Patent classifications
F02M55/008
HIGH PRESSURE PUMP
A housing-includes a pressurizing chamber. A plunger is moved to increase and decrease a volume of the pressurizing chamber, so that the plunger can pressurize the fuel in the pressurizing chamber. A fuel chamber forming portion is placed on a radially outer side of the plunger and forms a fuel chamber that is communicated with the pressurizing chamber. A pulsation damper is placed in an inside of the fuel chamber and is operable to reduce pressure pulsation of the fuel in the fuel chamber. Fixable portions are placed on a radially outer side of the plunger while each of the fixable portions includes a receiving through-hole. The fixable portions are fixed to an engine with bolts, which are provided to correspond with the receiving through-holes, respectively. The fuel chamber forming portion is displaced from axes of the receiving through-holes.
Control valve assembly and fuel injector incorporating a control valve assembly
A control valve assembly for controlling fuel pressure in a control chamber of a fuel injector. The control valve assembly comprising a valve member arranged in a bore provided in a valve housing, at least one of the valve member and the valve housing being moveable with respect to the other, wherein the valve member comprises a fuel-receiving cavity arranged to receive fuel that distorts at least a portion of the valve member so as to increase an external dimension thereof.
FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
A dual fluid injection system which comprises a liquid fuel metering device, a fluid delivery device, and apparatus providing an interface therebetween. The interface conveys liquid fuel along a flow path from the metering device to a mixing zone for mixing with air from a pressurized supply to provide an air-fuel mixture for injection by the fluid delivery device into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The flow path may involve a directional change by way of a turn section. The flow path is sized such that liquid fuel is retained therein by virtue of capillary action, whereby a quantity of liquid fuel is retained after a delivery event such that the flow path remains substantially filled with liquid fuel in readiness for the next delivery event during operation of the engine.
FUEL INJECTOR INCLUDING VALVE SEAT PLATE HAVING STRESS-LIMITING GROOVE
A fuel injector includes an injector body and a valve stack within the injector body that includes a valve seat plate. The valve seat plate includes a pressure control passage for controlling fuel injection, and a valve seat positioned fluidly between the pressure control passage and a low-pressure drain. The valve seat plate includes a pressure-limiting annular groove that extends circumferentially around the valve seat and axially inward from a side of the valve seat plate where the valve seat is located. The groove enables deformation in response to pressure differences across the valve seat plate in a manner that limits stress concentrations.
VALVE FOR METERING A FLUID
A valve for metering a fluid, for example, a fuel injection valve for an internal combustion engine, includes a valve-seat face, an electromagnetic actuator including an armature that includes a through-flow channel that opens with an outlet opening at an end face of the armature, a valve needle on which the armature is movably supported and that is operable using the armature, a valve-closing member that is actuatable by the valve needle and that cooperates with the valve-seat face to form a sealing seat, and a stop element that is mounted fixedly on the valve needle and that interacts with the at least one outlet opening of the at least one through-flow channel such that throttling takes place with respect to the least one through-flow channel when the armature is located with its end face at the stop element.
Accumulator centering mechanism
A resilient seal member disposed in an alignment groove of an accumulator body centers the accumulator body in an oversized accumulator bore of a cylinder head to prevent assembly damage. The seal member can compress to allow the accumulator body to move off center within the accumulator bore so that an end may be received by and form a seal with a port of a fuel injector. The alignment groove and the seal member are configured so that cooling fluid can flow past the seal member when the accumulator body is installed. In one implementation, the accumulator body includes at least one fluid flow channel at the alignment groove having a depth greater than the alignment groove so fluid can flow through the channel to pass the seal member.
Injector
An enclosure member includes a throughhole that penetrates a cover portion. The cover portion includes a blocking portion that receives an abutment by a wall portion to close an opening of an outflow passage with respect to spaces outside of the enclosure member. The blocking portion is provided so as to surround an opening of the throughhole, and the throughhole is in communication with the outflow passage even when the blocking portion is abutting the wall portion. Further, a spring is outside of a back pressure chamber to bias the enclosure member. The enclosure member itself blocks outside spaces from the back pressure chamber, so the expenditure of high pressure fuel may be controlled, and an injection hole may be opened and closed by a needle.
Fuel injection device
A fuel injection device injecting a fuel from an injection hole to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes a valve body including a fuel passage through which the fuel flows to the injection hole and a seat portion facing the fuel passage, a valve member moving in the valve body in an axial direction of the valve body and opening and closing the injection hole by being removed from and seated on the seat portion, a dividing member defining a pressure control chamber placed at a position opposite to the injection hole with respect to the valve member, and an outer peripheral member surrounding an exterior of an outer periphery of the dividing member. The pressure control chamber controls a movement of the valve member by a pressure of the fuel that is introduced. The outer peripheral member and the valve body constitute the fuel passage.
Axial fuel stage immersed injectors with internal cooling
An immersed axial fuel stage (AFS) injector includes an injector body configured to be positioned in a hot gas path within a combustion liner. The injector body includes an outer wall defining a hollow interior and having film cooling holes extending from the hollow interior to an outside of the outer wall, and an inner wall spaced from an inside of the outer wall along at least part of a length of the outer wall, the inner wall defining an air plenum therein. Impingement cooling holes in fluid communication with the air plenum extend through the inner wall along at least a portion of the inner wall. A fuel passage extends at least partially along the hollow interior of the outer wall, and fuel nozzles in fluid communication with the fuel passage extend through to the outside of the outer wall.
Fuel injection valve
A fuel injection valve includes a nozzle, a housing, a needle, and a throttle portion. The nozzle includes an injection hole through which fuel is injected and a valve seat formed around the injection hole. The nozzle includes an injection hole through which fuel is injected and a valve seat formed around the injection hole. The housing has a fuel flow path through which the fuel to the injection hole flows. One end of the needle is configured to open and close the injection hole by being separated from the valve seat or abutted on the valve seat. The throttle portion is provided upstream with respect to the valve seat in a fuel flow direction.