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Fuel break-up disc for injection valve
Assignee: Bendix Corp
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Filing: 1976-06-17
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Granted: 1977-11-08
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Expires: 1996-06-17
Abstract
Abstract A low-cost precise-metering uniform-fuel-breakup fuel injection valve comprises narrow arcuate slots etched through a thin spray disc located downstream of a metering orifice and comprises a plurality of narrow slots of length and width sufficient to break up the fuel first into thin sheets and then into small droplets of uniform diameter.
Inventors
- 👤 Alexander Michael Kiwior
- 👤 James Daniel Bode
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 11:10
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02M; F02M61/00; F02M61/16; F02M61/18; F02M61/188; F02M51/00; F02M51/06; F02M51/061; F02M51/0625; F02M51/0664; F02M51/0671; F02M51/0675; F02M51/0682; F02M51/0685; F02M51/08; F02M61/1853; F02M2200/00; F02M2200/50; F02M2200/505; F02M2200/507; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S239/00; Y10S239/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
191 words
In a fuel injection valve adapted to be mounted on an internal combustion engine so to be communicated with an intake passage of a combustion chamber thereof comprising: fuel outlet means adapted to be communicated with said intake passage and comprising a fuel metering member and a fuel breakup member; said fuel metering member comprising a converging inlet surface, a diverging outlet surface, and a metering orifice intermediate said inlet surface and said outlet surface, said metering orifice having a total orifice flow area thereacross for effecting a predetermined flow rate of fuel therethrough; and said fuel breakup member comprising a thin disk having an axial thickness not substantially greater than 0.05 mm secured across said diverging outlet surface and comprising a plurality of narrow slots therethrough for breaking said fuel up into uniformly small droplets, said slots having a total slot area thereacross establishing a minimum orifice-to-slot area ratio with said total orifice area of not less than 1.5, said orifice-to-slot area ratio and said 0.05 mm axial thickness of said thin disk cooperating to permit said orifice area to determine substantially the entire magnitude of said predetermined flow rate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
191 words
In a fuel injection valve adapted to be mounted on an internal combustion engine so to be communicated with an intake passage of a combustion chamber thereof comprising: fuel outlet means adapted to be communicated with said intake passage and comprising a fuel metering member and a fuel breakup member; said fuel metering member comprising a converging inlet surface, a diverging outlet surface, and a metering orifice intermediate said inlet surface and said outlet surface, said metering orifice having a total orifice flow area thereacross for effecting a predetermined flow rate of fuel therethrough; and said fuel breakup member comprising a thin disk having an axial thickness not substantially greater than 0.05 mm secured across said diverging outlet surface and comprising a plurality of narrow slots therethrough for breaking said fuel up into uniformly small droplets, said slots having a total slot area thereacross establishing a minimum orifice-to-slot area ratio with said total orifice area of not less than 1.5, said orifice-to-slot area ratio and said 0.05 mm axial thickness of said thin disk cooperating to permit said orifice area to determine substantially the entire magnitude of said predetermined flow rate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
63 words
The fuel outlet means of claim 1 wherein at least one of said slots is arcuate and is positioned circumferentially so as to comprise a radial width of less than 0.10 mm and an arcuate length of greater than 15°, said radial width and arcuate length being selected to develop a thin sheet of fuel that breaks up into said uniformly small droplets.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
The fuel outlet means of claim 2 wherein said slots comprise at least three said arcuate slots radially spaced to develop a separate sheet of fuel and each said arcuate slot comprises an arcuate length of at least 5° longer than that of its adjoining radially inboard slot.
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