Patents by Inventor Edward-James Hayes

Edward-James Hayes 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).

  • Apparatus and method for valve control
    Patent number: 5875764
    Abstract: An easily controllable primary drive (5) guided in a first bore (3), for example a piezo actuator, transmits its stroke by a piston-hydraulic stroke transmission with a hydraulic chamber (2) onto a stroke element (70) of the secondary side guided in a second bore (4). The pressure in a valve chamber (9) is controlled via the stroke element (7) of the secondary side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Siemens Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Kappel, Randolf Mock, Hans Meixner, Edward-James Hayes
  • Piezoelectric controlled common rail injector with hydraulic amplification of piezoelectric stroke
    Patent number: 5779149
    Abstract: A common rail fuel injector utilizes a piezoelectric actuator (8) to open and close the injector valve (3). Intermediate the piezoelectric actuator and the injector valve are a large diameter first piston (9) in fluid communication with a smaller diameter second piston to multiply the actuation extension of the piezoelectric actuator. The second piston (11) operates a poppet valve (1) to hydraulically control the injector valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Siemens Automotive Corporation
    Inventor: Edward James Hayes, Jr.