An engine is disclosed incorporating a block means defining a plurality of cylinder chambers for containing reciprocating pistons that are coupled to provide output drive power. Means are incorporated in the block means for valving the cylinder chambers to provide pumping flow. Additionally, means are provided for selectively burning fuel in said cylinder chambers at variable time intervals in accordance with demands for drive power. A variable number of elemental charges of fuel may be injected and ignited during selected cycles of each cylinder in accordance with the immediate demand for power. Admission of air is unrestricted during the intake strokes to result in combustion with an abundance of air. An initially-lean mixture is compressed and the flame to consume it is generated by spark-ignition of an elemental charge of vaporized fuel which is the last to be injected in the combustion chamber. An electronic digital control system is disclosed which is responsive to a manually-indicated power demand and to motion patterns of the engine to achieve selective injection and subsequent combustion of fuel for efficient and smooth operation of the engine. As disclosed, the engine is embodied in a form similar to conventional internal-combustion engines to stress the ease of construction and of possible conversion of existing engines to the system of the present invention.
An electrical system for a marine outboard drive includes an improved construction. The outboard drive includes an engine. The engine has a combustion chamber, a fuel supply unit arranged to supply fuel to the combustion chamber, and an igniting unit arranged to fire the fuel in the combustion chamber. The electrical system includes a power source arranged to supply electricity to the fuel supply unit and the igniting unit. The electrical system includes a first control device and a second control device. The first control device is arranged to control the fuel supply unit and the igniting unit while the second control device is arranged to watch the supply of electricity. The second control device is physically separated from the first control device.
A fuel supply control system for an engine includes a controller and a fuel supply line. In one embodiment, at least two parallel connected control valves are arranged in the line and are changed between open and closed states when energized by a drive signal. A sensor is provided for detecting an engine operating condition. A generator is provided for producing a random designation signal indicating any one of the different control valves. The controller produces a pulse train as the drive signal for the control valves in response to the output signal of the sensor so that the duty cycle of the pulse train varies with the engine operating condition. The controller distributes each pulse of the drive signal to any one of the control valves designated by the random designation signal of the generator to open the designated control valve so that any one of the control valves is opened in a random sequence. In a second embodiment, the number of the control valves may be one. In this case, each pulse-width of the drive signal changes at random within a relatively small range in response to the random signal from the generator.
A system for injecting fuel into the combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine, comprising an injection nozzle and a glow coil which is connected downstream and is enclosed by a sleeve. The sleeve contacts one end of the glow coil on the combustion chamber side and is connected with a current lead. The other end of the glow coil is grounded via a contact ring body, a heat protecting ring and the nozzle body of the injection mozzle. This arrangement has the advantage that an insulation of the contact ring body relative to the heat protection ring is dispensed with and the latter can be supported immediately at the contact ring body.
A fuel injection control device for an internal combustion engine, comprising a control unit for controlling a control pattern of a fuel injection of the fuel injector to be a first control pattern when an engine load is smaller than a predetermined threshold engine load and to be a second control pattern when the engine load is larger than the predetermined threshold engine load, and a changing unit for changing the predetermined threshold engine load such that an optimum performance of the engine is obtained.
An internal combustion engine comprising a spark plug arranged at the center of the inner wall of the cylinder head, and a fuel injector arranged on the periphery of the inner wall of the cylinder head. A depression is formed on the top face of the piston. This depression is defined by a flat bottom wall and a pair of extended straight side walls which diverge toward the fuel injector side. Fuel is obliquely injected on the flat bottom wall of the depression from the fuel injector.
