Abstract: Under engine operating conditions in which a default setting for a knock determination period overlaps with a fuel injection period during which fuel is injected by a fuel injector, the fuel injection timing and the knock determination period are set in correlation with each other such that the knock determination period is shorter than its default setting so the fuel injection period and the knock determination period no longer overlap. Accordingly, it is possible to avoid a case in which noise produced by operation of the fuel injector rides on an output signal from a knock sensor during the knock determination period, and thus inhibit a decrease in accuracy of the knock determination due to that noise.

Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus capable of following the positional variations of the bottom side of a fuel tank through a simple construction and improved in terms of ease of assembly in the fuel tank. The apparatus includes a fuel pump body in which a filter-integrated pump in which a fuel pump and a fuel filter are integrally formed is integrally accommodated in a fuel reservoir having a bottom capable of coming into abutment with a bottom side of the fuel tank, and causes the fuel pump body to travel to follow the variations of the bottom side of the fuel tank so as to be placed in abutment with the bottom side of the fuel tank, by means of an urging force generated on the basis of the pressure of the fuel inside the fuel pump body.

Abstract: A fuel-injection system for injecting fuel into an internal combustion engine, having at least one fuel injector and a fuel-distributor line, is provided for each fuel injector with a connecting piece, which is connectable to an inflow section of the fuel injector. The connecting piece is connectable to the fuel injector via a screw connection made up of a screw cap and a thread. A retaining sleeve is able to be slipped with form locking over the screw cap and a counter-hold section, matched in form, on the side of the thread, in order to prevent a twisting of the screw cap and the thread relative to one another.

Abstract: A fuel return valve comprises a housing and a closing unit, a first passage, which is line-connected to a fuel pump, a second passage, which is line-connected to an internal combustion engine, and a third passage, which is line-connected to the fuel tank, as well as a pressure chamber, being formed in the housing, which pressure chamber is in communication with the first passage, and, via the closing unit, with the third passage. To make a valve of this type maintenance-free and simple and inexpensive to produce, the closing unit is a piston which is guided in the housing attachment and is pressed by a spring arranged and supported in the housing attachment onto a sealing surface which is formed on the housing and surrounds the pressure chamber, and an annular chamber which is in communication with the third passage and with the space containing the spring is formed outside the sealing surface.

Abstract: A cold start fuel control system is disclosed for use with an internal combustion engine having a plurality of combustion chambers, a source of fuel and an intake manifold having an inlet and an outlet port connected to each combustion chamber. The system includes a cold start fuel injector assembly having an inlet and an outlet to provide a vapor fuel charge during a cold start engine condition. The cold start fuel injector assembly inlet is fluidly connected to the source of fuel. An auxiliary intake manifold has an internal chamber and the cold start fuel injector assembly outlet is fluidly connected to the auxiliary intake manifold chamber. The auxiliary intake manifold chamber is then fluidly connected through a control orifice to each of the combustion chambers at a position downstream from the inlet of the primary intake manifold.

Abstract: In an engine with a supercharger, there is provided an evaporated fuel processing apparatus for collecting vapor generated in a fuel tank into a canister and purging the collected vapor into an intake passage. The supercharger includes a compressor. The evaporated fuel processing apparatus comprises a purge passage through which the vapor is purged from the canister into the intake passage upstream of the compressor, a second purge passage through which the vapor is purged from the canister into a surge tank, two electromagnetic valves which are operated to open and close the two purge passage, various sensors which detect an operating condition of the engine, and an electronic control unit (ECU) which controls the electromagnetic valves respectively on the basis of values detected by the sensors.

Abstract: A pulsation reducing system for a fuel line of an internal combustion engine, especially for an automotive engine equipped with an electronic fuel injection system is provided. The system includes a fuel delivery rail, a fuel tank, and a longitudinal main fuel pipe. A first flexible tube is arranged between the fuel delivery rail and the main fuel pipe. A second flexible tube is arranged between the main fuel pipe and the fuel tank. A small-ID tubular portion is arranged within the first tube or near the connecting portion of the first tube. The inside diameter of the small-ID tubular portion is smaller than that of the main fuel pipe. The length of the small-ID tubular portion is set between 10 to 50 times the inside diameter of the small-ID tubular portion itself. Thus, standing waves and resultant pressure pulsations caused by the fuel delivery rail are reduced by the small-ID tubular portion.

Abstract: A manifold has a supply inlet communicating with a plurality of spaced supply ports; and, has associated with each supply port a separate control pressure passage. A gasket has a plurality of spaced bosses, each with a valving cavity with an electrically operated valve received and ported in the cavity. Each valving cavity has a supply port communicating with one of the supply ports on the manifold and a control pressure outlet port communicating with one of the control pressure passages on the manifold. A plurality of electrically conductive strips are embedded in the gasket and each is connected to a terminal pin in a receptacle shell formed on the gasket. The remote end of each of the conductor strips is exposed adjacent a valve and makes contact with a terminal on the valve when the valve is received in the respective valving cavity. A common retaining bracket is attached to the manifold and retains the valves and gasket as an assembly on the manifold.

Abstract: A hydraulic system, such as a fuel injection system, includes a fixed displacement pump with at least one pump piston. A sleeve surrounds each pump piston and provides the method by which fluid displaced by the pumping stroke of the pump piston is directed either to a high pressure area in the pump or a low pressure area. The sleeves are a portion of an electro-hydraulic controller that includes a mechanical bias to bias the pump to a high output position when a pressure differential between the outlet area and the inlet area is relatively low, such as at cold start up. This aspect facilitates priming of the system. In addition, the controller includes a biasing hydraulic surface in opposition to the mechanical biaser that serves to bias the pump to its low output position when the pressure differential between the outlet area and the inlet area is relatively high. This aspect prevents over pressurization in the event that electric current to the controller is disrupted.

Abstract: A variable delivery fuel supply device capable of obtaining a stable fuel supply without causing noises resulted from the operation of the electromagnetic valve or a defect of the strength of a supply passage for flowing fuel of low pressure, which comprises fuel injection valves 1a-1d for injecting fuel to respective cylinders of an internal combustion engine, a fuel pump 3 which sucks fuel from a fuel intake port 13 through an intake valve 15 into a pressurizing chamber 24 by a reciprocating movement of a plunger 22 in a cylinder 21 to pressurize the fuel and supplies the pressurized fuel into the fuel injection valves 1a14 1d through a discharge valve 16, a damper chamber 29 having a pressure damper 30, which is communicated with the fuel passage 14 at a position between the fuel intake port 13 and the intake valve 15 in the fuel pump 3, a relief passage 20 for communicating the pressurizing chamber 24 with the fuel passage 14 in the fuel pump 3 and an electromagnetic valve 19 for opening and closing the r

Abstract: The invention is directed to the combination of fuel rail pressure control at lower speed using high pressure regulation plus fuel rail pressure control at higher speed using any of a variety of forms of inlet metering. The partial filing control at high speed can in one embodiment include pre-metering the quantity of feed fuel delivered to each pumping chamber, for example by modulating the feed pressure at the pumping chamber inlet. Another embodiment includes passing the feed fuel from the inlet passage through a fixed, calibrated orifice sized to pass sufficient feed fuel to fill the pumping chambers in the charging phase during operation of the engine in the low speed range, while in the high speed range the flow resistance of the orifice prevents the pumping chamber from filling in the charging phase, thereby monotonically decreasing the quantity of high pressure fuel delivered to the discharge passage in the discharge phase per engine revolution, with increasing speed above the transition speed.

Abstract: Fuel accumulator (10) includes a segmented housing (12) that includes a front wall (34), rear wall (36), and a fuel delivery ring (38). The fuel outlet ports (40) and (42) are formed in the fuel delivery ring, and the fuel delivery ring can be detached, rotated and reattached at different angles about the housing. Flexible diaphragm (72) and the air behind it in the rear wall interior cavity (50) modulate the pressure of the fuel inside the fuel accumulation chamber (60), (70), as the fuel passes through the filter (76).

Abstract: A rocker shaft holder that supports a rocker shaft and a camshaft holder that supports an intake camshaft and an exhaust camshaft in association with the rocker shaft holder are superimposed and connected to each other on the upper surface of a cylinder head, and a fuel pump that supplies fuel at high pressure to an injector is driven by a journal on a shaft end of the exhaust camshaft. The fuel pump is fastened to the cylinder head by means of a bolt; to the integral type camshaft holder, in which a plurality of bearings are integrally connected together via connecting parts, by means of a bolt; and to the rocker shaft holder by means of bolts, and the rigidity of that parts on which the fuel pump is mounted is thereby enhanced to reliably support the camshaft and the rocker shaft.

Abstract: A pressure regulator for use in regulating the outlet pressure of a pump for use in an engine comprises a piston member which is moveable with respect to an outlet opening under the influence of fluid pressure acting on the piston member to control the degree by which the outlet opening is obscured. The pressure regulator comprises a biasing arrangement for applying a biasing force to the piston member which opposes the pressure of fluid acting on the piston member. The biasing arrangement comprises a moveable abutment member which is cooperable with a stop member so as to vary the rate at which the displacement of the piston member varies with fluid pressure acting on the piston member. The stop member is pre-set in a fixed position relative to the regulator housing such that movement of the abutment member is terminated when the abutment member is urged into engagement with the stop member. The invention also relates to a transfer pump comprising a pressure regulator.

Abstract: A device for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine including a high-pressure storage chamber, a pressure booster, and a metering valve. The pressure booster includes a work chamber and a control chamber separated from one another by an axially movable piston. A pressure change in the control chamber causes a pressure change in a compression chamber of the pressure booster. The compression chamber acts upon a nozzle chamber in the nozzle body. A pressure relief valve (40) is in a control line between the control chamber of the pressure booster and a 2/2-way metering valve, the pressure relief valve includes a valve body that acts upon at least one hydraulic chamber and can be made to communicate with the pressure prevailing in the high-pressure storage chamber.

Abstract: A leak check system executes a leak check processing. In the leak check processing, the system closes a canister valve and a purge valve to close the fuel vapor purge system. Then, the system detects and monitors a pressure in the fuel vapor purge system. During the leak check processing, the system detects a rapid change of the pressure that is caused by a deformation of a wall of a fuel tank. The system cancels or suspends the processing to avoid erroneous detection of the leak. If the leak check is canceled, the system opens the canister valve to open the fuel vapor purge system.

Abstract: A fuel vapor recovery system for a vehicle having a fuel tank coupled to a fuel filler tube. The fuel vapor recovery system includes a carbon canister disposed in the fuel filler tube. Thus, the relatively cool stored fuel passes through the carbon canister disposed in the filler tube before entering the fuel tank. A primary advantage of the present invention is that the problem of the temperature of the carbon rising during vehicle fuelling due to displaced fuel vapors desorbing within the canister is mitigated by heat transfer between the cool fuel passing over the filler tube disposed carbon canister and the entering relatively cool fuel. This heat transfer results in a cooling of the carbon in the canister. Consequently, the carbon in the carbon canister remains effective in desorbing fuel vapors. The filler tube has an inlet for receiving fuel from a supply external to the vehicle. The filler tube is disposed to directing such received fuel to the fuel tank.

Abstract: In fuel supply systems with two fuel pumps connected in series and fuel valves that inject directly into the combustion chamber, there have been occasional problems. The proposal is made that in order to eliminate these problems, the first fuel pump operates with increased delivery capacity, particularly during the startup process and in the event of high fuel temperature. The fuel supply system is provided for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle.

Abstract: A fuel injector for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, having a pressure booster in which the piston divides a work chamber, acted upon permanently by fuel via a pressure source, from a pressure-relievable differential pressure chamber. A pressure change in the differential pressure chamber is effected via an actuation of a servo valve. The control chamber of the servo valve can be pressure-relieved via a relief valve and which opens or closes a hydraulic connection of the differential pressure chamber with a return. For closing the servo valve piston, the control chamber can be acted upon by a fuel volume diverted from the differential pressure chamber. The action of fuel on the control chamber is effected via lines that contain throttle restrictions. A pressure relief of the control chamber is effected via a relief valve into a return on the low-pressure side.

Abstract: A high-pressure piston pump for a fuel system of an internal combustion engine, includes a housing, a piston, which defines a working chamber, and drive shaft having at least one crank section and supported in the housing by means of at least one shaft bearing. A piston bearing supports the piston at least indirectly against the crank section of the drive shaft. At least one of the bearings between parts that move in relation to one another is a hydrostatic bearing connected to the working chamber by means of a fluid connection. To increase efficiency, the fluid connection between the working chamber and the hydrostatic bearing is provided with a device operable to intermittently interrupt the fluid connection.