Internal-combustion engines – Charge forming device – Heating of combustible mixture
Patent
1981-03-25
1983-07-26
Lazarus, Ronald H.
Internal-combustion engines
Charge forming device
Heating of combustible mixture
123548, 261142, 219206, F02M 3100
Patent
active
RE0313203
ABSTRACT:
A self-regulating electrically heated positive-temperature-coefficient (hereinafter PTC) carburetor stove for use in the fuel entry system of a gasoline engine is connected through the ignition system directly to the battery for rapidly heating of the stove upon starting of the car. This system comprises a plurality of PTC pills housed in a container with a high thermal conductivity top plate in direct heat transfer relation with the pills. Gasoline droplets are evaporated on this plate during cold start conditions to minimize the need to run a cold engine in the closed choke gasoline rich mode. During heat-up of the engine the PTC pills reach the anomaly temperature and at that point greatly increase their resistance thereby virtually terminating the power requirement of the stove in the heated engine mode.
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Audi NSU Auto Union Aktiengesellschaft
Lazarus Ronald H.
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