Method and apparatus for reducing the number of separately distinguishable noise peaks in a direct injection engine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9309849
APP PUB NO 20120245826A1
SERIAL NO

13069944

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A method to reduce engine noise in a multi-cylinder direct injection internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine includes a high pressure fuel pump having both an inlet valve fluidly connected to a fuel source and an outlet valve typically connected to a pressurized fuel rail. In order to reduce engine noise, especially at low engine speeds, the timing of the opening of either the fuel pump inlet valve or fuel pump outlet valve is varied so that it coincides with the opening of the fuel injectors.

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HITACHI LTDTOKYO JAPAN TOKYO METROPOLIS

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McCune, Donald J Farmington Hills, US 20 271
Tanabe, Yosuke West Bloomfield, US 25 112

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