Abstract: An electromagnetic valve assembly is shown having an armature and armature-actuated valve member the mass of which is substantially less than the armature and which is not fixedly connected to the armature; upon electrical energization the armature first overcomes a restraining force and then travels a major part of its stroke before actuating the valve member, at a relatively high speed thereby causing movement of the valve member by kinetic energy of the armature.

Abstract: A fuel supply system for internal combustion engines wherein fuel is supplied to a fuel rail and, in turn, to fuel injectors which are electronically controlled to provide fuel to the cylinders of the engine including a fuel pressure regulator for controlling the pressure of fuel support to the fuel rail. A fuel bypass and damper device is provided upstream of the fuel pressure regulator and is operable to reduce the pressure of fluid in the fuel rail when the engine is shut off to provide a lower pressure in the fuel rail and bypass any excess fuel. The device further functions to dampen the noise when the engine is running. Such as system overcomes and fuel injection nozzles the problems of leakage of the injectors due to the high pressure retained in the system which in turn may produce long crank conditions, no start conditions, back fire conditions or high fuel emission conditions as well as engine noises.

Abstract: An electronic speed governor for an air-compression internal-combustion engine that has an electronic control unit which detects numerous operating values of the automobile. The speed governor forms a control signal from these operating values as well as from stored limit values, and shifts smoke-limit curves as a function of altitude so that the fuel mass is corrected in accordance with keeping the smoke emissions constant.

Abstract: For the sake of improving quiet operation during idling and at low partial load by lengthening the injection duration, a fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines has a relief conduit originating in a pump work chamber, the relief conduit including a throttle and being blockable at upper partial load, full load and openable by a control slide. The relief conduit is controlled by a pressure maintenance valve, the opening pressure of which can be adapted from outside to the opening pressure of injection nozzles. The control slide is controlled by a centrifugal governor in such a manner that at idling and lower partial load. The control slide is shifted by the pressure in a fuel low-pressure chamber into its operating position that uncovers the relief conduit, and at upper partial load, full load and starting, the control slide is disconnected from the low-pressure chamber, so that it can drop back into its basic position that blocks off the relief conduit.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines, in which for supplying a very rapid pressure rise in the interior of a fuel injection pump, a pressure control valve controlling this pressure is modified such that it is reliably closed upon cold starting of the engine. To this end, a control piston of a pressure control valve is acted upon on its back side by a restoring spring which is supported on one end by an adjustable stop, which is acted upon by the pressure building up in the fuel injection pump and in so doing seeks to bias the restoring spring. This causes a closure of an outflow throttle controlled by the control piston, so that all the fuel pumped by a feed pump remains in the pump interior and contributes to increasing the pressure. With the aid of this pressure, a very rapid adjustment of an injection adjusting piston (4) is effected in a direction of an early onset of fuel injection that promotes cold starting and warmup.

Abstract: A solenoid operated valve controls the pressure of fuel supplied to a fuel injector. The fuel pressure is determined in accordance with the engine operating conditions. A driver is provided for operating the solenoid operated valve for setting the fuel pressure. The fuel pressure is increased as the load on the engine increases.

Abstract: A hydraulic circuit for a fuel injection system having fuel injection valves, in which even under hot start conditions in an internal combustion engine, it is assured that the engine will start and continue to operate reliably. The hydraulic circuit is embodied such that the fuel pumped by a fuel feed pump into a fuel supply line reaches an annular fuel inflow chamber of a valve socket of a first fuel injection valve, and from there can flow through the fuel injection valve and emerges into an annular fuel return groove in the valve socket, from which it can flow via a connection to the annular fuel inflow chamber of the next fuel injection valve in succession. The fuel returns upwardly so that any air in the fuel will go upwardly with the fuel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanical speed governor, apparatus for an injection pump of compression-ignition internal combustion engines provided with an electronically controlled adapting device. The adapting device is provided for correcting fuel quantity delivered by the pump in the range of the full-load and starting speeds, and is in operative connection with a quantity-control member of the injection pump via a two-step stop. The two-step stop can be transferred as a function of speed from a position corresponding to the starting speed into a position corresponding to the full-load speed.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines having a fuel injection pump and a relief conduit in which a control throttle is disposed for measuring the quantity of fuel flowing out, and wherein the differential pressure effected by the throttle is measured by a differential pressure measuring unit and converted into an electrical variable, in order then to be fed to an electronic control unit by which the fuel injection system is regulated.

Abstract: A control system for an engine having both a fuel vapor recovery system and air/fuel ratio feedback control. The engine is equipped with a venturi in its intake passage. A vapor reservoir is coupled between the fuel vapor recovery system and a nozzle orifice positioned in the venturi throat. Vapor flow into the reservoir is regulated by a solenoid valve responsive to a pressure switch which is referenced to the venturi inlet pressure. Action of the pressure switch maintains reservoir pressure at the venturi inlet pressure such that vapor flow is linearly proportional to inducted air flow regardless of engine manifold pressure. In an alternate embodiment, the fuel tank is coupled to the venturi through a pressure regulating system as described above. The vapor recovery canister is independently coupled to the venturi through a similar pressure control system.

Abstract: An electrically controlled fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines, in particular for direct fuel injection in engines having externally supplied ignition. A plurality of pump pistons driven by drive cams at a constant stroke and each leading into one cylinder bore, pump the fuel that has been brought to injection pressure in an associated pump work chamber to injection valves. A plurality of pump pistons are positioned side by side, radially of the camshaft. The work chambers of the pump pistons are connectable via a rotary slide valve to lines which lead to the injection valves and optionally to supply lines for supplying fuel to the work chambers of the pump pistons and the rotary slide can be driven in synchronism with the camshaft.

Abstract: A pressure-responsive spring-biased cutoff valve for an open nozzle unit fuel injector in an internal combustion engine is provided allowing for the selective operation of a given number of cylinders during an engine low load or idling speed condition for improved white smoke control. The fuel injector of the present invention includes an injector body having a central bore with a reciprocating injector plunger positioned therein to form an injection chamber. The injection chamber is supplied with fuel from a supply passage through a metering orifice with the fuel cutoff valve located in the supply passage upstream of and adjacent to the metering orifice and in close proximity to the injection chamber for a substantial reduction in the entry of combustion gases and other unwanted substances into the fuel supply.

Abstract: Fuel injection equipment for an internal combustion engine is modified by connecting a closed chamber (28) via a permanently open flow restriction (29) either to the working chamber (11) of a fuel pump (1), or to a high pressure fuel supply connection (36) between the output of the working chamber (11) and a fuel injector (39), or to a pressurized fuel supply passage (55) in the injector upstream of an injector valve (48). The volume of the closed chamber (28) and the cross sectional flow area of the restriction (29) are selected to allow a predetermined volume of pressurized fuel to flow into the closed chamber (28) when the equipment is operating, thereby reducing the flow of fuel through the injector valve (48) during the initial period of injection.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to open nozzle unit fuel injectors for injecting a metered quantity of fuel into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, as synchronously controlled by a drive train, wherein the unit fuel injector comprises an injector body with a reciprocably movable plunger assembly disposed therein. The present invention is more specifically directed to a high pressure open nozzle unit fuel injector including a mechanism for injecting fuel at SAC pressures of 30,000 psi or more. Moreover, the plunger assembly comprises a two-piece plunger with a variable timing chamber and a timing plunger inbetween the upper and lower plungers.

Abstract: An integral fuel line for use in a fuel injection type of fuel distribution system for motor vehicles includes an innermost tube defining a high pressure line, an intermediate tube defining a low pressure line, and an outer tube defining a vapor recovery line. The innermost tube has a first passage for delivering fuel from a storage tank to an engine cylinder of a motor vehicle. The intermediate tube is spaced from and surrounds the innermost tube to form a second passage therebetween for returning the unused portion of fuel back to the storage tank. The outer tube is spaced from and surrounds the inatermediate tube to form a third passage therebetween for returning vaporized and evaporated fuel back to the storage tank.

Abstract: Plugging of fuel injectors for internal combustion engines is reduced by depressurizing the fuel pressure line which feeds the injectors, promptly after shutoff of ignition. Reduction of deposits assists in maintaining drivability and fuel economy.

Abstract: A mechanically pressurized electronic fuel injector is for use in internal combustion engines and is actuated by the engine valve train. The fuel injector has an injection stroke for discharging fuel into the engine and a metering stroke for receiving a predetermined volume of fuel in the injector. During the injection stroke, a coupling member contacts a timing plunger and transmits a compressive force from the engine valve train. The coupling member and the timing plunger are not mechanically connected together and are capable of independent relative movement. During the metering stroke of the injector, the timing plunger is returned to its pre-injection position under the pressure generated by the fuel entering the timing and metering plunger chambers.

Abstract: A fuel delivery rail assembly for supplying fuel to a plurality of fuel injectors in an engine is provided. The assembly comprises an elongated conduit having a rectangular section and a plurality of tubular sockets. The conduit and each socket are tightly combined with a connection utilizing a caulking deformation of an annular extension, which is formed within either the conduit or the socket. A seal member is disposed between the surface of the conduit and the bottom side of each socket.

Abstract: A modular fuel delivery system including a reservoir in a fuel tank, an electric fuel pump in the reservoir, and a jet pump for pumping fuel from the fuel tank into the reservoir wherein overflow from the reservoir is recirculated by the jet pump back into the reservoir to minimize mixing of potentially hot overflow with cooler bulk fuel in the fuel tank. A recirculation fluid flow path extends from the reservoir to a secondary inlet of the jet pump adjacent a small diameter end of a venturi passage in the latter. A valve closes the recirculation flow path when the reservoir is not overflowing and opens the recirculation flow path when the reservoir is overflowing. A portion of the recirculation flow path is above the maximum surface elevation of fuel in the fuel tank so that the pressure head at the recirculation inlet exceeds the pressure head at the main inlet of the jet pump open to the fuel tank.

Abstract: A device for controlling a fuel feed pump comprising a fuel spill passage and a spill control valve arranged in the fuel spill passage. The spill control valve is controlled by the pressure of fuel in a pressure chamber, and the pressure of the pressure chamber is controlled by the piezoelectric element. When the piezoelectric element is driven, the pressure of the pressure chamber is increased, and thus the spill control valve is closed. When the engine speed is high, the piezoelectric element is driven at each 360 degrees of rotation of the crankshaft. Conversely, when the engine speed is low, the piezoelectric element is driven at each 120 degrees rotation of the crankshaft.