Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Carburetor with fuel metering diaphragm
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Application No.: US15292838Application Date: 2016-10-13
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Publication No.: US10054082B2Publication Date: 2018-08-21
- Inventor: Eric L. King
- Applicant: Walbro LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Tucson
- Assignee: WALBRO LLC
- Current Assignee: WALBRO LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Tucson
- Agency: Reising Ethington P.C.
- Main IPC: B01F3/04
- IPC: B01F3/04 ; F02M17/00 ; F02M17/04

Abstract:
A carburetor with a fuel and air mixing passage and a fuel delivery system may include a valve actuated by a diaphragm with no penetrations through at least the portion of the diaphragm exposed to a fuel metering chamber. The diaphragm may include at least two convolutions increasing a surface area of the portion of the diaphragm exposed to the fuel metering chamber relative to the surface area of a plane exposed to and covering the fuel metering chamber. A diaphragm may be in the form of a bellows with at least two convolutions. The diaphragm may be made of a suitable polymer or one or more pieces of a thin metal sheet or foil.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170107947A1 CARBURETOR WITH FUEL METERING DIAPHRAGM Public/Granted day:2017-04-20
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