Patents by Inventor Heiko Zabich

Heiko Zabich has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10837430
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a high-pressure fuel pump having a pump piston which, during operation, moves in translation between a pressure chamber and a leakage chamber. The leakage chamber has a leakage collecting region and an equalizing region. A low-pressure damper having a bellows-shaped corrugated damper plate is arranged in the equalizing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Zankl, Bernd Wöllisch, Heiko Zabich, Yury Mikhaylov, Thomas Fuchs
  • Patent number: 10808666
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure fuel pump for supplying fuel to a first injection device of an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, having at least one first low-pressure port, via which the fuel can be fed to the high-pressure fuel pump from a low-pressure fuel pump for conveying the fuel, having at least one low-pressure chamber, to which at least a part of the fuel fed to the high-pressure fuel pump via the first low-pressure port can be fed, having at least one second low-pressure port, for conducting the fuel conveyed by means of the low-pressure fuel pump and fed to the high-pressure fuel pump away from the high-pressure fuel pump to a second injection device provided in addition to the first injection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Yavuz Kurt, Michael Mauer, Heiko Zabich, Klaus Jeziorowski
  • Patent number: 10662889
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a control method for controlling at least one injector valve in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine. An opening time of the injector valve is selected such that, in a fault situation in the fuel injection system, an opening time of the injector valve is situated in a pressure valley of a pressure oscillation prevailing in a high-pressure region of the fuel injection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Ritsch, Heiko Zabich, Matthias Bauer
  • Patent number: 10443555
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a valve arrangement for a fuel injection system, including a valve disc that has a valve opening. A deformable valve sheet that is movable in a movement direction is provided to open and close the valve opening, and a valve shaft of a movement-activation arrangement, provided to activate the movement of the valve sheet, is secured to the valve sheet. The embodiments also relate to a high-pressure pump which includes the valve arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: CPT Group GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Schmitz, Michael Mauer, Heiko Zabich
  • Publication number: 20190003432
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fuel injection system. Some examples may include: a low-pressure system providing the fuel; a fuel pump; a feed region for the fuel; a pressure chamber; a low-pressure region for supplying the pressure chamber with fuel; a high-pressure region into which the fuel is delivered from the pressure chamber; an inlet valve in the pressure chamber for letting fuel from the low-pressure region into the pressure chamber; and a nonreturn valve arranged upstream of the inlet valve in the direction of flow of the fuel preventing a fuel volume not delivered into the high-pressure region from flowing back out of the pressure chamber into the low-pressure system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Yavuz Kurt, Heiko Zabich, Thomas Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20180283336
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure fuel pump for supplying fuel to a first injection device of an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, having at least one first low-pressure port, via which the fuel can be fed to the high-pressure fuel pump from a low-pressure fuel pump for conveying the fuel, having at least one low-pressure chamber, to which at least a part of the fuel fed to the high-pressure fuel pump via the first low-pressure port can be fed, having at least one second low-pressure port, for conducting the fuel conveyed by means of the low-pressure fuel pump and fed to the high-pressure fuel pump away from the high-pressure fuel pump to a second injection device provided in addition to the first injection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Yavuz KURT, Michael MAUER, Heiko ZABICH, Klaus JEZIOROWSKI
  • Publication number: 20180258892
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a high-pressure fuel pump having a pump piston which, during operation, moves in translation between a pressure chamber and a leakage chamber. The leakage chamber has a leakage collecting region and an equalizing region. A low-pressure damper having a bellows-shaped corrugated damper plate is arranged in the equalizing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Zankl, Bernd Wöllisch, Heiko Zabich, Yury Mikhaylov, Thomas Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20180179983
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a control method for controlling at least one injector valve in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine. An opening time of the injector valve is selected such that, in a fault situation in the fuel injection system, an opening time of the injector valve is situated in a pressure valley of a pressure oscillation prevailing in a high-pressure region of the fuel injection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Ritsch, Heiko Zabich, Matthias Bauer
  • Publication number: 20170276111
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a valve arrangement for a fuel injection system, including a valve disc that has a valve opening. A deformable valve sheet that is movable in a movement direction is provided to open and close the valve opening, and a valve shaft of a movement-activation arrangement, provided to activate the movement of the valve sheet, is secured to the valve sheet. The embodiments also relate to a high-pressure pump which includes the valve arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Schmitz, Michael Mauer, Heiko Zabich