Patent GB-858961-A (GB)
Title: Fuel injection system for internal combustion engines
IPC: F02D41/04
Filed: 1957-02-18
Abstract: 858,961. Valve gear; regulating; fuel injectors; spray carburetters; intake manifolds. BENDIX CORPORATION, [formerly BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION]. Feb. 18, 1957 [Feb. 24, 1956; Feb. 4, 1957], No. 5481/57. Classes 7(2), 7(3) and 7(6). Electromagnetically actuated fuel injection valves 14 arranged in the cylinders or inlet branches of a multicylinder engine, are controlled by a distributer unit 24, the duration of injection being controlled by a control unit 22 which is triggered into action by a cam-operated switch 32, Fig. 3. The distributer 24, connected by leads 60 to the solenoids of the injectors 14, is mounted on top of the ignition distributer 26, Fig. 3, in which the switch 32 is mounted. The power pack 20, Figs. 1 and 9, comprises a battery 100 connected to a vibrator 102 which feeds a centre tap transformer 104 the output of which is converted to high voltage d.c. by rectifiers 114, 116. The positive output is connected by lead 61 to the solenoids 80 actuating the fuel injectors, the return lines 60 from the solenoids being connected to the distributer brushes 52, Fig. 2, controlled by a conducting strip 59 on the rotor 58 which is connected by a line 50 to a triode 130 in the control unit 22 which is triggered by pulses to conduct current for a variable portion of the period in which the circuit of each solenoid 80 is closed by the rotating contact 59, the solenoid being energized to open its injector valve for the period during which the tube 130 conducts. The triggering impulses of the unit 22 are set up by the switch 32 whose contact 42 is connected to the negative supply line 112 of power pack 20 whilst contact 44 is connected to earth so that opening and closing of the switch produces a square wave in line 42 which is converted by a condenser 118 and rectifier 120 to a series of negative pulses, which are applied to the grid of a triode 124 forming with a triode 126 a pulse producing system, the frequency of the pulses being determined by the switch 32 whilst their width is determined by the values of the variable resistance R and capacity C in the anode circuit of triode 126. The pulses from tube 126 are amplified by tube 128 and applied to the grid of tube 130 so that the tube 130 conducts current only for the period of each pulse. Variation of the resistance R varies the width of each pulse and hence the period of injection. In Fig. 1 the nozzles are supplied with fuel at constant pressure by a pump 10 with pressure regulator 12 and the resistance R in the control unit 22 comprises a resistance R 1  varied with the opening of throttle valve 18 and a resistance R 2  which is increased to increase the fuel injection period as intake manifold pressure increases. In Fig. 14 the resistances R 1 , R 2 , are supplemented by a resistance R 3  controlled according to altitude by a bellows 186 and a resistance R 4  controlled according to ambient temperature. The tube 130 may be shortcircuited by a switch 134, Fig. 9, actuated when the throttle valve is opened, to provide maximum fuel supply during acceleration, and also by a similar switch actuated when the starting motor is operated. In Fig. 12 the throttle valve 18 is controlled from pedal 151 through a lost motion device 154 so that the opening of the throttle lags behind the movement of the pedal, the resistance R 1  being adjusted directly by the pedal so that the fuel supply is increased in advance of the throttle opening during acceleration. Extra fuel may also be injected into the induction manifold adjacent the throttle valve by a diaphragm pump actuated from the throttle actuating mechanism. Alternatively the fuel supply may be increased at acceleration by closing of a solenoid operated valve 244, Fig. 19, upstream of the pressure regulating valve 246, to increase the supply pressure, the valve 244 being controlled by a switch device 248 operated by the increase in manifold pressure during acceleration and in Fig. 21 the fuel supply is increased at cold starting by a fast idling arrangement comprising an additional resistance R 5  in the control unit adjusted by a bi-metallic coil 308 opposed by a suction actuated piston 316. In a modification, Fig. 18, the switch 32 is eliminated and the triggering pulses in line 42 are set up when the rotor 230 passes from a non-conducting segment 229 to a conducting segment connected to the nozzle solenoid 14, the solenoids only being energized when tube 130, controlled by the triggering circuit 42 of Fig. 9, conducts. The intake manifold for a V-type vehicle engine, Fig. 7, comprises two rectangular conduits 86 with cylinder inlet branches 90 heated by contact with the exhaust manifold and connected to platforms 92 on which the nozzles are mounted, the open ends of the conduits 86 facing the direction of motion of the vehicle to produce a ram charging effect. Specification 858,967 is referred to.