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Title: Throttle body for fuel injection system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5400822

A throttle body for a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine is described comprising: a main body defining an intake bore therein; an air valve provided at an upstream location in the intake bore; a throttle valve provided at a downstream location in the intake bore; a fuel injection nozzle which is adapted to inject fuel into the intake bore; a biasing means for biasing the air valve towards its closed state; an actuator which tends to increase the opening angle of the air valve according the magnitude of the negative pressure existing in the intake bore between the air valve and the throttle valve; a prohibiting means which prohibits the action of the actuator when the engine has not been warmed up.

Assignee:
NOV; NOV-88-003011; EDB-88-078448
Patent Number(s):
US 4718383
OSTI ID:
5400822
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 2 Sep 1986
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English