Carburetor

• US 20040035390A1
• Filed: 05/23/2003
• Published: 02/26/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zama Japan Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Zama Japan
• Inventors: Nonaka, Takumi
• Granted Patent: US 6,860,254 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 123/339.19
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 31/007 controlling fuel supply
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 35/0069 Controlling the fuel flow only F02D35/0076, F02D35/0084 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/123 the fuel injection being cut-off
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/16 for idling

Abstract

A carburetor with a single fuel system that is capable of ensuring stable engine operation and lower fuel consumption. The fuel system comprises an electrical fuel control C that, in addition to mechanically coordinating the fuel flow rate with air intake by way of a metering needle 22 that operates in coordination with the throttle valve 3, opens and closes opening/closing valve 30 and cuts off and delivers fuel to the air intake passage 2 so as to maintain a required target rotational speed with little fuel consumption in a specific region of the degrees of opening of the throttle valve 3. Stable operation with minimal fluctuations in the rotational speed is ensured by cutting off the fuel when the rotational speed rises above the target rotational speed, and delivering the fuel when the rotational speed falls below the target rotational speed.

Claims

1. A carburetor fuel system for delivering fuel from a constant fuel chamber to an air intake passage, said fuel system comprising:

maximum flow regulating means for fuel delivered to the air intake passage;

mechanical fuel control means for adjusting the quantity of fuel delivered to the air intake passage in accordance with the degree of opening of the throttle valve; and

electrical fuel control means for cutting off the delivery of fuel to the air intake passage so as to achieve a required target rotational speed of the engine in a specific region of the degrees of opening of the throttle valve.

2. The fuel system according to claim 1, wherein the electrical fuel control means cuts off fuel to the air intake passage in a region of rotational speed of the engines below a rotational speed that is set to a value below the rated idle rotational speed, in addition to cutting off and delivering fuel to the air intake passage so as to achieve a required target rotational speed of the engine in a specific region of the degrees of opening of the throttle valve.

3. The fuel system according to claim 1, wherein the electrical fuel control means cuts off and delivers fuel to the air intake passage so as to achieve a required target rotational speed of the engine when the throttle valve is fully open, and delivers fuel to the air intake passage when the rotational speed of the engine exceeds the target rotational speed by a certain range or more.

4. The fuel system according to claim 2, wherein the electrical fuel control means cuts off and delivers fuel to the air intake passage so as to achieve a required target rotational speed of the engine when the throttle valve is fully open, and delivers fuel to the air intake passage when the rotational speed of the engine exceeds the target rotational speed by a certain range or more.

5. The fuel system according to claim 1, wherein the electrical fuel control means comprises:

an electromagnetically driven opening/closing valve for cutting off and delivering fuel to the air intake passage;

an engine rotational speed sensor;

a rotational speed discriminating circuit that is capable of setting the rotational speed by input in an arbitrary rotational speed range, and that compares the set rotational speed and the rotational speed of the engine detected by the rotational speed of the engine sensor and issues command signals;

a control circuit for magnetizing and demagnetizing an actuator for the opening/closing valve based on the command signal; and

a signal generator for transmitting a command signal to the control circuit in a specific region of the degrees of opening of the throttle valve.

6. The fuel system according to claim 2, wherein the electrical fuel control means comprises:

an electromagnetically driven opening/closing valve for cutting off and delivering fuel to the air intake passage;

an engine rotational speed sensor;

a rotational speed discriminating circuit that is capable of setting the rotational speed by input in an arbitrary rotational speed range, and that compares the set rotational speed and the rotational speed of the engine detected by the rotational speed of the engine sensor and issues command signals;

a control circuit for magnetizing and demagnetizing an actuator for the opening/closing valve based on the command signal; and

a signal generator for transmitting a command signal to the control circuit in a specific region of the degrees of opening of the throttle valve.

7. The fuel system according to claim 3, wherein the electrical fuel control means comprises:

an electromagnetically driven opening/closing valve for cutting off and delivering fuel to the air intake passage;

an engine rotational speed sensor;

a rotational speed discriminating circuit that is capable of setting the rotational speed by input in an arbitrary rotational speed range, and that compares the set rotational speed and the rotational speed of the engine detected by the rotational speed of the engine sensor and issues command signals;

a control circuit for magnetizing and demagnetizing an actuator for the opening/closing valve based on the command signal; and

a signal generator for transmitting a command signal to the control circuit in a specific region of the degrees of opening of the throttle valve.

8. The fuel system according to claim 4, wherein the electrical fuel control means comprises:

an electromagnetically driven opening/closing valve for cutting off and delivering fuel to the air intake passage;

an engine rotational speed sensor;

a rotational speed discriminating circuit that is capable of setting the rotational speed by input in an arbitrary rotational speed range, and that compares the set rotational speed and the rotational speed of the engine detected by the rotational speed of the engine sensor and issues command signals;

a control circuit for magnetizing and demagnetizing an actuator for the opening/closing valve based on the command signal; and

a signal generator for transmitting a command signal to the control circuit in a specific region of the degrees of opening of the throttle valve.