Patents by Inventor Uwe Leuteritz

Uwe Leuteritz 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: 9297344
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve for an internal combustion engine may include an injector body having a receiving hole for an injector needle. The receiving hole may be implemented as a blind hole and may form an injector ring chamber in the injector shaft and a cone-shaped valve seat at the base thereof, and a blind injector hole at the tip of the valve seat cone, from which at least one injector hole extends. The injector needle may include an at least partially cone-shaped needle tip and may seal off the blind injector hole, and thus the at least one injector hole, from the injector ring chamber. The needle tip may include a needle pilot adapted in contour and extent to the blind injector hole in the valve seat, the pilot protruding into the blind injector hole and thus reducing a compression volume formed between the valve seat and injector hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Gerber, Thomas Hofmann, Uwe Leuteritz
  • Patent number: 8528524
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve for arrangement in a combustion chamber (40) of an internal combustion engine has a nozzle support with a nozzle body (30) disposed thereon in fixed fashion by way of a nozzle clamping nut (20), the nozzle body designed to protrude into the combustion chamber (40) and being provided for holding a nozzle needle, and at least one annular combustion chamber sealing element (50) with an upper support surface (60) facing the nozzle clamping nut (20) and a lower support surface (70) facing the combustion chamber (40), the lower surface surrounding the nozzle body (30) and being provided for sealing the nozzle support off from the combustion chamber (40). At least one additional sealing element (80) is provided for sealing the nozzle body (30) in the area of the nozzle clamping nut (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Hofmann, Michael Härtel, Uwe Leuteritz, Ferdinand Löbbering
  • Publication number: 20120180757
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve for an internal combustion engine may include an injector body having a receiving hole for an injector needle. The receiving hole may be implemented as a blind hole and may form an injector ring chamber in the injector shaft and a cone-shaped valve seat at the base thereof, and a blind injector hole at the tip of the valve seat cone, from which at least one injector hole extends. The injector needle may include an at least partially cone-shaped needle tip and may seal off the blind injector hole, and thus the at least one injector hole, from the injector ring chamber. The needle tip may include a needle pilot adapted in contour and extent to the blind injector hole in the valve seat, the pilot protruding into the blind injector hole and thus reducing a compression volume formed between the valve seat and injector hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Wolfgang Gerber, Thomas Hofmann, Uwe Leuteritz
  • Patent number: 8087598
    Abstract: A nozzle module for an injection valve has a nozzle body with a recess with a wall, being operable to hydraulically couple the recess to a high pressure fluid circuit, a seal seat embodied on the wall, at least one nozzle needle arranged in an axially moveable fashion in the recess. The needle has a seat area with a sealing surface interacting with the seal seat to open and close the valve, respectively, and a supporting area, arranged radially outside and axially at a distance from the seat area and supporting the needle against the wall when the needle closes. The needle has at least one needle recess, which when the supporting area rests against the wall of the body recess, an area of the body recess facing axially away from the seat area is hydraulically coupled to an area of the body recess which axially faces the seat area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Leuteritz, Ferdinand Löbbering
  • Publication number: 20110132329
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve for arrangement in a combustion chamber (40) of an internal combustion engine has a nozzle support with a nozzle body (30) disposed thereon in fixed fashion by way of a nozzle clamping nut (20), the nozzle body designed to protrude into the combustion chamber (40) and being provided for holding a nozzle needle, and at least one annular combustion chamber sealing element (50) with an upper support surface (60) facing the nozzle clamping nut (20) and a lower support surface (70) facing the combustion chamber (40), the lower surface surrounding the nozzle body (30) and being provided for sealing the nozzle support off from the combustion chamber (40). At least one additional sealing element (80) is provided for sealing the nozzle body (30) in the area of the nozzle clamping nut (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Hofmann, Michael Härtel, Uwe Leuteritz, Ferdinand Löbbering
  • Publication number: 20100001101
    Abstract: A nozzle module for an injection valve has a nozzle body with a recess with a wall, being operable to hydraulically couple the recess to a high pressure fluid circuit, a seal seat embodied on the wall, at least one nozzle needle arranged in an axially moveable fashion in the recess. The needle has a seat area with a sealing surface interacting with the seal seat to open and close the valve, respectively, and a supporting area, arranged radially outside and axially at a distance from the seat area and supporting the needle against the wall when the needle closes. The needle has at least one needle recess, which when the supporting area rests against the wall of the body recess, an area of the body recess facing axially away from the seat area is hydraulically coupled to an area of the body recess which axially faces the seat area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Uwe Leuteritz, Ferdinand Lobbering
  • Patent number: 7055762
    Abstract: The invention relates to an injection valve in which the movable valve parts and the valve seat (4) form the electrodes of a capacitor that is connected in an electric circuit, the capacity of said capacitor changing with the valve lift of the closing element. According to the invention, the valve seat (4) is configured in the form of an electrically conductive nozzle body (2) that is connected to the electric circuit and the closing element is configured in the form of a valve needle (5) that is connected to the electric circuit by its end surface opposite the valve seat (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Gerber, Uwe Leuteritz, Martin Neumaier, Jörg Wonesch
  • Publication number: 20050269422
    Abstract: The invention relates to an injection valve in which the movable valve parts and the valve seat (4) form the electrodes of a capacitor that is connected in an electric circuit, the capacity of said capacitor changing with the valve lift of the closing element. According to the invention, the valve seat (4) is configured in the form of an electrically conductive nozzle body (2) that is connected to the electric circuit and the closing element is configured in the form of a valve needle (5) that is connected to the electric circuit by its end surface opposite the valve seat (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Wolfgang Gerber, Uwe Leuteritz, Martin Neumaier, Jorg Wonesch
  • Publication number: 20040075003
    Abstract: A device and method for atomizing a liquid medium, including an electrically conductive nozzle body with an internal volume for holding the liquid medium, at least one nozzle opening as well as a high-voltage electrode arranged inside the internal volume coaxially to a longitudinal axis of the nozzle body. The high-voltage electrode is provided in the area of its greatest lateral expansion with a circumferential, sharp edge that extends at a small distance to the nozzle body in order to be able to bring about the electrostatic charging of the passing liquid medium. This construction enables the electrostatic atomization in a simple manner even for multi-hole nozzles, so that the electrostatic atomization also can be used in the field of gas turbine technology for improving the injection in the start-up and partial load range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicant: ALSTOM (Switzerland) Ltd.
    Inventors: Uwe Leuteritz, Bruno Schuermans, Christian Steinbach, Wolfgang Weisenstein
  • Publication number: 20020063176
    Abstract: A device and method for atomizing a liquid medium, including an electrically conductive nozzle body with an internal volume for holding the liquid medium, at least one nozzle opening as well as a high-voltage electrode arranged inside the internal volume coaxially to a longitudinal axis of the nozzle body. The high-voltage electrode is provided in the area of its greatest lateral expansion with a circumferential, sharp edge that extends at a small distance to the nozzle body in order to be able to bring about the electrostatic charging of the passing liquid medium. This construction enables the electrostatic atomization in a simple manner even for multi-hole nozzles, so that the electrostatic atomization also can be used in the field of gas turbine technology for improving the injection in the start-up and partial load range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Uwe Leuteritz, Bruno Schuermans, Christian Steinbach, Wolfgang Weisenstein