Abstract: A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The system includes a first pump adapted to generate a flow of fuel and a second pump in fluid connection with the first pump and adapted to increase the flow of fuel to a predetermined pressure. A fuel filter is disposed between the first pump and the second pump. A sensing line is adapted to provide an indication of the pressure of the flow of fuel between the filter and the second pump. A pressure regulator is adapted to receive the indication of the pressure of the flow of fuel and to control the flow of fuel delivered to the fuel filter based on the indication of the pressure.

Abstract: A fuel injector includes a homogenous charge nozzle outlet set and a conventional nozzle outlet set controlled respectively, by first and second needle valve members. One of the needle valve members moves to an open position while the other needle valve member remains stationary for a homogeneous charge injection event. The former needle valve member stays stationary while the other needle valve member moves to an open position for a conventional injection event. One of the needle valve members is at least partially positioned in the other needle valve member. Thus, the injector can perform homogeneous charge injection events, conventional injection events, or even a mixed mode having both types of injection events in a single engine cycle.

Abstract: A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The system includes a first pump adapted to generate a flow of fuel and a second pump in fluid connection with the first pump and adapted to increase the flow of fuel to a predetermined pressure. A fuel filter is disposed between the first pump and the second pump. A sensing line is adapted to provide an indication of the pressure of the flow of fuel between the filter and the second pump. A pressure regulator is adapted to receive the indication of the pressure of the flow of fuel and to control the flow of fuel delivered to the fuel filter based on the indication of the pressure.

Abstract: There is disclosed a pressure regulating valve which effectively reduces a noise of a fuel pressure regulating valve without relation to a flow amount of a fuel. In this valve, a flow collision preventing member (35) is fitted to an upper end opening portion of a bush (26), and an upper portion of the flow collision preventing member (35) is protruded to a side of a valve body (33) rather than a valve seat (28) (an upper end surface of the bush (26)). A plurality of flow passages (36) for flowing the fuel in an axial direction thereof (in a downward direction) along an inner peripheral surface of the bush (26) are formed in an outer peripheral portion of the flow collision preventing member (35) with a uniform interval. A runoff recess portion (37) running off a protruding portion of the flow collision preventing member (35) is formed in the valve body (33) positioned immediately above the valve seat (28).

Abstract: A high-pressure fuel pump which is suitable above all for use in internal combustion engines with direct gasoline injection, in which the pressure surge upon opening of a check valve between the high-pressure line and the pumping chamber of the fuel feed pump is limited by structural provisions.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to increase the fuel economy of a diesel engine having an injection system fuel rail by increasing the flow rate of fuel being returned to the tank hence decreasing the temperature of the fuel returned to the tank from the fuel rail while maintaining a given pressure at the fuel rail.

Abstract: A fuel injection system operates under a substantially constant pump speed and creates multi-pressure levels by diverting the fuel flow. Fuel pressure can be switched from one steady pressure level to another level on-demand instantly. This superimposes and overlaps typical fuel injection events in the linear operating ranges under different pressure levels, significantly increasing the fuel injection dynamic range. Lower fuel injection when idle or during city driving reduces fuel consumption per mile traveled and reduces exhaust emission that causes smog in metropolitan areas. The system delivers additional power to the engine instantly at peak load on-demand, reduces idle speed with the engine running smoothly, does not change fuel tank temperature, and may enhance the life of the fuel pump.

Abstract: When common rail pressure Pr is predetermined pressure Prai, which is low such that it is lower than the pressure for the initiation of fuel injection by the injectors (step 1), air-extraction pulse width Pwai, which is elected in accordance with a fixed value or the engine rotation speed (step 6), is elected as the final pulse width Pwf (step 7). Also, since air that is entrained with fuel is discharged at low pressure, along with fuel, from the pressure control chamber of the injectors, via a open/close valve, which opens based on pulse width Pwai, and via a discharge path, it is possible to avoid the effect, on the combustion characteristic, that arises due to the injection of entrained air, along with fuel, from nozzle holes into the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A fuel component assembly having a fuel component disposed between a base and a cover, which prevent fluid communication to an exterior thereof. The fuel component defines at least one aperture, the base supports the fuel component and defines a passage in communication with the at least one aperture. The cover is located proximate the base. A securement having a projection and the receiver that engage to form a fluid tight seal. The projection is radially disposed about a longitudinal axis of the fuel component, and the receiver continuously engages the projection. The projection being disposed on one of the cover and the base, and the receiver being disposed on the other of the cover and the base. The fuel component assembly allows for a method of encapsulating a fuel component within a fuel supply.

Abstract: A fuel system (10) serves to supply fuel (18) to an internal combustion engine. The fuel system includes a reservoir (16) and a first fuel pump (20) whose input is connected to the reservoir (16). In addition, a second fuel pump (38) is provided, whose input is connected to the first fuel pump (20). Furthermore, at least one injection valve (50) is provided, which is connected to the second fuel pump (38) and can supply fuel at least indirectly to a combustion chamber. A leakage line (68) is provided between the second fuel pump (38) and the reservoir (16). In order to permit a reliable hot start of the engine with a simultaneously low strain on the components, the invention proposes that the leakage line (68) be provided with a valve device (70), which has a shutoff function (72) and a pressure relief function (74) that are connected in parallel with each other.

Abstract: The present invention finds application in engines using mechanically actuated electronically controlled fuel injectors having direct control needle valves. In valves such as these, a spill control valve member controls fuel pressurization within the injector while a needle control valve member controls the timing and duration of the injection event. However, when the momentum of fuel exiting the fuel injector past the spill valve is greater than that of the tappet and plunger moving toward their downward positions, engine components upstream of the tappet can briefly separate and re-engage, which can result in increased mechanical noise levels. Therefore, the present invention is directed to maintaining sufficient contact force in the various engine components to reduce the mechanical noise levels by positioning a flow restriction between the fuel pressurization chamber of the fuel injector and a fuel source.

Abstract: A fuel injection system having a prefeed pump, through which fuel from a fuel supply container is pumped to a high-pressure pump, and by means of the high-pressure pump, fuel is pumped into a reservoir. Communicating with the reservoir is at least one injector, through which fuel is injected to the engine. A fuel filter is disposed between the prefeed pump and the high-pressure pump. A return line for uninjected fuel leads back from at least one injector into a region upstream of the high-pressure pump. A valve is provided, by which the return line, in a first switching position, at a low fuel temperature, leads to upstream of the fuel filter, between it and the prefeed pump, and by which the return line, in a second switching position, at a high fuel temperature, leads to downstream of the fuel filter, between it and the high-pressure pump.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel injection system, in particular a common rail system, for fuel delivery in internal combustion engines, in particular diesel engines of commercial vehicles, with a low pressure circuit in which at least one low-pressure feed pump supplies fuel from a fuel tank to a high-pressure pump which supplies the highly pressurized fuel to a central high-pressure fuel reservoir. In order to simplify the ventilation of the low-pressure circuit, a device is provided for intentionally decreasing the pressure in the low-pressure circuit.

Abstract: A valve for triggering a fluid is proposed, having an actuator unit (7) for actuating an axially displaceable valve member (6), with which a valve closing member (15) is associated, which for opening and closing the valve (1) cooperates with a valve seat (23) and which separates a high-pressure region (3) from the valve (1). In the high-pressure region (3), the fluid to be triggered is at an operating pressure (p_R). This operating pressure (p_R) and an overpressure that may occur in some circumstances is recorded, because of the provision that the actuator unit (7) is embodied as a force-measuring sensor. In particular, this valve (1) serves as a pressure-limiting valve in a common rail system (Drawing).

Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines, in particular Diesel engines, having a fuel reservoir which is supplied from a high-pressure pump and supplies fuel to a number of injectors corresponding to the number of cylinders of the engine, and has a pressure limiting valve, which is connected sealingly to the fuel reservoir, the pressure limiting valve having a valve housing, a high-pressure region, a low-pressure region, a valve seat oriented toward the inlet, an axially displaceable valve body, and a valve spring urging the valve body in the direction of the valve seat. The pressure limiting valve is integrated—at least partially—with the fuel reservoir, in such a way that at least the valve seat and the valve body are spatially associated with the fuel reservoir, and the seal sealing off the pressure limiting valve from the fuel reservoir is associated with the low-pressure region of the pressure limiting valve.

Abstract: In a fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine, a method for controlling fuel quantity delivery from a high pressure, reciprocating piston, engine-driven fuel pump to a high-pressure common rail having a plurality of fuel injection nozzles for injecting fuel into the cylinders of the engine. At least two control regimes are established corresponding to a respective low engine speed pump operation and high engine speed pump operation. During low speed operation, unregulated low pressure fuel is fed to the pumping pistons and at a location between the pistons and the common rail, excess fuel discharged from the pistons is diverted to a location of relatively low pressure in the fuel supply system, upstream of the pistons. During high-speed operation, the quantity of low pressure feed fuel pressurized by the pumping pistons is regulated and all of the fuel discharged from the pistons is delivered to the common rail.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to increase the fuel economy of a diesel engine having an injection system fuel rail by increasing the flow rate of fuel being returned to the tank hence decreasing the temperature of the fuel returned to the tank from the fuel rail while maintaining a given pressure at the fuel rail.

Abstract: A pressure regulator for use in regulating the outlet pressure of a pump for use in an engine comprises a piston member which is moveable with respect to an outlet opening under the influence of fluid pressure acting on the piston member to control the degree by which the outlet opening is obscured. The pressure regulator comprises a biasing arrangement for applying a biasing force to the piston member which opposes the pressure of fluid acting on the piston member. The biasing arrangement comprises a moveable abutment member which is cooperable with a stop member so as to vary the rate at which the displacement of the piston member varies with fluid pressure acting on the piston member. The stop member is pre-set in a fixed position relative to the regulator housing such that movement of the abutment member is terminated when the abutment member is urged into engagement with the stop member. The invention also relates to a transfer pump comprising a pressure regulator.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining the statues of a shut-off valve arrangement forming part of a fuelling system of an engine comprises a metering valve arrangement comprising a metering valve member for regulating fuel flow from a pump to the engine and a position sensor for monitoring the position of the metering valve member. The shut-off valve arrangement is operable between open and closed positions and the metering valve arrangement is operable between a maximum flow position, in which the flow of fuel through the metering valve arrangement to the shut-off valve arrangement is a maximum, and a minimum flow position in which the flow of fuel through the metering valve arrangement to the shut-off valve arrangement is a minimum. The position of the metering valve member is controlled by controlling fuel pressure acting on the metering valve member.

Abstract: A flow-through pressure regulator includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet offset along a longitudinal axis. The housing is separated by a divider into a first chamber and a second chamber. The divider has a passage that communicates the first chamber with the second chamber. The passage includes a first section extending along the longitudinal axis and a second section extending transverse to the longitudinal axis. A closure member permits or inhibits flow through the passage.

Abstract: An engine has an improved fuel injection control apparatus the pressure boosting and method that prevents misfire and prevents unburned fuel from entering the exhaust system. The fuel injection system has two pumps, a primary pump and a booster pump. When an abnormality occurs in the booster pump, it is stopped, and fuel injection is performed by the primary pump. When the booster pump is stopped, a fuel injection valve or an air intake device is regulated such that the air/fuel mixture formed in the combustion chambers will not misfire, and unburned fuel will not remain and enter the exhaust system.

Abstract: A fuel pressure control apparatus and method controls a pressure of fuel that is delivered from a fuel pump to a fuel pipe in an internal combustion engine of a vehicle. A controller of the fuel pressure control apparatus calculates a controlled variable based on at least an integral term that is updated in accordance with a difference between an actual fuel pressure in the fuel pipe and a target value thereof; and controls an amount of the fuel delivered from the fuel pump in a feedback manner, using the controlled variable, so that the actual fuel pressure approaches the target value. During the control of the fuel pressure, the controller inhibits updating of the integral term to a value that results in an increase in the amount of the fuel delivered from the fuel pump, when the amount of the fuel delivered is approximate to or equal to a maximum value thereof.

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: A hydraulically actuated fuel injector includes an injector body which has an outer surface. An armature cavity is defined by the injector body and a solenoid. The solenoid includes an armature, which is positioned within the armature cavity. Attached to the armature and positioned in the injector body is a valve member that defines a centerline. A plurality of evacuation passages which extend from the armature cavity to the outer surface are defined by the injector body. The armature and the evacuation passages are positioned on opposite sides of a plane that is oriented perpendicular to the centerline.

Abstract: A flow-through pressure regulator includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet offset along a longitudinal axis. The housing is separated by a divider into a first chamber and a second chamber. The divider has a passage that communicates the first chamber with the second chamber. The passage includes a first section extending along the longitudinal axis and a second section extending transverse to the longitudinal axis. A closure member permits or inhibits flow through the passage.

Abstract: A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, having an axially displaceable valve member which is disposed in a valve body. On an end toward an engine combustion chamber the valve member has a conical valve sealing face with which the valve member cooperates with a conical valve seat face on the valve body for controlling an injection cross section. Via an internal guide the valve member is guided slidingly displaceably on a tang of a stationary insert body.

Abstract: A fuel device including a high-pressure fuel source from which fuel is supplied to fuel injection valves. The fuel injection valves are controlled with the aid of a valve that is driven by a piezoelectric or magnetostrictive drive mechanism. With the aid of this drive mechanism, a 3-way valve having a closing body can be adjusted in an intermediary position in which a control chamber, by way of which a hydraulic force can be exerted in the closing direction on a valve closing member of the injection valve, can simultaneously be connected to a high-pressure fuel source and a relief chamber in order to adjust a control pressure that lies between the high pressure of the high-pressure source and a relief pressure. In this manner, a partial opening of the injection valve member of the injection valve can be adjusted in order to introduce a reduced injection quantity into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A high-pressure pump for supplying fuel in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine, including a common rail injector system. The fuel injection system includes a low-pressure part that contains a fuel tank and a prefeed pump and a high-pressure part that contains a high-pressure pump and a common rail into which a fuel flow is fed from the high-pressure pump through a common conduit. The high-pressure pump system solves a problem in that there is an integrated demand-based quantity control for the fuel flow pumped by the high-pressure pump. The demand-based quantity control integrated with the high-pressure pump contributes to improving the overall engine efficiency, because the power consumption by the high-pressure pump drops as a result.

Abstract: A method for controlling a pressure regulating valve is described. An actuating value with which the pressure regulating valve is driven is determined from a pilot control value and a controller action which depend on an actual value and a desired value of a controlled variable. In the event of a change in the desired variable, the controller action is limited to a limiting value that preferably depends on the pilot control value.

Abstract: A device for supplying an internal combustion engine with fuel has a supply container from which the fuel is supplied and having an opening, a feed pump arranged in the supply container and insertable into the supply container through the opening, a closure part for closing the opening of the supply container, a pressure regulator arranged on the closure part and having a pressure chamber with a connection to a pressure side of the feed pump, to an internal combustion engine and to an unloading chamber, the closure part having a flange-shaped base body which closes the opening and is provided with a depression, a pipe formed of one piece with the body for forming a connection of the pressure chamber to the unloading chamber and extending into the depression, an elastically deformable diaphragm group which closes the depression for forming the pressure chamber, the pipe having a seat with which diaphragm group at least partially directly cooperates, a spring loading the diaphragm group toward the pipe so that

Abstract: A combination check and vent valve assembly for an automotive engine fuel system. The valve assembly has a fuel passage through a housing with an inlet communicating with a fuel pump outlet and an outlet to supply fuel to the engine. A check valve is disposed within the fuel passage which is normally closed when the fuel pump is not operating, and will open when the inlet fuel pressure exceeds the outlet fuel pressure. A normally closed vent valve is disposed within the fuel passage upstream of the check valve and serves as a moveable seat for the check valve, which will open when the valve assembly outlet fuel pressure is greater by a predetermined value than the fuel pump outlet pressure to bleed fuel through the passage and to the pump to reduce the outlet fuel pressure to a predetermined minimum pressure.

Abstract: A fuel delivery system which includes a source of pressurized fuel (18-22), at least one fuel injector (14) in fluid communication with the source (18-22), a pressure regulator (34) for delivering the pressurized fuel to the fuel injector (14), a pressure sensor (40) for providing an indication of pressure at the fuel injector (14), a controller (42) responsive to the pressure sensor (40) for providing a pressure release signal, and a pressure release system (44) responsive to the pressure relief signal for diverting a portion of the pressurized fuel from the fuel injector (14).

Abstract: A fuel injection and control system for a V-type, two cycle, crankcase compression, internal combustion engine. The fuel injection system includes fuel injectors positioned in the valley of the engine and which are supplied with fuel under pressure from a fuel tank through a line in which a fuel filter and fuel pump are positioned. The fuel pump and fuel filter are disposed at one end of the engine and the amount of pressure supplied to the fuel injectors is controlled by a pressure regulator that regulates pressure by bypassing excess fuel back to the fuel filter upstream of the filter element. A throttle control and throttle position sensor are disposed at the opposite end of the engine and exhaust control valves are provided outside of the valley of the "V" of the engine.

Abstract: Purely mechanical fuel injector for internal combustion engines utilizes a single plunger piston within a plunger barrel for fuel pumping, fuel/air mixing, and fuel injection functions. The plunger piston is reciprocated by a cam follower engaging a cam rotated by the engine. The fuel injector utilizes a fuel bypass valve to meter fuel to the fuel injector and/or bypass fuel to the fuel tank in response to the position of the air throttle valve on the engine air intake. Air is entrained into the fuel supply through an air fed mixing venturi.

Abstract: A fuel supply system for internal combustion engines wherein fuel is supplied to a fuel rail and, in turn, to fuel injectors which are electronically controlled to provide fuel to the cylinders of the engine including a fuel pressure regulator for controlling the pressure of fuel support to the fuel rail. A fuel bypass and damper device is provided upstream of the fuel pressure regulator and is operable to reduce the pressure of fluid in the fuel rail when the engine is shut off to provide a lower pressure in the fuel rail and bypass any excess fuel. The device further functions to dampen the noise when the engine is running. Such as system overcomes and fuel injection nozzles the problems of leakage of the injectors due to the high pressure retained in the system which in turn may produce long crank conditions, no start conditions, back fire conditions or high fuel emission conditions as well as engine noises.

Abstract: A fuel injection system has a fuel injector provided for injecting fuel directly in a cylinder of an engine and a fuel pump for supplying the fuel to the fuel injector passing through a fuel supply passage. Two fuel return passages are provided for communicating the fuel supply passage with a fuel tank. A high pressure relief valve is provided in one of the fuel return passages and a low pressure relief valve is provided in the other fuel return passage. A changeover valve is provided for selectively connecting the fuel supply passage with one of the fuel return passages in accordance with load on the engine, thereby providing a high fuel pressure or a low fuel pressure in the fuel supply passage.

Abstract: An electromagnetically-controlled fuel injection valve (1) for i.c. engines includes a body (2) carrying an upper electromagnetic metering valve (10) which controls communication between a control chamber (9), to which the fuel is fed under pressure through an inlet hole (Z) to keep the associated injector needle (4) in the closed position, and a discharge hole (A) for controlling the opening of the needle (4). The solenoid valve (10) with the control chamber (9), the inlet hole (Z) and the discharge hole (A) are integrated in a single element forming a head (13) for the body (2) of the injection valve (1).

Abstract: An electromagnetically-controlled fuel injection valve for diesel engines includes a body having an upper electromagnetic metering valve which controls communication between a control chamber supplied with the pressurized fuel and a discharge port. The metering solenoid valve, which itself constitutes a unit independent of the rest of the injection valve, is supported by a head element connected to the body of the injection valve by axial clamping means and has an appendage which carries the control chamber and the discharge port and is inserted in an axial seat in the body with the interposition of double sealing means.

Abstract: A vehicle fuel pump control apparatus controls the operating speed of a fuel pump to adjust the quantity of fuel forced to at least one fuel injector. When the required fuel quantity of the engine which is based on its operating condition is determined to be greater than a reference level predetermined in correspondence to the operating condition, the pump operating speed is increased, whereas the pump operating speed is decreased when the required fuel quantity is determined smaller than the reference level. When an insufficient fuel supply is detected during the low speed operation, the reference level is updated or readjusted to a lower level in such a manner that the required fuel quantity is determined greater than the corrected level.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for metering and injecting fuel to an internal combustion engine, particularly suited to in-cylinder injection. Fuel and compressed gas are supplied separately to a valved port (71), with the valve (72) shutting off fuel passages (68) and air passages (66) or allowing fuel and gas to pass through the port (71) and be expelled as a mixture of fuel entrained in the gas. The pressure differential between the fuel and gas at the annular cavity (91) is regulated to control the amount of fuel injected. The position of introduction of the fuel to the gas at the port (71) may be controlled to vary the geometry of the fuel distribution in the resultant spray.

Abstract: A pressure regulating valve is proposed which serves to regulate a constant pressure of a medium. The pressure regulating valve includes a valve housing and a regulating piston, which is supported in a slide bore such that it is displaceable by the pressure of the medium counter to the force of a regulating spring. The regulating piston includes a valve closing element that cooperates with a valve seat and a regulating face that upon a displacement movement of the regulating piston that is longer than a predetermined displacement path (s) opens an outflow opening in the valve housing. A bypass conduit is provided in the regulating piston, beginning at one end at the regulating face and terminating at the other in a relief opening disposed in a circumferential wall of the regulating piston.

Abstract: An electro-pressure conversion control device comprising a fluid passage formed in a device body, which fluid passage includes a fluid inlet at one end, a throttle, a jetting hole at the other end, and a control pressure taking port provided between said throttle and said jetting hole and a plate which is driven by an electrical actuator in such a manner as to go across the axis of the jetting hole thereby to open and close the jetting hole whereby the jetting hole operates as a variable throttle. The plate is displaced in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the jetting hole by the electrical actuator to control the degree of opening of the jetting hole thereby to control the pressure in the fluid passage between the throttle and the jetting point so as to provide a pressure which varies according to an electrical signal applied to the electrical actuator.

Abstract: The present invention provides a two stage fuel pump which is particularly suited for piston aircraft engines. The fuel pump includes a housing having a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet where the fuel inlet is open to a cylindrical swirl chamber formed in the housing. The first pump stage has its inlet open to the inlet chamber and its outlet open to an intermediate chamber formed in the housing. The second pump stage has its inlet open to the intermediate chamber while its outlet is fluidly connected through a fuel control valve to the fuel outlet. A pressure responsive valve is fluidly connected between the intermediate chamber and inlet chamber and recirculates fuel from the intermediate chamber and to the inlet chamber whenever the pressure in the intermediate chamber exceeds a predetermined pressure.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines with multiple fuel injection valves. The fuel injection system includes a dimensionally stable fuel manifold distributor with nipple plug connections, by means of which the fuel is directed to the individual injection valves. The fuel manifold distributor is disposed over the injection valves and is pitched with respect to the horizontal, with a fuel injection connection located at the lowest point of said manifold and connected to the pressure side of a fuel pump, with a return line connection provided at the highest point of the fuel manifold distributor leading to a return flow line, over which a portion of the fuel may be redirected to a pressure regulator and from there to the suction side of a fuel tank to which the fuel pump is connected.

Abstract: A multi-cylinder fuel injection engine has a respective fuel injector nozzle associated with each cylinder and has one injector pump which supplies fuel to all of the nozzles. The engine includes a rotatable drive element having a plurality of cams which correspond in number to the number of cylinders, which are uniformly angularly distributed thereon, and which successively act on a delivery element of the pump as the drive element is rotated. A shut-off member is associated with each injector nozzle and can close the fuel supply line to the nozzle's injection orifice, the shut-off member being controlled in dependence on a control criteria which determines the injection timing point. Fuel is thus supplied to all nozzles, but can only flow through a respective one of the nozzles which has its shut-off member moved in response to the control criteria to an open position.

Abstract: A pump assembly which operates in connection with a starter motor is provided. The device, which is of small dimensions is contained with a compact pump housing. A gear pump is provided within the pump housing which is operatively associated with the drive shaft of a starter motor. A shaft extension device is also provided which may be adapted to a starter motor drive shaft thereby allowing the device of the present invention to be used with a variety of starter motors. The pump assembly is provided with a fluid delivery system which is operatively associated with the fluid inlet means in the pump housing. Further provided is a receiver means which receives fluid discharged from the outlet means of the pump housing. A pressure regulating device may also be provided within the end cap of the pump housing. The pressure regulating device is operatively associated with the pump assembly and controls fluid pressure in the pump fluid cavity during operation of the pump assembly.

Abstract: In the representative system for continuous fuel injection described in the specification, an air pump withdraws air from the air intake line of a gasoline engine and a fuel pump delivers fuel from a fuel tank through a fuel pressure regulator to a metering device which supplies fuel as a function of the operating state of the internal combustion engine, the air withdrawn from the intake line being mixed with the fuel from the metering device. The fuel pressure regulator returns excess fuel to the fuel tank through a return line and, in order provide fast response to sudden load changes, a valve device, which can be adjusted as a function of the variations in the rate of application of the load on the internal combustion engine, is provided in the return line. The valve device is controlled according to changes in the vacuum in the intake line downstream from a butterfly valve.

Abstract: A fuel supply control system for an internal combustion engine, having fuel injection valves for supplying the engine with fuel having its pressure regulated to a predetermined value. A temperature sensor detects a temperature value representative of the temperature of fuel being supplied to the fuel injection valves. When the temperature value detected by the sensor is higher than a predetermined value at the start of the engine, an electronic control unit causes a solenoid-operated selector valve to operate to increase the pressure of fuel being supplied to the engine over a period of time dependent on the temperature value detected by the sensor from the time the engine is started.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for a mixture-compressing spark ignition internal-combustion engine has a fuel-metering device having a housing with a control cylinder arranged therein, a control piston having at least two control edges being rotatably and longitudinally slidably arranged in said control cylinder. One front surface of said control piston is acted upon by fuel and its other front surface interacts with a pressure spring. Between the control edges, the control piston is equipped with a control space area. The housing has an inflow opening for a fuel inflow pipe, an outflow opening for a fuel return flow pipe in which a pressure regulating valve is arranged, and an outflow opening assigned to a fuel injection nozzle. The outflow opening connected with a control opening in the control cylinder interacts with the control edges.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump for self-igniting internal combustion engines includes a displaceable control slide which is operative for blocking a relief conduit provided in the pump for controlling an outflow of a partial quantity of fuel in the pump for affecting the injection time. The control slide is arbitrarily displaceable by a rocker lever which is actuated by a driver by an adjusting lever positioned outside the pump.