Manifold Pressure Responsive Patents (Class 123/463)
  • Patent number: 4300510
    Abstract: A fuel pressure regulator for use in a fuel injection system of a gasoline fueled engine, comprises a fuel distributor pipe having an inlet and a plurality of outlets connected to fuel injections, a casing secured to a portion of the fuel distributor pipe, a diaphragm member secured between the portion of the distributor pipe and the casing, and a fuel discharge nozzle disposed interiorly of the distributor pipe to discharge the fuel out of the distributor pipe, so that the possibility of fuel leakage in the piping of the fuel injection system is effectively decreased, rendering easier assembly of the fuel injection system and lowering the production cost of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ishida, Seikoh Satoh
  • Patent number: 4300502
    Abstract: A fuel economizer system and fuel flow control valve arrangement for an internal combustion engine having a fuel supply tank, a main fuel supply line connecting the tank to the carburetor inlet of the engine, and a fuel pump in the supply line for delivering fuel to the carburetor inlet. The control valve arrangement is located in the fuel supply line between the fuel pump and the carburetor inlet, and includes a first control valve which is automatically incrementally adjusted between closed and open position by a diaphragm motor which is operatively connected to the intake manifold of the engine such that changes in vacuum in the intake manifold automatically adjust the control valve to proportionally increase or decrease the supply of fuel to the carburetor inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Assignee: Driggers & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Vernon J. Driggers
  • Patent number: 4286562
    Abstract: An engine charge forming device controls the fuel metering orifice area in proportion to the throttled air flow area of the induction passage and controls the pressure drop across the fuel metering orifice in proportion to a vacuum signal which is substantially independent of the compressibility effects of throttled air flow; fuel flow is thereby proportioned to air flow throughout the range of engine operating conditions. Adjustments are provided for varying the fuel metering orifice area to set minimum and maximum fuel flows, and controls are provided for modifying the vacuum signal to vary air-fuel ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Donald D. Stoltman
  • Patent number: 4285700
    Abstract: A fuel enrichment apparatus and method is shown for a gaseous fuel carburetor of either a fixed venturi or air valve type. The apparatus provides fuel enriching at the starting and wide open throttle conditions of the carburetor when the pressure drop in the induction passage is at a minimum. The apparatus also economizes on fuel usage by being closed to fuel transfer at idle speed and normal engine speed. The apparatus operates from the fuel supply line to the carburetor with only the fuel pressure available in that line, thereby obviating the need for either a second fuel line or a high pressure fuel line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1981
    Assignee: Borg-Warner Corporation
    Inventor: Clarence D. Fox
  • Patent number: 4284039
    Abstract: The pressure regulator keeping a constant difference between the fuel pressure supplied to the injectors and the fuel pressure in the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine, comprises a pressure sensitive diaphragm associated with closure means of the inlet opening of a fuel returning pipe to the vehicle tank. Spherical joint means are disposed between said closure means and said inlet opening in order to maintain a parallel relationship between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1981
    Assignee: Edoardo Weber S.p.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Bellicardi, Roberto de Concini, Rino Bolelli
  • Patent number: 4275694
    Abstract: An electronic controlled fuel injection system for use in an internal combustion engine is disclosed which comprises a Karman's vortex flow sensor for measuring the flow of air supplied to the engine to provide an intake air flow indicative signal, a flow deriving circuit responsive to throttle opening and engine speed measurements for deriving an intake air flow measurement to provide an intake air flow indicative signal, a control circuit for providing an injection pulse signal in synchronism with rotation of the engine, the injection pulse signal having its pulse width determined in accordance with the intake air flow measurement, and a signal selector responsive to engine operating condition for passing the intake air flow indicative signal from the Karman's vortex flow sensor to the control circuit when the engine is under low load conditions and for passing the intake air flow indicative signal from the flow deriving circuit to the control circuit when the engine is under high load conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1981
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited
    Inventor: Hatsuo Nagaishi
  • Patent number: 4266520
    Abstract: A fuel-air mixture arrangement with an air-compressing supercharger for a combustion engine with continuous fuel injection into the intake pipe which holds an air quantity meter, a pivotal ram flap and a throttle flap are arranged behind each other. The air quantity meter, depending on its deflection, actuates a fuel metering unit. The fuel metering proceeds at constant pressure drop in the fuel. This pressure drop can be varied depending on certain coefficients, and the pressure drop on a valve is varied by a control pressure valve to which controlling variables are applied. The set pressure drop at the metering cross sections of the fuel metering units is kept constant by the valve operated by the control pressure valve. The air quantity meter is located downstream of the air compressing supercharger and the control pressure valve receives the supercharger air pressure prevailing upstream of the throttle flap via a diaphragm unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Assignee: Pierburg GmbH & Co. Kg
    Inventor: Hans-Jurgen Muller
  • Patent number: 4256075
    Abstract: A fuel feed device for an engine capable of electronically controlling the fuel feed rate corresponding to the suction air flow rate in the intake passage, comprising an air flow rate detecting device for generating electric signals of frequencies proportional to suction air rate, a plurality of electromagnetic valves with a different fuel passage section from one another disposed at a suitable position in the intake passage and adapted so as to permit supplying through a fuel pressure regulator the fuel of a fixed pressure differential with the suction pressure near a fuel outlet, and an electric control means for driving the electromagnetic valves selectively in synchronism with or to follow the frequency of the electric signals or a divided frequency thereof in accordance with the engine operating condition. Thus an accurate and highly reliable fuel supply is achieved over a wide range of engine operating condition from idling to maximum speed operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1981
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Mikuni Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toyoaki Fukui, Tatsuro Nakagami, Norio Endo, Takao Miki, Takashi Ishida
  • Patent number: 4248188
    Abstract: A diaphragm operated, air fuel control system for controlling the rate of fuel flow to an internal combustion engine in response to intake manifold pressure is disclosed wherein the transient response of the diaphragm operator is attenuated by a fuel filled control chamber. An attenuator assembly connected with the control chamber causes fuel to be supplied to the chamber at a rate which is greater than the rate at which fuel may be discharged from the control chamber. In one embodiment the chamber is formed on the side of the diaphragm operator which is opposite to the side to which intake manifold pressure is supplied. In another embodiment the control chamber is formed to receive one end of a plunger valve connected with the diaphragm operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1981
    Assignee: Cummins Engine Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry L. Wilson, David E. Shultz
  • Patent number: 4235205
    Abstract: A fuel feed device for an engine capable of electronically controlling the fuel feed rate corresponding to the suction air flow rate in the intake passage, comprising an air flow rate detecting device for generating electric signals of frequencies proportional to suction air rate, a plurality of electromagnetic valves disposed at a suitable position in the intake passage and adapted so as to permit supplying through a fuel pressure regulator the fuel of a fixed pressure differential with the suction pressure near a fuel outlet, and an electric control means for driving the electromagnetic valves with a shifted phase with one another to control the respective opening times thereof in accordance with the engine operating condition. Thus the accurate and highly reliable fuel supply is achieved over the wide range of engine operating condition from the idling to the maximum speed operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1980
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Mikuni Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toyoaki Fukui, Tatsuro Nakagami, Norio Endo, Takao Miki, Takashi Ishida
  • Patent number: 4231346
    Abstract: A control arrangement for a supercharged diesel engine, which is equipped with an injection pump and with a governor at the injection pump, as well as with a full-load abutment movable as a function of the engine rotational speed for the limitation or release of the injection quantity. The full-load abutment is thereby constructed as three-dimensional cam which is dependent in the direction of its second dimension on a magnitude changing analogously to the supercharging degree or on the supercharging pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1980
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Frankle, Dieter Woschee
  • Patent number: 4228777
    Abstract: An adjustable bellows mechanism in a fuel control apparatus for balancing the internal forces of a valve arrangement to establish a fuel flow from the control apparatus to an engine corresponding to the optimum operational parameter of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1980
    Assignee: The Bendix Corporation
    Inventor: Elmer A. Haase
  • Patent number: 4223655
    Abstract: A device regulates the fuel delivery from a fuel injection pump to the cylinder of an internal combustion engine by means of two secondary chambers connected respectively to the induction manifold and Venturi tube, and a main chamber open to the outside, so that pressure variations in the Venturi tube and manifold cause the diaphragms of the respective chambers to move, thereby acting upon mechanical transmission means to control a regulating component of the injection pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1980
    Assignee: Centro Ricerche Fiat S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giulio Arietti, Claudio Lombardi