor is mounted directly on the crank casing of the internal combustion engine together with an electromagnet which is energized at startup. The governor and the electromagnet transmit thrust and motion to the control rod of the injection pump through the same lever system. The electromagnet is switched in such a way that it overrides the governor during the engine starting process. The lever system is constructed to produce a nonlinear transmission of the movement of the membrane to the control rod.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 1989Date of Patent: November 13, 1990Assignee: Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz AGInventors: Ernst-Siegfried Hartmann, Werner Lemme, Heinz W. Fuchs
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Patent number: 4823752Abstract: A clamp for fixedly mounting the lower end of a remote speed control cable that controls the speed of a small internal combustion engine. The clamp includes a flat base plate having a first fastener receiving opening formed therethrough, a clamp plate spaced from the base plate including an upper flat body portion having a second fastener receiving opening formed therethrough disposed in alignment with the first fastener receiving opening and a lower arcuate cable receiving portion, and a deformable link member connecting the upper ends of the base plate and clamp plate. The link member is collapsible upon movement of the clamp plate toward the base plate by a fastener to permit clamping of a cable casing between the arcuate portion and the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1988Date of Patent: April 25, 1989Assignee: Brigg & Stratton CorporationInventor: Arvo F. Uuskallio
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Patent number: 4782804Abstract: Idling/final speed governor for internal combustion engines, having a centrifugal-weight regulator (4) which is used for controlling the idling and final speed and produces, against the force of control springs (8), a regulating force corresponding to the engine speed, having a coupling (9) present between a control rod (3), used for controlling the quantity, and the centrifugal-weight regulator (4), having a governor sleeve (7) which has a drag member and having a link (13) between an intermediate lever (12), belonging to the coupling (9), and the control rod (3), with this link (13) having a slide (26) which can be displaced in the quantity-regulating direction, is loaded by a starting spring (27) in the direction of increasing injection quantity and interacts with a full-load stop (32) which is fixed per se but can be changed as a function of operating parameters, such as, for example, by a supercharge-pressure regulator (33), with this change in the stop position signifying a control-travel change which iType: GrantFiled: July 27, 1987Date of Patent: November 8, 1988Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Werner Lehmann
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Patent number: 4754734Abstract: An injection quantity increasing mechanism for a governor in a fuel injection pump which is actuated at engine starting includes a guide lever and a torque cam both rotatable in accordance with the rpm of an engine, a floating lever swingably connected to the guide lever, a control lever for controlling the engine rpm and a control rack for controlling the fuel injection quantity both associated with the floating lever, and a stop device lever adapted to be displaced in a direction which decreases the fuel injection quantity and is associated with the control rack.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 1986Date of Patent: July 5, 1988Assignee: Diesel Kiki Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masayoshi Ohkoshi
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Patent number: 4741309Abstract: A device for locking the throttle linkage of a vehicle comprises a bracket having a pair of aligned openings through which a rod of the linkage can pass. A lever pivotally mounted on the bracket has a free end for engaging the rod between the pair of openings so as to clamp the rod at that point and prevent actuation movement. The lever is moved by an air cylinder under control of a valve manually operable within the driver compartment. The driver therefore can adjust the engine rpm to an increased speed using the foot pedal and then lock the linkage at that position to allow the engine to run for a warming up period. The valve is then released to unclamp the linkage and allow normal driving movement of the linkage during operation of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1986Date of Patent: May 3, 1988Inventor: Corrie Bergen
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Patent number: 4690115Abstract: A mechanical engine governor includes a gear driven input shaft and an output shaft. A fly-weight assembly is mounted on the input shaft to apply a torque to the output shaft which varies as a function of the rotational speed of the input shaft. An output plate assembly is secured to the output shaft to rotate with the output shaft and is coupled to a fuel metering device such as a fuel injection system for a diesel engine. A stop plate is mounted to rotate about the output shaft, and a spring is mounted between the output plate assembly and the stop plate. At engine speeds below 500 RPM this spring rotates the output plate assembly with respect to the stop plate to provide increased fuel delivery to the engine during engine start up. At speeds greater than 500 RPM the stop plate insures that the governor commands no more than a predetermined maximum continuous fuel flow to the engine.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1985Date of Patent: September 1, 1987Assignee: Hoof Products Co.Inventors: James H. Conlogue, Henry Banker
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Patent number: 4640247Abstract: The subject air-fuel ratio control system for an engine includes a fluid-powered broken-link mechanism which is operatively linked between an air-fuel ratio control device and a fuel quantity control member, such as a fuel injection pump rack. During startup of the engine, the mechanism disables the device to permit excess fuel delivery. The device is automatically activated after engine startup by the mechanism solely in combined response to the existence of engine oil pressure and a governor moving the fuel quantity control member from an excess fuel delivery position to a predetermined position referred to as an air-fuel ratio control setting. This construction minimizes the duration and quantity of any smoke produced during engine startup, simplifies the cost and construction of the air-fuel ratio control device, and permits relatively easy adjustment of the air-fuel ratio control setting.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1985Date of Patent: February 3, 1987Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventor: E. Eugene Bruning
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Patent number: 4513715Abstract: A distributor injection pump for internal combustion engines is proposed, in which the fuel is furnished to the injection valves of the engine by means of a distributor piston executing a rotational and reciprocal movement. The distributor injection pump is provided with a full-load stop dependent on charge pressure or atmospheric pressure, which cooperates with the system comprising a centrifugal adjuster and a governor lever group and, regardless of the sleeve position of a centrifugal adjuster, determines the position of the tensioning lever counter to the force of a governing spring and an idling spring with the aid of a control member resting on the tensioning lever.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1983Date of Patent: April 30, 1985Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Braun, Karl Konrath, Manfred Schwarz
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Patent number: 4453520Abstract: A liquid fuel pumping apparatus includes a centrifugal weight mechanism 14 which is coupled to a fuel control member through a lever. A spring is provided to oppose the action of the weight mechanism and this is coupled through a lever having an adjustable pivot point, to the lever through a closure member carried about an axially movable member coupled to the weight mechanism. A drilling in the member is supplied with liquid under pressure at a restricted rate. The pressure of liquid acts upon the closure member to urge the closure member relative to the member so as to uncover a groove communicating with the drilling. The pressure of liquid in the drilling is controlled so that it varies in accordance with the square of the speed and in the event that the pressure fails the closure member and the axially movable member will move relative to each other to cause a reduction in the fuel supplied by the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1981Date of Patent: June 12, 1984Assignee: Lucas Industries LimitedInventors: Charles T. MacFarlane, Graham L. Adams
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Patent number: 4450804Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for increasing the idling speed of an internal combustion engine, particularly a diesel internal-combustion engine. It has a setting member for controlling the feed of the fuel, the displacement path of said member being adapted to be limited in the direction towards idle by an idle stop and after a starting process, by a start-quantity stop. In order that such an arrangement be of simple construction and be capable of being manufactured inexpensively, the displacement path can be limited by a plurality of start-quantity stops arranged one behind the other in the idling direction, of which, commencing with the starting process, at given time intervals one after the other, the start-quantity stop furthest from the idle stop can be moved out of the path of displacement of the setting member.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1983Date of Patent: May 29, 1984Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AGInventors: Wolfgang Sauerschell, Stephan Wietschorke, Gerhard Ruschek
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Patent number: 4426971Abstract: A fuel injection rate limiting device for diesel engine aimed at improving engine performance on starting as well as in operation under overload through impartation of an increased tenacity, wherein a limiter means is provided to check a governor lever to thereby limit the fuel injection rate under the full-load condition but at the same time the governor lever is allowed to continue shifting within reason and gradually against a torque spring in such direction as to increase the fuel injection rate so that the fuel injection rate is gradually increased as the engine speed (rpm.) falls under overload. Moreover, on starting of the engine, the governor lever is caused to shift extensively against the torque spring as well as the starting spring in the fuel injection rate increasing direction for improvement of the engine's starting performance.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1982Date of Patent: January 24, 1984Assignee: Kubota Ltd.Inventor: Mitsumasa Isoda
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Patent number: 4403583Abstract: A fuel injection pump having a hydraulic governor is proposed wherein as a result of the use of a piston adjustable under rpm-dependent pressure counter to the action of governor springs, a very precise control is attainable with only small forces being brought to bear and with adjustment paths which are easily adaptable to given conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1980Date of Patent: September 13, 1983Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Franz Eheim
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Patent number: 4372267Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus includes a control rod movable in an axial direction to vary the quantity of fuel delivered by the apparatus. A stop member is engageable with a part on the control rod to determine the normal maximum amount of fuel which can be supplied. The stop member can be moved laterally by a first spring to allow an excess of fuel to be supplied. A temperature responsive second spring opposes the action of the first spring, the second spring at normal operating temperature exerting a greater force than the first spring but when cold shrinking to allow movement of the stop member by the first spring.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1981Date of Patent: February 8, 1983Assignee: Lucas Industries LimitedInventor: Graham L. Adams
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Patent number: 4362140Abstract: A fuel injection pump of the rotary distributor type including a pump plunger the outward movement of which can be limited by an angularly adjustable stop ring to determine the maximum amount of fuel supplied by the pump. The stop ring is moveable from a first position to a second position to enable the pump to supply an excess amount of fuel for starting the engine. A first torsion spring biases the stop ring to the first position and a second torsion spring biases the ring to the second position and is stronger than the first torsion spring. Means is provided to remove the force exerted by the second torsion spring when the supply of the extra amount of fuel is no longer required. This means can be a fluid pressure operable piston.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1980Date of Patent: December 7, 1982Assignee: Lucas Industries LimitedInventors: John R. Jefferson, Frank Cunliffe
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Patent number: 4348995Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus includes an injection pump and means for controlling the quantity of fuel delivered by the pump. A two speed governor including an operator adjustable control is provided to determine the setting of said means. Stop means is provided to determine the maximum amount of fuel which can be supplied by the injection pump and this is movable from a first position in which an excess of fuel can be supplied for starting purposes to a second position in which the normal maximum amount of fuel can be supplied. The stop means is moved to said first position when the operator adjustable control is moved to the engine idling position but is moved to said second position as the operator adjustable control is moved away from the idling position.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1980Date of Patent: September 14, 1982Assignee: Lucas Industries LimitedInventors: John R. Jefferson, Alexander G. M. Brown
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Patent number: 4333432Abstract: A start lever (56) and a tension lever (18) are rotatable about a pin (19). The tension lever (18) is connected to a fuel control sleeve (28) so that an amount of fuel pumped and injected into an engine depends on the position of the tension lever (18) and sleeve (28). Upon rotation of flyweights (13), a governor rod (52) is urged through a hole (54) in the start lever (52) toward the tension lever (18) against the force of a start spring (22). A flange (53) formed on the governor rod (52) abuts against the start lever (18) so that the force of the start spring (22) is transmitted to the flyweights (13). The end of governor rod (52) abuts against the tension lever (18) at a certain engine speed so that further movement of the governor rod (52) is opposed by a governor spring (26) connected to the tension lever (18).Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1980Date of Patent: June 8, 1982Assignee: Diesel Kiki Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Toru Sakuranaka, Sachio Nakagawa
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Patent number: 4328773Abstract: An actuator is provided to selectively turn a diesel engine governor shutoff shaft to fuel "off" or fuel "on" position in response to keyswitch operation. An electric motor coupled through a gear train to a shutoff lever turns the lever to "on" or "off" position. A relay circuit controls the motor operation in response to keyswitch position and shutoff lever position. A feedback element moving with the shutoff lever mechanically interrupts the relay circuit by overriding the relay contact state to turn off the motor whenever the shutoff lever reaches an "on" or "off" position.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1980Date of Patent: May 11, 1982Assignee: General Motors CorporationInventor: Ronald O. Woodward
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Patent number: 4312312Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection pump in which, via an appropriate transducer, the temperature of the coolant of the internal combustion engine intervenes as a control value in the fuel injection pump regulation, in that at least two of the following three final control elements are simultaneously adjusted: A for the injection onset adjustment; B for the increased starting quantity; or C for the idling rpm.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1979Date of Patent: January 26, 1982Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Gerald Hofer, Manfred Schwarz, Karl Konrath
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Patent number: 4282844Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus for a compression ignition engine includes a fluid pressure operable piston for determining the timing of delivery of fuel. Fuel control means is provided which includes a lever operable to increase the idling speed of the engine when cold. The apparatus also includes a mechanism operable by said lever to achieve from the hot idling position retarding the timing of delivery for starting and advancing of the timing of delivery for cold idling. The mechanism includes a pair of members the one member being movable by said lever and the faces of the members having tang and slot connections in their presented faces and the other member and the end of the piston having further tang and slot connections. The slot of one of said tang and slot connections being of varying depth.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 1980Date of Patent: August 11, 1981Assignee: Lucas Industries LimitedInventor: Robert T. J. Skinner
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Patent number: 4254753Abstract: A speed governor is proposed for fuel injected internal combustion engines capable of correcting the amount and/or mass of the injected fuel set by the governor, in order to maintain engine power at a fluctuating fuel temperature. The governor contains a supporting lever which retains the supporting pin of a control lever movable by the control member. The control lever is coupled with the fuel feed rate adjusting member of the injection pump, and the supporting lever is pivotable in the direction of an increase in the fuel feed rate, by means of a servo actuator of a correction device operating in dependence on the fuel temperature, when the fuel temperature rises. This correction step effective on the supporting lever also makes it possible to shut off the engine, independently of the fuel feed rate correction, by means of a shutoff lever effective on the supporting lever.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1979Date of Patent: March 10, 1981Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Ernst Ritter, Reinhard Schwartz
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Patent number: 4253438Abstract: An rpm regulator for fuel injection pumps of internal combustion engines having a starting lever, which is coupled on one side with a fuel quantity setting member and on the other side with an rpm governor, which contacts the starting lever with an rpm dependent force in opposition to an arbitrarily variable force of a main control spring, which is included in series with the main control spring and is deformable up to a first stop. A further spring, also deformable up to the first stop, is provided parallel to the starting spring for the purpose of adaptation of the fuel injection quantity. It is proposed to provide a second stop in addition to the first stop, at least in the full load range, by means of which the starting lever can be blocked in the direction of the first stop from the time an adaptation rpm is attained and before it reaches the first stop.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 1979Date of Patent: March 3, 1981Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Karl Zibold
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Patent number: 4239025Abstract: In an rpm regulator for fuel injection pumps of internal combustion engines having a starting lever, which is coupled on one side with a delivery quantity adjustment member of the injection pump and on the other side of which an rpm tachometer contacts the starting lever with an rpm-dependent force counter to an arbitrarily variable force of a main regulator spring and also counter to the force of a starting spring which is included in series with the main regulator spring and deformable up to a particular stop, it is proposed to provide a further stop which urges the starting lever counter to the direction urged by the starting spring, whereby this second stop is adjustable in accordance with the temperature in order to regulate the starting quantity. The temperature of the coolant, of the lubrication oil, as well as that of a housing wall of the internal combustion engine may be employed for this purpose.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1978Date of Patent: December 16, 1980Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Karl Konrath, Manfred Schwarz
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Patent number: 4223653Abstract: A control apparatus for limiting the fuel supply quantity of a fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines such as Diesel engines or the like by means of which an automatically controlled additional starting quantity of fuel is variable in accordance with temperature which comprises a limit stop displaceable by the pressure of a control medium and connected with a control piston and including a starting detent which varies its position in accordance with temperature; the limit stop in its first terminal position being arranged to determine the starting setting and in its other terminal position under the control of the pressure of the control medium, being arranged to determine the full-load setting of the fuel supply quantity adjustment member of the injection pump, a starting setting for a warm engine being controlled by the starting detent which limits the starting setting to the full-load setting or below.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1979Date of Patent: September 23, 1980Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hans-Jurgen A. W. Jaenke, deceased, Ernst Ritter, Reinhard Schwartz, Klaus Schmidt
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Patent number: 4222359Abstract: An injection pump, especially for motor vehicles with a control rack and a centrifugal governor, in which the control rack is adjustable by way of a first vacuum box in dependence on the ignition key position and in which, in the stop position of the ignition key, vacuum is applied to the first vacuum box and the control rack is transferred into its turn-off position; a second temperature-dependent vacuum box adapted to be connected with vacuum is provided, whereby an end position corresponding to the full load position is adapted to be determined for the control rack by way of this second vacuum box above a predetermined engine limit temperature.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1978Date of Patent: September 16, 1980Assignee: Daimler-Benz AktiengesellschaftInventor: Gerd Niemeier
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Patent number: 4220129Abstract: The fuel injection system for a mixture compressing externally ignited internal combustion engine includes a flow sensing member (3) arranged in an air intake duct (1), the member (3) moving in accordance with the quantity of air flowing through the duct so as to actuate a fuel dispensing valve (7) and to dispense a quantity of fuel to fuel injection nozzles (9) of the engine. The pressure difference in the dispensing valve (7) is maintained constant by means of a pressure sensitive valve (11) and a differential pressure control valve (20). The differential pressure control valve has two chambers (22 and 23) separated from each other by a rigid wall (21) and include diaphragms (24 and 25) arranged parallel to each other. The diaphragms are maintained at a fixed spacing from each other by a bolt (33) and both diaphragms are actuated by springs (37) and (42) which urge the diaphragms against each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1978Date of Patent: September 2, 1980Assignee: Audi NSU Auto Union AktiengesellschaftInventors: Johannes Steinwart, Armin Bauder
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Patent number: 4220128Abstract: A distribution type fuel injection pump comprising a plunger and a control sleeve slidably mounted on the plunger. The plunger reciprocally moves along its axis while at the same time rotating about same. The control sleeve is rotated about the plunger at the time of the starting operation of an engine. A groove is formed on the cylindrical inner wall of the control sleeve. A plurality of radial passages connected to the compression chamber of the plunger is formed in the plunger. Each of the radial passages is arranged so as to face the groove of the control sleeve at one time per one revolution of the plunger. At the time of starting the engine, the radial passages are connected to the groove of the control sleeve in the suction stroke for increasing the quantity of the fuel to be injected. Contrary to this, the radial passages are connected to the groove of the control sleeve at the beginning of the delivery stroke slightly after the engine has been started.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1978Date of Patent: September 2, 1980Assignee: Diesel Kiki Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masayoshi Kobayashi