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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1996
William P Johnson, Valley Center, CA (US);
Niels J Beck, Bonita, CA (US);
James A Pena, Leucadia, CA (US);
BKM, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Fuel delivery to an engine from a cyclically pressurizable, electronically controlled accumulator-type fuel injector is controlled by 'wasting' at least a portion of the pressurization stroke of the engine's high pressure pump so that a designated portion of the pressurization stroke of the pump does not result in accumulator cavity pressurization. Metering is effected simply by extending the period that the system's existing solenoid vent valve is open into a portion of the succeeding pressurization stroke of the pump so that a portion of the pumped fuel flows directly to vent. Additional electrical load on the engine can be minimized by using a latching type solenoid valve as the vent valve. The metering scheme 1) is more precise than metering schemes heretofore available for injectors of the disclosed type, 2) does not adversely effect injection timing or other injection parameters, 3) and requires no additional hardware.