Abstract: A fuel pressure regulator including a valve head having a centerline offset from the centerline of a corresponding fuel orifice. The valve head may be offset with respect to the valve seat and orifice, the orifice may be offset within the seat with respect to the head and diaphragm assembly, or the axes of the head and seat may be non-coaxially biased. Because the vector of the valve closing force does not align with the centerline of the valve head and diaphragm assembly, a resulting torque on the valve head keeps the head in a stable, pivoted position at all flow rates. The valve head always makes contact with the valve seat at a predetermined point during regulator operation, eliminating pressure instabilities and noise experienced in prior art pressure regulators.

Abstract: A multi-cylinder engine includes a plurality of combustion chambers and employs an improved intake pressure sensor arrangement to control fuel injection into the combustion chambers. A plurality of intake conduits define intake passages through which air flows to the combustion chambers. An intake pressure sensor senses intake pressure within the intake passages. A plurality of first conduits are coupled with an accumulator independent of one another and a second conduit is also coupled with the accumulator. The first conduits connect the accumulator to the respective intake passages. The second conduit connects the accumulator to the intake pressure sensor. A control device controls the amount of fuel injected into the combustion chambers based upon at least a signal from the intake pressure sensor.

Abstract: To prevent the sticking of the valve body of an electromagnetic valve under idling conditions or under non-injection conditions in a control device of common rail fuel injection system of an engine wherein the fuel supplied from a feed pump (6) is pressurized to high pressure by a high-pressure pump (3) and the quantity of fuel supply to this high-pressure pump (3) is adjusted by an electromagnetic valve (7) whose degree of opening is controlled in accordance with a duty signal, the control frequency of the duty signal is altered to a lower frequency (&lgr;l) when an operating condition such that the degree of opening of the electromagnetic valve (7) is constant is detected. In this way, the energy or amplitude per current wave flowing in the electromagnetic solenoid (39) can be made larger, so making it possible to produce minute vibrations of the valve body (41). Sticking of the valve body (41) can thereby be prevented.

Abstract: A fuel pressure regulator for use in internal combustion engines. The fuel pressure regulator includes a valve seat and a vale body disposed downstream of the valve seat and is designed to move the valve body away from the valve seat through the pressure of fuel applied directly to the valve body. This eliminates the need for a diaphragm and results in a simplified structure of the fuel pressure regulator.

Abstract: A fuel feed pump is provided that has a fuel flow-rate regulating valve, on the inlet side. The fuel flow-rate regulating valve includes a housing with a fuel inlet port and a fuel outlet port, a valve mechanism for controlling the flow rate of the fuel from the inlet port to the outlet port, and a regulating mechanism for regulating a backpressure to control the position of a needle valve of the valve mechanism in response to a system pressure, to thereby control the flow rate by controlling the fuel flow through an opening provided in a valve chamber. This arrangement makes it difficult for contamination to accumulate, and also enables a low-cost implementation.

Abstract: A flow-through pressure regulator includes a retainer that secures a diaphragm relative to a seat, and includes a cylindrical portion, an axial end portion and an annular portion. The cylindrical portion extends about a longitudinal axis and is fixed with respect to the seat. The axial end portion extends from the cylindrical portion and extends generally orthogonal relative to the longitudinal axis. The axial end portion includes a plurality of apertures that permit fluid communication and are selected so as to reduce noise due to fluid flow.

Abstract: A fuel delivery system and method are described that can provide different pressures of the supply of fuel to a power source such as an engine or a motor. The engine or the motor can power, for example, a vehicle or a generator. The fuel delivery system includes a fuel supply line to deliver fuel from a fuel tank to the engine or motor. A fuel pump outlet line delivers fuel from the tank to the fuel supply line. An in-tank return line returns fuel from a fuel return line to the tank. A regulator connects with the fuel pump outlet line to maintain a pressure of the fuel pump outlet line at or below a pressure set-point of the regulator. A solenoid valve connects with the in-tank return line such that a set-point pressure of the regulator is utilized when the solenoid valve closes the in-tank return line.

Abstract: The fuel injection device has a high-pressure pump that supplies highly pressurized fuel to at least one high-pressure reservoir connected to injectors disposed in cylinders of an engine, wherein the injectors are connected to a common low-pressure reservoir. A pressure holding valve maintains a predetermined low pressure in the low-pressure reservoir. A pressure regulating valve regulates the pressure in the high-pressure reservoir by diverting fuel from the at least one high-pressure reservoir through a diversion connection into a low-pressure region. The diversion connection of the pressure regulating valve is connected to the low-pressure reservoir so that the low-pressure reservoir is filled with fuel.

Abstract: A flow-through pressure regulator includes a retainer that secures a diaphragm relative to a seat, and includes a cylindrical portion, an axial end portion and an annular portion. The cylindrical portion extends about a longitudinal axis and is fixed with respect to the seat. The axial end portion extends from the cylindrical portion and extends generally orthogonal relative to the longitudinal axis. The axial end portion includes a plurality of apertures that permit fluid communication and are selected so as to reduce noise due to fluid flow.

Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply system can reduce collision sounds generated when a plunger collides with a stopper. An electromagnetic valve includes a plunger, a valve seat with which the plunger is moved into and out of contact so that the valve seat is placed into communication with a pressurization chamber when the plunger is moved apart from the valve seat, a stopper for limiting the separation of the plunger from the valve seat, an armature made of a magnetic material and fixedly secured to the plunger, a core arranged in opposition to the armature, a solenoid wound around the core for attracting the armature toward the core through an electromagnetic force when energized, and a spring for urging the plunger toward the valve seat. A groove is formed near opposed surfaces of the armature and core for magnetically saturating a portion of a magnetic circuit generated by energizing the solenoid.

Abstract: A fuel pump module includes a reservoir having a jet pump attached to the outer surface of the reservoir. The jet pump includes a pump body which is ultrasonically welded to the reservoir and a jet nozzle which extends from the pump body towards an inlet to the reservoir. An alignment device or the jet pump engages an alignment device on the reservoir to ensure that the jet nozzle will be in accurate alignment with the inlet of the reservoir.

Abstract: A fuel delivery system and method are described that can provide different pressures of the supply of fuel to a power source such as an engine or a motor. The engine or the motor can power, for example, a vehicle or a generator. The fuel delivery system includes a fuel supply line to deliver fuel from a fuel tank to the engine or motor. A fuel pump outlet line delivers fuel from the tank to the fuel supply line. An in-tank return line returns fuel from a fuel return line to the tank. A regulator connects with the fuel pump outlet line to maintain a pressure of the fuel pump outlet line at or below a pressure set-point of the regulator. A solenoid valve connects with the in-tank return line such that a set-point pressure of the regulator is utilized when the solenoid valve closes the in-tank return line.

Abstract: An injection system for internal combustion engines is proposed, in which once the engine has been turned off, a pressure equalization is established between the intake side and the pressure side of the high-pressure fuel pump. This prevents uncombusted fuel from reaching the combustion chambers of the engine. The pressure prevailing on the pressure side and the intake side when the engine is off furthermore assures that vapor bubbles cannot form, and this makes starting the engine easier.

Abstract: A fuel pressure regulator assembly for a fuel delivery module of a fuel system of a vehicle includes a housing having a cavity therein and a valve seat extending into the cavity and a passageway extending through the valve seat. The fuel pressure regulator assembly also includes a movable piston disposed in the cavity of the housing and a seal connected to the piston and disposed between the piston and the valve seat. The fuel pressure regulator assembly further includes a biasing mechanism disposed in the cavity to bias the piston and the seal toward the valve seat to close the passageway.

Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus for installation in a fuel tank includes a fuel pump, a housing, and a filter element disposed in the housing and having an upstream side communicating with the discharge port of the fuel pump. A check valve communicates with a downstream side of the fuel filter, and a pressure regulator communicates with the upstream side of the filter element. A sedimentation flow path may be provided for removing sediment from fuel discharged from the pressure regulator. The sedimentation flow path may be substantially cylindrical vortex spaces between fins disposed on the inner periphery of the pump holder and has blind holes at the bottom for trapping the sediments.

Abstract: Described is an apparatus for rapid pressure buildup in a motor vehicle reservoir-type injection system (common rail) supplied with fuel by a high-pressure pump, the apparatus including a piston, which defines a pressure chamber that can be enlarged counter to the force of a spring element prestressed counter to the piston, which pressure chamber communicates with the feed pump and with the device supplied with the pressure medium. A locking device acting on the piston is provided, by which the piston can be locked in a locking position, assumed as a result of the pressure, built up in the pressure chamber by the feed pump, counter to the prestressing of the spring element and can be untensed after unlocking into a position that reduces the size of the pressure chamber. By the relaxation of the spring, the system pressure is built up suddenly.

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: The invention concerns a pump with an electric motor pumping fule in a fuel tank and supplying a ramp of injectors aided by a fuel pressure regulator. The pump motor is controlled by a control unit for adjusting the pump output pressure, evaluated by a relationship between said pressure and at least a mean current of the pump motor, at an objective pressure level determined by the control unit and selected higher than the operating pressure of the regulator, such as a pressure-reducing valve, and whereof the pressure characteristic is known to the control unit. The invention is useful for supplying fuel to direct or indirect injection engines in motor vehicles.

Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply system and method are used with an internal combustion engine that includes a pressure raising mechanism operable to raise a pressure in a high-pressure portion of the fuel supply system to a level suitable for starting the engine, and a high-pressure pump operable to raise the pressure in the high-pressure portion to a target level that is higher than the above level after the engine is started. When the pressure in the high-pressure portion reaches the level suitable for starting the engine, a pressure wall of the pressure raising mechanism displaces over only a part of its displacement range that ranges from an original position to a maximum displacement position, so that the pressure wall will be able to further displace toward the maximum displacement position so as to raise the pressure in the high-pressure portion when the engine is re-started after the engine is stopped before the pressure wall is returned to the original position.

Abstract: A fuel supply system (1) for an internal combustion engine, especially of a motor vehicle, is described which is provided with an accumulator (2) and a pump (6, 10). Fuel can be supplied to the accumulator (2) with the pump (6, 10). A control apparatus (16) is provided for controlling (open loop and/or closed loop) the pressure in the accumulator (2) by a pressure control valve (4). With the control apparatus (16), the pressure control valve (4) can be closed when the engine is intended to be started but no rotational movement is yet present.

Abstract: A fuel system pressure valve includes is interposed in a fuel line between a fuel pump and a fuel rail for controlling fuel flow from the pump to the rail and from the rail to the pump. The valve includes a valve housing having a pair of half sections to form a valve chamber. A check valve is mounted in the chamber and is operable to allow fuel flow from the pump to the fuel line upon the fuel pump delivering a predetermined fuel pressure to the fuel line. A pressure relief valve is mounted within the chamber parallel to the check valve and is operable to allow fuel in the fuel line to flow through the housing to the fuel pump upon fuel pressure in the fuel line exceeding a predetermined relief pressure. In addition, a parasitic flow orifice is mounted in fluid communication with the valve chamber and allows fuel in the valve chamber to flow through the orifice to a fuel tank when valve chamber pressure is below a predetermined valve chamber pressure.

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: In a pressure-maintaining device for a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine (1) of a motor vehicle, a pressure reservoir (5) is arranged in a supply line (7) leading to the internal combustion engine (1). The pressure reservior (5) has a pressure chamber (13), which is bounded by a movable wall (14) that is pretensioned by a compression spring (15). The position of the movable wall (14) is registered by a displacement transducer (18) and forwarded to a regulating device (12). The regulating device (12) regulates the rotational speed of a fuel pump (3) as a function of the position of the movable wall (14).

Abstract: An injection quantity control apparatus provided to an internal combustion engine having an injection nozzle which continuously injects fuel is provided. The apparatus includes a fuel quantity adjustment mechanism which has a static pressure chamber and a total pressure chamber to which a static pressure and a total pressure of an intake pipe of said engine are supplied, respectively, and adjusts an amount of fuel supplied to said injection nozzle in accordance with a dynamic pressure between a pressure of said static pressure chamber and a pressure of said total pressure chamber. The apparatus also includes a dynamic pressure corrector which corrects said dynamic pressure so that an air-fuel ratio of the engine is controlled to be substantially a target value. Thus, a desired air-fuel ratio can be achieved without a necessity of a manual operation by an operator.

Abstract: A liquid filter (1) with a built-in pressure regulator (11) for fuel is proposed, in which the pressure regulator (11) with its diaphragm (32) is mounted on the inside of a cap (14) that has the inflow connector (16) and the tank connector (17). The diaphragm (32), which experiences a flow on its inside, is acted upon by the pressure of the fuel on the clean side (25) of the filter element (21), and the flow through the filter element is radially from the outside inward. Integrating the pressure regulator (11) in the cap enables a simple, compact, economical design of the liquid filter (10), through whose valve (36) in the pressure regulator (11) only cleaned fuel flows.

Abstract: A fuel supply system for a direct injection gasoline engine can be used in a variable fuel pressure system without using a large pulsation absorber and, as a result, is inexpensive and can be easily reduced in size. The fuel supply system for a direct injection gasoline engine includes a single-cylinder high-pressure pump, a resonator for suppressing the pressure pulsation of high-pressure fuel supplied from the high-pressure fuel pump, and a high-pressure variable regulator for variably changing the pressure of the high-pressure fuel. The fuel-supply system directly injects the high-pressure fuel into the cylinders of the engine through injectors.

Abstract: The integrated pressure pulsation damper and hot soak pressure valve lies normally open adjacent the fuel rail and damps fuel pressure pulsations during engine operation caused by opening and closing of the fuel injectors. When the engine is turned off, and a hot soak condition occurs, the valve automatically closes to retain a high fuel pressure in the fuel rail to facilitate hot restarts. Upon restarting the engine, the valve reverts to its normally open condition, serving as a pressure pulsation damper.

Abstract: A new fuel metering system for selectively controlling the rack pressure and the volume of fuel available to a diesel engine. The inventive device includes a fuel inlet line in fluid communication with a fuel pump outlet line for receiving fuel flowing from the fuel pump, a metering valve coupled in fluid communication with the fuel inlet line, the metering valve having a valve member for controlling the flow of fuel therethrough, the metering valve being coupled in fluid communication with a return line for receiving the metered fuel flowing through the metering valve, and a solenoid valve coupled in fluid communication with the metering valve and the fuel inlet line, the solenoid valve being operable to open and close fuel flow through the metering valve.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel pressure control system for an electromechanical fuel injection system. The fuel injection system includes a fuel rail for receiving pressurized fuel from a fuel source and operable to supply pressurized fuel to a fuel injector. The fuel rail pressure control system includes a pressure regulator having a flexible diaphragm separating a reference pressure chamber and a fuel chamber. The fuel chamber has a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet. The flexible diaphragm operates to open and close the fuel outlet to balance forces between the reference pressure chamber and the fuel chamber. The fuel chamber is in fluid communication with the fuel rail at the fuel inlet and in fluid communication with a fuel return line at the fuel outlet.

Abstract: Fuel supply system (1) for a combustion engine, which includes a fuel tank (2) suitably supplied with a fuel filter (3) and a duct (4), which connects the fuel tank (2) with a fuel supply unit (5), for instance a carburetor or a fuel injection system. A pressure regulator (6, 7) is, rigidly or flexibly, mounted to one side of the tank (2), suitably the upper side, and is immersed, entirely or mainly, in relation to the tank side, and the pressure regulator is connected somewhere in between the duct's (4) inlet inside the tank (2) and its outlet out of the tank.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine provides a uniform flow of gaseous and liquid fuel to each of the intake passages of the engine. A balance passage interconnects each of the intake manifolds to each other and balances the pressure within the intake passages. A pressure regulator regulates the fuel pressure at the fuel injector. A reference pressure chamber within the pressure regulator communicates with the balance passage and controls the fuel pressure based on the balanced pressure within intake passages. The balance passage also communicates with a vapor separator of the fuel supply system that separates liquid fuel from gaseous fuel. The balance passage promotes even distribution of the gaseous fuel to the intake passages. The fuel injection system also includes plenum chamber that acts a source of air for the engine. The plenum chamber includes an drain outlet that communicates with the balance passage for returning blown back fuel from the plenum chamber to the intake passages.

Abstract: In a fuel supply system employing a returnless fuel pipe arrangement, a relief valve is provided at a discharge side of a fuel pump. The relief valve is opened when fuel pressure in the fuel pipe arrangement becomes no less than a system protective pressure, so as to relieve the fuel pressure to protect the system. The relief valve is also arranged to be open when the fuel pressure in the fuel pipe arrangement becomes higher than a target fuel pressure by a predetermined value or when the fuel cut is performed. Thus, the fuel pressure in the fuel pipe arrangement is lowered. Thereafter, when the fuel pressure in the fuel pipe arrangement is lowered to a pressure near the target fuel pressure, the relief valve is arranged to be closed so that the fuel pressure in the fuel pipe arrangement is held substantially at the target fuel pressure.

Abstract: A method and a device for controlling an internal combustion engine having a high-pressure injection, and in particular, for controlling an internal combustion engine having a common rail system. The fuel is delivered by at least one pump from a low-pressure area into a high-pressure area. The fuel pressure prevailing in the high-pressure area is detected by a pressure sensor and is regulated by a pressure-regulation means. Given a defect in the area of the pressure regulation, the fuel pressure is controlled by influencing the flow of fuel in the low-pressure area.

Abstract: A fuel pump is driven by a variable, constant current, control circuit. A pressure control valve disposed between the fuel pump and a fuel rail includes a downstream pressure control valve and a bypass valve bypassing the downstream pressure control valve. The downstream pressure control valve sets the fuel pressure in the fuel rail to a predetermined value by opening or closing a passage from a fuel pipe to the fuel rail. If the fuel pump discharge pressure is sufficiently increased, the bypass valve is opened when the upstream fuel pressure is larger than the downstream fuel pressure by at least a predetermined differential pressure. In this way, fuel is supplied to raise the fuel rail fuel pressure. Therefore, it is possible during other times to reduce the consumed electric power of the fuel pump and thus prolong its life.

Abstract: A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine in which a fuel pump pumps fuel from a fuel tank to a fuel distributor and a pressure regulator is connected between the fuel pump and the fuel distributor to respond to pressure of the fuel pumped by the fuel pump, to return fuel back to the fuel tank as a function of the pressure of the pumped fuel, a pressure reducer being disposed between the pressure regulator and the fuel distributor to reduce the pressure of the fuel delivered to the fuel distributor to a value lower than the pressure of the fuel at the pressure regulator.

Abstract: A pressure regulator includes a case having a fuel inlet port for receiving fuel from a fuel pump, a fuel outlet port for delivering fuel to an internal combustion engine, and an opening. A valve element is attached to an elastic diaphragm that closes the opening. The valve element has a discharge passage for discharging excess fuel by allowing the interior and the exterior of the case partitioned by the elastic diaphram to communicate with each other. A spring seat is provided in the case in face-to-face relation to the valve element in such a manner as to close the discharge passage of the valve element during pressure contact. A spring is also provided for bringing the valve element into pressure contact with the valve seat with a predetermined pressure.

Abstract: A combination fuel pressure regulator and fuel filter apparatus for vehicle fuel systems has a fuel supply tank with a fuel pump therein for pumping fuel to a fuel supply rail having fuel injectors attached thereto. A fuel filter is operably disposed between an inlet supply tube and a fluid outlet tube for filtering impurities from fuel passing therethrough. A valve in fluid communication with the inlet supply tube is provided with a regulator for causing flow to be short circuited back into the fuel supply tank when the pressure in the fluid outlet, compared to a reference pressure, exceeds a first predetermined level. The valve is biased to a closed position and will remain closed at one differential pressure of the clean side of the filter, compared to a reference pressure, whereby all of the fuel in the inlet supply tube will pass through the filter.

Abstract: A fuel pump for a high-pressure fuel injection system includes a high-pressure fuel pump 4 for supplying high-pressure fuel to injectors 8 for injecting high-pressure fuel into cylinders of an engine, a pressure control valve 10 for controlling the fuel pressure of the high-pressure fuel pump 4, a high-pressure fuel supply pipe 16 connecting the high-pressure fuel pump 4 and the injectors 8, a high-pressure fuel control pipe 17 connecting the injectors 8 and the pressure control valve 10, and a pump-control valve communication passage 18 formed to communicate the high-pressure fuel pump 4 with the pressure control valve 10 and bypass the injectors 8, the sectional area of the pump-control valve communication passage 18 being smaller than those of the high-pressure fuel supply pipe 16 and the high-pressure fuel control pipe 17.

Abstract: A valve in a fuel pressure regulator prevents liquid fuel from being emitted exteriorly of the regulator housing and onto heated engine components. In the preferred embodiment, the valve allows gaseous flow into a chamber of the regulator when the pressure within the chamber is lower than the pressure of gases exterior of the regulator but prevents gaseous flow from within the chamber to the exterior of the housing. In other embodiment an air-bleed passage is provided in the valve to allow gaseous flow from within the chamber to the exterior of the regulator.

Abstract: A no-return fuel system with a pressure regulator controlling the pressure of fuel supplied by a pump to the fuel rail and injectors of an internal combustion engine. The regulator has a bypass valve movable to open and closed positions by a diaphragm assembly to regulate the pressure of fuel supplied to the engine. The diaphragm is responsive to the pressure of fuel in a sensor line connected to the supply of fuel to the engine downstream of the bypass valve. To increase the pressure of fuel supplied to the engine when the pump is operating under an engine hot soak temperature conditions, a bleed passage communicating with the sensor line is opened by a solenoid actuated valve energized by a temperature responsive switch adjacent the engine.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for measuring atmospheric pressure in conjunction with an air-fuel ratio sensor of the type comprising a concentration cell with atmospheric air and exhaust electrodes on opposite sides of a solid-state electrolyte having oxygen ion conductivity. During an atmospheric pressure measuring cycle, oxygen ions are pumped from the atmospheric air electrode to the exhaust electrode, in a quantity which is either predetermined at a fixed value, or is sufficient to bring the cell to an equilibrium state. Atmospheric pressure is then calculated from measured emf of the cell, using an experimentally derived functional relationship. In a second embodiment, ions are pumped until a predetermined change of the concentration cell emf is achieved, and atmospheric pressure is determined based on the amount of time required to achieve such change. The atmospheric pressure measuring mode is operated on a time shared basis with the air-fuel ration detection mode.

Abstract: A fuel supply device for delivering pressurized fuel to the fuel injection valves of an internal combustion engine, wherein a pressurizing device pressurizes a fuel distribution line independently of a high pressure pump, which further raises and maintains the pressure of the fuel distribution line. This independent pressurization by the pressurizing device reduces the time required for the high pressure pump to raise fuel pressure to a level desirable for fuel injection, thus reducing the time it takes to start such an engine.

Abstract: An integral pressure damper is designed for use with an internal combustion engine having a fuel return line and a fuel rail in a fuel system that requires a damper. The integral pressure damper comprises a fitting securable to the fuel return line, and a damper assembly securable to the fitting. The fitting is securable to the return line. The present invention allows the flexibility of attaching the return line to the fuel rail using braze or any other suitable attachment process, before the damper is attached to the return line. The damper is subsequently secured to the fitting, such as by crimping a housing of the damper to the outside of the fitting, or by crimping the fitting to the outside of the housing.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine. The system includes an injector assembly for injecting fuel under pressure into the combustion chamber of an engine. The system also includes an intensifier assembly for intensifying the pressure of the fuel supplied to the injector assembly. This is incorporated in the cylinder head or attached to the cylinder head or an engine valve cover of the engine remote from the injector assembly. Intensified fuel passes from the intensifier assembly to the injector assembly via a conduit. This arrangement of injector assembly, intensifier assembly and fuel conduit reduces the over cylinder space required, particularly for a cylinder head arrangement with vertically projecting injector assemblies.

Abstract: A device for inclusion in the line from a fuel reservoir which includes a fuel pump and a carburetor, a device arranged intermediate the carburetor and the fuel pump which includes a main container having an inlet port from an upstream inlet port above the floor level and a downstream outlet port at about the floor level and said device being arranged physically near the level of the entrance to the carburetor of the vehicle on which it is installed; the container is a pressure reduction unit and is under partial pressure from the fuel pump, operating under a somewhat reduced fuel pressure relative to that of the delivered fuel pump pressure; the pressure reduction is accomplished as follows, a return line controls the upper zone of the container to the fuel reservoir and this line includes a valve to adjust the normal pressure in the container to that which delivers the best pressure controlling the flow of fuel to the carburetor.

Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to a compression ignition engine includes a high pressure pump to which fuel is supplied from the outlet of a low pressure pump of the vane type. The vanes of the pump are mounted in slots in the pump rotor and are spring biased outwardly. A cavity defined by the inner ends of the slots is connected by a spring loaded valve to the outlet when the output pressure is above a predetermined value and to a space in the housing of the apparatus through a valve when the output pressure is below said value. The space contains fuel which accumulates during the operation of the apparatus.

Abstract: A fuel pressure regulator has a multi-faceted extruded base that allows the outlet from the pressure regulator to be oriented in any of six different directions. A fuel body has a projecting snout and a fuel passage extending through the snout, and the inlet to the pressure regulator plugs directly onto the snout; the fuel passage thereby supplies fuel to the pressure regulator, and the pressure regulator thereby maintains the desired fuel pressure in the passage.

Abstract: A multi-fuel system which will operate the usual factory-manufactured gasoline powered internal combustion engine efficiently on any one of a number of different fuels without modifying or changing the engine. The system involves a non-venturi type of carburetor having a metered inlet and means for controlling the pressure of each fuel delivered to the inlet in accordance with the stoichiometric ratio of that fuel which assures that the proper fuel/air ratio is delivered to the mixing chamber of the carburetor without requiring any change in either the carburetor or engine when a different fuel is used. Additionally, the fuel delivered to the fuel inlet is then directed into the fuel/air mixing chamber without subjecting the fuel to the suction in the intake manifold of the engine.

Abstract: In a device for temperature responsive switching of overflow fuel quantities from a diesel fuel injection pump to a fuel supply tank or a filter of a fuel supply system a switching valve, arranged between the fuel injection pump and the tank, is actuated by a bimetallic element. Parallel to the switching valve is provided a throttle for continuous air venting. A pressure control valve with a low opening pressure is installed in the connection between the switching valve and the filter. The heated overflow fuel quantities are mixed with cool fuel from the tank and therefore the danger of clogging of the filter, which could be caused by paraffin separation, is substantially reduced.

Abstract: An arrangement for feeding fuel, advantageously from a supply tank to an internal combustion engine, particularly of a power vehicle has a feed aggregate through which a fuel flows, and a structural element arranged in a fuel flow and including a filter part and a fuel pressure wave damping member, wherein the structural element is arranged in a housing which surrounds the feed aggregate.