ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,523, issued on July 14.
"Variable orifice fuel injection nozzle" was invented by John Geberth (West Palm Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present device involves a fuel injector nozzle and control system for delivering a fine atomized fuel that is evenly mixed throughout the compressed air charge across a wide range of throttle positions. The system includes a pintle rod that is incrementally moveable to release a high pressure atomized stream of fuel through one or more apertures to vary the size of the opening through which the fuel is directed into the compressed air charge. The atomized fuel is delivered in a manner...