Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
An electronic dual-fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine having a cylinder block including driving cylinders, said system comprising: intake manifold means operatively connected to said driving cylinders to feed fuel mixtures thereto; an air supply assembly having a shuttle-valve body including a tubular output section connected to said manifold means for feeding air thereto; a high grade fuel supply assembly, including an injector mounted on said output section of said air supply assembly for feeding high grade fuel to said manifold means, and a low grade fuel supply assembly including a plurality of injectors, each of said injectors being mounted on said manifold means for feeding low grade fuel to one of said driving cylinders.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
117 words
An electronic dual-fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine having a cylinder block including driving cylinders, said system comprising: intake manifold means operatively connected to said driving cylinders to feed fuel mixtures thereto; an air supply assembly having a shuttle-valve body including a tubular output section connected to said manifold means for feeding air thereto; a high grade fuel supply assembly, including an injector mounted on said output section of said air supply assembly for feeding high grade fuel to said manifold means, and a low grade fuel supply assembly including a plurality of injectors, each of said injectors being mounted on said manifold means for feeding low grade fuel to one of said driving cylinders.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
135 words
A system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: computer means operatively connected to said fuel supply assemblies and including a computer and temperature sensor means operatively connected to said computer and to said cylinder block to measure the temperature thereof; wherein said computer is programmed first to cause actuation of said high grade fuel injector for supplying high grade fuel to said cylinders, through said manifold means, for starting said engine and warming said engine up to a predetermined temperature, as measured by said temperature sensor means and corresponding to the combustion temperature of said low grade fuel and, second, to cause actuation of said low grade fuel injectors to supply low grade fuel to said cylinders after said predetermined temperature has been reached, and thereafter cut off said high grade fuel supply system.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
85 words
A system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said intake manifold means comprise: an elongated manifold tube connected to said tubular output section of said air supply assembly to receive air therefrom; admission pipes, each pipe being connected at one end to said manifold tube to receive air therefrom and being connected at the other end to one of said driving cylinders, and wherein said low grade fuel injectors are each operatively connected to one of said admission pipes to inject low grade fuel therein.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A system as claimed in claim 3, further including heating means in said low grade fuel supply assembly for heating said low grade fuel to said predetermined temperature.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A system as claimed in claim 4, further including a throttle valve operatively connected to and controlled by said computer and located upstream of said high grade fuel injector.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
A system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said computer is further programmed to actuate said low-grade fuel injectors to provide low grade fuel in spirts of about 2 seconds duration at about 9 seconds intervals.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
A system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said computer is additionally programmed to cut off said high grade fuel supply injector about two seconds after said predetermined temperature is reached.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
A system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said computer is additionally programmed to cut off said high grade fuel supply injector about two seconds after said predetermined temperature is reached.