ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,102, issued on June 30, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Injection nozzle, fuel injector having injection nozzle" was invented by Michael Leukart (Dusslingen, Germany) and Ferdinand Nicolai (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an injection nozzle (1) for injecting a fluid, in particular a liquid or gaseous fuel, comprising: a nozzle body (2) which is designed to be hollow-cylindrical at least in portions and forms a sealing seat (3) via which a flow path (4) for the fluid to be injected leads, a nozzle needle (5) which is accommodated in the nozzle body (2) for reciprocat...