Patents Assigned to Synerject, LLC
  • Patent number: 6502561
    Abstract: A cover that covers at least a portion of a fuel pressure regulator of an air assist fuel injection system and fluidly communicates pressurized gas to the fuel pressure regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Synerject, LLC
    Inventors: Johnny Leung, Todd Matthew Answine, Daryl Oran Codling, Mario Charles Muscat
  • Patent number: 6484700
    Abstract: An air assist fuel injector having an armature and a solenoid for actuating the armature. The armature includes a conduit having a conical portion for delivering liquid fuel and gas to a poppet of the air assist fuel injector. The conduit includes an inlet for receiving the liquid fuel and gas from a cap of the air assist fuel injector. The cap includes a number of channels for delivering the liquid fuel and gas, and the outlets of the channels are located radially inward of the periphery of the inlet to the armature conduit. The armature also includes a flow path located between an area upstream of the inlet to the armature and an area downstream of the armature. The flow path may include one or more recesses in the armature or one or more recesses in an armature guide of the air assist fuel injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Synerject, LLC
    Inventors: James Allen Kimmel, Scott P. Dillon
  • Patent number: 6402057
    Abstract: A first air assist fuel injector configured for operation with a two stroke engine and a second air assist fuel injector configured for operation with a four stroke engine. The first air assist fuel injector and the second air assist fuel injector share one or more common items, such as a solenoid coil assembly and/or an armature, even though the air assist fuel injectors are configured for different applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Synerject, LLC
    Inventors: James Allen Kimmel, David Christopher Kilgore
  • Patent number: 6302337
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for an air assist fuel injector having an interface cap. The sealing arrangement includes a sleeve sealingly attached to a leg of the air assist fuel injector and that receives at least a portion of the interface cap. A seal member abuts the sleeve to seal a solenoid from liquid fuel and gas and to seal an interface between the air assist fuel injector and a rail when the air assist fuel injector is received by the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Synerject, LLC
    Inventor: James Allen Kimmel