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Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2007
Applicants:

Jennifer Ann Topinka, Niskayuna, NY (US);

James Peter Delancey, Corinth, NY (US);

Roy James Primus, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Florian Peter Pintgen, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jennifer Ann Topinka, Niskayuna, NY (US);

James Peter DeLancey, Corinth, NY (US);

Roy James Primus, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Florian Peter Pintgen, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/30 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A fuel injector is coupled to an engine. The fuel injector includes an injection opening configured to vary in cross-section between a open state and a fully closed state. The fuel injector is configured to provide a plurality of discrete commanded fuel injections into an engine cylinder by modulating the size of the injection opening without completely closing the opening to the fully closed state.


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