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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2001
Katumi Sato, Wako, JP;
Kazuya Aoki, Wako, JP;
Kazunori Fukuma, Wako, JP;
Tatsuya Sugawara, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fuel supply device is provided capable of supplying a necessary amount of fuel while ensuring predetermined stoichiometric characteristics over a wide range of flow rates. The body unit of the fuel supply device includes the first ejector, the second ejector, and a switching valve. The switching valve has a function to select either one of a first passage or a second passage for communicating with the valve chamber and to block the other passage. The first passage is communicated with a nozzle of the first ejector, and the second passage is communicated with a nozzle of the second ejector. The first ejector has a diffuser passage communicated with the reflux chamber, the second ejector has a diffuser passage communicated with the reflux chamber, and the diffuser passage and the diffuser passage are connected with a hydrogen outlet through a merging passage.