Patents by Inventor Werner Bruehmann

Werner Bruehmann 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: 7040292
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure accumulator for fuel injection systems, having a number of line connections corresponding to the number of chambers of an internal combustion engine. The accumulator has an essentially circular cross section delimited by an inner wall. The individual line connections each have a fuel-conveying longitudinal bore and, with the aid of a screw element, are held in a fitting fastened to the outside of the high-pressure accumulator. The screw element presses the respective high-pressure line connection into a seat. The high-pressure accumulator has an oscillation-damping valve integrated into it that includes a closing element, which is acted on by a spring body supported against a shaft connected to the closing element and is optionally supported against the inside of the high-pressure accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Bruehmann, Kurt Frank
  • Publication number: 20050178363
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure accumulator for fuel injection systems, having a number of line connections corresponding to the number of chambers of an internal combustion engine. The accumulator has an essentially circular cross section delimited by an inner wall. The individual line connections each have a fuel-conveying longitudinal bore and, with the aid of a screw element, are held in a fitting fastened to the outside of the high-pressure accumulator. The screw element presses the respective high-pressure line connection into a seat. The high-pressure accumulator has an oscillation-damping valve integrated into it that includes a closing element, which is acted on by a spring body supported against a shaft connected to the closing element and is optionally supported against the inside of the high-pressure accumulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Werner Bruehmann, Kurt Frank
  • Patent number: 6752130
    Abstract: A fuel injection system having a prefeed pump, through which fuel from a fuel supply container is pumped to a high-pressure pump, and by means of the high-pressure pump, fuel is pumped into a reservoir. Communicating with the reservoir is at least one injector, through which fuel is injected to the engine. A fuel filter is disposed between the prefeed pump and the high-pressure pump. A return line for uninjected fuel leads back from at least one injector into a region upstream of the high-pressure pump. A valve is provided, by which the return line, in a first switching position, at a low fuel temperature, leads to upstream of the fuel filter, between it and the prefeed pump, and by which the return line, in a second switching position, at a high fuel temperature, leads to downstream of the fuel filter, between it and the high-pressure pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Schueler, Werner Bruehmann, Kurt Frank, Stefan Kieferle
  • Publication number: 20030111052
    Abstract: A fuel injection system having a prefeed pump, through which fuel from a fuel supply container is pumped to a high-pressure pump, and by means of the high-pressure pump, fuel is pumped into a reservoir. Communicating with the reservoir is at least one injector, through which fuel is injected to the engine. A fuel filter is disposed between the prefeed pump and the high-pressure pump. A return line for uninjected fuel leads back from at least one injector into a region upstream of the high-pressure pump. A valve is provided, by which the return line, in a first switching position, at a low fuel temperature, leads to upstream of the fuel filter, between it and the prefeed pump, and by which the return line, in a second switching position, at a high fuel temperature, leads to downstream of the fuel filter, between it and the high-pressure pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Schueler, Werner Bruehmann, Kurt Frank, Stefan Kieferle
  • Patent number: 6089831
    Abstract: An air compressor, from whose outlet a supply line leads to an air drier for the purpose of supplying the compressed air system. On the outlet side of the air drier, the supply line branches into a plurality of line branches that lead to at least two consumer circuits. The pressure in the consumer circuits can be monitored by pressure sensors. Furthermore, control electronics are provided which are connected to the pressure sensors. The consumer circuits can be disconnected from the compressed air supply by a closing member that is disposed in the respective supply line branch and can be switched by the programmable control electronics. By means of this, the supply of compressed air into the consumer circuits and the withdrawal of compressed air for transfer from one circuit into the others can be controlled by the control electronics. The compressed air supply device can be used in the vehicle compressed air systems of commercial vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse, Systeme fur Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Bruehmann, Matthias Alt