Patents by Inventor Peter Schelhas

Peter Schelhas 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: 5980200
    Abstract: A peripheral pump for feeding fuel from a supply tank to the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, in which, in a pump chamber (17) embodied by at least two adjacent walls (18, 19), a revolving circular-cylindrical impeller (12) is disposed, on whose face end in an intake-side wall (18) and an outlet-side wall (19) of a medium a feed conduit (41, 42) is provided, which communicate with one another at an angle (.beta.) via a radially disposed connecting conduit (49, 51) in the wall (18, 19) having a pressure region (34, 35) cooperating with the impeller (12), and these pressure regions (34, 35) can be acted upon by the pressure building up increasingly in the feed conduit (41, 42), thus bringing about an equalization of axial force with respect to the impeller (12) at the walls (18, 19) of the pump chamber (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mathias Rollwage, Peter Schelhas, Dietmas Schmieder, Klaus Baier
  • Patent number: 5090883
    Abstract: A fuel supply assembly for feeding fuel to an internal combustion engine and comprising a gear pump that includes a ring gear having inner teeth, and a pinion arranged eccentrically with respect to said ring gear and having outer teeth meshing with the inner teeth of the ring gear and defining therewith expanding and contracting chambers during operation of the pump, the pump further including an outer support element for movably supporting the ring gear and including a supporting surface which engages a portion of the outer surface of the ring gear and is located radially outside of a discharge opening of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Krauter, Hermann Nusser, Peter Schelhas, Rainer Schillinger, Dietrich Trachte, Ulrich Kemmner
  • Patent number: 4648368
    Abstract: A fuel injection system is proposed which serves to adapt the fuel-air mixture as precisely as possible to operating conditions of the internal combustion engine. The fuel injection system includes metering valves, each of which is assigned a regulating valve whose movable valve element can be exposed on one side to the fuel pressure downstream of the respective metering valve and on the other side to a control pressure line defined on one end by a control pressure valve of the nozzle/impact plate type and on the other end by a control throttle. The control pressure valve has a permanent magnet and an electromagnet, the magnetic fluxes of which are guided via an armature in such a manner that in at least one air gap the magnetic fluxes of the permanent magnet and of the electromagnet extend in the same direction, while in at least one other air gap the magnetic fluxes of the permanent magnet and of the electromagnet extend in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Gmelin, Hans Kubach, Wolfgang Maisch, Klaus-Jurgen Peters, Peter Schelhas
  • Patent number: 4545353
    Abstract: A fuel injection system is proposed which serves to adapt the fuel-air mixture as precisely as possible to operating conditions of the internal combustion engine. The fuel injection system includes metering valves, each of which is assigned a regulating valve whose movable valve element can be exposed on one side to the fuel pressure downstream of the respective metering valve and on the other side to a control pressure line defined on one end by a control pressure valve of the nozzle/impact plate type and on the other end by a control throttle. The control pressure valve has a permanent magnet and an electromagnet, the magnetic fluxes of which are guided via an armature in such a manner that in at least one air gap the magnetic fluxes of the permanent magnet and of the electromagnet extend in the same direction, while in at least one other air gap the magnetic fluxes of the permanent magnet and of the electromagnet extend in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1985
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Gmelin, Hans Kubach, Wolfgang Maisch, Klaus-Jurgen Peters, Peter Schelhas
  • Patent number: 4347026
    Abstract: A retaining means is disclosed which utilizes a resilient ring placed in an eccentric groove which partially penetrates its supporting member. The ring extends through the support member and bears against the member to be retained. Thus a constant retaining force is applied to the restrained member which allows the member to be adjusted without first removing the ring. The restraining force is sufficient to prevent unwanted movement of the restrained member when subjected to a vibrational environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1982
    Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Company
    Inventors: Peter Schelhas, Walter Schlott
  • Patent number: 4341192
    Abstract: A fuel injection system is proposed which brings about an improvement in the acceleration behavior of an internal combustion engine. The fuel injection system includes metering valves actuatable by means of an air flow measuring device, at which valves a pressure difference can be held constant via control valves and the pressure difference is variable in accordance with operational characteristics of the engine. To this end, the control valves are located on a control pressure line in which a control throttle and an electromagnetic valve are disposed. At the same time, pressure limitation elements communicate with the control pressure line and, in the event of acceleration of the engine, reduce the extent of increase of control pressure and thus assure fuel metering corresponding with the operational state of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Knapp, Wolfgang Maisch, Klaus-Jurgen Peters, Michael Wissmann, Gunther Jaggle, Peter Schelhas
  • Patent number: 4326487
    Abstract: A fuel injection system is proposed which brings about an improvement in the acceleration behavior of an internal combustion engine. The fuel injection system includes an intake manifold having a measuring device arranged therein which is moved against a restoring force in accordance with the quantity of air flowing therethrough and thereby actuates the control slide of a distribution valve. The restoring force on the air flow measuring device is actuated by fuel, supplied by a fuel pump via a damping throttle, which operates within a pressure chamber into which the control slide protrudes by means of an end face. A check valve is arranged in a discharge line between the pressure chamber and the delivery side or the suction side of the pump, and opens above a predetermined pressure within the pressure chamber. This allows a rapid unloading of the pressure chamber and a rapid response of the fuel injection system in the case of an acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1982
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Maisch, Klaus-Jurgen Peters, Michael Wissmann, Peter Schelhas
  • Patent number: 4288037
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve is proposed that serves for low-pressure fuel injection into the intake manifold of a mixture-compressing, externally ignited internal combustion engine. The fuel injection valve (1) includes a valve needle (12,12") which opens against the force of a closing spring (22), and this valve needle has downstream of the valve seat (16, 16") a fuel guidance cone (17, 17', 17") which tapers in the direction of fuel flow. The fuel guidance cone (17,17', 17") is so disposed that it projects into an air chamber (26) of the fuel injection valve (1) connected to an air line (9). The fuel guidance cone (17, 17', 17") may be embodied either conically or with a surface which extends in a concave manner and tapers tangentially toward the conical tip (29, 29').
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Schelhas
  • Patent number: 4284048
    Abstract: A pressure control valve for a fuel injection system is proposed which serves to control the warm-up fuel quantity for a mixture-compressing, externally ignited internal combustion engine. The pressure control valve includes a movable valve part which is urged in the closing direction by a compression spring which is counteracted during the warm-up phase by a first temperature-dependent element, whose force on the compression spring below a predetermined temperature in the direction of an increase in the force of the first temperature-dependent element can be influenced by a second temperature-dependent element, so that the fuel-air mixture during the warm-up phase can be adapted to the requirements of every internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1981
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Schelhas
  • Patent number: 4197823
    Abstract: A supplementary air valve controlling a supplementary air quantity during the warm-up phase of an internal combustion engine. The supplementary valve is arranged in a lateral channel which bypasses the throttle valve and has a flat vane provided with a flow-through aperture; the vane is pivotable about a shaft eccentrically situated with respect to the flow-through aperture by means of a bimetallic spring provided with an electric heating coil energized through the engine ignition switch and which rotates the vane to uncover the cross-sectional areas of two spaced-apart, coaxially arranged air supply tubes which together form a part of the lateral channel and the vane has at least one further flow-through aperture for opening the cross-sectional area of a pressure control line which when closed, permits the induction tube pressure downstream of the throttle valve to prevail in the air control line, and when opened, the induction tube pressure upstream of the throttle valve prevails in the air control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1980
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Schwartz, Peter Schelhas
  • Patent number: 4192271
    Abstract: A regulating apparatus is proposed for a fuel supply system for a mixture-compressing, externally ignited internal combustion engine, which serves to enrich the fuel-air mixture furnished to the engine when it is started cold and while it warms up. The regulating apparatus comprises a pressure-regulating valve which sets the fuel pressure, the closing force of which on the movable valve part is influenced by a temperature-dependent element by means of a relay device and a regulating spring coaxially correlated therewith. Accordingly in a predetermined temperature range, the temperature-dependent element and the movable valve part are connected only by the regulating spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus-Jurgen Peters, Michael Wissmann, Peter Schelhas
  • Patent number: 4175102
    Abstract: A fuel supply device, which serves to predetermine a fuel quantity that is proportional to the aspirated air quantity, and also serves to spread the air-fuel mixture. The fuel supply device includes an air metering device, which is arranged in the air intake manifold of the internal combustion engine and activates a fuel metering device, which has a control slit that opens a control groove by a varying amount. The control slit and the control groove are rotatable relative to each other, and the control groove has at least one control edge, which overlaps the control slit and is formed at an angle relative to the axis of rotation. The control slit is arranged in a guide sleeve and the control groove is arranged in a rotatable sleeve mounted in the guide sleeve with the rotatable sleeve being arbitrarily shifted relative to the guide sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1979
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Max Greiner, Klaus J. Peters, Peter Schelhas, Peter Stiefel, Hermann Nusser