Abstract: A method and on board apparatus to recycle gasoline vapor emissions from the head space of a motor vehicle gasoline tank during refueling and operation of the vehicle. The apparatus comprises a canister to collect and store gasoline vapor from the head space and a vapor fan and sparger combination to retrieve vapor driven from the canister during a heating cycle and to dissolve the vapor in the liquid gasoline in the tank. The canister includes an adsorbent to separate the vapor from air and a vent valve to release air from the canister. Inside the canister is a ceramic heater, a temperature sensor and an adsorbed vapor sensor. A water drain permits condensed moisture to be released from the canister. The sparger comprises a microscopically porous body having a plurality of relatively large blind passages therein, the sparger body being entirely immersed in the liquid gasoline.

Abstract: A control system and method for an internal combustion engine and receiving inducted fuel vapors from a fuel vapor recovery system. An electronically actuated solenoid valve coupled to the fuel vapor recovery system regulates rate of vapor flow in response to the duty cycle of a desired rate of vapor flow command. The pressure differential across the valve is regulated to achieve substantially sonic vapor flow such that vapor flow is independent of engine manifold pressure fluctuations and linearly proportional to the duty cycle of the desired vapor flow command. An air/fuel ratio feedback control system is thereby able to maintain a desired air/fuel ratio during changes in inducted airflow.

Abstract: The evaporative emission control system for an internal combustion engine purges the vapor collection canister to the throttle body through both a purge regulator controlled by the engine ECU and a variable orifice valve that is mechanically operated by the throttle mechanism. A throttle position sensor that supplies a throttle position signal to the ECU can be read by the ECU as also representing the degree of restriction being imposed by the variable orifice on the flow of vapor from the canister to the throttle body and the ECU can take this into account when setting the purge regulator. A novel construction for the purge regulator, particularly the connection between the actuator and the valve, precludes the transmission of any significant bending moment from the movable wall of the actuator to the valve. The head of the valve is designed to also contribute to improved operation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection system for self-ignition internal combustion engines. The noise reduction of Diesel engines requires new injection systems. According to the invention a pre-injection and a main injection is achieved by employing to injection lines of different lengths. The difference in length is selected such that the time difference of the pressure waves for travelling the respective lengths corresponds to the desired time delay between the pre-injection and the main injection. In order to account for the compressibility of the fuel both injection lines are maintained at a standing pressure. The hydraulic effect of the injection lines on each other is prevented by check valves and by-pass valves. The controlled injection significantly reduces the combustion noise.

Abstract: A fuel injection assembly for an engine comprises a fuel injector having an injector outlet and a nozzle having a nozzle passage with a nozzle inlet and outlet. The nozzle passage includes a converging portion adjacent the nozzle inlet and a diverging portion adjacent the nozzle outlet. The fuel injection assembly further comprises a nozzle support for attaching the nozzle to the fuel injector so that the injector outlet registers with the nozzle passage adjacent the nozzle inlet enabling injection of fuel from the fuel injector into the nozzle passage. The nozzle has a nozzle port adjacent the nozzle inlet enabling the establishment of an air flow which enters the nozzle passage adjacent the nozzle inlet and exits the nozzle passage through the nozzle outlet. At least a portion of the air flow in the nozzle passage is sonic enabling the fuel injected into the nozzle passage to mix with the sonic air flow and be carried by it through the nozzle passage and the nozzle outlet.

Abstract: The evaporative emission control system for an internal combustion engine purges the vapor collection canister to the intake manifold through a purge regulator controlled by the engine ECU. The purge regulator comprises a diaphragm valve and an electronic vacuum regulator. The purge regulator functions to allow a purge flow rate correlated with a control signal from the engine ECU and manifold vacuum, to maintain the purge flow rate substantially constant in response to certain changes in the magnitude of manifold vaccum, and to re-adjust the purge flow rate in correlation with changes in the control signal from the engine ECU.

Abstract: A hydraulically operated valve with controlled lift, in particular a fuel/gas injection valve for internal combustion engines, has a stop face fixed on the valve stem. For accurate control of the opening of the valve a stop cam is provided, which is drivn mechanically via a friction clutch, and which cooperates with the stop face. By rotating the cam through a predetermined angle the maximum valve lift will be obtained. The cam may be brought into contact with the stop face even in the closed position of the valve.

Abstract: A method and apparatus reduces the amount of residual injection fluid within an injection pump. When an associated internal combustion engine is shut off, a stop valve in the injection pump is closed and an injection timing mechanism is shifted into an early position after a predetermined waiting time has expired. The length of the waiting time is selected in order to enable the injection fluid already supplied to the pump at the instant that the stop valve is closed, to enter the interior of the pump while the injection timing mechanism is in an existing working position.

Abstract: An arrangement for feeding of fuel to an internal combustion engine of a power vehicle comprises a supply tank having a tank bottom, a feeding aggregate arranged in the supply tank, a receiving part holding the feeding aggregate, a holder mounted on the tank bottom, and vibration damping unit through which the receiving part is connected with the holding ring, the vibration damping unit including a metal spring and a rubber elastic buffer through which the metal spring is mounted on at least one of the receiving part and the holder.

Abstract: A distributor type fuel injection pump has a main pumping plunger and an auxiliary plunger operable in synchronism by a cam. Also provided is a fluid pressure operable spill valve which is opened when the pressure of fluid developed by the auxiliary plunger becomes sufficiently high. The fluid displaced by the auxiliary plunger causes movement of a shuttle and the movement of the shuttle is halted to cause operation of the spill valve, by an hydraulic lock which is created when the movement of the shuttle closes an escape path from the end of the cylinder in which it is located.

Abstract: A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine that includes a fuel supply with a fuel pump responsive to application of electrical power for supplying fuel under pressure to fuel injectors mounted on the engine. A pressure sensor is coupled to the pump/injector fuel delivery line for measuring fuel delivery pressure. A second sensor is positioned within the fuel tank and is responsive to fuel alcohol concentration. The pump motor is energized by a pulsed d.c. signal having a duty cycle that varies as a combined function of the pressure and alcohol-concentration sensor output signals so as to maintain constant fuel pressure at the injectors while automatically compensating quantity of fuel delivered by the injectors for differing fuel alcohol concentrations.

Abstract: A reliable, consistent, facile, and economical mounting of a fuel rail on an engine for attenuating vibration between the fuel rail and the engine. An attaching bracket that is joined to the fuel rail has a hole that aligns with a threaded hole in the engine. An elastomeric grommet is situated in the bracket hole and compressed in a controlled manner by a threaded fastener that is passed through the grommet and threaded into the threaded engine hole until a shoulder of the fastener abuts the engine.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine having a fuel supply line and at least one electromagnetically actuated fuel injection valve for metering a fuel injection quantity, which valve includes a mouthpiece fitting embodied on the valve body which protrudes into an opening in an intake tube of the engine, and the end remote from the mouthpiece fitting communicates via a fuel inflow opening with the fuel supply line. To meet hot-start conditions of the engine, the valve body is surrounded by a sheath and between the sheath and the valve body an annular chamber is formed, which extends over a substantial portion of the axial length of the valve body. Via one inflow and one outflow opening, the annular chamber is incorporated into the fuel flow in the fuel supply line.

Abstract: The O-ring seal at the tip end of a particular model of fuel injector is replaced by an adapter grommet which provides an axial seal. This makes the fuel injector interchangeable with another model of fuel injector that is specifically designed for an axial seal. The adapter grommet comprises a radially inner portion disposed in the injector tip's circular groove that was orignally intended for the O-ring seal, and a radially outer portion that axially overlaps both the groove and a portion of the tip that is distal to the groove. The radially outer portion of the adapter grommet provides the axial seal with the shoulder of a hole into which the tip is inserted.

Abstract: A projection is provided in a fuel tank for dividing the fuel tank into two tubs. A supporting member is secured on a top of the projection. A fuel pump and a fuel metering device are securely mounted on the supporting member. A service hole is formed in the wall of the fuel tank opposite to the supporting member for inspecting the fuel pump.

Abstract: A fuel injection device of for internal combustion engines, particularly a unit fuel injector, having a pump piston preferably driven via a drive cam and having a free piston hydraulically driven by the pump piston, the free piston divides a pump chamber from a pressure chamber, from which a pressure line leads to an injection nozzle of the engine. Via a magnetic valve, the fuel to be injected is first metered into the pressure chamber during the intake stroke of the pump piston and subsequently, in the control stroke, an injection quantity determining the supply onset is metered into the pump chamber. The pump piston with spaced annular grooves serves as a reversal device. During the metering stroke, a maintenance pressure that is lower than the metering pressure of the fuel and is generated via a pressure control valve is maintained in the pump chamber.

Abstract: A clip for securing the inlet of a fuel injection nozzle within a tubular outlet extending from a petrol supply manifold has a pair of spaced side plates which are interconnected by a bridging member. The side plates have internal ears which locate in slots on opposite sides of the injector, slots in the side plates which receive a rim on the tubular outlet. The side plates are extended to define tongues which extend into engagement with the surface of the manifold to locate the clip and therefore the injector in a predetermined angular relationship in the tubular outlet.

Abstract: A fuel injection device for internal combustion engines including a fuel distributor which has a plurality of connection fittings with a radially protruding locking collar. A plurality of fuel injection valves embodied as so-called top-feed valves that are inserted in a liquid-tight manner into the connection fitting. For retention of the fuel injection valves these valves are provided with oppositely disposed catch springs which extend parallel to the valve axis and on faces oriented toward one another have a groove and locking protrusion for engaging the locking collar from behind.

Abstract: An in-tank fuel module adapted to be mounted within a fuel tank of predetermined vertical dimension through a circular opening in an upper wall of the tank. The module includes a canister having a one-piece hollow cylindrical external wall of blow-molded plastic construction and of diameter to fit through the tank wall opening. Circumferential convolutions that extend around the wall form axially resilient bellows in the canister wall, and a fuel inlet is disposed at the lower portion of the canister. A cover is fastened to the upper edge of the canister, and is dimension to close the opening in the tank top wall with the canister extending vertically through the tank. The canister is axially dimensioned with respect to the vertical dimension of the tank so that the bellows in the canister sidewall are axially compressed and resiliently hold the lower portion of the canister against the bottom wall of the tank.

Abstract: A mechanical injection-pump governor with an electronically controlled torque-control in which, as a function of parameters, a stepping motor controllable by an electronic control device adjusts with its actuator a full-load stop interacting with the quantity-adjustment member of the injection pump. The torque-control movement of the actuator is limited by an end stop situated a short distance above the maximum full-load control path and by an end stop situated a short distance below the minimum full-load control path.