Abstract:
Mixing a pumped fluid with a lubrication fluid within a pump can undermine the lubricity of the lubrication fluid. In order to reduce mixing of fluids within a pump of the present disclosure, a pump is provided that comprises a housing, a piston, a first annulus, and a second annulus. The housing includes an inlet for the pumped fluid, an inlet for the lubrication fluid provided at a first pressure, and a piston bore fluidly coupled to the inlet for the pumped fluid. The piston is moveable within the piston bore. The first annulus is fluidly coupled to the inlet for the lubrication fluid. The second annulus is configured to be fluidly coupled to a drain circuit provided at a second pressure less than the first pressure. The first annulus and the second annulus are located along the length of the piston bore.
Abstract:
A pressure relief valve (20) includes a valve body (22) defining an inlet (44) configured to receive fluid from a fluid system (10), a pressure control orifice (46) ending in a valve seat (50), and a guideway (52) extending from the valve seat. The pressure relief valve further includes a valve closing member (66) configured to abut the valve seat in a closed position and to be displaced from the valve seat in an open position, thereby releasing pressure from the fluid system. The pressure relief valve also includes a flow member (68) including a stem (70) and a flow plate (74). The stem is operably associated with the valve closing member and is configured to reciprocate within the guideway. The pressure relief valve further includes a valve spring (78) operably associated with the valve body.
Abstract:
A fuel system (12) for an engine (10) is disclosed. The fuel system includes a common rail (34), and a cylinder head (20) having a first bore (46) and a second bore (52) intersecting the first bore. A fuel injector (32) is coupled to the cylinder head and at least partially received within the first bore. The fuel system also includes a one-piece hollow tube (48), extending linearly from the common rail to the fuel injector through the second bore. The one-piece hollow tube is configured to communicate high pressure fuel from the common rail to the fuel injector.
Abstract:
In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a tappet assembly (22) for a machine. The assembly (22) may include a tappet body (24), a pin (26) fixedly mounted in the tappet body (22), and a substantially cylindrical roller (28) mounted about the pin (26). The roller (28) may have a substantially cylindrical outer surface (30) with a circumferential dimension and a width dimension, the width dimension being defined by two lateral edges (31). The roller (26) may be configured to provide rolling contact between the outer surface (30) of the roller (28) and a cam lobe (20). The outer surface (30) of the roller (28) may be crowned such that at maximum operational loading conditions of the machine a footprint of contact pressure from the cam lobe (20) is spread substantially the full width of outer cylindrical surface (30) of the roller (28).
Abstract:
La présente invention élimine les désavantages du solénoïde hélicoïdal de l'art antérieur en proposant un agencement unique d'un enroulement de bobine et une construction de noyau modulaire qui non seulement permettent un assemblage rapide et économique de solénoïde de diverses dimensions produisant des forces d'intensité différente mais éliminent la tendance de l'induit à tourner par rapport au noyau. Le solénoïde à réponse rapide (10) comprend un premier et un second organe magnétisables (12, 14) montés de manière télescopique avec un mouvement axial rotatif. Le premier organe interne (12) comprend un nombre sélectionnable de sections modulaires identiques individuelles (16) qui définissent d'une manière collective une pluralité de fentes circulaires espacées longitudinalement (18). Le second organe externe (14) est formé en deux moitiés (14a, 14b) et comprend une pluralité de projections en forme d'anneaux espacées longitudinalement (20) qui s'étendent respectivement dans les fentes (18). On fait tourner certaines de ces sections (16) de 180o pendant l'assemblage de manière à générer des flux de courants dirigés en sens opposés dans les portions d'enroulement (38) des sections adjacentes (16).
Abstract:
A metallic fuel system component (14, 50) includes an internal surface (52, 90) and an external surface (54, 92). The metallic fuel system component (14, 50) is made by inducing compressive residual stress in only a portion of the internal surface (52, 90) of the metallic fuel system (10) component by transmitting a laser shock wave (146) through the metallic fuel system (10) component from the external surface (54, 92) to the internal surface (52, 90).
Abstract:
A fluid injector (42) for an exhaust treatment device (40) is disclosed. The fluid injector may have a housing (70) at least partially forming a fluid chamber (98). The housing may have a central axis (90), and a fluid passageway (80) configured to supply fluid to the fluid chamber. The supply of fluid may be in a tangential direction relative to the central axis.
Abstract:
A liquid pump (20) includes an electronically controlled throttle inlet valve (50) to control pump output. With each reciprocation cycle, a plunger (26) displaces a fixed volume of fluid. When less than this fixed volume is desired as the output from the pump, the electronically controlled throttle inlet valve (50) throttles flow past a passive inlet check valve (30) to reduce output. As a consequence, cavitation bubbles are generated during the intake stroke. Cavitation damage to surfaces that define the inlet port passage (48, 148, 248, 348, 448, 548) are avoided by a specifically shaped and sized cavitation flow adjuster (39, 139, 239, 339, 439, 539) extending from the valve member (33) of the passive inlet check valve (30). By positioning the cavitation flow adjuster (39, 139, 239, 339, 439, 539) in the inlet port passage (48, 148, 248, 348, 448, 548), a flow pattern is formed in a way to encourage cavitation bubble collapse away from surfaces that could result in unacceptable cavitation damage to the pump.
Abstract:
Mixing of lubrication fluid and pumped fluid within a pump can undermine lubricity of the lubrication fluid and/or contaminate the pumped fluid (e.g. fuel) with lubrication fluid. In order to reduce mixing of fluids within a high pressure pump (14) of the present disclosure, a lubrication fluid is supplied to the high pressure pump (14). A low pressure pump (15) supplies a second fluid to the high pressure pump (14). The pressure of the second fluid is increased within at least one piston bore (33) of the high pressure pump (14). Mixing of the lubrication fluid and the second fluid is reduced by fluidly connecting a weep annulus (40) which is opened to the at least one piston bore (33) to a low pressure pump inlet (26) of the low pressure pump (15).
Abstract:
A valve-closed-orifice (VCO) spray tip (14) having an internal tip seat (18) and one or more fuel spray orifices (20). The thickness of the tip (14) in the wall portion defining the internal tip seat (18) and upstream entrance of each orifice is made less than that of previously known VCO tips. The length to diameter ratio of each orifice (20) is also relatively smaller than that of previously known VCO tips. Advantages of the thinner wall portion include improved fuel injection spray characteristics as well as reduced cost of forming orifices (20) through the tip (14).