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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2000
Jeffrey C. Hoppe, Unionville, MI (US);
Ronald H. Roche, Cass City, MI (US);
Kevin L. Williams, Columbiaville, MI (US);
Walbro Corporation, Cass City, MI (US);
Abstract
A modular diaphragm carburetor is provided which has a plurality of plates each with generally planar faces adapted to be mated and releasably connected together to facilitate manufacturing and assembling the carburetor and to permit various plates and components of the carburetor to be used in carburetors designed for use with different engine families. By providing a plurality of mated together plates, the machining of the passages through the carburetor is made dramatically easier when compared to the machining of a carburetor having a single body with end caps. Still further, the modular diaphragm design permits different plates and/or components of the carburetor to be used with other components to provide a carburetor having different performance characteristics and suitable for use with a different engine family. Therefore, a wide range of carburetors can be provided which have many of the same components to reduce the overall part count and to more economically manufacture and assemble a wide range of carburetors.