Patent ID: 6758407
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
A fuel injection system comprising a fuel injector and a combustion cylinder for use in an internal combustion engine cylinder, the injector comprising a nozzle body, a first outlet opening having an axis, a second outlet opening having an axis, an arrangement for controlling fuel delivery through the first and second outlet openings, wherein the first and second outlet openings being a first distance from a wall of the cylinder, the axes of the first and second outlet openings are selectively angled to intersect one another downstream of the outlet openings such that the axes intersect approximately at a distance one half of the first distance such that, when fuel is delivered through both the first and second outlet openings, a combined spray formation is formed which is substantially equivalent to a single spray formation having been delivered from a single opening, wherein the arrangement for controlling fuel delivery through the first and second outlet openings is arranged to selectively permit fuel delivery from only one of the outlet openings.