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Fuel injector for an internal combustion engine

US6244525A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 19, 2000
Grant dateJun 12, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02M61/162
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The fuel injector comprises an injector body (10) containing a needle (12) terminated by a shutter element co-operating with a fuel-passing seat (28) that is extended by a diffusion hole, the needle also being displaceable between a first axial position in which the shutter element bears against the seat and a second position in which the shutter element is spaced apart from the seat, the injector also comprising a swirling chamber for putting the fuel into rotation about the axis of the shutter element and situated upstream from the seat. The chamber is defined by the upstream face of the seat (28), by a disk (42) pressed against the seat and having slots (48) opening out tangentially into a central opening (46) surrounding the shutter element, and by a needle guide (40) constituted in such a manner as to feed the outer ends of the slots.

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