Patents by Inventor Walter Egler
Walter Egler 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).
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Patent number: 7172140Abstract: A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, having a housing (12; 48) in which a pistonlike valve member (35; 60) is disposed longitudinally displaceably in a bore (34; 57). The valve member (35; 60) is surrounded, over at least part of its length, by a pressure chamber (37; 68), embodied in the housing (12; 48), that can be filled with fuel at high pressure; the valve member (35; 60) controls the communication of the pressure chamber (37; 68) with at least one injection opening (39; 66). The pressure chamber (37; 68) communicates with a damping chamber (46; 80), embodied in the housing (12; 48), via at least one throttle (44; 78) disposed in the housing (12; 48), so that pressure fluctuations that occur in the damping chamber (46; 60) rapidly fade (FIG. 1).Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2002Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Walter Egler, Peter Boehland, Sebastian Kanne
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Patent number: 7066150Abstract: A fuel injection system with a fuel injection valve and a control valve, which control valve has a control valve member that can move longitudinally in a control valve bore. The control valve member is provided with a control valve sealing surface, which cooperates with a control valve seat and thereby controls the connection between a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber, where the first pressure chamber is connected to a high-pressure accumulation chamber. A bore is embodied in a valve body and contains a piston-shaped valve needle whose end oriented toward the combustion chamber controls the opening of at least one injection opening by virtue of the fact that it executes a longitudinal movement due to the impingement of the pressure in a pressure chamber; the pressure chamber is connected to the second pressure chamber by means of a supply conduit.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2001Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Walter Egler, Peter Boehland, Sebastian Kanne
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Patent number: 6820594Abstract: The valve having a valve member guided displaceably in the direction of its longitudinal axis protrudes into a valve pressure chamber and has a sealing face extending transversely to axis, has a sealing face, which it cooperates with a valve seat, extending transversely to axis, for at least extensively closing off an opening, surrounded by the valve seat, from the valve pressure chamber. The sealing face is surrounded by an annular face, which when the valve member rests on the valve seat is disposed at a slight spacing from the valve seat. The valve member has a plurality of apertures, distributed over its circumference, through which the opening communicates with the valve pressure chamber when the valve member is resting on the valve seat.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2003Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Nestor Rodriguez-Amaya, Walter Egler, Christoph Hollmann, Hubert Greif, Godehard Nentwig
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Patent number: 6808124Abstract: The fuel injection system has one high-pressure fuel pump and one fuel injection valve for each cylinder of the engine. A pump work chamber can be made to communicate with a pressure chamber of the injection valve which has a valve member movable in an opening direction by the pressure in the pressure chamber, counter to a closing force. A first control valve, controls a communication of the work chamber with a relief chamber, and a second control valve, controls the pressure prevailing in a control pressure chamber urging the injection valve closed. In a first switching position of the first control valve the work chamber is made to communicate with the relief chamber, while the pressure chamber and the control pressure chamber are disconnected from the work chamber, and for a second switching position, the work chamber is disconnected from the relief chamber by the first control valve, while the pressure chamber and the control pressure chamber communicate with the work chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2002Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Walter Egler
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Patent number: 6745750Abstract: A fuel injection system, having a fuel injection valve and a control valve, which control valve has a control valve member that is longitudinally displaceable in a control valve bore. A control valve sealing face is embodied on the control valve member; it cooperates with a control valve seat and thus controls the communication between a first pressure space and a second pressure space; the first pressure space communicates with a high-pressure collection chamber. In a valve body, a bore is embodied in which a pistonlike valve needle, with its end toward the combustion chamber, controls the opening of at least one injection opening by executing a longitudinal motion in response to the pressure in a pressure chamber; the pressure chamber communicates with the second pressure space via an inlet conduit.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2002Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Walter Egler, Giovanni Ferraro, Hansjoerg Egeler, Achim Brenk, Wolfgang Klenk, Peter Boehland, Werner Teschner, Sebastian Kanne, Ingolf Kahleyss, Uwe Gordon, Manfred Mack
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Publication number: 20040079335Abstract: The valve having a valve member guided displaceably in the direction of its longitudinal axis protrudes into a valve pressure chamber and has a sealing face extending transversely to axis, has a sealing face, which it cooperates with a valve seat, extending transversely to axis, for at least extensively closing off an opening, surrounded by the valve seat, from the valve pressure chamber. The sealing face is surrounded by an annular face, which when the valve member rests on the valve seat is disposed at a slight spacing from the valve seat. The valve member has a plurality of apertures, distributed over its circumference, through which the opening communicates with the valve pressure chamber when the valve member is resting on the valve seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2003Publication date: April 29, 2004Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Nestor Rodriguez-Amaya, Walter Egler, Christoph Hollmann, Hubert Greif, Godehard Nentwig
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Publication number: 20040061002Abstract: A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, having a housing (12; 48) in which a pistonlike valve member (35; 60) is disposed longitudinally displaceably in a bore (34; 57). The valve member (35; 60) is surrounded, over at least part of its length, by a pressure chamber (37; 68), embodied in the housing (12; 48), that can be filled with fuel at high pressure; the valve member (35; 60) controls the communication of the pressure chamber (37; 68) with at least one injection opening (39; 66). The pressure chamber (37; 68) communicates with a damping chamber (46; 80), embodied in the housing (12; 48), via at least one throttle (44; 78) disposed in the housing (12; 48), so that pressure fluctuations that occur in the damping chamber (46; 60) rapidly fade (FIG. 1).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Inventors: Walter Egler, Peter Boehland, Sebastian Kanne
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Patent number: 6691934Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a housing in which a pistonlike valve member is disposed longitudinally displaceably in a bore to cause at least one injection opening to communicate with a pressure chamber embodied in the housing. An inlet conduit discharges into the pressure chamber to fill the pressure chamber with fuel at high pressure. A fuel-filled control chamber in the housing at least indirectly exerts a force acting in the closing direction on the valve member. The control chamber communicates with the inlet conduit and can be made to communicate via a control valve with a leak fuel chamber. A damping chamber communicates with the inlet conduit via a throttle.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2003Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Walter Egler, Peter Boehland, Sebastian Kanne
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Publication number: 20030168528Abstract: A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, having a housing (12) in which a pistonlike valve member (35) is disposed longitudinally displaceably in a bore (34) and by a longitudinal motion in an opening direction, with its end toward the combustion chamber, causes at least one injection opening (39) to communicate with a pressure chamber (37) embodied in the housing (12). An inlet conduit (14) is embodied in the housing (12) and discharges into the pressure chamber (37), and by way of it the pressure chamber (37) can be filled with fuel at high pressure. A fuel-filled control chamber (20) is also embodied in the housing (12); the pressure in the control chamber (20) at least indirectly exerts a force acting in the closing direction on the valve member (35). The control chamber (20) communicates with the inlet conduit (14) and can be made to communicate via a control valve (16) with a leak fuel chamber (23), in which a markedly lower pressure prevails than in the inlet conduit (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2003Publication date: September 11, 2003Inventors: Walter Egler, Peter Boehland, Sebastian Kanne
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Publication number: 20030159678Abstract: The invention relates to a device for injecting fuel into the combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine, with a pump (2), which supplies highly pressurized fuel to a high-pressure accumulation chamber (3). Starting from this high-pressure accumulation chamber (3), a high-pressure supply line leads to an injector (5), which contains a metering valve (7) that acts on an injection nozzle (24) with fuel. The metering valve (7) is associated with a damping throttle (26), which is connected to a part of the high-pressure region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2003Publication date: August 28, 2003Inventors: Walter Egler, Peter Boehland, Sebastian Kanne
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Publication number: 20030136382Abstract: A fuel injection system with a fuel injection valve (15) and a control valve (50), which control valve (50) has a control valve member (54) that can move longitudinally in a control valve bore (52). The control valve member (54) is provided with a control valve sealing surface (55), which cooperates with a control valve seat (56) and thereby controls the connection between a first pressure chamber (57) and a second pressure chamber (58), where the first pressure chamber (57) is connected to a high-pressure accumulation chamber (10). A bore (30) is embodied in a valve body (25) and contains a piston-shaped valve needle (32) whose end oriented toward the combustion chamber controls the opening of at least one injection opening (38) by virtue of the fact that it executes a longitudinal movement due to the impingement of the pressure in a pressure chamber (31); the pressure chamber (31) is connected to the second pressure chamber (58) by means of a supply conduit (28).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2002Publication date: July 24, 2003Inventors: Walter Egler, Peter Boehland, Sebastian Kanne
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Publication number: 20030127074Abstract: A fuel injection system, having a fuel injection valve (15) and a control valve (50), which control valve (50) has a control valve member (54) that is longitudinally displaceable in a control valve bore (52). A control valve sealing face (55) is embodied on the control valve member (54); it cooperates with a control valve seat (56) and thus controls the communication between a first pressure space (57) and a second pressure space (58); the first pressure space (57) communicates with a high-pressure collection chamber (10). In a valve body (25), a bore (30) is embodied in which a pistonlike valve needle (32), with its end toward the combustion chamber, controls the opening of at least one injection opening (38) by executing a longitudinal motion in response to the pressure in a pressure chamber (31); the pressure chamber (31) communicates with the second pressure space (58) via an inlet conduit (28).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2002Publication date: July 10, 2003Inventors: Walter Egler, Giovanni Ferraro, Hansjoerg Egeler, Achim Brenk, Wolfgang Klenk, Peter Boehland, Werner Teschner, Sebastian Kanne, Ingolf Kahleyss, Uwe Gordon, Manfred Mack
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Publication number: 20030101968Abstract: The fuel injection system has one high-pressure fuel pump and one fuel injection valve for each cylinder of the engine. A pump work chamber can be made to communicate with a pressure chamber of the injection valve which has a valve member movable in an opening direction by the pressure in the pressure chamber, counter to a closing force. A first control valve, controls a communication of the work chamber with a relief chamber, and a second control valve, controls the pressure prevailing in a control pressure chamber urging the injection valve closed. In a first switching position of the first control valve the work chamber is made to communicate with the relief chamber, while the pressure chamber and the control pressure chamber are disconnected from the work chamber, and for a second switching position, the work chamber is disconnected from the relief chamber by the first control valve, while the pressure chamber and the control pressure chamber communicate with the work chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Inventor: Walter Egler
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Patent number: 6446603Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines with a pressure step-up means is proposed, in which the fuel is pumped out of the low-pressure supplier into the injection nozzle via a feed line and is measured correctly in terms of time and quantity via a control line by the high-pressure part of the injection pump.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2001Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Bernhard Bonse, Walter Egler, Peter Boehland, Klaus Wohlleber, Joerg Schmidt, Karl Hofmann
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Patent number: 6276335Abstract: A fuel injection valve for high-pressure injection of fuel from a central high-pressure line into combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine, which includes a switching valve with a valve seat and a valve ball; the valve ball in the opened state is lifted from the valve seat by means of a high-pressure jet which is supplied from a throttle bore by a pressure chamber operatively connected to a central high-pressure line. The transition from the throttle bore to the valve seat is embodied as a diffuser.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1999Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Walter Egler, Peter Boehland, Lorenz Betz, Ralf Hentschel
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Patent number: 5692476Abstract: A fuel injection device for internal combustion engines with a high pressure fuel pump that delivers fuel from a low pressure chamber via high pressure lines to at least one injection valve that protrudes into the combustion chamber of the engine to be fed. The device includes a through flow limiting valve that defines a maximum fuel flow quantity in one or a number of high pressure lines and has a valve member, which can move axially and in its closed position, can be brought against a valve seat counter to the force of a restoring spring by fuel flowing toward the injection valve when a maximum fuel flow quantity is exceeded. Wherein the fuel flow through the valve member that is lifted up from its seat can be adjusted in at least one throttle location in the valve member.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 1996Date of Patent: December 2, 1997Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Walter Egler, Peter Boehland
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Patent number: 5209208Abstract: A fuel injection pump designed to deliver an amount of fuel divided into a pilot and a main injection volume, including a surface of a pump plunger which is guided within a pump cylinder, apart from two recesses limited by an inclined control edge, a first horizontal control edge is formed by a frontal shoulder; and on a side opposite the shoulder, it has a fully enclosed transverse groove with a second and third control edge. Two control apertures and an annular groove above them in the wall of the pump cylinder effect the control, in conjunction with the aforementioned control edges, of the precisely determinable pilot injection and, after a delivery interval, determined by the difference (b-a) between the width (b) of the transverse groove and the distance of the annular groove to the control aperture, the subsequent main injection.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1992Date of Patent: May 11, 1993Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hans-Joachim Siebert, Hermann Grieshaber, Bernhard Schenk, Walter Egler, Norbert Meissner
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Patent number: 5168847Abstract: A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines is proposed, in which to attain particularly quiet operation of an engine that is operated with direct injection, the fuel delivery is subdivided into a preinjection and a main injection; this injection is attained by annular groove, coinciding with one another, on the pump piston and pump cylinder, and a connecting groove connecting the coinciding annular grooves with a relief opening. After a partial stroke in the region of coincidence of the annular grooves with one another, the communication with the relief opening is interrupted again. The preinjection quantity can be kept particularly small here, with a short interval between the preinjection and the main injection; in combination with a two-spring-holder injection valve, this particularly small preinjection quantity can be kept constant to a great extent even at varying engine speeds, to attain an optimal reduction in combustion noise at various engine speeds.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1992Date of Patent: December 8, 1992Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hermann Grieshaber, Hans-Joachim Siebert, Walter Egler, Norbert Meissner
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Patent number: 4811899Abstract: In an apparatus for generating pre-injection quantities in unit fuel injectors for Diesel engines, including a pre-injection slide that generates a pronounced pressure intensification for a pre-injection in a pressure chamber closed off with respect to the high-pressure side and opens towards the injection line is slidably supported in a guide bore. The pre-injection slide is exposed to the injection pressure of an element chamber in such a way that after the execution of a partial stroke, which is responsible for the pre-injection quantity, upon further movement the pre-injection pressure chamber is opened toward the element chamber and thereby relieved, and by the ensuing movement of the pre-injection slide until the end of the stroke, a pre-determinable capacity that enables an injection pause is formed.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1987Date of Patent: March 14, 1989Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Walter Egler
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Patent number: 4750462Abstract: A fuel injection apparatus which the termination of the effective pump supply stroke is effected by exposing a relief conduit with the aid of a valve having for instance a control edge, whereupon a highly pressurized fuel flows out via the relief conduit and is directed into a pressure chamber defined by a rear face of a pressure valve closing member. The pressure valve closing member is located in a connection with a fuel injection line that leads from the pump work chamber to the fuel injection valve and is acted upon by a valve spring to effect closing of this injection line. The impact of fuel that reaches the pressure chamber via the releif conduit reinforces a fast closure of the pressure valve closing member at the end of injection, which leads to an abrupt termination of an injection cycle. In addition, or altenatively, the fuel injection valve closing member can also be acted upon by the impact of fuel diversion.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1986Date of Patent: June 14, 1988Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Walter Egler, Jean Leblanc, Helmut Pfeifle, Jean Pigeroulet, Francois Rossignol, Dietrich Trachte