ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,100, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).
"Groove injector nozzle combustion shield" was invented by Thomas O. Hahn (Columbus, Ind.), Terry L. Johnson (Otisco, Ind.), Aamir Ibrahim (Seymour, Ind.), Raheel Ahmed (Columbus, Ind.), Joseph A. Worthington (Scipio, Ind.) and Chandan Mahato (Columbus, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injector seal assembly including a nozzle combustion shield is disclosed, the thermally conductive component of the injector seal assembly defining at least one groove to allow fluid communication between the main combustion chamber and a gap defined by a fuel injector and the...