Patents Assigned to Magneti Marelli Motopropulsion France SAS
  • Publication number: 20090139485
    Abstract: A two-stroke engine having a combustion chamber (12), a cylinder (6) having an exhaust port (9) on which is centered a first diametral plane of the cylinder, a piston (4), a cylinder head (10) fitted with a sparkplug (11) on the same side as the exhaust port relative to a second diametral plane (P2-P2) perpendicular to the first, and an injector (20) adapted to spray a jet of fuel into the combustion chamber, which is on the other side of the second diametral plane, the jet injection axis (P) being at an angle ? from 30° to 70° to a transverse plane (T-T) of the cylinder and an angle ? from +45° to ?45° to the first diametral plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Magneti Marelli Motopropulsion France SAS
    Inventor: Michael Pontoppidan
  • Patent number: 7237527
    Abstract: A fuel injector comprising a head which has a free outer face and a main orifice designed to spray a fuel jet in a main direction and a secondary orifice designed to spray a fuel jet in a secondary direction, the main and secondary orifices opening into the outer face and communicating directly with a common injection chamber which is selectively placed in communication with a supply chamber. The secondary direction forms an angle ? between 10° and 80°, with the main direction so that the secondary jet intercepts the main jet in a burst zone which starts at a distance d of between 1 and 15 mm, and the flow rate of the secondary jet is between 80% and 100% of the flow rate of the main jet. The invention also relates to a spark ignition engine and to a method of manufacturing the injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Motopropulsion France SAS
    Inventor: Michaël Pontoppidan
  • Patent number: 7219005
    Abstract: The method comprises the steps consisting in assuming that the gain of at least one injector is equal to a theoretical gain or an updated gain, and in replacing each of at least one reference injection of injection control duration controlled by the engine control unit in application of a stored characteristic, with a multiple injection comprising a succession of at least two injections of injection control durations that are assumed to cause the same mass of fuel to be injected as by the replaced reference injection, in determining the fuel mass difference between the reference injection and the multiple injection, in deducing therefrom an error in determining the characteristic, and in modifying the gain and/or the offset of the linear zone of the initial characteristic or at least a table or mathematical relationship for the non-linear zone of said characteristic, so as to compensate the error, and storing the new characteristic as determined in this way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Motopropulsion France SAS
    Inventor: Henri Mazet
  • Patent number: 7121480
    Abstract: A fuel injector for spraying fuel into a combustion chamber comprises a spray head (6) extending along a central axis (X) from a base (6a) to a free end (6b), the head comprising a free outside face (6c, 6d) defining an internal injection combustion (6), and at least two groups (01; 20; 30) of injection orifices, each of the groups (10; 20; 30) of injection orifices comprising a first orifice (11; 21; 31) and at least one second orifice (12; 22; 32), each adapted to spray a fuel jet along a respective first and second directions (D11, D21, D31; D12, D22, D32), the first and second directions forming between them an acute angle (?). All of the internal openings of the injection orifices in each of the groups of orifices are situated substantially in a common plane (P) extending substantially transversely relative to the central axis (X) of the head (6) of the injector. The injector particularly intended for a direct-injection diesel engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli Motopropulsion France SAS
    Inventor: Michael Pontoppidan