Fuel injection system having a pressure intensifier incorporating an overtravel safety feature

摘要

A pressure intensified fuel injector incorporates an overtravel safety feature which prevents fuel flow through the high pressure chamber of the intensifier upon injection nozzle failure, thereby preventing further and uncontrolled injection events in the event of such failure. The overtravel safety feature is preferably formed by dimensioning the high pressure plunger of the intensifier such that, upon overtravel of the plunger in the event of injector nozzle failure, a side surface of the plunger blocks a fuel inlet port of the high pressure cylinder of the intensifier, thereby preventing further fuel flow through the high pressure cylinder. The intensifier having the overtravel safety feature can be used in either accumulator-type or non-accumulator-type injectors.