FUEL-INJECTION VALVE
A fuel-injection valve provided with a fuel filter ( 13 ) in a fuel supply unit into which fuel flows, wherein: the fuel filter ( 13 ) is provided with a filtering part (X 1 ) that is disposed along the circumferential direction of the fuel filter ( 13 ) and along the central axis line ( 13 x ) thereof and that is provided with a net-like member ( 13 c ) which captures foreign objects mixed in with fuel flowing from the radially inner side to the radially outer side of the fuel filter ( 13 ); and the fuel filter ( 13 ) has, on the upstream side from the filtering part (X 1 ), first fuel swirl generation units ( 13 d - 1, 13 d - 2, 13 d - 4 ) which generate swirl in the fuel that flows down along the inner circumferential surface of the filtering part (X 1 ).
1 . A fuel injection valve comprising:
a fuel filter which is provided to a fuel supply portion into which a fuel flows, and which includes a filtering portion including a net member disposed along a circumferential direction of the fuel filter along a center axis of the fuel filter, and arranged to collect an foreign object mixed in the fuel flowing from a radially inside of the fuel filter to a radially outside of the fuel filter; and
a first swirl fuel producing section disposed on an upstream side of the filtering portion, and arranged to produce the fuel flowing down and swirling along an inner circumference surface of the filtering portion.
2 . The fuel injection valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first swirl fuel producing section is constituted by an inclination surface inclined with respect to a direction along the center axis.
3 . The fuel injection valve as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the inclination surface is formed on an inner circumference surface side of an annular portion along a circumferential direction to confront a fuel supply opening; and the inclination surface is inclined to be apart from the fuel supply opening in the direction along the center axis as the inclination surface is apart from one end portion of the inclination surface in the circumferential direction.
4 . The fuel injection valve as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the fuel injection valve includes a fuel passage formed radially inside the inclination surface to extend in a direction along the center axis, and a protrusion protruding from a bottom surface of the fuel passage toward a side of the fuel supply opening; the protrusion includes a conduction member arranged to conduct the fuel in a direction along the inner circumference surface of the filtering portion; and the protrusion constitutes a second swirl fuel producing section arranged to produce the fuel flowing down and swirling along the inner circumference surface of the filtering portion.
5 . The fuel injection valve as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the protrusion includes an upstream side end portion extending to reach a downstream end portion of the inclination surface in the direction along the center axis.
6 . The fuel injection valve as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the fuel filter includes a core metal constituting a press-fit surface arranged to press-fit the fuel filter in the fuel supply portion; and the annular portion is constituted by the core metal, and a resin formed radially inside the core metal.
7 . The fuel injection valve as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the annular portion is constituted by an annular member different from a filter main body constituting the filtering portion.