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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1985
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Knut L Winquist, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2395334 ;
Abstract
There are disclosed several embodiments of a fuel injector for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine in response to the pressure of the fuel. In each embodiment, a nozzle of the injector which extends into the combustion chamber is opened and closed by means of a valve member which is yieldably urged into tight engagement with a seat in the lower end of the nozzle and which is rotated in response to increasing and decreasing fuel pressure, respectively, to move the outlets in the valve member and nozzle into and out of register.