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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2005
S. Michael Baker, Victoria, CA;
Victor J. Perr, Greenwood, IN (US);
P. Douglas Free, Columbus, IN (US);
S. Michael Baker, Victoria, CA;
Victor J. Perr, Greenwood, IN (US);
P. Douglas Free, Columbus, IN (US);
Westport Research Inc., Vancouver, CA;
Abstract
A liquid cooled fuel injection valve is operable to inject fuel directly into a combustion chamber through a nozzle orifice provided in an injector tip. The fuel injection valve further comprises a cooling system for draining fuel from a fuel cavity disposed within the injector tip and a drain valve that opens when pressure within the fuel cavity is greater than a predetermined set point. Fuel drained through the cooling system is directed to a drain system that may be combined with drain passages typically found in fuel injection valves. In a preferred embodiment, the drain valve is disposed within the fuel injection valve.