Cummins Engine Company, Inc.

Lucas Industries Limited

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Bela Doszpoly

Bryan W Swank

John D Lane

Mark S Cavanagh

Arpad M Pataki

Lester L Peters

Julius P Perr

W Beale Delano

Larry D Wells

Philip J Dingle

J Dan Baugh

Richard D Kraus

Jy-Jen Frank Sah

Alexander Guluk

Yoke L Yam

Compact high performance fuel system with accumulator

A three-way valve including a valve housing having a valve chamber and a high pressure fluid supply inlet, high pressure fluid outlet and drain communicating with the valve chamber is disclosed. A movable member is reciprocally received in the valve chamber so as to be reciprocated between first and second positions for selectively fluidically communicating the outlet with either the inlet or drain. A first valve seat is formed in the valve housing and concentrically disposed in the valve chamber for sealing communication between the outlet and drain and a second valve seat is concentrically disposed in a cavity formed in the movable member for sealing communication between the inlet and outlet. A floating pin is received in the movable valve member cavity at a one end of the movable valve member and cooperates with the second valve seat for selectively sealing fluidic communication between the inlet and the outlet. An actuating device is mounted on the valve housing adjacent an end of the movable valve member opposite the floating pin for advancing the movable valve member toward the first position when energized and for allowing the movable valve member to retract to the second position when de-energized.

Compact pin-within-a-sleeve three-way valve

A pressure balanced three-way solenoid valve including a valve housing having a valve chamber and a high pressure fluid supply passage, high pressure fluid outlet passage and drain passage communicating with the valve chamber is disclosed. A movable valve member is reciprocally received in the valve chamber so as to be reciprocated between first and second positions for selectively fluidically communicating the outlet passage with either the supply passage or drain passage. A first valve seat is formed in the valve housing and concentrically disposed in the valve chamber for fluidic communication between the outlet passage and drain passage and a second valve seat is concentrically disposed in a cavity formed in the movable valve member for sealing communication between the supply passage and outlet passages. A floating pin is received in the movable valve member cavity and communicates with the second valve seat for selectively fluidic communication between the supply passage and outlet passage with the floating pin including an impact absorbing element for absorbing the impact of the movable valve member when the movable valve member contacts the floating pin during de-energization of the solenoid. Transitional losses are readily controlled and a high initial closing velocity may be achieved while preventing closing bounce and thus the formation of any leakage path between the floating pin and movable valve member upon de-energization of the solenoid.

Force balanced three-way solenoid valve

A head gasket, for sealing a junction between a top face of a cylinder block of an engine and a bottom face of a cylinder head thereof, of the type having a row of relatively large circular cut-outs, that, in use, correspond in size, number and position to that of cylinder spaces formed in the cylinder block and a plurality of apertures that are relatively small in comparison to the circular cut-outs that, in use, correspond in number and position to coolant passages formed in the faces of the cylinder block and cylinder head, as well as holes sized and positioned, in use, in accordance with holes in the cylinder block and head for connecting bolts and holes for lubricant circulation. In addition to a first row of apertures extending along a first lateral side of the circular cylinder cut-outs, the gasket is provided with a second row of apertures that are used to orifice outlet coolant passages from the cylinder head to the cylinder block. The second row of apertures comprises pairs of apertures flanking longitudinally opposite sides of each of the circular cylinder cut-outs, an aperture of each pair being larger in area than the other aperture of each pair. Furthermore, from a point between an intermediate pair of the circular cylinder cut-outs, the larger apertures and the smaller apertures, respectively, on each of opposite sides of the intermediate point, progressively increase and decrease in area toward opposite ends of the second row of apertures. The gasket is also provided with a third row of smaller orificing apertures, as well.

Coolant flow orificing head gasket

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