Patent · US Expired

Air-fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine

US4194478A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Filing dateApr 25, 1978
Grant dateMar 25, 1980
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Expiry dateApr 25, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02M69/44
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuel supply apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprises an air valve disposed in an intake air conduit upstream of a throttle valve and caused to rotate in accordance with the quantity of intake air through the intake conduit, a fuel supply source for supplying fuel under a substantially constant pressure through a fuel feed conduit to a fuel discharge port opened to the intake conduit, and a fuel metering device including a variable slit provided in the fuel feed conduit and interlocked with the air valve to be controlled such that the flow area of the variable slit may be proportional to the quantity of intake air and a fuel differential device for maintaining pressure difference across the variable slit at a predetermined value. The fuel pressure differential device comprises a first pressure chamber applied with a fuel pressure prevailing at the downstream side of the variable slit, a second pressure chamber having a constant pressure difference relative to the first pressure chamber and a constant differential pressure valve disposed in the fuel feed conduit downstream of the variable slit for controlling the pressure at the downstream side of the variable throttle…

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