US 12,228,100 B2
Groove injector nozzle combustion shield
Thomas O. Hahn, Columbus, IN (US); Terry L. Johnson, Otisco, IN (US); Aamir Ibrahim, Seymour, IN (US); Raheel Ahmed, Columbus, IN (US); Joseph A. Worthington, Scipio, IN (US); and Chandan Mahato, Columbus, IN (US)
Assigned to Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Filed by Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/313,620.
Application 18/313,620 is a continuation of application No. 17/778,618, granted, now 11,674,486, previously published as PCT/US2020/062830, filed on Dec. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/942,318, filed on Dec. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0272765 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. F02M 53/04 (2006.01); F02M 61/14 (2006.01); F02F 1/24 (2006.01)
CPC F02M 53/04 (2013.01) [F02M 61/14 (2013.01); F02F 1/242 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An injector seal comprising:
a seal component formed of a first material; and
a thermally conductive component coupled to the seal component and comprising a first portion positioned adjacent to the seal component and defining an end surface, the end surface including at least one groove, the thermally conductive component formed of a second material, the second material having a higher thermal conductivity than the first material, wherein the thermally conductive component is independently movable relative to the seal component.