Patents by Inventor Martin Scheffel

Martin Scheffel 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: 10648438
    Abstract: An insulating element for a fuel injection apparatus is notable in particular for the fact that a low-noise design is achieved. The fuel injection apparatus encompasses at least one fuel injection valve and one receiving bore in a cylinder head for the fuel injection valve, and the insulating element between a valve housing of the fuel injection valve and a wall of the receiving bore. The insulating element possesses an inner insulating ring that is present in encapsulated fashion between an outer ring and an inner ring. The outer ring is directed toward the fuel injection valve and the inner ring is directed toward the wall of the receiving bore, so that corresponding abutment of these components occurs with the insulating element in the installed state. The fuel injection apparatus is suitable in particular for direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing spark-ignited internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Kochanowski, Thomas Froehner, Markus Friedrich, Martin Scheffel, Jason Kramer
  • Patent number: 10641224
    Abstract: A decoupling element for a fuel-injection device has a low-noise and pivotable construction. The fuel-injection device includes at least a fuel injector and a receiving bore in a cylinder head for the fuel injector as well as the decoupling element between a valve housing of the fuel injector and a wall of the receiving bore. The decoupling element is in the form of a ring, in particular a closed ring, which has a lower end face that sits on a shoulder of the receiving bore, and which has an upper end face that rises conically from radially outside toward radially inside and is in intimate contact with a spherically curved shoulder area of the valve housing of the fuel injector. The fuel-injection device is particularly suitable for the direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing combustion engine having externally supplied ignition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Scheffel, Wilhelm Reinhardt
  • Patent number: 10138856
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an injector having an extrusion coating, including the following steps: providing an injection module, pushing a disk-shaped alignment element onto a part of the injection module, the alignment element having a slot in order to have sufficient flexibility, welding the alignment element onto the part of the injection module, at least part of the slot also being welded shut at the same time during the welding-on step in order to stiffen the alignment element, and molding the extrusion coating onto the injection module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Scheffel, Axel Bormann, Sebastian Wieschollek
  • Patent number: 10072623
    Abstract: A decoupling element, for decoupling a fuel injection valve from a cylinder head, includes a body that, in the mounted state, surrounds a housing of the fuel injection valve. The body is fashioned to include a cylinder-side support region to be supported on the cylinder head, and a valve-side support region for supporting the fuel injection valve. When the fuel injection valve is supported at the valve-side support region, the body is loaded with pressure. Only the cylinder-side support region of the body is fashioned in the shape of a closed ring, which connects segments of the body distributed around a circumference. The decoupling element enables the reduction of the transmission of noise from the fuel injection valve to the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Mayer, Martin Scheffel, Martin Maier, Michael Knorpp, Pablo Antonio Napal Jimenez
  • Patent number: 9938947
    Abstract: A decoupling element is described for a fuel injection device which is characterized in particular by a low-noise design. The fuel injection device includes at least one fuel injector, a receiving bore in a cylinder head for the fuel injector, and the decoupling element between a valve housing of the fuel injector and a wall of the receiving bore. The decoupling element is designed as a decoupling system having a spring ring and a conical washer. The fuel injection device is suitable for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing spark-ignition internal combustion engine in particular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Pohlmann, Michael Fischer, Andreas Glaser, Markus Friedrich, Martin Scheffel, Stefan Woerz, Martin Buehner, Thomas Gerschwitz, Anh-Tuan Hoang
  • Publication number: 20170328325
    Abstract: A decoupling element for a fuel-injection device has a low-noise and pivotable construction. The fuel-injection device includes at least a fuel injector and a receiving bore in a cylinder head for the fuel injector as well as the decoupling element between a valve housing of the fuel injector and a wall of the receiving bore. The decoupling element is in the form of a ring, in particular a closed ring, which has a lower end face that sits on a shoulder of the receiving bore, and which has an upper end face that rises conically from radially outside toward radially inside and is in intimate contact with a spherically curved shoulder area of the valve housing of the fuel injector. The fuel-injection device is particularly suitable for the direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing combustion engine having externally supplied ignition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Scheffel, Wilhelm Reinhardt
  • Patent number: 9759172
    Abstract: A fuel injector which includes an actuator having an electrical contact element, a plug, a fuel supply pipe, and an injection-molded housing part. The plug has a base body, an electrical connection element for an electrical connection with the electrical contact element of the actuator, and a rib which projects from the base body, the injection-molded housing part surrounding the electrical connection element of the plug and being injection-molded on the rib of the plug and the fuel supply pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Wolff, Martin Scheffel, Sebastian Wieschollek, Axel Bormann, Johann Bayer
  • Patent number: 9702475
    Abstract: An electromagnetically actuatable valve is described, for controlling fluids, having an inner pole and a magnetic armature, the inner pole having a first end face oriented to the magnetic armature, and the magnetic armature having a second end face oriented to the inner pole, a first contact line and a second contact line being present between the first and second end face when the inner pole and the magnetic armature come into contact with one another, and a damping volume being present between the first and second contact line when the inner pole and the magnetic armature come into contact with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Scheffel, Philipp Rogler, Joerg Abel, Jens Pohlmann, Anna Salvat Massoni
  • Publication number: 20170130687
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an injector having an extrusion coating, including the following steps: providing an injection module, pushing a disk-shaped alignment element onto a part of the injection module, the alignment element having a slot in order to have sufficient flexibility, welding the alignment element onto the part of the injection module, at least part of the slot also being welded shut at the same time during the welding-on step in order to stiffen the alignment element, and molding the extrusion coating onto the injection module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Scheffel, Axel Bormann, Sebastian Wieschollek
  • Patent number: 9587607
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an injector having an extrusion coating, including the following steps: providing an injection module, pushing a disk-shaped alignment element onto a part of the injection module, the alignment element having a slot in order to have sufficient flexibility, welding the alignment element onto the part of the injection module, at least part of the slot also being welded shut at the same time during the welding-on step in order to stiffen the alignment element, and molding the extrusion coating onto the injection module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Scheffel, Axel Bormann, Sebastian Wieschollek
  • Patent number: 9518542
    Abstract: An injection valve is provided for injecting a medium, especially for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber, including: a housing having at least one spray orifice on a discharge side, a solenoid coil, a magneto armature, which is linearly movable by the solenoid coil, a linearly movable valve needle for opening and closing the spray orifice, a first stop on a side of the magneto armature facing away from the discharge side, and a second stop on a side of the magneto armature facing the discharge side, the magneto armature being linearly movable between the first stop and the second stop with respect to the valve needle, and a guide element which is joined to the valve needle, an outer area of the guide element serving as guide for the linear motion of the magneto armature, and the second stop being an integral part of the guide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Rogler, Martin Scheffel
  • Publication number: 20160169176
    Abstract: A decoupling element, for decoupling a fuel injection valve from a cylinder head, includes a body that, in the mounted state, surrounds a housing of the fuel injection valve. The body is fashioned to include a cylinder-side support region to be supported on the cylinder head, and a valve-side support region for supporting the fuel injection valve. When the fuel injection valve is supported at the valve-side support region, the body is loaded with pressure. Only the cylinder-side support region of the body is fashioned in the shape of a closed ring, which connects segments of the body distributed around a circumference. The decoupling element enables the reduction of the transmission of noise from the fuel injection valve to the cylinder head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Michael MAYER, Martin SCHEFFEL, Martin MAIER, Michael KNORPP, Pablo Antonio Napal JIMENEZ
  • Patent number: 9353715
    Abstract: A fuel injector for injecting fuel into an internal combustion engine includes: a housing having at least one spray orifice; a magnet armature movable linearly in the housing; a magnetic coil acting magnetically on the magnet armature; and a valve element movable linearly with respect to the housing and with respect to the magnet armature, the valve element, together with the at least one spray orifice, forming a valve seat, a first stop on the valve element, and a tension spring pulling the magnet armature against the first stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Rogler, Martin Scheffel
  • Patent number: 9347411
    Abstract: A decoupling element for a fuel injection device has a low-noise construction. The fuel injection device includes at least one fuel injector and one receiving bore in a cylinder head for the fuel injector and the decoupling element between a valve housing of the fuel injector and a wall of the receiving bore. The decoupling element has a nonlinear progressive spring characteristic as a solid-state joint, at least one bearing collar including a valve contact surface, which is designed to be spherical, i.e., convex, extending upward from a flat annular area, the flat annular area being supported on a supporting base, and the inside of the annular area has a smaller inside diameter D than the bearing collar and the supporting base, which is supported on the wall of the receiving bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Friedrich, Martin Scheffel, Martin Buehner
  • Patent number: 9309820
    Abstract: A device is described for metering fuel in internal combustion engines is provided, which includes a fuel distributor provided with a flow channel and at least one discharge orifice connected thereto, a valve which is connected to the fuel distributor for metering the fuel and has a pipe connection that is able to be attached to the discharge orifice, and connection means, which connects the fuel distributor and the valve to each other in the attachment region of the pipe connection and the discharge orifice in a pressure-tight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Guenter Wolff, Ulrich Fischer, Martin Scheffel, Wilhelm Reinhardt
  • Publication number: 20150369176
    Abstract: A valve for metering fluid includes: a flow channel, which leads from a fluid inlet to a metering opening for the fluid; and a filter device, which is situated in the flow channel, and through which the fluid flows. The filter device has a coarse filter and a fine filter which is situated downstream from the coarse filter in the flow direction of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Ralph Ittlinger, Martin Scheffel, Jens Pohlmann
  • Publication number: 20150316014
    Abstract: A decoupling element is described for a fuel injection device which is characterized in particular by a low-noise design. The fuel injection device includes at least one fuel injector, a receiving bore in a cylinder head for the fuel injector, and the decoupling element between a valve housing of the fuel injector and a wall of the receiving bore. The decoupling element is designed as a decoupling system having a spring ring and a conical washer. The fuel injection device is suitable for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing spark-ignition internal combustion engine in particular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Jens Pohlmann, Michael FISCHER, Andreas GLASER, Markus FRIEDRICH, Martin SCHEFFEL, Stefan WOERZ, Martin BUEHNER, Thomas GERSCHWITZ, AnhTuan HOANG
  • Publication number: 20150240765
    Abstract: An injection valve is provided for injecting a medium, especially for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber, including: a housing having at least one spray orifice on a discharge side, a solenoid coil, a magneto armature, which is linearly movable by the solenoid coil, a linearly movable valve needle for opening and closing the spray orifice, a first stop on a side of the magneto armature facing away from the discharge side, and a second stop on a side of the magneto armature facing the discharge side, the magneto armature being linearly movable between the first stop and the second stop with respect to the valve needle, and a guide element which is joined to the valve needle, an outer area of the guide element serving as guide for the linear motion of the magneto armature, and the second stop being an integral part of the guide element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Philipp Rogler, Martin Scheffel
  • Publication number: 20150152799
    Abstract: A device is described for metering fuel in internal combustion engines is provided, which includes a fuel distributor provided with a flow channel and at least one discharge orifice connected thereto, a valve which is connected to the fuel distributor for metering the fuel and has a pipe connection that is able to be attached to the discharge orifice, and connection means, which connects the fuel distributor and the valve to each other in the attachment region of the pipe connection and the discharge orifice in a pressure-tight manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Guenter Wolff, Ulrich Fischer, Martin Scheffel, Wilhelm Reinhardt
  • Publication number: 20150152822
    Abstract: A fuel injector for injecting fuel into an internal combustion engine includes: a housing having at least one spray orifice; a magnet armature movable linearly in the housing; a magnetic coil acting magnetically on the magnet armature; and a valve element movable linearly with respect to the housing and with respect to the magnet armature, the valve element, together with the at least one spray orifice, forming a valve seat, a first stop on the valve element, and a tension spring pulling the magnet armature against the first stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Rogler, Martin Scheffel