Patents by Inventor Juergen Graner

Juergen Graner 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: 10865727
    Abstract: A method for controlling at least one switchable valve, a brake impulse that slows down the valve movement being produced during the controlling of the at least one valve. At least one parameter of the brake impulse determines the position and/or the duration of the brake impulse. A parameter is modified, and the reaction of a measurement quantity or of a characteristic feature derived from the measurement quantity is evaluated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Jahn, Juergen Graner, Haris Hamedovic, Christian Steinbrecher, Bastian Reineke, Wolfgang Fischer, Andreas Rupp
  • Patent number: 10002698
    Abstract: A magnetic actuator, which is used particularly for devices of internal combustion engines, includes a magnetic coil and at least one ferromagnetic component. In this instance, a magnetic flux caused by the magnetic coil is able to be guided via the component. On ferromagnetic component, a magnetic choke point is provided, which is used to adjust the magnetic flux. The magnetic choke point may be formed by a local microstructural modification of a ferromagnetic material of the ferromagnetic component. Furthermore, a valve having such a magnetic actuator and a method for producing such a magnetic actuator are indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Axel Bormann, Thorsten Bauer, Juergen Graner
  • Patent number: 9885101
    Abstract: A method is described for manufacturing a solenoid valve, in particular a fuel injector, the solenoid valve having a valve needle which is movably guided in the axial direction, a magnet core and an armature which is situated axially diametrically opposed to the magnet core, the armature being situated on the valve needle, the armature having a first base material and a first reinforcing element and the magnet core having a second base material and a second reinforcing element. The method has one method step. The first reinforcing element is applied to the first base material and/or the second reinforcing element is applied to the second base material during the method step with the aid of molten bath spraying or with the aid of cold gas spraying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Graner, Martin Maier, Anselm Berg
  • Publication number: 20170306879
    Abstract: A method for controlling at least one switchable valve, a brake impulse that slows down the valve movement being produced during the controlling of the at least one valve. At least one parameter of the brake impulse determines the position and/or the duration of the brake impulse. A parameter is modified, and the reaction of a measurement quantity or of a characteristic feature derived from the measurement quantity is evaluated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Jahn, Juergen Graner, Haris Hamedovic, Christian Steinbrecher, Bastian Reineke, Wolfgang Fischer, Andreas Rupp
  • Patent number: 9651163
    Abstract: A single-piece component for a magnetic actuator, in particular for fuel injection, including an internal pole, a magnetic sleeve, and a non-magnetic separating sleeve, the internal pole, the magnetic sleeve and the separating sleeve being integrated into the single-piece component. A method for manufacturing a single-piece component for an magnetic actuator with the aid of a two-component powder injection molding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Walter, Johannes Schmid, Juergen Graner, Matthias Schumacher, Andreas Burghardt, Ralph Engelberg, Jochen Rager
  • Patent number: 9546630
    Abstract: An injection valve for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber includes: a housing having at least one spray discharge orifice on a discharge side; a solenoid coil; a magnet armature linearly movable by the solenoid coil; a valve needle for opening and closing the spray discharge orifice, which valve needle projects through the magnet armature and is linearly movable along a longitudinal axis, the magnet armature being linearly movable in relation to the valve needle between a first stop and a second stop, the second stop being formed by a stop element having a stop face and a counter element having a counter face situated opposite the stop face, the stop element having an elastic design so that an angle between the longitudinal axis and the stop face is changed when the counter face strikes the stop face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Walter Maeurer, Anselm Berg, Friedrich Moser, Philipp Rogler, Juergen Graner, Olaf Schoenrock
  • Publication number: 20160312350
    Abstract: A method is described for manufacturing a solenoid valve, in particular a fuel injector, the solenoid valve having a valve needle which is movably guided in the axial direction, a magnet core and an armature which is situated axially diametrically opposed to the magnet core, the armature being situated on the valve needle, the armature having a first base material and a first reinforcing element and the magnet core having a second base material and a second reinforcing element. The method has one method step. The first reinforcing element is applied to the first base material and/or the second reinforcing element is applied to the second base material during the method step with the aid of molten bath spraying or with the aid of cold gas spraying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Juergen Graner, Martin MAIER, Anselm BERG
  • Patent number: 9429245
    Abstract: A method is described for manufacturing a solenoid valve, in particular a fuel injector, the solenoid valve having a valve needle which is movably guided in the axial direction, a magnet core and an armature which is situated axially diametrically opposed to the magnet core, the armature being situated on the valve needle, the armature having a first base material and a first reinforcing element and the magnet core having a second base material and a second reinforcing element. The method has one method step. The first reinforcing element is applied to the first base material and/or the second reinforcing element is applied to the second base material during the method step with the aid of molten bath spraying or with the aid of cold gas spraying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Graner, Martin Maier, Anselm Berg
  • Patent number: 9394867
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve for injecting fuel includes: a coil, an internal pole, a valve sleeve, and a magnetic separating element, where the valve sleeve and the magnetic separating element are embodied in one piece as a powder injection-molded component, and the valve sleeve forms a magnetic region and the magnetic separating element forms a non-magnetic region, which are intermaterially joined to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Schmid, Juergen Graner, Tilla Haubold, Friedrich Moser, Matthias Schumacher, Andreas Burghardt, Jochen Rager
  • Patent number: 9224528
    Abstract: An electrically actuatable valve for injecting fuel includes a magnetic actuator having multiple components, at least one component of the magnetic actuator having multiple sectors made of soft magnetic material and multiple insulating separating webs. A separating web is situated between each two neighboring sectors and entirely separates the neighboring sectors from one another electrically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Pohlmann, Juergen Graner
  • Patent number: 9194347
    Abstract: An injector having a valve opening, a cylindrical pipe, a valve opening, a valve needle situated inside the pipe in the radial direction and guided to allow axial displacement; a solenoid coil situated outside the pipe in the radial direction; a solenoid core disposed inside the pipe in the radial direction; and a magnetic armature situated inside the pipe, opposite the solenoid core in the radial direction, the magnetic armature being disposed on the valve needle. The pipe is a magnetic first material in a first pipe region and a third pipe region, the first region facing the valve opening in the axial direction, and the third pipe region facing away from the valve opening in the axial direction. The pipe is a non-magnetic second material in a second pipe region, the second pipe region being between the first pipe region and the third pipe region in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERY BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Graner, Martin Maier, Juergen Lander, Jochen Rager
  • Publication number: 20150332833
    Abstract: A magnetic actuator, which is used particularly for devices of internal combustion engines, includes a magnetic coil and at least one ferromagnetic component. In this instance, a magnetic flux caused by the magnetic coil is able to be guided via the component. On ferromagnetic component, a magnetic choke point is provided, which is used to adjust the magnetic flux. The magnetic choke point may be formed by a local microstructural modification of a ferromagnetic material of the ferromagnetic component. Furthermore, a valve having such a magnetic actuator and a method for producing such a magnetic actuator are indicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Axel BORMANN, Thorsten BAUER, Juergen GRANER
  • Patent number: 9188094
    Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel-injection systems of internal combustion engines includes an electromagnetic actuating element having a solenoid coil, a fixed core, an outer magnetic circuit component, and a movable armature for actuating a valve-closure element, which cooperates with a valve-seat surface provided on a valve-seat element. The injector is characterized by its extremely small outer dimensions. The flexibility in the installation of fuel injectors of varying valve lengths, which is made possible very simply due to the special modular design, is significantly increased in this manner. An optimized dimensioning of the electromagnetic circuit allows for a DFR (dynamic flow range) greater than 17, the DFR being defined as the quotient of qmax/qmin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Graner, Martin Maier, Takuya Mizobe, Bernd Rieg, Volker Sohm, Juergen Lander
  • Publication number: 20150247479
    Abstract: An injection valve for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber includes: a housing having at least one spray discharge orifice on a discharge side; a solenoid coil; a magnet armature linearly movable by the solenoid coil; a valve needle for opening and closing the spray discharge orifice, which valve needle projects through the magnet armature and is linearly movable along a longitudinal axis, the magnet armature being linearly movable in relation to the valve needle between a first stop and a second stop, the second stop being formed by a stop element having a stop face and a counter element having a counter face situated opposite the stop face, the stop element having an elastic design so that an angle between the longitudinal axis and the stop face is changed when the counter face strikes the stop face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Walter Maeurer, Anselm Berg, Friedrich Moser, Philipp Rogler, Juergen Graner, Olaf Schoenrock
  • Patent number: 9068542
    Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines. The valve includes an electromagnetic actuating element which has a solenoid, a solid core, an external magnetic circuit component, and a movable armature for activating a valve closing member which cooperates with a valve seat surface provided on a valve seat member. The valve has extremely small outer dimensions. By optimizing the dimensions of the electromagnetic circuit, the outer diameter of the external magnetic circuit component in the peripheral area of the solenoid is 10.5 mm<DM<13.5 mm. This increases the flexibility in installing fuel injectors having different valve lengths, which are made possible due to the special modular design. The valve is suitable as a fuel injector in particular for use in fuel injection systems of mixture-compressing, spark ignition internal combustion engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Graner, Martin Maier, Bernd Rieg, Volker Sohm, Juergen Lander, Takuya Mizobe
  • Publication number: 20150136878
    Abstract: A device for injecting fuel includes an electrodynamic drive having a movably situated coil, an inwardly opening needle which opens and closes injection holes on a valve seat, a connecting element which connects the needle to the movably situated coil, and a pressure chamber which is situated at the needle upstream from the valve seat and contains pressurized fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Juergen GRANER, Martin MAIER, Guenther HOHL
  • Publication number: 20140346383
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solenoid valve or a fuel injector, including a sleeve, a valve needle situated inside the sleeve in a radial direction and guided so as to slide, a solenoid coil situated outside of the sleeve in a radial direction, a magnetic core situated inside the sleeve in a radial direction, and a magnet armature situated inside the sleeve in a radial direction, axially opposite to the magnetic core; the magnet armature being situated on the valve needle, the sleeve having a low wall thickness in a thin-walled region situated between the magnet armature and the solenoid coil, the thin-walled region strengthened by a reinforcing element for absorbing radial forces; and a method step, during which, the reinforcing element is deposited onto the sleeve, in the thin-walled region, in a radial direction, outside of the sleeve, using a molten bath or cold gas spraying method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Juergen Graner, Martin Maier, Nikolaus Hautmann, Ralf Diekmann
  • Publication number: 20140224902
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve for injecting fuel includes: a coil, an internal pole, a valve sleeve, and a magnetic separating element, where the valve sleeve and the magnetic separating element are embodied in one piece as a powder injection-molded component, and the valve sleeve forms a magnetic region and the magnetic separating element forms a non-magnetic region, which are intermaterially joined to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Johannes Schmid, Juergen Graner, Tilla Haubold, Friedrich Moser, Matthias Schumacher, Andreas Burghardt, Jochen Rager
  • Publication number: 20140197340
    Abstract: A single-piece component for a magnetic actuator, in particular for fuel injection, including an internal pole, a magnetic sleeve, and a non-magnetic separating sleeve, the internal pole, the magnetic sleeve and the separating sleeve being integrated into the single-piece component. A method for manufacturing a single-piece component for an magnetic actuator with the aid of a two-component powder injection molding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Rainer Walter, Johannes Schmid, Juergen Graner, Matthias Schumacher, Andreas Burghardt, Ralph Engelberg, Jochen Rager
  • Publication number: 20140027545
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines. The valve includes an electromagnetic actuating element having a solenoid, a solid core, an outer magnetic circuit component, and a movable armature for actuating a valve closing element that works together with a valve seat surface provided on a valve seat element. The valve has extremely small outer dimensions. Due to an optimized dimensioning of the electromagnetic circuit, the outer diameter of the outer magnetic circuit component in the circumferential area of the solenoid DM<=11 mm. This increases flexibility in the installation of fuel injection valves having various valve lengths, which are very easily enabled due to the particular modular construction. The valve is suitable as a fuel injection valve, particularly for use in fuel injection systems of mixture-compressing externally ignited internal combustion engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Juergen Graner, Martin Maier, Bernd Rieg, Volker Sohm, Juergen Lander, Takuya Mizobe