Fuel injection apparatus for automobile
This patent describes a fuel injection adapter for use on a vehicle including a carburetor having a throat, a fuel pump, a throttle and a throttle control lever. In consists of: chamber means adapted for mounting adjacent the carburetor; metering jet means, including an orifice with different size internal diameters and a longitudinal needle movable within the orifice for varying the volume of fuel delivered. Fuel inlet means on the chamber means adapted for connection to the fuel pump; adjustment means mechanically coupled to the throttle lever and responsive to movement to control movement of the metering jet means to vary the amount of fuel delivered by the nozzle means. The adjustment includes an operating lever coupled to the throttle lever, a needle plate coupled to the operating lever and means on the needle plate for engaging the needle; and fuel shutoff means coupled in series with the fuel inlet means for cutting off fuel to the chamber means when the operating lever is moved to a position corresponding to a throttle wide-open position.
- Assignee:
- NOV; NOV-87-083377; EDB-88-001623
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4694804
- OSTI ID:
- 6042103
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AUTOMOBILES
CARBURETORS
COMBUSTION CONTROL
CONTROL
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DESIGN
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS
FUEL SYSTEMS
FUEL-AIR RATIO
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
JETS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
METERING
NOZZLES
OPENINGS
OPERATION
ORIFICES
PLATES
POSITIONING
PUMPS
SUPPORTS
VEHICLES