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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
May. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Junichi Wakabayashi, Fujisawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Oka, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
NOK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123455 ; 123458 ; 137541 ;
Abstract
A fuel injection system (10) for a multiple-cylinder engine includes a single solenoid-operated fuel metering valve (12) connected through fuel lines (50) to a plurality of fuel injection nozzles (52). The fuel metering valve (12) has a solenoid-operated movable valve member (14) that opens and closes a single discharge opening (26) having a first metering orifice (58). Each injection nozzle (52) has an equally calibrated second metering orifice (90) that serves to distribute the fuel metered by the first orifice evenly over all of the fuel injection nozzles. Preferred forms of the fuel injection nozzle is also disclosed.