Patents by Inventor Christian Langenbach
Christian Langenbach 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).
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Patent number: 11300087Abstract: A valve including a magnet actuator (22) which has a magnet coil (6), a magnet armature (10) that moves in a stroke-like manner, and a pole core (20), wherein the magnet armature (10) and the pole core (20) together limit a working air gap (28), and the magnet armature (10) can at least indirectly contact the pole core (20), wherein the valve also has a valve element (14) which can be moved between an open position and a closed position, and which is at least indirectly in mechanical contact with the magnet armature (10). A separate magnet armature insert (8) arranged in the magnet armature (10) and/or a separate pole core insert (24) arranged in the pole core (20) is provided in the contact area of the magnet armature (10) on the pole core (20), in order to achieve a separation of the mechanical and magnetic forces.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christian Langenbach, Francesco Lucarelli
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Publication number: 20190051439Abstract: The invention relates to a solenoid valve having an actuator body (17), in which a magnet coil (15) that interacts with a magnet core (16) is arranged and which interacts with an armature (14) that can be moved relative to the magnet core between two end positions and is acted upon by the spring force of an armature spring (13) in a movement direction pointing away from the magnet core (16). The magnet core and the armature have stop surfaces (18a, 18b) which are interrupted by a recess (29) that receives the armature spring. According to the invention, a solenoid valve is provided which is improved with respect to the function of the solenoid valve and the stress on the stop surfaces (18a, 18b) that causes wear. This is achieved in that the magnet core (16) and/or the armature (14) have/has a design (30, 31), in particular a spherical or toroidal design, which reduces the stress on the edges in the region of the stop surfaces (18a, 18b).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Christian Langenbach, Andreas Dutt, Holger Rapp, Stefan Kolb, Tobias Landenberger, Francesco Lucarelli, Gernot Repphun, Markus Grieg, Steffen Holm
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Publication number: 20190003434Abstract: The invention relates to a valve, in particular a suction valve, in a high-pressure pump of a fuel injection system, in particular a common rail injection system, comprising a magnet actuator (22) which has a magnet coil (6), a magnet armature (10) that moves in a stroke-like manner, and a pole core (20), wherein the magnet armature (10) and the pole core (20) together limit a working air gap (28), and the magnet armature (10) can at least indirectly contact the pole core (20), wherein the valve also has a valve element (14) which can be moved between an open position and a closed position, and which is at least indirectly in mechanical contact with the magnet armature (10). According to the present invention, a separate magnet armature insert (8) arranged in the magnet armature (10) and/or a separate pole core insert (24) arranged in the pole core (20) is provided in the contact area of the magnet armature (10) on the pole core (20), in order to achieve a separation of the mechanical and magnetic forces.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Christian LANGENBACH, Francesco LUCARELLI
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Patent number: 9004044Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supplying a high-pressure pump (1) in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine with fuel, wherein for delivery and for controlling the delivered quantity a delivery pump (3) is used, wherein said delivery pump is arranged in a low-pressure circuit (2) and operated by an electric motor and by means of which, depending on the respective selected engine speed, a certain quantity of fuel is fed to the high-pressure pump (1), in which the fuel is first compressed and then fed to a fuel high-pressure accumulator (4). According to the invention, the fuel pressure on the intake side of the high-pressure pump (1) is controlled by means of a pressure control valve (5), wherein a supply of the high-pressure pump (1) with fuel for lubrication and/or cooling via the low-pressure circuit (2) and the delivery pump (3) is assured when the pressure control valve (5) is in the closed position. The invention further relates to a fuel injection system.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christian Langenbach, Marcus Kristen
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Patent number: 8485159Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure pump (2) for a fuel injection system (1) of an internal combustion engine, in particular for a common-rail injection system, comprising a driveshaft (21) supported by at least one bearing (23, 24) arranged in a bearing return (31, 31?, 31?), wherein, downstream of the at least one bearing (23, 24), at least one valve (27, 28) is arranged, wherein the at least one valve (27, 28) has an opening pressure of 0.1 bar to 0.8 bar.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2010Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Christian Langenbach
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Patent number: 8371267Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure fuel pump comprising a drive shaft supported by bearings, and fuel flows through the bearings in a forced manner in such a way that the mechanical and thermal load-carrying capacity of the bearings, and thus the entire high-pressure fuel pump, is significantly increased.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2006Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Marcus Kristen, Achim Koehler, Sascha Ambrock, Walter Fuchs, Dietmar Ottenbacher, Bertram Schweitzer, Christian Langenbach, Joerg Wuerz, Saban Akmese, Marco Lamm, Karl-Heinz Traub
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Publication number: 20130025569Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supplying a high-pressure pump (1) in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine with fuel, wherein for delivery and for controlling the delivered quantity a delivery pump (3) is used, wherein said delivery pump is arranged in a low-pressure circuit (2) and operated by an electric motor and by means of which, depending on the respective selected engine speed, a certain quantity of fuel is fed to the high-pressure pump (1), in which the fuel is first compressed and then fed to a fuel high-pressure accumulator (4). According to the invention, the fuel pressure on the intake side of the high-pressure pump (1) is controlled by means of a pressure control valve (5), wherein a supply of the high-pressure pump (1) with fuel for lubrication and/or cooling via the low-pressure circuit (2) and the delivery pump (3) is assured when the pressure control valve (5) is in the closed position. The invention further relates to a fuel injection system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Christian Langenbach, Marcus Kristen
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Patent number: 8261719Abstract: A fuel pump according to the invention includes a housing and a part, which is a moving part during operation and which bears on a housing region at least indirectly. It is proposed that the fuel pump includes a coating which is applied to the housing region on a side of the housing region which faces towards the moving part, and that the coating is composed of a plastic.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2008Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christian Langenbach, Manfred Fink, Armin Merz, Josef Guentert, Jan Grebe, Robert Reitsam
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Publication number: 20120132177Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure fuel pump comprising a drive shaft supported by bearings, and fuel flows through the bearings in a forced manner in such a way that the mechanical and thermal load-carrying capacity of the bearings, and thus the entire high-pressure fuel pump, is significantly increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2006Publication date: May 31, 2012Inventors: Marcus Kristen, Achim Koehler, Sascha Ambrock, Walter Fuchs, Dietmar Ottenbacher, Bertram Schweitzer, Christian Langenbach, Joerg Wuerz, Saban Akmese, Marco Lamm, Karl-Heinz Traub
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Publication number: 20110315120Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure pump (2) for a fuel injection system (1) of an internal combustion engine, in particular for a common-rail injection system, comprising a driveshaft (21) supported by at least one bearing (23, 24) arranged in a bearing return (31, 31?, 31?), wherein, downstream of the at least one bearing (23, 24), at least one valve (27, 28) is arranged, wherein the at least one valve (27, 28) with an opening pressure of 0.1 bar to 0.8 bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2010Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventor: Christian Langenbach
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Patent number: 7878779Abstract: The vane pump has a housing containing a rotor driven by a drive shaft. A number of grooves are distributed over the rotor circumference and extend in a substantially radial direction of the rotor, in each of which grooves a wing-shaped delivery element is guided in sliding fashion. The rotor is surrounded by a circumferential wall that extends eccentrically in relation to its rotation axis against which the radially outer ends of the delivery elements rest. Housing end walls of the pump housing adjoin the rotor in the direction of its rotation axis. An annular groove encompassing the rotation axis of the rotor is provided in at least one of the housing end walls and is situated opposite the radially inner regions of the grooves of the rotor and communicates with the pressure region via a connecting groove in the housing end wall. The connecting groove extends from the pressure region radially inward in the rotation direction of the rotor to the annular groove.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2005Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Achim Koehler, Christian Langenbach, Joerg Wuerz, Joerg Morlok
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Patent number: 7845922Abstract: The invention relates to a vane pump comprising a rotor which is arranged therein, rotatably driven by a drive shaft. The rotor is provided with several grooves which are distributed through the circumference thereof and which extend substantially radially with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotor. In each groove a blade-shaped conveying element is slidingly guided. The end walls of the pump housing are adjacent to the rotor in the direction of the axis of rotation thereof. At least one ring-shaped groove surrounding the axis of rotation of the rotor is embodied in at least one front side of the rotor. The ring-shaped groove is connected to lower areas restricted by the blades in the grooves of the rotor, and to pressure areas. In a preferred embodiment, the ring-shaped groove is formed in the rotor by shaping.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2006Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christian Langenbach, Arno Lorenz, Rocco Guarino, Vito Spinelli
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Publication number: 20100192921Abstract: A fuel pump according to the invention includes a housing and a part, which is a moving part during operation and which bears on a housing region at least indirectly. It is proposed that the fuel pump includes a coating which is applied to the housing region on a side of the housing region which faces towards the moving part, and that the coating is composed of a plastic.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Inventors: Christian Langenbach, Manfred Fink, Armin Merz, Josef Guentert, Jan Grebe, Robert Reitsam
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Publication number: 20090291010Abstract: The vane pump has a housing containing a rotor driven by a drive shaft. A number of grooves are distributed over the rotor circumference and extend in a substantially radial direction of the rotor, in each of which grooves a wing-shaped delivery element is guided in sliding fashion. The rotor is surrounded by a circumferential wall that extends eccentrically in relation to its rotation axis against which the radially outer ends of the delivery elements rest. Housing end walls of the pump housing adjoin the rotor in the direction of its rotation axis. An annular groove encompassing the rotation axis of the rotor is provided in at least one of the housing end walls and is situated opposite the radially inner regions of the grooves of the rotor and communicates with the pressure region via a connecting groove in the housing end wall. The connecting groove extends from the pressure region radially inward in the rotation direction of the rotor to the annular groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2005Publication date: November 26, 2009Inventors: Achim Koehler, Christian Langenbach, Joerg Wuerz, Joerg Morlok
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Publication number: 20090238707Abstract: A vane pump having a pump containing a rotor driven via a drive shaft with the rotor having a number of generally radially extending grooves distributed over its circumference each of which grooves support a vane shaped delivery element in sliding fashion. The rotor is encompassed by an eccentric circumferential wall, against which the radially outer ends of the vanes rest. Housing end walls are situated adjacent to the rotor in the direction of its rotation axis. When the rotor turns, the vanes deliver medium from a suction region to a pressure region offset in the rotation direction. An annular groove is provided in at least one of the housing end walls which annular groove encompasses the rotation axis of the rotor, is situated opposite the inner regions delimited in the grooves of the rotor by the vanes, and is connected to the pressure region via a connecting groove in the housing end wall. The annular groove extends in eccentric fashion in relation to the rotation axis of the rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2005Publication date: September 24, 2009Inventor: Christian Langenbach
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Publication number: 20080253913Abstract: The invention relates to a vane pump comprising a rotor which is arranged therein, rotatably driven by a drive shaft. The rotor is provided with several grooves which are distributed through the circumference thereof and which extend substantially radially with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotor. In each groove a blade-shaped conveying element is slidingly guided. The end walls of the pump housing are adjacent to the rotor in the direction of the axis of rotation thereof. At least one ring-shaped groove surrounding the axis of rotation of the rotor is embodied in at least one front side of the rotor. The ring-shaped groove is connected to lower areas restricted by the blades in the grooves of the rotor, and to pressure areas. In a preferred embodiment, the ring-shaped groove is formed in the rotor by shaping.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2006Publication date: October 16, 2008Inventors: Christian Langenbach, Arno Lorenz, Rocco Guarino, Vito Spinelli