Patent ID: 7243862
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: F02B,F02D,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A fuel injector nozzle for dispersing fuel before, during and after a piston of an engine reaches top dead center, the fuel injector nozzle comprising: a plurality of first outlet openings configured to disperse fuel in a first plume that is configured to be received within a re-entrant bowl of the piston while the piston is at a position greater than 15 degrees before top dead center and 15 degrees after top dead center, wherein the first plume will not impinge upon a lip of the re-entrant bowl; and a plurality of second outlet openings configured to disperse fuel in a second plume that is configured to be received within the re-entrant bowl of the piston while the piston is at a position less than 15 degrees before top dead center and 15 degrees after top dead center, wherein the second plume will not impinge upon the lip of the re-entrant bowl; wherein fuel dispersed from the plurality of second outlet openings collides with fuel dispersed from the a plurality of first outlet openings.