IP Library Granted Patent US 10,557,437
Granted Patent B2
US 10,557,437 · App. 15/776,934 · Granted Feb 11, 2020

Fuel injection pump

Inventors: Ryota Iwano (Osaka, JP); Satoshi Hiroya (Osaka, JP); Hiroyuki Machiyama (Osaka, JP); Kosuke Hara (Osaka, JP); Ryosuke Okamoto (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,557,437
App. No.
15/776,934
Granted
Feb 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fuel injection pump ( 100 ) provided in a diesel engine, including: an electromagnetic spill valve ( 20 ) configured to adjust a fuel injection amount by releasing a pressurized fuel with opening/closing of a spill valve body ( 23 ); and an ECU (Engine Control Unit, 50 ) configured to form a current waveform of drive current of the electromagnetic spill valve ( 20 ). The ECU ( 50 ), during the warm state, detects a valve-close timing of the electromagnetic spill valve ( 20 ), forms an optimum current waveform of drive current based on the detected valve-close timing, and applies drive current with thus formed optimum current waveform to the electromagnetic spill valve ( 20 ), whereas, during the cold state, the ECU ( 50 ) applies only drive current with a pre-set current waveform to the electromagnetic spill valve ( 20 ).

Claims (11)

1. A fuel injection pump provided in a diesel engine, comprising:

an electromagnetic spill valve configured to adjust a fuel injection amount by releasing pressurized fuel with opening/closing of a valve body; and

a control device configured to form a current waveform of drive current of the electromagnetic spill valve,

wherein, during a warm state, the control device detects a time of opening the valve body of the electromagnetic spill valve as a first timing, detects a value of flowing current at the time of opening the valve body as a first current value, detects a time of closing the valve body of the electromagnetic spill valve as a second timing, detects a value of flowing current at the time of closing the valve body as a second current value; after closing the valve body, shapes a current waveform of the drive current so that a value of current in the electromagnetic spill valve returns from the second current value to the first current value, within a period equivalent to a time elapsed from the first timing to the second timing; and applies the drive current with the shaped current waveform to the electromagnetic spill valve, and wherein, during a cold state, the control device applies only drive current with a pre-set current waveform to the electromagnetic spill valve.

2. The fuel injection pump according to claim 1 , comprising

a fuel temperature detector configured to detect a fuel temperature of fuel passing through the electromagnetic spill valve,

wherein the control device determines, as the warm state, if the fuel temperature equals to or higher than a predetermined temperature, and determines, as the cold state, if the fuel temperature is less than the predetermined temperature.

3. The fuel injection pump according to claim 1 , wherein

the control device determines, as the warm state, if an engine speed at the time of starting the engine is equal to or higher than predetermined engine speed, and determines, as the cold state, if the engine speed at the time of starting the engine is lower than the predetermined engine speed.

4. The fuel injection pump according to claim 1 , wherein

the control device determines, as the warm state, after elapse of a predetermined period from the starting of the engine, and determines, as the cold state, until the elapse of the predetermined period.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2020
From: YANMAR CO., LTD.
To: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054162/0112 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2018
From: IWANO, RYOTA; HIROYA, SATOSHI; MACHIYAMA, HIROYUKI; HARA, KOSUKE; OKAMOTO, RYOSUKE
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046502/0451 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-225202 · Nov 17, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180328308A1 · Nov 15, 2018
Cited By (1)
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