Abstract: A control valve assembly 10 having a pair of axially opposed seats 54, 56 is disclosed. A poppet 66 is disposed in a control chamber 58 between the seats. The poppet is movable between the seats to establish an average pressure in the control chamber. The poppet is an integral portion of an armature 28. In one embodiment, the armature is urged in a first direction by a solenoid and in the opposite direction by a conical spring 76 which extends between the armature and a housing of the valve. In another embodiment, the armature has a spherical zone 94 on a convex surface 92 and a spring guide 84 engages the spring and has a concave surface which engages the spherical zone.

Abstract: A resilient drive for a fuel injection pump governor comprising a resilient coupling connecting the governor speed sensing mechanism to the governor shaft. In a preferred embodiment, the governor flyweight assembly is rotatably mounted with respect to the governor shaft and is connected thereto by a resilient coupling which permits the limited momentary rotation of the flyweight assembly with respect to the shaft to dampen torsional vibrations.

Abstract: An excess fuel starting device for a fuel injection engine having a full load stop coacting with the engine throttle linkage to limit the fuel input from the fuel injection pump to the engine. A hydraulic actuator positions the full load stop in either a normal run position or an excess fuel position. The actuator includes a cylinder containing an excess fuel piston operatively connected to the full load stop and spring biased toward an excess fuel position. A coaxial bore within the excess fuel piston contains a free piston slidable therewithin. Fluid conduit means is provided for delivering a fluid pressurized during engine operation to actuate only the smaller free piston when the actuator is in the excess fuel position. When the excess fuel piston has been moved by the action of the free piston to the normal run position, the fluid conduit means delivers the pressurized fluid to provide a holding force against the larger excess fuel piston.

Abstract: Method for the electrochemical detection of a gas and apparatus including a gas-contacting electrode, biased to a predetermined potential, a counter electrode and electrolyte between the electrodes. The electrochemical reaction between the sensed gas and the sensing electrode produces an electric current in a sensing circuit between the sensing electrode and the counter electrode. The sensitivity and stability of the device are maintained by including a conductive member in spaced relationship to the sensing electrode. In accordance with the method, the conductive member is biased to the same potential as the sensing electrode and is selected to have the same response to factors affecting the zero current as the sensing electrode. The conductive member is electrically connected to the sensing electrode so that their zero current outputs are continuously balanced.

Abstract: The volumetric output of fuel injectors is rapidly and accurately measured y accumulating in first and second counters respectively, a count of pulses generated as a function of the strokes made by the injector, and a count of pulses generated by an optical encoder attached to the piston of a positive displacement flow meter through which the output of the injector is directed. When the first counter reaches a count representative of a preset number of injector strokes, the accumulated count in the second counter representative of injector output for the preset number of strokes is stored and displayed continuously while the counters are reset and the test cycle is automatically repeated. The direction of movement of the reciprocating piston of the positive displacement flow meter is automatically reversed by the control system as either end of travel is reached through coordinated operation of a pair of solenoid valves.

Abstract: A gas analyzer in which a catalytic resistance element creates an imbalance in a Wheatstone bridge and lights a number of successive light emitting diodes arranged in a color coded analog display which is rugged, stable and easily read under all light conditions, in proportion to the subject gas present. Erratic and confusing indications are eliminated by driving the bridge into negative imbalance during the warm-up period. Initial warm-up, testing of the battery and transition to the monitor function is accomplished by a single operating stroke of only one switch.

Abstract: A controller for a diesel engine fuel injection system of the type characterized by an injector for each engine cylinder driven by a variable high pressure "common rail" fluid. The controller generates and regulates the rail pressure, meters the fuel to the injectors, and times the firing of the injectors in accordance with engine requirements. The controller is characterized by a novel ring cam-driven piston pump for generating the high common rail pressure and a novel differential piston regulator for regulating the common rail pressure. The controller further includes a novel metering system for metering the discrete quantities of fuel delivered to the injectors.

Abstract: A fuel injector for a diesel engine for use with a common rail type universal fuel injection system includes an injection piston driven by the common rail pressure fluid to inject a metered quantity of fuel through an injection nozzle. The opening of the nozzle valve is controlled by a compression spring in a conventional manner. The nozzle closing is effected by the introduction of fuel at injection pressure above the nozzle valve which acts in combination with the spring to seat the valve. In the preferred embodiment, means are provided for connecting the nozzle spring chamber with the pumping chamber of the injection piston at or slightly before the end of delivery of injected fuel to the nozzle, thereby producing a sharp cutoff of fuel flow through the nozzle. The valve spring may accordingly be selected to provide an optimum opening force rather than to satisfy the nozzle closing requirements as heretofore necessary.

Abstract: A combination visual and audible differential pressure warning signal device for fluid power, that is, hydraulic and pneumatic systems such, for example, as those employed in mobile equipment, industrial machinery, or the like. Thus, in a typical use of the invention, when the pressure in the hydraulic system, as in an oil filter, drops below a desired and predetermined normal, due to clogging of the filter, or for other reasons, the hydraulic pressure from the source, such as an oil pump, overcomes the combined pressure or force of the oil entering the signal device from the filter and the force of a resetting coil spring in the signal device, to actuate magnetic means which raises a normally concealed colored (red) visual warning signal into a position in which it may be seen through a window in the body of the signal device while, at the same time, closing an electrical circuit to an audio or audio-visual warning signal device.