F02M 61/162
Means to impart a whirling motion to fuel upstream or near discharging
Official title: {Means to impart a whirling motion to fuel upstream or near discharging orifices}
F02M61/162 (Means to impart a whirling motion to fuel upstream or near discharging) appears on 448 US grants and 309 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F02M- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 16 Dec 2025
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| 2026 | 0 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Swirl seat nozzle16 Dec 2025US 12,496,598 B2Cummins Inc.
- Fluid atomizer9 Dec 2025US 12,491,524 B2Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A. S.
- Multi-component swirl valves28 Oct 2025US 12,454,916 B2Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc.
- Fluid atomizer with helical inlet channel11 Feb 2025US 12,220,717 B2Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A. S.
- Fuel injector having nozzle spray holes with grooves16 Jul 2024US 12,037,967 B2Cummins Inc.
- Adjustable atomizing fuel injector assembly18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168473 A1
- Swirl seat nozzle5 Mar 2026US 2026/0061438 A1Cummins Inc.
- Gas turbine engine including fuel injector29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029126 A1General Electric Company
- Multi-component swirl valves19 Jun 2025US 2025/0198344 A1Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc.
- Fuel injector having nozzle spray holes with grooves10 Oct 2024US 2024/0337232 A1Cummins Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flow meter567US 6,874,480 B1Combustion Dynamics Corp. · 2005
- Fuel injector nozzle adapter118US 6,913,210 B2Holley Performance Products, Inc. · 2005
- Spray nozzle and method of manufacturing same96US 5,435,884 AParker-Hannifin Corporation · 1995
- Method for manfacturing an orifice plate82US 5,766,441 ARobert Bosch GmbH · 1998
- Multiple disk swirl atomizer for fuel injector71US 5,570,841 ASiemens Automotive Corporation · 1996