Abstract: The fuel injection device for injection carburetors is provided with a single fuel control unit for injecting a fuel into a suction tube in quantities corresponding to flow rates of air to be drawn into the suction tube, a slow negative pressure passage communicating with a depression chamber of the fuel control unit, a diaphragm valve for opening a main negative pressure passage to communicate the depression chamber with the main negative pressure passage when the air suction rate exceeds a predetermined value, and another diaphragm valve operable to close a slow jet and open a main jet when the air suction rate exceeds the predetermined value. This fuel injection device is simple in the structure thereof, manufacturable at a low cost and has high fuel control accuracy.

Abstract: A fuel, lubricant supply system for a carburetor of a two-cycle internal combustion engine wherein both fuel and lubricant are delivered to the fuel bowl of the carburetor. The amount of lubricant delivered is proportioned in response to the air flow through the carburetor and the amount of fuel delivered is controlled in response to the output pressure if the lubricant pump for preventing the operation of the engine with insufficient lubricant. In one embodiment, the air flow is sensed by sensing static pressure at the throat of the venturi of the carburetor and in the other embodiment, the air flow is sensing dynamic air pressure at the inlet to the carburetor.

Abstract: A device for the temporary storing and metered supplying of volatile fuel components present in the free space 22 of a fuel tank system 15 into the intake pipe 1 of a combustion engine 2. The device includes a deaeration pipe 25 which connects the free space 22 with the atmosphere 23 and in which a storage chamber 18 including an absorptive element is disposed. A pipe 20 connects the storage chamber 18 with the intake pipe and can be closed by means of an electromagnetic stop valve 13. An auxiliary valve 21 including a control chamber 14 which can be closed by means of a vacuum controller is disposed between the stop valve 13 and the intake pipe 1. A bypass 4 having an adjustable cross section is provided parallel to the auxiliary valve 21.

Abstract: Hydrocarbon fuel vapors that are collected in a canister are periodically purged to the intake manifold through a purge valve that comprises a variable orifice valve portion and a flow regulator valve portion in series with each other. The variable orifice portion sets an orifice in inverse proportion to manifold vacuum. The flow regulator portion controls the flow in accordance with a signal from the engine E.C.U.

Abstract: A fuel pressure control valve device comprising: a case; a fuel introducing port and a fuel discharge port; a diaphragm dividing the interior of the case into two chambers; an armature; a resilient member; a pole constituting a fuel passage for discharging fuel; and a sphere as a valve body for opening or closing the fuel passage in the pole. The fuel passage in the pole includes: a fuel passage for guiding the sphere; a valve seat to be abutted against the sphere; and a resilient member for giving a biasing force to the sphere to abut the sphere against the armature. Auxiliary fuel passages are formed in or on the wall of the fuel passage for guiding the sphere. A spring seat is provided at the outer peripheral portion thereof with a stepped portion which receives a coil spring.

Abstract: A method for determining barometric pressure uses a manifold pressure sensor for measuring the manifold absolute pressure. A pressure drop between the atomosphere and the intake manifold is determined by utilizing stored lookup tables based on measured values of throttle angle and engine speed. Barometric pressure is then determined by summing the manifold absolute pressure and the pressure drop.

Abstract: A fuel pressure regulator comprising a housing, a movable diaphragm mounted within the housing, the diaphragm including a first side communicating with the atmosphere and an opposite second side having first and second portions, a fuel chamber partially defined by the first portion of the second side of the diaphragm, a constant pressure chamber partially defined by the second portion of the second side of the diaphragm, a fuel inlet communicating with the fuel chamber, and a fuel outlet having an inlet end located adjacent the diaphragm within the fuel chamber and being selectively communicable with the fuel chamber in response to movement of the diaphragm relative to the inlet end.

Abstract: A pressure regulating apparatus which serves to regulate fuel pressure in a fuel injection system for internal combustion engines. The pressure regulating apparatus includes a pressure regulating valve, which has a valve diaphragm fastened in a valve housing and defining a fuel chamber, which communicates via an inlet conduit with a fuel distributor line. Protruding into the fuel chamber is a valve seat carrier body having a valve seat body, on which a valve seat is embodied, from which an outlet conduit leads to an outlet fitting. The pressure regulating valve is inserted into a holder bushing communicating with the fuel distributor line and is sealed off therefrom by a sealing ring disposed on the regulating valve. The axial fixation of the pressure regulating valve in the holder bushing is effected via a screw connection with a retaining body.

Abstract: An apparatus for the temporary storage and controlled feeding of the volatile fuel components situated in the free space of a tank to the intake tube of an internal combustion engine. The apparatus includes a vent line connecting the free space to the atmosphere. In the vent line there is disposed a storage chamber containing an absorption element, as well as a line connecting the storage chamber to the intake tube, which can be shut off by an electromagnetic check valve. Between the check valve and the intake tube there is disposed an auxiliary valve with a control chamber. The auxiliary valve can be closed by a vacuum actuator in dependence upon the pressure difference between the control chamber and the atmosphere.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for a spark-ignition internal combustion engine in which combustion air is fed through an air flow meter to produce an input force whose strength is proportional to the mass-volume of the air. This input force actuates the valve member of a valve mechanism to whose input is supplied fuel at constant pressure, the valve member being displaced to an extent determined by the strength of the input force. The valve mechanism includes a fuel output chamber in which the pressure of fuel therein is a function of valve member displacement, this pressure being applied as a countervailing force to the valve member to cause it to assume a null-balance position at which the resultant mean fuel pressure yielded by the output chamber is proportional to the mass-volume of the combustion air, thereby attaining optimum fuel-air ratio conditions throughout a broad operating range.

Abstract: In known pressure regulating apparatus, the pressure regulating valve placed in a holder is provided with a plunge-cut sealing groove for receiving a sealing ring. A filter is also disposed inside the pressure regulating valve. The novel embodiment of the pressure regulating apparatus is intended to make it easier to embody and install the seal between the holder and the pressure regulating valve. To avoid a plunge cut on the bottom part of the valve housing of the pressure regulating valve, the bottom part is provided with a step, defining one side of a sealing groove, while the sealing groove bottom is formed by a restriction extending as far as one end face of the bottom part. The sealing ring is defined on the other side by a ring, which is placed upon the restriction, and being connected with a filter disk extending radially inward and serves as a retaining means for the filter disk.

Abstract: A fuel supply control method for a multicylinder internal combustion engine equipped with a fuel supply control system including a main fuel injection valve disposed in the intake passage upstream of the throttle valve, and an auxiliary fuel injection valve disposed in the intake passage downstream of the throttle valve and upstream of the intake manifold, for controlling the fuel supply control system according to operating conditions of the engine.

Abstract: A fuel pressure regulator includes a valve member 18 supported by a diaphram 16 which serves to receive fuel pressure supplied by a fuel pump, first and second cylindrical valve seats 15a, 22 associated with the valve member to perform on-off operations, and a spring 30 for moving the second valve seat together with the diaphram according to an engine operating condition to vary fuel pressure.

Abstract: A fuel pressure regulating apparatus having a biasing structure including at least two and sometimes three biasing members, at least one of the biasing members being under control of an electromagnet in order to regulate the position of a valve member, which is associated with a diaphragm, with respect to a valve seat 16. The relative position may be regulated in accordance with a number of parameters, including engine temperature. The biasing members act in opposing directions in accordance with an engine operating parameter.

Abstract: A fuel supply control method for a multicylinder internal combustion engine equipped with a fuel supply control system including a main fuel injection valve disposed in the intake passage upstream of the throttle valve, and an auxiliary fuel injection valve disposed in the intake passage donwstream of the throttle valve and upstream of the intake manifold, for controlling the fuel supply control system according to operating conditions of the engine.

Abstract: A regulating mechanism for maintaining a preselected pressure within the fuel rail portion of a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine. The regulator has a cannister with a hollow interior which is divided into a biasing chamber and a fuel chamber by a diaphragm assembly. The diaphragm assembly includes a molded diaphragm having a centrally located socket containing a truncated spherical ball. Centrally disposed coaxial tubular members define concentric fuel inlet and outlet passageways communicating with the interior of the fuel chamber. The inner tubular member defines the fuel outlet passageway and has a valve seat which is normally closed by the truncated surface of the spherical ball, subject to being opened by excessive fuel pressure against the fuel chamber side of the diaphragm.

Abstract: A vehicle fuel pump control apparatus controls the operating speed of a fuel pump to adjust the quantity of fuel forced to at least one fuel injector. When the required fuel quantity of the engine which is based on its operating condition is determined to be greater than a reference level predetermined in correspondence to the operating condition, the pump operating speed is increased, whereas the pump operating speed is decreased when the required fuel quantity is determined smaller than the reference level. When an insufficient fuel supply is detected during the low speed operation, the reference level is updated or readjusted to a lower level in such a manner that the required fuel quantity is determined greater than the corrected level.

Abstract: A pressure regulator for regulating a pressure differential between a fuel pressure and an intake manifold vacuum, which includes a casing member, a diaphragm dividing the casing member into a vacuum chamber and a fuel pressure chamber, a valve member associated with the diaphragm, and a spring biasing the diaphragm and constructed of a material having a temperature-actuated shape memory alloy.

Abstract: A pressure regulating valve for regulating a pressure of fuel to be supplied to a fuel injection device including a diaphragm chamber having a connecting portion for inducing an intake manifold vacuum in the vicinity of a nozzle hole of the fuel injection device and having a temperature sensitive spring formed of a shape memory alloy and a valve member operable by the temperature sensitive spring, wherein when a fuel temperature is equal to or greater than a set temperature of the shape memory alloy, the valve member of the temperature sensitive valve closes a fuel passage in the fuel discharge pipe, and a high pressure valve adapted to open the fuel passage in the fuel discharge pipe when the temperature sensitive valve is closed and the pressure in the fuel chamber is equal to or greater than a second set pressure higher than the first set pressure, whereby when the fuel temperature is less than the set temperature, the pressure in the fuel chamber is adjusted to be equal to the first set pressure, while wh

Abstract: A fuel pressure regulator base has a fuel chamber adapted for plug-connection directly to the fuel rail to receive fuel from the rail, a flexible diaphragm closes the chamber, a cover forms a pressure chamber with the diaphragm, and the pressure regulator base further has a pressure passage adapted for plug-connection directly to the inlet manifold and extending to the pressure chamber to transfer the manifold pressure to the pressure chamber. The diaphragm thereby senses the difference between the fuel pressure and the manifold pressure and operates a valve to discharge excess fuel from the fuel chamber and the fuel rail and thus maintain the fuel in the rail at the desired pressure.

Abstract: The device comprises an electromagnetically operated fuel atomisation and metering valve housed in a seat in a body of the device, and a pressure regulator for regulating the pressure of the fuel in a region upstream of the valve; this regulator includes a deformable diaphragm connected to a shutter member operable to control a fuel passage opening between the said upstream region and a discharge; the body of the device includes a support plate for the deformable diaphragm, which is made integrally with the body itself, and the diaphragm is fixed to this latter by means of a bell-shape element defining a chamber closed by the diaphragm and in hydraulic communication with a region downstream of the valve.

Abstract: A pressure regulating apparatus which serves to regulate fuel pressure in a fuel injection system for internal combustion engines. The pressure regulating apparatus includes a pressure regulating valve, which has a valve diaphragm fastened in a valve housing and defining a fuel chamber, which communicates via an inlet conduit with a fuel distributor line. Protruding into the fuel chamber is a valve seat carrier body having a valve seat body, on which a valve seat is embodied, from which an outlet conduit leads to an outlet fitting. The pressure regulating valve is inserted into a holder bushing communicating with the fuel distributor line and is sealed off therefrom by a sealing ring disposed on the regulating valve. The axial fixation of the pressure regulating valve in the holder bushing is effected via a screw connection with a retaining body.

Abstract: A fuel injection type internal combustion engine provided with a pressure regulator for controlling a constant difference between a pressure of fuel supplied to the injector and a pressure of the intake system at the position where the injector is mounted. A tank is arranged for storing a positive pressure obtained while the engine is operated. A switching valve is arranged for connecting the tank with the pressure regulator when the engine is started when hot. Due to the operation of the regulator for maintaining the constant pressure difference, the pressure of the fuel supplied to the fuel injector is increased, making it difficult for the fuel to vaporize. Thus, preventing a so-called vapor lock.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pressurized fuel carburetor system for an internal combustion engine. The sole movable component in the air intake passage is an accelerator-actuated throttle valve device operatively associated with a single fuel metering valve and with an automatic manifold pressure sensor operable to enrich and lean the fuel-air mixture. A fuel pressure regulator cooperates with a fuel pump and with a fuel return restricter connected to and governed by changing intake manifold pressure conditions to regulate fuel pressure at the inlet side of the fuel metering valve. A normally closed fuel check valve prevents flow to the fuel metering valve except when the accelerator is depressed. Pressurized fuel is subjected to multiple vaporizing stages including a first stage as it expands in escaping through the metering valve, thence through a set of small ports into a second expansion chamber and thereafter through a multiplicity of jets into flowing air hot exhaust gases in the air intake passage.

Abstract: In the representative system for continuous fuel injection described in the specification, an air pump withdraws air from the air intake line of a gasoline engine and a fuel pump delivers fuel from a fuel tank through a fuel pressure regulator to a metering device which supplies fuel as a function of the operating state of the internal combustion engine, the air withdrawn from the intake line being mixed with the fuel from the metering device. The fuel pressure regulator returns excess fuel to the fuel tank through a return line and, in order provide fast response to sudden load changes, a valve device, which can be adjusted as a function of the variations in the rate of application of the load on the internal combustion engine, is provided in the return line. The valve device is controlled according to changes in the vacuum in the intake line downstream from a butterfly valve.

Abstract: An electronically controlled fuel-injection system for an internal combustion engine, wherein fuel injection control pulses drive associated fuel injectors for delivering fuel to the internal combustion engine. A fuel pump delivers fuel from an associated fuel tank to the fuel injectors and a pressure regulator associated with the fuel tank maintains a pressure differential across the fuel injectors. Exhaust back pressure from the internal combustion engine is applied to the pressure regulator, such that the pressure differential across the fuel injectors varies in response to pressure changes in exhaust back pressure. A linear relationship between exhaust back pressure and the pressure differential across the fuel injectors provides an inexpensive and accurate electronic fuel injection control system.

Abstract: A fuel supply control system for an internal combustion engine, having fuel injection valves for supplying the engine with fuel having its pressure regulated to a predetermined value. A temperature sensor detects a temperature value representative of the temperature of fuel being supplied to the fuel injection valves. When the temperature value detected by the sensor is higher than a predetermined value at the start of the engine, an electronic control unit causes a solenoid-operated selector valve to operate to increase the pressure of fuel being supplied to the engine over a period of time dependent on the temperature value detected by the sensor from the time the engine is started.

Abstract: A fuel pressure control system has a fuel pressure regulator having a reference chamber and a fuel chamber separated by a diaphragm which opens and close a fuel return passage in accordance with a pressure difference between both chambers. There are provided an accumulator for containing an air pressurized by a supercharger, and a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of the fuel. A control unit normally puts a three-way electromagnetic fuel pressure control valve in a first position to introduce an intake manifold vacuum into the reference chamber. When the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor is higher than a predetermined value, the control unit puts the valve in a second position to introduce a high pressure air in the accumulator into the reference chamber to prevent vapor lock by increasing the fuel pressure.

Abstract: A pressure regulator having a housing with a chamber disposed therein. A diaphragm is sealingly connected around the inner periphery of the housing for dividing the chamber into two parts. A first port is fluidly connected to a first part of the chamber and is adapted to be attached to a fuel return line. A second port is fluidly connected to the first part of the chamber and is adapted to be fluidly attached to a fuel rail having fuel injectors attached thereto. A third port is fluidly connected to the second part of the chamber and is adapted to be fluidly connected to an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. A resilient flat washer is attached around the outer periphery thereof to the housing, adjacent to the first part. An elongated valve member is disposed in the first part of the chamber and has one end thereof adapted to be selectively and sealingly received within the opening in the washer.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a carburetor arrangement for an internal combustion engine of a working tool such as a portable hand-held chain saw, a cutoff machine or the like and includes a tank from which the fuel is conducted to the main nozzle of a carburetor via an inlet valve of the carburetor. A tank pressure blocking valve is mounted in the fuel feed line between the tank and the nozzle. The valve body of the blocking valve is pressed tightly against its valve seat in the direction of fuel flow and pressure drop when the engine is at standstill. During starting and running of the engine, the valve body is lifted from its seat by the underpressure condition caused by the engine and is moved in a direction opposite to an overpressure in the tank and against the flow of fuel.

Abstract: A pressure regulator valve for use in fuel systems for internal combustion engines which includes a two-part housing lamination with a diaphragm between the bottom and top housings and a valve back-up pad above the diaphragm. The diaphragm is responsive to fuel pressure and will open a valve to by-pass fuel to a fuel tank. A centering diaphragm functions to locate a back-up pad above the valve seat. In one embodiment, the regulator valve pad controlled by the diaphragm is dimensioned with a diameter significantly larger than the effective valve seat area to insure full valve seat opening even when the valve pad is cocked slightly relative to the valve seat area. A press-on spring cap or cup allows calibration of the unit during assembly with a strike-in to fix the calibration in a tamperproof structure.

Abstract: The pressure regulator comprises a valving element caused to open or close a bleed port of the petrol circuit, and a diaphragm subjected to the pressure of said petrol and to a pressure which is a function of the engine intake pressure, said diaphragm being balanced by a force due to the action of an aneroid capsule also subjected to said pressure which is a function of the intake pressure.

Abstract: A fuel controller has a fuel cut-off device in the form of a solenoid valve connected to an intermediate part of an air bleed commmunicating with the well of a variable choke carburetor. The fuel controller also employs a vacuum changeover valve which communicates with the engine intake manifold through a passage way and is connected to the air bleed between the solenoid valve and an air jet upstream of the solenoid valve. The solenoid valve is opened when the engine is decelerating in order to allow the well and the air bleed to communicate with each other, thereby controlling the air-fuel ratio. When the key switch is IC, the air bleed and the vacuum changeover valve communicate with the well, thereby cutting the supply of fuel to the mixing chamber.

Abstract: A pressure regulator valve for use in fuel systems for internal combustion engines utilizing super-chargers for air supply which includes a three-part housing lamination with separate upper and lower diaphragms between the bottom and top housings and the intermediate housing. The lower diaphragm is responsive to fuel pressure and will open a valve to by-pass fuel to a fuel tank. The upper diaphragm is exposed to the pressure of super-charged air to resist the opening of the fuel by-pass valve. The effective areas of the upper and lower diaphragms is designed to have a ratio of about 4 to 1. An adjustable air by-pass valve is provided to adjust the air pressure acting on the upper diaphragm to permit ratio adjustment of the air pressure reaching the regulator to the fuel pressure reaching the engine, for example, a fuel injector leading to the engine.

Abstract: A fuel pressure regulator is shown as having two distinct and variable chambers sharing, as a common wall therebetween, a pressure responsive diaphragm which controls the position of a throttle valve actuator depending on the pressure differential existing across the diaphragm with such pressure differential being reflective of the pressure differential existing as from the magnitude of the pressure of the unmetered fuel to the magnitude of the pressure of the metered fuel; the throttle valve actuator serves to further open a fuel throttling valve or permit such fuel throttling valve to further close as to maintain the magnitude of the pressure of the unmetered fuel at a selected regulated magnitude.

Abstract: An intake passage for an internal combustion engine is provided on the downstream side of a throttle valve with a fuel injection nozzle connected through a fuel passage to a fuel pump and is additionally provided on the upstream side thereof with an air metering valve arranged to be turned towards its opening side according to increase in an intake negative pressure, and the fuel passage is provided with a fuel metering valve interposed therein. The fuel metering valve is formed into a slidable type spool valve, a valve body thereof is disposed in parallel with a valve body of the air metering valve and a lever is swingably supported at its middle portion and is in engagement at its one end with a cam mounted on a turning shaft of the air metering valve and is in engagement at its other end with a valve rod projecting from one end portion of the fuel metering valve.

Abstract: Several embodiments of induction systems having forced induction and a regulated fuel pump for delivering fuel to the charge forming device at a pressure that is related to the pressure in the induction system. In some embodiments the pressure is sensed above the level of the fuel in the fuel bowl of the charge forming device, and in others the pressure is sensed in a plenum chamber upstream of the charge forming device inlet. A check valve arrangement is also provided in the fuel line in one embodiment for preventing the backflow of fuel under conditions when the engine is stopped.

Abstract: Embodiments of supercharged internal combustion engines employing improved induction systems for providing better performance at idle low speeds and upon acceleration. A simplified bypass and pressure relief system is incorporated in each embodiment for permitting the engine to induct air directly and independently of the supercharger at low speeds and on acceleration from low speed. A pressure relief valve is also incorporated for relieving excess pressure from the supercharger back to the bypass in the event of excessive supercharger pressures. The system also embodies a fuel injection device that has the pressure of fuel injection controlled in relation to the pressure in the intake passage into which it discharges. Furthermore, an auxiliary induction system is provided for inducing turbulence in the intake charge at low engine speeds to improve efficiency under these conditions.

Abstract: A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed which includes a single fuel injection valve provided at the area at which a plurality of branch passages of an intake manifold join, and a pressure regulator which regulates the pressure of the fuel supplied to the fuel injection valve in accordance with a vacuum pressure in an intake manifold.According to this system, during low load condition, the pressure of the fuel supplied to the fuel injection valve is held within a range of levels lower than that appearing during high load conditions, thereby increasing the duration during which the fuel injection valve is opened in synchronism with the operation of each cylinder. Thereby, this system makes it possible to uniformly supply fuel to each cylinder for all running conditions of the vehicle.

Abstract: In a fuel injection system which electrically controls an amount of pressurized fuel supplied to an internal combustion engine, an electromagnetic valve which opens to inject the pressurized fuel is disposed at an upstream of a throttle valve in an intake pipe so that a group of cylinders of the engine is supplied with fuel therefrom. A pressure regulator is provided to regulate a pressure of the pressurized fuel in proportion to an intake pressure present at a downstream of the throttle valve.

Abstract: The fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel under pressure into an intake pipe of an engine. A vortex flow meter generates a frequency output signal corresponding to the intake air flow rate for the engine and an injection valve drive means for opening the fuel injection valve for a predetermined period is operated in synchronism with the frequency output signal to effect proper fuel injection. A pressure regulating device is provided for holding substantially at a predetermined level the difference between the pressure of the fuel being fed to the fuel injection valve and the pressure in the intake pipe. An electronic control is provided for controlling the difference pressure in accordance with the running state of the engine.

Abstract: A throttle body fuel injection system has a pressure regulator which reduces the pressure of the fuel supplied to its electromagnetic injector as the engine induction passage pressure decreases.

Abstract: A sensor detects the flow rate of fuel returned from an internal combustion engine to a fuel tank to control a pump motor in such a manner that an appropriate amount of fuel is supplied from the pump to the engine.

Abstract: A fuel management system for an autonomous missile or the like. The system controlling engine starts and metering air and fuel to the missile's internal combustion engine during launch and through the entire mission of the missile.

Abstract: A fuel injection control system for an internal combustion engine including a sensor unit for detecting at least one engine operating condition, at least one fuel injection valve for supplying fuel to the engine, and a regulator for maintaining the pressure across the fuel injection valve at one of a set of values. A control unit is provided for controlling the fuel injection valve and the regulator in response to the output signal of the sensor unit in such a way as to change the regulated value of the pressure according to the engine operating conditions while keeping the amount of fuel injected constant.

Abstract: In an internal combustion engine having an amount of fuel injection controlled in relation to pressure in an intake pipe, a low pass filter is connected to the output side of an intake pipe pressure sensor so as to remove a pulsating component of the intake pressure. A second low pass filter is provided so as to compensate for the delay in response of such filter, and the outputs of both filters are calculated by a calculating unit.

Abstract: A fuel supply system for an injection-type internal combustion engine using a gasoline or alcohol blended gasoline as a fuel. In addition to a conventional fuel supply system there is provided a fuel temperature detector which detects and signals the fuel temperature increases and exceeds a predetermined value and a fuel pressure regulating means responsive to the fuel temperature detector for raising the fuel pressure within the fuel supply line applied to each fuel injector above a constant value regulated according to the pressure difference between the fuel pressure within the fuel supply line and the intake manifold vacuum pressure so as to prevent the fuel supply line from being clogged due to the occurrence of vapor lock at the time when the engine is started at a high fuel temperature or when the engine runs at a low speed under a high fuel temperature.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for supercharged internal combustion engines is proposed, which serves to meter a quantity of fuel adapted to the quantity of air aspirated by the engine and also serves to regulate the fuel-air mixture in accordance with operating characteristics of the engine. The fuel injection system includes an air flow rate member, the restoring force of which is generated by means of pressure fluid in a control pressure line. The pressure of the pressure fluid in the control pressure line is variable in accordance with at least one pressure control valve, by means of which the pressure in the control line and thus the restoring force exerted upon the air flow rate member, which actuates a control slide of a metering and distribution valve assembly, can be reduced when the intake tube pressure downstream of a compressor increases. The result is that an undesirable leaning down of the fuel-air mixture caused by the error in air density can be corrected.

Abstract: An intake vacuum sensor with a correction device for determining intake vacuum in an engine intake manifold can correct the sensor output when intake vacuum temperature introduced into the sensor is relatively high or the engine is driven for a relatively long period. The correction device comprises a memory unit for storing a correction coefficient, a correction circuit for correcting the sensor output based on the correction coefficient and a valve means for selectively introducing the intake vacuum and atomospheric air to the vacuum sensor. The memory unit, correction circuit and valve means are operatively responsive to the correction command from an engine control means.

Abstract: A pressure regulator is provided for the fuel injection system of a spark ignition internal combustion engine. The regulator is designed to regulate the pressure at which fuel is delivered to the fuel injectors, this pressure being constantly referenced to a predetermined value for the purpose of maintaining the correct air/fuel mixture ratio for all conditions of use of the engine. In general terms, the regulator comprises an arrangement of various mechanical components which act to divide the flow of fuel delivered by a supply pump into two parts; one part of this flow is supplied to the injectors which take up the quantity required by the operating conditions of the engine, the remaining part being returned to the motor vehicle tank. To facilitate manufacture and assembly of the regulator, a particular form is given to the regulator valve element used to effect division of the fuel flow.