Automotive engine carburetor

• US 4,291,658 A
• Filed: 10/26/1978
• Issued: 09/29/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Masaki, Kenji, Nakamura, Koyo
• Primary Examiner(s): Burns, Wendell E.
• Application Number:
  US05/954,766
• Time in Patent Office: 1,069 Days
• Field of Search: 123/440, 123/438, 123/585, 123/589, 60/285, 60/299
• US Class Current: 123/699
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 35/0061 Controlling the emulsifying air only F02D35/0076, F02D35/0084 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 7/24 Controlling flow of aerating air

Abstract

A compensating member is provided in a conventional automotive engine carburetor, which is used with an electronic closed loop control system, in order to finely adjust a rate of air flow being delivered to a fuel passage extending between a discharge nozzle and a float bowl, and thereby performing a fine adjustment of an air-fuel mixture ratio to effectively reduce noxious components in exhaust gases.

Claims

1. An automotive engine carburetor for use with an electronic closed loop air-fuel ratio control system to supply adequate air-fuel mixture to an internal combustion engine for effectively reducing noxious components in exhaust gases from the engine by a three-way catalytic converter, comprising:

an intake passage provided with a venturi;

a float bowl for containing fuel therein;

a fuel passage extending between said venturi and said float bowl;

an air bleed passage connected to said fuel passage for delivering air thereto;

an auxiliary air passage connected to said fuel passage for delivering air thereto; and

an electromagnetic valve assembly of on/off type serving as an actuator operatively connected to said air bleed passage for controlling the rate of air flow in response to an electrical pulsating signal applied thereto from said electronic closed loop air-fuel ratio control system to supply an adequate air-fuel mixture to said internal combustion engine, said valve assembly having a member movable reciprocally in response to said pulsating signal between a first position in which the amount of air passing through said air bleed passage is at a maximum and a second position in which said amount of air is at a minimum, and means for providing adjustment of the distance of the valve member between said first and second positions.

2. An automotive engine carburetor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said adjusting means comprises a regulating screw.

3. An automotive engine carburetor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said adjusting means comprises an adjustable spring.

4. An automotive engine carburetor for a closed loop mixture control system including means for generating a signal representative of the deviation of air-fuel ratio within an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine from a desire air-fuel ratio, means for converting the magnitude of the signal into a train of electrical pulses of which the pulse duration is dependent on the magnitude of said signal, and a three-way catalytic converter located in the exhaust system is substantially controlled at said desired air-fuel ratio, comprising:

an intake passage provided with a venturi;

a float bowl for containing fuel therein;

a fuel passage extending between said venturi and said float bowl;

an air bleed passage connected to said fuel passage for delivering air thereto;

an auxiliary passage connected to said fuel passage for delivering air thereto; and

an electromagnetic valve of on/off type operable to respond to said electrical pulses to permit passage of air through said air bleed passage in proportion to the pulse duration, said valve assembly having a valve member movable reciprocally in response to said pulse between a first position in which the amount of air passing through said air bleed passage is at a maximum and a second position in which said amount of air is at a minimum, and means for providing adjustment of the distance of the valve member between said first and second positions.