Patents Examined by Robert E. Mettes
  • Fuel injection
    Patent number: 5036824
    Abstract: A fluid rail assembly supports a fuel metering injector and a charge delivery on an engine. The charge delivery injector includes flutes spaced about the interior of the nozzle to promote formation and delivery of a charge of fuel and air having desired spray characteristics. The fluid rail body includes passages that provide air to assist in delivering fuel from the fuel metering injector to through the charge delivery injector to the engine, the passages being constructed to inhibit back flow of fuel therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: William C. Albertson, George E. Pospiech, Louis H. Weinand