Patent ID: 6431146
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: F02B,F02M

Abstract:
A fuel injector comprising:an injector body having a control gas passage, the control gas passage receiving a control gas pressure; a fuel quantity plug/stop inserted into a first end of said injector body; an intensifier piston having a fuel injector nozzle, said intensifier piston slidably disposed within said injector body between a first position in which a fuel cavity is formed between said intensifier piston and said fuel quantity plug/stop and a second position in which a volume of the fuel cavity is reduced; said fuel quantity plug/stop including a fuel inlet passage in fluid communication with the fuel cavity; said intensifier piston further including a control gas pintle cavity axially formed therein and a pintle cavity control gas passage in fluid communication with said control gas passage; a intensifier piston stop provided at a second end of said injector body and preventing said intensifier piston from coming out of said injector body; an intensifier piston control gas passage providing fluid communication between said control gas passage and said intensifier piston; a pintle slidably disposed within said intensifier piston; a pintle closing spring provided in said control gas pintle cavity and biasing said pintle against said fuel injector nozzle; and a fuel delivery passage provided in said intensifier piston and interconnecting the fuel cavity and said pintle.