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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2020
Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US);
Heico Stegmann, Reichenberg, DE;
Mathew J. Lloyd, Leeds, GB;
Lukas Kaufmann, Tiefenthal, DE;
Robert L Holroyd, Halifax, GB;
Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US);
Abstract
An injector is provided, comprising: a valve seat having a needle opening extending from an upper surface along a longitudinal axis and terminating at a seating surface configured to mate with a valve needle to control flow of fluid through the injector, and a nozzle plate. The valve seat further comprises a plurality of drillings and a corresponding plurality of swirl channels, each of the plurality of drillings being in flow communication with the needle opening and a swirl channel. Each of the swirl channels directs flow of fluid from one of the drillings toward the longitudinal axis into a central swirl chamber. The nozzle plate includes a substantially flat upper surface that engages the valve seat lower surface and includes an opening in flow communication with a metering orifice, the opening being aligned with the central swirl chamber when the nozzle plate is attached to the valve seat.