Patents by Inventor Wilhelm Hopf

Wilhelm Hopf 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: 8430078
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve is characterized in that a multi-fan stream nozzle is shaped, downstream from a fixed valve seat that is provided on the inner wall of a valve sleeve, directly into the valve sleeve itself. The multi-fan stream nozzle is integrated directly in the region of a bulge formed at the downstream end of the valve sleeve. The multi-fan stream nozzle, serving as an atomization device, possesses a plurality of slit-shaped spray openings, so that from the sheets of liquid emerging from the spray openings, sheet packets are formed in which individual sheets of liquid extend divergently from one another. Introduction of the spray openings into the deep-drawn valve sleeve is effected using ultrashort-pulse laser technology. The fuel injection valve is suitable in particular for use in fuel injection systems of mixture-compressing spark-ignited internal combustion engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Heyse, Wilhelm Hopf, Juergen Lander, Dieter Holz
  • Publication number: 20100269788
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve is characterized in that a multi-fan stream nozzle is shaped, downstream from a fixed valve seat that is provided on the inner wall of a valve sleeve, directly into the valve sleeve itself. The multi-fan stream nozzle is integrated directly in the region of a bulge formed at the downstream end of the valve sleeve. The multi-fan stream nozzle, serving as an atomization device, possesses a plurality of slit-shaped spray openings, so that from the sheets of liquid emerging from the spray openings, sheet packets are formed in which individual sheets of liquid extend divergently from one another. Introduction of the spray openings into the deep-drawn valve sleeve is effected using ultrashort-pulse laser technology. The fuel injection valve is suitable in particular for use in fuel injection systems of mixture-compressing spark-ignited internal combustion engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Joerg Heyse, Wilhelm Hopf, Juergen Lander, Dieter Holz
  • Patent number: 6939205
    Abstract: A device for processing, particularly deburring, rounding and/or hardening component part contours, is provided, including a compressed air channel for supplying compressed air, an abrasive channel for supplying abrasive material and an ejector nozzle for ejecting the abrasive material. The ejector nozzle is positioned with its axis essentially transverse to the longitudinal extension of the compressed air channel and of the abrasive channel and the acceleration of the abrasive material takes place essentially in the ejector nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Hopf, Frank Dahlmanns, Markus Klingel, Aron Mattis
  • Publication number: 20040063386
    Abstract: A device for processing, particularly deburring, rounding and/or hardening component part contours, is provided, including a compressed air channel for supplying compressed air, an abrasive channel for supplying abrasive material and an ejector nozzle for ejecting the abrasive material. The ejector nozzle is positioned with its axis essentially transverse to the longitudinal extension of the compressed air channel and of the abrasive channel and the acceleration of the abrasive material takes place essentially in the ejector nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Wilhelm Hopf, Frank Dahlmanns, Markus Klingel, Aron Mattis
  • Patent number: 6173914
    Abstract: A valve includes an orifice disk element having at least two sheet metal layers lying in sandwich fashion against one another. The orifice disk element includes at least a base region with the opening geometry necessary for spray discharge of the medium, and a seat region with a valve seat surface, so that the valve seat and orifice disk function are combined in one metal laminate element. The valve is suitable in particular for use in fuel injection systems of mixture-compressing, spark-ignited internal combustion engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Hopf, Dieter Holz
  • Patent number: 6168099
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing an orifice disk. Metal foils are made available, opening geometries and auxiliary openings are introduced in the metal foils. The individual metal foils are superimposed in centered fashion. The metal foils are joined using a joining method, thus creating an orifice disk band having a plurality of rounds. Finally an isolation of the rounds or orifice disks is performed. The orifice disks manufactured in this manner are particularly suitable for use in fuel injection valves that are utilized in mixture-compressing, spark-ignited internal combustion engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Hopf, Kurt Schreier, Siegfried Goppert, Kurt Schraudner, Henning Teiwes, Jörg Heyse, Dieter Holz
  • Patent number: 4261186
    Abstract: A joint arrangement with lubricating bores which are connected with all bearing places; the lubricating bores are arranged in a circulation that can be supplied exclusively from one lubricating nipple and is adapted to be vented by way of a vent opening arranged in proximity of the lubricating nipple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wilhelm Hopf, Rudolf Wonneberger