Patent ID: 6357423
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: F02B,F02D,F02M

Abstract:
An internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder body defining a cylinder bore in which a piston reciprocates, a cylinder head affixed to an end of the cylinder body and defining a combustion chamber with the cylinder head and the piston, a fuel injector supplying fuel to the combustion chamber, a fuel reservoir arranged to store the fuel therein, a fuel pump delivering the fuel in the reservoir to the fuel injector, and an electric motor driving the fuel pump, and a control device configured to control a duration for which the electric motor is powered, the control device configured to determine a duty ratio of the duration comprising a sum of fuel, the sum of fuel comprising an amount of the fuel required to be supplied to the combustion chamber by the fuel injector and a fixed predetermined amount of fuel.