Patent ID: 9279349
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: F01L,F01M,F02B

Claim Text:
1. A lubricant delivery system for an internal combustion engine, the system comprising: a pump that draws lubricant from a lubricant reservoir and expels lubricant for delivery to an inlet manifold of the engine; and a pump controller that receives a signal that is representative of an engine operating condition, wherein the controller controls the lubricant delivery rate of the pump based on the signal, wherein the internal combustion engine has electronic fuel injection and the signal is representative of the duty cycle of fuel injectors, and the pump controller has a switch, the switch configured to pre-set an engine parameter during installation so that the controller accurately calculates the fuel consumption rate of the engine such that the lubricant delivery rate is an optimum flow rate for the engine.