Patents by Inventor Michael Leukart

Michael Leukart 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: 20230077533
    Abstract: The invention relates to an injection nozzle for injecting fuel under high pressure, comprising a nozzle body (2) in which a pressure chamber (9), which can be filled with fuel under high pressure, is formed and in which a conical body seat (25) is formed which opens into a blind hole (32), forming a transition edge (35), from which blind hole a plurality of injection holes (30) originate and the total of the flow cross-sections of all injection holes forms a total injection hole cross-section (ASL). A nozzle needle (14) is arranged in the pressure chamber (9) so as to be longitudinally movable, said nozzle needle interacting, by means of a conical sealing surface (27), with the body seat (25) in order to open and close a flow cross-section, wherein the nozzle needle (14) has, on the end thereof facing the body seat (25), a needle tip (28) which protrudes into the blind hole (32) when the sealing surface (27) contacts the body seat (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Fabian Wolf, Christiane Schiedt, Ferdinand Nicolai, Gerhard Suenderhauf, Michael Leukart
  • Publication number: 20220298999
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injector (10), comprising a nozzle body (12) in which a blind hole (19) is formed, wherein at least one injection opening (14) leads off same, comprising a nozzle needle (25; 25a to 25c) that is reciprocatingly movable along a longitudinal axis (18), wherein the nozzle needle (25; 25a-25c) has a valve seat (29) which forms a sealing seat (26) with a seating surface (21) in the nozzle body (12) in a lowered position of the nozzle needle (25; 25a-25c), and comprising at least one borehole (34; 34a-34c) in the nozzle needle (25; 25a-25c), wherein at least some portions of a borehole inlet (36) of the at least one borehole (34; 34a-34c) are located in the region of the seating surface (21) when the sealing seat (26) is formed, and a borehole outlet (40) of the at least one borehole (34; 34a-34c) is located below the valve seat (29) of the nozzle needle (25; 25a-25c) in the direction of the longitudinal axis (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Leukart, Fabian Wolf, Ferdinand Nicolai, Ulrich Lessing
  • Patent number: 9441590
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, having a nozzle needle (1) which is guided, such that it can perform a stroke movement, in a central bore (2) of a nozzle body (3) in order to open up or close off at least one injection opening (4), wherein the nozzle needle (1) interacts, by means of an encircling sealing region (5) formed on the combustion-chamber-side end thereof, with a sealing seat (6) that runs conically and is formed on the combustion-chamber-side end of the nozzle body (3). According to the invention, the sealing seat (6) that runs conically has an opening angle (?1) of between 30° and 50°, preferably of between 40° and 50°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Christ, Gerhard Suenderhauf, Michael Leukart, Katja Grothe
  • Publication number: 20120153053
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, having a nozzle needle (1) which is guided, such that it can perform a stroke movement, in a central bore (2) of a nozzle body (3) in order to open up or close off at least one injection opening (4), wherein the nozzle needle (1) interacts, by means of an encircling sealing region (5) formed on the combustion-chamber-side end thereof, with a sealing seat (6) that runs conically and is formed on the combustion-chamber-side end of the nozzle body (3). According to the invention, the sealing seat (6) that runs conically has an opening angle (?1) of between 30° and 50°, preferably of between 40° and 50°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Christ, Gerhard Suenderhauf, Michael Leukart, Katja Grothe