F02M 57/02
Injectors structurally combined with fuel-injection pumps
F02M57/02 (Injectors structurally combined with fuel-injection pumps) appears on 1,298 US grants and 659 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Asymmetric fuel injection window and fuel metering window17 Mar 2026US 12,577,918 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Fuel injector control strategy using fuel bulk modulus for fuel injector command determination13 Jan 2026US 12,523,182 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Dual fuel system having dual fuel injector and engine operating method9 Dec 2025US 12,492,670 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Dual fuel system and operating strategy metering fuel via varied fuel pump output2 Dec 2025US 12,486,809 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Method and apparatus for limiting acidic corrosion and contamination in fuel delivery systems14 Oct 2025US 12,441,600 B2Franklin Fueling Systems, Inc.
- Hydraulically driven fluid injection system26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085652 A1Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Dual fuel system having dual fuel injector and engine operating method12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043381 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- Dual fuel system having dual fuel injector and engine operating method12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043382 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- Asymmetric fuel injection window and fuel metering window22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022673 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- System and method for adjusting fuel injector commands22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022675 A1Caterpillar Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Priming reservoir and volume compensation device for hydraulic unit injector fuel system168US 5,245,970 ANavistar International Transportation Corp. · 1993
- Engine having a high pressure hydraulic system and low pressure lubricating system131US 6,067,962 ACaterpillar Inc. · 2000
- Hydraulically-actuated electronically-controlled unit injector fuel system having variable control of actuating fluid pressure125US 5,191,867 ACaterpillar Inc. · 1993
- High speed fuel injector106US 5,460,329 A1995
- Exhaust gas purification device for an internal combustion engine105US 5,732,554 AToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998