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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1995
Herbert Gladigow, Magdeburg, DE;
Wolfgang Schaetzing, Magdeburg, DE;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A fuel atomization device 10 is provided for an internal combustion engine having a fuel injection system with fuel injectors 15. The fuel atomization device is sealingly secured on a nozzle lip of the fuel injector nozzle. The device includes a base 1 in which a plurality of heating elements and profiled vaporizer contact baffles 3 are arranged in a sandwich-like manner. Vaporizer chambers 8 are formed between the heating elements 2 and the vaporizer contact baffles 3 for providing a passage for the fuel through the base 1. The fuel undergoes a rise in temperature and pressure while in the device; and as it exits the device at fuel outlet 6, it is atomized fuel at a lower pressure.