Pump arrangement for providing fuel at high pressure

Details Pump arrangement for providing fuel at high pressure Pump arrangement for providing fuel at high pressure

2001-03-12

2003-06-24

Moulis, Thomas N. (Department: 3747)

Internal-combustion engines

Charge forming device

Fuel flow regulation between the pump and the charge-forming...

C123S446000

Reexamination Certificate

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06581577

ABSTRACT:

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a 35 USC 371 application of PCT/DE 99/01664 filed on Jun. 08, 1999.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention is directed to an improved pump assembly, and more particularly to an improved high-pressure pump for a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine.
2. Description of the Prior Art
One pump assembly of the type with which this invention is concerned is already known from German Patent Disclosure DE 195 49 108 A1, in this known pump the flow control valve, in its position that blocks the supply flow to the high-pressure pump, diverts the fuel, brought from the low-pressure pump, to the fuel tank. A flow control valve of the slide type has a more or less major leakage flow, because of its design. In the “zero pumping” operating state of the high-pressure pump, however, the aspiration of the leakage flow by one or more of the pump elements of the high-pressure pump should be avoided. This requires setting the suction valves of the high-pressure pump to a relatively high opening pressure, with the disadvantageous consequence that in the “partial filling” operating state, opening pressure and flow tolerances lead to a non-uniform filling of the pump elements and thus a non-uniform pumping on the part of the high-pressure pump. Varying wear behavior of the suction valves over the service life of the pump can cause further impairment of the equal pumping.
SUMMARY
The pump assembly according to the invention, has the advantage over the prior art that the high-pressure pump, in the “zero pumping” operating state, does not pump any fuel, since the differential pressure valve is not overcome by the leakage flow of the flow control valve. Accordingly, the suction valves of the high-pressure pump can be set to a very low opening pressure, which in turn assures the uniform filling of the pump elements with fuel in the “partial filling” operating state. Tolerances and changes in opening pressure over the service life of suction valves set in this way have only slight influence on the equal pumping of the pump elements.


REFERENCES:
patent: 4554903 (1985-11-01), Straubel et al.
patent: 5701873 (1997-12-01), Schneider
patent: 6293253 (2001-09-01), Arnold
patent: 195 49 108 (1997-07-01), None
patent: 196 30 938 (1998-02-01), None

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