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US 6,708,905 B2Granted
Supersonic injector for gaseous fuel engine
AssigneeEmissions Control Technology, LLC
InventorsAnatoli A. Borissov, James J. McCoy, Jr.
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Abstract
A nozzle for delivering fuel to an engine is disclosed which is profiled with adjoining converging and diverging sections to accelerate the flow of fuel to a supersonic rate.
Claims2
A supersonic nozzle for injecting gaseous fuel into the combustion chamber of a cylinder driven gaseous fuel engine, comprising:
- a valve body having an inlet for receiving gaseous fuel and an outlet for delivering such fuel directly into such combustion chamber;
- and,
- said outlet having a converging section coupled to a diverging section through a critical orifice for delivering gaseous fuel therethrough at a supersonic rate directly into such combustion chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.