Abstract: A fuel injection device includes a nozzle needle, an actuator for actuating the nozzle needle, a force sensor for detecting a force applied by the actuator, and a control unit which is connected to the force sensor. The force sensor supplies signals to the control unit and the control unit is designed for determining a position of the nozzle needle and for precisely determining an injected fuel quantity, based on the supplied signal.

Abstract: A positioning device includes a positioning element that is situated movably in a first direction and a second direction, the first and the second directions being opposed to one another, and a first piezoelectric actuator and a second piezoelectric actuator, the first piezoelectric actuator moving the positioning element in the first direction and the second piezoelectric actuator moving the positioning element in the second direction.

Abstract: A positioning device includes a positioning element that is situated movably in a first direction and a second direction, the first and the second directions being opposed to one another, and a first piezoelectric actuator and a second piezoelectric actuator, the first piezoelectric actuator moving the positioning element in the first direction and the second piezoelectric actuator moving the positioning element in the second direction.

Abstract: A fuel injection device includes a nozzle needle, an actuator for actuating the nozzle needle, a force sensor for detecting a force applied by the actuator, and a control unit which is connected to the force sensor. The force sensor supplies signals to the control unit and the control unit is designed for determining a position of the nozzle needle and for precisely determining an injected fuel quantity, based on the supplied signal.

Abstract: An ignition system for an internal combustion engine, having a combustion chamber and a fuel injection device which injects a fuel directly into the combustion chamber in stream-guided fashion, is configured so that the ignition system has a positive polarity.

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 valve housing formed by a nozzle body, and a seal which seals the fuel injector from a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. The seal has a sleeve-type design with a structured cross section and extends across the axial length of the nozzle body.

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 valve housing formed by a nozzle body, and a seal which seals the fuel injector from a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. The seal has a sleeve-type design with a structured cross section and extends across the axial length of the nozzle body.

Abstract: An ignition system for an internal combustion engine, having a combustion chamber and a fuel injection device which injects a fuel directly into the combustion chamber in stream-guided fashion, is configured so that the ignition system has a positive polarity.

Abstract: A method for avoiding an injector orifice internal coking of the spray orifices of a multi-orifice fuel injector of a direct injection internal combustion engine, e.g., of a motor vehicle, is provided. Fuel is injected into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine by multiple injections. The fuel is injected by a first main injection during the intake stroke and by a subsequent postinjection during the compression stroke before the ignition time. Thereby, during a long operation of the internal combustion engine, especially in a homogeneous operation, the injection time does not have to be continually increased in order to compensate for the increasingly shrinking cross section of the spray orifices.

Abstract: A fuel injector-spark plug combination includes a fuel injector for the direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine and a spark plug with a spark-plug insulator, the spark plug having a first electrode, and a second electrode for igniting the fuel injected into the combustion chamber. The fuel injector and the spark-plug insulator of the spark plug are arranged at a biaxial offset in a respective receiving bore of a shared connecting member inserted in a recess of a cylinder head.

Abstract: A fuel-injection system for internal combustion engines has at least one fuel injector injecting fuel into a combustion chamber, which is delimited by a cylinder wall in which a piston is guided. A spark plug projects into the combustion chamber, and the fuel injector is located in the combustion chamber in the region of a gas-intake valve toward the cylinder wall. The fuel injector produces a plurality of fuel jets at least one of these fuel jets being tangentially oriented to the region of the spark plug.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines having a fuel injector that injects fuel into a combustion chamber, which is delimited by a cylinder wall in which a piston is guided, and having a spark plug that projects into the combustion chamber, the fuel injector injecting a plurality of injection jets into the combustion chamber. The injection jets generate a cone-shaped mixture cloud having an elliptical cross-section in the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A fuel injector-spark plug combination comprises a fuel injector for the direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine and a spark plug with a spark-plug insulator, a first electrode and a second electrode for igniting the fuel injected into the combustion chamber. The fuel injector includes an actuator cooperating with an actuation device, which is in force-locking, operative connection to a valve needle, the valve needle, or a valve-closure member connected thereto, cooperating with a valve-seat surface to form a sealing seat. The valve needle of the fuel injector and the spark-plug insulator of the spark plug are positioned in a shared housing at a biaxial offset.

Abstract: A fuel pump (14) pumps fuel in a method for operating an internal combustion engine (10). The fuel pump (14) is connected at its input end to a fuel tank (12). Fuel reaches at least one combustion chamber (22) of the engine (10) via at least one fuel-injection device (16). In order to be able to inject fuel with still greater accuracy into the combustion chamber (22) of the engine (10), the fuel quantity which arrives in the combustion chamber (22) is determined from the signal of a through-flow measuring device (18).

Abstract: A method for avoiding an injector orifice internal coking of the spray orifices of a multi-orifice fuel injector of a direct injection internal combustion engine, e.g., of a motor vehicle, is provided. Fuel is injected into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine by multiple injections. The fuel is injected by a first main injection during the intake stroke and by a subsequent postinjection during the compression stroke before the ignition time. Thereby, during a long operation of the internal combustion engine, especially in a homogeneous operation, the injection time does not have to be continually increased in order to compensate for the increasingly shrinking cross section of the spray orifices.

Abstract: A fuel injector-spark plug combination includes a fuel injector for the direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, and a spark plug for igniting the fuel injected into the combustion chamber, and has a spark-plug insulator including a first electrode, and includes a second electrode. The fuel injector and the spark-plug insulator of the spark plug are each disposed in a recess of a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. The fuel injector and the spark-plug insulator of the spark plug are fixedly held in place in a shared connecting member arranged outside of the cylinder head.

Abstract: A fuel injector-spark plug combination (1) comprises a fuel injector (2) for the direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine and a spark plug (3) with a spark-plug insulator (19), a first electrode (20) and a second electrode (21) for igniting the fuel injected into the combustion chamber. The fuel injector (2) includes an actuator (4) cooperating with an actuation device (5), which is in force-locking, operative connection to a valve needle (6), the valve needle (6), or a valve-closure member (7) connected thereto, cooperating with a valve-seat surface (8) to form a sealing seat. The valve needle (6) of the fuel injector (2) and the spark-plug insulator (19) of the spark plug (3) are positioned in a shared housing (9) at a biaxial offset.

Abstract: A fuel injector having an integrated spark plug for injecting fuel directly into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine and for igniting the fuel that is injected into the combustion chamber has a valve body, which, together with a valve-closure member, forms a sealing seat. Disposed contiguously to the sealing seat is a discharge orifice, which discharges at a valve-body end face facing the combustion chamber. Provision is also made for a housing body that is insulated from the valve body, and for an ignition electrode that is connected to the housing body. In this context, a spark arc-over is produced between the valve body and the ignition electrode. The ignition electrode and the valve body are formed so that the spark arc-over occurs between the end face of the valve body facing the combustion chamber and the ignition electrode.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines has at least one fuel injector which injects fuel into a combustion chamber delimited by a cylinder wall in which a piston is guided, and it has a spark plug which protrudes into the combustion space, and the fuel injector is designed so that a conical spray jet is produced in the combustion chamber. The conical spray jet has an angle cutout in the area of the spark plug.

Abstract: A fuel injector-spark plug combination includes a fuel injector for the direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, and a spark plug for igniting the fuel injected into the combustion chamber, and has a spark-plug insulator including a first electrode, and includes a second electrode. The fuel injector and the spark-plug insulator of the spark plug are each disposed in a recess of a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. The fuel injector and the spark-plug insulator of the spark plug are fixedly held in place in a shared connecting member arranged outside of the cylinder head.