Patents by Inventor Ralf Haegele

Ralf Haegele 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: 6224350
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radial piston pump for high-pressure fuel delivery in fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines. The pump includes a drive shaft that is supported in a pump housing and is embodied eccentrically or has a number of cam-like projections in the circumference direction, with a number of pistons that are disposed radially with regard to the drive shaft, each piston in a respective cylinder chamber. Each piston can be set into a reciprocating motion in the cylinder chamber upon rotation of the drive shaft. The pump includes an intake side and a high-pressure side check valve, and a component which has a through opening that constitutes the cylinder chamber, into whose radially outer end, a sealing element is inserted. The intake side check valve is integrated into the sealing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Guentert, Ralf Haegele