Patents by Inventor Hans-Christoph Magel

Hans-Christoph Magel 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).

  • Patent number: 6883498
    Abstract: A pressure booster of a fuel injection system includes a displaceable piston unit (30a, 31a), which on one end can be subjected to pressure via a pressure booster chamber on the low-pressure side and on the other end has a pressure booster chamber on the high-pressure side for fuel compression. The piston unit has a further piston cross section, which is reduced compared to the first piston cross section provided for imposing pressure, for embodying a differential chamber that is connectable to a leak fuel line. At least one control conduit connects the pressure booster chamber on the low-pressure side to the differential chamber, whose opening is closed or opened as a function of the motion of at least parts of the piston unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Braun, Bernd Mahr, Martin Kropp, Hans-Christoph Magel
  • Patent number: 6880527
    Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines includes an injector supplied from a high-pressure fuel source and with a pressure booster device, in which the closing piston can be acted upon by fuel pressure to attain a force exerted on the closing piston in the closing direction, and in which the closing pressure chamber and the return chamber of the pressure booster device are formed by a common closing pressure return chamber, and all the portions of the closing pressure return chamber communicate with one another permanently for exchanging fuel, so that despite a low pressure boost by the pressure booster device, a relatively low injection opening pressure is attainable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Christoph Magel
  • Publication number: 20050077378
    Abstract: A fuel injection apparatus for injecting fuel into the combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine includes a high pressure accumulator, a pressure booster, and a metering valve. The pressure booster includes a working chamber and a control chamber that are separated from each other by an axially movable piston. A pressure change in the control chamber produces a pressure change in a compression chamber that acts on a nozzle chamber via a fuel inlet. The nozzle chamber encampasses a nozzle needle. A nozzle spring chamber that acts on the injection valve element can be filled on the high-pressure side via a line that leads from the compression chamber and contains an inlet throttle restriction. On the outlet side, the nozzle spring chamber is connected to a chamber of the pressure booster via a line that contains an outlet throttle restriction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Martin Kropp, Hans-Christoph Magel, Manfred Mack, Christian Grimminger
  • Publication number: 20050035212
    Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines having a fuel injection valve communicating with a high-pressure source includes a control valve, which has a valve body with a longitudinally displaceably guided control piston. The control piston is guided in a bush, which is surrounded at least partly inside the valve body by an annular chamber, which communicates with the high-pressure source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Nadja Eisenmenger, Hans-Christoph Magel
  • Publication number: 20040231645
    Abstract: A device for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber an internal combustion engine including a high-pressure storage chamber, a pressure booster, and a metering valve. The pressure booster includes a work chamber and a control chamber separated from one another by an axially movable piston. A pressure change in the control chamber causes a pressure change in a compression chamber of the pressure booster. The compression chamber acts upon a nozzle chamber in the nozzle body. A pressure relief valve (40) is in a control line between the control chamber of the pressure booster and a 2/2-way metering valve, the pressure relief valve includes a valve body that acts upon at least one hydraulic chamber and can be made to communicate with the pressure prevailing in the high-pressure storage chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventor: Hans-Christoph Magel
  • Patent number: 6814057
    Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines has at least one stroke-controlled injector. A pressure booster that has a movable piston is connected between the at least one injector and a high-pressure working medium source. The movable piston divides a primary chamber, which can be connected to the high-pressure working medium source, from a pressure chamber that communicates with the at least one injector and is filled with fuel. The pressure booster generates a first fuel system pressure in the injector, which is used for the injection. The fuel injection system has means for furnishing a further, second fuel system pressure, and these means can be used for injection without activating the pressure booster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Mahr, Martin Kropp, Hans-Christoph Magel
  • Patent number: 6810856
    Abstract: A fuel injection system has a pressure booster unit (1), disposed between a pressure reservoir chamber and a nozzle chamber, which unit has a displaceable piston unit (4) for boosting the pressure of the fuel to be supplied to the nozzle chamber. For controlling the pressure booster unit (1), the piston unit (4) has a transition from a larger to a smaller piston cross section and a differential chamber (2) formed thereby, which is connected to the pressure reservoir chamber via a filling path (13) having a filling valve (10). A reduction in the control quantity during the triggering of the pressure booster unit (1) and the performance of a rapid restoration of the piston unit (4) are attained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Christoph Magel
  • Publication number: 20040206335
    Abstract: A pressure booster of a fuel injection system includes a displaceable piston unit (30a, 31a), which on one end can be subjected to pressure via a pressure booster chamber on the low-pressure side and on the other end has a pressure booster chamber on the high-pressure side for fuel compression. The piston unit has a further piston cross section, which is reduced compared to the first piston cross section provided for imposing pressure, for embodying a differential chamber that is connectable to a leak fuel line. At least one control conduit connects the pressure booster chamber on the low-pressure side to the differential chamber, whose opening is closed or opened as a function of the motion of at least parts of the piston unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Wolfgang Braun, Bernd Mahr, Martin Kropp, Hans-Christoph Magel
  • Patent number: 6805101
    Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines includes an injector supplied from a high-pressure fuel source and a pressure booster device, in which the pressure booster device has a movable pressure booster piston that disconnects a chamber that is connectable to the high-pressure fuel source from a high-pressure chamber communicating with the fuel injector, and by filling a return chamber of the pressure booster device with fuel and by evacuating the return chamber of fuel, the fuel pressure in the high-pressure chamber can be varied, and the fuel injector has a movable closing piston, for opening and closing injection openings, which protrudes into a closing pressure chamber, so that the closing piston can be subjected to fuel pressure to attain a force acting in the closing direction on the closing piston, and the closing pressure chamber and the chamber are formed by a common work chamber, and all the portions of the work chamber communicate permanently with one another for exchanging fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Christoph Magel
  • Publication number: 20040195387
    Abstract: A fuel injector for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, having a pressure booster in which the piston divides a work chamber, acted upon permanently by fuel via a pressure source, from a pressure-relievable differential pressure chamber. A pressure change in the differential pressure chamber is effected via an actuation of a servo valve. The control chamber of the servo valve can be pressure-relieved via a relief valve and which opens or closes a hydraulic connection of the differential pressure chamber with a return. For closing the servo valve piston, the control chamber can be acted upon by a fuel volume diverted from the differential pressure chamber. The action of fuel on the control chamber is effected via lines that contain throttle restrictions. A pressure relief of the control chamber is effected via a relief valve into a return on the low-pressure side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventor: Hans-Christoph Magel
  • Patent number: 6752325
    Abstract: An injection nozzle of a stroke-controlled fuel injection device has a control chamber for triggering a nozzle needle and also has a nozzle chamber connectable to a pressure booster. The communication between a differential chamber of the pressure booster and a leakage line and the communication between a control chamber and a leakage line are controllable with the aid of a common valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Kropp, Hans-Christoph Magel, Wolfgang Otterbach
  • Publication number: 20040089269
    Abstract: A fuel injection system includes a pressure chamber. The pressure chamber has a displaceable piston (24), which can be subjected to pressure via a low-pressure-side pressure booster chamber, for compressing the fuel in a high-pressure-side pressure booster chamber to be delivered to an injector. The stroke of the piston (24) is controllable essentially by the pressure in a differential chamber of the pressure chamber and is used to vary the fuel pressure delivered to the injector. Means (24, 25) for enlarging the cross section of the outlet cross section out of the differential chamber of the pressure chamber are provided. The fuel pressure during the injection can be varied. A pressure increase can be achieved with simple means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Wolfgang Braun, Bernd Mahr, Martin Kropp, Hans-Christoph Magel
  • Patent number: 6725840
    Abstract: A fuel injection system has one or more unit fuel injectors or pump-line-nozzle units, corresponding in number to the cylinders, for compressing the fuel. The fuel injection system includes means for generating two different injection pressures during the injection and at least one valve for controlling the injection with a cross sectional control. The fuel injection with the aid of the unit fuel injector or a pump-line-nozzle unit can be achieved over a wide rpm range with great precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Mahr, Martin Kropp, Hans-Christoph Magel, Wolfgang Otterbach
  • Patent number: 6718947
    Abstract: A method for injecting fuel at at least two different high fuel pressures via injectors into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The fuel injection at the higher fuel pressure takes place by pressure-controlled features, during the fuel injection, at least one lower fuel pressure is generated. To that end, a fuel injection system has one local diversion unit for each injector, and the diversion unit can be activated or deactivated via a valve unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Mahr, Martin Kropp, Hans-Christoph Magel, Wolfgang Otterbach
  • Publication number: 20040035397
    Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines, having a fuel injector that can be supplied from a high-pressure fuel source and having a pressure booster device is proposed, in which the pressure booster device has a movable pressure booster piston that disconnects a chamber that is connectable to the high-pressure fuel source from a high-pressure chamber communicating with the fuel injector, and by filling a return chamber of the pressure booster device with fuel and by evacuating the return chamber of fuel, the fuel pressure in the high-pressure chamber can be varied, and the fuel injector has a movable closing piston, for opening and closing injection openings, which protrudes into a closing pressure chamber (12; 112), so that the closing piston can be subjected to fuel pressure to attain a force acting in the closing direction on the closing piston, and the closing pressure chamber (12; 112) and the chamber (26; 126) are formed by a common work chamber, and all the portions (12, 47, 26; 112, 130
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventor: Hans-Christoph Magel
  • Publication number: 20040025843
    Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines, with a fuel injector that can be supplied from a high-pressure fuel source and with a pressure booster device, is proposed in which the closing piston (13; 113) of the injector protrudes into a closing pressure chamber (12; 112), so that the closing piston can be acted upon by fuel pressure to attain a force exerted on the closing piston in the closing direction, and in which the closing pressure chamber (12; 112) and the return chamber (27; 127) of the pressure booster device are formed by a common closing pressure return chamber (12, 27, 41; 112, 127, 141), and all the portions (12, 27; 112, 127) of the closing pressure return chamber communicate (41; 141) with one another permanently for exchanging fuel, so that despite a low pressure boost by the pressure booster device, a relatively low injection opening pressure is attainable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventor: Hans-Christoph Magel
  • Patent number: 6688277
    Abstract: In a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine, in which fuel at at least two differently high fuel pressures can be injected via injectors into the combustion chamber of the engine, parallel to a bypass line a hydraulic pressure booster is provided for generating the higher fuel pressure; the pressure booster is actuatable and deactuatable via a valve unit. Since the pressure booster is not constantly in operation, and the losses from friction are also reduced, the efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Mahr, Martin Kropp, Hans-Christoph Magel, Wolfgang Otterbach
  • Publication number: 20040020464
    Abstract: A fuel injection system includes a pressure booster. The pressure booster has a displaceable piston (24), which can be subjected to pressure via a pressure booster chamber on the low-pressure side, for compressing the fuel, to be delivered to an injector, in a pressure booster chamber on the high-pressure side. The stroke of the piston (24) is controllable essentially by the pressure in a differential chamber of the pressure booster and is used to vary the fuel pressure delivered to the injector. Means (24, 25) for continuously variable definition of the inlet cross section to the pressure booster chamber of the pressure booster on the low-pressure side or of the outlet cross section from the differential chamber of the pressure booster are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Wolfgang Braun, Bernd Mahr, Martin Kropp, Hans-Christoph Magel
  • Patent number: 6675773
    Abstract: A fuel injection is effected by means of a high-pressure pump (2) and a pressure reservoir chamber (6) for generating and storing a first system pressure. This system pressure is not used for injection; instead, by means of the pressure booster unit (9), a higher injection pressure is generated during the injection, and this injection pressure can be reduced to shape the course of injection. By means of this invention, an improved capability of metering the fuel injection and an improved execution of fast switching times are achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Mahr, Martin Kropp, Hans-Christoph Magel, Wolfgang Otterbach
  • Publication number: 20040003794
    Abstract: A pressure-controlled fuel injection system (1) has a common pressure reservoir, one injector (3) per cylinder, and one local pressure booster (4) assigned to each injector (3). A 2/2-way valve (14) is provided for metering fuel to the injector (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Bernd Mahr, Martin Kropp, Hans-Christoph Magel, Wolfgang Otterbach