Fuel supply system and method of direct fuel injection engine
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsNoboru Tokuyasu, Toshiharu Nogi, Takashi Yoshida
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Abstract
To perform fuel injection under fuel pressure as high as needed in an operation range of from cranking to self-sustaining operation via full expansion. A fuel supply fuel system for a direct fuel injection type internal combustion engine is provided with a high-pressure fuel pump to directly inject fuel, which has been pressurized by the high-pressure fuel pump, from injectors into combustion chambers of the engine. An electromotor is arranged to auxilially drive the high-pressure fuel pump At the time of a start-up of the engine, driving of the high-pressure fuel pump or an assist to drive torque for the high-pressure fuel pump is performed by the auxiliary power means.
Claims7
A fuel supply system for a direct fuel injection type internal combustion engine comprising:
- a high-pressure fuel pump;
- injectors for injecting directly fuel pressurized by said high-pressure fuel pump into respective combustion chambers of said engine, and
- an auxiliary power unit configured as an electromotor connected with said high-pressure fuel pump,
- wherein at a time of starting of said engine, driving of said high-pressure fuel pump or an assist to drive torque for said high-pressure fuel pump is performed by said auxiliary power unit,
- wherein said electromotor is a motor/generator which can be used also as a generator when driven by a cam shaft of said engine.
A fuel supply system for a direct fuel injection type internal combustion engine comprising:
- a high-pressure fuel pump;
- injectors for injecting directly fuel pressurized by said high-pressure fuel pump into respective combustion chambers of said engine,
- an auxiliary power unit configured as an electrometer connected with said high-pressure fuel pump, wherein at a time of starting of said engine, driving of said high-pressure fuel pump or an assist to drive torque for said high-pressure fuel pump is performed by said auxiliary power unit, wherein a clutch is provided between said high-pressure fuel pump and said auxiliary power unit to connect and disconnect them, and
- means for recognizing completion of starting of said engine, wherein, at a time of starting of said engine, said auxiliary power unit and said high-pressure fuel pump are connected with each other by said clutch to drive said high-pressure fuel pump by said auxiliary power unit until said completion of starting of said engine is recognized by said recognition means, and when completion of said starting is recognized, said auxiliary power unit and said high-pressure fuel pump are disconnected by said clutch to stop the operation of said auxiliary power unit, wherein sais recognition means recognizes starting of said engine based on an engine coolant water temperature, and engine oil temperature or a temperature of a catalyst in an exhaust system of said engine, and when said engine is started up at a temperature higher than the temperature for recognizing starting of said engine, said high-pressure fuel pump is driven by a camshaft from immediately after starting of said engine without using said auxiliary power unit.
A fuel supply system for a direct fuel injection type internal combustion engine comprising:
- a high-pressure fuel pump,
- injectors for injecting directly fuel pressurized by said high-pressure fuel pump into respective combustion chambers of said engine,
- an auxiliary power unit connected with said high-pressure fuel pump, wherein at a time of starting of said engine, driving of said high-pressure fuel pump or an assist to drive torque for said high-pressure fuel pump is performed by said auxiliary power unit,
- and a sensor for detecting an action to be performed by a driver before said engine is started up, wherein based on a detection signal from said sensor, said high-pressure fuel pump is driven by said auxiliary power means prior to starting of said engine, wherein when a starter switch of said internal combustion engine is not turned on even after a predetermined time has elapsed from input of said detection signal from said sensor for detecting said action by said driver, said driving of said high-pressure fuel pump by said auxiliary power unit is stopped, and wherein when said starter switch is turned on after a predetermined time has elapsed from said input of said detection signal from said sensor for detecting said action by said driver, said high-pressure fuel pump is driven by a camshaft, and said high-pressure fuel pump is also driven by said auxiliary power unit.
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