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US4665877A
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Automobile fuel feed apparatus
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1985-10-18
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Granted: 1987-05-19
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Expires: 2005-10-18
Abstract
Abstract A tubular trembler supported on an ultrasonic vibrator is disposed almost on an axis in an engine intake pipe and has a fuel passing-through hole in the wall thereof. A fuel jet tip of the electromagnetic injection valve is disposed so as to face the fuel passing-through hole so as to jet the fuel divergently against an inside wall of the tubular trembler through the fuel passing-through hole. The fuel is injected against the inside wall of the trembler through the fuel passing-through hole and is atomized. When the fuel is jetted into the fuel passing-through hole from the fuel jet tip, the relative distance from the fuel jet tip to the inside edge of the fuel passing-through hole is determined so that most of the injected fuel will strike the inner wall of the tubular trembler, within the dimensions determined by the bore, the fuel passing-through hole, the inside diameter and the length of the tubular trembler and the angle of the spread of the injected fuel.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshio Manaka
- 👤 Takeshi Atago
- 👤 Teruo Yamauchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-03 01:11
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02M; F02M27/00; F02M27/08; F02M69/00; F02M69/04; F02M69/041; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S261/00; Y10S261/48
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
An automobile fuel feed apparatus comprising: an electromagnetic injection valve mounted upstream or downstream from a throttle valve of an engine intake pipe for injecting a measured amount of fuel; an ultrasonic vibrator disposed in the engine intake pipe and supported on the wall of the engine intake pipe; a tubular trembler vibrating at a characteristic resonant frequency and held on said ultrasonic vibrator so as to be disposed in the engine intake pipe for atomizing the fuel therein, said electromagnetic injection valve and said ultrasonic vibrator being disposed substantially orthogonal to the axis of said tubular trembler, and said tubular trembler being disposed almost on the center axis in the engine intake pipe; a fuel passing-through hole formed in a wall of said tubular trembler, said electromagnetic injection valve having a fuel jet tip with a single nozzle disposed outside of said tubular trembler and facing said fuel passing-through hole so as to jet fuel divergently against an inside wall of said tubular trembler through said fuel passing-through hole of said tubular trembler.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
174 words
An automobile fuel feed apparatus comprising: an electromagnetic injection valve mounted upstream or downstream from a throttle valve of an engine intake pipe for injecting a measured amount of fuel; an ultrasonic vibrator disposed in the engine intake pipe and supported on the wall of the engine intake pipe; a tubular trembler vibrating at a characteristic resonant frequency and held on said ultrasonic vibrator so as to be disposed in the engine intake pipe for atomizing the fuel therein, said electromagnetic injection valve and said ultrasonic vibrator being disposed substantially orthogonal to the axis of said tubular trembler, and said tubular trembler being disposed almost on the center axis in the engine intake pipe; a fuel passing-through hole formed in a wall of said tubular trembler, said electromagnetic injection valve having a fuel jet tip with a single nozzle disposed outside of said tubular trembler and facing said fuel passing-through hole so as to jet fuel divergently against an inside wall of said tubular trembler through said fuel passing-through hole of said tubular trembler.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
95 words
An automobile fuel feed apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein a distance x is formed so that L=2(x+D) tan (θ/2) at the time of d>2x tan (θ/2), where L is the axial length of said tubular trembler, D is the inside diameter of said tubular trembler, d is the bore of said fuel passing-through hole, x is the distance from the fuel jet tip of said electromagnetic injection valve to the inner wall of said tubular trembler at said fuel passing-through hole position, and θ is the angle of spread of the injected fuel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
95 words
An automobile fuel feed apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein a distance x is formed so that d=2×tan (θ/2) at the same time of L>2(x+D) tan (θ/2), where L is the axial length of said tubular trembler, D is the inside diameter of said tubular trembler, d is the bore of said fuel passing-through hole, x is the distance from the fuel jet tip of said electromagnetic injection valve to an inner wall of said tubular trembler at said fuel passing-through hole position, and θ is the angle of spread of the injected fuel.
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