Abstract: A nozzle injection apparatus for use in internal combustion engines includes a fuel pump for intermittently pressurizing fuel and an injection conduit in fluid communication with the fuel pump, the injection conduit permitting the pressurized fuel to be communicated to a fuel injection nozzle. A high pressure manifold in fluid communication with the fuel pump and the nozzle is also provided to accumulate the pressurized fuel which is residually left in the injection conduit between intermittent pressurizations of the fuel. The apparatus has low opening and closing pressures when starting the engine while ensuing high opening and closing pressures during operation of the engine. Further, the apparatus maintains high residual pressure in the injection conduit which provides higher than normal pressure to the nozzle at the end of a fuel delivery cycle to subsequently reduce exhausted pollutants.

Abstract: A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, is equipped with a pressure accumulator and a high-pressure pump with which fuel can be delivered to the pressure accumulator. Also provided is a control device with which at least the pressure in the pressure accumulator can be controlled. When the internal combustion engine is in coastdown (overrun) mode, the pump output of the high-pressure pump can be reduced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection device for internal combustion engines, preferably Diesel engines. The device has at least one control valve by means of which a control piston is displaceable by a pressure medium in order to convey fuel through at least one channel toward a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. The device has at least one accumulator for the pressure medium disposed in a flow direction of the pressure medium, whereby the accumulator is provided within the control piston.

Abstract: An amount of pressurized fluid is pumped by a high-pressure fluid pump to a common rail in an engine by using a multi-functional control circuit (ECU) that improves the controllability of fluid pumped to the common rail such that a target pressure in the common rail is achieved notwithstanding the loss of fuel injected from the common rail into the engine's cylinders nor the variety of pressure losses or deviations occurring throughout the system. The ECU sets a base fluid pumping amount based on a target value of pressure in the common rail and an amount of fluid ejected from the common rail. The ECU also calculates a fluid pumping amount required to cause the actual pressure of the common rail to follow a change of a target pressure of the common rail according to the amount of change of the target pressure.

Abstract: A fuel injector including a floating sleeve control chamber is provided which effectively minimizes friction and wear, and thus prevents stiction, of a nozzle valve element by avoiding the need to align two bore guiding surfaces for the element. The floating sleeve control chamber includes a floating sleeve positioned on a control piston formed integrally with a nozzle valve element and positioned in a cavity. The floating sleeve is sized with an outer extent or diameter sufficiently less than the size of a surrounding cavity wall so as to permit lateral movement of the floating sleeve and thus movement of the control chamber. Only the nozzle valve element guiding bore surfaces control the alignment of the nozzle valve element relative to its seat while the floating sleeve effectively forms and seals a floating control chamber. The floating sleeve may be formed from one or more sleeve sections.

Abstract: A fuel system includes a pair of electronically controllable high pressure fuel pumps operable to supply high pressure fuel from a lower pressure fuel source to a high pressure fuel accumulator having a pressure sensor associated therewith. The fuel collection chamber feeds an electronically controllable valve operable to dispense the high pressure fuel to a fuel distribution unit supplying fuel to a number of fuel injectors. A control computer is provided for controlling the high pressure fuel pump and valve in response to requested fueling, engine speed and fuel pressure provided by the pressure sensor. The accumulator pressure signal is processed in accordance with the present invention for diagnosing erratic pressure sensor failures. The control computer is operable to compute error pressure values based on differences between peak accumulator pressure values and a target pressure value, and compute pressure error variance values based on subsets of the pressure error values.

Abstract: A fuel injection system includes a plurality of mechanical unit pumps, each of which has a pump outlet. A pressure-intensifying hydraulically-actuated electronically-controlled fuel injector is provided for each of the plurality of mechanical unit pumps. Each of the fuel injectors has a direct control needle valve and an injector body that defines an actuation fluid inlet, a fuel inlet, an actuation fluid cavity and a fuel pressurization chamber. Each fuel injector also includes a moveable pumping element with a large hydraulic surface exposed to fluid pressure in the actuation fluid cavity, and a small hydraulic surface exposed to fluid pressure in the fuel pressurization chamber. An actuation fluid supply line is provided for each of the plurality of mechanical unit pumps. Each supply line has one end connected to one pump outlet and an other end connected to one actuation fluid inlet of an individual fuel injector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel injection device for combustion engines, preferably Diesel engines, with at least one pilot valve by means of which a control piston is displaceable by a pressure medium in order to convey fuel through at least one line/channel toward a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, whereby at least one accumulator is provided in the flow path of the fuel or the pressure medium, and an accumulator space is connected to the connecting line/channel for the fuel or the pressure medium.

Abstract: A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, having a valve member that is axially displaceable in a valve body and that with a sealing face cooperates, to control an injection opening, with a valve seat face on the valve body. An end of the valve member remote from the combustion chamber is urged in the closing direction by a valve spring disposed in a spring chamber. The valve member has a pressure shoulder acting in the opening direction, which protrudes into a pressure chamber that is filled with high fuel pressure. Via a throttle gap, the spring chamber communicates with the pressure chamber and is sealed off from a fuel return system, so that during the opening stroke motion of the valve member the spring chamber acts as a hydraulic damper.

Abstract: A pump injector comprising a pumping chamber, a valve needle controlling communication between the pumping chamber and one or more outlet openings, and a spill valve controlling communication between the pumping chamber and a low pressure fuel reservoir, in use. The pump injector also comprises an inlet non-return valve arranged to permit fuel to flow from the fuel reservoir to the pumping chamber, in use, but substantially preventing fuel flow in the reverse direction. Alternatively, the pump injector may comprise an abutment piston engageable with the valve needle which defines, in part, a control chamber for fuel, and a control valve controlling communication between the pumping chamber and the control chamber.

Abstract: A fuel system comprising a fuel pump having a pump outlet which communicates with a fuel volume, the volume communicating with the inlets of a plurality of fuel injectors. The fuel flow paths between the pump outlet and the inlet of each injector form substantially equal restrictions to the flow of fuel.

Abstract: A fuel feeding system for a multi-cylinder engine, especially a large diesel engine, includes at least two high pressure pumps for feeding fuel from a fuel tank into respective pressure accumulator units, each of which defines a pressure chamber which is connected to at least two injectors. A passage interconnects the pressure chambers of the pressure accumulator units without obstruction. An auxiliary valve is attached to one of the pressure accumulator units for selectively connecting the pressure chamber of that pressure accumulator unit to the fuel tank.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a pressure sensor, which determines a pressure in a pressure accumulator regulated by a pressure actuator, includes the steps of calculating an expected pressure value in the pressure accumulator for a given point in time based on a holding pressure preset by the pressure actuator and based on a detected rate of change in a mass balance of a medium contained in the pressure accumulator. A pressure value in the pressure accumulator is determined with the pressure sensor at the given point in time. The expected pressure value is compared with the determined pressure value and a malfunction in the pressure sensor is detected if the pressure values deviate from each other beyond a predetermined value. A device for monitoring a pressure sensor is also provided.

Abstract: A fuel system has a pump which supplies fuel under pressure to a fuel rail for distribution by fuel injectors to the cylinders of an engine. A fuel accumulator, having a volume greater than the volume of fuel required to start the engine, is disposed in fluid communication with the fuel rail to supply a charge of fuel thereto during engine start-up at a pressure level sufficient to cause fuel atomization within the cylinder. The fuel in the accumulator is stored at the ambient pressure. A spring force or a solenoid force is applied to the fuel in the accumulator such that the fuel is ejected into the fuel rail at the required pressure level. A check valve is positioned to prevent fuel flow from the fuel rail to the pump during the initial discharge from the accumulator. The accumulator is refilled by fuel from the pump during normal operation and the fuel therein is reduced to ambient pressure when the engine operation is discontinued.

Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply assembly includes a high-pressure fuel pump for pressurizing fuel from a low-pressure fuel intake passage and discharging high-pressure fuel into a high-pressure fuel discharge passage, a high-pressure damper disposed in the high-pressure fuel discharge passage for absorbing surges in the high-pressure fuel, a high-pressure regulator disposed in a branch passage branching from a branch portion of the high-pressure fuel discharge passage for adjusting the high-pressure fuel from the high-pressure damper to a predetermined pressure, and an orifice disposed in the high-pressure fuel discharge passage downstream from the branch portion for absorbing surges in the high-pressure fuel.

Abstract: A pump for moving a fluid has a housing with a internal chamber accommodating a pair of rotating pistons. Each piston has protrusions that register with pockets in the other piston in non-contact relation as the pistons rotate. A fluid accumulator in fluid communication with the pump holds a supply of fluid to prevent excessive pressure rise.

Abstract: In a high-pressure fuel pump, a back-pressure chamber connected to a high-pressure fuel discharge passage is formed in a casing facing a central portion of a first plate.

Abstract: A control and safety valve arrangement in a fuel feeding system of an internal combustion engine, especially a large diesel engine, in which fuel is pumped from a fuel tank at least to one common pressure accumulator unit (1) and is fed therefrom under high pressure to be injected at least into two cylinders of the engine. The pressure accumulator unit (1,1a) is connect to the fuel tank with a separate return flow line (5,6,7), which is provided with valve means provided with two separate control arrangements operationally independent on each other so that the pressure accumulator unit (1) can be connected to the fuel tank by means of a first control arrangement under the influence of a separate control pressure when necessary and in addition by means of a second control arrangement in case the pressure in the pressure accumulator unit (1) exceeds a certain selected limit value.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines, having a high-pressure fuel pump which fills a high-pressure collection chamber with high fuel pressure. Injection lines lead away from the high pressure collection chamber to the individual injection valves. A prefeed pump that feeds fuel from a tank via a low-pressure line system into a work chamber of the high-pressure pump, and at least one control valve controls the high-pressure pumping quantity of the high-pressure pump. Control valves are inserted into the low-pressure line system that adjust the fuel filling flow into the work chamber of the high-pressure pump to the fill volume actually required for operation.

Abstract: After an engine has been started, a controller 8 of a fuel injection system opens an injection rate switching change-over valve 5 for a period of time not less than a fuel injection period until the time a fuel pressure in a low pressure accumulator 4 connected to the portion of a fuel passage 10a which is on the downstream side of the change-over valve 5 has reached a set level, whereby a fuel injection starting delay ascribed to a fuel pressure decrease in the second accumulator can be prevented.

Abstract: A fuel supply pump having a plurality of radially disposed plunger sleeves each containing a pumping plunger with a driven end reciprocally movable within the plunger sleeve between a pumping position and a filling position. The fuel supply pump includes a rotatable drive member and a plurality of sliding shoes. Each shoe has a first face adjacent a respective plunger driven end and a second face adjacent the drive member. In one variation, each shoe first face includes a socket which the plunger driven end snaps into and is captured by, creating a sliding shoe assembly. A case couples all of the sliding shoe assemblies. In another variation, the cage includes apertures which the plunger driven end snaps through, thereby capturing the plunger. The plunger driven end engages a seat included on the sliding shoe first face. Rotation of the drive member moves each shoe, and thereby, each plunger toward the pumping position.

Abstract: A device for injecting high pressure atomized fuel liquid into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine such as a diesel engine. The device includes a mechanism for delivering high pressure liquid fuel (16) such as a pump. The mechanism communicates via a cyclic communication device with an injection chamber (26) of variable volume having a movable element (27) returned by a resilient returning element (28) towards a stop (33), and communicates permanently with the nozzle cavity (10). The amount of liquid fuel is delivered to the injection chamber during the cyclic closing phase of a nozzle obturator (14).

Abstract: The invention proposes a fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, having a valve member (11), which can be displaced axially outward in a bore (9) of a valve body (1) counter to the force of a closing spring (47) and which on its end toward the combustion chamber has a closing head (13), protruding from the bore (9) and forming a valve closing member, that on its side toward the valve body (1) has a valve sealing face (15) with which it cooperates with a valve seat face (17) disposed on the end of the valve body (1) toward the combustion chamber, and having at least one injection opening on the closing head (13) which originates at a pressure chamber (19) and whose outlet opening is covered by the valve body (1) in the closing position of the valve member (11) and is uncovered in the outward-oriented opening stroke.

Abstract: In the fuel injection method and device for engines, information obtained from the differential value of the common rail pressure is used to correct the parameters of the command pulses to the flow control valve and the solenoid valve of each injector and thereby limit deviations of the fuel injection characteristic of the injector from the target injection characteristic. From the curves of the differential values R of the common rail pressure Pc, the actual fuel injection parameters for the injectors-injection start timing Tis, gross injection amount Qt, initial injection amount Qe and maximum injection rate Rmax-are obtained.

Abstract: The high-pressure fuel pump unit for an in-cylinder injecting type engine of the invention comprises high-pressure fuel pump 3 which has a casing 40 having a sucking path and a discharge path, a cylinder 41 provided in the casing 40 and having a sliding hole 41a, a fuel pressurizing chamber 45 formed on a part of the sliding hole 41a, and a plunger 43 arranged reciprocally movably in the sliding hole 41a, sucks the fuel from the sucking path into the fuel pressurizing chamber 45 through reciprocation of the plunger 43, and discharges the pressurized fuel from the discharge path, and pressure-feeds the same to a fuel injector 1 of an in-cylinder injecting type engine; a damper 30 which is provided integrally with the high-pressure fuel pump 3 and absorbs pulsation of the fuel pressure caused by the high-pressure fuel pump 3 in the low-pressure fuel path; and an accumulator 70 which is provided integrally with the high-pressure fuel pump 3 and absorbs pulsation of pressure of the fuel discharged by the high-pre

Abstract: A device for regulating a pressure in a high pressure accumulator of a fuel injection system includes a pressure adjusting element which has a shut-off element and an electromagnetic drive actuating the shut-off element. A first regulating device is connected to the pressure adjusting element and compares a pressure value obtained in the high pressure accumulator with a given setpoint pressure value. A drive signal with a setpoint current value for the electromagnetic drive is determined as a function of the comparison. A second regulating device is connected downstream of the first regulating device for comparing a current value of a current flowing through the electromagnetic drive with the setpoint current value and readjusting the current value in response to a deviation between the current value and the setpoint current value. A method for regulating a pressure in a high pressure accumulator is also provided.

Abstract: A fuel injection system that can be used in a diesel engine is provided. The system includes a first accumulator for storing high-pressure fuel and a second accumulator for storing low-pressure fuel sufficiently lower in pressure than the fuel stored in the first accumulator. There is a first two-way electromagnetic valve disposed in a first fuel passage connecting the first accumulator with a fuel injection nozzle. A flow control apparatus controls a flow rate of fuel passing through a second fuel passage connecting a downstream side of the first two-way electromagnetic valve in the first fuel passage with the second accumulator. The flow control apparatus is placed in the second fuel passage. A second two-way electromagnetic valve is placed in a third fuel return passage which connects the fuel injection nozzle with a fuel tank. The second two-way electromagnetic valve switches the fuel injection modes of the fuel from its injection mode to its uninjection mode or vice versa.

Abstract: The present invention describes a filter gasket (50) for removing debris from the hydraulic fluid in an internal combustion engine (10). An upper reservoir structure (30) is mounted on a front cover (14) of the engine (10) at interface (46). The front cover forms a lower reservoir (16). The upper reservoir structure (30) forms an upper reservoir (35). A gasket (42) is disposed along the interface (46) to seal the upper reservoir structure (30) to the front cover (14). A screen assembly (70) is positioned adjacent to the interface (46). The screen assembly (70) includes a filter screen (76) connected to a plate member (56). The plate member (56) operatively engages the gasket (42). The plate member (56) forces hydraulic fluid to pass through the filter screen (76), thus retaining debris that exceed the mesh size of the filter screen (76).

Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines is proposed, in which with the aid of a high-pressure pump fuel is pumped at high pressure into a high-pressure fuel reservoir (6), from which electrically controlled fuel injection valves (9) are supplied. The pressure in the high-pressure fuel reservoir is maintained in such a way that a first pump element (16) pumps fuel into the high-pressure reservoir with a variable pumping quantity, and a second pump element (17) as needed pumps a constant high-pressure fuel quantity into the high-pressure reservoir. A simple, economical system is thus obtained for furnishing high fuel pressure for injection by the fuel injection system (FIG. 2).

Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines having a high-pressure fuel reservoir supplied from a high-pressure fuel pump. The high-pressure fuel reservoir takes the form of a hollow sphere, which is welded together from two forged hollow hemispheres. Fastening elements formed in a forging operation are used to secure the high-pressure fuel reservoir in a vehicle.

Abstract: A delivery device for fuel to an internal combustion engine, which includes a fuel reservoir. After the engine is shut off or in the event of an accident, there is the danger that the pressurized fuel present in the fuel reservoir will escape from the delivery device. A blocking device is provided on the fuel reservoir, which after the engine is shut off or after an accident, the blocking device engages with an actuation rod that is provided with detent teeth, by means of an electromagnetically actuated locking pin and thus prevents a force impingement of a compression spring on the movable wall of the fuel reservoir. By use of the blocking devices the pressure in the fuel line is completely reduced even after the escape of small fuel quantities. The delivery device is suited for mixture-compressing internal combustion engines with externally supplied ignition.

Abstract: During a transitional operation of an engine in which an engine load is changed suddenly from a high load to a low load, a control operation for extending an opening period of a change-over valve which is adapted to switch a low-pressure accumulator and a high-pressure accumulator from one to the other during a fuel injection operation is carried out to increase a flow rate of a fuel supplied to the low-pressure accumulator and thereby reduce the pressure in the high-pressure accumulator, whereby a response delay of the fuel pressure in the high-pressure accumulator is minimized.

Abstract: A fuel injection system with a common rail pressure reservoir which receives fuel at high pressure, and with a dual-substance nozzle for bifluid injection of fuel and a supplementary fluid into an intern combustion engine. The system includes a first 2/2-way valve (MV1) in the injection line between the common rail pressure reservoir and a pressure chamber surrounding the nozzle needle of the dual-substance nozzle, and a second 2/2-way valve (MV2), whose inlet communicates via a supply line with the injection line at a point between the first 2/2-way valve (MV1) and the pressure chamber (3.5), and whose outlet communicates with an outlet line on a fuel low-pressure side. The system is economical and at the same time, it becomes possible to shift the metering for supplementary fluid to a single metering valve that controls an entire group of injectors.

Abstract: This fuel injection method and apparatus for an engine obtain an accumulator pressure at fuel injection time from an approximate function obtained on the basis of the pressure of working fluid in an accumulator, which pressure is detected at a constant sampling period, and accurately control the operating time duration of a control valve for the working fluid in each injector. An approximate function Pr(t) of accumulator pressure is obtained on the basis of a plurality of detected values Pr.sub.1 to Pr.sub.n of accumulator pressure which are obtained at a constant sampling period Ts. A set value Prs of accumulator pressure at fuel injection time T.sub.inj is obtained from the approximate function Pr(t), and a control valve driving time duration required to execute a target injection quantity is obtained on the basis of the set value Prs. During the driving time duration, fuel is injected from the injectors by the operation of the control valves.

Abstract: A method for operating a self-igniting, air-compressing internal combustion engine, in which the engine is supplied with fuel by an injection system that has a high-pressure fuel reservoir, which is supplied with fuel by a high-pressure fuel pump and outputs fuel to electrically controlled injection valves. A control unit is provided, which detects the operating mode of the engine and upon occurrence of an overrunning mode allows a pressure increase in the high-pressure fuel reservoir. On resumption of normal operation, the drive of the high-pressure fuel pump is then interrupted, and the engine is supplied from the fuel previously stored at elevated pressure, until a lower limit value of the high pressure fuel is attained.

Abstract: A fuel system includes a pair of electronically controllable high pressure fuel pumps operable to supply high pressure fuel from a lower pressure fuel source to a high pressure fuel collection chamber having a pressure sensor associated therewith. The fuel collection chamber feeds an electronically controllable valve operable to dispense the high pressure fuel to a fuel distribution unit supplying fuel to a number of fuel injectors. A control computer is provided for controlling the high pressure fuel pump and valve in response to requested fueling, engine speed and fuel pressure provided by the pressure sensor. The accumulator pressure profile is processed in accordance with various techniques forming part of the present invention for diagnosing pressure sensor in-range failures, fuel pump injector valve blow shut failures and failure of one of the fuel pumps.

Abstract: A fuel system includes a pair of electronically controllable high pressure fuel pumps operable to supply high pressure fuel from a lower pressure fuel source to a high pressure fuel accumulator having a pressure sensor associated therewith. The fuel collection chamber feeds an electronically controllable valve operable to dispense the high pressure fuel to a fuel distribution unit supplying fuel to a number of fuel injectors. A control computer is provided for controlling the high pressure fuel pump and valve in response to requested fueling, engine speed and fuel pressure provided by the pressure sensor. The accumulator pressure signal is processed in accordance with the present invention for diagnosing erratic pressure sensor failures. The control computer is operable to compute error pressure values based on differences between peak accumulator pressure values and a target pressure value, and compute pressure error variance values based on subsets of the pressure error values.

Abstract: A cylinder injection high-pressure fuel pump prevents the pulsations of fuel generated by a high-pressure fuel pump from spreading to a low-pressure pipe connected to a low pressure end. The cylinder injection high-pressure fuel pump has: a casing (1) in which an inlet passage (2) for taking fuel in and a discharge passage (35) for draining the fuel are formed; a cylinder (30) formed in the casing (1); a fuel pressurizing chamber (32) formed in a part of the cylinder (30); and a plunger (31) disposed in the cylinder (30) such that is may reciprocate therein. As the plunger (31) reciprocates, the fuel is taken into the fuel pressurizing chamber (32) through the inlet passage (2)and pressurized therein, then the pressurized fuel is discharged through the discharge passage (35) and forcibly fed into a fuel injector of a cylinder injection type engine. The inlet passage (2) is equipped with a check valve (70).

Abstract: In an accumulator type fuel injection control device, a feed hole (28) provides communication between a common rail (24) for storing fuel from a fuel pressure pump (29) and a fuel injection valve (11); a control oil passage (23a, 23b, 23c) extends from the feed hole (28) to an oil chamber (19); a three-way electromagnetic valve (23) exerts the pressure of a fuel oil on the oil chamber (19) to close a needle valve (15), and discharges the fuel oil in the oil chamber (19) to a fuel return passage (51) to open the needle valve (15); fuel oil pressure correcting means (103) corrects a fuel oil pressure P.sub.0 on the basis of a fuel oil temperature t.sub.F detected by fuel oil temperature detecting means (44); and simultaneously, fuel injection volume correcting means (108) corrects a fuel injection volume Q.sub.0 ; whereby the temperature of fuel flowing to a fuel return system is suppressed to prevent damage to members used in the fuel return system.

Abstract: An injection-pressure setpoint value for the pressure accumulator of an accumulator injection system is specified as a function of the operating point of the engine. The setpoint is specified with the aid of respectively separate characteristic diagrams for the start, idling and load engine operating states. In load operation, the profile of the injection-pressure setpoint value is additionally adapted to the particular requirements of the transient engine operation with a first timing element whose timing characteristics depend on the engine speed. The profile may be briefly raised out of a low engine speed in the case of an acceleration. With the aid of a downstream, second timing element which is independent of the first timing element, sudden transitions in the specification of the setpoint values when the engine operating state changes are suitably smoothed out. Any jumps in the injection-pressure setpoint value are avoided.

Abstract: A fuel filter assembly 16 for a fuel system for an internal combustion engine 10 which comprises a fuel filter housing 16 supporting a filter material 20 in a filter chamber 18 for disposition in a fuel line between a fuel tank 12 and an injector pump 14, and a fuel reservoir 22 disposed downstream from the filter chamber 18 for storing a volume of fuel. The assembly is characterized by an inlet valve 24 controlling fuel flow between the filter chamber 18 and the reservoir 22 for maintaining a predetermined volume of fuel in the reservoir 22 to provide a substantially constant fuel pressure to the injector pump 14. A float 26 is disposed in the reservoir 22 for opening the valve 24 in response to the fuel being below the predetermined volume and closing the valve 24 in response to the fuel being above the predetermined volume.

Abstract: A fuel system of a fuel injected engine includes a separate priming actuating fluid reservoir connected to an actuating fluid manifold and a high pressure pump for maintaining the volume of oil at the manifold and pump during periods when the engine is not in operation.

Abstract: A unitized fuel supply assembly is disclosed including an in-line reciprocating cam driven pump (14) for supplying fuel to an accumulator (12) from which fuel is directed to a plurality of engine cylinders by means of a distributor (16) mounted on the unitized assembly. Dual pump control valves (20) provide fail safe electronic control over the effective pump displacement. One or more injection control valves mounted on the distributor are provided to control injection timing and quantity. The accumulator (12) contains a labyrinth of interconnected chambers (36) which are shaped and positioned to produce a minimum overall package size while providing for easy manufacture.

Abstract: An apparatus deliveries fuel to a V-type engine having a first bank and a second bank. The apparatus has a first delivery pipe disposed in association with the first bank, a second delivery pipe disposed in association with the second bank and a fuel pipe for supplying the fuel from a fuel tank to the first delivery pipe and the second delivery pipe. Each delivery pipe has an injector for injecting the fuel from the delivery pipe to a cylinder of the engine. The fuel pipe includes a supply pipe connected with an end of the first delivery pipe to supply the fuel from the fuel tank to the first delivery pipe and a communicating pipe for communicating the end of the first delivery pipe with an end of the second delivery pipe. A first damping element is disposed at the end of the first delivery pipe to damp pressure fluctuation of the fuel supplied from the supply pipe.

Abstract: A device and a method are provided for regulating the fuel pressure in a high-pressure accumulator. A volumetric flow regulation and a pressure regulation combine the advantages of regulation of volumetric flow and regulation of pressure with one another and thus achieve increased dynamics and higher efficiency.

Abstract: A fuel system includes an electronically controllable high pressure fuel pump operable to supply high pressure fuel from a lower pressure fuel source to a high pressure fuel collection chamber having a pressure sensor associated therewith. The fuel collection chamber feeds an electronically controllable valve operable to dispense the high pressure fuel to a fuel distribution unit supplying fuel to a number of fuel injectors. A control computer is provided for controlling the high pressure fuel pump and valve in response to requested fueling, engine speed and fuel pressure provided by the pressure sensor. The control computer is normally operable to drive the fuel pump as a function of fuel pressure and a reference pressure, which is based on requested fueling, and to control the valve as a function of commanded fueling, which is a function of engine speed and a reference speed based on requested fueling, and fuel pressure.

Abstract: A fuel system damper includes a damper diaphragm, a damper spring, a vacuum bias diaphragm, and a vacuum bias spring. The damper spring is biased between the damper diaphragm and the vacuum bias diaphragm, and the vacuum bias spring is biased against the vacuum bias diaphragm in the top chamber of the damper. A bottom chamber below the damper diaphragm is open to allow fuel from the fuel rail into the chamber so that the damper diaphragm can respond to pressure pulsations in the fuel. The top chamber has an opening that communicates with an engine intake manifold so that when engine intake manifold pressure decreases to very low levels, the vacuum bias diaphragm will travel up. This upward motion reduces the pressure in the fuel rail by removing load from the damper spring. When the pressure regulation setpoint is reached, the regulator will supply fuel to maintain pressure.

Abstract: A quantity regulation valve for controlling liquids in which a valve member can be moved by an electromagnet, permitting different through flow cross sections to be set so that a high pressure pump that is supplied with fuel via the quantity regulation valve can feed a variable quantity of high pressure fuel. At the same time, the valve member of the quantity regulation valve is equipped with a sealing face that cooperates with a valve seat for the purpose of absolutely preventing the high pressure fuel delivery.

Abstract: In an accumulator type fuel injection control system, a fuel pressure setting means determines a basic fuel injection pressure from both fuel injection volume and engine speed, and when the temperature of a fuel discharged to a fuel tank is high, a fuel pressure correcting means subtracts, from the basic fuel injection pressure, a pressure reduction quantity which has been set according to the fuel temperature. Further, a fuel injection timing correcting means adds, to a basic fuel injection timing, an advance quantity which has been set according to the pressure reduction quantity and thereby determines a corrected fuel injection timing.

Abstract: A unit fuel injector adapted to receive fuel from a fuel supply at relatively low pressure and adapted to inject fuel at relatively high pressure into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is provided, comprising an injector body having a first internal bore and an injector orifice and a plunger mounted for reciprocating movement within the first internal bore to define a variable volume fuel pressurization chamber including a cam actuated upper plunger portion and a lower plunger portion mounted in the first internal bore between the variable volume fuel pressurization chamber and the upper plunger portion. While the upper plunger portion is in its retracted position, low pressure fuel from the fuel supply is supplied to the variable volume fuel pressurization chamber.