Railplug direct injector/ignitor assembly
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1. A high pressure fuel injector assembly for injecting a high energy plasma jet into a combustion chamber, comprising:
- a high pressure fuel injector having a nozzle from which fuel is injected;
a railplug assembly disposed on said nozzle for acting on the fuel as the fuel is injected from said nozzle, said railplug assembly comprising means defining a bore through which fuel injected from said nozzle is constrained to pass upon leaving said nozzle, said means defining a bore including insulative means supporting respective elongate electrodes on opposite diametrical portions of said bore in mutually electrically insulated relationship, each of said electrodes extending lengthwise of said bore and being constructed and arranged to be in closer proximity to each other at a lengthwise location that is proximate, but spaced from, said nozzle such that said electrodes have longer lengths and are farther apart from each other beyond said location in a direction toward an exit of said bore such that when suitable electrical potential is applied across said electrodes, initial arcing occurs between said electrodes at said location to intersect the fuel being injected from said nozzle at said location.
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Abstract
A high pressure fuel injector has a railplug ignitor assembly disposed on its nozzle. The injected fuel travels down the bore of the railplug. The railplug delivers a plasma that travels down the bore of the railplug in timed relation to the injected fuel to ignite the fuel.
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1. A high pressure fuel injector assembly for injecting a high energy plasma jet into a combustion chamber, comprising:
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a high pressure fuel injector having a nozzle from which fuel is injected; a railplug assembly disposed on said nozzle for acting on the fuel as the fuel is injected from said nozzle, said railplug assembly comprising means defining a bore through which fuel injected from said nozzle is constrained to pass upon leaving said nozzle, said means defining a bore including insulative means supporting respective elongate electrodes on opposite diametrical portions of said bore in mutually electrically insulated relationship, each of said electrodes extending lengthwise of said bore and being constructed and arranged to be in closer proximity to each other at a lengthwise location that is proximate, but spaced from, said nozzle such that said electrodes have longer lengths and are farther apart from each other beyond said location in a direction toward an exit of said bore such that when suitable electrical potential is applied across said electrodes, initial arcing occurs between said electrodes at said location to intersect the fuel being injected from said nozzle at said location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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