# US 4,392,466 A · Fuel system for engines

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- Number: US 4,392,466 A
- Document ID: US4392466A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/386,273
- Filed: 1982-06-08
- Granted: 1983-07-12
- Earliest claimed: 1979-10-05
- Assignees: Lucas Industries Limited
- Inventors: Dorian F. Mowbray; Boaz A. Jarrett
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4392466A

## CPC

- F02M 63/02: Fuel-injection apparatus having several injectors fed by a common pumping element, or having several pumping elements feeding a common injector; Fuel-injection apparatus having provisions for cutting-out pumps, pumping elements, or injectors; Fuel-injection apparatus having provisions for variably interconnecting pumping elements and injectors alternatively
- F02M 51/04: Pumps peculiar thereto
- F02M 59/08: characterised by two or more pumping elements with conjoint outlet {or several pumping elements feeding one engine cylinder (feeding common rails F02M63/0225)}
- F02M 59/366: {Valves being actuated electrically}
- F02M: SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF

## Abstract

A fuel system for supplying fuel to a pair of injection nozzles of an engine comprises a pair of pumps which can only deliver half the maximum amount of fuel which may be required. Each pump supplies fuel to a respective nozzle when the fuel required is less than half and the system includes a pair of valves which are operated to allow both pumps to deliver fuel through one nozzle when more than half the maximum amount of fuel is required, the pumps then being operated at twice the previous rate to supply fuel to the nozzles in turn.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A direct injection type fuel system for supplying fuel to a compression ignition engine comprising inwardly opening type nozzles which are mounted on the associated engine to direct fuel into the combustion chambers of the engine respectively, electromagnetically operable pumps for supplying fuel under pressure to the nozzles respectively, and change over valves associated with the pumps respectively, each valve having a connection to the associated pump and a pair of outlets, first conduit means connecting a first one of said outlets to the associated nozzle and second conduit means connecting said first conduit means to the second one of the pair of outlets of another of said change over valves, said valves being operable so that when fuel is supplied to a particular nozzle the fuel which is supplied to that nozzle is derived from the pump associated with that nozzle when the fuel required is equal to or less than one-half the maximum amount required by that nozzle and can be supplemented by fuel supplied to that nozzle simultaneously with the fuel supplied thereto by the pump associated with that nozzle by a pump associated with another of said nozzles when the fuel required is greater than one-half the maximum amount required by that nozzle.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A system according to claim 1, wherein each change over valve includes a spool member, resilient means biasing the spool member to one position in which one of said outlets is out of communication with the outlet of the associated pump, and a solenoid operator for moving the spool to an alternative position against the action of said resilient means so that the other of said outlets is out of communication with said outlet of the associated pump.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A system according to claim 2, wherein said one outlet is in communication with the outlet of the associated pump in the alternative position of said spool.