Electromagnetic system fuel injection apparatus an internal combustion engine having an electromagnetic system fuel injection apparatus, and a drive circuit of an electromagnetic system fuel injection apparatus

An electromagnetic fuel injection apparatus comprising an electromagnetic fuel injector, a drive circuit for driving said electromagnetic fuel injector and a control circuit for sending a control signal to said drive circuit, said electromagnetic fuel injector having a fuel injection orifice, a seat valve provided upstream of said fuel injection orifice, a valve body for performing an opening and closing of a fuel passage between said valve seat and said valve body, and at least two coils for generating a drive force of said valve body, including a first coil having a large time rate of change of magnetomotive force, which is a product of a winding number and a current value, and a second coil having a smaller time rate of change of magnetomotive force than that of said first coil, wherein said drive circuit includes a first switching means for performing an on and off application of a first voltage to said first coil and a second switching means for performing an on and off application of a second voltage, which is lower than said first voltage, to said second coil, and wherein, at a valve opening operation initial stage of said valve body, said first voltage is applied to said first coil and said second voltage is applied to said second coil to generate a magnetic flux having the same direction, and, after a predetermined time, only said second coil is energized, said first switching means being different than said second switching means.

An internal combustion engine having an electromagnetic fuel injection apparatus for injecting a fuel, a fuel supply means for supplying the fuel to said fuel injection apparatus, a cylinder for burning the fuel injected by said fuel injection apparatus, an air intake means for supplying air to said cylinder, an ignition means for igniting an air-fuel mixture in said cylinder, an air exhaust means for exhausting an exhaust gas from said cylinder, and an engine control unit for controlling said air intake means, said air exhaust means, said ignition means and said fuel injection apparatus;

• said electromagnetic fuel injection apparatus comprising an electromagnetic fuel injector and a drive circuit for driving said electromagnetic fuel injector, said electromagnetic fuel injector having a fuel injection orifice, a seat valve provided upstream of said fuel injection orifice, a valve body for performing an opening and closing of a fuel passage between said valve seat and said valve body, and at least two coils for generating a drive force of said valve body, including a first coil having a large time rate of change of magnetomotive force, which is a product of a winding number and a current value, and a second coil having a smaller time rate of change of magnetomotive force than that of said first coil, wherein said drive circuit includes a first switching means for performing an on and off application of a first voltage to said first coil and a second switching means for performing an on and off application of a second voltage, which is lower than said first voltage, to said second coil, and wherein said second voltage is a lower voltage than said first voltage, said first switching means being different than said second switching means.

An internal combustion engine having an electromagnetic fuel injection apparatus for injecting a fuel, a fuel supply means for supplying the fuel to said fuel injection apparatus, a cylinder for burning the fuel injected by said fuel injection apparatus in at an interior portion a fuel injection apparatus, an air intake means for supplying air to said cylinder, an ignition means for igniting an air-fuel mixture in said cylinder, an air exhaust means for exhausting an exhaust gas from said cylinder, and an engine control unit for controlling said air intake means, said air exhaust means, said ignition means and said fuel injection apparatus;

• said electromagnetic fuel injection apparatus comprising an electromagnetic fuel injector and a drive circuit for driving said electromagnetic fuel injector, said electromagnetic fuel injector a fuel injection orifice, a seat valve provided upstream of said fuel injection orifice, a valve body for performing an opening and closing of a fuel passage between said valve seat and said valve body, and at least two coils for generating a drive force to effect movement of said valve body, including a first coil having a large time rate of change of magnetomotive force, which is a product of a winding number and a current value, and a second coil having a smaller time rate of change of magnetomotive force than that of said first coil, a first power supply for supplying a first voltage to said first coil and a second power supply for supplying a second voltage to said second coil, wherein said first power supply applies said first voltage having a high voltage to said first coil and said second power supply applies said second voltage having a lower voltage than said first voltage of said first power supply to said second coil, said first switching means being different than said second switching means.