Patents by Inventor Rolf Prillwitz

Rolf Prillwitz 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: 6328230
    Abstract: A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine includes a first injection valve having a first valve element that can be displaced in an axial direction and a first actuating device located axially downstream from the first injection valve to actuate the first injection valve. The fuel injector also has at least one second injection valve with a valve element that can be axially displaced and a second actuating device to actuate the second injection valve. The second actuating device is mounted axially downstream from the first actuating device in the valve housing, and the second actuating device to actuate the second injection valve is coupled to the latter by an actuating element, in the form of a cage-like arrangement, mounted in the valve housing in such a way that it can be displaced axially and bypasses the first actuating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: L'Orange GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Prillwitz, Hans-Joachim Koch
  • Patent number: 5758618
    Abstract: An injection valve arrangement for injecting an auxiliary medium into a combustion chamber of a cylinder of an internal combustion engine in order to reduce the concentration of noxious substances in the exhaust gases of the engine comprises a valve body bounding a first chamber into which the pressure medium is continuously fed through a feed duct and an elongated valve member for controlling the feeding of the auxiliary medium from the first chamber into the combustion chamber of the cylinder and being spring-loaded toward a closed position, in which it prevents the injection of the additional medium. The valve body also bounds a second chamber into which the auxiliary medium is fed, and the pressure prevailing in the second chamber urges the valve member toward the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Wartsila Diesel International Ltd OY
    Inventors: David Charles Jay, Rolf Prillwitz
  • Patent number: 4650116
    Abstract: A fuel-injection device in which a nozzle element is directly pressed towards the front face of a guide body for the pump plunger. The guide body is provided with an enlarged slot into which a spring element can be entered from the side, which spring element loads the valve needle of the nozzle element. Thus this injection device can be made more compact than known types and is therefore especially suitable to be used in automotive vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: L'Orange GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Prillwitz