Patents by Inventor Alfred Knauer

Alfred Knauer 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: 5271270
    Abstract: An injection nozzle for internal combustion engines has an electrical needle motion sensor, having a cable leading to an evaluation device. To dispose the terminals of the contact lugs of the needle motion sensor and the contact ends of the individual wires of the cable in such a way that they are shake-proof, relieved of tensile strain and protected against splashing water, they are encapsulated in a two-piece insulating shaped part, which is fixed in a recess of the holder body of the injection nozzle. The soldered terminals rest on support bases of pockets in the inner insulating shaped part, and the adjoining parts of the individual wires are bent back and guided in a U around retaining protrusions. The insulating shaped parts and the sheathed cable are fixed by a cover strip or by pins. The preferred field of application is injection nozzles for Diesel engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Knauer, Ulli Lessing, Karl Hofmann, Kurt Seifert
  • Patent number: 5161742
    Abstract: An injection nozzle provided with an inductive needle movement sensor is constructed in such a way that a coil winding of the sensor is faultlessly sealed against overflow oil without more space being required for the needle movement sensor than is required in a construction without a sealing of the coil winding against overflow oil. For this purpose, a coil core of the induction coil is lengthened into a lengthened portion of the chamber in a short-circuit body of the sensor, which chamber receives an induction coil, and a sealing ring seals the coil winding against a guide gap of the magneto armature in the short-circuit body. An annular gap between the short-circuit body and a bore hole wall in a nozzle holder receiving is sealed by means of a sealing ring. A clamping flange connected with the coil core directly contacts an adjacent annular flange of the coil body and the coil winding contacts connection wires on the other side of a clamping flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Hofmann, Roland Zucker, Bernhard Kaczynski, Ursula Schoedel, Alfred Knauer, Ulrich Lessing
  • Patent number: 4858433
    Abstract: A pilot burner for a device for burning off solid particles, especially soot particles, in the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines has a hollow-cylindrical mixture preparation chamber receiving a glow element and extending eccentrically thereto a hollow-cylindrical glow plug receiving chamber. The two chambers communicate with one another via an opening formed by piercing the chamber walls. A fuel inflow line discharges in the receiving chamber and an air supply line discharges into the preparation chamber. To improve the mixture preparation and largely avoid carbonization of the glow plug, the air supply line discharges into two inflow openings having a tangential direction; one inflow opening is located opposite the opening between the two chambers, and the other inflow opening is located near the end face of the preparation chamber having a mixture outlet opening. In obth inflow openings, the combustion air is introduced in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Knauer, Rolf Leonhard, Ulrich Projahn, Wolfgang Stolper
  • Patent number: 4858432
    Abstract: A pilot burner for a device for burning off solid particles, in particular soot particles, in the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines has a hollow-cylindrical mixture preparation chamber receiving a glow element and a hollow-cylindrical glow plug receiving chamber extending transversely to it and communicating with it through an opening. A fuel inflow line discharges into the receiving chamber and an air supply line discharges into the preparation chamber. To improve mixture preparation and largely avoid carbonization of the glow plug, the glow plug is coaxially surrounded in the vicinity of its coil at a radial distance by a protective sleeve. The fuel inflow line ends at an orifice fitting that protrudes radially into the receiving chamber and discharges immediately in front of the protective sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Knauer, Ulrich Projahn