Fuel injector having a modified seat for enhanced compressed natural gas jet mixing
US6799733B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02M61/1806
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fuel injector having a fuel inlet, a fuel outlet, and a fuel passageway extending from the fuel inlet to the fuel outlet along a longitudinal axis. The fuel injector includes a body, a needle slidingly disposed within the body and a seat disposed at the fuel outlet. The seat has a plurality of passages, each of the plurality of passages having a central axis having an angle of inclination relative to the longitudinal axis.
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