Westport Research Inc.

Westport Power Inc.

S Michael Baker

Alain M J Touchette

Bradley D Douville

Adrian J Post

Tim Lennox

David Mumford

Lester L Peters

Donald J Benson

Julius P Perr

Stephen Duncan Noble

A S Ghuman

Alain Michel Touchette

P Douglas Free

Brad Douville

Timothy N Lennox

Minh Tran

Victor J Perr

A dual fuel injection valve separately and independently injects two different fuels and comprises a dual needle assembly with a hollow open-ended outer needle and an inner needle disposed within the hollow interior. A cap cooperates with the outer needle to cover the open end, and the outer needle and the cap together comprise the inner valve body. The outer and inner needles are each movable independently from each other between respective open and closed positions. A spring disposed between the cap and the inner needle contributes to biasing the inner needle in the closed position. The cap can be joined to the outer needle, whereby the cap can provide a limit to the movement of the inner needle. In another embodiment the cap can be detached from the outer body, allowing the spring to space the cap away from the outer needle, assisting with biasing the outer needle closed.

Dual fuel injection valve and method of operating a dual fuel injection valve

A liquid cooled fuel injection valve is operable to inject fuel directly into a combustion chamber through a nozzle orifice provided in an injector tip. The fuel injection valve further comprises a cooling system for draining fuel from a fuel cavity disposed within the injector tip and a drain valve that opens when pressure within the fuel cavity is greater than a predetermined set point. Fuel drained through the cooling system is directed to a drain system that may be combined with drain passages typically found in fuel injection valves. In a preferred embodiment, the drain valve is disposed within the fuel injection valve.

Liquid cooled fuel injection valve and method of operating a liquid cooled fuel injection valve

A dual fuel injection valve separately and independently injects two different fuels into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. A first fuel is delivered to the injection valve at injection pressure and a second fuel is either raised to injection pressure by an intensifier provided within the injection valve, or delivered to the injection valve at injection pressure. Electronically controlled valves control hydraulic pressure in control chambers disposed within the injection valve. The pressure of the hydraulic fluid in these control chambers is employed to independently actuate a hollow outer needle that controls the injection of the first fuel. Disposed within the outer needle is an inner needle that controls the injection of the second fuel. The outer needle closes against a seat associated with the injection valve body and the inner needle closes against a seat associated with the outer needle.

A hydraulically actuated dual fuel injector separately injects two fuels into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. In particular, the two fuels may be controlled quantities of a first liquid fuel and a second gaseous fuel that are used to fuel a diesel engine. The injector preferably begins injecting the first fuel sequentially before beginning to inject the second fuel. The dual fuel injector comprises: (a) an injector body; (b) a hydraulic fluid inlet port formed in the injector body for enabling pressurized hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic fluid source to be introduced into the interior of the injector body, said hydraulic fluid being of sufficient pressure to maintain sealing and to prevent leakage of the gaseous fuel into the hydraulic fluid; (c) a first fuel inlet port formed in the injector body for enabling a first fuel to be introduced into the interior of the injector body; (d) a first injection valve disposed within the injector body fluidly connected to the first fuel inlet port for controlling injection of the first fuel from the injector through a first fuel ejection port; (e) a second inlet port formed in the injector body for enabling a second fuel to be introduced into the interior of the injector body; (f) a second injection valve disposed within the injector body fluidly connected to the second inlet port for controlling injection of the second fuel from the injector through a second fuel ejection port; (g) a first two-way control valve which controls the flow of the hydraulic fluid to actuate the first injection valve; (h) a second control valve which controls the flow of the hydraulic fluid to actuate the second injection valve; (i) a metering device within the injector body for metering the amount of first fuel injected by the first injection valve; and (j) a seal in the injector body which prevents leakage of the second fuel within the injector body.

Gaseous and liquid fuel injector with a two way hydraulic fluid control valve

A dynamic fluid sealing system for a fuel injection valve employs sealing-fluid to separate a gaseous fuel and a second fluid in the fuel injection valve, thereby preventing leakage of the gaseous fuel into the second fluid. A pressure-balancing system, which includes a pressure-balancing device, reduces the pressure differential between the sealing-fluid and the gaseous fuel used in the injection valve. At the same time, the pressure balancing system dynamically balances the sealing-fluid pressure such that the sealing-fluid pressure is equal to or slightly greater than the pressure of the gaseous fuel within the injection valve. The pressure differential between the gaseous fuel and the sealing-fluid may be maintained throughout the operating range of engine speeds, engine loads, and fuel cut-off conditions so as to prevent leakage of compressible gaseous fuel into the second fluid. The reduced pressure differential between the gaseous fuel and the sealing-fluid also reduces leakage of sealing-fluid into the gaseous fuel.

Fluid seal apparatus and method for dynamically controlling sealing-fluid pressure

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S Michael Baker