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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Inventors:
Kenth I Svensson, Peoria, IL (US);
Russell P Fitzgerald, Peoria, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 47/02 (2006.01); F02M 61/10 (2006.01); F02M 61/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 47/02 (2013.01); F02M 61/10 (2013.01); F02M 61/1806 (2013.01); F02M 61/1853 (2013.01); F02M 61/1886 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel injector includes a nozzle needle movable within an injector housing and including a flow guiding tip. The flow guiding tip includes an outer ramp surface, defining, in profile, a concave curve and a fuel trajectory line tangent to the concave curve and extending through a spray orifice inlet to direct fuel into the same. Related methodology is also disclosed.