Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel injector and fuel system with valve train noise suppressor
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Application No.: US15985170Application Date: 2018-05-21
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Publication No.: US10975815B2Publication Date: 2021-04-13
- Inventor: Wade James Robel , Thomas Jeffrey Crowell , Lifeng Wang
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Deerfield
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Deerfield
- Agency: Brannon Sowers & Cracraft
- Main IPC: F02M55/04
- IPC: F02M55/04 ; F02M45/04 ; F02M59/36

Abstract:
A fuel system for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel system, a valve train, and a fuel injector including a cam actuated plunger. The fuel injector has a noise suppressor fluidly connecting a plunger cavity to each of a spill passage and a nozzle supply passage in the fuel injector. The noise suppressor has an inlet configuration forming a fuel admission flow area to the plunger cavity, and an outlet configuration forming a fuel discharge flow area. The fuel discharge flow area is smaller than the fuel admission flow area, and the noise suppressor adjusts to the outlet configuration to throttle discharging of fuel from the plunger cavity to limit valve train noise.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190353125A1 FUEL INJECTOR AND FUEL SYSTEM WITH VALVE TRAIN NOISE SUPPRESSOR Public/Granted day:2019-11-21
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