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Fuel injection amount - fluid pressure conversion system

US4327684A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 27, 1979
Grant dateMay 4, 1982
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Expiry dateJul 27, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02B1/04
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an internal combustion engine equipped with a fuel injection pump which has a movable fuel amount determining element, the position of which determines the amount of fuel provided for injection by the fuel injection pump, a pressure regulating valve is disclosed which is coupled to the movement of the movable fuel amount determining element and which provides an output fluid pressure which represents the position of this element, and therefore represents the load on the engine. The valve comprises a fixed orifice supplied with a constant fluid pressure, a fluid passage downstream of the fixed orifice, a pressure takeoff passage branching from the fluid passage, and a variable orifice downstream of the fluid passage whose effective opening area is varied according to the movement of the fuel amount determining element. Fluid flows from the upstream side of the fixed orifice through it, through the fluid passage, and through the variable orifice, in that order, the pressure of fluid at the point where the pressure takeoff passage branches from the fluid passage varying according to the position of the fuel amount determining element.

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