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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7168925 | Automatic optimizing pump and sensor system A reciprocating electromagnetic pump comprising a coil wound about a bipolar or tripolar core, a diaphragm structure mechanically coupled to at least one arm with a magnet attached to one end of the arm and a controller electronically connected to the coil. The cont... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7063077 | Electromagnetic valve-actuated control module for controlling fluid in injection systems The invention relates to a control module for fluid control in injection systems, having a valve body (2) in which valve needles (6, 24) of control valves (5, 17) are received. With these control valves (5, 17), the pressure buildup or pr... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6725147 | System and method for predicting quantity of injected fuel and adaptation to engine control system A method of deriving a formula (FIG. 4) for calculating a quantity of fuel injected by an electric-actuated fuel injector (16) during an injection wherein duration of the injection is set by duration of an electric signal (P1, P2) applied... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6540160 | Fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine A fuel injection device having a fuel pump for each cylinder of an internal combustion engine, which fuel pump has a pump piston that is driven into a stroke motion by the engine and delimits a pump working chamber, which is supplied with fuel from a fuel... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6431146 | Free piston engine and self-actuated fuel injector therefor A simple propulsion engine utilizing unheated atmospheric air as the propellant, and driven by a single cycle (unicycle) engine with internal combustion cylinder and free piston is disclosed. A free piston with an annularly arranged thrust piston to divid... | 08/13/2002 |
| 5924408 | Fuel metering system for sequentially feeding fuel to the cylinders of a combustion engine Fuel metering system for feeding fuel from a storage tank (2) to the cylinders (6) of a combustion engine (8), comprising a fuel supply unit (1) and a distributing device (4, 4', 4") which comprises a least one rotor driven depending on the rotational pos... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5889733 | Timer device for distributor type fuel injection apparatus In a timer device having a timer sleeve at a housing with a timer piston slidably provided at the timer sleeve, a high pressure chamber is constituted by securing to the housing a high pressure side cover member constituted as an integrated part of the ti... | 03/30/1999 |
| 4545345 | Air/fuel induction system for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine An air/fuel induction system includes a pair of solenoid valves injecting fuel into an induction passage of a multi-cylinder engine. The valves supply fuel upstream of the inlet manifold to the engine and do not therefore direct fuel to specific cylinders... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4505245 | Fuel pumping apparatus A fuel pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine includes a high pressure pump which supplies fuel in timed relationship with the engine. The fuel is distributed to fuel outlets in turn by means of an axially mova... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4374511 | Fuel injection pump with distributor type fuel control A fuel injection pump has a single plunger either electromagnetically or hydraulically actuated for flow of fuel into a fuel distribution chamber from which the fuel is distributed individually to each engine cylinder past a series of small solenoid contr... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4250857 | Fuel injector for producing shaped injection pulses A fuel injector, especially adapted for diesel engines, produces a fuel injection pulse having a predetermined time-variable flow rate. Preferably the injection pulse is ramp-shaped which approximates a linear function of time. A pressure chamber receives... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4068641 | Metered fuel injection apparatus Disclosed is a novel system and apparatus for metering fuel with a flexural diaphragm-like divider-wall to injector nozzles for multi-cylinders combustion engines, the divider-wall providing a barrier between a fuel-chamber and a hydraulic-chamber and bei... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4050432 | Fuel injection pump and governor and timing control system therefor The present invention provides a liquid fuel injection pump suited for the sequential delivery of measured charges of liquid fuel under high pressure to an associated engine in timed relationship therewith comprising pump chamber means wherein the charges... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4022174 | Electromagnetically actuated pumps A pump and pump system employs electromagnetic actuation during discrete, periodic time periods, imparting rapid strokes covering small distances. Each stroke is delineated by stop members at least one of which is of wedge-like form and is controllably sh... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4015570 | Liquid-fuel vaporizer The present invention replaces the conventional fuel pump and carburetor and is designed to mechanically change liquid gasoline to a vapor state and allow/direct vapor into engine intake air stream, wherein the vaporized fuel mixes with the air to form an... | 04/05/1977 |
