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Fuel-injecting valve for internal combustion engine

US4467966A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 17, 1981
Grant dateAug 28, 1984
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Expiry dateNov 17, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02M61/1846
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A valve is provided comprising a nozzle body formed with an internal space having an axis and a single valve seat adapted to receive fuel under pressure. It further includes a single nozzle needle movable in said space relative to and axially of said valve seat; and means including a single spray passage communicating with said valve seat for discharging from said nozzle body a jet of fuel having a spray pattern and an angular orientation relative to said axis which varies as a function of the distance of the single needle from the single valve seat.

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