Patent ID: 7198207

Claim:
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 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 radially spaced from the longitudinal axis and oriented along a radial axis, each exit cavity meeting the nozzle cavity at an exit orifice; and each exit orifice being formed in the bottom wall and having a leading edge and a trailing edge, the trailing edge spaced radially outwardly from the leading edge, the leading edge extending a distance larger than a distance spanned by the trailing edge.