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Electromagnetic fuel injection valve
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1988-06-24
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Granted: 1989-12-19
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Expires: 2008-06-24
Abstract
Abstract An electromagnetic fuel injection valve in which an area of an annular gap formed by a ball valve and a valve seat when the ball valve is lifted is made smaller than cross sectional area of grooves provided on a fuel swirling element which gives fuel supplied a swirling force and further is made larger than a cross sectional area of a fuel injection port, whereby the fuel is injected with an excellent atomizing characteristic.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshio Okamoto
- 👤 Yozo Nakamura
- 👤 Kyoichi Uchiyama
- 👤 Haruo Watanabe
- 👤 Tokuo Kosuge
- 👤 Akira Onishi
- 👤 Akashi Terasaki
- 👤 Hiroyuki Ando
- 👤 Eiji Hamashima
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 12:11
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02M; F02M61/00; F02M61/16; F02M61/20; F02M61/205; F02M51/00; F02M51/06; F02M51/061; F02M51/0625; F02M51/0664; F02M51/0671; F02M61/162; F02M2200/00; F02M2200/50; F02M2200/505; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S239/00; Y10S239/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
An electromagnetic fuel injection valve comprising a fuel swirling element disposed upstream of a valve seat and having grooves for imparting a swirling motion to fuel; a fuel injection port formed downstream of said valve seat; and a ball valve for injecting the fuel, swirled by said fuel swirling element, from said fuel injection port; and in which an amount of fuel to be injected is controlled by controlling an opening and closing time period of the ball valve; wherein an area of an annular gap formed between the ball valve and the valve seat when the ball valve is lifted is smaller than a cross sectional area of the grooves of the fuel swirling element is larger than a cross sectional area of the fuel injection port.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
128 words
An electromagnetic fuel injection valve comprising a fuel swirling element disposed upstream of a valve seat and having grooves for imparting a swirling motion to fuel; a fuel injection port formed downstream of said valve seat; and a ball valve for injecting the fuel, swirled by said fuel swirling element, from said fuel injection port; and in which an amount of fuel to be injected is controlled by controlling an opening and closing time period of the ball valve; wherein an area of an annular gap formed between the ball valve and the valve seat when the ball valve is lifted is smaller than a cross sectional area of the grooves of the fuel swirling element is larger than a cross sectional area of the fuel injection port.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
115 words
An electromagnetic fuel injection valve comprising a fuel swirling element disposed upstream of a valve seat for imparting a swirling motion to fuel; a fuel injection port formed downstream of said valve seat; and a ball valve for injecting the fuel, swirled by said fuel swirling element, from said fuel injection port; and in which an amount of the fuel to be injected is controlled by controlling an opening and closing time period of the ball valve; wherein the cross sectional area of a flow passage from the inlet of the fuel swirling element to an outlet of the fuel injection port progressively decreases in a direction toward the outlet of the fuel injection port.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
115 words
An electromagnetic fuel injection valve comprising a fuel swirling element disposed upstream of a valve seat for imparting a swirling motion to fuel; a fuel injection port formed downstream of said valve seat; and a ball valve for injecting the fuel, swirled by said fuel swirling element, from said fuel injection port; and in which an amount of the fuel to be injected is controlled by controlling an opening and closing time period of the ball valve; wherein the cross sectional area of a flow passage from the inlet of the fuel swirling element to an outlet of the fuel injection port progressively decreases in a direction toward the outlet of the fuel injection port.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
139 words
An electromagnetic fuel injection valve comprising a fuel swirling element disposed upstream of a valve seat for imparting a swirling motion to fuel; a fuel injection port formed downstream of said valve seat; and a ball valve for injecting the fuel, swirled by said fuel swirling element, from said fuel injection port; and in which an amount of the fuel to be injected is controlled by controlling an opening and closing time period of the ball valve; wherein the fuel swirling element includes axial grooves into which the fuel is introduced from an axial direction of a valve body and radial grooves introducing the fuel from said axial grooves into a fuel swirling chamber at portions of the fuel swirling chamber eccentric from a center of the valve body, said radial grooves being tapered toward said fuel swirling chamber.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
139 words
An electromagnetic fuel injection valve comprising a fuel swirling element disposed upstream of a valve seat for imparting a swirling motion to fuel; a fuel injection port formed downstream of said valve seat; and a ball valve for injecting the fuel, swirled by said fuel swirling element, from said fuel injection port; and in which an amount of the fuel to be injected is controlled by controlling an opening and closing time period of the ball valve; wherein the fuel swirling element includes axial grooves into which the fuel is introduced from an axial direction of a valve body and radial grooves introducing the fuel from said axial grooves into a fuel swirling chamber at portions of the fuel swirling chamber eccentric from a center of the valve body, said radial grooves being tapered toward said fuel swirling chamber.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
An electromagnetic fuel injection valve claimed in claim 3, wherein each of said axial grooves has a D-shaped cross section.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
168 words
An electromagnetic fuel injection valve comprising a fuel swirling element disposed upstream of a valve seat for imparting a swirling motion to fuel, a fuel injection port formed downstream of said valve seat, a ball valve movable in an axial direction of a valve body for injecting the fuel, swirled by said fuel swirling element, from said fuel injection port, and means for controlling an opening and closing time period of said ball valve with a stroke amount which can produce a constant flow rate of the fuel, wherein said stroke amount of the ball valve is an amount in which a ratio of an area of an annular gap formed between said ball valve and said valve seat with respect to a cross sectional area of said fuel injection port becomes larger than 1 and a ratio of a cross sectional area of said radial grooves of said fuel swirling element with respect to said cross sectional area of said fuel injection port becomes larger than 1.5.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
168 words
An electromagnetic fuel injection valve comprising a fuel swirling element disposed upstream of a valve seat for imparting a swirling motion to fuel, a fuel injection port formed downstream of said valve seat, a ball valve movable in an axial direction of a valve body for injecting the fuel, swirled by said fuel swirling element, from said fuel injection port, and means for controlling an opening and closing time period of said ball valve with a stroke amount which can produce a constant flow rate of the fuel, wherein said stroke amount of the ball valve is an amount in which a ratio of an area of an annular gap formed between said ball valve and said valve seat with respect to a cross sectional area of said fuel injection port becomes larger than 1 and a ratio of a cross sectional area of said radial grooves of said fuel swirling element with respect to said cross sectional area of said fuel injection port becomes larger than 1.5.
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