Electronic Metering Rod Actuator for Carburetor
AssigneeKimberlyte Holdings, LLC
InventorWilliam Corey Dyess
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Abstract
A carburetor for an internal combustion engine includes a body having an air inlet opening portion, an air outlet opening portion, and a throat portion extending therebetween. A fuel reservoir is in fluid communication with the throat portion. A slide assembly is movably disposed in the body for movement across the throat portion. The slide assembly includes a metering rod extending across the throat portion and into the fuel reservoir. An electrically operable actuator, when operated, adjusts an axial position of the metering rod relative to the fuel reservoir.
Claims49
A carburetor for an internal combustion engine, the carburetor comprising:
- a body having an air inlet opening portion, an air outlet opening portion, and a throat portion extending therebetween;
- a fuel reservoir in fluid communication with the throat portion;
- a slide assembly movably disposed in the body for movement across the throat portion, the slide assembly comprising a metering rod extending across the throat portion and into the fuel reservoir;
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- an electrically operable actuator that, when operated, adjusts an axial position of the metering rod relative to the fuel reservoir.
A computer-implemented method when executed on data processing hardware causes the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
- as airflow moves through a throat portion of a carburetor of an internal combustion engine, operating an electrically operable actuator to adjust an axial position of a metering rod relative to a fuel reservoir of the carburetor, the fuel reservoir in fluid communication with the throat portion, and the metering rod extending across the throat portion and into the fuel reservoir;
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- wherein adjustment of the axial position of the metering rod adjusts an amount of fuel introduced to the airflow within the throat portion from the fuel reservoir.
A system, the system comprising:
- a carburetor for an internal combustion engine, the carburetor comprising:
- a body having an air inlet opening portion, an air outlet opening portion, and a throat portion extending therebetween;
- a fuel reservoir in fluid communication with the throat portion;
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- a slide assembly movably disposed in the body for movement across the throat portion, the slide assembly comprising a metering rod extending across the throat portion and into the fuel reservoir;
- an electrically operable actuator that, when operated, adjusts an axial position of the metering rod relative to the fuel reservoir;
- data processing hardware;
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- memory hardware storing instructions that, when executed on data processing hardware in communication with the memory hardware, cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
- as airflow moves from the air inlet opening portion to the air outlet opening portion through the throat portion, operating the electrically operable actuator to adjust the axial position of the metering rod, wherein adjustment of the axial position of the metering rod adjusts an amount of fuel introduced to the airflow within the throat portion from the fuel reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.