A fuel delivery system and a direct injector for directly injecting fuel into a cylinder are provided. In one example, a direct fuel injector includes a nozzle in fluidic communication with a fuel source, the nozzle includes a first set of orifices, each of the orifices in the first set arranged at a first orifice angle on an intake side of the nozzle. The direct fuel injector further includes a second set of orifices, each of the orifices in the second set arranged at a second orifice angle greater than the first orifice angle on an exhaust side of the nozzle.

A fuel injector includes a nozzle body having spray orifices formed therein each defining a spray orifice diameter dimension (d), and a plurality of spray ducts each in spray path alignment with one of the plurality of spray orifices and including a duct outlet defining a duct exit diameter dimension (D). Each of the spray ducts defines, together with the respective one of the spray orifices, a relative spray area reduction (SAR) at the duct outlet. The ratio of D/d is at least 14, and the SAR is 80% or greater. The configuration provides reduced soot production. Related methodology is disclosed.

Provided is a fuel injection valve which can be easily processed and can realize sufficient atomization while suppressing spreading of spray. In the fuel injection valve according to the present invention, when a nozzle plate 6 and a first direction 15a-1 in which fuel is sprayed are projected onto a virtual plane perpendicular to a central axis line of the fuel injection valve along an opening and closing valve direction of a valve body and a first orthogonal coordinate system having an X1 passing through a center O1 of the nozzle plate 6 and along the first direction 15a-1 and a Y1 axis passing through the center O1 of the nozzle plate 6 and perpendicular to the X1 axis is virtualized on the virtual plane, an introduction passage 11a-1 is inclined so that a straight line segment 14a-1 connecting between a central point 40a-1 of an upstream side end portion and a center Oa-1 of an inlet opening surface of a fuel injection hole 13a-1 is positioned on the Y1 axis side with respect to a straight line 30a-1 passing through the central point 40a-1 and the center O1 of the nozzle plate 6.

A nozzle assembly includes a body, a valve member, and a clamp member maintaining a flow director member against the body. The flow director member is sandwiched between the peripheral wall and the clamp member, and is provided with an outlet path including two distinct guidance channels extending from an upstream end and a common downstream end where is a spray hole. The outlet path creates impingement of the two flow streams flowing in the two channels before entering the spray hole.

An improved fuel injection device for internal combustion engines comprising a slidable (pilot) valve instead of a needle valve principle. The valve does not comprise a seat, so, even in the case of a spring-loaded embodiment of the valve there is no risk of hammering of the valve on a seat with the pertaining generation of noise. The improved fuel injector allows a larger nozzle diameter and, therefore, a larger number of nozzle holes, if required or deemed useful. For rotating embodiments of the fuel injector, the valve or at least its spring, in the case of a spring-loaded embodiment of the valve, can be located in the static section of the rotating fuel injector, thus eliminating the balancing problem of prior art rotating fuel injectors which comprise a spring in the rotating section.

The present disclosure relates to a nozzle body for a fuel injection valve, the nozzle body including a cavity and an injection channel for dispensing fuel from the cavity. The injection channel includes a first section and a second section downstream of the first section, the first and second sections having a common interface. The first section extends from a fuel inlet opening to a second opening disposed at the common interface. The cross-sectional area of the first section monotonically decreases from the fuel inlet opening to the common interface. The cross-sectional area of the second section monotonically increases from the common interface to the fuel outlet opening.

A liquid fuel injector for a fuel system in an internal combustion engine includes two injection control valves for controlling two outlet checks. A common nozzle supply cavity is fluidly connected to an inlet passage and supplies each of the two sets of nozzle outlets opened and closed by the outlet checks. A first nozzle outlet set forms a narrower spray angle and has a first combination of outlet number and outlet size, and a second nozzle outlet set forms a wider spray angle and has a second combination of outlet number and outlet size. The first nozzle outlet set has a greater steady flow than the second nozzle outlet set.

Methods and systems are provided for a fuel injector. In one example, a system comprises an injector spool valve having a fuel outlet shaped to flow fuel to different portions of a nozzle inlet based on an actuation of the injector spool valve, thereby adjusting a fuel injection angle of a fuel injection.

Provided is a fuel injection valve which can be easily processed and can realize sufficient atomization while suppressing spreading of spray. In the fuel injection valve according to the present invention, when a nozzle plate 6 and a first direction 15a-1 in which fuel is sprayed are projected onto a virtual plane perpendicular to a central axis line of the fuel injection valve along an opening and closing valve direction of a valve body and a first orthogonal coordinate system having an X1 passing through a center O1 of the nozzle plate 6 and along the first direction 15a-1 and a Y1 axis passing through the center O1 of the nozzle plate 6 and perpendicular to the X1 axis is virtualized on the virtual plane, an introduction passage 11a-1 is inclined so that a straight line segment 14a-1 connecting between a central point 40a-1 of an upstream side end portion and a center Oa-1 of an inlet opening surface of a fuel injection hole 13a-1 is positioned on the Y1 axis side with respect to a straight line 30a-1 passing through the central point 40a-1 and the center O1 of the nozzle plate 6.

In an injection hole set, primary and secondary injection holes are formed to satisfy the following relationship: t1+t20.87P{circumflex over ()}0.52, where (deg) is an injection-hole-to-injection-hole angle, which is an angle formed between a primary central axis of the primary injection hole and a secondary central axis of the secondary injection hole; t1 (deg) is a primary taper angle, which is an angle formed between outlines of a primary injection hole inner wall of the primary injection hole in a cross section of the primary injection hole inner wall; t2 (deg) is a secondary taper angle, which is an angle formed between outlines of a secondary injection hole inner wall of the secondary injection hole in a cross section of the secondary injection hole inner wall; and P (MPa) is an average pressure of the fuel in a fuel passage at a time of injecting the fuel from the injection holes.