Injection rate control injector
US5029568A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 10, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 10, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A unit fuel injector for a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine is described that is reciprocably driven from a camshaft by a drive train, and the unit injector includes a device for controlling the rate of fuel injection into an engine cylinder. The rate control device operates to divert or bleed off a quantity of fuel from the main metering chamber of an open-nozzle type fuel injector during an initial phase of injection, and the diverted fuel is returned to the metering chamber at a later phase in the injector operation. The rate control device includes an auxiliary metering chamber which receives the diverted fuel via an auxiliary passageway. An auxiliary plunger is mounted within the auxiliary metering chamber. A biasing device such as a helical spring or a fluid pressure spring, controls the inward and outward movement of the auxiliary plunger. The biasing device causes the auxiliary plunger to return the diverted fuel to the metering chamber when the pressure of the auxiliary plunger biasing device exceeds the fluid pressure within the metering chamber. In one embodiment, the biasing device is adjustable by controlling a control pressure of a fluid pressur…
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