Mixture feed regulation device for an internal-combustion engine

Claim 1

A device for the regulation of the feed of mixture in an internal combustion engine when operating at high altitudes during the engine warm-up stage and the accelerator pedal release stage, characterized in that it comprises first valve means arranged in the duct through which the air drawn by the engine flows upstream of the usual valve throttling means actuated by the driver through the accelerator pedal and arranged at the inlet of the feeding ducts of the engine, a first diaphragm capsule in which the diaphragm is mechanically linked to the first valve means aforesaid, a chamber in the capsule being in communication with the outside atmosphere, the other chamber of the capsule being in communication, through a calibrated port, with the duct through which air flows downstream of same first valve means and being also in communication with the outside atmosphere through a first variable-cross-section port as defined by valve means operatively connected to a member responsive to a pressure which is a function of the ambient pressure and through a second variable-cross-section port defined by valve means operatively connected to a member sensitive to the engine working temperature, resilient means in engagement with said diaphragm balancing the force due to the pressure differential on the diaphragm faces, the device further comprising stop means in engagement with said throttling value means, said stop means being capable of varying the end-of-stroke position of said usual throttling valve means, said stop means being mechanically linked to the diaphragm of a second diaphragm capsule, a chamber of the capsule being in communication with the duct through which air flows downstream of said first valve means, the other chamber of the capsule being in communication with at least an engine-feeding duct downstream of the usual feed-throttling means through a second calibrated port and being also in communication with the outside atmosphere through a third variable-cross-section port as defined by valve means operatively connected with a member responsive to the engine working temperature, resilient means in engagement with said diaphragm balancing the force originated by the pressure differential on the diaphragm faces.

Claim 2

A device for the regulation of the feed of mixture in an internal combustion engine when operating at high altitudes during the engine warm-up stage and the accelerator pedal release stage, characterized in that it comprises first valve means arranged in the duct through which the air drawn by the engine flows upstream of the usual valve throttling means actuated by the driver through the accelerator pedal and arranged at the inlet of the feeding ducts of the engine, a first diaphragm capsule in which the diaphragm is mechanically linked to the first valve means aforesaid, a chamber in the capsule being in communication with the outside atmosphere, the other chamber of the capsule being in communication, through a calibrated port, with the duct through which air flows downstream of same first valve means and being also in communication with the outside atmosphere through a first variable-cross-section port as defined by valve means operatively connected to a member responsive to a pressure which is a function of the ambient pressure and through a second variable-cross-section port defined by valve means operatively connected to a member sensitive to the engine working temperature, resilient means in engagement with said diaphragm balancing the force due to the pressure differential on the diaphragm faces, the device further comprising stop means in engagement with said throttling value means, said stop means being capable of varying the end-of-stroke position of said usual throttling valve means, said stop means being mechanically linked to the diaphragm of a second diaphragm capsule, a chamber of the capsule being in communication with the duct through which air flows downstream of said first valve means, the other chamber of the capsule being in communication with at least an engine-feeding duct downstream of the usual feed-throttling means through a second calibrated port and being also in communication with the outside atmosphere through a third variable-cross-section port as defined by valve means operatively connected with a member responsive to the engine working temperature, resilient means in engagement with said diaphragm balancing the force originated by the pressure differential on the diaphragm faces.