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US 6,295,972 B1Granted
Fuel delivery using multiple fluid delivery assemblies per combustion chamber
AssigneeBombardier Motor Corporation of America
InventorMartin L. Radue
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Abstract
A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine employs a plurality of fuel delivery assemblies for each combustion chamber. The fuel delivery system contains a fluid actuator for each respective combustion chamber or cylinder. Each fluid actuator receives fuel from a source of fuel and directs the fuel to the plurality of fuel delivery assemblies for each combustion chamber. The fluid actuators are under the control of a control system. The control system controls the operation of the fluid actuators to provide desired volumes of fuel at desired flow rates to a combustion chamber from the plurality of fuel delivery assemblies.
Claims29
A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine, the system comprising:
- at least one fluid actuator in fluid communication with a source of fuel, wherein the at least one fluid actuator includes a pump, further wherein each pump is driven by a reciprocating linear electric motor;
- a plurality of fuel delivery assemblies in fluid communication with the at least one fluid actuator and a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine;
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- a control system operative to regulate fuel delivery from the source of fuel to the combustion chamber through the at least one fluid actuator and at least one of the fuel delivery assemblies in the plurality of fuel delivery assemblies.
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An internal combustion engine, comprising:
- at least one combustion chamber;
- a source of fuel;
- at least one fluid actuator, wherein the at least one fluid actuator receives fuel from the source of fuel;
- a plurality of fuel delivery assemblies in fluid communication with the at least one fluid actuator and with the at least one combustion chamber;
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- a control system regulating operation of the fuel delivery system to deliver desired flow rates of fuel to the at least one combustion chamber, wherein the control system cycles the at least one fluid actuator to provide a desired injection volume per cycle of the engine.
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A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a source of pressurized fuel;
- a plurality of fuel injectors for directing fuel to a combustion chamber;
- at least one fluid actuator, wherein each of the plurality of fuel injectors can receive pressurized fuel from the source of pressurized fuel through the at least one fluid actuator, wherein each fluid actuator includes a pressure surge pump driven by an electric motor;
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- a control system for controlling operation of the fuel delivery system to direct pressurized fuel from the source of pressurized fuel through the at least one fluid actuators to at least one of the plurality of fuel injectors and thereby to a combustion chamber.
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A method for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine, the method comprising the steps of:
- pumping fuel from a source of fuel to a plurality of fluid actuators, each of the plurality of fluid actuators being in one-to-one fluid communication with a fuel delivery assembly of a plurality of fuel delivery assemblies, and the plurality of fluid delivery assemblies being in fluid communication with a combustion chamber;
- operating a plurality of fluid actuators to produce a desired flow rate of fuel for combustion from the source of fuel to the plurality of fuel delivery assemblies;
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- operating the fuel delivery assemblies to deliver the desired flow rate of fuel for combustion from the plurality of fuel delivery assemblies to a combustion chamber.
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A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine, the system comprising:
- at least one fluid actuator in fluid communication with a source of fuel;
- a plurality of fuel delivery assemblies in fluid communication with the at least one fluid actuator and a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine;
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- a control system operative to regulate fuel delivery from the source of fuel to the combustion chamber through the at least one fluid actuator and at least one of the fuel delivery assemblies in the plurality of fuel delivery assemblies, wherein the control system includes a computer.
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A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine, the system comprising:
- at least one fluid actuator in fluid communication with a source of fuel;
- a plurality of fuel delivery assemblies in fluid communication with the at least one fluid actuator and a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine;
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- a control system operative to regulate fuel delivery from the source of fuel to the combustion chamber through the at least one fluid actuator and at least one of the fuel delivery assemblies in the plurality of fuel delivery assemblies,
- wherein at least one of the plurality of fluid actuators is mounted to at least one of the fuel delivery assemblies.
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An internal combustion engine, comprising:
- at least one combustion chamber;
- a source of fuel;
- a plurality of fluid actuators, wherein the plurality of fluid actuators receive fuel from the source of fuel;
- a plurality of fuel delivery assemblies in fluid communication with the plurality of fluid actuators and with the at least one combustion chamber, wherein each fuel delivery assembly in the plurality of fuel delivery assemblies is in fluid communication with a single fluid actuator in the plurality of fluid actuators;
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- a control system regulating operation of the fuel delivery system to deliver desired flow rates of fuel to the at least one combustion chamber.
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A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a source of pressurized fuel;
- a plurality of fuel injectors for directing fuel to a combustion chamber;
- a plurality of fluid actuators, wherein each of the plurality of fuel injectors can receive pressurized fuel from the source of pressurized fuel through at least one fluid actuator, further wherein each fuel injector in the plurality of fuel injectors is in fluid communication with a single fluid actuator in the plurality of fluid actuators;
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- a control system for controlling operation of the fuel delivery system to direct pressurized fuel from the source of pressurized fuel through the at least one fluid actuators to at least one of the plurality of fuel injectors and thereby to a combustion chamber.
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An internal combustion engine, comprising:
- at least one combustion chamber;
- a source of fuel;
- at least one fluid actuator, wherein the at least one fluid actuator receives fuel from the source of fuel;
- a plurality of fuel delivery assemblies in fluid communication with the at least one fluid actuator and with the at least one combustion chamber;
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- a control system regulating operation of the fuel delivery system to deliver desired flow rates of fuel to the at least one combustion chamber;
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- a spark plug to ignite the fuel within the at least one combustion chamber.
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A method of operating an internal combustion engine, the method comprising the steps of:
- pumping fuel from a source of fuel to at least one fluid actuator, the at least one fluid actuator being in fluid communication with a plurality of fuel delivery assemblies, and the plurality of fluid delivery assemblies being in fluid communication with a combustion chamber;
- operating the at least one fluid actuator to produce a desired flow rate of fuel for combustion from the source of fuel to the plurality of fuel delivery assemblies;
- operating the fuel delivery assemblies to deliver the desired flow rate of fuel for combustion from the plurality of fuel delivery assemblies to a combustion chamber;
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- igniting the fuel within the combustion chamber with a spark provided by a spark plug.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.