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Fuel injection device having heater

US6561168B2 · kind B2 · utility

45Cited by
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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 29, 2002
Grant dateMay 13, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 29, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02M31/125
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A nozzle needle has a hollow tubular form having a closed base end. A heat transfer tube is press fitted into a first magnetic portion. The heat transfer tube surrounds an outer peripheral surface of the nozzle needle. A ceramic heater is formed as an integral cylindrical body by sintering a ceramic material together with a heat generating resistive element. A case covers the heater and protects the heater from externally applied water. An inner tube of the case is resiliently engaged with both the heater and the first magnetic portion. Heat of the heater is conducted to the nozzle needle through the inner tube, the first magnetic portion and the heat transfer tube to heat fuel inside the nozzle needle.

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