IP Library Patent Application 16321656
Patent Application
App. No. 16/321,656

Fuel Injection Valve

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App. No.
16/321,656
Abstract

An object is to provide a fuel injection valve that restricts attachment of fuel injected from an injection hole to a combustion chamber. A fuel injection valve including a plurality of injection holes on a front end section, each of the plurality of injection holes including an upstream hole formed on an upstream side and a downstream hole that is connected to the upstream hole, formed on a downstream side of the upstream hole, and has a diameter different from that of the upstream hole. A center axis of a first downstream hole is configured to be eccentric to a center axis side of the fuel injection valve relative to a center axis of a first upstream hole of a first injection hole. An eccentricity amount or an eccentricity direction of a downstream hole relative to an upstream hole of at least one of the other injection holes is different from an eccentricity amount or an eccentricity direction of the first injection hole.

Claims (44)

1 . A fuel injection valve comprising a plurality of injection holes on a front end section, each of the plurality of injection holes including an upstream hole formed on an upstream side and a downstream hole that is connected to the upstream hole, formed on a downstream side of the upstream hole, and has a diameter different from that of the upstream hole, wherein

a center axis of a first downstream hole is configured to be eccentric to a center axis side of the fuel injection valve relative to a center axis of a first upstream hole of a first injection hole, and

an eccentricity amount or an eccentricity direction of a downstream hole with respect to an upstream hole of at least one of the other injection holes is different from an eccentricity amount or an eccentricity direction of the first injection hole.

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

the first upstream hole and the first downstream hole of the first injection hole are configured so that fuel from the first upstream hole collides with a side wall on an external diameter side on an exit surface of the first downstream hole.

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

each of the plurality of injection holes includes a different-diameter downstream hole having a different diameter formed on a further downstream side of the downstream hole, and

the different-diameter downstream hole is formed to have an injection length shorter than that of the downstream hole.

4 . The fuel injection valve according to claim 1 , wherein

among the plurality of injection holes, the center axis of the first upstream hole of the first injection hole is configured to have a smallest angle with respect to a center axis of the fuel injection valve.

5 . The fuel injection valve according to claim 4 , wherein

among the plurality of injection holes, a second injection hole positioned in an end portion on an opposite side of the first injection hole with respect to the center axis of the fuel injection valve includes a second upstream hole formed on an upstream side and a second downstream hole that is connected to the second upstream hole and formed on a downstream side of the second upstream hole, and

a center axis of the second downstream hole is at a position eccentric to a center axis side of the fuel injection valve relative to a center axis of the second upstream hole.

6 . The fuel injection valve according to claim 4 , wherein

among the injection holes, a third injection hole formed adjacent to the first injection hole in a circumferential direction includes a third upstream hole formed on an upstream side and a third downstream hole that is connected to the third upstream hole and formed on a downstream side of the third upstream hole, and

a center axis of the third downstream hole is at a position eccentric to a side away from a center axis side of the fuel injection valve relative to a center axis of the third upstream hole.

7 . The fuel injection valve according to claim 1 , wherein

an angle formed by a tangent drawn parallel to an exit surface of the first upstream hole and a straight line connecting an external diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the first upstream hole and an external diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the first downstream hole is 45 deg. or larger.

8 . The fuel injection valve according to claim 1 , wherein

in a state where the fuel injection valve is attached to an internal combustion engine, the first injection hole among the plurality of injection holes is disposed to be oriented most to a front end portion of an ignition plug.

9 . The fuel injection valve according to claim 1 , wherein

among the plurality of injection holes, a second injection hole positioned in an end portion on an opposite side of the first injection hole with respect to a valve element center axis includes a second upstream hole formed on an upstream side and a second downstream hole that is connected to the second upstream hole and formed on a downstream side of the second upstream hole, and

a center axis of the second downstream hole is configured to be eccentric to a center axis side of the fuel injection valve relative to a center axis of the second upstream hole.

10 . A fuel injection valve comprising a plurality of injection holes on a front end section, each of the plurality of injection holes including an upstream hole formed on an upstream side and a downstream hole that is connected to the upstream hole and formed on a downstream side of the upstream hole, wherein

the first injection hole is configured so that an angle formed by a tangent drawn parallel to an exit surface of a first upstream hole and a straight line connecting an internal diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the first upstream hole and an internal diameter side exit end portion on an exit surface of the first downstream hole is smaller than an angle formed by a tangent drawn parallel to the exit surface of the first upstream hole and a straight line connecting an external diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the first upstream hole and an external diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the first downstream hole, and

a second injection hole positioned in an end portion on an opposite side of the first injection hole with respect to a valve element center axis among the plurality of injection holes is configured so that an angle formed by a tangent drawn parallel to an exit surface of a second upstream hole and a straight line connecting an internal diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the second upstream hole and an internal diameter side exit end portion on an exit surface of the second downstream hole is smaller than an angle formed by a tangent drawn parallel to the exit surface of the second upstream hole and a straight line connecting an external diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the second upstream hole and an external diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the second downstream hole.

11 . A fuel injection valve comprising a plurality of injection holes on a front end section, each of the plurality of injection holes including an upstream hole formed on an upstream side and a downstream hole that is connected to the upstream hole and formed on a downstream side of the upstream hole, wherein

the first injection hole is configured so that an angle formed by a tangent drawn parallel to an exit surface of a first upstream hole and a straight line connecting an internal diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the first upstream hole and an internal diameter side exit end portion on an exit surface of the first downstream hole is smaller than an angle formed by a tangent drawn parallel to the exit surface of the first upstream hole and a straight line connecting an external diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the first upstream hole and an external diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the first downstream hole, and

a third injection hole formed adjacent to the first injection hole in a circumferential direction is configured so that an angle formed by a tangent drawn parallel to an exit surface of a third upstream hole and a straight line connecting an internal diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the third upstream hole and an internal diameter side exit end portion on an exit surface of the third downstream hole is larger than an angle formed by a tangent drawn parallel to the exit surface of the third upstream hole and a straight line connecting an external diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the third upstream hole and an external diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the third downstream hole.

12 . The fuel injection valve according to claim 10 , wherein

among the plurality of injection holes, a third injection hole formed adjacent to the first injection hole in a circumferential direction includes a third upstream hole formed on an upstream side and a third downstream hole that is connected to the third upstream hole and formed on a downstream side of the third upstream hole, and

an angle formed by a tangent drawn parallel to an exit surface of the third upstream hole and a straight line connecting an internal diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the third upstream hole and an internal diameter side exit end portion on an exit surface of the third downstream hole is larger than an angle formed by a tangent drawn parallel to the exit surface of the third upstream hole and a straight line connecting an external diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the third upstream hole and an external diameter side exit end portion on the exit surface of the third downstream hole.

13 . The fuel injection valve according to claim 10 , wherein

in a state where the fuel injection valve is attached to an internal combustion engine, the first injection hole among the plurality of injection holes is disposed to be oriented most to a front end portion of an ignition plug, and

the second injection hole is disposed to be oriented most to an upper surface center portion of a piston.

14 . The fuel injection valve according to claim 10 , wherein

among the plurality of injection holes, a third injection hole formed adjacent to the first injection hole in a circumferential direction includes a third upstream hole formed on an upstream side and a third downstream hole that is connected to the third upstream hole and formed on a downstream side of the third upstream hole, and

a center axis of the third downstream hole is at a position eccentric to a side away from a center axis of the fuel injection valve relative to a center axis of the third upstream hole.

15 . The fuel injection valve according to claim 14 , wherein

among the plurality of injection holes, a fourth injection hole formed adjacent to the third injection hole in a circumferential direction includes a fourth upstream hole formed on an upstream side and a fourth downstream hole that is connected to the fourth upstream hole and formed on a downstream side of the fourth upstream hole, and

a center axis of the fourth downstream hole is at a position eccentric to a side away from a center axis of the fuel injection valve relative to a center axis of the fourth upstream hole.

16 . The fuel injection valve according to claim 5 , wherein

among the injection holes, a third injection hole formed adjacent to the first injection hole in a circumferential direction includes a third upstream hole formed on an upstream side and a third downstream hole that is connected to the third upstream hole and formed on a downstream side of the third upstream hole, and

a center axis of the third downstream hole is at a position eccentric to a side away from a center axis side of the fuel injection valve relative to a center axis of the third upstream hole.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058481/0935 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2019
From: ITAYA, TAKAKI; OGATA, KENICHIRO; INOUE, MASAHIKO; SARUWATARI, MASAYUKI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 048190/0637 →