Patent ID: 6796516
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
A fuel injector for a fuel injector system of an internal combustion engine, comprising:an actuator; a valve seat element; a stationary valve seat formed on the valve seat element; a movable valve part arranged to cooperate with the stationary valve seat for opening and closing a valve; a swirl disk arranged downstream from the stationary valve seat and including a multilayer configuration, the swirl disk including at least one inlet area and at least one outlet area for applying a swirl component to a fluid to be spray-discharged between the at least one inlet area and the at least one outlet area, the swirl disk further including a first swirl-generating plane in which the swirl component is imparted to a first portion of a flow and in which a second portion of the flow is routed without swirl and independently of the first portion, and a second swirl-generating plane in which the swirl component is imparted only to the second portion of the flow.