IP Library Granted Patent US 10,815,949
Granted Patent B2
US 10,815,949 · App. 16/301,552 · Granted Oct 27, 2020

Fuel injection device

Inventors: Yoshihito Yasukawa (Tokyo, JP); Kiyotaka Ogura (Hitachinaka, JP); Takao Miyake (Hitachinaka, JP); Akira Iizuka (Hitachinaka, JP); Kazuki Yoshimura (Tokyo, JP); Akiyasu Miyamoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
F02M61/18F02M51/061F02M61/10F02M61/1813F16K1/443
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Patent No.
US 10,815,949
App. No.
16/301,552
Granted
Oct 27, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a structure capable of reducing dribbling of fuel generated when a valve body is closed. In order to achieve the above object, a fuel injection device includes: a valve body; and a seat member having a seat portion on which the valve body is seated and having a fuel injection hole formed on a downstream side of the seat portion. The seat member is formed such that a gap between the seat member and the opposing valve body in the whole region on the downstream side of the fuel injection hole is smaller than a diameter of the fuel injection hole.

Claims (28)

1. A fuel injection device comprising:

a valve body; and

a seat member opposing the valve body and having a seat portion on which the valve body is seated and having a fuel injection hole formed on a downstream side of the seat portion, wherein

the seat member is formed such that a gap between the seat member and the opposing valve body in a whole region on a downstream side of the fuel injection hole is smaller than a diameter of the fuel injection hole, and

an inlet face of the fuel injection hole and a distal end portion of the seat member are configured to intersect with each other at an inner circumferential side of the inlet face of the fuel injection hole.

2. The fuel injection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the seat member is configured such that at least a portion of the gap between the seat member and the opposing valve body on the downstream side of the fuel injection hole is substantially constant.

3. The fuel injection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the distal end portion of the seat member is formed in a substantially linear shape in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the valve body on the downstream side of the fuel injection hole, and a distal end portion of the valve body opposing the distal end portion of the seat member is formed in a substantially linear shape in the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the valve body.

4. The fuel injection device according to claim 3 , wherein

the valve body is formed in a substantially spherical shape on an upstream side of the distal end portion of the valve body.

5. The fuel injection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the seat member is configured such that an angle θ 1 formed by a center axis of the valve body and a downstream surface of the seat member is smaller than an angle θ 2 formed by the center axis of the valve body and the distal end portion of the seat member.

6. A fuel injection device comprising:

a valve body; and

a seat member opposing the valve body and having a seat portion on which the valve body is seated and having a fuel injection hole formed on a downstream side of the seat portion, wherein

the seat member is formed such that a gap between the seat member and the opposing valve body in a whole region on a downstream side of the fuel injection hole is smaller than a gap between an inlet face of the fuel injection hole at a time of valve opening and an opposing portion of the valve body opposing the inlet face, and

the inlet face of the fuel injection hole and a distal end portion of the seat member are configured to intersect with each other at an inner circumferential side of the inlet face of the fuel injection hole.

7. The fuel injection device according to claim 6 , wherein

a gap between a most downstream end portion of the inlet face of the fuel injection hole at the time of valve opening and the opposing portion of the valve body, which opposes the most downstream end portion, is larger than a gap between a distal end of the valve body and the distal end portion of the seat member.

8. The fuel injection device according to claim 6 , wherein

the seat member is configured such that at least a portion of the gap between the seat member and the opposing valve body on the downstream side of the fuel injection hole is substantially constant.

9. The fuel injection device according to claim 6 , wherein

the distal end portion of the seat member is formed in a substantially linear shape in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the valve body on the downstream side of the fuel injection hole, and a distal end portion of the valve body opposing the distal end portion of the seat member is formed in a substantially linear shape in the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the valve body.

10. The fuel injection device according to claim 9 , wherein

the valve body is formed in a substantially spherical shape on an upstream side of the distal end portion of the valve body.

11. The fuel injection device according to claim 6 , wherein

the seat member is configured such that an angle θ 1 formed by a center axis of the valve body and a downstream surface of the seat member is smaller than an angle θ 2 formed by the center axis of the valve body and the distal end portion of the seat member.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 2, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057655/0824 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2018
From: YASUKAWA, YOSHIHITO; OGURA, KIYOTAKA; MIYAKE, TAKAO; IZUKA, AKIRA; YOSHIMURA, KAZUKI; MIYAMOTO, AKIYASU
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047498/0560 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-115824 · Jun 10, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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