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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:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2002
Applicants:
Min Xu, Canton, MI (US);
David Lee Porter, Westland, MI (US);
Inventors:
Min Xu, Canton, MI (US);
David Lee Porter, Westland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B001/30 ; F02M061/10 ; F02M059/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel injector includes a valve body and a valve seat positioned at a lower end of the valve body. A needle assembly is positioned within an inner bore of the valve body, the needle assembly including a needle body and an armature connected to an upper end of the needle body. A pair of guides are integrally formed with the valve body for guiding the needle assembly. The pair of guides includes an upper guide and a lower guide; the upper guide guiding the armature and the lower guide guiding the needle body.