Patents by Inventor Ferdinand Reiter

Ferdinand Reiter 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).

  • Publication number: 20090179090
    Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel ignition systems of internal combustion engines includes a magnetic circuit having a core, a magnetic coil and an armature, and a movable valve needle, which has a valve-closure member that cooperates with a fixed valve seat, the valve seat being shaped on a valve-seat member and being provided with a valve-seat support in which the valve-seat member is inserted. At least one metallic component of the fuel injector, in this context, has a serrated structure on its outer circumference for producing a solid connection to a corresponding component made of plastic. The plastic components may be the connection piece, the valve-seat support, the coil shell and the connecting pipe of the valve needle. The fuel injector is particularly suitable for use in fuel-injection systems of mixture-compressing internal combustion engines having externally supplied ignition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventor: Ferdinand Reiter
  • Publication number: 20090134348
    Abstract: The electromagnetically operatable valve, in particular a fuel injector for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, has a magnetic circuit having a core, a solenoid, a bobbin accommodating the winding of the solenoid, an armature, which operates a valve closing body cooperating with a fixed valve seat and is drawn against the core when the solenoid is excited, and having an armature-side flow guide element. The bobbin is designed and situated in such a way that magnetic isolation between the core and the armature-side flow guide element is ensured. The valve is suitable in particular for use in fuel injection systems of mixture-compressing, externally ignited internal combustion engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventor: Ferdinand Reiter
  • Patent number: 7497391
    Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel-injection systems of internal combustion engines includes a valve-closure element cooperating with a valve seat, and a restoring spring which is situated in a spring pocket opening and acts upon the valve-closure element by a restoring force in the direction of the valve seat. The restoring spring has at least one holding coil in a region of the inflow side, whose area of cross section is positioned perpendicular to an area of cross section of the restoring spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Ferdinand Reiter
  • Patent number: 7373925
    Abstract: A compensating element for supporting a fuel injector in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine has an annular design and is situated between a valve housing of the fuel injector and a wall of a receiving bore of the cylinder head. The compensating element includes at least two side pieces, which are supported on the fuel injector and the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ferdinand Reiter, Martin Scheffel
  • Publication number: 20080035762
    Abstract: A fuel injector includes a solenoid coil, which cooperates with an armature acted upon by a restoring spring, the armature forming an axially displaceable valve part together with a valve needle. A valve-closure member, which forms a sealing seat together with a valve-seat body, is provided on the valve needle. A sealing of the valve sleeve is provided by a rubber disk affixed underneath the solenoid coil, which solenoid coil, which is axially prestressed, is pressed onto the rubber disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Ferdinand Reiter
  • Publication number: 20070228662
    Abstract: A compensating element for supporting a fuel injector in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine has an annular design and is situated between a valve housing of the fuel injector and a wall of a receiving bore of the cylinder head. The compensating element includes at least two side pieces, which are supported on the fuel injector and the cylinder head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Ferdinand Reiter, Martin Scheffel
  • Publication number: 20070221171
    Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel-injection systems of internal combustion engines includes a valve-closure element cooperating with a valve seat, and a restoring spring which is situated in a spring pocket opening and acts upon the valve-closure element by a restoring force in the direction of the valve seat. The restoring spring has at least one holding coil in a region of the inflow side, whose area of cross section is positioned perpendicular to an area of cross section of the restoring spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventor: Ferdinand Reiter
  • Publication number: 20070205542
    Abstract: A process for denoxification of off-gases from annealing and pickling lines, providing for the off-gases from the pickling section to be heated and denoxified by selective catalytic reduction (SCR). In order to secure the meeting of lowest NOx values in the off-gas with the lowest possible expenditure, heat is supplied from the off-gases from the annealing furnace (1) to the off-gases from the pickling section (3) before the selective catalytic reduction (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Ferdinand Reiter, Peter Van Gilst, Rodney Verkaart
  • Publication number: 20070113405
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solid housing, in particular a valve housing for an electromagnetically operable valve. The method includes providing at least three flat metal plates side by side, each having different magnetic properties directly adjacent to the others. The at least three plates are joined to the directly adjacent bordering edges to form a sheet metal section. The sheet metal section shaped into a sleeve shape. Furthermore, the bordering edges, which are now opposite one another, and run in the longitudinal direction of the sleeve to form a sleeve blank are joined together. The sleeve blank is machined until a desired geometric shape of the housing is achieved. The housing may be suitable in particular for use in fuel injectors in fuel injector systems of internal combustion engines operating by spark ignition of a compressed fuel-air mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2004
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventor: Ferdinand Reiter
  • Patent number: 7059548
    Abstract: A fuel injector with a magnetic coil which cooperates with an armature acted upon by a restoring spring, the armature forming an axially movable valve part with a valve needle. A valve-closure member which forms a sealing seat with a valve-seat member is provided at the valve needle. At least one damping element is disposed in an opening of the fuel injector through which fuel flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ferdinand Reiter, Ulrich Fischer, Franz Thömmes
  • Publication number: 20060027685
    Abstract: A fuel injector has a solenoid which cooperates with an armature acted upon by a restoring spring, the armature, together with a valve needle, forming an axially movable valve part. A valve closing body which forms a seat seal with a valve seat body is provided on the valve needle, the seat being form-fitted in a seat support which forms the downstream interface to the inlet pipe or the combustion chamber and is made of plastic. The connection fitting, which forms the upstream interface to the central fuel supply, is preferably also manufactured from plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: Ferdinand Reiter
  • Patent number: 6994281
    Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel-injection systems of internal combustion engines includes a valve needle cooperating with a valve-seat surface to form a sealing seat, and an armature engaging with the valve needle, the armature being axially moveable at the valve needle and being damped, via a damping element, which is located in a recess in a downstream-side end face of the armature, with respect to a cup-shaped sleeve positioned downstream from the armature and joined to the valve needle in force-locking manner. Furthermore, the fuel injector includes a filter element, the filter element being positioned downstream from the armature in the cup-shaped sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Ferdinand Reiter
  • Patent number: 6988681
    Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines includes a nozzle body. At a downstream end of the nozzle body at least one spray discharge opening is arranged. A sealing element is arranged on the nozzle body for sealing with respect to a contiguous component. At least one circumferential sealing ridge that forms a press fit with a contiguous component is arranged on the nozzle body as the sealing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Ferdinand Reiter
  • Patent number: 6976642
    Abstract: A dual component injector, especially for internal combustion engines, has a nozzle body, which has a nozzle outlet, and a valve needle for opening and closing the nozzle outlet. A first feed channel is used for supplying a first fluid to the nozzle outlet, and a second feed channel is used for supplying a second fluid to the nozzle outlet. Optionally, a fluid chamber, which is located in the nozzle body, is connected to the nozzle outlet. The second feed channel is connected to the fluid chamber or to the first feed channel via at least two bored holes. The bored holes open out in the fluid chamber or in the first feed channel in such a way that the second fluid produces a swirling flow pattern in the fluid chamber or in the first feed channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignees: DaimlerChrysler AG, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hartmut Albrodt, Ralf Bruenemann, Ulrich Fischer, Markus Gesk, Simon Godwin, Eberhard Holder, Roland Kemmler, Martin Matt, Ferdinand Reiter
  • Patent number: 6932278
    Abstract: A fuel injector for the direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing internal combustion engine having external ignition includes a piezoelectric or magnetostrictive actuator and a valve needle, which, via a compensation element, is in operative connection to the actuator, a valve-closure member being formed on the valve needle, which cooperates with a valve-seat surface to form a sealing seat. The compensation element is filled with a rheological liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ferdinand Reiter, Martin Maier
  • Patent number: 6923162
    Abstract: A fuel-injection system for injecting fuel into an internal combustion engine, having at least one fuel injector and a fuel-distributor line, is provided for each fuel injector with a connecting piece, which is connectable to an inflow section of the fuel injector. The connecting piece is connectable to the fuel injector via a screw connection made up of a screw cap and a thread. A retaining sleeve is able to be slipped with form locking over the screw cap and a counter-hold section, matched in form, on the side of the thread, in order to prevent a twisting of the screw cap and the thread relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Ferdinand Reiter
  • Patent number: 6921033
    Abstract: A fuel injector, particularly for the direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing internal combustion engine having external ignition, include a valve housing formed by a nozzle body and a sealing ring which seals the fuel injector from a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. The sealing ring has a convexly curved profile, two ends of the sealing ring axially overlapping one another in a stepped manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Ferdinand Reiter
  • Patent number: 6921036
    Abstract: A fuel injector, in particular for direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine having mixture compression and spark ignition, has an armature, which cooperates with a solenoid, and a valve needle, which is connected to the armature, and on which a valve-closure member is provided which, together with a valve-seat surface, forms a sealing seat. The valve needle has a conical area, which cooperates with a conical recess in the armature so that the armature, is joined to the valve needle in a friction-locking and form-locking manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Ferdinand Reiter
  • Publication number: 20050145713
    Abstract: A fuel injector for the direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes a valve needle situated in a nozzle body, in which the valve needle is actuable by an actuator and acted upon by a restoring spring in such a manner that a valve closure member, which is in operative connection to the valve needle and faces the combustion chamber, is kept in sealing contact on a valve seat surface in the non-actuated state of the actuator. The valve needle is hollow at least in a downstream partial region and is sealed off from the combustion chamber at the front-side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: Robert Bosch Gmbh
    Inventors: Ferdinand Reiter, Martin Maier
  • Patent number: 6896210
    Abstract: A fuel injector for direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing, spark-ignited internal combustion engine, has a nozzle body that forms a housing body with an external pole and a coil housing, a magnet coil that is electrically energizable by way of a lead and a plug contact, and a central fuel supply. The lead and the fuel supply are positioned together in an adapter that can be placed onto an inflow end of the housing body and is joinable thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ferdinand Reiter, Ottmar Martin