Patents by Inventor Andreas Kerst

Andreas Kerst 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: 8720802
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines having a valve body in which a blind hole is formed, with at least one injection opening proceeding from said blind hole. A longitudinally displaceable needle in the valve body has a valve sealing face formed at its end which faces towards the blind hole. The valve sealing face is formed from one or more conical faces, and the valve needle interacting, by means of a body seat, with said valve sealing face to control a fuel flow to the at least one injection opening. A needle tip adjoining the valve sealing face dips into the blind hole when the valve needle bears against the body seat, the needle tip being curved in a concave fashion directly adjacent to the valve sealing face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Kerst, Gerhard Suenderhauf, Roland Schulz
  • Publication number: 20110155826
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection valve, particularly used as injector for fuel injection units of air compressed, self igniting internal combustion engines. According to the invention, a nozzle body with a valve seat surface and a nozzle needle interacts with the valve seat surface as a sealing seat in order to control a fuel flow to an injection hole located downstream of the sealing seat of the nozzle body. The injection hole is rounded at an inflow region. The injection hole further includes a tapering and a cutting edge at an outer region of the hole. Thus high efficiency atomization of fuel close to the nozzle is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Andreas Kerst, Thorsten Rankel
  • Publication number: 20080142621
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines having a valve body in which a blind hole is formed, with at least one injection opening proceeding from said blind hole. A longitudinally displaceable needle in the valve body has a valve sealing face formed at its end which faces towards the blind hole. The valve sealing face is formed from one or more conical faces, and the valve needle interacting, by means of a body seat, with said valve sealing face to control a fuel flow to the at least one injection opening. A needle tip adjoining the valve sealing face dips into the blind hole when the valve needle bears against the body seat, the needle tip being curved in a concave fashion directly adjacent to the valve sealing face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Andreas Kerst, Gerhard Suenderhauf, Roland Schulz
  • Patent number: 6823832
    Abstract: In a method and a device for controlling the injection of fuel into an internal combustion engine, a distinction is made at least between a first state and a second state. Immediately before the transition from the first state to the second state, the injection data is altered so that the emissions, in particular the production of noise, are gradually made to approximate the emissions in the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ruben-Sebs Henning, Klemens Brack, Andreas Kerst, Burkhard Veldten, Dietmar Ottenbacher, Iris Sauerwein, Stefan Becher
  • Publication number: 20030177762
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling the injection of fuel into an internal combustion engine are described. A distinction is made at least between a first state and a second state. Immediately before the transition from the first state to the second state, the injection data is altered so that the emissions, in particular the production of noise, are gradually made to approximate the emissions in the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Ruben-Sebs Henning, Klemens Brack, Andreas Kerst, Burkhard Veldten, Dietmar Ottenbacher, Iris Sauerwein, Stefan Becher