Patent Application
20100147268
This application is based on German Patent Application 10 2008 054 805.7 filed Dec. 17, 2008.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a fuel injection system of the common rail type, with two separate rails for delivering high-pressure fuel to an internal combustion engine that has two rows of cylinders.
2. Description of the Prior Art
From German Patent Disclosure DE 10 2006 003 639 A1, a fuel injection system for a multicylinder internal combustion engine is known. This fuel injection system has a first and a second rail, and first injectors are disposed on the first rail and second injectors on the second rail, which injectors deliver the fuel to associated cylinders, one in each row of cylinders. A distributor block that is triggered by a high-pressure pump is integrated with one of the two rails.
The object of the invention is to arrange the injection quantities of the fuel ejected from the injectors such that the deviations in injection quantities between the cylinders are as slight as possible.
The system according to the invention for injecting fuel has a first rail and a second rail, communicating with the first via a connecting line, as well as a high-pressure pump. The high-pressure pump furnishes fuel to a distributor block, which is integrated with the first rail, forming a diverter rail. The first and second rails have a number of connections of injector supply lines that corresponds to the number of cylinders of the engine. The volume of the diverter rail is composed of the volume of the distributor block and the volume of the first rail. The volume of the distributor block itself is the sum of the volumes of the connecting line and the second rail, minus the volume of the first rail, and multiplied by a factor that is in the range of 0.5 to 1. As a result, minimized deviations in ejection quantities of the injectors from one another are attained, along with optimized engine operation.
The invention will be better understood and further objects and advantages thereof will become more apparent from the ensuing detailed description of a preferred embodiment taken in conjunction with the drawing.
A fuel injection system 11, shown in
First injectors 24 are connected to the first rail 17 via first injector supply lines 23, and second injectors 27 are connected to the second rail 21 via second injector supply lines 26.
The first injectors 24 are associated with a first row of cylinders having four cylinders of the engine. Each of the first injectors 24 injects the fuel, collected at high pressure in the first rail 17, into respective cylinders in the first row of cylinders.
Correspondingly, the second injectors 27 are associated with a second row of cylinders having four cylinders. Each of the second injectors 27 injects the fuel, accumulated at high pressure in the second rail 21, into respective cylinders of the second row of cylinders.
In a manner not shown, the high-pressure pump 12 has two pistons, which in pulsating fashion dispense the fuel that is subjected to pressure. The attendant pressure fluctuations adversely affect a uniform ejection behavior between the individual first and second injectors 24, 27 of the fuel injection system 11.
Further pressure fluctuations occur because the injection from the injectors 24, 27 does not always take place in alternation from one of the injectors 24, 27 of the one rail 17, 21 to one of the injectors 24, 27 of the other rail 17, 21. The case also occurs in which two injectors 24, 27 of the one rail 17, 21 inject in succession before one of the injectors 24, 27 of the other rail 17, 21 again injects. The pressure drop, associated with an injection, in the affected rail 17, 21, in the above-described order of injections, leads to briefly extremely different fillings of the rails 17, 21, and when these are compensated for, pressure fluctuations necessarily occur.
In addition, because of the integration of the distributor block 16 with the first rail 17, forming the diverter rail 18, which desirably not only reduces the number of components and the installation space required but also reduces the costs for producing the fuel injection system 11, the design of the components of the fuel injection system 11 is asymmetrical. On the other hand, this asymmetry also undesirably promotes pressure fluctuations and differences in their transit times within the fuel injection system 11 along with attendant fluctuations in the ejection quantities of the injectors 24, 27.
With the embodiment according to the invention of the fuel injection system 11, these interfering factors are counteracted. The volume of the diverter rail 18 is composed of the volume of the distributor block 16 plus the volume of the first rail 17. The volume of the distributor block itself is the sum of the volumes of the connecting line 19 and of the second rail 21, minus the volume of the first rail 17 and multiplied by a factor that is in the range from 0.5 to 1. Within this range, in the embodiment of the diverter rail 18, it is possible to minimize the above-described influences of pressure fluctuations and of the asymmetry within the components of the fuel injection system 11 and the attendant differences in transit time through the connecting line 19, and to achieve an extensively symmetrical ejection characteristic of the fuel injection system 11. Thus it was possible for instance to attain an injection quantity accuracy of up to ±0.5 mm3, in contrast to what is otherwise an injection accuracy of ±1.35 mm3 in the case of a symmetrical embodiment of the components in a conventional fuel injection system.
The foregoing relates to a preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention, it being understood that other variants and embodiments thereof are possible within the spirit and scope of the invention, the latter being defined by the appended claim(s).
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 2008 054 805.7 | Dec 2008 | DE | national |
