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Title: Anti-overrunning device for an internal combustion engine

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6239892

An anti-overrunning device for an internal combustion engine is described comprising a vibrating pump for generating pneumatic pressure by vibrations of the engine, an actuator for actuating a throttle valve of a carburetor in a direction of closing the valve, and a control valve for controlling a flow of the pneumatic pressure from the vibrating pump to the actuator during overrunning of the engine. The control valve is actuated by virtue of the electromotive force of a generator driven by the engine.

Assignee:
Walbro Far East, Inc., Kawasaki
Patent Number(s):
US 4796583
OSTI ID:
6239892
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 29 Sep 1987
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English