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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
James R. Parish, Jr., Yorktown, VA (US);
James R. Parish, Jr., Yorktown, VA (US);
Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc., Auburn Hills, unknown;
Abstract
A compressed natural gas fuel injector including a housing, an inlet, an outlet, a seat, a closure member, and an attached nozzle. In a preferred embodiment, the inlet and outlet communicate a flow of gaseous fuel regulated by the closure member. The gaseous fuel passes through the seat, which is coupled to a rim surface of a retainer portion of the attached nozzle, and into a flow passage that further communicates the flow of gaseous fuel into one or more flow channels. The orientation of the flow channels within the attached nozzle greatly affects the discharge pattern and mixing characteristics of the gaseous fuel within an intake manifold. A method of flowing gaseous fuel through the fuel injector is also described.