Fuel injection valve with variable discharge area of nozzle holes
US4546739A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 1, 1984 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02M2200/46
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines wherein a nozzle needle is slidably fitted in a nozzle body so as to alternately close and open nozzle holes formed therein. A selector valve is axially slidably fitted through the nozzle needle to selectively close or open second nozzle holes formed in the nozzle body. While the nozzle needle has a predetermined valve opening pressure set by a nozzle spring, the selector valve is controlled to operate in response to operating conditions of the engine by control means such that the second nozzle holes are opened in predetermined operating regions of the engine. Thus, the overall discharge area of the nozzle holes can be controlled to values appropriate to operating conditions of the engine. Preferably, the selector valve comprises a spool valve which can assume a seated position wherein its spool is fitted in an axial through hole formed in the tip of the nozzle body to close the second nozzle holes opening in the peripheral wall of the axial through hole, and a lifted position wherein the spool is disengaged from the axial through hole to open the second nozzle holes.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.