Abstract: A fuel pump is disclosed which comprises a plunger reciprocable under the influence of a cam surface. The cam surface is shaped to include a first region and a second region. As the plunger moves under the influence of the first region, a pressure wave is generated which is able to reach a spill valve prior to the plunger moving under the influence of the second region to generate a pressure sufficient to open a delivery valve.

Abstract: A fuel injection system includes a fuel injector that defines an actuation fluid cavity, a fuel inlet and a nozzle outlet. A source of relatively high pressure actuation fluid is connected to the actuation fluid cavity via an actuation fluid supply passage. A fuel fluid supply passage extends between the fuel inlet and a source of relatively low pressure fuel fluid. A mechanically actuated valve is attached to the actuation fluid supply passage, and is moveable between an open position in which the actuation fluid supply passage is open and a closed position in which the actuation fluid supply passage is closed.

Abstract: Fuel metering system for feeding fuel from a storage tank (2) to the cylinders (6) of a combustion engine (8), comprising a fuel supply unit (1) and a distributing device (4, 4', 4") which comprises a least one rotor driven depending on the rotational position of a crankshaft (16) or camshaft of the combustion engine (8), with the fuel supply unit supplying fuel from the storage tank (2) to the distributing device (4, 4', 4") and with the distributing device (4, 4', 4"), depending on the rotational position of the rotor, sequentially feeding fuel to the cylinders (6) of the combustion engine. The fuel supply unit (1) continuously supplies fuel to the distributing device (4, 4', 4"). The rotor (13) is driven continuously, with the angle of rotation of the rotor (13) being a continuous function of the angle of rotation of the crankshaft (16) or camshaft.

Abstract: In a spill control apparatus for a fuel injection system in which a sleeve is externally fitted to a rotor, and the position of the sleeve relative to the rotor is used to adjust the communication timing between a port on the rotor and a port on the sleeve, the port formed at the rotor is constituted of a first indented portion formed over a specific angle of rotation and a second indented portion formed to achieve specific spill characteristics. The second indented portion is formed continuous to the front end of the first indented portion in the direction of rotation and the contour of the second indented portion is continuous to the contour of the first indented portion which is constituted of oblique sides which extend toward the front relative to the direction of rotation. The length of the rotor port in the axial direction may be set smaller than the length of the port formed on the sleeve in the axial direction.

Abstract: A centrifugal fuel distributor including a drive shaft rotatably mounted within a housing having a distribution cavity. A sidewall of the distribution cavity defines a plurality of spaced-apart fuel outlets, and a hollow armature is biased radially outwardly from the drive shaft, so that a distal end of the armature is in sealing contact with an inner surface of the sidewall. During operation, pressurized fuel travels through a fuel passage in the drive shaft and through the hollow armature while the drive shaft is rotated, so that the distal end of the armature slides along the inner surface of the sidewall of the distribution cavity and sequentially distributes fuel to the plurality of fuel outlets. The fuel then passes from each fuel outlet to fuel injectors mounted in cylinders of an engine incorporating the fuel distributor.

Abstract: A rotor that rotates in synchronization with an engine is provided inside a housing and a cam ring is provided outside and around the rotor so that plungers are caused to move reciprocally in the direction of the radius by the cam ring as the rotor rotates. At both sides of the cam ring, support members (barrel 8, bearing support member 6) constituted of the same material as that of the cam ring are secured to the housing and to both sides of the cam ring, and these support members alone hold the cam ring from both sides rotatably. A connecting rod connecting the cam ring and the timer mechanism is formed as an integrated part of the cam ring. The clearance between the cam ring and the members holding it can be set small so that the vibration of the cam ring is reduced to minimize the impact noise made by the cam ring and wear of the cam ring. In addition, the connection strength between the cam ring and timer mechanism is increased.

Abstract: A fuel supply system for supplying fuel to the cylinders of an associated engine is disclosed. The system comprises a fuel pump for supplying high pressure fuel to a delivery line, a plurality of injectors connected to the delivery line and means operable to deliver fuel through the injectors to respective cylinders of an associated engine, and a control valve connected to the delivery line and operable to control the pressure of fuel within the delivery line.

Abstract: A wear resistant, reduced stress at increased injection pressure fuel distributor assembly for distributing high pressure fuel to the fuel injectors of an internal combustion engine is provided. The assembly includes a fuel distributor rotor with a surface profile configuration that effectively and efficiently distributes high and low pressure fuel to the fuel injectors without internal fuel distribution channels. The rotor is preferably formed from a high thermal expansion, wear-resistant ceramic or coated metal material.

Abstract: A fuel pump comprises a distributor member having a plunger reciprocable within a bore. A shoe and roller arrangement is associated with the plunger, the roller of which cooperates with a cam surface to move the plunger under the influence of the cam surface. Drive means is provided for driving the shoe and roller arrangement, the drive means including a member having a bore of circular cross-section, the shoe of the shoe and roller arrangement being reciprocable within the bore of the drive means.

Abstract: In an inner-cam system fuel injection pump, two balance ports that are offset symmetrically relative to a distribution port in a circumferential direction to form a Y-shape are formed at a rotor. The opening ends of the balance ports and the opening end of the distribution port are positioned on the same plane that is perpendicular to the axis of the rotor. The offset angle .theta. by which the balance ports are offset in the circumferential direction relative to the axis of the distribution port, the opening area S.sub.1 of the distribution port and the opening area S.sub.2 of each of the balance ports are set to satisfy a relationship expressed as S.sub.1 =.vertline.2.multidot.S.sub.2 .multidot.cos .theta..vertline.. The phase intervals of the fuel delivery passages and the phase interval of the two balance ports are set equal to each other.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines, which includes at least one pump piston driven by a cam drive mechanism to carry out a feed stroke and an intake stroke. The pump includes a fuel filled storage chamber that is under storage pressure and is for aspirating fuel in the intake stroke and for feeding excess fuel at the end of the feed stroke to a tank. A fluid filled drive mechanism chamber under lubrication pressure, contains the cam drive mechanism and is divided from the intake chamber by a movable wall. A vacuum chamber is disposed in the fluid filled drive mechanism chamber in order to damp pressure oscillations in the drive mechanism chamber, the vacuum chamber is at least partially defined by a membrane that is acted upon by the lubrication pressure. The rigidity of the membrane is designed so that its effectiveness comes into play only when there is a pressure load that is slightly greater than the stationary lubrication pressure in the drive mechanism chamber (22).

Abstract: A fuel injection pump, in which there is provided in a distributor of the fuel injection pump, a longitudinal bore which connects a pump working space to a control point on the distributor and which is fashioned in the distributor from one end face of the distributor. For sealingly closing this longitudinal bore, there is provided a pin which is inserted into a transverse bore intersecting the longitudinal bore and which thus has a sealing fit influenced by the pressure in the longitudinal bore.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines which has a moving part supported in a housing bore and on its jacket face on one side, has an exit opening that is under high pressure, and whose bearing is improved by virtue of the fact that on the jacket face of the part or in the wall of the housing bore, at least one pressure compensation is provided. The compensation face is connected to a high pressure source, is disposed on a side of the jacket face of the part which side is remote from the exit opening, and is continuously covered by the wall of the housing bore. As a result, a compensation of the pressure action by means of the pressure field prevailing in the region of the exit opening occurs so that an improved, less damage-prone bearing is produced with a greater high pressure tightness of the moving part.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump includes an injection onset adjustment piston in a cylinder bore that adjusts injection. The onset adjustment piston is embodied as a following piston which includes therein a control slide valve. The onset adjustment piston encloses a work chamber on one end, and is acted upon by the pressure in the work chamber counter to the force of a restoring spring. The onset adjustment piston is connected to an essentially stationary part of a cam drive of the fuel injection pump. In order to prevent feedback from the work chamber via the control slide valve and its adjustment, the control slide valve is effectively damped by means of a separate pin on an end of the control slide valve which extends into a blind bore of the onset adjustment piston.

Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus for supplying fuel to a compression ignition engine comprising a rotary distributor member having a delivery passage which can register in turn with outlet ports connected to the injection nozzles of the engine. Fuel is supplied to the delivery passage from an accumulator under the control of a valve. The accumulator is charged with fuel by means of a high pressure pump which is a cam actuated pump and fuel is supplied to the high pressure pump by a low pressure pump. A valve is provided to control the output pressure of the low pressure pump so that the amount of fuel supplied to the high pressure pump can be varied for the purpose of controlling the fuel pressure within the accumulator. This pressure is sensed by a transducer which supplies a signal to a control system which controls the flow of electric current in the valve.

Abstract: A wear resistant, reduced stress at increased injection pressure fuel distributor assembly for distributing high pressure fuel to the fuel injectors of an internal combustion engine is provided. The assembly includes a fuel distributor rotor with a surface profile configuration that effectively and efficiently distributes high and low pressure fuel to the fuel injectors without internal fuel distribution channels. The rotor is preferably formed from a high thermal expansion, wear-resistant ceramic or coated metal material.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump of the distributor type which has at least one pump piston driven in a reciprocating stroke motion, a rotating distributor shaft which via a distributor bore upon rotation establishes a communication between the pump work chamber, defined by the pump piston, and an injection nozzle, and a switching valve for metering the fuel injection quantity. To achieve highly stable hydraulics upon opening and closing of the switching valve, a low-pressure piston is connected to the valve member of the switching valve; the low-pressure piston is axially displaceably guided on the low-pressure side of the switching valve, downstream of the outlet of a relief bore, in a wall segment. Preferably, the outer diameter of the low-pressure piston is made to largely approximate the diameter of the seat face of the valve member on the associated valve seat.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines which has a moving part supported in a housing bore and on its jacket face on one side, has an exit opening that is under high pressure, and whose bearing is improved by virtue of the fact that at least one closed annular groove is provided on the jacket face of the part or in the wall of the housing bore, axially adjacent to the exit opening. As a result, a more even pressure distribution of the pressure field prevailing in the regions of the exit opening is achieved on the circumference of the moving part and as a result, a less damage prone, improved bearing with great high pressure tightness of the moving part is provided.

Abstract: A fuel-injection pump of the distributor type has a distributor shaft which is coupled fixedly in terms of rotation to a drive shaft and which, during rotation, successively supplies an injection nozzle with fuel from a pump working space. Seated displaceably in each case in one of a plurality of radial bores in the distributor shaft are pump pistons which, on the one hand, limit the pump working space and, on the other hand, bear non-positively on a coaxial cam ring via rollers held in roller shoes. For a construction of the injection pump which is advantageous in manufacturing terms, the drive shaft engages over the distributor shaft by means of a cup-like coupling head, and a number corresponding to the number of radial bores, of axial slots for the displaceable reception of the roller shoes are made in the cup wall.

Abstract: A rotary distributor fuel injection pump includes a pumping plunger housed in a bore and has a spill valve member integrally formed with an actuator piston contained in a cylinder. High pressure fuel from the bore can be admitted to the one end of the cylinder to move the actuator piston and valve member away from the seating by opening an on/off valve. When the spilled fuel has been returned to the bore further fuel flows to the bore by way of the on/off valve and this fuel flows to the on/off valve through a non-return valve from a source of fuel under pressure.

Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus is disclosed which includes a distributor comprising a distributor member rotatable within a bore provided in a sleeve. The sleeve is provided with a plurality of feed ports and a plurality of delivery ports, fewer feed ports being provided than delivery ports. The distributor member is provided with a delivery passage registrable with the delivery ports, in turn, and a plurality of feed passages registrable with the feed ports. The feed and delivery passages communicate with one another. The feed and delivery passages are located so that when the delivery passage registers with one of the delivery ports, one or more of the feed passages register with respective feed ports.

Abstract: The movement of a control sleeve in the circumferential direction is made to interlock with the movement of a timer piston to ensure that the control sleeve has a function of pre-stroke control. In order to interlock the movements of the timer piston and the control sleeve, they are linked with first through third link members and the control sleeve is caused to rotate in the circumferential direction at a specific ratio relative to the quantity of movement of the timer piston. In a fuel injection system provided with an actuator for adjusting the fuel force feed end by moving the control sleeve in the direction of the axis and an actuator for controlling the timing with which the cam lift begins, pre-stroke control can be achieved without requiring a separate actuator, with a simple mechanical structure.

Abstract: A governor mechanism for use with a fuel pumping apparatus includes a centrifugal weight mechanism which is coupled to an output member the latter being coupled to a fuel control member so that with increasing speed the quantity of fuel supplied by the apparatus is reduced. A governor spring opposes the movement of the output member but in addition a leaf spring is provided to supplement the action of the governor spring. The leaf spring is formed by one end of a torsion spring which is wound about a cylindrical member. The cylindrical member and the torsion spring are axially movable relative to each other to alter the effective number of turns of the torsion spring connected in series with the leaf spring.

Abstract: Inflow/outflow ports are provided in either one of a distribution member for distributing compressed fuel or a control sleeve which is externally fitted around the distribution member. Each of the ports includes a slit extending therefrom. At the other one of the distribution member and the control sleeve, an intake-cutoff hole that communicates sequentially with the inflow/outflow ports and a pilot port which communicates with the slits during part of the force feed period are provided. Since the fuel flows out through the slits during part of the force feed period, pilot injection can be more easily achieved prior to the main injection during low speed rotation and fuel is less likely to be diverted through the slits due to the constricting effect during high speed rotation so that only the main injection is performed.

Abstract: A low pressure side fuel path extending from a fuel inflow port to a feed pump, and a chamber, which can communicate with an inflow/outflow port, are formed by partitioning inside a housing. A cam ring, shoes and rollers are provided in the low pressure side fuel path to induce low pressure, low temperature fuel into the area surrounding the rollers. A space that communicates with the low pressure side fuel path without constriction is formed on the upstream side on the back surfaces of the shoes. A phase of the cam ring and the control sleeve is fixed with the adapter provided on the boundary of the low pressure side fuel path and the chamber. An intake passage communicating with the intake port may be formed in the adapter to shorten the intake path.

Abstract: A stepped rotation fuel distribution valve for receiving and conducting metered, pressurized fuel pulses to the combustion cylinders of a diesel engine is provided. The valve includes a fuel distribution shaft rotatably mounted in a valve housing. The shaft includes a fuel discharge port that is sequentially registrable with fuel distributing passages in the housing that ultimately lead to the diesel fuel injectors associated with the combustion cylinders of the engine. A drive mechanism, which may include a stepper motor, intermittently rotates the fuel distributor shaft so that the shaft discharge port dwells in registration with one of the fuel distributing passages at the time a pressurized pulse of fuel is discharged through the shaft discharge port. The drive mechanism may also include either a set of timing gears or a spring coupling to achieve the desired intermittent rotation.

Abstract: The inside of the housing is divided into a low pressure fuel area formed from a fuel inflow port through a feed pump 4 and a high pressure fuel area that can communicate with inflow/outflow ports for fuel. For instance, the low pressure fuel area may be formed as a path extending from the fuel intake port that communicates with the circumferential area of the front end of the rotor to the feed pump via the circumferential area of the rotor support member and a passage for inducing fuel from the high pressure fuel area to the circumferential area of the front end of the rotor may be formed between the rotor and its support member. The flow of fuel in the area where the rotor slides in contact with its support member is ensured, and oil film loss is prevented. With this, cooling and good lubrication in the rotor sliding contact area, where heat is likely to be generated, are promoted, to prevent seizure in the sliding contact area.

Abstract: An accumulator type fuel injection system has a cam actuated plunger pump for charging an accumulator chamber with fuel under pressure and valve means which in one position connects the accumulator chamber with a fuel delivery passage to cause delivery of fuel and in its other position to connect the delivery passage to a drain channel to terminate delivery of fuel. The drain channel includes a restrictor. The system includes a piston slidable in a cylinder having one end connected to the plunger pump through a valve and to the outlet of a low pressure pump. The other end of the cylinder is connected to the drain channel upstream of the restrictor. The piston acts to displace fuel in the one end of the cylinder to the plunger pump when the valve means is moved to its second position.

Abstract: The primary function and purpose of a synchronized engine is, by transposing internal chemical energy of liquid and gaseous fuel, to produce rotational power and energy by adjusting the characteristics of combustion, using a rotary fuel distributor so that injection occurs at the most critical instant of piston to crankshaft mechanical positioning while taking into account all measureable, calculateable, and estimateable influences of its environment.

Abstract: A variable rate pump including a distributor member rotatable within a sleeve. The distributor member is provided with a bore within which a pumping plunger is reciprocable under the influence of a first cam lobe and a second cam lobe. A valve is provided for selecting whether fuel is supplied due to the motion of the plunger under the influence of the first cam lobe or the second cam lobe. An arrangement is also provided in which the distributor member carries first and second plungers each reciprocable under the influence of respective cam lobes. A valve is provided for selecting whether the fuel is supplied by the first plunger or by the second plunger.

Abstract: A rotary distributor pump for supplying fuel to a six cylinder engine is adapted to supply fuel to a three cylinder engine by connecting its three inactive outlet ports to chambers and by arranging that no fuel is supplied to its pumping chamber prior to registration of its delivery passage with an inactive outlet port. In order to minimise the risk of cavitation of the fuel within the chambers they are vented to a low pressure source of fuel just before the delivery passage registers with an inactive outlet port.

Abstract: A distributor-type fuel injection pump of the radial-plunger type with two intersecting cylinder bores in the rotor part, in each of which two pump plungers arranged opposite one another and delimiting a common pump working space are guided. The pump plungers guided in the first cylinder bore are here designed with an axial length such that, during their delivery stroke, they project into the second cylinder bore, the pump plungers of which do not reach the first cylinder bore even in the case of the maximum delivery stroke. According to the invention, the short pump plungers have a stop formed by a collar on their end projecting out of the cylinder bore, and this stop prevents the short pump plungers from slipping unintentionally in between the long pump plungers when the pump is switched off, thus allowing the delivery stroke of the pump plungers to be increased to an extent such that, during their suction stroke, the long pump plungers leave the cylinder bore guiding the short pump plungers.

Abstract: In a fuel injection pump of the distributor type, a solenoid valve is provided in the distributor and the valve member of this solenoid valve is supported in an axial bore of the distributor and actuated by a magnet fixed to the housing in order to block the connection between a pump working space of the distributor-type injection pump and a relief space during an intended high-pressure injection phase. Inherent in its construction, a distributor of such a fuel injection pump has a certain axial play in its mounting and this has an effect on the actuating travel of the valve member in the distributor in relation to the fixed electromagnet.

Abstract: A distributor fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines having at least one pump piston, which is guided in a cylinder bore and defines a pump work chamber therein and whose axial feed stroke motion is produced by a cam drive having at least one roller running on an annular cam race; at least one part of the cam drive is rotated to adjust the supply onset of the pump piston. This adjusting device is integrated into the housing which contains the cam drive by providing that the adjustable cam ring has radially protruding pressure vanes, each of which protrudes into a pressure chamber in the pump housing and divides this chamber into two pressure subchambers. Rotating the cam ring for the purpose of adjusting the supply onset of the pump piston over a wide angular range can now be effected by imposing pressure in alternation upon these pressure subchambers, which act in opposition upon the pressure vanes or the cam ring.

Abstract: A control valve includes a valve member shaped for engagement with a seating which is defined about a flow passage. The valve member is movable between the open and closed positions by an actuator. Formed in the valve member is a blind drilling in which is located a plunger engageable with a fixed reaction surface external of the valve member. The inner end of the drilling communicates with a passage which communicates with the flow passage. The valve member is slidable in a bore which adjacent the seating is of enlarged diameter to define a recess which communicates with a further flow passage.

Abstract: A mounting for an advance piston comprises a sleeve having flanges arranged to extend outwardly and arranged to engage a pump housing in order to secure the sleeve thereto, the sleeve extending within a passage provided in the pump housing. One or more of the flanges may be securable to the sleeve for example, by screw threaded engagement, or by means of bolts.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump of the kind including a pumping plunger movable inwardly in a bore to displace fuel to an outlet. A spill valve member coupled to a piston slidable in a cylinder is moved to the open position to spill fuel from the bore when a control valve is opened to supply a pulse of fuel under pressure to one end of the cylinder. The fuel spilled from the bore also flows into the one end of the cylinder. A restricted flow path is provided to allow fuel to escape from said one end of the cylinder and a further restricted flow path may be provided to allow fuel from a low pressure source to flow into said one end of the cylinder.

Abstract: In an innercam system fuel injection pump, plungers 15 are provided in the direction of the radius of a rotating member 10 which rotates in synchronization with the engine. A cam ring 18, which regulates the movement of the plungers, is fixed in a housing 2. A first sleeve 25 for regulating the timing with which a cutoff port 22 opens and a second sleeve 26 for regulating the timing with which an intake port 21 opens are externally fitted on the rotating member 10 in such a manner that they can slide freely. The first sleeve 25 and the second sleeve 26 interlock with each other in a specific relationship and a timer mechanism 40, which is directly linked to the second sleeve 26, controls the quantity of rotation of the second sleeve 26. With this, stable injection timing control can be achieved.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump apparatus has a cam ring angularly adjustable within a housing in which is also mounted a rotary drive shaft having an enlarged piston provided with teeth about its periphery. A transducer is provided to sense the passage of the teeth and this includes a part fixed on the housing and a second part mounted on the cam ring. The first part defines a pair of pole pieces which have opposite magnetic polarity and the second part carries a pair of magnetizable plates which remain in close proximity to the pole pieces, the plates defining projections which are in close proximity to the teeth. A sensing coil is provided in the first component and provides a signal as the reluctance between the projections varies as the teeth move past the projections.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump having an inlet metering valve for supplying a metered quantity of fuel from a transfer pump to a pumping chamber and an auxiliary control system for limiting the maximum quantity of fuel supplied to the pumping chamber via the inlet metering valve. An auxiliary valve piston is axially shiftable by the transfer pump outlet pressure to provide a variable restriction between the transfer pump and metering valve for establishing a maximum fuel quantity limit within a predetermined speed range of the pump. A low-speed fuel passage is provided in parallel with the variable restriction for establishing a maximum fuel quantity limit within a lower speed range. The back pressure chambers of the auxiliary valve piston, a transfer pressure regulator piston and a pump timing piston are connected to a pump housing cavity to equalize the back pressures in those chambers at the same constant pressure maintained by a housing pressure regulator.

Abstract: A rotary distributor fuel injection apparatus comprises a distributor rotor (3) having a fuel inlet port (c) and delivery port (d) which communicates in turn with successive ports (g) supplying individual cylinders. The rotor (3) has a central axial passage (b) connected to the ports (c) and (d) and a radially drilled port (e) which aligns succesively with ports (h), radially drilled in the sleeve (13), whose rotation is controlled by a helical groove (i) on a thrust sleeve (14) through a peg (17) located on the sleeve (14). Centrifugal governor weights (15) and (16) control the position of the sleeve (14) and thereby the instant at which the port (e) communicates with a port (h) to terminate injection.

Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine has a plurality of pumping plungers (19) which are housed in respective bores (17). The plungers are movable inwardly in the bores but during such movement one of the plungers moves to an outer position in which a fuel supply passage (21) which communicates with a fuel supply passage (21) which communicates with a fuel outlet (22) is uncovered to the pump working chamber (20) defined at the inner ends of the bores. Each bore has a supply passage associated therewith. A cam ring (25) is provided to impart inward movement of the plungers and the cam ring is provided with cam lobes (26) on its internal peripheral surface however one of the cam lobes is replaced by a recess which allows the plungers to move outwardly in turn so that fuel is distributed to the outlets which in use are connected to the injection nozzles of an engine.

Abstract: A rotary distributor type fuel pumping apparatus has two pairs of plungers housed in respective diametrical bores which intersect each other. One of the plungers is longer than the remaining plungers conveniently by providing an extension at its inner end. The extension lies in the paths of movement of the remaining plungers so as to minimize the risk of damage to the plungers.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines in which a high-pressure pump and a high-pressure reservoir is supplied with fuel at an injection pressure, from which reservoir the fuel arriving at injection is diverted as a function of time and quantity and delivered via a distributor to one of a plurality of injection points, via two sequentially electrically controlled valves. The injection points are triggered successively by a distributor opening of the distributor. With a fuel pressure, thus held at a certain pressure, in the high-pressure reservoir, a universally controllable fuel injection system is attained in a simple way, at little effort or expense.

Abstract: A fuel distributing pump for a multi-cylinders, internal combustion engine having a sinuously profiled cam member providing a plurality of discrete compound cam pumping stations, each comprising primary and auxiliary cams serially arranged and interconnected by an intermediate cam segment which cooperate with pumping plungers of a pump rotor to shape and vary the pulse waves of fuel delivered to the combustion chambers for varying engine operations. For low horsepower requirements, such as idle and light loads, only the primary cam with fast initial pumping rate and following low rate camming ramps or surfaces are utilized to shape the pulse wave with a fast beginning and a graduated end of injection for even and progressive fuel burn for reducing smoke and engine noise.

Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus of the rotary distributor type includes a fluid pressure actuable spill valve member operable to terminate delivery of fuel through an outlet from a bore containing the pumping plungers. The valve member is moved to the open position by an actuating piston. One end of the cylinder containing the actuating piston is connected to a low pressure source of fuel by way of a non-return valve and the same end of the cylinder can be connected by a control valve to a high pressure source of fuel when spillage of fuel is required. Associated with the piston is a balance piston and the two pistons define a flow path for fuel from the one end of the cylinder to the bore to ensure that the bore is completely full of fuel prior to the next delivery of fuel through an outlet.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump of the radial piston distributor injection pump type which includes pump pistons, which during execution of their intake stroke, are acted upon from a side of a pump work chamber with fuel at a first, higher pressure, which is taken from a suction chamber. The pump pistons on their opposite outer face ends are acted upon by a pressure of a lesser magnitude, and this latter pressure is adjusted in a chamber that is divided from the suction chamber by a movable diaphragm. Hence mechanical restoring means for the pump pistons for executing their intake stroke are dispensed with.

Abstract: A fuel pump for supplying fuel to an engine includes a rotary drive shaft (12) having an enlarged portion (18) through which the rotary part of the pump is driven. The pump also has an annular cam ring (17) which is angularly adjustable within the pump housing to vary the timing of fuel delivery. The pump includes a transducer (31) having pole pieces (33, 34) which are located in close proximity to the elongated portion (18) of the drive shaft. The pole pieces form part of a magnetic circuit including a magnet and the pole piece (33) and the adjacent surface or the portion (18) are shaped so that the flux in the magnetic circuit varies in a cyclic manner as the shaft rotates. The pole pieces and magnet are mounted on the cam ring (17) and the transducer includes a former (37) carried by the housing of the pump and upon which is wound a winding. The former surrounds a part of the magnetic circuit and the former and the part of the magnetic circuit are shaped so as to allow angular movement of the cam ring.

Abstract: A gas fuel injection pump including a pump body machined with a plurality of plunger sliding bores, the pressure head of which has side entry ingress passages and individual and separate discharge ports; including a means to actuate the plungers consisting of a rotating cam-spool suitably keyed and locked to the axial driven shaft which will connect by suitable means to the engine crankshaft so as to ensure the precise timing of the injection process. The plungers are sealed by rings of polyamide resin to obviate the leakage of any gas and also to act as sliding bearing surfaces to provide working clearances betwixt plunger and bore. Cam followers are interposed between the plungers and cam-spool to control sidethrust and ensure a satisfactory and maintenance free operation.

Abstract: A fuel injection device for internal combustion engines has a high-pressure reservoir supplied through a high-pressure pump with injection pressurized fuel and from the reservoir the fuel to be injected is drawn via two sequentially electrically controlled valve by timing and volume, and is supplied via a distributor to one or several injection points. The injection points are successively controlled by a distributor aperture of the distributor. Using a definite pressure at which to maintain the fuel in the high-pressure reservoir, a very universally controllable fuel injection device is obtained in a simple manner and with minor expenditure.