Patents by Inventor Heinz Luft

Heinz Luft 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: 7828233
    Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, in particular for direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an engine, including an actuator, a valve needle which is mechanically linked to the actuator and is acted upon by a restoring spring in a closing direction, for actuation of a valve closing body, which together with a valve seat face forms a sealing seat, and including a sleeve which pre-stresses the restoring spring. An adjusting body is situated adjustably in the sleeve so that a fuel amount flowing through the fuel injector per unit of time is a function of the position of the adjusting body in the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Heinz Luft
  • Publication number: 20090078796
    Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, in particular for direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an engine, including an actuator, a valve needle which is mechanically linked to the actuator and is acted upon by a restoring spring in a closing direction, for actuation of a valve closing body, which together with a valve seat face forms a sealing seat, and including a sleeve which pre-stresses the restoring spring. An adjusting body is situated adjustably in the sleeve so that a fuel amount flowing through the fuel injector per unit of time is a function of the position of the adjusting body in the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventor: Heinz Luft
  • Patent number: 7429007
    Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, in particular for direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an engine, including an actuator, a valve needle which is mechanically linked to the actuator and is acted upon by a restoring spring in a closing direction, for actuation of a valve closing body, which together with a valve seat face forms a sealing seat, and including a sleeve which pre-stresses the restoring spring. An adjusting body is situated adjustably in the sleeve so that a fuel amount flowing through the fuel injector per unit of time is a function of the position of the adjusting body in the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Heinz Luft
  • Patent number: 6918550
    Abstract: A fuel injector, especially for the direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine has an actuator which is in operative connection with a valve needle, the valve needle having a valve-closure member at its spray-off end, which cooperates to form a sealing seat together with a valve seat surface which is formed on a valve seat element. Valve-closure member reaches through a swirl element which is positioned on a flow-supply side end face of valve seat element, swirl channels being formed in swirl element. The valve seat element has a ring-shaped elevation on the flow-supply side end face facing the swirl element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Heinz Luft
  • Patent number: 6915960
    Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel-injection systems of internal combustion engines, e.g., for the direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, includes an actuator, a valve needle which is in operative connection to the actuator and acted upon by a restoring spring in a closing direction, to actuate a valve-closure member which forms a sealing seat together with a valve-seat surface, and an adjustment sleeve, which provides the restoring spring with an initial stress. The adjustment sleeve has a cup-shaped design and an eccentric bore in a base, which is in variable alignment with an eccentric bore in a base of a cup-shaped inner sleeve able to be inserted into the adjustment sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Heinz Luft
  • Publication number: 20040124278
    Abstract: A fuel injector (1), especially for the direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine has an actuator (10) which is in operative connection with a valve needle (3), the valve needle (3) having a valve-closure member (4) at its spray-off end, which cooperates to form a sealing seat together with a valve seat surface (6) which is formed on a valve seat element (5). Valve-closure member (4) reaches through a swirl element (32) which is positioned on a flow-supply side end face (35) of valve seat element (5), swirl channels (33) being formed in swirl element (32). The valve seat element (5) has a ring-shaped elevation (36) on the flow-supply side end face (35) facing the swirl element (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventor: Heinz Luft
  • Publication number: 20040011898
    Abstract: A fuel injector (1) for fuel-injection systems of internal combustion engines, especially for the direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, comprising an actuator (10); a valve needle (3) which is in operative connection to the actuator (10) and acted upon by a restoring spring (23) in a closing direction, to actuate a valve-closure member (4) which forms a sealing seat together with a valve-seat surface (6); and an adjustment sleeve (24), which provides the restoring spring (23) with an initial stress. The adjustment sleeve (24) has a cup-shaped design and an eccentric bore (38) in a base (37), which is in variable alignment with an eccentric bore (36) in a base (35) of a likewise cup-shaped inner sleeve (34) able to be inserted into the adjustment sleeve (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventor: Heinz Luft
  • Publication number: 20030134531
    Abstract: An adapter (1) is described for connecting an electrical plug-in connector (4) of a fuel injector to a counterplug (6), whose first end (3) is pluggable into a plug-in connector (4) of the fuel injector and whose second end (5) is pluggable into counterplug (6) of the electrical line. A first seal (7) being positioned between the first end (3) of the adapter (1) and the plug-in connector (4) of the fuel injector and a second seal (8) being positioned between the second end (5) of the adapter (1) and the counterplug (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventor: Heinz Luft
  • Publication number: 20030094513
    Abstract: A fuel injector (1) for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, in particular for direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an engine, includes an actuator (10), a valve needle (3) which is mechanically linked to the actuator (10) and is acted upon by a restoring spring (23) in a closing direction to actuate a valve closing body (4), which together with a valve seat face (6) forms a sealing seat, and it has a sleeve (24) which pre-stresses the restoring spring (23). The sleeve (24) is plastically deformable so that the cross section of a flow-through channel (46) of the sleeve (24) is variable by mechanical action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventor: Heinz Luft
  • Publication number: 20030094514
    Abstract: A fuel injector (1) for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, in particular for direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an engine, having an actuator (10), a valve needle (3) which is mechanically linked to the actuator (10) and is acted upon by a restoring spring (23) in a closing direction, for actuation of a valve closing body (4), which together with a valve seat face (6) forms a sealing seat, and having a sleeve (24) which pre-stresses the restoring spring (23). An adjusting body (40) is situated adjustably in the sleeve (24) so that a fuel amount flowing through the fuel injector (1) per unit of time is a function of the position of the adjusting body (40) in the sleeve (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventor: Heinz Luft