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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1999
Lakhi Nandlal Goenka, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Marc Alan Straub, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Jay D Baker, Dearborn, MI (US);
Visteon Global Tech., Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A nozzle assembly including a first inlet aperture which receives material which is to be selectively emitted from assembly . Assembly includes an outlet aperture having several apertures , and which are respectively separated by substantially identical elements , and . Elements cooperatively form a plurality of passages or channels through assembly . A centrally disposed channel is relatively narrower than the other channels , and , and channels are relatively narrower than outermost channels , thereby causing material to be emitted at a substantially similar and/or uniform velocity at each point or location within outlet aperture