Abstract: There is provided an electronically controlled fuel injection system comprising a temperature fuel enrichment circuit for generating, in accordance with the output signal of an internal combustion engine temperature sensor, an output signal corresponding to a temperature fuel enrichment characteristic to provide the required fuel enrichment for cold operation, and fuel injection means for injecting an increased quantity of fuel in accordance with the output signal of the temperature fuel enrichment circuit. The system is additionally provided with a revolution compensation circuit for generating a revolution signal corresponding to the number of engine revolutions per minute for continuously decreasing the temperature fuel enrichment characteristic of the temperature fuel enrichment circuit in accordance with increase in the number of engine revolutions per minute.

Abstract: There is provided an electronically controlled fuel injection system wherein a constant presetting circuit generates a proportionality constant signal having a frequency corresponding to a proportionality constant, an intake-air amount detecting circuit generates a binary coded signal corresponding to the amount of air drawn into an internal combustion engine, and a multiplier circuit multiplies the proportionality constant signal by this binary coded signal and generates an output signal having a frequency corresponding to the product of the two signals. On the other hand, an engine revolution detecting circuit generates an engine revolution signal having a pulse width inversely proportional to the number of revolutions of the engine, and the number of multiple signals generated from the multiplier circuit during the pulse width of the engine revolution signal is counted to generate a binary coded signal representing the fuel injection quantity required by the engine.

Abstract: A pickup operatively coupled with an internal combustion engine develops a train of bi-polar pulses wherein each bi-polar pulse is generated at a predetermined engine crank angle and each bi-polar pulse comprises a leading pulse portion of one polarity and a trailing pulse portion of opposite polarity. A bi-stable circuit is switched to a set condition in response to a given magnitude of the trailing pulse portion of each bi-polar pulse and is switched to a reset condition in response to a given magnitude of the leading pulse portion of each bi-polar pulse. A monostable circuit is operatively coupled with the bi-stable circuit to provide an output pulse of predetermined duration in response to the switching of the bi-stable circuit from the reset to the set condition. A transistor has its emitter-collector circuit connected across the capacitor of the engine spark timing controller integrator circuit and its base terminal connected to the output of the monostable circuit.

Abstract: The timing of ignition pulses supplied to an engine is controlled in accordance with a plurality of different operating conditions of the engine to minimize undesirable exhaust pollutants. As the speed of the engine increases from a cranking speed toward an idling speed, the ignition pulses are produced in synchronism with reference timing signals indicating movement of a piston to a top dead center position in a combustion chamber, and upon further increases in engine speed the ignition pulses are produced in synchronism with advanced timing signals generated by an electronic advance means in accordance with the approximate instantaneous position of the piston in the combustion chamber and selected engine operating conditions. The control of the timing of the ignition pulses is transferred between the two different timing signals by a selector means operating in response to control signals indicative of engine speeds above or below a predetermined speed.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine fuel injection system of the type having a plurality of fuel injection valves which are operated so that continuously pressurized fuel is intermittently supplied to each of the injectors by a distributor. The fuel injection control system further includes a novel flow control circuit for operating each of the fuel injectors, the flow control circuit being a bidirectional flow control circuit which controls the flow of fluid to and from the actuator of the fuel injector. The flow of fluid in one direction through the flow control circuit controls the rate of closing of the fuel injection nozzle while the flow of fluid in the opposite direction through the flow control circuit controls the rate of opening of the fuel injection nozzle.

Abstract: Apparatus, for metering a predetermined amount of fuel for injection into a combustion engine, having a plunger slidable within a metering chamber wherein fuel is drawn into the metering chamber when the plunger is withdrawn from the chamber to an outer position and fuel is pumped from the metering chamber into the combustion engine when the plunger is forced into the metering chamber to an innermost position. An adjustable governor is provided for variably limiting the degree of withdrawal of the plunger from the metering chamber to regulate the metered amount of fuel. A rotating cam driven by the combustion engine normally maintains the plunger at its innermost position within the metering chamber to permit free adjustment of the governor and permits withdrawal of the plunger to allow the metering chamber to fill with fuel only immediately prior to the pumping stroke wherein the plunger is forced into the chamber causing the metered fuel to enter the combustion engine.

Abstract: A first sensor couples to an internal combustion engine and generates a first set of pulses suitable for ignition firing. A second sensor operates in synchronism to the first sensor producing a second set of multiple pulses, during the interval between a first set of pulses, whose occurrence corresponds to specified angles of engine revolution and whose time duration is inversely related to engine RPM. The second pulse set is processed through a digital-to-analog converter having a staircase output voltage which is representative of instantaneous engine position.The second pulse set is further processed through an integrator, modified to produce an output approximating an inverse, or hyperbolic, functional relationship to the input, whereby output pulses are generated whose peak amplitude is representative of instantaneous engine speed, i.e. RPM.Comparator circuitry produces a trigger signal corresponding to a predetermined relationship between the positive voltage signal and speed pulses.

Abstract: In one form of the invention, a rotatable and axially slidable plunger mounted within a fixed cylindrical plunger barrel forms with the barrel the casing bore and a spring biased electromagnetically driven axially slidable cut off sleeve, a dash pot chamber including a narrow radial gap between the cut off barrel and the pump casing body. The high pressure cut-off fuel may be directed to the chamber. Alternatively, the cut-off fuel may be directed to impact a deflector to produce an axial force modulating axial shift of the sleeve.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine with charge stratification and spark ignition comprises a main combustion chamber and an auxiliary combustion chamber, the main combustion chamber and the auxiliary combustion chamber being interconnected by a short passage. Hot gases flow past an outer surface of the auxiliary combustion chamber in heat exchange contact therewith for rapidly heating the auxiliary combustion chamber to a temperature within an optimum range to prevent condensation from forming in the auxiliary combustion chamber.

Abstract: Timer means for sequential fuel injection including a timer circuit triggered to develop an output signal after a time interval having a duration which varies as a linear function of the magnitude of one or more control voltages varied in accordance with operating parameters, one control voltage being preferably a conditioned speed signal and a second being preferably a conditioned intake manifold pressure signal. The voltage across capacitor means is varied as a linear function of a control voltage, using either a Miller ramp circuit or using a transistorized current sink and is applied to a triggering circuit in the form of a Schmitt trigger circuit or a dual input operation amplifier.

Abstract: An ignition timing control device for an internal combustion engine includes a body having at least three ports, the first port of which draws vacuum thereinto, the second port of which draws atmospheric air thereinto and the third port of which emits vacuum or air therefrom. A first passageway is provided for establishing communication between the first port and the third port, a second passageway is provided for establishing communication between the second port and the third port, and a third passageway is provided for communicating with the first and second passageways. A first valve, provided within the first passageway, is adapted to be open in response to a low temperature value of the engine and to close at intermediate and high engine temperatures, and a second valve, provided within the second passageway, is adapted to close in response to a low temperature value of the engine and to be open at intermediate and high engine temperatures.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine is controlled by a follower control loop. The fuel quantity is arbitrarily set by the gas pedal and a first potentiometric transducer generates an electrical command signal. The air flow through the induction tube constitutes the controlled variable whose magnitude is transformed into an electrical signal by a second potentiometer coupled to an air flow rate meter. The two signals are compared at the input of a control amplifier which drives a servomotor. The servomotor adjusts the opening of the air throttle valve of the engine, thereby changing the air flow through the induction tube until the air flow rate meter signals that the air quantity is proportional to the metered out fuel quantity.

Abstract: In an electronic system for an explosion engine, a device for automatically adjusting the spark timing, wherein a follower is kept into contact with a three-dimensional cam having a surface shaped; with lifts representing the desired timing angle of the spark delivery with respect to an angular position of the drive shaft, said follower and said cam being mutually displaced in two directions orthogonal to each other and to the cam lifts as a function of variables representative of the engine operation, more particularly the engine r.p.m.

Abstract: A fuel supply and metering valve assembly used for injection of fuel to an internal combustion engine includes a control pressure circuit which determines the restoring force on the movable member of the fuel metering valve. The magnitude of the control pressure, and hence the fuel quantity metered out by the valve assembly can be altered by the intermittent actuation of a pressure relief valve which controls a fluid bypass. The duty cycle of the intermittently acting bypass valve is controlled by a regulating device which responds to the indications of measuring transducers, for example an oxygen probe located in the exhaust line of the engine. The transducer signal is superimposed on a sawtooth voltage at the input of a differential amplifier which interacts with other control circuitry so as to vary the length of time during which the electromagnetic bypass valve is energized.

Abstract: A fuel control system to provide an excess fuel quantity during engine acceleration and including manifold pressure actuated control units. The pressure increase in one control unit is delayed by throttling, resulting in net differential control forces tending to increase the fuel supplied to the injection nozzles of the engine injection system while the manifold pressure is rising.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine whose air induction tube contains an air flow rate measuring member with non-linear operating characteristics, coupled to a potentiometric transducer which produces the electric command variable for a follower control loop. A control amplifier drives a servomotor which sets the metering slide of a fuel metering valve assembly. The servomotor shaft is coupled to a second potentiometric transducer whose output is compared with the command variable in a bridge circuit connected to the input of the control amplifier. The mechanical link between the servomotor and the fuel metering slide has a non-linearity similar to that of the air flow rate measuring member.

Abstract: The specification describes an injection system with means for supplying a hot gas stream consisting mostly or totally of combustion air. The hot gas supply device comprises a heating device independent from the internal combustion engine served. The hot gas flow is heated to a temperature of at least 150.degree.C and has a mean flow rate of at least one third of the combustion air required by the internal combustion engine during idling. The hot gas flow is supplied to a zone adjacent to the opening of the injector.

Abstract: A torch ignition type internal combustion engine with no intake valve in the auxiliary combustion chamber, the engine comprising: a cylinder; a cylinder head; a reciprocating piston received snugly in said cylinder; a main combustion chamber defined between said cylinder head and an end face of said reciprocating piston and equipped with intake and exhaust valves to control intake and exhaust ports in the cylinder head; an auxiliary combustion chamber provided in the head of said cylinder; a passage interconnecting said main and auxiliary combustion chambers; and an ignition plug having sparking electrodes located in said passage; said auxiliary combustion chamber having a volume of a ratio within the range of 0.0106:1 to 0.0137:1 with respect to the volume of displacement of said piston and said passage having a cross-sectional area of a ratio within the range of 0.009:1 to 0.023:1 with respect to the cross-sectional area of said end face of said piston.

Abstract: In a fuel injection pump having two kinds of plungers rotatably displaced by a common rack, each of one kind of plungers ceasing fuel supply and each of the other kind of plungers supplying fuel during idling of an engine, a measuring screw-like groove of each plunger ceasing fuel supply during idling of the engine has a longitudinal groove communicating with a plunger pump chamber. The longitudinal groove is of relatively enlarged width, and a cut portion crossing at a right angle to said longitudinal groove is provided at the intersection of the longitudinal groove and the upper edge of the screw-like groove. The depth of this cut portion increases toward the longitudinal groove.

Abstract: A speed regulating device for fuel injection pumps of internal combustion engines includes an intermediate lever pivotable about an axis defined by a shaft which is coupled to a fuel quantity adjustment member of the injection pump. The shaft is acted on by a speed signalling device with speed dependent force against the arbitrarily variable force of a main control spring and the force of a starting spring. A speed signalling device acts on a one-armed adjustment lever, which is pivotably attached to the intermediate lever. The adjustment lever is acted on by the starting spring, and includes an adjustment capsule at its end. This adjustment capsule cooperates with a one-armed drag lever, pivotable, about the same axis defined by the shaft about which the intermediate lever pivots, as far as an adjustable stop. The drag lever is acted on by the main control spring.