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Low pressure injection system for injecting fuel directly into cylinder of gasoline engine

Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
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Filing: 1988-03-04
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Granted: 1990-02-13
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Expires: 2008-03-04
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Abstract

Abstract A low pressure fuel injection system, especially suitable to be applied to a two-stroke gasoline engine, mainly comprises a solenoid-operated fuel injector which is mounted on cylinder wall in order to inject fuel directly into cylinder. The injector has a specially-designed injection valve assembly including a valve needle and a valve body that could execute in-cylinder injection under low fuel pressure, eg. 3 kg/cm 2 , without causing any problem accompanied with.

Inventors

  • 👤 Huei-Huay Huang
  • 👤 Yu-Yin Peng

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02B; F02B23/00; F02B23/08; F02B23/10; F02B23/104; F02B23/105; F02M; F02M51/00; F02M51/06; F02M51/061; F02M51/0625; F02M51/0664; F02M51/0671; F02M51/0675; F02M51/0678; F02M51/08; F02M61/00; F02M61/16; F02M61/162; F02M61/163; F02M69/00; F02M69/04; F02M69/042; F02M69/045; F02B1/00; F02B1/02; F02B1/04; F02B75/00; F02B75/02; F02B2075/022; F02B2075/025; F02B75/12; F02B2075/125; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 211 words
A low pressure injection system for injecting fuel directly into a cylinder of a gasoline engine, comprising: a solenoid-operated fuel injector mounted on a wall of the cylinder in such a manner that an outlet is just above a scavenging port of said engine opposite an exhaust port with an injecting axis of the injection being directed to a surrounding area around a spark plug, an electric low pressure fuel pump, and a pressure regulator which maintains fuel pressure at a fixed level, e.g., 3kg/cm 2 , said fuel injector being mounted on the cylinder wall away from a cylinder head of said engine so as to inject atomized fuel for mixing with air inside the cylinder, said fuel injector including a coil, an armature, a valve needle, and a valve body, said valve needle having a round stem portion with several spiral grooves with an angle of a spiral passage of each groove varying with respect to a central axis along a length of each groove on its outer circumference, the cross-sectional area of the outlet of said valve body being larger than a total cross-sectional area of said spiral grooves so that said spiral grooves serve to promote the fuel swirl motion and to control the fuel flow rate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 211 words
A low pressure injection system for injecting fuel directly into a cylinder of a gasoline engine, comprising: a solenoid-operated fuel injector mounted on a wall of the cylinder in such a manner that an outlet is just above a scavenging port of said engine opposite an exhaust port with an injecting axis of the injection being directed to a surrounding area around a spark plug, an electric low pressure fuel pump, and a pressure regulator which maintains fuel pressure at a fixed level, e.g., 3kg/cm 2 , said fuel injector being mounted on the cylinder wall away from a cylinder head of said engine so as to inject atomized fuel for mixing with air inside the cylinder, said fuel injector including a coil, an armature, a valve needle, and a valve body, said valve needle having a round stem portion with several spiral grooves with an angle of a spiral passage of each groove varying with respect to a central axis along a length of each groove on its outer circumference, the cross-sectional area of the outlet of said valve body being larger than a total cross-sectional area of said spiral grooves so that said spiral grooves serve to promote the fuel swirl motion and to control the fuel flow rate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 236 words
A low pressure injection system for injecting fuel directly into a cylinder of a gasoline engine, comprising: a solenoid-operated fuel injector, including an adjusting assembly which includes a magnetic tubular stator mounted in the center of a magnetic shoulder for adjusting by means of threads, a space defined by the lift of a valve needle between an armature of the fuel injector and an end of said magnetic tubular stator, and a spring adjusting tube mounted in said magnetic tubular stator for adjusting, by means of threads, the axial space between said magnetic tubular stator and said adjusting tube so as to regulate a spring load of a spring located between said adjusting tube and said armature, an electric low pressure fuel pump, and a pressure regulator which maintains fuel pressure at a fixed level, e.g. 3kg/cm 2 ; said fuel injector being mounted on a cylinder wall away from a cylinder head of said engine so as to inject atomized fuel, for mixing with air inside the cylinder, said fuel injector further comprising a coil and a valve body, said valve needle having a round stem portion with several spiral grooves on its outer circumference, the cross-sectional area of an outlet of said valve body being larger than the total cross-sectional area of said spiral grooves so that said spiral grooves serve to promote the fuel swirl motion and to control the fuel flow rate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 236 words
A low pressure injection system for injecting fuel directly into a cylinder of a gasoline engine, comprising: a solenoid-operated fuel injector, including an adjusting assembly which includes a magnetic tubular stator mounted in the center of a magnetic shoulder for adjusting by means of threads, a space defined by the lift of a valve needle between an armature of the fuel injector and an end of said magnetic tubular stator, and a spring adjusting tube mounted in said magnetic tubular stator for adjusting, by means of threads, the axial space between said magnetic tubular stator and said adjusting tube so as to regulate a spring load of a spring located between said adjusting tube and said armature, an electric low pressure fuel pump, and a pressure regulator which maintains fuel pressure at a fixed level, e.g. 3kg/cm 2 ; said fuel injector being mounted on a cylinder wall away from a cylinder head of said engine so as to inject atomized fuel, for mixing with air inside the cylinder, said fuel injector further comprising a coil and a valve body, said valve needle having a round stem portion with several spiral grooves on its outer circumference, the cross-sectional area of an outlet of said valve body being larger than the total cross-sectional area of said spiral grooves so that said spiral grooves serve to promote the fuel swirl motion and to control the fuel flow rate.

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