# US 2014/0191065 A1 · Fuel injection valve

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- Number: US 2014/0191065 A1
- Document ID: US20140191065A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/240,208
- Filed: 2011-08-22
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2011-08-22
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Hisao Suzuki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140191065A1

## CPC

- F02M 63/0033: {Lift valves, i.e. having a valve member that moves perpendicularly to the plane of the valve seat}
- F02M 61/1813: {Discharge orifices having different orientations with respect to valve member direction of movement, e.g. orientations being such that fuel jets emerging from discharge orifices collide with each other}
- F02M 61/1833: {Discharge orifices having changing cross sections, e.g. being divergent}
- F02M 61/1853: {Orifice plates}
- F02M: SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF

## Abstract

A fuel injection valve that can favorably reduce the film thickness of fuel ejected from an outlet of an injection hole without relying on increase of the fuel pressure, whereby atomization of fuel spray can be favorably promoted, is provided. A fuel passage (16) through which the fuel flows is formed in the interior of the fuel injection valve (10). An injection-hole plate (18) as a member that separates an injection space (20) into which the fuel is injected, from the fuel passage (16), is provided in which a plurality of injection holes (22) for ejecting the fuel from the fuel passage (16) toward the injection space (20) are formed. The injection-hole plate (18), as viewed from the outlet side of the injection hole (22), is formed with an injection-hole outlet-side groove (24) connected to the injection hole (22) in a region (inner wall surface 22b) opposed to a main flow direction of the fuel directed toward the injection hole (22) along an inner wall surface (18a) of the injection-hole plate (18). The injection-hole outlet-side groove (24) is formed so as to extend in a direction away from the injection hole (22).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A fuel injection valve that injects fuel, including:
a fuel passage that is formed in an interior of the fuel injection valve and allows the fuel to flow therethrough; and
an injection-hole forming member that is a member that separates an injection space into which the fuel is injected, from the fuel passage, and is formed with at least one injection hole for ejecting the fuel from the fuel passage toward the injection space, the fuel injection valve being characterized in that:
the injection-hole forming member, as viewed from an outlet side of the injection hole, is formed with an injection-hole outlet-side groove connected to the injection hole in a region thereof opposed to a main flow direction of the fuel directed toward the injection hole along a wall surface of the injection-hole forming member inside the fuel injection valve, and that:
the injection-hole outlet-side groove is formed so as to extend in a direction away from the injection hole.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The fuel injection valve according to claim 1, characterized in that the injection-hole outlet-side groove is formed as a groove that extends in a direction in which the fuel flowing into the injection hole is guided along an inner wall surface of the injection hole.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The fuel injection valve according to claim 1, characterized in that the injection-hole outlet-side groove comprises a pair of grooves formed in V shape such that the grooves are inclined toward an upstream side of the main flow direction of the fuel, in the injection-hole forming member as viewed from the outlet side of the injection hole.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The fuel injection valve according to claim 1, characterized in that:
the injection-hole forming member, as viewed from an inlet side of the injection hole, is formed with an injection-hole inlet-side groove at a position close to the injection hole, in a region thereof opposed to the main flow direction of the fuel, and that:
a fuel bypass that is a passage communicating with the injection-hole inlet-side groove, and extends through the injection-hole forming member without intersecting the injection hole, is formed in the injection-hole forming member.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The fuel injection valve according to claim 4, characterized in that the fuel bypass is formed as a passage that communicates the injection-hole inlet-side groove with the injection-hole outlet-side groove.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The fuel injection valve according to claim 1, characterized in that the injection hole is formed such that a passage cross-sectional area of an outlet-side region thereof becomes larger toward an upstream side of the main flow direction of the fuel, relative to a passage cross-sectional area of an inlet-side region thereof.