ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,474, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Rolls-Royce PLC (London).
"Nozzle body for fuel injector" was invented by Barani P. Gunasekaran (Derby, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle body for a fuel injector includes an outer air circuit, a fuel circuit, a dome air circuit, and a first prefilmer radially disposed between the outer air circuit and the dome air circuit. The first prefilmer is inclined to a central axis of the nozzle body by an inclination angle from 0 degree to 10 degrees, such that a fuel discharged by the fuel circuit at least partially impinges on the first prefilmer. An axial gap between a shroud thr...