F02M 61/042
The valves being provided with fuel passages
Official title: {The valves being provided with fuel passages}
F02M61/042 (The valves being provided with fuel passages) appears on 185 US grants and 154 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F02M- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 2026 | 3 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Variable orifice fuel injection nozzle14 Jul 2026US 12,680,523 B2
- Asymmetric fuel injection window and fuel metering window17 Mar 2026US 12,577,918 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Method and apparatus for hard machining orifices in fuel system and engine components6 Jan 2026US 12,516,650 B2Cummins-Scania HPCR System, LLC
- Dual fuel system having dual fuel injector and engine operating method9 Dec 2025US 12,492,670 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Multi-fuel injector with fuel mixing10 Jun 2025US 12,326,127 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Fuel injector9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194034 A1
- Dual fuel injector and method26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085650 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- 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.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fuel injector with silicon nozzle84US 4,907,748 AFord Motor Company · 1990
- Cylinder injection engine and fuel injection nozzle used for the engine61US 6,722,340 B1Hitachi, Ltd. · 2004
- Fuel injector with pressure balanced needle valve48US 5,979,803 ACummins Engine Company, Inc. · 1999
- Vibrating element for use on an ultrasonic injection nozzle41US 4,756,478 AToa Nenryo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1988
- Fuel injection system for internal combustion engine34US 4,462,368 ADiesel Kiki Co., Ltd. · 1984