An engine head assembly includes a plurality of fuel injectors each positioned within a fuel injector bore in the engine head, and each being fluidly coupled with a fluid conduit. Each fuel injector includes a valve assembly positioned within a fuel injector case that includes an elongate body having an opening. A filter sleeve having a particle-blocking perforation array structured to block particles is press fit on the fuel injector case to form a fluid flow path from the fluid conduit into the fuel injector case.

A fuel injection device that injects a liquefied gas fuel from an injection port to a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine includes a passage forming member configured to define a fuel passage through which the liquefied gas fuel flows to the injection port, a temperature regulating unit configured to adjust a temperature of the liquefied gas fuel flowing through the fuel passage according to an operation state of the internal combustion engine, and a pressure regulating unit configured to adjust a pressure of the liquefied gas fuel flowing through the fuel passage according to the operation state of the internal combustion engine.

The invention relates to a cylinder head (1) for an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder, having at least one valve seat ring (3) for a lifting valve, wherein the valve seat ring (3) is surrounded by an annular cooling channel (4) for a coolant which is formed at least partially into the cylinder head (1), wherein the cooling channel (4) surrounds the valve seat ring at least partially and extends between at least one inlet (5, 15, 25) and at least one outlet (6). In order to reduce the valve wear, it is provided that, as viewed in a section perpendicularly with respect to the axis (3a) of the valve seat ring (3), the cooling channel (4) has at least one preferably substantially crescent-shaped bulge (10) in the region of the inlet (5, 55, 25) and/or the outlet (6).

An assembly at least comprising a fuel injector for dual fuel operation of an internal combustion engine. The assembly includes a nozzle holder defining a fuel circuit and provided with a nose adapted in use to be in connection with a combustion space of an internal combustion engine, and first and second nozzles in communication with the fuel circuit in the nozzle holder for directly injecting liquid fuel into the combustion space of the internal combustion engine for ignition of a combustible mixture present in the combustion space. The first and second nozzles adjacent to the nose of the nozzle holder are interconnected by a cooling channel. At each actuation of a fuel pump upstream of the first and second nozzles, substantially a full volume of fuel pumped during actuation of the fuel pump is allowed to flow through the cooling channel and via the first and second nozzles.

An assembly of a cylinder head and a fuel injector with an injector tip for an internal combustion engine with at least one combustion chamber, wherein the fuel injector at the end facing a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine is at least partially surrounded by a heat shield, wherein in the region of the heat shield a heat dissipation device is provided, through which heat can be dissipated from the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, wherein the heat shield surrounds the fuel injector as far as the injector tip, wherein the heat shield is designed as a tapering collar towards the injector tip and is integrated into an injector sleeve or into the cylinder head.

Methods and systems are provided for continuously estimating a direct injector tip temperature based on heat transfer to the injector from the cylinder due to combustion conditions, and heat transfer to the injector due to flow of cool fuel from the fuel rail. Variations in the injector tip temperature from a steady-state temperature are monitored when the direct injector is deactivated. Upon reactivation, a fuel pulse width commanded to the direct injector is updated to account for a temperature-induced change in fuel density, thereby reducing the occurrence of air-fuel ratio errors.

A retaining ring configured for in-field repair of a fuel injector sleeve upper seal leak, comprising: a circular side wall comprising a barrel-shaped outer surface and a substantially cylindrical inner surface; wherein the outer surface comprises a lower curved portion and a central portion having a curvature that is less pronounced than the lower curved portion; and wherein the lower curved portion is configured to guide the retaining ring into the fuel injector sleeve and the circular side wall has an outer diameter at the central portion that is larger than an inner diameter of the fuel injector sleeve at a location of the upper seal leak such that the retaining ring forces the fuel injector sleeve outwardly at the location of the upper seal leak as the retaining ring is moved into an installed position.

A dosing unit includes a fluid injector having a valve seat; a valve needle movable within the fluid injector between a closed position in which an end engages with the valve seat to block a flow of fluid from exiting the fluid injector and an open position in which the end is spaced apart from the valve seat so as to allow fluid to exit the fluid injector. The valve body, the valve seat and the valve needle form an outwardly opening valve assembly. A pole piece fixedly is disposed within the valve body, and an armature is coupled to the valve needle upstream of the pole piece. A coil is disposed around the pole piece and the armature so as to generate a force when energized to move the armature toward the pole piece and to cause the valve needle to move from the closed to the open position.

A diesel dosing unit (DDU) is disclosed, having a fluid injector assembly. The fluid injector assembly includes a fluid injector and an attachment assembly attached to a downstream end of the fluid injector, the attachment assembly at least partly defining a fluid path in fluid communication with a fluid path of the fluid injector. The DDU further includes a DDU housing in which the injector assembly is disposed, the DDU housing being configured to directly attach to an exhaust pipe of a vehicle. The fluid injector assembly is dimensioned to largely match the dimensions of an existing injector of a reductant delivery unit (RDU) such that the DDU housing utilizes the housing of the existing RDU.

An object of a control method to control a direct injection internal combustion engine that directly injects fuel in a cylinder is to reduce an increase in PN caused by attachment of the fuel to a fuel injection valve distal end. The control method cools the fuel before a fuel temperature when the fuel passes through an injection hole on a fuel injection valve reaches a temperature at which an amount of attached fuel to the fuel injection valve distal end increases.