Unidirectionally Rotating Cylinder Patents (Class 417/462)
  • Patent number: 5680844
    Abstract: A rotary distributor fuel injection pump includes a pumping plunger housed in a bore and has a spill valve member integrally formed with an actuator piston contained in a cylinder. High pressure fuel from the bore can be admitted to the one end of the cylinder to move the actuator piston and valve member away from the seating by opening an on/off valve. When the spilled fuel has been returned to the bore further fuel flows to the bore by way of the on/off valve and this fuel flows to the on/off valve through a non-return valve from a source of fuel under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Lucas Industries public Limited Company
    Inventors: George Nicholas Felton, Michael Peter Cooke
  • Patent number: 5681153
    Abstract: A two-rotor, sliding member rotary compressor with an inner rotor, an outer rotor, and at least three sliding members between the inner rotor and the outer rotor. The inner rotor has an outer surface which contains at least one flat portion. The inner rotor is supported by support shafts on each of its ends. The compressor is comprised of a first end plate located on a first end of said inner rotor and a second end plate located on a second end of said inner rotor; each of the end plates supports the inner rotor through a set of bearings. The compressor also has a center housing with a circular interior having an inner surface that is eccentric to the inner rotor, an inlet port, and a discharge port. The outer rotor has a circular exterior that surrounds the inner rotor but is eccentric thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventor: Roger C. Weatherston
  • Patent number: 5666921
    Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus is disclosed which includes a distributor comprising a distributor member rotatable within a bore provided in a sleeve. The sleeve is provided with a plurality of feed ports and a plurality of delivery ports, fewer feed ports being provided than delivery ports. The distributor member is provided with a delivery passage registrable with the delivery ports, in turn, and a plurality of feed passages registrable with the feed ports. The feed and delivery passages communicate with one another. The feed and delivery passages are located so that when the delivery passage registers with one of the delivery ports, one or more of the feed passages register with respective feed ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Lucas Industry Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Peter Alban George Collingborn
  • Patent number: 5647323
    Abstract: The movement of a control sleeve in the circumferential direction is made to interlock with the movement of a timer piston to ensure that the control sleeve has a function of pre-stroke control. In order to interlock the movements of the timer piston and the control sleeve, they are linked with first through third link members and the control sleeve is caused to rotate in the circumferential direction at a specific ratio relative to the quantity of movement of the timer piston. In a fuel injection system provided with an actuator for adjusting the fuel force feed end by moving the control sleeve in the direction of the axis and an actuator for controlling the timing with which the cam lift begins, pre-stroke control can be achieved without requiring a separate actuator, with a simple mechanical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Zexel Corporation
    Inventors: Ken-ichi Kubo, Jun Matsubara, Hiroshi Ishiwata
  • Patent number: 5641274
    Abstract: A low pressure side fuel path extending from a fuel inflow port to a feed pump, and a chamber, which can communicate with an inflow/outflow port, are formed by partitioning inside a housing. A cam ring, shoes and rollers are provided in the low pressure side fuel path to induce low pressure, low temperature fuel into the area surrounding the rollers. A space that communicates with the low pressure side fuel path without constriction is formed on the upstream side on the back surfaces of the shoes. A phase of the cam ring and the control sleeve is fixed with the adapter provided on the boundary of the low pressure side fuel path and the chamber. An intake passage communicating with the intake port may be formed in the adapter to shorten the intake path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Zexel Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Kubo, Tsumayoshi Motoyoshi, Jun Matsubara
  • Patent number: 5639226
    Abstract: A portable, battery operated air pump comprising a battery power supply, an electric motor having a drive shaft, a drive wheel affixed to the motor shaft, a driven wheel mounted on a pivot pin and driven by the drive wheel, a cylinder-piston air pump having a forward end pivotally affixed to a pivot pin and a piston rod actuable by the driven wheel, and a nozzle connected to the cylinder and configured for engagement with an air valve of an inflatable object. The above-noted elements are arranged end-to-end in the order given. The pump has a longitudinal axis. The motor shaft has an axis parallel to the pump axis. The driven wheel pivot pin and the cylinder pivot pin having axes perpendicular to the pump longitudinal axis. The overall structure is extremely compact and can be operated by a single hand of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Inventors: Morten Boutrup, Peter Eglund Sorensen
  • Patent number: 5632191
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic mechanism comprising: a cam; a cylinder block; cylinders formed in the cylinder block; pistons slidably mounted in the cylinders; thrust rollers for the pistons acting on the cam and axially defined by two transverse faces; two wedging parts for each roller, each wedging part being disposed in a recess between the end face of the roller and the inside face of the cylinder, thereby holding the roller in position, one of the wedging parts extending to the bottom portion of the recess and including a groove parallel to the axis of the piston, and a projection that is fixed relative to the cylinder being received in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Poclain Hydraulics
    Inventors: Gilles Lemaire, Alain Noel
  • Patent number: 5619971
    Abstract: The inside of the housing is divided into a low pressure fuel area formed from a fuel inflow port through a feed pump 4 and a high pressure fuel area that can communicate with inflow/outflow ports for fuel. For instance, the low pressure fuel area may be formed as a path extending from the fuel intake port that communicates with the circumferential area of the front end of the rotor to the feed pump via the circumferential area of the rotor support member and a passage for inducing fuel from the high pressure fuel area to the circumferential area of the front end of the rotor may be formed between the rotor and its support member. The flow of fuel in the area where the rotor slides in contact with its support member is ensured, and oil film loss is prevented. With this, cooling and good lubrication in the rotor sliding contact area, where heat is likely to be generated, are promoted, to prevent seizure in the sliding contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: Zexel Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Kubo, Tsunayoshi Motoyoshi, Jun Matsubara, Kazuaki Narikiyo, Kazuo Inoue
  • Patent number: 5613839
    Abstract: A variable rate pump including a distributor member rotatable within a sleeve. The distributor member is provided with a bore within which a pumping plunger is reciprocable under the influence of a first cam lobe and a second cam lobe. A valve is provided for selecting whether fuel is supplied due to the motion of the plunger under the influence of the first cam lobe or the second cam lobe. An arrangement is also provided in which the distributor member carries first and second plungers each reciprocable under the influence of respective cam lobes. A valve is provided for selecting whether the fuel is supplied by the first plunger or by the second plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Lucas Industries Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Paul Buckley
  • Patent number: 5582090
    Abstract: A piston machine has two pistons which reciprocate in two cylinders. The cylinders define working chambers in which a working medium can either be compressed by the pistons or can exert pressure on the pistons. The pistons are connected to a crankshaft via two connecting rods which are pivotally connected to the same crank pin. The interior of the crankcase forms a third working chamber. The crankshaft is formed as a rotary slide valve which, in operation, connects the first working chamber to the third working chamber and the second working chamber to a working medium supply or discharge opening. The piston machine can be used either as an engine (such as an expansion motor driven by compressed gas) or as a working machine (such as a machine which produces compressed gas). In another embodiment, the rotary slide valve has a rotor which is formed by the crankcase and a stator which is a ring housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: PPV Verwaltungs-AG
    Inventor: Gunter Poschl
  • Patent number: 5580223
    Abstract: A distributor fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines having at least one pump piston, which is guided in a cylinder bore and defines a pump work chamber therein and whose axial feed stroke motion is produced by a cam drive having at least one roller running on an annular cam race; at least one part of the cam drive is rotated to adjust the supply onset of the pump piston. This adjusting device is integrated into the housing which contains the cam drive by providing that the adjustable cam ring has radially protruding pressure vanes, each of which protrudes into a pressure chamber in the pump housing and divides this chamber into two pressure subchambers. Rotating the cam ring for the purpose of adjusting the supply onset of the pump piston over a wide angular range can now be effected by imposing pressure in alternation upon these pressure subchambers, which act in opposition upon the pressure vanes or the cam ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Bueser
  • Patent number: 5540564
    Abstract: A rotary distributor fuel injection pump with a drive shaft coupled to a pump rotor by a radially offset and axially extending drive pin with a cylindrical head received within a radial slot in the rotor; a coaxial throughbore in the rotor providing a valve bore; a valve member in the valve bore axially shiftable to an open position by a compression spring; an electromagnet with an armature plate fixed to one end of the valve member and a stator operable, when energized, to axially shift the valve member to its closed position; a stop plate on the outer end of the rotor having an outer end face engageable by the armature plate, the end face having a plurality of lands and grooves to hydraulically dampen the axial movement of the valve member to its open position when the stator is deenergized; the armature plate having a hub received within an opening in the stop plate to couple the armature plate and valve member to the rotor; an annular thrust washer and needle bearing between the rotor and a distributor he
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Stanadyne Automotive Corp.
    Inventor: Kenneth H. Klopfer
  • Patent number: 5513965
    Abstract: In an innercam system fuel injection pump, plungers 15 are provided in the direction of the radius of a rotating member 10 which rotates in synchronization with the engine. A cam ring 18, which regulates the movement of the plungers, is fixed in a housing 2. A first sleeve 25 for regulating the timing with which a cutoff port 22 opens and a second sleeve 26 for regulating the timing with which an intake port 21 opens are externally fitted on the rotating member 10 in such a manner that they can slide freely. The first sleeve 25 and the second sleeve 26 interlock with each other in a specific relationship and a timer mechanism 40, which is directly linked to the second sleeve 26, controls the quantity of rotation of the second sleeve 26. With this, stable injection timing control can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Zexel Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Nakamura, Kenichi Kubo, Jun Matsubara
  • Patent number: 5503127
    Abstract: A fuel injection pump having an inlet metering valve for supplying a metered quantity of fuel from a transfer pump to a pumping chamber and an auxiliary control system for limiting the maximum quantity of fuel supplied to the pumping chamber via the inlet metering valve. An auxiliary valve piston is axially shiftable by the transfer pump outlet pressure to provide a variable restriction between the transfer pump and metering valve for establishing a maximum fuel quantity limit within a predetermined speed range of the pump. A low-speed fuel passage is provided in parallel with the variable restriction for establishing a maximum fuel quantity limit within a lower speed range. The back pressure chambers of the auxiliary valve piston, a transfer pressure regulator piston and a pump timing piston are connected to a pump housing cavity to equalize the back pressures in those chambers at the same constant pressure maintained by a housing pressure regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Stanadyne Automotive Corp.
    Inventor: Ilija Djordjevic
  • Patent number: 5484268
    Abstract: A positive displacement centrifugal pump comprises (a) a pressure generating mass rotatable about a first axis and radially movable relative to it upon rotation of the mass, (b) a pumping unit, and (c) a flexible, non-elastic tensioning element operatively connected to the mass and operable in the course of rotation of the mass to cause the mass to move radially inwardly toward the axis so as to effect intake and/or exhaust of fluid within the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Impact MST Incorporated
    Inventor: Robert P. Swank
  • Patent number: 5480293
    Abstract: A rotary distributor fuel injection apparatus comprises a distributor rotor (3) having a fuel inlet port (c) and delivery port (d) which communicates in turn with successive ports (g) supplying individual cylinders. The rotor (3) has a central axial passage (b) connected to the ports (c) and (d) and a radially drilled port (e) which aligns succesively with ports (h), radially drilled in the sleeve (13), whose rotation is controlled by a helical groove (i) on a thrust sleeve (14) through a peg (17) located on the sleeve (14). Centrifugal governor weights (15) and (16) control the position of the sleeve (14) and thereby the instant at which the port (e) communicates with a port (h) to terminate injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Master S.A.
    Inventors: Milan Dinca, Gheorghe V. Moisescu
  • Patent number: 5478218
    Abstract: A rotary gas compressor and vacuum pump apparatus which utilizes a central rotor with a slot formed therein to slidably receive a piston eccentrically connected onto a disk which covers the slot to form a cylinder is disclosed. The distance between the rotor axis and disk axis is equal to the distance between the disk axis and the off-center shaft axis, with all axes being parallel. Upon rotation of the disk, the rotor rotates at one-half the rotational velocity of the disk causing the piston to reciprocate in the cylinder, with gas flowing into the increasing cylinder volume and being compressed and discharged in the decreasing cylinder volume. This cyclic process continues with continued rotation of the central rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Inventor: Inhoy Gu
  • Patent number: 5462029
    Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine has a plurality of pumping plungers (19) which are housed in respective bores (17). The plungers are movable inwardly in the bores but during such movement one of the plungers moves to an outer position in which a fuel supply passage (21) which communicates with a fuel supply passage (21) which communicates with a fuel outlet (22) is uncovered to the pump working chamber (20) defined at the inner ends of the bores. Each bore has a supply passage associated therewith. A cam ring (25) is provided to impart inward movement of the plungers and the cam ring is provided with cam lobes (26) on its internal peripheral surface however one of the cam lobes is replaced by a recess which allows the plungers to move outwardly in turn so that fuel is distributed to the outlets which in use are connected to the injection nozzles of an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Lucas Industries public limited company
    Inventor: Stuart W. Nicol
  • Patent number: 5443048
    Abstract: A rotary distributor type fuel pumping apparatus has two pairs of plungers housed in respective diametrical bores which intersect each other. One of the plungers is longer than the remaining plungers conveniently by providing an extension at its inner end. The extension lies in the paths of movement of the remaining plungers so as to minimize the risk of damage to the plungers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: Lucas Industries Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Stuart W. Nicol, Peter A. G. Collingborn, Christopher Stringfellow, Ronald Phillips
  • Patent number: 5383436
    Abstract: A fuel injection pump of the radial piston distributor injection pump type which includes pump pistons, which during execution of their intake stroke, are acted upon from a side of a pump work chamber with fuel at a first, higher pressure, which is taken from a suction chamber. The pump pistons on their opposite outer face ends are acted upon by a pressure of a lesser magnitude, and this latter pressure is adjusted in a chamber that is divided from the suction chamber by a movable diaphragm. Hence mechanical restoring means for the pump pistons for executing their intake stroke are dispensed with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Fehlmann
  • Patent number: 5370096
    Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine includes a first fluid pressure operable piston movable against the action of a spring to advance the timing of fuel delivery by the apparatus. The spring bears at its end remote from the piston against a spring abutment which is in the form of a further piston. The position of the further piston is controlled by a temperature responsive device and when the engine is hot the further piston is advanced from a first position to a second position. A first stop limits the movement of the first piston under increasing fluid pressure when the further piston is in its first position and is secured to the housing and a second stop limits the movement of the first piston under increasing fluid pressure when the further piston is in its second position the second stop being carried on the further piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Lucas Industries Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Michael P. Cooke
  • Patent number: 5318001
    Abstract: A fuel injection pump having a fixed pump body with a pumping chamber having a plurality of plunger bores, a plunger mounted in each plunger bore for reciprocation, a cam rotatable for reciprocating the plungers to periodically supply an intake charge of fuel to the pumping chamber and deliver a high pressure charge of fuel from the pumping chamber for fuel injection and to sequentially position the plungers in distributor valve positions thereof to deliver the high pressure charges of fuel, via distributor ports in the plunger bores, to a plurality of distributor outlets. In one version of the pump, the plunger bores are angularly spaced about and extend radially inwardly to a central coaxial bore, the rotary cam is an annular cam which actuates the plungers inwardly to deliver the high pressure charges of fuel, and a poppet valve is mounted in the central coaxial bore to supply fuel to and spill fuel from the pumping chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Stanadyne Automotive Corp.
    Inventor: Ilija Djordjevic
  • Patent number: 5295797
    Abstract: A suction-restricted radial piston pump is described, in particular for use with automotive vehicles. The pump delivers a flow constant over a broad speed range and involving low losses in output and generating only negligible noise. In one embodiment, a control slot (13), on the pressure side, is subdivided into several grooves (27,28) which at least in part are in communication, through check valves (32), with the pressure connection (20). An alternative embodiment provides a shape of the pressure-sided control slot in which the introducing end thereof is comparatively narrow to reduce noise at a high speed and the outlet-sided end thereof with a wider width sufficient to meet the required output. According to a third embodiment, the suction-sided slot (12) is provided with a narrow width section and a subsequent wider width section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Alfred Teves GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Kahrs, Gerhard Kunz, Franz Fleck, Hermann Schoellhorn, Gerhard Schudt, Winfried Huthmacher
  • Patent number: 5249506
    Abstract: A new kind of rotary piston machine with sealed work chambers and a wear resistant driving mechanism. Pivotal pistons move within respective cylinders and both the pistons and the cylinders revolve about circular orbits which are relative to one another. Both pistons and cylinders are included in a single piece rotor of unitary construction and can have either an axial or a radial configuration. Single-cylinder or multi-cylinder engines are included. This invention eliminates the necessity of piston bearings and thus, provides a wear-resistant, oil-free, driving mechanism. This invention further unites the sealing performance of the classical piston machine with the kinematic qualities of the rotary system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Inventor: Wolfhart Willimczik
  • Patent number: 5244354
    Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus has a fixed body in which is defined bores containing pumping plungers. The plungers are moved inwardly by cam lobes on a rotatable cam ring to displace fuel to an associated engine. The cam ring is provided with an annular extension within which is located a drive shaft. The drive shaft is coupled to the extension of the cam ring by means of a tongue and slot connection. The tongue is carried on a push member mounted in the drive shaft and movable by means of a piston and the tongue and slot are arranged so that as the piston moves, relative angular movement will take place between the drive shaft and cam ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Lucas Industries public limited company
    Inventor: Stuart W. Nicol
  • Patent number: 5244356
    Abstract: A variable capacity hydraulic constant stroke piston apparatus has an annular rotor rotatably mounted for rotation around an axis of rotation and having a plurality of radial cylinder bores therein spaced at intervals therearound with working liquid inlets and outlets at the radially outer ends thereof, a rotor drive for rotating said rotor around the axis of rotation, an eccentric cam positioned within the rotor and movable along a circular locus of eccentric positions concentric with said axis of rotation; a device for fixing the eccentric cam at one of the plurality of eccentric positions and for moving the eccentric cam around the axis of rotation between said positions; a plurality of pistons radially reciprocally movably mounted in corresponding cylinder bores in the rotor, the pistons having heads normally contacting an outer periphery of the eccentric cam and moving through a constant length stroke at each position of the cam; and working liquid current rectifying means connected between the inlets an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Daiichi Electric Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hisao Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 5228844
    Abstract: A fuel injection pump having a rotor with a distributor rotor at its outer end and an annular arrangement of radial pumping plunger bores providing a pumping chamber at its inner end. The pump rotor has a coaxial throughbore providing a valve bore intersecting the annular arrangement of plunger bores. A poppet valve, axially shiftable in the valve bore, has a sealing head engageable with a valve seat at the inner end of the rotor throughbore. An armature of a valve electromagnet is fixed to the outer end of the poppet valve for attraction by a coaxial stator when the electromagnet is energized. The poppet valve and armature are coupled to the pump rotor for rotation therewith. A coaxial accumulator bore is provided in a drive shaft adjacent the inner end of the rotor throughbore for supplying fuel to and receiving spilled fuel from the pumping chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Stanadyne Automotive Corp.
    Inventors: Kenneth H. Klopfer, Ilija Djordjevic, Malcolm C. Higgins, Daniel E. Salzgeber
  • Patent number: 5215449
    Abstract: A fuel injection pump having a fixed pump body with a pumping chamber having a plurality of plunger bores, a plunger mounted in each plunger bore for reciprocation, a cam rotatable for reciprocating the plungers to periodically supply an intake charge of fuel to the pumping chamber and deliver a high pressure charge of fuel from the pumping chamber for fuel injection and to sequentially position the plungers in distributor valve positions thereof to deliver the high pressure charges of fuel, via distributor ports in the plunger bores, to a plurality of distributor outlets. In one version of the pump, the plunger bores are angularly spaced about and extend radially inwardly to a central coaxial bore, the rotary cam is an annular cam which actuates the plungers inwardly to deliver the high pressure charges of fuel, and a poppet valve is mounted in the central coaxial bore to supply fuel to and spill fuel from the pumping chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Stanadyne Automotive Corp.
    Inventor: Djordjevic Ilija
  • Patent number: 5213481
    Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus of the rotary distributor type has a fluid pressure operable valve which can be opened to terminate delivery of fuel to an associated engine. The operation of the valve is controlled by an axially movable shuttle contained in a cylinder. The shuttle is biased toward one end of the cylinder and is displaced away from the one end of the cylinder by fuel supplied by an auxiliary plunger. The shuttle is angularly movable by an actuating mechanism to vary the extent of movement before operation of the valve. The shuttle is biased to the one end of the cylinder by a shuttle return piston in order to reduce the frictional loads on the actuating mechanism. The cylinder containing the return piston is connected to an accumulator chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Lucas Industries public limited company
    Inventors: Christopher Stringfellow, Peter A. G. Collingborn, Derek W. Tomsett
  • Patent number: 5203303
    Abstract: A rotary distributor fuel pumping apparatus includes a cam actuated pumping plunger which delivers fuel to a plurality of outlets in turn during successive inward movements. A spill valve is provided which can be opened when fluid pressure is applied to a piston to spill fuel from the bore. An auxiliary plunger delivers fluid under pressure which can be applied to the piston through a control valve. The control valve includes an annular spring loaded component which is moved by the fluid pressure and an angularly adjustable rod which is surrounded by the component. The rod is provided with a helical groove and the component with a slot and when these are brought into communication fluid under pressure is applied to the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Lucas Industries
    Inventors: Peter A. G. Collingborn, Kenenth M. Harris, Derek W. Tomsett
  • Patent number: 5197441
    Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine has an injection pump supplied with fuel by a low pressure feed pump through an adjustable throttle. A fluid pressure operable piston is movable against the action of a spring to control the timing of delivery of fuel by the injection pump. Fuel under pressure is applied to the piston through a first fixed orifice from the feed pump. A second fixed orifice and a variable orifice are connected in series between a drain and the downstream side of the first fixed orifice. In parallel with the first fixed orifice is a constant pressure drop valve which maintains the pressure drops across the first fixed orifice substantially constant when the pressure drop has risen to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Lucas Industries
    Inventor: Alan C. Green
  • Patent number: 5179889
    Abstract: A radial piston engine is provided having recesses in the area of movement of the rollers, adapted to receive roller sections on both roller end faces. For guiding the roller end faces, oppositely located guide surfaces are milled in the cylinder block for said rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1993
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Wusthof, Sinclair Cunningham
  • Patent number: 5180290
    Abstract: A fuel injection pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to a compression ignition engine has a low pressure pump which supplies fuel to a high pressure pump by way of a throttle. The high pressure pump has a piston for varying the timing of delivery of fuel. A first fixed orifice connects the outlet of the low pressure pump to the cylinder containing the piston and a second fixed orifice connects the cylinder with a drain by way of a variable orifice. In parallel with the second fixed orifice is a bypass valve including a valve member responsive to the pressure applied to the piston and which with increasing pressure opens to allow fuel to escape through a further fixed orifice from downstream of the second fixed orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1993
    Assignee: Lucas Industries
    Inventor: Alan C. Green
  • Patent number: 5178524
    Abstract: A rotary distributor type fuel pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine has a radially disposed plunger located in a radial bore in the distributor member. The plunger is moved inwardly by a cam follower including a shoe engaging the plunger and a roller which engages cam lobes formed on a cam ring surrounding the distributor member. The cam follower is located in a slot in a part rotating with the distributor member and is so arranged that the roller is offset from the plunger in the direction of rotation of the distributor member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: Lucas Industries
    Inventor: Stuart W. Nicol
  • Patent number: 5176511
    Abstract: A mechanism is disclosed, comprising: a cylinder-block; a cam; an internal fluid distributor slide valve presenting a recess whose shape is complementary of a central core; grooves made between internal distributor valve and central core; and seal elements disposed on either side of each groove. According to the invention, each seal element comprises a ring-type joint made of a plastics material, the maximum value of the pressures in the grooves being equal to 450 bars and that of the speed of rotation of the internal fluid distributor valve with respect to the central core, being equal to 200 rpm. One application of the invention is the production of a motor having a satisfactory volumetric efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Poclain Hydraulics
    Inventor: Louis B. Bigo
  • Patent number: 5129380
    Abstract: A fuel injection pump for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine includes a bore containing a cam actuated pumping plunger. The bore is connected to an outlet during inward movement of the plunger and a spill valve including a spill valve member is operable to spill fuel from the bore to prevent delivery of fuel to the associated engine. The spill valve member includes a piston portion slidable in a cylinder to which fuel under pressure from the bore can be admitted to move the spill valve member to the open position against the action of a spring. The admission of fuel under pressure to the cylinder can be effected by an electromagnetically operable valve or by the use of a control sleeve, recesses on the internal surface of which in conjunction with porting in a rotary part of the pump, form a control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: Lucas Industries plc
    Inventor: Stuart W. Nicol
  • Patent number: 5127805
    Abstract: A reversible flow pump (12) comprising: a first port (16) and a second port (20); a rotor (60) comprising a plurality of pump elements (74-80) movable through a fill mode and a discharge mode, a pump chamber (140) associated with each pump element (74) which are respectively filled and discharged; a ported shaft (30) rotatable between a first position and a second position, for carrying fluid to and from the various pump chambers (140), such that when in the first position fluid received at the first port (16) is communicated to fill each pump chamber (140) during the fill mode, at least a portion of such fluid is discharged therefrom and communicated to the second port (20), and wherein in the second position fluid flow is reversed. A brake system incorporating the pump is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Fallis, Mark A. Brooks, Gary L. Casey
  • Patent number: 5123393
    Abstract: A rotary distributor fuel injection pump having a timing piston for controlling the fuel injection timing in accordance with opposed fuel pressures in advance and back pressure chambers at opposite ends of the piston, a restricted passage for supplying fuel at a restricted rate to the back pressure chamber, a pressure relief valve for limiting the back pressure, a dump valve for dumping the back pressure to advance the timing for starting and a rotary inlet metering valve having a bleed port connected to the back pressure chamber and a helical metering edge which cooperates with the bleed port to control the bleed rate and therefore the timing in relation to engine load to provide a light load advance or light load retard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Stanadyne Automotive Corp.
    Inventor: Ilija Djordjevic
  • Patent number: 5099814
    Abstract: A fuel injection system with precisioned cylinder to cylinder fuel control with computer controls for a normally closed solenoid fuel inlet control valve to a fuel distributor pump which features rapid response fuel cut off to terminate and precisely control and vary fuel pulse width to the separate cylinders of an internal combustion engine as computed to optimize engine operation for improved cylinder torque balance, idle speed control, cylinder cut out, and fuel control for improved particulate regeneration. In this system the solenoid valve is opened before the rotor inlet fuel ports hydraulically communicate to reduce solenoid pull in response and repeatably requirements while assuring fuel fill between the solenoid valve and rotor fill ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Frank Ament
  • Patent number: 5081907
    Abstract: A hydrostatic displacement engine having pistons which slide on the inside of a stroke ring. The eccentricity of the stroke ring, relative to the cylinder block, is variable. The interior of the housing is divided in two areas which are separated from each other preferably by a seal, namely in the area located radially outside the stroke ring and the area located radially within the stroke ring. The inner and outer areas serve as a leakage oil collection space and connects through a leakage oil line with a pressureless liquid container. Emptying in the area situated radially outside the stroke ring is a connection line which is supplied by a pressure supply. A pressure valve maintains the pressure in the outer area at a value of several bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: J. M. Voith GmbH
    Inventors: Gunther Nagel, Franz Arbogast, Peter Peiz
  • Patent number: 5080563
    Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus of the rotary distributor type includes a main pumping plunger and an auxiliary plunger operable at the same time by a cam. During inward movement fuel is displaced by the pumping plunger to an outlet. The auxiliary plunger displaces fuel to a shuttle bore containing a shuttle and during the initial inward movement a first flow path to drain from the bore containing the pumping plunger is open but this is closed upon further movement of the shuttle until a second flow path is opened. The second flow path includes a groove having an inclined edge so that the angular setting of the shuttle determines the amount of fuel supplied through the outlet. A valve is also provided to allow fuel displaced by the auxiliary plunger to flow to a drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Assignee: Lucas Industries
    Inventor: Derek W. Tomsett
  • Patent number: 5078113
    Abstract: A reservoir fuel injection system, in which fuel is deliverable under pressure to a reservoir having a line carrying fuel under pressure from the reservoir via a valve assembly to at least one injection nozzle and having an adjustable throttle for varying the quantity of fuel supplied to the reservoir, is embodied such that the throttle upon attainment of the maximum pressure in the reservoir and/or the maximum reservoir volume, enables the aspiration of a minimum quantity of fuel in an intake line of the charge pump and/or connects the pressure line at least partly with the intake line; and/or the pressure reservoir, upon attainment of the maximum pressure in the reservoir and/or the maximum reservoir volume, opens an outflow cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gottlob Haag, Helmut Rembold, Walter Teegen
  • Patent number: 5076768
    Abstract: A rotary piston compressor with parallel internal axes has a driven external rotor (12) with a compression chamber (17) in which an internal rotor (20) is rotatably mounted. The internal rotor (20) is hollow, made of light metal, and mounted on a shaft (21). Perfect balancing of the masses of the internal rotor (20) is achieved by having metal pins (42,43) which extend the full length of the internal rotor (20). The heavy metal pin (43) also prevents rotation of the internal rotor (20) about the shaft (21) when these parts are not monolithic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Renate Ruf
    Inventors: Renate Ruf, Rudolf Bierling
  • Patent number: 5059096
    Abstract: A rotary distributor type fuel pumping apparatus has an annular cam ring having internal cam lobes which impart inward movement to a pumping plunger as the distributor member is rotated. A piston is movable in a cylinder to vary the angular setting of the cam ring and the piston is coupled to the cam ring by means of a member having a gear tooth profile which is located in a recess in the piston. The member is integrally formed with a mounting having a pair of oppositely extending arms which are individually secured against mutually inclined flats on the periphery of the cam ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Lucas Industries Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Kenneth M. Harris
  • Patent number: 5050558
    Abstract: In the proposed fuel injection pump of the radial-piston pump type, the fuel injection rate can be controlled exactly by means of an electrically controlled valve which monitors a relief channel (66) of the pump working space (53) and which, by means of its closing time, determines the period of high-pressure injection during the pump-piston feed strokes. In order utilize the total length of the flanks of the drive cams as efficiently as possible, additionally injection adjustment is carried out as a result of the rotation of an essentially stationary part (13, 33) of the cam drive of the pump pistons (37) of the fuel injection pump relative to the rotary-driven part (8,9) of this cam drive. At the same time, on a fuel injection pump with a rotary-driven cam ring (9), there is a separation between a roller-carrying part (13) and a part (33) carrying pistons (37).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Inventors: Andre Brunel, Gerard Duplat, Jean Leblanc
  • Patent number: 5046931
    Abstract: The radial gear driven piston pump (10) comprises a stationary pintle or pin (40) having a rotatable rotor (30) mounted thereon. The rotor (30) and pintle (40) are disposed within a pumping bore (18) that is eccentrically aligned relative to bore extensions (28) receiving the pintle (40). The rotor (30) is driven by an offset motor (12) which engages a periphery of the rotor (30). The pintle (40) has therein two pairs of longitudinal passages comprising supply (46, 53) and discharge (47, 54) channels which communicate with respective intake (41, 43) and exhaust (42, 44) ports within the pump housing (16). The rotor (30) has sets of axially offset pistons (90, 100) received within piston cavities (93, 93'). Each set of piston (90, 100) comprises a metal piston cap (95) having a central opening (90) which receives a longitudinal extension (97) of a piston sealing ring (98).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventor: Dean E. Runkle
  • Patent number: 5044898
    Abstract: A rotary distributor type fuel pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine has a distributor member an enlarged portion of which is formed with a transverse bore in which is mounted a pair of pumping plungers and blind bores located in side by side relationship with the transverse bores, the blind bores are located between the transverse bore and a body which supports the distributor member for rotation. The blind bores are in communication with drillings which lie in a plane containing the axes of the transverse bore and the blind bores and which extend from the end of the distributor member. The drillings interset the transverse bore that the ends of the drillings opening into the transverse bore are sealed by the pumping plungers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Assignee: Lucas Industries
    Inventor: Kenneth M. Harris
  • Patent number: 5044893
    Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus of the rotary distributor type includes a spill passage 20 connected with the bore 12 which houses the pumping plungers 9. A seating 22 is defined about the spill passage and a valve member 23 is provided for cooperating with the seating. A piston 25 is coupled to the valve member and is slidable in a cylinder. The piston defines a surface against which fuel under pressure from the bore 12 can act to lift the valve member from the seating. The application of fuel under pressure to the surface of the piston is controlled by an electro-magnetically operable control valve 32A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Assignee: Lucas Industries Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Peter A. G. Collingborn
  • Patent number: 5044899
    Abstract: A fuel pumping apparatus of the rotary distributor type is provided with a spill control muff on the distributor member and which controls flow of fuel from a bore containing the pumping plungers to a chamber. Slidable in the chamber is a spring loaded piston formed with a valve element which controls flow of fuel from the bore into the chamber through a spill passage. With the spill passage closed by the valve element deliver of fuel through an outlet takes place until fuel is admitted to the chamber under the control of the spill muff. The admission of fuel causing the piston to move the valve element to allow fuel into the spill passage through the spill passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Assignee: Lucas Industries
    Inventor: Stuart W. Nicol
  • Patent number: RE34956
    Abstract: A fuel injection pump having a fixed pump body with a pumping chamber having a plurality of plunger bores, a plunger mounted in each plunger bore for reciprocation, a cam rotatable for reciprocating the plungers to periodically supply an intake charge of fuel to the pumping chamber and deliver a high pressure charge of fuel from the pumping chamber for fuel injection and to sequentially position the plungers in distributor valve positions thereof to deliver the high pressure charges of fuel, via distributor ports in the plunger bores, to a plurality of distributor outlets. In one version of the pump, the plunger bores are angularly spaced about and extend radially inwardly to a central coaxial bore, the rotary cam is an annular cam which actuates the plungers inwardly to deliver the high pressure charges of fuel, and a poppet valve is mounted in the central coaxial bore to supply fuel to and spill fuel from the pumping chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: Stanadyne Automotive Corp.
    Inventor: Ilija Djordjevic