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Fuel injector for internal combustion engine

US8061331B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 29, 2009
Grant dateNov 22, 2011
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Expiry dateNov 29, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D2250/31
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a fuel injector for an internal combustion engine, which includes a high pressure pump for pressure feeding high pressure fuel of the internal combustion engine; a fuel rail for accumulating the fuel that has been pressure fed by the high pressure pump; an injection valve for injecting, into a cylinder, the fuel accumulated in the fuel rail; a fuel pressure sensor for detecting the pressure of the fuel that is accumulated in the fuel rail; an electromagnetic relief valve for discharging the pressure accumulated fuel of the fuel rail; and an electronic control unit for controlling opening and closing of the electromagnetic relief valve. The electronic control unit repeats the opening and closing of the relief valve to discharge the fuel pressure in stages so that the fuel pressure in the fuel rail is decreased down to the target fuel pressure.

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