FUEL INJECTION VALVE
Disclosed is a fuel injection valve in which a movable core and a fixed core are enclosed in a cylindrical body. The cylindrical body has an annular groove formed therein, on an outer circumferential side of a region in which the movable core and the fixed core are opposed to each other, to define a thin portion of small wall thickness. In a cross section taken along a center axis of the fuel injection valve, the thin portion has curved line sections on both end sides thereof in a direction along the center axis such that the curved line sections respectively connect a bottom of the annular groove to side edges of the annular groove by curved lines. The curved line sections are provided over a range of larger dimension, from the respective side edges in the direction along the center axis, than a depth dimension of the annular groove.
1 . A fuel injection valve, comprising:
a valve seat and a valve body that cooperatively open and close a fuel passage;
a movable core and a fixed core that exert an electromagnetic force therebetween to drive the valve body; and
a cylindrical body that encloses therein the movable core and the fixed core,
wherein the cylindrical body has an annular groove formed therein, on an outer circumferential side of an opposed region where the movable core and the fixed core are opposed to each other, to define a thin portion of small wall thickness in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical body,
wherein, in a cross section taken in parallel with a center axis of the fuel injection valve and including the center axis, the thin portion has curved line sections on both end sides thereof in a direction along the center axis such that the curved line sections respectively connect a bottom of the annular groove to side edges of the annular groove by curved lines, and
wherein the curved line sections are provided over a range of larger dimension, from the respective side edges in the direction along the center axis, than a depth dimension of the annular groove.
2 . The fuel injection valve according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the cross section, the curved line sections of the thin portion are shaped to form a curve that connects one of the side edges of the annular groove and the other of the side edges of the annular groove in the direction along the center axis
3 . The fuel injection valve according to claim 2 ,
wherein the curve formed by the curved line sections of the thin portion is in the shape of an arc of an ellipse.
4 . The fuel injection valve according to claim 2 ,
wherein the thin portion includes first and second thin portions located apart from each other in the direction along the center axis and respectively defined by first and second annular grooves.
5 . The fuel injection valve according to claim 4 ,
wherein the cylindrical body includes a thick portion located between the first and second thin portions and having a wall thickness larger than those of the first and second thin portions, and
wherein at least one of the movable and fixed cores has a clearance widening portion formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof at a position opposed to an inner circumferential surface of the thick portion so as to widen a clearance between the inner circumferential surface of the thick portion and the outer circumferential surface of the at least one of the movable and fixed cores.