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Method for managing a piston pump for a heat engine

US11680536B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 23, 2020
Grant dateJun 20, 2023
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Expiry dateJun 21, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04B2203/0401
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for managing a piston pump using a computer of a vehicle, the pump including a guide, a piston slidably mounted in the guide, and a solenoid, suitable for moving the piston, the method including, as long as the fuel pressure in the compression chamber of the pump is below a predetermined pressure threshold, a step of the computer controlling the solenoid in order to move the piston to its high position, and a step of the computer detecting that the predetermined pressure threshold has been exceeded when the current value, measured after a predetermined period, is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference value so that the computer ceases to control the solenoid.

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