EP0767303A1
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Diesel engine
Assignee: Hino Motors Ltd
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Filing: 1996-10-01
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2016-10-01
Abstract
Abstract A diesel engine comprising a fuel injection device (8) and a controller (19) for controlling the fuel injection device in accordance with an operating condition of the engine. The fuel injection device effects a preliminary injection for injecting fuel into a cylinder during a period from the initial part of an intake stroke to the middle part of a compression stroke and a main injection for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber in the vicinity of a top dead center of the compression stroke, whereby lean mixture is formed and a maximum combustion temperature in the combustion chamber is decreased to suppress generation of NOx and to reduce emission of black smoke.
Inventors
- 👤 Takashi c/o Hino Motors Ltd. Suzuki
- 👤 Kiyohiro c/o Hino Motors Ltd. Shimokawa
- 👤 Haruyuki c/o Hino Motors Ltd. Yokota
- 👤 Yugo c/o Hino Motors Ltd. Kudo
- 👤 Masatoshi c/o Hino Motors Ltd. Shimoda
- 👤 Toshiaki c/o Hino Motors Ltd. Kakegawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-06 13:48
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02M; F02M63/00; F02M63/02; F02M63/0225; F02B; F02B3/00; F02B3/06; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/0025; F02D41/0047; F02D41/005; F02D41/30; F02D41/3011; F02D41/3017; F02D41/3035; F02D41/38; F02D41/3809; F02D41/3818; F02D41/3827; F02D41/40; F02D41/402; F02D41/406; F02D41/407; F02M45/00; F02M45/02; F02M47/00; F02M47/02; F02M47/027; F02M59/00; F02M59/20; F02M59/36; F02M59/366; F02B1/00; F02B1/12; F02D21/00; F02D21/06; F02D21/08; F02D2200/00; F02D2200/02; F02D2200/04; F02D2200/0414; F02D2250/00; F02D2250/32; F02D2250/38; F02D41/405; F02M26/00; F02M26/13; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
A diesel engine comprising: a fuel injection device; and a controller for controlling said fuel injection device in accordance with an operating condition of the engine; and wherein said fuel injection device effects a preliminary injection for injecting fuel into a cylinder of the engine during a period from the initial part of an intake stroke to the middle part of a compression stroke and a main injection for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber in the vicinity of a top dead center of the compression stroke, whereby a maximum combustion temperature in said combustion chamber is decreased to suppress generation of NOx and to reduce emission of black smoke.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
40 words
A diesel engine according to claim 1, wherein said controller causes said fuel injection device to effect the main injection several times during a period from the end of the compression stroke to the initial part of an expansion stroke.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
161 words
A diesel engine according to claim 1, wherein said fuel injection device includes a common rail to which high pressure fuel is supplied and which can accumulate the fuel at a predetermined high pressure level, and an injection nozzle to which the high pressure fuel is supplied from said common rail and which is adapted to inject the high pressure fuel into said combustion chamber, and wherein said injection nozzle cooperates with an electromagnetic valve controlled by a control signal supplied from said controller to control a fuel injection amount and a fuel injection timing, and the control signal supplied from said controller includes a preliminary injection signal and a main injection signal so that a first predetermined amount of fuel is injected into a cylinder of the engine on the basis of the preliminary injection signal and a second predetermined amount of fuel is injected into the combustion chamber of the engine on the basis of the main injection signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
A diesel engine according to claim 1, further comprising a suction air temperature adjusting means for variably controlling a temperature of suction air in accordance with the operating condition of the engine, thereby stabilizing the combustion.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
A diesel engine according to claim 4, wherein said suction air temperature adjusting means comprises an exhaust gas recirculation device for variably controlling a flow rate of exhaust gas recirculated from an exhaust passage to an intake passage of the engine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
A diesel engine according to claim 1, wherein said fuel injection device further injects a small amount of fuel during a crank angle between 20 degrees and 40 degrees after the top dead center of the compression stroke, thereby reducing unburned constituent in the exhaust gas.
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