Patent ID: 6286483
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
A delay device for use with a fuel injector, the fuel injector having an electrically actuated controller for controlling a flow of a high pressure actuating fluid responsive to initiation and cessation of a pulse width command, the pulse width command defining the duration of an injection event, and an intensifier being in fluid communication with the controller, the intensifier being translatable to increase the pressure of a volume of fuel for injection into the combustion chamber of an engine; the delay device comprising:a delay apparatus, shiftable between a first disposition and a second disposition over a certain period of time after initiation of the pulse width command, at least a portion of the period of time effecting a delay in initiation of fuel injection after initiation of the pulse width command, the shifting of the delay apparatus being independent of the translator motion of the intensifier.