Fuel supply system for internal combustion engine
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTadahide Toda, Takashi Kato
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Abstract
A fuel supply system having a fuel source, a nozzle disposed in an intake system of an internal combustion engine for injecting additional fuel into the intake system, a fuel pipe connected to the fuel source and the nozzle, an accelerating compensator responsive to the engine accelerator for feeding additional fuel from the fuel source to the intake system through the fuel pipe and the nozzle, a temperature sensing device for sensing temperature of the engine, and a controlling device responsive to engine temperature for controlling the volume of fuel fed by the acceleration compensator, the volume of fuel fed by the compensator being decreased as engine temperature increases.
Claims16
In a system for supplying additional fuel to a fuel-air intake system when an internal combustion engine is accelerated, said system including a fuel source, means for supplying fuel into said intake system, a fuel pipe interconnecting said fuel source and said means, the improvement which comprises means for sensing engine temperature and an acceleration compensator for supplying fuel from said fuel source to said intake system through said fuel pipe and said means in response to changes in pressure in said intake system and comprising:
- a diaphragm chamber;
- a diaphragm dividing said chamber into a first region and a second region, said first region being connected to said intake system, said second region having therein an inlet port connected to said fuel source through said fuel pipe and an outlet port connected to said intake system through said fuel pipe and said injecting means;
- a spring for biasing said diaphragm toward the minimum volume position of the second region;
- a check valve means normally closing said fuel pipe, said check valve means opening in response to increase in the volume of said second region to permit inflow from said fuel source to said second region and closing in response to decrease in volume to permit outflow from said second region to said injecting means;
- a temperature responsive means blocking expansion of said second region in response to increase of the engine temperature;
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- a second valve means for cutting off communication between said intake system and said first region, said second valve means being adapted to cut off the communication at the time the engine temperature is higher than a predetermined value.
The fuel system of claim 14 wherein said temperature responsive means comprises a cup-shaped housing disposed in the means for warming the intake manifold, said housing enclosing a chamber, means for closing the normally open end of the housing, a rod disposed in the chamber and extending into the first compartment in spaced relationship with the said diaphragm when the latter is not deflected towards the first compartment, an elastic deformable member about the rod in the chamber, and a material adapted to expand with increase in temperature about the elastic member and deform the elastic member and thereby move the rod towards the diaphragm to limit the deflection of the diaphragm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.