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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2004
Darius Mehta, San Antonio, TX (US);
Lee G. Dodge, San Antonio, TX (US);
Rudolf H. Stanglmaier, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Charles E. Roberts, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US);
Darius Mehta, San Antonio, TX (US);
Lee G. Dodge, San Antonio, TX (US);
Rudolf H. Stanglmaier, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Charles E. Roberts, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
Fuel temperature management is used to control the penetration distance of liquid-phase fuel into the combustion chamber of direct injection engines. Fuel temperature management enables the alteration of liquid-phase penetration distance to compensate for real-time changes in fuel composition, injector geometry, injection pressure, combustion mode, or combustion chamber thermodynamic conditions during engine operation. Alteration of the liquid-phase penetration distance prevents or reduces undesirable liquid fuel impingement on combustion chamber surfaces.