Patent ID: 7124963
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: B05B,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 having a bottom wall and a side wall, the bottom and side walls 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 being radially spaced from the longitudinal axis, each exit cavity meeting the nozzle cavity at an exit orifice; and the side wall sloping at an angle relative to the bottom wall, the angle between the side wall and bottom wall varying circumferentially around the nozzle cavity.