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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Xiaogang Zhang, Novi, MI (US);
Mark Meinhart, Dexter, MI (US);
Jianwen James Yi, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
George Papaioannou, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 61/18 (2006.01); F02M 47/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 61/1833 (2013.01); F02M 61/1813 (2013.01); F02M 47/027 (2013.01); F02M 61/184 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel injector and method are disclosed including an injector body with a fuel sac, and an end positioned into a combustion chamber. A main fuel passage, having a varying cross-sectional area forming a reduced pressure region, fluidically couples the fuel sac to the combustion chamber. One or more additional passages fluidically couple the reduced pressure region with one or both of the fuel sac and the combustion chamber.