Stacked-Mesh Fuel Atomization for Easier Carburetor Assembly

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional carburetors face challenges in refining fuel particles, leading to poor fuel efficiency and increased exhaust fumes, and are difficult to assemble due to small diameter components.

Innovation Solution

A fuel atomization device with a jet nozzle, air bleeder tube, and spacers/meshes that refine fuel particles by impact scattering, improving assembly and mounting on carburetors and injectors.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If a conventional carburetor with a small diameter outflow portion is used, then the structure remains simple and easy to manufacture, but it is difficult to assemble mesh components at predetermined intervals and perpendicular to the flow direction

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of assemblyVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The fuel atomization device is divided into multiple components: a body portion, a cap portion, and multiple mesh components. The body portion includes a through-hole with a larger diameter than the outflow portion, providing space for assembling mesh components at predetermined intervals. This segmentation allows complex functionality to be achieved while maintaining ease of assembly through modular construction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention introduces a dimensional change by creating a through-hole with a larger diameter than the outflow portion of the jet nozzle. This additional spatial dimension provides room for assembling multiple mesh components perpendicular to the fuel flow direction, solving the assembly difficulty caused by the small diameter of the original outflow portion.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Productivity

If mesh components are added to refine fuel particles, then fuel efficiency improves and exhaust fumes reduce, but the device complexity and assembly difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefuel efficiencyVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The fuel refinement function is achieved through multiple separate mesh components (first mesh, second mesh, etc.) that can be independently assembled within the through-hole. Each mesh component contributes to fuel particle refinement, and their modular nature allows for easy installation and maintenance while achieving the desired fuel efficiency improvement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The cap portion acts as an intermediary component that secures the mesh components within the through-hole. It includes a securing portion that fits into the through-hole and holds the mesh components in place, facilitating easy assembly and disassembly while maintaining the structural integrity needed for fuel refinement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Volume of moving object

If the outflow portion diameter is kept small for compact design, then the carburetor size remains small, but mesh components cannot be properly assembled

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice sizeVSAvoidease of assembly
Core Design Contradiction:
Volume of moving objectVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The invention resolves the size constraint by introducing a through-hole with a larger diameter than the outflow portion. This creates an intermediate chamber that provides the necessary space for assembling mesh components, while the overall device size remains compact because the through-hole is integrated into the existing carburetor structure rather than increasing the external dimensions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The mesh components are nested within the through-hole of the body portion, which itself is part of the compact carburetor structure. The cap portion then nests over the body portion to secure the assembly. This nested arrangement allows multiple components to be housed in a compact space without increasing the overall device volume significantly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enhances fuel efficiency by 3.8-10.4% and reduces exhaust fumes by 24-54% through refined fuel particles, with easy assembly and production.

Implementation Method 1

a plurality of pieces of mesh (300) stacked to refine the fuel by impact scattering that occurs as the fuel sprayed from the spray hole collides with the plurality of pieces of mesh (300)

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectImpact scattering: Impact Force

Implementation Method 2

a jet nozzle (210) having an inflow portion (211) whose inlet is submerged in the liquid fuel, a small diameter portion (212) through which the liquid fuel introduced from the inflow portion passes, and an outflow portion (213) in which the liquid fuel introduced from the small diameter portion is atomized

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAtomization: Jet

Data Source

PatentEP4624743A1Fuel atomization device
Publication Date: 2025.10.01 SUPEN TECH INC
  • EP4624743A1 patent drawingFigure 1
  • EP4624743A1 patent drawingFigure 2(a)~2(b)
  • EP4624743A1 patent drawingFigure 3(a)~3(b)

AI summary

A fuel atomization device according to the present invention is characterized by comprising: a second coupling portion coupled to a first coupling portion formed on an air bleeder tube or a vaporizer body portion; a first through hole formed toward the air bleeder tube and having a diameter larger than a diameter of an outlet portion; a second through hole that communicates with the first through hole, has the same diameter as the outlet portion, and is connected in communication with an outlet portion of a jet nozzle; a step formed by a difference in diameter between the first and second through holes or by separate processing; spacers which are sequentially stacked on the step and have a third through hole in the center thereof having the same diameter as the outlet portion; a mesh disposed between the spacers; and a fixing means for fixing the stacked mesh and spacers.