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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2025
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Domenico Chiera, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Dan Mastbergen, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Clayton Jacobs, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
An exhaust gas recirculation mixer according to certain embodiments is operable to receive a first fluid via a first fluid intake and to receive a second fluid via a second fluid intake. One of the first fluid or the second fluid comprises air, and the other of the first fluid or the second fluid comprises exhaust gas. The exhaust gas recirculation mixer generally includes a plurality of mixing passages and a plurality of multi-path nozzles. Each mixing passage includes a corresponding and respective throat. Each multi-path nozzle generally includes an outer nozzle fluidically connected to the first fluid intake, and an inner nozzle fluidically connected to the second fluid intake. The inner nozzle is nested within the outer nozzle and projects into the throat of a corresponding and respective mixing passage.