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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 07, 2012
Keith Olivier, Jackson, MI (US);
Thomas P. Mallin, Temperance, MI (US);
Matthew L. Roessle, Temperance, MI (US);
Rick Simpson, LaSalle, MI (US);
Keith Olivier, Jackson, MI (US);
Thomas P. Mallin, Temperance, MI (US);
Matthew L. Roessle, Temperance, MI (US);
Rick Simpson, LaSalle, MI (US);
Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
An injector for injecting a reagent into an exhaust stream includes an outer tube extending through an electromagnet and surrounding an inner tube. A first end of the inner tube is sealingly fixed to an inner surface of the outer tube. A guide member and an orifice plate are each sealingly fixed to the inner surface of the outer tube. A second end of the inner tube is aligned by the guide member. A moveable valve member includes a pintle head guided by the inner surface of the outer tube to align the valve member with an orifice extending through the orifice plate.