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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2016
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Barry S. Carpenter, Oakdale, MN (US);
Jaime B. Willoughby, Hugo, MN (US);
Jennifer J. Sahlin, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 61/18 (2006.01); B23P 15/16 (2006.01); B05B 1/06 (2006.01); F02M 61/16 (2006.01); B29C 59/00 (2006.01); C23C 14/14 (2006.01); C23C 14/58 (2006.01); C25D 3/12 (2006.01); C25D 5/48 (2006.01); C25D 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 61/1833 (2013.01); B05B 1/06 (2013.01); B23P 15/16 (2013.01); B29C 59/00 (2013.01); C23C 14/14 (2013.01); C23C 14/58 (2013.01); C25D 3/12 (2013.01); C25D 5/48 (2013.01); C25D 7/00 (2013.01); F02M 61/168 (2013.01); F02M 61/184 (2013.01); F02M 61/1806 (2013.01); F02M 2200/8069 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49432 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49433 (2015.01);
Abstract
A fuel injector nozzle comprising a plurality of holes formed therethrough connecting one side of the nozzle with an opposite side of the nozzle. Each of the holes comprises a hole entry on the one side of the nozzle having a first shape, a hole exit on the opposite side of the nozzle having a second shape, and a hole wall connecting the hole entry to the hole exit. The hole exit is smaller than the hole entry, and the hole wall comprises a side that is continuously curved from the hole entry to the hole exit.