Distribution type fuel injection pump

Abstract
A chamfering portion provided at an inlet corner of a port of an inside way-out in a governor shaft is effective to decrease energy loss of fuel flowing into the inside way-out to less than one half in comparison with that of a conventional art. A flow amount characteristic of the fuel into the inside way-out improves so that a hysteresis between a pump chamber pressure decrease characteristic on increasing a load (a retarding characteristic) and a pump chamber pressure increase characteristic on decreasing the load (an advancing characteristic) is lowered, resulting in securing a highly accurate control of fuel injection timing.
Description




CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS




This application is based on and incorporates herein by reference Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2001-384578 filed on Dec. 18, 2001 and 2002-289913 filed on Oct. 2, 2002.




FIELD OF THE INVENTION




The present invention relates to a distribution type fuel infection pump and, in particular, a load timer which accurately controls fuel injection timing with a deduced hysteresis between an advancing and delaying timings.




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




A conventional governor that defines performance of a load timer is explained. A governor shaft is provided with an inside way-out whose one end opens to outer circumference thereof and whose the other end communicates with a low fuel pressure side such as a fuel tank. A governor sleeve is provided with an outside way-out which penetrates from an outer surface thereof to an inner surface thereof in sliding contact with the governor shaft. When the governor sleeve advances (in a low load), the inside and outside way-outs communicate with each other. When the governor sleeve backs (in a high load), the communication between both the way-outs are shut off. The above conventional load timer has a characteristic that injection timing is retarded as the pump chamber is depressurized in the low load, as shown in

FIG. 2B

, and the injection timing is advanced as the pump chamber is pressurized in the high load.




Further, there is known a load timer that has a different characteristic. When the governor sleeve advances (in a low load), the communication between the inside and outside way-outs is shut off so that the pump chamber can be pressurized. When the governor sleeve backs (in a high load), both the way-outs communicate with each other so that the chamber can be depressurized. This structure provides an inverse advancing and retarding characteristic as shown by a solid line A and a dotted line J in FIG.


2


A. This characteristic improves an ignition characteristic by advancing injection timing in the low load and upgrades an exhaust characteristic by retarding the injection timing in the middle and high load. This inverse advancing and retarding characteristic is disclosed in JP-U-H4-1644.




Recently a social background has involved a stringent emission limit of a diesel engine, so a highly accurate fuel injection pump is desired. However, a fuel injection pump that has the inverse advancing and retarding characteristic (inverse characteristic load timer) exhibits a hysteresis between a retarding characteristic while the load increases (dotted line J shown in

FIG. 2A

) and an advancing characteristic while the load decreases (solid line B shown in

FIG. 2A

) . This hysteresis adversely affects on a highly accurate advancing and retarding control (injection timing control).




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




It is an object of the present invention to provide a distribution type fuel injection pump in which an accuracy of fuel injection timing is enhanced by decreasing a hysteresis between a retarding characteristic while a load increases and an advancing characteristic while the load decreases.




To achieve the above and other objects, a distribution type fuel injection pump is provided with a governor as follows: The governor includes a governor shaft and a governor sleeve. An inner surface of the governor sleeve is slidably fitted to an outer circumference of the governor shaft. An inside way-out is provided in the governor shaft and includes a first shaft port, a second shaft port and an annular groove. The first shaft port is axially formed in a center of the governor shaft, and one end of the first shaft port communicates with a suction side of the pump, while the other end of the first shaft port is sealed. The annular groove formed in the outer circumference of the governor shaft faces the inner surface of the governor sleeve. The second shaft port extends in a radial direction of the governor shaft across the first shaft port and an inlet of the second shaft port opens to a bottom of the annular groove. An outside way-out is provided in the governor sleeve. One end of the outside way-out opens in the inner surface of the governor sleeve and faces the outer circumference of the governor shaft. And the other end of the outside way-out communicates with the pump chamber. When the governor sleeve advances, the communication between the inside and outside way-outs is shut off and the communication between the suction side of the pump and the pump chamber is shut off. The fuel pressure in the pump chamber is thereby increased. When the governor sleeve backs, both the way-outs communicate with each other and both of the suction side of the pump and the pump chamber are communicated with each other. The fuel pressure in the pump chamber is thereby decreased. And one of a chamfering portion formed by cutting off flatly a corner and a rounding portion formed by rounding a corner is provided in the inlet of the second shaft port that opens to the bottom of the annular groove.




The above chamfering/rounding portion in the inlet of the second shaft port of the inside way-out decreases energy loss caused by fuel flowing into the inside way-out and improves a flow characteristic of the fuel. This improvement restrains a hysteresis between pump chamber pressure decrease while the load increases and pump chamber pressure increase while the load decreases. This thereby results in lowering a hysteresis between a retarding characteristic while the load increases and an advancing characteristic while the load decreases, and securing a highly accurate fuel infection timing control.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS




The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description made with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings:





FIG. 1A

is a sectional view of a governor of a fuel injection pump according to an embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 1B

is a sectional view of a governor shaft of the governor according to the embodiment;





FIG. 2A

is a graph showing inverse advancing and retarding characteristics of a load timer according to the embodiment and a prior art;





FIG. 2B

is a graph showing an advancing and retarding characteristic of a load timer according to another prior art;





FIG. 3A

is a diagrammatic view showing an inlet structure of an inside way-out according to the prior art;





FIGS. 3B and 3C

are diagrammatic views showing inlet structures of an inside way-out according to the embodiment;





FIG. 4

is a sectional view showing a fuel injection pump according to the embodiment; and





FIG. 5

is a sectional view showing a timer apparatus of a fuel injection pump according to the embodiment.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




At first, referring to

FIG. 4

, a distribution type fuel injection pump


1


is explained. The injection pump


1


that feeds under pressure fuel to each engine cylinder of a diesel engine (not shown) is equipped with a drive shaft


2


rotatably-driven by the diesel engine. Around the middle of the drive shaft


2


, a vane type feed pump


3


is provided and rotatably-driven along with the rotation of the drive shaft


2


.




A drive gear


5


is provided in an anchor end of the drive shaft


2


and drives a governor


4


. The governor


4


is explained later. A roller ring


7


is disposed between the drive gear


5


and a cam plate


6


. The roller ring


7


is equipped with a plurality of cam rollers


8


opposed to cam wheel faces


6




a


of the cam plate


6


. The number of the cam wheel faces


6




a


is the same number of the engine cylinders of the diesel engine. The cam plate


6


is pushed upon the cam roller


8


by a spring


9


.




The cam plate


6


is equipped with a plunger


10


for fuel pressurization and is rotated together with the drive shaft


2


through a coupling


11


. The coupling


11


is formed by inserting a rotation transmission shaft


6




b


provided in the cam plate


6


into a coupling plate


5




a


provided in the drive shaft


2


. The cam plate


6


is rotated together with the drive shaft


2


. That is, the rotation power of the drive shaft


2


is transmitted to the cam plate


6


via the coupling plate


5




a


and the rotation transmission shaft


6




a


, so the cam plate


6


is rotated with mating with the cam roller


8


.




The cam plate


6


is rotated and reciprocates in the horizontal direction in

FIG. 4

by the number of the engine cylinders, so the plunger


10


is rotated and reciprocates also in the horizontal direction. That is, the plunger


10


advances (lifts up) during the process in which the cam wheel face


6




a


climbs up the cam roller


8


of the roller ring


7


. And it backs (lifts down) during the process in which the cam wheel face


6




a


climbs down the cam roller


8


.




A pump housing


12


is provided with a cylinder


13


where the plunger


10


is inserted. A high pressure chamber


14


is formed between the head of the plunger


10


and a head plug


13




a


that forms the bottom of the cylinder


13


. The plunger


10


is provided with suction grooves


15




a


whose piece number is the same as the engine cylinders. The suction grooves


15




a


are provided on the outer circumference of the plunger


10


on a side of the head thereof. The suction grooves


15




a


communicate with a pump chamber


16


via a suction port


15


formed in the pump housing


12


when the high pressure chamber


14


is depressurized according to backing of the plunger


10


. And fuel in the pump chamber


16


is introduced into the high pressure chamber


14


through the suction groove


15




a


. A distribution port


18


is formed within the plunger


10


on a side of the head thereof and used for pressurized fuel to be introduced into discharge ports


17


formed in the pump housing


12


. The discharge ports


17


in the same number of the engine cylinders open to an inside of the cylinder


13


at equal intervals.




A delivery valve


20


is disposed in each exit of the discharge port


17


. The delivery valve


20


is used for preventing reversed flow of the fuel fed under pressure to a fuel press-filling pipe (not shown) from the discharge port


17


. When pressure of the fuel press-fed into the discharge port


17


reaches a specified value, the delivery valve


20


opens and introduces it into the fuel press-filling pipe.




The pump housing


12


is also equipped with an inlet (not shown) communicating with a fuel tank (not shown) . The inlet is connected with a suction side of the feed pump


3


via an introduction port


23


which corresponds to a low fuel pressure side. The introduction port


23


also communicates with an inner pressure chamber


25


of a timer apparatus


24


to be described later.




The pump chamber


16


is formed within the pump housing


12


and supplied with the fuel from the feed pump


3


. The pump chamber


16


stores the fuel that is sucked into the above high pressure chamber


14


. And it fills up the fuel into sliding mechanically-contact portions of the plunger


10


, the cylinder


13


and so on.




The feed pump


3


is rotatably-driven by the drive shaft


2


and sucks the fuel from the fuel tank through the inlet into an introduction port


23


. The sucked fuel is then fed under pressure into a delivery port (not shown) and fed to the pump chamber


16


.




In the suction process in which the plunger


10


backs and the high pressure chamber


14


is depressurized, one of the suction grooves


15




a


communicates with the pump chamber


16


via the suction port


15


. And the fuel in the pump chamber


16


is sucked into the high pressure chamber


14


. In the pressurizing process, the plunger


10


advances and the high pressure chamber


14


is pressurized. In this process, the fuel pressurized in the high pressure chamber


14


is fed into a fuel injection nozzle (not shown) through the discharge port


17


, the delivery valve


20


and the fuel press-filling pipe (not shown). When the pressure of the fed fuel reaches a nozzle opening pressure, the fuel injection nozzle injects the fuel into the engine cylinder.




A spill electromagnetic valve


31


is disposed in the middle of the suction port


15


. It regulates a flow amount of the fuel fed from the high pressure chamber


14


to the discharge port


17


by opening the suction port


15


and spilling a part of the fuel into the pump chamber


16


. The valve


31


is a normally open valve. When current is not supplied (current-off), the valve


31


opens the suction port


15


so that the fuel pressurized in the high pressure chamber


14


can be spilt into the pump chamber


16


via the suction port


15


. On the other hand, when the current is supplied to the valve


31


(current-on), the valve


31


closes the suction port


15


so that the fuel spilt into the pump chamber


16


can be shut off.




The valve


31


thus controls opening and closing of the suction port


15


by the current on/off control to regulate the spilling fuel from the high pressure chamber


14


to the pump chamber


16


. When the valve


31


opens in the pressurizing process of the plunger


10


, the high pressure chamber


14


is depressurized to terminate the fuel injection. Namely, even if the plunger


10


advances, the high pressure chamber


14


is not pressurized as for as the valve


31


opens. The fuel injection is thereby not performed. The timing of opening the valve


31


is controlled while the plunger


10


advances, so timing of the fuel injection is controlled and an amount of the fuel injection to the cylinder is controlled.




A spill port


32


is formed in the plunger


10


. One end of the spill port


32


is connected with the distribution port


18


and the fuel pressurized in the high pressure chamber


14


is spilt into the pump chamber


16


through the spill port


32


. The other end of the spill port


32


opens within the pump chamber


16


and a ring shaped spill ring


33


is joined around the plunger


10


to open/close the spill port


32


. In addition, the spill ring


33


is slidably fitted to the outer circumference of the plunger


10


and is set at a position corresponding to a rotation point of a control lever


34


, as described later. When the spill port


32


is moved rightward in

FIG. 4

, an amount of the fuel injection increases. When it is moved leftward, the amount decreases. That is, when the spill port


32


is exposed from the spill ring


33


, the fuel injection terminates.




The position of the spill ring


33


is set to correspond to the rotation point of the control lever


34


of a lever assembly


35


. The lever assemble


35


includes a guide lever


36


whose rotating position is set relatively to the pump housing


12


, a tension lever


38


and the control lever


34


. The tension lever


38


is equipped rotatably about a supporting axis


37


of the guide lever


36


.




The control lever


34


contacts the tension lever


38


via a start spring


39


. The start spring


39


is bent except for engine start timing, so the control lever


34


is rotated about the supporting axis


37


together with the tension lever


38


. The lower end of the control lever


34


is mated with the spill ring


33


. When the control lever


34


is rotated counterclockwise in

FIG. 4

, the spill ring


33


is moved rightward and the amount of the fuel injection increases. When the control lever


34


is rotated clockwise in

FIG. 4

, the spill ring


33


is moved leftward and the amount of the fuel injection decreases.




An adjusting lever


40


(accelerator lever) is provided in the pump housing


12


via an axis


41


. It is freely rotated to give operation force to the tension lever


38


. An eccentric pin


42


is provided in one end of the axis


41


that protrudes within the pump chamber


16


. A control spring


43


is located between the eccentric pin


42


and the tension lever


38


to draw the tension lever


38


counterclockwise in FIG.


4


. The tension of the control spring


43


increases as the adjusting lever


40


is turned to the fuel increasing side, and decreases as the adjusting lever


40


is turned to the fuel decreasing side.




The control lever


34


is operated by a governor


4


in use of centrifugal force. The governor


4


includes a governor shaft


45


, a governor sleeve


46


and a fly weight


47


. The governor shaft


45


is fixed to the pump housing


12


to protrude within the pump chamber


16


. The governor sleeve


46


is slidably fitted to the outer circumference of the governor shaft


45


. One end of the governor sleeve


46


contacts the control lever


34


and the other end contacts the fly weight


47


via a washer


48


. The governor sleeve


46


advances axially (rightward in

FIG. 4

) as the fly weight


47


opens, while it backs axially (leftward in

FIG. 4

) as the fly weight


47


closes. The fly weight


47


is rotatably-driven by a driven gear


49


driven by the drive gear


5


rotatable together with the drive shaft


2


. The fly weight


47


opens and closes due to centrifugal force of its rotation.




As explained above, rotating positions of the control lever


34


and the tension lever


38


are determined by balancing of biasing forces between the control spring


43


and the governor sleeve


46


. A position of the spill ring


33


is then determined and the fuel injection amount is regulated.




Namely, under the state in which the tension of the control spring


43


is maintained in a certain value, when rotating velocity of the drive shaft


2


is increased, the fly weight


47


opens by the strengthened centrifugal force and the governor sleeve


46


advances. The control lever


34


is turned clockwise in

FIG. 4

against the control spring


43


and the spill spring


33


moves leftward in FIG.


4


. The fuel injection amount is thereby decreased. By contrast, when rotating velocity of the drive shaft


2


is decreased, the fly weight


47


closes by the weakened centrifugal force and the control spring


43


turns the control lever


34


counterclockwise in FIG.


4


. Accordingly, the spill spring


33


moves rightward in FIG.


4


and the fuel infection amount is thereby increased.




On the other hand, under the state in which the rotating velocity of the drive shaft


2


is maintained at a certain value, when the adjusting lever


40


turns to the fuel increasing side, the tension of the control spring


43


is increased. So, the control lever


34


turns counterclockwise in

FIG. 4

, the spill ring


33


moves rightward and the fuel injection amount is thereby increased. Here, the governor sleeve


46


backs along with the turn of the control lever


34


and the fly weight


47


closes in correspondence with backing of the governor sleeve


46


. In contrast, when the adjusting lever


40


turns to the fuel decreasing side, the tension of the control spring


43


is decreased. The biasing force of the governor sleeve


46


thereby becomes relatively stronger than that of the control lever


34


. The control lever


34


turns clockwise, the spill ring


33


moves leftward and the fuel injection amount is thereby decreased.




The timer apparatus


24


is provided in the bottom of the pump housing


12


and is used for regulating to advance or delay the fuel injection timing according to the pressure within the pump chamber


16


. The timer apparatus


24


changes an angular position of the roller ring


7


relative to the drive shaft


2


in the turning direction thereof. And the timer apparatus


24


thereby changes the timing when the cam wheel face


6




a


climbs up and down the cam roller


8


, namely the timing of advancing and backing of the plunger


2


.




As shown in

FIG. 5

, the timer apparatus


24


includes a timer housing


50


and a timer piston


51


that is joined to move axially within the timer housing


50


. The timer piston


51


is connected with the roller ring


7


via a slide pin


52


. One end of the timer piston


51


forms the inner pressure chamber


25


to which the fuel discharge pressure of the feed pump


3


is applied. The other end forms a pressurizing chamber


54


to which the fuel pressure of the pump chamber


16


is applied via an orifice


53


that prevents pulse beat of the fuel.




In the inner pressure chamber


25


of the timer apparatus


24


, the fuel pressurized by the feed pump


3


is introduced and a timer spring


55


is provided. The timer spring


55


biases the timer piston


51


toward the pressurizing chamber


54


. The position of the timer piston


51


is determined by balancing among the fuel pressure introduced into the inner pressure chamber


25


, the biasing force of the timer spring


55


and the pressure of the pressurizing chamber


54


. The position of the roller ring


7


is determined by determining the position of the timer piston


51


and the timing of advancing and backing of the plunger


10


is thereby determined.




In particular, in the timer apparatus


24


, when the pressure of the pump chamber


16


is high, the timer piston


51


moves in the direction to the inner pressure chamber


25


against biasing force of the timer spring


55


to turn the roller ring


7


so that the fuel injection timing can advance. In contrast, when the pressure of the pump chamber


16


is low, the timer piston


51


moves in the direction to the pressurizing chamber


25


due to the biasing force of the timer spring


55


to turn in reverse the roller ring


7


so that the fuel injection timing can retard.




In the fuel injection pump


1


, an inverse characteristic load timer is provided using the above timer apparatus


24


. This characteristic exhibits that the timing retards while the engine load is high and the timing advances while the engine load is low. To attain the inverse characteristic load timer, an inside way-out


56


and an outside way-out


57


are provided in the governor shaft


45


and governor sleeve


46


of the governor


45


.




Referring to

FIGS. 1A and 1B

, the inside and outside way-outs


56


,


57


are explained. The inside way-out


56


formed in the governor shaft


45


includes a first shaft port


58


, a second shaft port


59


and an annular groove


60


. The first shaft port


58


is formed in the center of the governor shaft


45


. The second shaft port


59


extends in a radial direction of the governor shaft


45


across the first shaft port


58


. The port inlet of the second shaft port


59


opens in the bottom of the annular groove


60


. The end of the first shaft port


58


is sealed by a plug


61


. The other anchor end is connected with the introduction port


23


through a low pressure port


62


formed in the pump housing


12


. The introduction port


23


is located at the suction side of the feed pump


3


that corresponds to a low pressure fuel side.




The outside way-out


57


is formed in the governor sleeve


46


to face the governor shaft


45


. The outside way-out


57


includes a sleeve port


63


that penetrates through the governor sleeve


46


, and an annular groove


64


that is formed in an inside circumference of the governor sleeve


46


. The sleeve port


63


opens in the bottom of the annular groove


64


. The outside way-out


57


is arranged to communicate with the inside way-out


56


when the governor sleeve


46


backs and not to communicate with the inside way-out


56


when the governor sleeve


46


advances.




An operation of the inverse characteristic load timer is explained under the state in which an engine rotation velocity is maintained at a certain value. When the adjusting lever


40


turns to the fuel increasing side with increasing engine load, the tension of the control spring


43


increases and the control lever


34


turns counterclockwise in FIG.


4


. Then the governor sleeve


46


backs and makes the fly weight


47


close with the turning of the control lever


34


. As the inside and outside way-outs


56


,


57


communicate with each other as shown in

FIG. 1A

, the fuel of the pump chamber


16


is introduced to the introduction port


23


(low pressure fuel side) that is at the suction side of the feed pump


3


via the inside and outside way-outs


56


,


57


. As a result, the pump chamber


16


is depressurized and the timer apparatus


24


retards the fuel injection timing.




In contrast, when the adjusting lever


40


turns to the fuel decreasing side with decreasing engine load, the tension of the control spring


43


decreases. The force of the fly weight


47


for advancing the governor sleeve


46


thereby relatively increases and the control lever


34


turns clockwise in FIG.


4


. Then, the governor sleeve


46


advances and the communication between the inside and outside way-outs


56


,


57


is shut off. Therefore, the fuel of the pump chamber


16


flowing to the introduction port


23


via the inside and outside way-outs


56


,


57


is shot off. As a result, the pump chamber


16


is pressurized and the timer apparatus


24


advances the fuel injection timing.




The above operation provides an advancing and retarding characteristic shown in

FIG. 2A

, in which the timing is advanced at the fuel injection amount decreasing side (low load side) and retarded at the fuel injection amount increasing side (high load side).




In the fuel injection pump


1


having the inverse characteristic load timer according to the present embodiment, switching between advancing and retarding timings is performed in a high rotation range. The switching is therefore executed in the state in which the discharge fuel pressure of the feed pump


3


driven by the drive shaft


2


is high, i.e., the fuel pressure of the pump chamber


16


is high.




It means that when the advancing timing is changed to the retarding timing, the fuel pressure of the pump chamber


16


is high. The fuel therefore passes through the inside and outside way-outs in higher flow velocity in comparison with the state in which the fuel pressure of the pump chamber


16


is low.




The switchings from the advancing timing to the retarding timing and from the retarding timing to the advancing timing are executed when flow velocity of the fuel passing through both of the inside and outside way-outs communicating with each other is high. As shown in

FIG. 2A

, there exists a hysteresis between a characteristic diagram for switching from the advancing timing to the retarding timing according to increase of the load and a characteristic diagram for switching from the retarding timing to the advancing timing according to decrease of the load. The hysteresis is larger as the fuel velocity of the fuel passing through the inside and outside way-outs more increases.




In the present embodiment, a chamfering/rounding portion


65


is formed in the port inlet of the second shaft port


59


that opens to the annular groove


60


as shown in FIG.


1


B. The chamfering/rounding portion


65


is formed by cutting off in flat or rounding the corner thereof.




A loss coefficient is 0.5 in the state where no chamfering/rounding portion is formed in the port inlet of the second shaft port


59


as shown in FIG.


3


A. In contrast, the loss coefficient is decreased by 50% to 0.25 with cutting off in flat the corner shown in FIG.


3


B and decreased remarkably to 0.06 (at smaller round) to 0.005 (at larger round) with rounding the corners.




As explained above, forming the chamfering/rounding portion


65


in the port inlet of the inside way-out


56


enables the loss coefficient to be decreased. The energy loss generated from the fuel flowing in the inside way-out


56


is smaller in comparison to that in the prior art and the flow characteristic of the fuel flowing into the inside way-out


56


is enhanced.




Enhancement of the flow characteristic results in lowering the hysteresis between the depressurization of the pump chamber


16


while the load increases and the pressurization of the pump chamber


16


while the load decreases.




In particular, referring to

FIG. 2A

, a dotted line J shows a retarding characteristic with increasing the load without any chamfering/rounding in the port inlet of the inside way-out


56


in a prior art. A solid line B shows an advancing characteristic with decreasing the load. With chamfering/rounding in the port inlet, the retarding characteristic is shown in a dot/slash line A. Thereby, a hysteresis between the line A and the solid line B showing the advancing characteristic with decreasing the load is smaller compared with the hysteresis between the lines J and B. The smaller hysteresis achieves the fuel injection pump


1


to be controlled by highly accurate fuel injection timing.




The above embodiment is explained as being applied to a fuel injection pump


1


that is equipped with a high-compensating device


66


as shown in FIG.


4


. Here, the high-compensating device


66


is capable of automatically decreasing a full load fuel injection amount with decreasing air pressure. However, the invention can be applied to a fuel injection pump without the high-compensation device


66


.



Claims
  • 1. A distribution type fuel injection pump includinga pump chamber, a feed pump that feeds fuel to the pump chamber, a timer apparatus that advances and retards fuel injection timing according to increase and decrease of fuel pressure in the pump chamber, and a governor having a fly weight, a governor shaft, a governor sleeve whose inner surface is slidably fitted to an outer circumference of the governor shaft, and a fluid passage formed in the governor shaft and the governor sleeve, through which communication between a suction side of the pump and the pump chamber is allowed or interrupted according to back and forth axial movement of the governor sleeve relative to the governor shaft based on closing and opening of the fly weight, the fluid passage comprising: an inside way-out including a first shaft port axially extending in a center of the governor shaft, one end of the first shaft port communicating with the suction side of the pump and the other end of the first shaft port being sealed, an annular groove formed on the outer circumference of the governor shaft to face the inner surface of the governor sleeve, and a second shaft port extending in a radial direction of the governor shaft from the first shaft port to a bottom of the annular groove, a corner of the second shaft port opening to the bottom of the annular groove being provided with one of a chamfering portion formed by cutting off flatly the corner and a rounding portion formed by rounding the corner; and an outside way-out whose one end opens to the inner surface of the governor sleeve to face the outer circumference of the governor shaft and whose the other end opens to an outer surface of the governor sleeve to communicate with the pump chamber, wherein, according to the back and forth axial movement of the governor sleeve, the fuel pressure in the pump chamber increases when the communication between the inside and outside way-outs is shut off and decreases when the inside and outside way-outs communicate with each other.
Priority Claims (2)
Number Date Country Kind
2001-384578 Dec 2001 JP
2002-289913 Oct 2002 JP
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