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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Sumit Kumar Das, Erie, PA (US);
Paul Gerard Nistler, Erie, PA (US);
Javier Rivera, Erie, PA (US);
Muthu Anandhan, Erie, PA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 55/00 (2006.01); F02M 63/00 (2006.01); F02M 55/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 55/002 (2013.01); F02M 55/025 (2013.01); F02M 63/0054 (2013.01); F02M 2200/31 (2013.01); F02M 2200/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for a leakage passageway for a fuel injector of a common rail fuel system. In one embodiment, a fuel injector for an engine comprises an injector accumulator, an injector flow limiter valve configured to control a flow of fuel from a common fuel rail and into the injector accumulator, and a leakage passageway coupled between the injector accumulator and an inlet of the injector flow limiter valve, the leakage passageway bypassing the injector flow limiter valve.