US Patent Issued to Cummins on Nov. 4 for "Fuel injector having multiple rows of spray holes with different cross-sectional shapes for flow modulation" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,611, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Fuel injector having multiple rows of spray holes with different cross-sectional shapes for flow modulation" was invented by Srivathsan Ragunathan (Columbus, Ind.), Joshua R. Krems (Columbus, Ind.), Divakar Rajamohan (Columbus, Ind.) and Karthik Ramisetty (Greenwood, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle body of a fuel injector includes a proximal end, a distal end spaced apart from the proximal end, and at least one spray hole positioned at the distal end. The at least one spray hole includes an inlet having a first cross-sectional shape and an outlet havin...