Abstract: An air compression device includes: a compressor device for the compression of air, wherein the compressor device has a compressor axis and the compressor axis is defined by a direction in which air is compressed by the compressor device; an electric motor for driving the compressor device, wherein the electric motor has an electric motor axis formed by an axis of rotation of the electric motor; and a transmission that mechanically connects the electric motor to the compressor device. The transmission arranges the compressor device and the electric motor at an angle to one another, and the compressor axis and the electric motor axis enclose an angle between 10° and 80°, in particular 20° and 70°, more specifically 30° and 60°.

Abstract: A gas compressor includes an incompressible fluid source for storing an incompressible fluid. A rotary shaft is coupled to the incompressible fluid source. Operation of the rotary shaft draws the incompressible fluid up or down the rotary shaft. A piston chamber is coupled to each piston in a set of pistons. The incompressible fluid is delivered to the first piston by a controlled fluid valve assembly, to drive the first piston. The centripetal force from the rotation of the rotary shaft and the force of incompressible fluid from an impeller drive the first piston to compress a gas in the piston chamber of the first piston. The incompressible fluid is released from the first piston, by the controlled fluid valve assembly. The incompressible fluid is alternately delivered to the second piston to drive the second piston and compress gas.

Abstract: A piston limiting structure, including: a cylinder, a piston, and a flange provided with a limiting piece, the cylinder has a piston hole perpendicular to an axial direction of the cylinder and penetrating through the cylinder, and a projection of the piston hole in a penetrating direction is circular. The piston is disposed in the piston hole in a form-fit manner and is slid in the piston hole in a reciprocating manner. A side wall of the piston is provided with a thrust groove, a bottom surface of the thrust groove forms a thrust surface on the side wall of the piston, and the thrust groove does not penetrate through two ends of the side wall of the piston along an axial length of the piston. The limiting piece abuts against the thrust surface.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of a hot air engine, the hot air engine includes a transmission with a connecting rod and a double-acting step piston. The double-acting step piston has a first section with a larger diameter and a second section with a smaller diameter, and is arranged in a cylinder. The double-acting step piston is at least partially hollow and the connecting rod extends through the second section and is articulatedly connected in the first section of the double-acting step piston. The double-acting step piston has sealing rings both in the first section and in the second section.

Abstract: A gas compressor includes an incompressible fluid source for storing an incompressible fluid. A rotary shaft is coupled to the incompressible fluid source. Operation of the rotary shaft draws the incompressible fluid up or down the rotary shaft. A piston chamber is coupled to each piston in a set of pistons. The incompressible fluid is delivered to the first piston by a controlled fluid valve assembly, to drive the first piston. The centripetal force from the rotation of the rotary shaft and the force of incompressible fluid from an impeller drive the first piston to compress a gas in the piston chamber of the first piston. The incompressible fluid is released from the first piston, by the controlled fluid valve assembly. The incompressible fluid is alternately delivered to the second piston to drive the second piston and compress gas.

Abstract: A compressor of an embodiment includes: a piston that is housed in a case and moves back and forth in an axis direction inside the case; a main shaft that i) extends in the axis direction inside the case, and ii) guides the piston to move in the axis direction; and a drive that drives the piston to move along the axis direction. The piston includes: a main shaft bush through which the main shaft passes in the axis direction; and a compression board that has an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the main shaft bush, and that is fixed to an end portion of the main shaft bush on a side in the axis direction. Fluid inside the case is compressed, and then is ejected to an outside of the case. The drive is arranged between the compression board and an end portion of the case.

Abstract: A fluid machine, heat exchanger, and operating method of fluid machine. The fluid machine includes: a rotation shaft (10), a cylinder (20), and a piston assembly (30). The rotation shaft (10) and the cylinder (20) are eccentrically disposed relative to each other and an eccentric distance is fixed. The piston assembly (30) has a variable volume chamber (31). Because the eccentric distance between the rotation shaft (10) and the cylinder (20) is fixed, the rotation shaft (10) and the cylinder (20) rotate about their respective axes thereof during motion and the position of center of mass remains unchanged, so that the piston assembly (30) is allowed to rotate stably and continuously when moving in the cylinder (20); and vibration of the fluid machine is mitigated, a regular pattern for changes in the volume of the variable volume cavity is ensured.

Abstract: An automotive hydraulic actuating system for actuating a movable vehicle part, like a roof part or a wheel suspension. The actuating system comprises a pump unit. The pump unit comprises a piston pump which has a pump rotor and an electric motor which has a motor rotor. The pump rotor and motor rotor are incorporated into a single common rotor. The rotor is a one piece item. The rotor is positioned inside a pump chamber around a pump stator of the piston pump. The pump stator provides a full support to the common rotor. Advantageously, without a separate motor stator, the pump unit has a more compact configuration. Additionally, the pump unit has an improved dynamic performance which contributes to a silent and reliable operation at a high rotational speed.

Abstract: The subject matter described herein relates to a spin pump that includes a combination of a compressor and a vacuum pump on respective pistons extending from a common crankshaft in a rotating housing. Related methods, apparatuses, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Abstract: A pump arrangement, in particular a magnetic clutch pump arrangement, is provided. The pump arrangement includes a pump housing containing an impeller shaft, an impeller, a casing cover adjacent to the impeller and supporting a plain bearing arrangement. The pump arrangement also includes a containment shell which seals an enclosed chamber within the inner chamber of the pump housing. The plain bearing arrangement includes first and second bearing sleeves connected to the impeller shaft, a first bearing bush which cooperates with the first bearing sleeve via a radial bearing surface and is connected to the pump housing or to a component secured to the pump housing a second bearing bush which cooperates with the second bearing sleeve via a radial bearing surface and is connected to the pump housing or to a component secured to the pump housing, and a retainer ring mounted between the first and second bearing sleeves.

Abstract: The subject matter described herein relates to a spin pump that includes a combination of a compressor and a vacuum pump on respective pistons extending from a common crankshaft in a rotating housing. Related methods, apparatuses, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Abstract: The fixed or variable displacement hydraulic motor-pump (1) includes a motor-pump central rotor (3) in which a hydraulic cylinder (14) is arranged, the rotor (3) being in sealed contact with an input-output spool valve (43) connecting the cylinder (14) with a motor-pump frame (2) while a hydraulic piston (13) moves in the cylinder (14) to push, using a hydraulic piston guided plunger (18), a tangential arm (22) articulated in the central rotor (3), and a tangential arm antifriction roller (28) on a motor-pump peripheral rotor (29) synchronized in rotation with the motor-pump central rotor (3).

Abstract: Designs to package a magneto-elastic torque sensor in an automotive transmission, such as front wheel drive (FWD) automatic transmissions, for volume production applications are provided.

Abstract: An axial piston pump has: a cylinder body that forms therein a cylinder chamber extending in an axial direction of a drive shaft and rotates integrally with a driven shaft; a piston that reciprocates in the axial direction of the drive shaft; and a cam device that rotates integrally with the drive shaft and has: a fixed cam member that has a cam surface capable of coming into contact with a cam follower coupled to the piston and is capable of rotating integrally with the drive shaft, with movement of the fixed cam member in the axial direction being restricted; and a movable cam member that has a cam surface capable of coming into contact with the cam follower and is capable of rotating integrally with the drive shaft, with movement of the movable cam member in the axial direction being allowed, irregularity differences in the axial direction of the cam surface of the fixed cam member and the movable cam member being different from each other.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a rotary pump in which one or more rotors including rotary cylinders and rotary pistons rotate upon inside a housing having a suction hole and a discharge hole to compress a pump fluid. More particularly, the two rotary pistons are arrange to revolve about a rotating shaft in a state wherein the center of mass of the two rotary pistons coincide with that of the rotating shaft, thereby achieving not only a reduction in the generation of vibrations or noise, but also a variation in the flow of rate of fluid. The rotary pump may have a cover, which is opened or closed in accordance with a pressure, to prevent the generation of backflow and pulsations in accordance with the rotation of the rotary pump when the pressure of the discharge hole differs from that of the suction hole.

Abstract: The invention provides a system for multiplying pressure comprising at least two hydraulic cylinders communicating with an exit supplying pressure, wherein each cylinder has a piston within a chamber; said pistons cooperating respectively with an associated piston to supply pressure at the exit; and a rotary distributor communicating with said both hydraulic cylinders, able to supply alternatively a fluid to each chamber for motion of the respected pistons and to ensure alternatively return of the pistons.

Abstract: A pressurisation pump is provided comprising a first plunger and a second plunger, each plunger being reciprocable within a respective plunger bore defined by a housing, wherein the first and second plungers together with the bores define, at least in part, a pumping volume. The pump also includes an inlet port and an outlet port. An end of the first plunger is arranged to cover the inlet port during a pump delivery stage in which fluid is displaced from the pumping volume and an end of the second plunger is arranged to cover the outlet port during a pump fill stage in which fuel is drawn into the pumping volume. The end of the first plunger and the end of the second plunger are arranged to cover the inlet port and the outlet port respectively during a pump transfer stage during which the pumping volume is maintained.

Abstract: A hydraulic control unit for a motor vehicle having a motor providing a drive shaft driving a rotatable piston bearing surface at a proximal end of the motor, a hydraulic block providing cavities housing a pumping assembly and fluid control valves, and a control section providing solenoid coils receiving portions of the fluid control valves, with the pump cavity being disposed on a first end of the hydraulic block and the valve cavities being disposed on an opposite end of the hydraulic block, and the pumping assembly being reciprocalably driven by the rotatable piston bearing surface along an axis radially disposed from and otherwise parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotatable piston bearing surface. In another aspect, a pump element having a ball bearing assembly mounted at an oblique angle with respect to the axis of rotation of a seat, and a pumping assembly reciprocally bearing against an outer portion of the ball bearing assembly.

Abstract: An axial piston pump has: a cylinder body that forms therein a cylinder chamber extending in an axial direction of a drive shaft and rotates integrally with a driven shaft; a piston that reciprocates in the axial direction of the drive shaft; and a cam device that rotates integrally with the drive shaft and has: a fixed cam member that has a cam surface capable of coming into contact with a cam follower coupled to the piston and is capable of rotating integrally with the drive shaft, with movement of the fixed cam member in the axial direction being restricted; and a movable cam member that has a cam surface capable of coming into contact with the cam follower and is capable of rotating integrally with the drive shaft, with movement of the movable cam member in the axial direction being allowed, irregularity differences in the axial direction of the cam surface of the fixed cam member and the movable cam member being different from each other.

Abstract: A rotary piston machine includes a first spheroidal element including pistons and/or cylinders and a second spheroidal element including pistons and/or cylinders, wherein the first element can move relative to the second element. The machine can be used as part of a pump, compressor, or engine.

Abstract: There is disclosed an improved pump (5, 5?) particularly suitable for use in a method of “artificial lift” in an oil/gas well. Known pumps used in artificial lift methods suffer from a number of problems/disadvantages—e.g. low efficiency (hydraulic efficiency). The disclosed embodiments of the invention provide a pump (5, 5?) which provides a positive displacement of a predetermined volume of well production fluid for each operative cycle of the pump-in contra-distinction known to pumps which provide axial flow of well production fluid. The inventive pump (5, 5?) provides a chamber (10, 10?) having a volume (V, V?), an inlet (15) to the chamber (10, 10?), an outlet (20) from the chamber (10, 10?), and means for varying the volume (V, V?) of the chamber (10, 10?). The means for varying the volume (V, V?) of the chamber (10, 10?) is controlled by relative rotation of first and second bodies (30, 35, 30?, 35?).

Abstract: A fuel pump for supplying fuel at high fuel pressures includes a stationary body having a plurality of radial cylinders connecting with a central fuel chamber. Inlet and outlet passages communicate with the fuel chamber. Plungers are reciprocated in the cylinders by cam followers reciprocable in follower recesses of the body. A rotary internal cam engages the cam followers and is configured to reciprocate the plungers in timed relation to sequentially draw fuel from the inlet passage into the central fuel chamber and alternately force fuel from the central fuel chamber to the outlet passage in response to rotation of the rotary cam. A preferred embodiment includes paired smaller and larger diameter cylinders and pistons which are sequentially actuated in overlapping fashion to minimize pulsing of the pressurized fuel discharged from the pump into associated engine fuel lines.

Abstract: A pressurisation pump is provided comprising a first plunger and a second plunger, each plunger being reciprocable within a respective plunger bore defined by a housing, wherein the first and second plungers together with the bores define, at least in part, a pumping volume. The pump also includes an inlet port and an outlet port. An end of the first plunger is arranged to cover the inlet port during a pump delivery stage in which fluid is displaced from the pumping volume and an end of the second plunger is arranged to cover the outlet port during a pump fill stage in which fuel is drawn into the pumping volume. The end of the first plunger and the end of the second plunger are arranged to cover the inlet port and the outlet port respectively during a pump transfer stage during which the pumping volume is maintained.

Abstract: A pump, for supplying high pressure fuel from a fuel tank to an engine via a common rail, includes a motor assembly (20) mounted on top of the fuel tank, a pump assembly (26) positioned within the fuel tank, and a support column (32) rotatably connecting the motor assembly to the pump assembly. A high pressure pump sub-assembly (46) includes a pump body (48) having a drive bore (50) and multiple plunger bores (60) formed therein. The external profile of a drive member (58) which is rotatable within the drive bore engages the radially inner end of pumping plungers (62) disposed in each of the plunger bores for a portion of each revolution to reciprocally move the plungers between radially inner and outer limit positions. Reciprocation towards the inner limit position induces a low pressure in the radially outer end of the plunger bore, thereby drawing fuel via the drive bore without the aid of a low pressure pump.

Abstract: A solenoid-valve-controlled fuel-injection pump for internal combustion engines, in particular diesel engines, has a solenoid valve (18), whose valve needle (17) separates a high-pressure region (14, 15) from a low-pressure region (21), i.e. connects the high-pressure region and low-pressure region, in the pump housing, via a valve seat (16); the injection period being controlled by the opening of the solenoid valve (18). In addition, a low-pressure compensating piston (24) situated in the low-pressure region (21) is provided in order to compensate for pressure fluctuations in the low-pressure region (21).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing consumables, especially filled chocolates that consist of a coated filling. The aim of the invention is to provide a device for feeding substances of the consumables to nozzles in a controlled manner. To this end, the device is provided with pumps that comprise pump pistons in a pump chamber and at least two pump chambers are located in a pump housing one on top of the other.

Abstract: A rotary cylinder apparatus which prevents a fluid from leaking from a contact portion of a piston and a cylinder member and consequently enables efficient rotation. The rotary cylinder apparatus comprises: a rotary cylinder member 2 which has cylinder chambers 22 and 23 formed thereto so as to pass through a rotary shaft center O and rotates around the rotary shaft center O; pistons 3 and 4 demonstrating reciprocating linear motion in the cylinder chambers 22 and 23; a piston holding member 5 which holds the pistons 3 and 4 and rotates around a rotation center X eccentric from the rotary shaft center O of the rotary cylinder member 2; and a casing 6 which rotatably supports the rotary cylinder member 2 and has at least one inlet 61 and at least one outlet 62, wherein the pistons 3 and 4 are rotatably supported at a position away from the rotation center X of the piston holding member 5 by a fixed distance and with that position at the center thereof.

Abstract: A cruciform pump comprises a casing, a positioning round disk in the casing; a driven rotary disk; and two sliding blocks. A center of the positioning round disk is arranged corresponding to a center of the casing, and has a cruciform sliding groove. The driven rotary disk is eccentrically installed on the positioning round disk. One rotary shaft at one surface of the rotary disk protrudes out of the casing. The two sliding blocks are installed in the cruciform sliding groove. Each block is conformed to the sliding groove, so that the positioning round disk is driven by the sliding blocks. When the driven rotary disk rotates through two circles, the positioning round disk only rotates through one circle. During rotation, the two sliding blocks move along the cruciform sliding groove; then, one side of the sliding block presses fluid flowing out, and another side thereof will suck fluid into the sliding groove.

Abstract: A rotary power device of the swinging piston type has a cylindrical rotor mounted between internal and external portions of a stator. The internal stator provides intake and exhaust channels and may hold an igniter. The external stator includes two axially adjacent cam tracks with diametrically opposed eccentricities with respect to the axis of rotation. The rotor includes two axially spaced sets of sector-shaped compartments arranged at equal angular intervals around the inner stator, where each set is axially aligned with a respective cam track. Each compartment is open at the periphery of the rotor and has an inner opening aligned with ports in the internal stator. A sector-shaped piston mounted in each compartment pivots about an axis at one vertex of the compartment. Each piston includes a roller follower for engaging the respective cam track as the rotor rotates.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a suction-discharge device for fluids capable of sucking fluids continuously and discharging fluids continuously under fixed flow rate and pressure, without substantially bringing about pulsations of even one unit.

Abstract: A cruciform pump comprises a casing, a positioning round disk in the casing; a driven rotary disk; and two sliding blocks. A center of the positioning round disk is arranged corresponding to a center of the casing, and has a cruciform sliding groove. The driven rotary disk is eccentrically installed on the positioning round disk. One rotary shaft at one surface of the rotary disk protrudes out of the casing. The two sliding blocks are installed in the cruciform sliding groove. Each block is conformed to the sliding groove, so that the positioning round disk is driven by the sliding blocks. When the driven rotary disk rotates through two circles, the positioning round disk only rotates through one circle. During rotation, the two sliding blocks move along the cruciform sliding groove; then, one side of the sliding block presses fluid flowing out, and another side thereof will suck fluid into the sliding groove.

Abstract: A rotary power device of the swinging piston type comprises a cylindrical rotor mounted between internal and external portions of a stator. The internal portion of the stator provides intake and exhaust channels and may hold an igniter. The external portion of the stator includes a middle portion with an oval cam track. The rotor includes a multiplicity of sector-shaped compartments arranged at equal angular intervals around the inner stator. Each compartment is open at the periphery of the rotor and has an inner opening to the central bore in alignment with ports in the central internal stator. A sector-shaped piston is mounted in each compartment for pivotal motion about a pivot axis at one vertex of the compartment. Each piston includes a roller follower for engaging the oval-shaped cam track as the rotor rotates, which causes angular reciprocation of the pistons within the compartments while performing intake and exhaust cycles through inner openings.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a fluid suction and discharge apparatus capable of continuously discharging fluid with a predetermined flow rate and pressure continuously sucking the fluid without substantially giving rise to pulsation. This invention comprises an inner tube rotatably fitted in a fitting hole of the apparatus body, a cylinder slidably fitted into the inner tube, and a plurality of through-holes formed in the inner tube, wherein when the cylinder is reciprocated in association with rotation of the inner tube, and when one of the through-holes of the inner tube is communicated with a suction hole of the apparatus body, the other through-hole of the inner tube is communicated with a discharge hole of the apparatus body, and when fluid is sucked from a communication suction hole thus communicated, fluid is discharged from the discharge hole thus communicated.

Abstract: A radial plunger machine is disclosed. The radial plunger machine includes a pintle and a rotor which is rotatable about said pintle, at least one radial cylinder bore being provided in the rotor, a plunger being reciprocably arranged in said cylinder bore, and the pintle being provided with an inlet duct and an outlet duct for supplying and discharging hydraulic fluid to and from the cylinder bore, respectively. The pintle is made from austenitic stainless steel and has a higher coefficient of linear thermal expansion than the material of the rotor.

Abstract: In the check valve having a valve seat member and the valve member, the valve seat member is provided with first and second conical seats. The second conical seat is positioned upstream the first conical seat. An angle of the second conical seat to an axis of the valve member is more acute than that of the first conical seat. Since the check valve has the second conical seat, contact pressure applied to the first conical seat is uniformly dispersed and, thus, the first conical seat is less worn out. Further, the second conical seat prevents the valve member from cutting into and sticking to the valve seat member, even if the wear has been progressed. Accordingly, an operation of the check valve is stable for a longer period of time.

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

Abstract: A distributor arrangement is disclosed which comprises a distributor member rotatable within a bore formed in a sleeve, the sleeve being provided with a supply port through which fuel under high pressure can be supplied to the distributor member, in use, and a plurality of delivery ports, the distributor member being provided with a delivery passage registrable with the delivery ports, in turn, upon rotation of the distributor member whereby fuel under pressure supplied through the supply port flows to a selected one of the delivery ports, in use, the distributor arrangement further comprising a porting arrangement whereby, when the distributor member occupies a position in which the delivery passage is not registered with any of the delivery ports, cooling fluid is able to flow through the delivery passage.

Abstract: A fuel injection pump of the distributor type which has a reciprocatingly driven pump piston that is load-bearing in a rotating distributor shaft which pumps fuel out of a pump work chamber to various fuel injection valves via a distributor opening. To control the duration of high-pressure injection, an electrically actuated valve is provided with a valve member in a valve chamber that communicates with the pump work chamber and from a second valve chamber, communicates with a low-pressure region. To terminate the high-pressure injection, the valve member makes a communication between the two valve chambers, whereupon the outflow of the fuel stream is controlled by disposing a diameter constriction in the connecting line, thus reducing any tendency to cavitation.

Abstract: A hermetic compressor includes a plurality of compressing mechanisms. Each of the compressing mechanism includes a rotary cylinder having a groove, and a piston slidable in the groove, so that a compressing stroke is carried out by rotation of said piston on a locus of a radius E about a point spaced apart at a distance E from the center of said rotary cylinder. A partition plate is interposed between the rotary cylinders of the adjacent compressing mechanisms. The partition plate is provided with a communication bore through which a shaft is passed. The partition plate is provided with cranks on which said pistons can be mounted. A motor mechanism section is adapted to drive the pistons of the compressing mechanisms by the common shaft. At least one of the compressing mechanisms is different in phase in a compressing stroke from the other compressing mechanisms.

Abstract: A positive displacement rotary machine includes a piston rotor rotatable about a first axis and including a number of pistons equally spaced about the first axis and rotatably mounted about their axes on the piston rotor; a chamber rotor rotatable about a second axis spaced from the first axis, including a central common chamber and a number of radial fluid chambers arranged in diametrically opposed pairs across the common chamber, and guide tracks extending between opposing pairs of radial chambers across the common chamber for kinematically constraining each of the pistons as they move from one of their associated radial chambers to the other through the common chamber, and intake and exhaust ports for introducing and exhausting fluid from the radial chambers.

Abstract: A hermetic compressor includes a compressor mechanism section 40 which includes first and second rotary cylinders 41a and 41b, and first and second pistons 42a and 42b eccentrically rotated in first and second grooves 42a and 43b in the first and second rotary cylinders 41a and 41b, upper and lower bearings 50a and 50b which clamp the first and second rotary cylinders 41a and 41b, and a casing 51. A projection, 64, a projection 66 or a recess 67 is formed on slide faces in the components of the compressor mechanism section 40, whereby the power loss due to the viscosity is reduced remarkably by reducing the sliding area of the slide faces. Thus, the efficiency of the compressor can be enhanced, and the inclination and the eccentricity of the rotary cylinder can be suppressed to the minimum.

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

Abstract: A metering device for pressurized fluids has a rotor containing an oscillating free piston operating in a bore at right angles to the rotor axis. The piston is driven by the fluid to be metered. The rotor is retained within a stator having inlet and outlet ports. When the rotor is rotated, a first end of the bore becomes in fluid connection with the inlet port and the piston is operated upon by the pressurized fluid and moves within the bore in a first direction towards the outlet port. As the rotor is turned further, the second end of the bore becomes in fluid connection with the inlet port whilst the first end is made in fluid connection with the outlet port, and the piston reverses to move in a second direction, i.e. towards the outlet port to discharge the fluid which had previously moved the piston in a first direction.

Abstract: An improved rotary fuel distributor is provided which effectively dynamically centers the rotor during operation while actively cooling the rotor and refilling fuel passages to minimize cavitation. A pressure balancing system is provided which includes pressure area defining grooves formed adjacent a rotor outlet port to control the pressure gradient in the clearance between the rotor and the distributor housing thereby effectively providing a more predictable force component which can be controlled to more effectively balance the rotor in conjunction with two balancing ports positioned on the opposite side of the rotor from the outlet port. A refill and cooling system is provided to continuously and actively cool the rotor with cool, low pressure fuel throughout rotation thereby displacing the hot fuel with cool fuel and effectively preventing thermal seizure of the rotor.

Abstract: A pump and associated method including the steps of pre-metering successive quantities of fuel from a reservoir to a positive displacement transfer pump, then actuating the transfer pump to raise the pressure of the successive quantities of fuel by at least about 100 psi, preferably 200-300 psi. Each quantity of fuel which was pressurized in the transfer pump, is delivered to a high pressure pumping chamber so that each pumping bore receives a certain, i.e., predetermined, charge of fuel within a first time interval. A plurality of plungers in the respective pumping bores are then simultaneously actuated to increase the pressure in the pumping chamber to the desired high pressure, preferably at least about 15,000 psi, within a second time interval, and to discharge the quantity of fuel through a high pressure discharge valve. The second time interval is of longer duration than the first time interval.

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: In a timer device having a timer sleeve at a housing with a timer piston slidably provided at the timer sleeve, a high pressure chamber is constituted by securing to the housing a high pressure side cover member constituted as an integrated part of the timer sleeve. The high pressure chamber and a passage at the housing communicating with a chamber are connected to each other by a passage formed in high pressure side cover member. A check valve for absorbing shock waves generated within the high pressure chamber is provided in the passage in the high pressure side cover member. The passage can be designed and manufactured with ease, and at the same time, the timer piston and the check valve can be separately designed and manufactured. Furthermore, stable operation of the check valve is achieved.

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 pump is disclosed having a variable cam arrangement under the influence of which a plunger is reciprocable. The variable cam arrangement comprises a plurality of cam rings which in an embodiment of the pump are relatively moveable in order to adjust the shape of the effective cam surface of the cam arrangement, and hence adjust the delivery rate of the pump.

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.