×

Fuel control cross shaft

  • US 4,091,785 A
  • Filed: 07/19/1976
  • Issued: 05/30/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. In an internal combustion engine comprising a pair of pluralities of equal numbers of cylinders with said pairs of pluralities of cylinders being aligned side by side, and including a fuel injector pump for each of said cylinders, an improved system for controlling each of said pumps to operate simultaneously and to deliver a generally equal amount of fuel to each respective cylinder, comprising:

  • a pair of control shafts, one aligned parallel to each of said pairs of pluralities of cylinders generally perpendicular to the axes of each of said cylinders and spaced laterally therefrom;

    a pair of pluralities of fuel injector pump control link means, each of said pairs of pluralities of link means being movable responsive to rotation of a respective one of said control shafts, each of said link means controlling fuel injection from a respective one of said pumps to a respective corresponding cylinder;

    a cross shaft extending from adjacent a respective one of said control shafts to adjacent a respective other thereof, and mounted to rotate about a longitudinal axis thereof;

    means for controlling rotation of said cross shaft about a longitudinal axis thereof; and

    means communicating said cross shaft with each of said control shafts to cause an equal rotation of each of said control shafts about a longitudinal axis thereof responsive to a rotation of said cross shaft and about a longitudinal axis thereof.

View all claims
  • 0 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×