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Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines

US4528951A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 18, 1984
Grant dateJul 16, 1985
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Expiry dateMay 18, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02M61/1826
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The nozzle body has a main nozzle hole and a sub nozzle hole formed therein, the latter being directed at a predetermined angle with the former and smaller in discharge area than the former. The nozzle needle slidably received in the nozzle body is disposed such that its tip is fitted in the main nozzle hole when the nozzle needle is in a seated position thereof, and the tip substantially remains in the main nozzle hole during lifting of the nozzle needle before the nozzle needle lifts through a predetermined stroke, whereby fuel is injected substantially solely through the sub nozzle hole in a first predetermined direction, while the tip of the nozzle needle substantially comes out of the main nozzle hole after the nozzle needle has lifted through the predetermined stroke, whereby fuel is injected mainly through the main nozzle hole in a second predetermined direction different from the first predetermined direction by the above predetermined angle. Control means is responsive to operating conditions of the engine to allow the nozzle needle to lift only through the above predetermined stroke in a low speed/low load region of the engine, while allowing the nozzle needle to lift bey…

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