Patent · US Active

Fuel injector for an internal combustion engine

US8038080B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by
3References
14Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateNov 29, 2006
Grant dateOct 18, 2011
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 29, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02M2200/21
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine, particularly of inwards or outwards opening needle injector type, includes an injector body, e.g., forming a nozzle ending in an injection office, a mechanism for closing off the injection orifice of the injector body, the closing-off mechanism including a vibrating pintle ending in a head for closing off the injection orifice, a return mechanism returning the closing-off to the position in which they close off the injection orifice, and a mechanism for setting the pintle and/or the nozzle into cyclic longitudinal vibration so as to open and close the injection orifice alternately. The fuel injector includes a selectively activatable mechanism immobilizing the pintle with respect to the body.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.