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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2002
Glen F. Forck, Peoria, IL (US);
L. Glenn Waterfield, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc, Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
An electronically-controlled fuel injector includes a pressurized fluid chamber that communicates high pressure fluid to first and second pressure control chambers. A direct-operated check moves between closed and open positions in response to a difference in fluid pressure in the first and second pressure control chambers. A first thermally pre-stressed bender actuator is used to operate a control valve that controls fluid communication between the fluid chamber and a fluid source. A second thermally pre-stressed bender actuator is used to operate a control valve that controls the fluid pressure in the first pressure control chamber to effectively control opening and closing of the check during portions of an injection sequence.