US Patent Issued to Cummins on Feb. 4 for "Fuel injector with radially orientable nozzle holes using splines" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,658, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Fuel injector with radially orientable nozzle holes using splines" was invented by Jordan P. Steele (Franklin, Ind.), Michael A. Lucas (Columbus, Ind.) and Derek G. Weiler (North Vernon, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a fuel injector, comprising: a body including a plurality of body alignment features; a nozzle including a plurality of nozzle alignment features and a plurality of nozzle holes for injecting fuel; and a plurality of alignment guides configured to mate with the plurality of body alignment features and the plurality...