Fuel injector with sealing member
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorHoisan KIM
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Abstract
A fuel injector includes a body assembly having a proximal end and a distal end comprising a nozzle, an electronically operated valve situated within the body assembly, the electronically operated valve comprising a plurality of electrical wires, and a passageway configured to convey electrical wires from the electronically operated valve proximally through the fuel injector and out the proximal end and external to the body assembly. The fuel injector further includes a seal situated within the passageway and distal a proximal end of the passageway, the seal surrounding the plurality of electrical wires.
Claims20
A fuel injector, comprising:
- a body assembly having a proximal end and a distal end comprising a nozzle;
- an electronically operated valve situated within the body assembly, the electronically operated valve comprising a plurality of electrical wires;
- a passageway configured to convey electrical wires from the electronically operated valve proximally through the fuel injector and out the proximal end and external to the body assembly;
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- a seal situated within the passageway and distal a proximal end of the passageway, the seal surrounding the plurality of electrical wires.
A fuel injector, comprising:
- a body assembly comprising a proximal end and a distal end comprising a nozzle;
- an electronically operated valve situated within the body assembly, the electronically operated valve comprising a plurality of electrical wires having a distal end connected inside the body assembly and a proximal end extending outside the body assembly to an electrical connector;
- a passageway configured to convey the plurality of electrical wires from the electronically operated valve proximally through the body assembly to the proximal end of the body assembly;
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- a seal situated within the passageway and comprising a plurality of lumens extending from a seal proximal end to a seal distal end, each of the plurality of lumens receiving a wire of the plurality of electrical wires.
A fuel injector, comprising:
- a body assembly comprising a proximal end and a distal end comprising a nozzle;
- an electronically operated valve situated within the body assembly, the electronically operated valve comprising a plurality of electrical wires having a distal end connected inside the body assembly and a proximal end extending outside the body assembly to an electrical connector;
- a passageway configured to convey the plurality of electrical wires from the electronically operated valve proximally through the body assembly to the proximal end of the body assembly;
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- a seal situated within the passageway and distal a proximal end of the passageway, the seal comprising:
- a plurality of individual members;
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- a plurality of lumens extending from a seal proximal end to a seal distal end, each of the plurality of lumens receiving a wire of the plurality of electrical wires.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.