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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2016
Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US);
Lester L. Peters, Columbus, IN (US);
David L. Buchanan, Westport, IN (US);
Timothy P. Lutz, Zionsville, IN (US);
David B. Snyder, Franklin, IN (US);
Derek G. Weiler, North Vernon, IN (US);
Clayton R. Westerfeld, Columbus, IN (US);
Julie Anne Colin, Columbus, IN (US);
Akintomide K. Akinola, Whiteland, IN (US);
Joseph Eric Parlow, Columbus, IN (US);
Steven J. Kolhouse, Columbus, IN (US);
Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US);
Abstract
An injector combustion shield assembly comprising a bore configured to receive a fuel injector, the bore including a fluid opening in fluid communication with a fluid jacket and a fluid outlet positioned within an annular wall of the bore; and a valve positioned between the fluid jacket and the fluid opening and configured to selectively permit a fluid from the fluid jacket to enter the bore, the valve being movable between an open configuration to permit fluid flow from the fluid jacket into the bore via the fluid opening and a closed configuration to prevent fluid flow from the fluid jacket into the bore.