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Patent US8074625 - Fuel injector actuator assemblies and associated methods of use and manufacture - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsThe present disclosure is directed to integrated injector/igniters providing efficient injection, ignition, and complete combustion of various types of fuels. One example of such an injectors/igniter can include a body having a base portion opposite a nozzle portion. The base portion receives the fuel...http://www.google.com/patents/US8074625?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8074625 - Fuel injector actuator assemblies and associated methods of use and manufactureAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8074625 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/804,510Publication dateDec 13, 2011Filing dateJul 21, 2010Priority dateJan 7, 2008Also published asUS20110048381, US20120145125Publication number12804510, 804510, US 8074625 B2, US 8074625B2, US-B2-8074625, US8074625 B2, US8074625B2InventorsRoy E. McAlisterOriginal AssigneeMcalister Technologies, LlcExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (109), Non-Patent Citations (48), Classifications (18), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetFuel injector actuator assemblies and associated methods of use and manufactureUS 8074625 B2Abstract The present disclosure is directed to integrated injector/igniters providing efficient injection, ignition, and complete combustion of various types of fuels. One example of such an injectors/igniter can include a body having a base portion opposite a nozzle portion. The base portion receives the fuel into the body and the nozzle portion can be positioned adjacent to the combustion chamber. The injector further includes a valve carried by the nozzle portion that is movable between a closed position and an open position to inject the fuel into the combustion chamber. An actuator is coupled the valve and extends longitudinally through the body towards the base portion, and a driver is carried by the body and is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position the driver does not move the actuator and in the second position the driver moves the actuator to move the valve to the open position.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) The present application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/237,425, filed Aug. 27, 2009 and titled OXYGENATED FUEL PRODUCTION; U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/237,466, filed Aug. 27, 2009 and titled MULTIFUEL MULTIBURST; U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/237,479, filed Aug. 27, 2009 and titled FULL SPECTRUM ENERGY; U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/304,403, filed Feb. 13, 2010 and titled FULL SPECTRUM ENERGY AND RESOURCE INDEPENDENCE; and U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/312,100, filed Mar. 9, 2010 and titled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HIGH VOLTAGE RF SHIELDING, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR USE WITH A FUEL INJECTOR. The present application is a continuation-in-part of PCT Application No. PCT/US09/67044, filed Dec. 7, 2009 and titled INTEGRATED FUEL INJECTORS AND IGNITERS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE. The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application No. 12/653,085, filed Dec. 7, 2009 and titled INTEGRATED FUEL INJECTORS AND IGNITERS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE; which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application No. 12/006,774 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,628,137), filed Jan. 7, 2008 and titled MULTIFUEL STORAGE, METERING, AND IGNITION SYSTEM; and which claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/237,466, filed Aug. 27, 2009 and titled MULTIFUEL MULTIBURST. The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application No. 12/581,825, filed Oct. 19, 2009 and titled MULTIFUEL STORAGE, METERING, AND IGNITION SYSTEM; which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/006,774 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,628,137), filed Jan. 7, 2008 and titled MULTIFUEL STORAGE, METERING, AND IGNITION SYSTEM. Each of these applications is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD The following disclosure relates generally to integrated fuel injectors and igniters and associated components for directly injecting and igniting various fuels in a combustion chamber.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present application incorporates by reference in their entirety the subject matter of each of the following U.S. patent applications, filed concurrently herewith on Jul. 21, 2010 and titled: INTEGRATED FUEL INJECTORS AND IGNITERS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE Ser. No. 12/653,085; INTEGRATED FUEL INJECTORS AND IGNITERS WITH CONDUCTIVE CABLE ASSEMBLIES Ser. No. 12/841,146; SHAPING A FUEL CHARGE IN A COMBUSTION CHAMBER WITH MULTIPLE DRIVERS AND/OR IONIZATION CONTROL Ser. No. 12/841,149; CERAMIC INSULATOR AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF Ser. No. 12/841,135; METHOD AND SYSTEM OF THERMOCHEMICAL REGENERATION TO PROVIDE OXYGENATED FUEL, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH FUEL-COOLED FUEL INJECTORS Ser. No. 12/804,509; and METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING THE FORMATION OF OXIDES OF NITROGEN DURING COMBUSTION IN ENGINES Ser. No. 12/804,508.
Reference throughout this specification to �one embodiment� or �an embodiment� means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. Thus, the occurrences of the phrases �in one embodiment� or �in an embodiment� in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. The headings provided herein are for convenience only and do not interpret the scope or meaning of the claimed disclosure.
FIG. 1A is a schematic cross-sectional side view of an integrated injector/igniter 110 a (�injector 110 a�) configured in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. The injector 110 a illustrated in FIG. 1A is configured to inject different fuels into a combustion chamber 104 a and to be controlled to adaptively adjust the pattern and/or frequency of the fuel injections or bursts based on combustion properties and conditions in the combustion chamber 104 a. As explained in detail below, the injector 110 a and other injectors described herein can optimize the injected fuel for rapid ignition and complete combustion. In addition to injecting the fuel, the injector 110 a includes one more integrated ignition features that are configured to ignite the injected fuel. As such, the injector 110 a can be utilized to convert conventional internal combustion engines to be able to operate on multiple different fuels. Although several of the features of the illustrated injector 110 a are shown schematically for purposes of illustration, several of these schematically illustrated features are described in detail below with reference to various features of embodiments of the disclosure. Accordingly, the relative location, position, size, orientation, etc. of the schematically illustrated components of the injector in FIG. 1A are not intended to limit the present disclosure.
2H++2e −→H2 Equation F12H→H2 Equation F2
In the process of Equation F1, electrons are supplied by grounding the injector 100 to an electron source via the metallic fuel conduit 136. Electrons may also be supplied for accomplishing the process of Equation F1 by grounding one end of force generator 106 to the conductive housing 109. Nucleation of diatomic hydrogen from monatomic hydrogen can be assured by various agents and compounds, including for example, oxides such as zinc oxide, tin oxide, chromia, alumina, and silica that may be incorporated in the filter 142 as fibers and/or particles including surfaces of substrates such as aluminum and/or aluminum-silicon alloys. Such fibers, particles, and/or other suitable forms made of metals and/or alloys such as aluminum, magnesium, or zinc can also serve as catalysts in the filter 142. Similarly chemical vapor deposition and/or sputtered deposits of these metals on various substrates, followed by partial oxidation, can be positioned in the filter 142 to provide catalytic processing as summarized by Equations F1 and F2. Fuels that provide oxidizing potential, such as �oxygenated� fuels that contain water vapor that enables self-healing of such metal oxides, as described in U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/237,425 title OXYGENATED FUEL PRODUCTION, filed Aug. 27, 2009. In embodiments where high strength alloy materials, such as music wire, spring steel, precipitation-hardened (PH) steel, or a chrome-silicon steel alloy, are selected for the biasing member 130, additional protection may also be provided by plating the biasing member 130 with protective metals such as aluminum. For example, the biasing member 130 can be plated with any suitable plating methods including, for example, hot dip, electrolytic, chemical vapor, and/or sputtering processes.
In operation, administering current or other energy to the force generator 728 opens the flow valve 712. More specifically, administering current to the force generator 728 forces the driver 718 towards the pole piece 726. As the driver 718 moves the second distance D2 towards the actuator tensioner or stop 716, the driver 718 gains momentum and associated kinetic energy before striking or contacting the actuator stop 716. Moving the actuator stop 716 towards the pole piece 726 by the first distance D1 relaxes the tension in the actuator 714 to allow the flow valve 712 to open. As the driver 718 moves towards the pole piece 726, the driver 718 compresses the first biasing member 722 and the second biasing member 724. As such, the first biasing member 722, the second biasing member 724, and the attraction element 730 can urge the driver 718 towards the base portion 702 to allow the actuator stop 716 to tension the actuator 714 and close the flow valve 712. Moreover, when the driver 718 is pulsed towards the pole piece 726, energy can be applied in the force generator 728 to produce pulsed current according to a selected �hold� frequency to pulse or otherwise actuate the driver 718.
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Langmuir, vol. 27, Issue 7. 2011. pp. 3991-4003.Classifications U.S. Classification123/490, 123/472International ClassificationF02M51/06, F02M51/00Cooperative ClassificationF02M21/0254, F02M21/0269, F02M21/0266, F02M21/0275, F02B2075/125, H01M8/04089, Y02T10/123, F02M57/06, F02M51/0671, Y02T10/32, H01M8/04186European ClassificationF02M51/06B2E2, F02M57/06, F02M21/02S10Legal EventsDateCodeEventDescriptionApr 17, 2012CCCertificate of correctionOct 27, 2010ASAssignmentOwner name: MCALISTER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, ARIZONAFree format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:MCALISTER, ROY E;REEL/FRAME:025201/0397Effective date: 20101019RotateOriginal ImageGoogle Home - Sitemap - USPTO Bulk Downloads - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - About Google Patents - Send FeedbackData provided by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services©2012 Google