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US 2024/0337232 A1Published application
Fuel injector having nozzle spray holes with grooves
AssigneeCummins Inc.
InventorsRoss A. Phillips, Jordan P. Steele, Frank Husmeier, Bryan D. Rollin
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Abstract
An injector includes a nozzle body extending along a longitudinal axis and at least one spray hole extending through a portion of the nozzle body to output a fluid from the injector. The spray hole includes at least one groove. The groove is configured to facilitate efficient mixing of the fluid with air or other surrounding materials for enhanced performance of the injector and/or other components associated with the injector.
Claims21
1-21. (canceled)
A method of forming a portion of a nozzle for an injector of a fuel system, the method comprising:
- forming at least one spray hole within the nozzle, the at least one spray hole having a length extending from an inlet end located within the nozzle to an outlet end located on an outer surface of the nozzle, and the at least one spray hole having an inner surface defining a channel extending along the length from the inlet end to the outlet end;
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- forming a plurality of grooves in the inner surface of the at least one spray hole so that each of the plurality of grooves defines a recessed portion of the channel that extends in a linear configuration, each of the plurality of grooves being formed in the inner surface to extend in the linear configuration from a first end to a second end of a corresponding one of the plurality of grooves, the plurality of grooves being formed to be separated from one another by a plurality of lands that form non-recessed portions of the channel, wherein the linear configuration of each of the plurality of grooves is configured to interrupt laminar flow of fluid flowing through the at least one spray hole to mix the fluid with air.
An injector for a fuel system, the injector comprising:
- a nozzle body and at least one spray hole extending through a portion of the nozzle body, the at least one spray hole configured to output a fluid from the nozzle body, the at least one spray hole including a length extending outwardly from an inlet end located within the nozzle body to an outlet end located on an outer surface of the nozzle body, the nozzle body including:
- an inner surface forming a channel extending along the length of the at least one spray hole from the inlet end to the outlet end;
- a plurality of grooves in the inner surface configured so that each of the plurality of grooves defines a recessed portion of the channel, the recess portion extending in a linear configuration so that each of the plurality of grooves extends in the linear configuration from a first end to a second end thereof along at least a majority of the length of the at least one spray hole;
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- a plurality of lands separating the plurality of grooves from one another, the plurality of lands defining non-recessed portions of the channel, wherein the plurality of grooves in the linear configuration are configured to mix the fluid with air.
2 more elements
An injector for a fuel system, the injector comprising:
- a nozzle body including a plurality of spray holes, each of the plurality of spray holes including an inner surface forming a channel extending through the nozzle body, each of the plurality of spray holes having a length along the channel extending outwardly from an inlet end located within the nozzle body to an outlet end located on an outer surface of the nozzle body;
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- a plurality of linear grooves disposed in the inner surface of at least one of the plurality of spray holes, the plurality of linear grooves being spaced from at least one of the inlet end and the outlet end so that each of the plurality of linear grooves defines a recessed portion of the channel in the inner surface that extends along only a portion of the length of the at least one of the plurality of spray holes, and the plurality of grooves are separated from one another by a plurality of lands that define non-recessed portions of the channel, wherein the plurality of linear grooves are configured to improve mixing of fluid passing through the at least one spray hole with air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.