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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2000
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
During the idling state, the number of times of injecting fuel per performance of the fuel delivery from a high-pressure fuel pump is decreased or increased. If the number of times of injecting fuel per performance of the fuel delivery is decreased, the amount of fuel that needs to be delivered by one performance of the fuel delivery is reduced, so that the timing of starting to close an electromagnetic spill valve can be delayed. Therefore, the lift of a plunger for 1° rotation of a cam (i.e., cam speed) at the time of closure of the electromagnetic spill valve decreases, so that the force applied from fuel to the electromagnetic spill valve in the valve closing direction decreases. If the number of times of injecting fuel per performance of the fuel delivery is increased, the noises produced at the time of closure of the electromagnetic spill valve increase because the timing of starting to close the spill valve is advanced to increase the amount of fuel delivered by one performance of the fuel delivery. However, the number of times of closing the electromagnetic spill valve during a predetermined period decreases, so that the number of occurrences of the valve closure noises decreases.