Abstract: Electronic fuel injection control system for an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine being equipped with at least one fuel feeding line provided with a fuel tank, at least one throttle valve, at least one injector, at least one fuel pump, at least one fuel return line having at least one solenoid valve, at least one first fuel return duct that connects the injector to the solenoid valve, at least one overpressure valve, at least one second return conduit adapted to connect the overpressure valve and the solenoid valve with the tank, wherein the fuel return line is provided with at least one calibrator allowing at least the state of said fuel pump and relative performances thereof to be verified.

Abstract: A system and method for recuperating energy from a motor vehicle is described in which during an engine overrun period kinetic energy from the slowing motor vehicle is used to drive a high pressure fuel pump at a high demand level so as to store fuel at high pressure in a fuel accumulator for later use by an engine of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: In an inductive element which is intermittently excited by a boosting opening and closing element and charges a high-voltage capacitor to a high voltage, an inductive element current proportional to a voltage across both ends of a current detection resistor and a boosted detection voltage which is a divided voltage of the high-voltage capacitor are input to a boosting control circuit portion via a high-speed A/D converter provided in an arithmetic and control circuit unit. The boosting control circuit portion adjusts the inductive element current so as to be suitable for the time from the present rapid excitation to the next rapid excitation, and controls opening and closing of the boosting opening and closing element so as to obtain a targeted boosted high voltage which is variably set by a microprocessor of an arithmetic and control circuit unit.

Abstract: A method for analyzing the efficiency of a high-pressure pump of a fuel injection system includes analyzing the efficiency of the high-pressure pump with respect to individual pumping strokes of the high-pressure pump, detecting and analyzing the pressure build-up and the pressure drop for the individual pumping strokes, and drawing conclusions about the state of individual components of the high-pressure pump from the analysis of the pressure build-up or the pressure drop.

Abstract: A fuel-pressure-sensor diagnosis device is applied to a fuel injection system having a plurality of fuel pressure sensors detecting a fuel pressure which is provided to a fuel injector of each cylinder, and a control portion controlling the fuel injectors by using a computed result which is computed based on a variation in the fuel pressure detected by the fuel pressure sensor due to a fuel injection. Two pressure sensors of which pulsation values of the detected fuel pressure are in a specified range are selected among the multiple fuel pressure sensors. For example, a pair “A” refers to the sensors #1 and #3, a pair “B” refers to the sensors #3 and #4, a pair “C” refers to the sensors #4 and #2, and a pair “D” refers to the sensors #2 and #1. An ECU diagnoses whether the selected sensors are faulty by comparing the detected values.

Abstract: A fuel injection apparatus includes a body, a nozzle, a pressure control unit, a physical quantity measurement unit, a first terminal, a second terminal, a positioning member, and a resin connector main body portion. The pressure control unit controls opening and closing of the nozzle The physical quantity measurement unit outputs an electric signal in accordance with a physical quantity of high pressure fuel. The first terminal is connected to the pressure control unit. The second terminal connected to the physical quantity measurement unit. The positioning member integrally holds the first terminal and the second terminal and locates the first terminal and the second terminal at predetermined positions. The connector main body portion receives therein the positioning member.

Abstract: A water jet propulsion boat is constructed such that a fuel pressure detection device is free from a detection error or breakdown and a restart ability of an engine is protected against malfunction. A fuel tank is provided in a boat body of the water jet propulsion boat through vibration absorbing members. A fuel pump unit including a fuel pump is provided in the fuel tank. A fuel pressure sensor is provided in the fuel pump unit. An electric control device stops the fuel pump if the value detected by the fuel pressure sensor is out of the normal value range. Additionally, an electric control device stops operation of the fuel pump if the fall sensor detects the overturning of the boat body and if the detected value of the fuel pressure sensor is out of the normal value range. A regulator and a filter are provided to the fuel pump unit.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for operating an internal combustion engine (1) wherein a fault of a pressure system with a pressure sensor (14) is determined by a first diagnostic system (14?) of the engine (1). The pressure sensor (14) is especially a pressure sensor of a high pressure fuel system of the engine. For a plausibility consideration of a pressure system fault, which is determined by the first diagnostic system (14?), at least one further diagnostic system (18?) of the engine (1) is checked as to a second fault.

Abstract: An injector driving control apparatus operates with minimum power consumption, while ensuring linearity (proportionality between the current supply duration and fuel injection volume of the injector) in a wide fuel pressure range. A coil current feedback circuit is provided for controlling the current feedback duration according to the fuel pressure after applying the current at a boost voltage. This enables optimal control of the injector, and, hence, an improvement in the fuel injection volume characteristics (linearity) and a reduction in the heat generated in the injector driving control circuits.

Abstract: A fuel pump for an internal combustion engine that transmits fuel with pressure by a lifting movement of a plunger that is caused to lift by a movement of a cam includes a lift amount changing mechanism. The lift amount changing mechanism includes a cam in which a height of a projection is varied along an axial direction of the camshaft, and a cam moving actuator that moves the cam along the axial direction of the camshaft. The lift amount of the plunger is changed by moving the cam along the axial direction of the camshaft. An amount of discharged fuel is controlled by changing the amount of discharged fuel per stroke of the plunger and is not determined only based upon the rotation speed of the engine. Therefore, the amount of discharged fuel can be increased with the engine rotated at a low speed, for example when the engine is being initially started, to improve a starting performance.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method of operating a refrigeration system. The apparatus and method includes providing a fuel pressure monitoring device that is disposed along a fuel line, automatically shutting down the engine if the fuel pressure meets a first condition, restarting the engine, and operating the engine in an unrestricted mode if the fuel pressure monitoring device records a second condition and shutting down the engine if the fuel pressure monitoring device does not record the second condition. An apparatus and method of operating a diesel engine of a refrigeration system that is coupled to an inline fuel injection system is also disclosed.

Abstract: A variable displacement pump fuel metering system wherein an electrohydraulic servo-valve powers a pump actuator to control pump displacement and variably bypasses fuel as an integrally related function to improve flow dynamics. The electrohydraulic servo-valve withdraws fuel from the pump output flow to drive the pump actuator and thereby control the displacement of the pump. The amount of bypassed is inversely proportional to the amount of fuel used to drive the actuator so that metered flow is maintained when an increase in pump output is demanded. The variable displacement pump may also meter flow in the downstream manifold. The electrohydraulic servo-valve is electrically controlled in a closed loop circuit with a flow sensing valve providing the feedback to an electronic engine controller. The electronic controller directly controls the electrohydraulic servo-valve.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an on-board diagnostic system for detecting impaired fuel injectors in an internal combustion engine during engine operation. A fuel injector control means is provided for individually actuating fuel injectors Operatively connected to a fuel rail. Pressure sensor means are mounted to the fuel rail for sensing transient fuel pressure waves resulting from actuation of the individual fuel injectors. Signal processing means are provided for processing pressure signals from the pressure sensor means. The output signal from the signal processing means corresponds to the fuel flow rate through the fuel injectors. Such output signal can be used to alert an engine operator to an impaired fuel injector and/or can be provided to the fuel injector control means for adjusting the duration of injector actuation to achieve a desired fuel flow quantity per individual actuation.

Abstract: A fuel-injection pump, especially a direct fuel injection in spark-ignition internal-combustion engines, with at least one pump for generating a fuel flow under pressure and with a rotary slide valve moved synchronously with the drive shaft of the internal-combustion engine and intended for assigning the fuel flow to at least one injection port of the internal-combustion engine and/or for branching off the fuel flow under pump pressure into a return line, the rotary slide valve is mounted so as to be displaceable to a limited extent in the direction of its axis of rotation and/or so as to be rotatable to a limited extent in relation to the rotary drive of the rotary slide valve.

Abstract: A rotary distributor fuel injection pump having a fuel system for circulating fuel continuously from a fuel supply pump via an end chamber at one end of the distributor rotor and an annular fuel chamber surrounding the distributor rotor to a return line and a pressure regulator in the return line for regulating the upstream pressure and continuously returning excess fuel to the supply pump. An electrical control valve is selectively opened during the pumping strokes to spill fuel into the end chamber and terminate the fuel injection event. An auxiliary passage in the rotor resets the pressure in the distributor outlets to approximately the same initial pressure. In an air purging mode of operation, the control valve is held closed until after the distributor port moves out of registry with each distributor outlet to prevent back flow to the end chamber.

Abstract: A distributor fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines, having a cam ring which drives at least one radial piston and having a distributor piston disposed transversely to the cam ring and defining a pump work chamber, having a distributor groove and longitudinal intake grooves in the jacket face. For shutoff of the engine, this distributor piston is axially displaceable and thereby undergoes a relative rotation relative to the cam ring, so that the longitudinal intake grooves upon the compression stroke of the pump piston come precisely to coincide with intake conduits and by this means the pumped fuel is pumped directly back into a suction chamber of the injection pump.

Abstract: A method is proposed for improving the operating behavior of motor vehicles driven by an internal combustion engine and especially to reduce jerking or bucking. The jerking, caused by rapid changes in engine torque, is damped by adapting the torque of the engine to the increase in output of the drive train of the vehicle. To this end, the deflection of the engine relative to the motor body is detected and used for vaying the fuel quantity metered to the engine. A differentiating member interposed between the engine and the body acts upon the fuel quantity adjusting device of the fuel metering device.

Abstract: A distributor fuel injection radial piston pump comprising a distributor piston movable between first and second axial positions to communicate a pump working space with an injection nozzle and to prevent communication between the pump working space with the injection nozzle, a control valve for controlling a quantity of fuel fed to the injection nozzle and movable between open and closed position to communicate the pump working space with the pump interior therethrough in the open position thereof to prevent feeding of fuel to the injection nozzle and blocking communication between the pump working space and the pump interior therethrough in the closing position thereof to provide for feeding fuel to the injection nozzle, and means for preventing excessive feeding of fuel to the nozzle in case of failure of the first control valve to move from the closing position thereof to the open position thereof in response to a predetermined control signal, the preventing means including a control space defined at leas

Abstract: A method of operating a diesel engine. Diesel fuel is controllably injected into the engine. An engine performance parameter such as turbo-charger boost pressure, fuel pressure in the diesel fuel injector galleries, or air intake manifold pressure, or a combination of such parameters, is monitored. A secondary fuel such as propane is injected into the engine in an amount which varies as a function of the monitored parameter(s).

Abstract: A rotary distributor fuel injection pump includes a rotary distributor member movable axially in a body part. The distributor member has a transverse bore in which is mounted a pumping plunger. At its outer end the plunger is engaged by a cam follower including a roller which is axially movable with the distributor member and which engages cam lobes formed on the internal surface of a cam ring to effect inward movement to the plunger. Outward movement of the plunger is effected by supplying fuel to the bore and the extent of outward movement of the plunger is limited by stop rings on the opposite sides of the cam ring. The stop rings are mounted in the body and define internal inclined surfaces which are engaged by end portions of the roller so that as the distributor member is moved axially the extent of outward movement of the plunger will be varied to control the amount of fuel supplied by the pump.

Abstract: A hydromechanical fuel pump system of supplying timing fluid and fuel to high pressure fuel injectors utilizing a hydromechanical fuel control circuit to control the flow of fuel that is withdrawn from a fuel reservoir by a pump and delivered to the fuel injectors which includes a speed signal generator that produces a fuel pressure in a speed signal branch line of the fuel control circuit that is a function of engine rpm, and a torque shaping module that is provided in a fuel delivery branch of the fuel control circuit.

Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to an engine has a high pressure pump which includes a component movable to determine the maximum amount of fuel which can be supplied to the engine. The component is biased by a spring to a minimum fuel position and to adjust the setting of the component there is provided a three armed lever one arm of which is coupled to the component. The other two arms are coupled to engine operating parameter responsive devices. In the example the device is a piston which is spring loaded and is responsive to the output pressure of a low pressure fuel pump and the device includes a diaphragm which is subjected to the air inlet manifold pressure.

Abstract: Apparatus and a method for effecting fuel viscosity/density compensation are disclosed. A combination of fuel flow through a viscosity sensitive annular orifice and a swirl-type orifice are utilized to create pressure differentials for driving a piston for regulating fuel flow. The components are positioned such that the direct variation of pressure drop across the annular flow orifice with viscosity change and the inverse variation of pressure drop across the swirl orifice with viscosity change, are combined to create an increased force for achieving the desired control effect.

Abstract: Fuel injection pump having a pump piston including a working space that is connected via a check valve with a reservoir closed off by a movable wall. A control line leads from this reservoir to a regulating cylinder. An adjustable regulating member is displaceably disposed in this regulating cylinder, permitting adjustment of the fuel quantity control slide according to the position of the regulating member. The subject of the invention achieves a simple construction for a fuel injection pump, for which only a small amount of drive power is required.

Abstract: A hydraulic device includes a piston slidable within a cylinder. Fluid under pressure is admitted to one end of the cylinder through an inlet which contains a restrictor. The piston is formed with an orifice and is biased by a first spring towards the one end of the cylinder. A thrust rod is engageable by the piston to transmit the movement of the piston to an external mechanism. When the piston is moved by rising fluid pressure the orifice is closed by the end of the thrust rod so that a higher value of fluid pressure is required to effect the initial movement of the piston than is required to allow the return movement of the piston.

Abstract: An inertia governor mechanism applicable to a power unit providing a uniform preselected RPM when the power unit is subjected to variable loads. A pump means provides a constant supply of fluid at a constant pressure to a fluid circuit. A rotary disc valve in the circuit, having one or more axial openings therethrough and driven by the power unit to be regulated, varies the pressure of the fluid in the circuit inversely proportional to the speed, to provide a regulatory fluid pressure which acts on an expandable actuating cylinder to regulate the power unit with a constant speed.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines having a hydraulic control mechanism includes a control cylinder with a control piston actuating a control member, a hydraulic work chamber and one switching valve each for an input and an output controlled by a valve control unit. The inflow to and return from the work chamber is provided with the control valves in order to shut down the engine upon a shutoff or a malfunction in the hydraulic control mechanism. The fuel feed pump is electrically driven, and the hydraulic work chamber communicates with the fuel tank via a relief device. The supply of current to the valve control unit and the feed pump is switched on and off, along with the rest of the current supply to the engine, via a driving switch. Additionally, the valve control unit is embodied such that upon the appearance of a persistent control deviation of the control member, the valve control unit shuts off the feed pump.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines, in particular an in-line injection pump for Diesel engines, is proposed having an injection quantity governor and an electrically driven feed pump, in which in order to assure an emergency shutoff in the event of a malfunction of the injection quantity governor, a check valve, the forward flow direction of which is toward a suction chamber filled with fuel by the feed pump, is disposed between the pressure-side outlet of the feed pump and the suction chamber. An emergency shutoff device responding to a malfunction switches off the feed pump drive, so that because of the lack of feed pressure the check valve closes and blocks off the suction chamber. The engine comes to a stop, as soon as a partial vacuum is established in the suction chamber, which occurs as soon as several revolutions later.

Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine includes a spring loaded fuel quantity control member which is moved by increasing fluid pressure in a chamber to reduce the amount of fuel supplied. The pressure in the chamber is controlled by a pair of ON/OFF valves, the first valve admitting fluid to the chamber and the second valve allowing fluid to escape from the chamber. When the valves are closed an hydraulic lock is created to prevent movement of the member by mechanical forces applied to it during operation of the apparatus.

Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus of the rotary distributor type has a spill control sleeve mounted on the distributor member. The sleeve is axially movable to vary the quantity of fuel delivered by the apparatus and in addition the distributor member is also axially movable by means of a pressure responsive piston, the pressure applied to which varies in accordance with the speed of the associated engine.

Abstract: A fuel injection pumping apparatus of the rotary distributor type includes a rotary distributor member which is biased axially in one direction by a spring and is movable in the opposite direction by fluid pressure in a chamber. The axial setting of the distributor member determines the amount of fuel delivered by the apparatus. Fuel is supplied to the chamber through a supply path including a port and a groove which register intermittently as the distributor member rotates. Fuel is allowed to drain from the chamber through a drain path which includes a further port and a tapered groove defined by the distributor member and an axially adjustable sleeve surrounding the distributor member. The further port and the tapered groove register intermittently and it is arranged that the supply path and the drain path are closed to create a hydraulic lock in the chamber during the time mechanical forces are applied to the distributor member.

Abstract: A liquid fuel pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine has a rotary distributor member in which is mounted a plurality of pumping plungers which are engaged at their outer ends by cam followers which engage the internal surface of a cam ring. The distributor member is axially movable to vary the quantity of fuel supplied. Each follower includes a roller and a shoe and in order to reduce the amount of material required to produce the cam ring, the rollers are of a length substantially equal to the width of the cam ring and are held against axial movement relative to the cam ring. The shoes are held against axial movement relative to the distributor member. The width of the cam ring and the roller are such that the safe Hertzian stress in the cam ring is not exceeded, the additional width of the cam ring to accommodate the movement of the distributor member in previous designs not being required.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump having a hydraulic injection onset adjuster, an rpm governor with at least one member operating in accordance with load, and a full-load stop of the governor which limits the maximum injection quantity is proposed, in which between the full-load stop and the governor member adjustable in accordance with load a switch is provided, which switch upon a change from full load to partial load triggers a magnetic valve, to thereby effect a shift of the injection onset toward "late". The magnetic valve, to this end, engages the hydraulic control of the injection adjuster.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump in which for the purpose of controlling the injection quantity and in particular to determine the onset and end of injection, a hydraulically actuatable piston slide is provided, which controls a connection between the pump work chamber and a fuel supply line or the fuel supply container. The control is effected via two magnetic valves acting in opposite directions, by means of which two different, high control pressures acting upon the piston slide can be exerted. The control pressures are made available either with a single pressure control valve and by blocking off the relief of the supply side of the fuel supply pump, or else by means of two pressure control valves.

Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus includes a high pressure pump and a low pressure pump which supplies fuel thereto. A further low pressure pump supplies fuel at a pressure which is modified to provide a control pressure which is used to control the delivery quantity of the pump. The pump draws fuel from the lower portion of a reservoir and the pump from the upper portion whereby in the event of fuel starvation the high pressure pump will be starved of fuel before the control pressure is lost.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines is proposed which has a hydraulic injection instant adjuster, which is exposed to an rpm-dependent pressure established with the aid of a pressure control valve. The control of the pressure control valve is effected by means of varying the control pressure acting upon it. This is accomplished with the aid of a pressure valve, which has a slide exposed to a force variable in accordance with altitude, and the control pressure of the pressure control valve can be modified by means of this slide.

Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine includes a throttle member having a groove which can register with a port to control the fuel flow to an injection pump forming part of the apparatus. The throttle member is angularly movable by a governor and is also axially movable. The groove has an inclined edge so that the variation in the axial setting will also control the fuel flow. A pivotal lever has one end engaging the throttle member and its other end mounts a cam follower which engages with a cam surface formed on a cam ring which is part of the injection pump and which is angularly movable in accordance with the speed of the engine. As the speed varies so also does the axial setting of the throttle member.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump in which the quantity adjustment member has a travel limitation in the form of an adjustable stop, which is adjusted in accordance with the displacement of an adjusting piston in accordance with a contour defined on the adjusting piston. The displacement of the adjusting piston is effected with the rpm-dependent pressure of the suction chamber of the fuel injection pump, and the work chamber preceding the adjusting piston can be uncoupled from the suction chamber via a throttle. The maximum displacement of the adjusting piston is limited by a stop which is adjustable in accordance with charge pressure or by a pressure control device by means of which the pressure in the work chamber can be adjusted or limited.

Abstract: A piezoelectric sensor produces a first signal indicative of the pressure of fuel in a working chamber defined by the plunger housing and the inner end of a fuel distributing plunger reciprocating through the plunger housing. A threshold discriminator responds to the signal and produces a second signal indicative of the interval during which the first signal exceeds a fixed level. A counter counts clock pulses in the presence of the second signal and outputs its count value to a calculating unit which calculates a fuel injection quantity on the basis of the count value and engine speed sensed in accordance with the desired relationship amount count value, engine speed and fuel injection quantity.

Abstract: A piston mechanism is driven in accordance with fuel pressure from a feed pump by a control valve controlled in response to a control signal from a control device. A spill ring of a fuel injection pump is moved by the piston mechanism, and torque characteristics of an engine are set at a desired value without receiving an influence of fuel pressure.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump is proposed, which has a centrifugal governor disposed in the suction chamber of the fuel injection pump, the governor having a sleeve displaceable on a piston, and a pressure chamber enclosed in the interior of the governor sleeve, the latter being defined by the end face of the piston. By means of a relief line of the pressure chamber which is opened in the offset position of the governor sleeve, the restoring force on the centrifugal governor is increased during starting by the amount of the pressure difference appearing at the governor sleeve. Beyond a predetermined adjustment of the governor sleeve, the relief line is blocked, so that the governor can function unhindered within the normal operational range. The hysteresis thus resulting upon the shut-off of the increased starting quantity improves the behavior of the engine as it runs up to operational speed.

Abstract: A fuel injection system is proposed which serves to inject fuel into the combustion chambers of internal combustion engines. The fuel injection system includes at least one inlet and one outlet line each for the fuel, at least one pump piston to supply the fuel to an injection valve, and at least one apparatus to adjust a parameter of the injection system, such as instant of injection, or quantity of injection, or both. Furthermore, the fuel injection system includes an electro-fluidic transducer which can be controlled by an electronic control device, the electro-fluidic transducer acting to adjust the desired parameter.

Abstract: A fuel injection pumping apparatus of the rotary distributor type has pumping plungers located in a bore in the distributor member. A cup shaped member surrounds the distributor member and has slots in which are located cam followers. The cup shaped member is connected to a drive shaft as also is the distributor member. Slidable within the cup shaped member is an annular member which has a tapered internal surface which can register with complementary surfaces on the followers or on the plungers to limit the outward movement of the plungers.

Abstract: This invention relates to the injection pumps for internal-combustion engines to which the fuel is supplied by a feed pump and aims at obtaining a speed signal by adjusting the pressure within a chamber (35) closed by the bias of centrifugal masses (18) of the governor (15) associated with the injection pump (11).

Abstract: A fuel injection pumping apparatus of the axially slidable rotary distributor type includes a cup shaped member mounted on a drive shaft and a distributor member which as a bore containing pumping plungers. The outward movement of the plungers is controlled by a tapered surface on the interior of the cup shaped member which co-acts with complementary surfaces on cam followers, disposed between the plungers and a surrounding cam ring. The slots in the cup shaped member which accommodate the followers are of helical or like form and the distributor member is driven angularly by tongues which are secured to the distributor member and which locate in the slots. As the distributor member moves axially it is also moved angularly by the action of the helical slots so that the timing of delivery of fuel remains constant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection pump having a governor which functions in accordance with rpm, wherein springs engage an adjusting member, of which one spring acts as the starting spring and at least a second available spring acts as the governor spring upon the adjusting member via a spring plate, the springs being supported, however, at least in the outset position, on the housing via the adjusting piston.

Abstract: A fuel injection pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine includes a rotary distributor member which is also axially movable to determine the amount of fuel supplied by the apparatus. Fluid under pressure is supplied to the chamber to move the distributor member axially against the action of a spring and valve means is provided to control the pressure. The valve means includes a first member in the form of a spool and a second member in the form of a sleeve. The sleeve is coupled by linkage to the distributor member and the position of the spool is determined by a speed responsive governor. A land on the spool co-operates with a port to control the flow of fluid to the chamber. A groove on the spool and a port register to allow fuel flow to a pumping chamber but move out of register to halt fuel flow if the spool should move with increasing speed without there being a corresponding movement of the distributor member and sleeve to reduce the fuel delivered by the apparatus.

Abstract: A liquid fuel pumping apparatus includes a centrifugal weight mechanism 14 which is coupled to a fuel control member through a lever. A spring is provided to oppose the action of the weight mechanism and this is coupled through a lever having an adjustable pivot point, to the lever through a closure member carried about an axially movable member coupled to the weight mechanism. A drilling in the member is supplied with liquid under pressure at a restricted rate. The pressure of liquid acts upon the closure member to urge the closure member relative to the member so as to uncover a groove communicating with the drilling. The pressure of liquid in the drilling is controlled so that it varies in accordance with the square of the speed and in the event that the pressure fails the closure member and the axially movable member will move relative to each other to cause a reduction in the fuel supplied by the apparatus.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump is proposed in which the quantity adjustment member has a travel limitation device in the form of an adjustable stop, which is adjusted in accordance with the displacement of an adjusting piston in accordance with a contour formed in the jacket face thereon. The displacement of the adjusting piston is effected via rpm-dependent pressure of the suction chamber counter to the force of a restoring spring and counter to a pressure which can be established with the aid of a pressure control valve in accordance with engine operating parameters. The adjustment of the stop is thus effected with the high work capacity of the suction chamber pressure, and the limitation of the adjustment is attained with the aid of the modulated pressure diverted from the suction chamber pressure.

Abstract: A liquid fuel injection pumping apparatus of the rotary distributor type has stop means defined by complementary inclined surfaces on a rotary portion, coupled to a drive shaft and on the cam followers associated with the pumping plungers. The cam followers and the distributor member are axially movable to vary fuel quantity. In order to vary the initial rate of fuel delivery one or a reduced number of plungers only is arranged to deliver the initial flow of fuel. This is achieved by axial adjustment of one or more cam followers relative to the distributor member so that the associated plunger or plungers can move outwardly further during the filling stroke of the apparatus and will therefore be moved inwardly before the remaining plungers. Alternatively an axially movable part may be provided on said rotary portion.