Upper End Injectors Patents (Class 261/DIG82)
  • Patent number: 5809972
    Abstract: Fuel at a regulated pressure passes from a fuel to tank one or more fuel injectors disposed in fuel injector housings formed in mounting blocks that are mounted to the sides of a carburetor center section. Each injector is in fluid communication with a booster venturi ring that is suspended in each carburetor barrel. The injectors intermittently deliver high pressure pulses of fuel to the booster venturi rings which disperse the fuel into the airstream. The high velocity of the airstream passing through the suspended booster venturi ring decreases the pressure of the airstream, resulting in greater atomization of the injected fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Inventor: Barry Grant
  • Patent number: 4905651
    Abstract: A device comprising a body in which is formed a chamber in which fuel is mixed with air; a cylindrical mixture delivery duct the opening of which is controlled by a throttle valve; and a body cover to which is fitted a fuel injector for supplying atomized fuel into the mixing chamber; the aforementioned mixing chamber comprising at least a first and second portion defined by differently tapered surfaces, and a third portion defined by a cylindrical surface equal in diameter to the aforementioned cylindrical mixture delivery duct; the axial length of the cylinderical surface of the third portion of the mixing chamber, measured between the axis of the throttle valve and the top edge of the third portion itself, being at least equal to the radius of the circular contour of the aforementioned throttle valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Weber S.r.l.
    Inventors: Silverio Bonfiglioli, Gianni Fargnoli
  • Patent number: 4751905
    Abstract: The device substantially comprises an upper body in which is formed a first perforation in communication with an air intake opening and delimited by a first conical surface and a support element for a fuel atomisation and metering valve having a tubular form and connected to the first conical surface by means of a pair of ribs disposed substantially in the plane which contains the axis of the first conical surface. The device further includes a lower body in which is formed a second perforation delimited by a second conical surface coaxial with the first and which is in communication with a mixture supply opening, the cone angle of the second conical surface being greater than that of the first conical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1988
    Assignee: Weber S.p.A.
    Inventors: Silverio Bonfiglioli, Giovanni Gardellini, Claudio Zaccherini
  • Patent number: 4595542
    Abstract: A fuel atomizing throttle body is formed to receive a centrally located fuel injector near the inlet to the throttle body induction passage, the throttle body having an axially moveable throttling sleeve in the induction passage that cooperates with a fuel atomizer adjacent the injector for variably metering the primary flow of air into the engine while simultaneously increasing the velocity of the air to impact the metered fuel essentially at right angles to the fuel to atomize the same prior to entry of the mixture into the engine, the fuel atomizer having swirl passages further mixing the fuel with air upon discharge from the injector and providing a secondary minimum air flow volume to sustain engine operation during idle speed conditions when the primary path is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1986
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: James H. Jones
  • Patent number: 4584981
    Abstract: An intake system for an internal combustion engine has a fuel injector disposed in an induction passage upstream of a pivotally mounted throttle plate having an idle position in which the throttle plate has upstream and downstream edge portions slightly spaced from the inner peripheral surface of the induction passage to define therewith narrow gaps for the passage of air and injected fuel particles. A bypass air passage is formed in the peripheral wall of the induction passage and has a downstream end open thereto to produce a jet of air directed toward the central zone of the downstream face of the throttle plate when in the idle position. The air jet is operative to compensate for the difference in pressure between a central space immediately downstream of the throttle plate and peripheral zones adjacent to the narrow gaps whereby whirling-up of air and fuel particles just downstream of the throttle plate and resultant formation of drops of liquid fuel can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Tanabe, Mineo Kashiwaya, Kiyomi Morita, Katsunobu Kameta
  • Patent number: 4574760
    Abstract: A fuel injection system of the single point, throttle body type in which a fuel injector is located centrally above the inlet to an air throttling body that contains a variable venturi consisting of a plug and nozzle assembly wherein the plug includes a fuel dispersion plate directing the fuel towards a movable nozzle together defining a convergent-divergent flow air that is variable in area in response to the dynamic pressure of the air against it at higher air flows or alternately responsive to the suction of the engine at low air flows to be moved to a position providing essentially a constant air velocity flowing past the fuel under all conditions of operation to shear the fuel and thereby atomize the same for an economical and efficient operation of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Colin Jones, William J. Clemens
  • Patent number: 4536356
    Abstract: A carburetor for an internal combustion engine. The carburetor has an outer body defining a first venturi and having an inlet and an outlet. There is a first inner body located in the outer body and defining a second venturi and having an inlet and an outlet. A throttle valve controls air supply to the inlets of the inner and outer bodies. Air is agitated as it flows through the bodies. An injector nozzle is positioned to feed fuel to the second venturi. A valve controls fuel supply through the injector nozzle and sensor means determines movement of the valve. An idle jet feeds fuel to the second venturi downstream of the jet nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Inventor: Ching C. Li
  • Patent number: 4411233
    Abstract: A constant depression carburettor has an auxiliary throttle member associated with a sensor which delivers a signal representative of the position of the auxiliary throttle member. A solenoid valve is actuated by pulses received from a control circuit which receives input signals from sensor. The solenoid valve meters the fuel delivered to the intake passage via a discharge orifice located at the throat of a venturi limited by a swelling of the intake passage and by the throttle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Assignee: Societe Industrielle de Brevets et d'Etudes S.I.B.E.
    Inventors: Jacques Chenet, Michel Pierlot
  • Patent number: 4387063
    Abstract: A carburettor for an internal combustion engine comprises a main fuel supply system for normal running, opening into a venturi in the induction passage of the carburettor, and at least one auxiliary circuit for supplying a flow of air/fuel mixture for low speed and low-load operation of the engine. The mixture control means for the circuits are carried by a distribution block arranged to be inserted and removably fixed in the part of the induction passage situated in the vicinity of the venturi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1983
    Assignee: Societe Industrielle de Brevets et d'Etudes S.I.B.E.
    Inventor: Michael Pontoppidan
  • Patent number: 4359433
    Abstract: In a constant-pressure carburetor having a fuel/air mixing chamber (3) which operates under reduced pressure, fuel feed means through which the fuel is drawn into the mixing chamber (3) from a float chamber (6) as required, an air inlet duct (1) having an automatically vacuum controlled air intake valve (2) upstream of the mixing chamber (3), and a suction duct having a driver actuated throttle member (4) downstream of the mixing chamber (3), the fuel feed means includes a fuel atomizer nozzle (5) having a central fuel supply passage (14) surrounded concentrically at its outer end by an annular constricting atomizing air outlet (15) whereby the velocity vectors of fuel and atomizing air at the nozzle outlet differ in magnitude and direction, and proportioning means for regulating the flow of fuel through the central passage (14) of the nozzle (5) and including a member (11) which is movable towards and away from the inlet (10) to the passage (14) by a control (12) operated in response to the output (A) from a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1982
    Assignee: Bosch & Pierburg System oHG
    Inventor: Gunter Hartel
  • Patent number: 4356801
    Abstract: A throttle body fuel injection system comprises a fuel injector which sprays fuel into an induction bore of circular cross section for mixture with induction air passing through the bore. Fuel is injected exclusively upstream of the throttle blade and apertures are provided which, when the engine is idling with the blade occupying an idle position cracked open from its closed blade position, establish communication between points upstream and downstream of the throttle blade with the apertures being of sufficient size to conduct both the induction air and the entrained fuel as a mixture, allowing sonic velocities for best fuel atomization at engine idle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Graham
  • Patent number: 4351305
    Abstract: A fuel injection apparatus for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, having a single fuel injection valve arranged above a throttle valve. A collector member arranged in a throttle bore of the engine so that the member faces the fuel injection nozzle. A cam and link mechanism adapted for connecting the collector member and a throttle shaft, so that a position of the collector member with respect to the axis of the throttle bore changes in accordance with the degree of the opening of the throttle valve. Therefore, an air fuel mixture having a constant air fuel ratio is supplied to all cylinders of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1982
    Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Isogai, Kazuyoshi Sugaya
  • Patent number: 4348997
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel injection type carburetor of a multicylinder internal combustion engine. The carburetor comprises: an intake manifold comprising a plurality of horizontal intake passages; a throttle body connected to a converging portion of said intake manifold; a throttle valve installed within said throttle body; and a fuel injector arranged downstream from said throttle valve in a manner such that injected fuel can impinge against at least a part of said throttle valve. An opening direction of a valve portion of said throttle valve against which portion injected fuel impinges is substantially the same as the direction of fuel injection from said fuel injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiso Takeda, Shozo Inouye, Toshimi Kashiwakura
  • Patent number: 4347823
    Abstract: A hollow, truncated cone-shaped distribution skirt is positioned beneath a fuel injector discharging fuel into a throttle bore of a throttle body injection apparatus whereby to divide induction air flow into two flow paths so as to improve the distribution of the air-fuel mixture following through the throttle bore upstream of the pivotable throttle valve therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1982
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Kessler, Thomas J. Gutmann, Charles E. Finn
  • Patent number: 4341191
    Abstract: A fuel injection type carburetor of multi-cylinder internal combustion engines including: a throttle body having a throttle bore extending substantially vertically and being connected at the bottom portion thereof to a collecting portion of intake manifolds extending substantially horizontally; a throttle valve arranged in the throttle bore, and; a linear injection type fuel injection valve having a fuel injection nozzle arranged in the throttle bore in a downstream area of the throttle valve and inclined toward the downstream side. The throttle bore has an extension extending downwardly into the intake manifold collecting portion so that a fuel jet injected from the fuel injection nozzle strikes against the extension of the throttle bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiso Takeda, Shozo Inouye, Toshimi Kashiwakura
  • Patent number: 4331116
    Abstract: A fuel system for an internal combustion engine and comprising a housing having a first chamber of cylindrical cross-sectional configuration with an upper air inlet port open to an air door and a lower outlet port connected to the engine intake manifold, a cylindrical spool rotatably positioned in the first chamber and having opposed openings which align with the inlet and outlet ports when the spool is in a full open position, a second chamber provided in the housing open to the heat of the engine exhaust system and separated from the first chamber by a partition, a fuel heating envelope secured within the second chamber whereby the heat of the exhaust system surrounds the envelope for heating the interior thereof, a fuel jet extending into the fuel envelope for admitting a fuel thereto, a bleed air passageway provided in the housing for directing air from the exterior thereof to the interior of the fuel envelope, a fuel nozzle secured through the wall and having one end open to the interior of the fuel heat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1982
    Inventor: Edward L. Simonds
  • Patent number: 4327675
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprising a vertically extending intake duct which is mounted on the collecting portion of the intake manifold. A throttle valve and a fuel injector are arranged in the intake duct. The fuel nozzle of the fuel injector is directed slightly downwards and located at a position spaced below the throttle shaft of throttle valve by a distance which is less than one half of the diameter of the intake passage formed in the intake duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1982
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keiso Takeda
  • Patent number: 4313411
    Abstract: There is disclosed a fuel feeding device for an internal combustion engine equipped with an air regulator for feeding air through a bypass around a throttle valve and a fuel jetting valve for feeding fuel. An air passage outlet of said air regulator is open opposite to and facing said fuel jetting valve. The opening degree of said air regulator is controlled by a coil bimetal functioning in proportion to the temperature of the engine or through a step motor being driven through a controlling circuit detecting operation conditions of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company
    Inventors: Akinobu Moriyama, Mitsumasa Inoue, Masaaki Saito, Yoshihisa Kawamura
  • Patent number: 4289104
    Abstract: An air-fuel mixture supplying device for internal combustion engines, in which sonic nozzles are disposed facing each other in such a manner that their center lines lie in the same horizontal and vertical planes so that the fuel ejected from the nozzle is pulverized and mixed with bleed air ejected from the opposing nozzle in optimum condition. During intermittent ejection of fuel, two injector valves inject fuel alternately so that the fuel particles ejected from the opposing nozzles do not collide with each other but only strike against and mix with the bleed air. This eliminates the possibility of fuel particles becoming agglomerated and produces desirable air-fuel mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignee: Aisan Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigetaka Takada, Masaaki Nomura, Manabu Itoh
  • Patent number: 4272460
    Abstract: A variable venturi type carburetor of an internal combustion engine which includes a housing, a bore extending through the housing and having an inner wall defining an intake passage, a suction piston movably mounted in the housing and having a head portion projecting into the intake passage and a fuel injection valve. The suction piston moves so as to change the cross-sectional area of the venturi portion defined between the head portion of the suction piston and an inner wall of the intake passage. A pipe member connected to the fuel injection valve is opened to the intake passage in a position opposite the head portion with regard to the intake passage. The fuel injected from the injection valve is supplied through the pipe member to the intake passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1981
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noboru Watanabe, Tokuta Inoue, Kiyohiko Oishi