Patent ID: 7168637
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
1. A nozzle for a low pressure fuel injector, the fuel injector delivering fuel to a cylinder of an engine, the nozzle comprising: a nozzle body defining a valve outlet and a longitudinal axis; a metering plate connected to the nozzle body and in fluid communication with the valve outlet; the metering plate defining a nozzle cavity receiving fuel from the valve outlet; the metering plate defining a plurality of exit cavities receiving fuel from the nozzle cavity, each exit cavity radially spaced from the valve outlet and oriented along a radial axis, each exit cavity meeting the nozzle cavity at an exit orifice; and each exit orifice having one or more axis of symmetry, and wherein none of the one or more axis of symmetry is aligned with the radial axis.