Patents by Inventor Friedrich Kroepl

Friedrich Kroepl 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: 20250116249
    Abstract: The invention relates to a magnet assembly (10) for a fuel injector (100), comprising an armature (26) which is arranged so as to be movable by lifting in the direction of a longitudinal axis (28) and is coupled to a valve element (42), wherein the valve element (42) is intended to open or close a hole (36), formed in a valve plate (35), for a pressure medium in the direction of a low-pressure region, wherein the first end face (43), facing the armature (26), of the valve element (42) abuts the end face (45), facing the first end face of the valve element, of the armature (26), and a pressure spring (20) applies a force to the armature (26) towards the first end face (43) of the valve element (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Felix Fehrer, Friedrich Kroepl
  • Patent number: 10415522
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injector, in particular a common-rail injector (1), comprising an injector housing (2), in which a nozzle needle (8), which is arranged in such a way that the nozzle needle can be moved in a reciprocating manner, is arranged in a high-pressure chamber (6) in order to open and close at least one injection opening (5), which nozzle needle bounds a control chamber (20) by means of one end face and interacts with a nozzle body seat (10) by means of the other end face in order to open and close the injection opening (5). The nozzle needle (8) has a first sleeve-shaped supporting element (14), to which force is applied in the closing direction of the nozzle needle (8). In addition, the nozzle needle (8) has a second sleeve-shaped supporting element, which surrounds the nozzle needle (8) and which is arranged in the direction of the end face of the nozzle needle (8) that is close to the control chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Minixhofer, Friedrich Kroepl, Georg Sengseis, Peter Luckeneder, Roland Mitter
  • Publication number: 20180340500
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injector, in particular a common-rail injector (1), comprising an injector housing (2), in which a nozzle needle (8), which is arranged in such a way that the nozzle needle can be moved in a reciprocating manner, is arranged in a high-pressure chamber (6) in order to open and close at least one injection opening (5), which nozzle needle bounds a control chamber (20) by means of one end face and interacts with a nozzle body seat (10) by means of the other end face in order to open and close the injection opening (5). The nozzle needle (8) has a first sleeve-shaped supporting element (14), to which force is applied in the closing direction of the nozzle needle (8). In addition, the nozzle needle (8) has a second sleeve-shaped supporting element, which surrounds the nozzle needle (8) and which is arranged in the direction of the end face of the nozzle needle (8) that is close to the control chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Claus Minixhofer, Friedrich Kroepl, Georg Sengseis, Peter Luckeneder, Roland Mitter