Fuel cut apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9982644-B2
Application number	US-201615372295-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2016
Priority date	Oct 24, 2016
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a fuel cut apparatus capable of improving air ventilation while blocking moisture from being infiltrated thereinto by selectively opening and closing an air vent corresponding to engine starting and engine stopping. The fuel cut apparatus includes: a housing; a motor installed at one side of the housing; a rotor rotated by the motor of the housing; and a cam member rotating in association with rotation of the rotor to switch on/off a contact switch, wherein one side of the housing is provided with an air vent, and the air vent is opened or closed by the cam member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fuel cut apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a motor installed at one side of the housing;
a rotor configured to be rotated by the motor; and
a cam member configured to rotate in association with rotation of the rotor to switch on/off a contact switch,
wherein one side of the housing is provided with an air vent, and the air vent is opened or closed by the cam member.

2. The fuel cut apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a plug is installed to be movable in the air vent, and the air vent is opened or closed by movement of the plug.

3. The fuel cut apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the plug is installed to be movable in the air vent by rotation of the cam member.

4. The fuel cut apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the plug has a body and a head part formed at one end of the body, the body having a conical structure.

5. The fuel cut apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein an elastic member is installed between the air vent and the plug.

6. The fuel cut apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a shaft is connected to the motor, helical teeth are formed on an outer surface of the shaft, teeth are formed on an outer surface of the rotor in a circumferential direction, and the helical teeth of the shaft and the teeth of the rotor are engaged with each other.

7. The fuel cut apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the rotor has one or more stoppers formed on an upper surface thereof, the cam member has one or more stoppers formed on a bottom surface thereof, and the stoppers of the rotor and the cam member are cooperated with each other, such that the cam member is rotated by rotation of the rotor.

8. The fuel cut apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cam member has a plurality of cam surfaces having contours different from each other in an outer surface thereof.

9. The fuel cut apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of cam surfaces have a first cam surface, a second cam surfaces positioned to be opposite to the first cam surface, and a third cam surface positioned between the first and second cam surfaces,
the third cam surface being closer to the center of the cam member than the first and second cam surfaces.

10. The fuel cut apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first and second cam surfaces are formed as curved surfaces, and the third cam surface is formed as a flat surface.

11. The fuel cut apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a stop lever of an engine injection pump is configured to be rotated by rotation of a link connected to the motor to start or stop supplying fuel when the engine is switched on or off.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Soon Yong

Classifications

• F02M63/0215 Primary

  by draining or closing fuel conduits · CPC title

• F02M55/007

  Venting means · CPC title

• F02D1/00 Primary

  Controlling fuel-injection pumps, e.g. of high pressure injection type (F02D3/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16K31/04

  using a motor · CPC title

• F04B53/06

  Venting · CPC title