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Air-assisted type fuel injector for engines
Assignee: Denso Corp
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Filing: 1999-01-26
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Granted: 2000-08-01
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Expires: 2019-01-26
Abstract
Abstract A fuel injector comprises an injector body and an air assisting adapter. The adapter is attached to the injector body and has a fuel passage for guiding spray of injected fuel. The fuel passage is divided into two directions. A plurality of air introduction holes are communicated with the fuel passage, so that pressurized air is introduced into the fuel passage to atomize the injected fuel. The air introduction holes open to the passage at a position where the particle size of the injected fuel starts to reduce. This position is 4 mm to 5 mm away in the downstream direction from an injection port plate of the injector body.
Inventors
- 👤 Masaei Nozawa
- 👤 Sigenori Isomura
- 👤 Yukio Sawada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 00:51
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D7/00; F02D7/02; F02M; F02M61/00; F02M61/16; F02M61/18; F02M61/1853; F02M69/00; F02M69/04; F02M69/047
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
An air-assisted type fuel injector comprising: an injector body for injecting fuel from an injection port thereof; and air-assisting adapter attached to the injector body and having a fuel passage for the injected fuel and an air introduction hole for supplying air into the fuel passage to atomize spray of the injected fuel, the air introduction hole opening at a position which is a predetermined distance away from the injection port and at which a size of particles of the injected fuel starts to reduce, said predetermined distance being about 4 to 5 mm from the injection port.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
98 words
An air-assisted type fuel injector comprising: an injector body for injecting fuel from an injection port thereof; and air-assisting adapter attached to the injector body and having a fuel passage for the injected fuel and an air introduction hole for supplying air into the fuel passage to atomize spray of the injected fuel, the air introduction hole opening at a position which is a predetermined distance away from the injection port and at which a size of particles of the injected fuel starts to reduce, said predetermined distance being about 4 to 5 mm from the injection port.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A fuel injector as in claim 1, further comprising: an injection port plate disposed in the injection port and having multiple holes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A fuel injector as in claim 1, wherein the air introduction hole is directed in a direction which is generally the same as a fuel injection direction of the injector body direction to the fuel injection direction.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A fuel injector as in claim 1, wherein the air introduction hole is directed perpendicularly to an axial direction of the injector body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A fuel injector as in claim 1, wherein there are a plurality of air introduction holes provided at a plurality of positions to face each other in a radial direction.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
A fuel injector as in claim 1, wherein the injector body is constructed to inject the fuel in two directions, and the adapter has a divider member which divides the fuel passage thereof in the two directions.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
A fuel injector as in claim 6, wherein the air introduction passage opens to the fuel passage within 2 mm in a fuel upstream direction and 2 mm in fuel downstream direction from a fuel dividing point of the divider member.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
A fuel injector as in claim 6, wherein the air introduction hole is provided to supply the air in a direction to sandwich the spray of fuel injected in the two directions from at least one of upstream/downstream sides and left/right sides.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
A fuel injector as in claim 8, wherein the air introduction hole is directed in a forward direction of the fuel injection from the injector body.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
A fuel injector as in claim 8, wherein the air introduction hole is directed in a perpendicular direction of the fuel injection from the inject or body.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
A fuel injector as in claim 1 further comprising: an air pump for pressurizing the air supplied to the air introduction hole.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
A fuel injector as in claim 1, wherein the fuel passage has a diameter and direction so that a main stream of the injected fuel flows through the fuel passage without hitting walls of the fuel passage.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
A fuel injector as in claim 11, wherein a pressure of the air supplied to the air introduction hole is regulated to the air introduction hole between 0 KPa and 100 KPa.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
A fuel injector as in claim 11, further comprising a pressure regulator for regulating the pressure of air pressurized by the air supply pump and supplied to the air introduction hole.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
48 words
A fuel injector as in claim 14, mounted to an intake port of an engine for injecting fuel for mixing with air supplied through an intake pipe and wherein the pressure regulator regulates the air pressure to a pressure proportional to the pressure present in the intake pipe.
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