Abstract:
A pumping mechanism (300) includes a barrel assembly (310) having a plunger bore (320). The plunger bore (320) has a longitudinal axis. The pumping mechanism (300) also includes a plunger (330) configured to slide within the plunger bore (320) parallel to the longitudinal axis. The pumping mechanism (300) further includes a push rod (114) separate from the plunger (330). The push rod (114) is configured to move away from the plunger (330) to be spaced from the plunger (330), and the push rod (114) is further configured to move within the plunger bore (320) to push the plunger (330).
Abstract:
A common rail fuel pump (10) includes a cam shaft (18) with at least one cam rotatably supported in a pump housing (11). A plurality of tappet assemblies (30) are each reciprocatingly movable in the pump housing (11), and include an axle pin (40) mounted in a tappet (31), and a roller (50) mounted in contact for rotation about the axle pin (40). Each end of the roller (50) includes a plurality of non-contiguous planar thrust surfaces separated by lubrication grooves (56). A lubrication pathway (44) for the roller (50) includes in sequence a lubrication passage that opens to a roller bearing surface (43), movement along the roller bearing surface (43) into the lubrication grooves (56), and then between the planar thrust surface of the roller (50) and a counterpart thrust face of the tappet (31) responsive to rotation of the roller (50) on the cam shaft (18).
Abstract:
A liquid fuel injector (56) such as for a dual fuel system (34) in an internal combustion engine (10) includes two-way injection control valves (82,85) for controlling twin outlet checks (74,78). A first set of orifices (86) are arranged in an A-F-Z pattern, and a second set of orifices are arranged in an A-F-Z pattern, within the fuel injector (56), among a high-pressure inlet passage (60), a low-pressure space (72), and first and second outlet check control chambers (68,70), respectively. A common nozzle supply cavity (90) is fluidly connected to the high-pressure inlet passage (60) and supplies each of two sets of nozzle outlets (64,66) opened and closed by the twin outlet checks (74,78).
Abstract:
A cryogenic fluid pump (118) includes a plurality of pumping elements (400), each of the plurality of pumping elements (400) having an actuator portion (302) that is associated with and configured to selectively activate one end of a pushrod (304) in response to a command by an electronic controller (120), an activation portion (308) associated with an opposite end of the pushrod (304), and a pumping portion (310) associated with the activation portion (308). For each of the plurality of pumping elements (400), the pumping portion (310) is activated for pumping a fluid by the activation portion (308), which activation portion (308) is activated by the actuator portion (302). The electronic controller (120) is configured to selectively activate each of the plurality of pumping elements (400) such that a flow of fluid from the cryogenic fluid pump (118) results from continuous activations of the plurality of pumping elements (400) at selected dwell times between activations of successive pumping elements (400).
Abstract:
A pump (10) is disclosed for use in pressurizing a cryogenic fluid. The pump may have a barrel (40), and a boost enclosure (36) disposed around the barrel. The pump may also have a boost plunger (48) disposed inside the barrel and configured to discharge fluid into the boost enclosure. The pump may further have a main plunger (50) disposed inside the barrel and configured to receive fluid from the boost enclosure and to increase a pressure of the fluid.
Abstract:
A bearing arrangement 24 for a wobble plate piston pump 10 includes first, second, third, and fourth bearing assemblies 90, 92, 94, 96. The first and second bearing assemblies 90, 92 support the drive shaft portion 70 for rotation within the housing 16, 18 about the central longitudinal axis 74, while the third and fourth bearing assemblies 94, 96 support the load plate 28 for rotation relative to the offset shaft portion 72 of the shaft 26. The second bearing assembly 92 is distally disposed from the first 90, the third 94 disposed distally to second 92, and the fourth 96 disposed distally to third 94. The fourth bearing assembly 96 is the most distally disposed bearing assembly along the shaft 26.
Abstract:
A common rail fuel injector (10) includes a needle valve member (30) that moves to open and close nozzle outlets (45) for a fuel injection event responsive to pressure in a needle control chamber (52). Between injection events, the needle control chamber (52) is fluidly connected to the fuel inlet (44) by a first pathway (61) that includes a Z orifice (66), and fluidly connected to the fuel inlet (44) by a second pathway (62) that includes an F orifice 68, an intermediate chamber (54) and an A orifice (67). During an injection event, the needle control chamber (52) is fluidly connected to a drain outlet (46) by a third pathway (63) that includes the A orifice (67), the intermediate chamber (54) an E orifice (69) and a buffer chamber (55), which may assist in avoiding cavitation erosion in a sensitive area associated with a flat control valve seat (23). Different performance characteristics are achieved by adjusting the sizes of the respective of F, A, Z and E orifices (68, 67, 66, 69).