Injection Nozzle Mounting Means Patents (Class 123/470)
  • Patent number: 9032934
    Abstract: In a fuel injection valve supporting structure, a first contact surface being orthogonal to a center axis of a fuel injection valve and opposed to a fuel supply cap and paired second contact surfaces opposed to each other with a plane, including the center axis and a center line of a coupler, in between are formed in an intermediate portion of the fuel injection valve, and a supporting member includes: a base plate set on the first contact surface; an elastic piece extending from the base plate to elastically come into pressure contact with the fuel supply cap and bias the fuel injection valve toward an injection valve attachment hole by its reaction force; and paired turn stopper pieces each extending from the base plate to abut against the second contact surface and restrict a turn of the fuel injection valve about the center axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Nakaya Nakamura, Manabu Wakamatsu, Keisuke Machida, Akira Arioka
  • Publication number: 20150128908
    Abstract: A coupling device for mechanically and hydraulically coupling a fuel injector to a fuel rail of a combustion engine is disclosed. The coupling device includes a fuel injector cup having a central longitudinal axis and extending from an inlet side for hydraulically coupling to the fuel rail and an outlet side for engaging a fuel inlet portion of the fuel injector, and a collar element coupled to the fuel injector cup. The collar element includes at least one leg portion having a bridge section and at least one branch section extending radially away from the fuel injector cup. The branch section(s) are arranged radially outwardly of the bridge section and project beyond the bridge section in both (b) a tangential direction perpendicular to the radial direction and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and (b) a longitudinal direction parallel to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Davide Matteini, Daniel Marc, Marco Pasquali
  • Patent number: 9022006
    Abstract: Many IC engine inefficiencies are linked to the relatively low mixture formation rates of current injection methods. Process intensification (PI) is excellent at high mixture formation rates, high mass transfer rates, and short residence times, therefore a wall integrated injection method and device featuring PI has been provided. It allows increased number of injection sites and interfacial surface area between fluid jets and the volume of the squash area, hence high mixture formation rates shorter Liquid Lengths and the use of micro nozzles to further intensify the mixing process by locally mixing fuel and oxidant. This allows high EGR and low compression ratios and better control of HCCI start of ignition. PI effectively achieves thermo and species stratification for extending the load range of the HCCI engine while permitting effective water addition for reciprocating and turbine for lower exhaust heat and less fuel burned hence less CO2 emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventor: Enock N Segawa
  • Publication number: 20150114353
    Abstract: An injection nozzle is disclosed. The injection nozzle may have a sealing face providing a sealed connection to the nozzle holder. The injection nozzle may also have a needle guiding bore. The needle guiding bore may have a nozzle holder section extending through the sealing face. The needle guiding bore may further have an injection side section fluidly connected to an outside of the injection nozzle via a plurality of nozzle spray holes. The needle guiding bore may also have a high pressure fuel chamber disposed between the nozzle holder section and the injection side section. The injection nozzle may also have a high pressure supply bore extending through the sealing face and fluidly and connect an opening in the sealing face with the high pressure fuel chamber via an extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Von Der Osten-Sack, Ole Ohrt
  • Patent number: 9016262
    Abstract: A connector device and method of converting an engine to operate using an alternative fuel is disclosed. In one embodiment, the connector device comprises an outlet portion, a first injector portion, and a second injector portion. The outlet portion is configured to mate with a fuel injector opening of the engine. The outlet portion comprises an outlet channel in fluid communication with a combustion chamber of the engine when the connector device is installed in the fuel injector opening. The first injector portion is configured to receive a first fuel injector and comprises a first injector opening and a first injector channel. The second injector portion is configured to receive a second fuel injector and comprises a second injector opening and a second injector channel. The second injector channel is curved to provide a laminar flow of fuel through the second injector channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Trembath, Jody L. Stirewalt
  • Publication number: 20150101572
    Abstract: A fluid injection assembly for a combustion engine includes an injector body having a notch, an injector cup, which radially encloses an axial end of the injector body and has a projecting part, and a spring clip arranged between the injector body and the injector cup. The spring clip includes a ground plate, at least one spring element, and at least one holding element engaging behind the projecting part of the injector cup. The ground plate is arranged in the notch of the injector body. The injector body and the injector cup are coupled together by the spring clip by mechanical interaction via the projecting part and the notch, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Giandomenico Serra, Daniel Marc, Andrea Puccini
  • Publication number: 20150101573
    Abstract: A fuel injector assembly with a fuel injector and a coupling device is disclosed. The coupling device includes a fuel injector cup, a plate element, one or more screws and a wing clip. The plate element includes at least one through-hole for fixedly coupling the fuel injector cup with the plate element by the screw or screws respectively, so that the fuel injector cup, the plate element and the screw(s) are positionally fixed with respect to each other. The wing clip is arranged at least partly around the fuel injector and extends outward in a radial direction such that the screw or screws, respectively, are operable to block a movement of the fuel injector relative to the plate element in a first direction of the central longitudinal axis by mechanical interaction with the wing clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Giandomenico Serra, Marco Pasquali, Gisella Di Domizio
  • Patent number: 8997717
    Abstract: Attaching a fuel injector to a common rail may utilize a fuel injector and an integral tab that has a solid head portion from which a first flexible prong and a second flexible prong protrude and define a gap therebetween. A fuel injector cup may define a notch through which the first prong and the second prong reside to secure the fuel injector to the fuel injector cup, which is attached to the rail. A first prong interior straight wall surface and a second prong interior straight wall surface may face the gap and be parallel. The prongs may define entry contact surfaces and exit contact surfaces that meet at prescribed angles to aid in insertion and hinder retraction of the injector tab from the injector cup. The tab defines a solid head portion below the gap that resides in the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Steven R. Roseborsky, Dhyana Ramamurthy
  • Publication number: 20150090229
    Abstract: A holder for fastening at least one component, particularly a fuel distributor, to an internal combustion engine. The holder includes an elastically deformable damping element, a holder body and a spring element, which are situated lying one behind the other with reference to an axis. In response to an assembly using the fastening arrangement, a prestressing of the spring element and a prestressing of the damping element are made possible. Furthermore, a fuel injection system is described having a fuel distributor and such a holder, which is used for fastening the fuel distributor on an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Lang
  • Patent number: 8991360
    Abstract: A coaxial quill assembly is used for supplying gaseous and liquid fuels from separate common rails to individual fuel injectors of a compression ignition engine. Each coaxial quill assembly includes a matched pair of an outer quill and an inner quill that are matched based upon a fuel system dimensional specification that causes both the inner and outer quills to sealingly engage a common conical seat of a fuel injector. During pre-installation handling, the matched pair of inner and outer quills are retained together with a retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: David Elliot Hackett
  • Publication number: 20150083083
    Abstract: A marine engine includes an exhaust manifold, a valve cover, a top cover, and a fuel supply pipe. The exhaust manifold collects exhaust gases discharged from a plurality of cylinders. The valve cover is a cover that covers all of a plurality of valves for air intake or air discharge to or from the cylinders. The top cover is a cover that covers the valve cover. The fuel supply pipe is arranged in a space between the valve cover and the top cover, and allows a fuel to flow therethrough. The top cover is provided with a partition that is arranged so as to separate the side where the exhaust gas flows immediately after being discharged from the exhaust manifold from the side where the fuel supply pipe is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuki Maetani, Mitsuhiro Hibino
  • Patent number: 8978624
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve is mounted in a cylinder head by being inserted in an insertion hole provided in the cylinder head. A shoulder section is provided at the inlet portion of the insertion hole to be expanded in an annular shape. The fuel injection valve is provided with a stepped section expanded in diameter in a tapered manner to have a tapered surface facing the shoulder section. A vibration insulator is disposed between the stepped section and the shoulder section. The vibration insulator is provided with a circular annular tolerance ring making contact with the tapered surface of the fuel injection valve. A circular annular sleeve section coaxial with the tolerance ring is integrally formed on the tolerance ring to extend from the surface of a portion of the tolerance ring, the portion not facing the tapered surface of the fuel injection valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Uchiyama Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventors: Akira Kamada, Natsuki Sugiyama, Tomokazu Sumida, Seizo Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20150059704
    Abstract: An injection gate is provided for high pressure, high velocity secondary fluid for admixture of an atomized spray thereof with another or primary fluid that atomizes the other fluid. The secondary fluid may be an accelerant and the primary fluid may be a low pressure fuel or fuel/air mixture in a fuel injection arrangement for an internal combustion engine. An injection plate assembly for an engine is interposed between the carburetor and the manifold), with an array of accelerant injection gates grouped with an array of fuel or fuel/air gates about an aperture coinciding with a throttle bore and evenly balancing the spray about the throttle bore, creating an atomized admixture of accelerant/fuel. The injection of accelerant is directed sharply downwardly toward the center of the bore and through the injected fuel stream, atomizing the fuel thereof for a high efficiency boost of horsepower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Steven Wilson
  • Publication number: 20150059703
    Abstract: An insulating element for a fuel injection apparatus is notable in particular for the fact that a low-noise design is achieved. The fuel injection apparatus encompasses at least one fuel injection valve and one receiving bore in a cylinder head for the fuel injection valve, and the insulating element between a valve housing of the fuel injection valve and a wall of the receiving bore. The insulating element possesses an inner insulating ring that is present in encapsulated fashion between an outer ring and an inner ring. The outer ring is directed toward the fuel injection valve and the inner ring is directed toward the wall of the receiving bore, so that corresponding abutment of these components occurs with the insulating element in the installed state. The fuel injection apparatus is suitable in particular for direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing spark-ignited internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Kochanowski, Thomas Froehner, Markus Friedrich, Martin Scheffel, Jason Kramer
  • Publication number: 20150053182
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve is attached to an engine and to have an annular seal material attached thereon. The seal material is attached to a first reduced diameter part. In a use state where a body is inserted in an attachment hole formed at a predetermined position of the engine and a gas pressure that is equal to or higher than a predetermined pressure is applied to the seal material from its nozzle hole-side, the seal material is pressed against a first tapered part by the gas pressure to be compressively deformed, and a clearance between an inner peripheral surface of the attachment hole and an outer peripheral surface of the body is sealed with a compressively-deformed part of the seal material. A taper angle of the first tapered part is set in a range from 10 degrees to 20 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Keigo OOHATA, Eiji ITOH
  • Patent number: 8960156
    Abstract: An injector sleeve adapted to be mounted in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, where the injector sleeve comprises a tapered inner surface which constitutes a sealing surface for an injector, where the hardness of the tapered inner surface is higher than hardness of the outer surface of the injector sleeve. The injector sleeve is produced in a cold forming process. The advantage of the invention is that the injector sleeve is provided with a sealing surface for an injector which is harder than the outer surface of the injector sleeve. In this way, a sealing surface for an injector having small tolerances is obtained without further machining, where the outer surface may be turned to the desired dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Morgan Martinsson, Harald Karlsson
  • Publication number: 20150047614
    Abstract: A dual fuel system includes liquid and gaseous fuel supplies and a fuel injector in fluid communication therewith. A gaseous fuel check in the fuel injector forms a leak path with a fuel injector body between gaseous and liquid fuel passages, and a leakage limiting seal is positioned about the gaseous fuel check and deformable into sealing contact with the gaseous fuel check responsive to an increase in a pressure drop from the liquid fuel passage to the gaseous fuel passage in the fuel injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Caterpillar, Inc.
    Inventors: Hoisan Kim, Cory Andrew Brown, Glenn B. Cox
  • Publication number: 20150034051
    Abstract: An injection nozzle for injecting media into a combustion chamber includes a nozzle body having a tip with spray holes and protruding into the combustion chamber, and a heat protection sleeve that surrounds and is positioned on a combustion chamber side of an end area of the nozzle body. The injection nozzle is inserted into an accommodating hole of a retaining part, whereby the end area of the nozzle body interacts with the accommodating hole, and whereby the sleeve is positioned there-between. The sleeve further has a first and second area which are located at an axial distance from each other and which have respective sealing surfaces that interact in a sealing manner with either (i) an annular seat surface extending in a radial plane, or (ii) a cone-shaped seat surface of the accommodating hole or of the nozzle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Heinrich Werger
  • Publication number: 20150027413
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal structure of a high-pressure fuel pipe for a direct injection engine which can prevent stress concentration to a brazed portion between a pipe and a connection part effectively. In the terminal structure of a high-pressure fuel pipe for a direct injection engine where a connection head is brazed to an end of a fuel pipe, the end of the fuel pipe continued to a fuel pipe insertion portion of the connection head is provided with a drawn portion, an outer diameter D1 of the drawn portion to a fuel pipe diameter D satisfies 0.8D?D1?0.9D, and a length L1 of the drawn portion having the outer diameter D1 in a pipe-axial direction from an end of the fuel pipe insertion portion satisfies L1?0.06D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Iichiro Seino, Eiji Kurata
  • Patent number: 8939128
    Abstract: The present invention shows a high-pressure injector having the following assemblies: an injector unit (1), a drive unit (2) for driving the injector unit (1), preferably a high-pressure storage unit (3) for supplying the injector unit (1) with fuel, and a high-pressure connection (4). Provision is made in this respect that the high-pressure injector has a housing (5) in which a plurality of the named assemblies are arranged behind one another in the longitudinal direction of the injector, wherein the housing (5) completely envelops at least one of the named assemblies, in particular the drive unit (2) and/or the high-pressure storage unit (3). The high-pressure injector with the injector unit can be used in all types of internal combustion engines, preferably in diesel engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Liebherr Machines Bulle SA
    Inventors: Richard Pirkl, Edgar Bignion, Wolfram Klemp
  • Publication number: 20150013643
    Abstract: A fuel injection assembly for a combustion engine includes an injector body, an injector cupradially enclosing an axial end of the injector body, and a spring clip coupling the injector cup with the injector body. The spring clip includes a ground plate with a main extension plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the fuel injection assembly, a recess extending inwards from a lateral end of the ground plate to a bottom part having a circle-segment contour extending through an angle between 270° to 180°, and at least one spring element fixed to the ground plate. The spring element of the spring clip has a contact region with the injector cup, and the ground plate has a contact region with the injector body, whereby the spring element exerts a spring force on the injector cup. The ground plate of the spring clip extends into a cutout of the injector cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Giandomenico Serra, Daniel Marc
  • Publication number: 20150013645
    Abstract: A fuel injector for the injection of fuel, which includes a fuel supply element for supplying the fuel, a current bar which extends at least partially parallel to the fuel supply element, and an extrusion coat, which surrounds the fuel supply element and the current bar, the extrusion coat encompassing a longitudinal rib that extends in the axial direction of the fuel injector and is disposed on the fuel injector opposite the current bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Sebastian Wieschollek
  • Publication number: 20150013644
    Abstract: A decoupling element for a fuel injection device has a low-noise construction. The fuel injection device includes at least one fuel injector and one receiving bore in a cylinder head for the fuel injector and the decoupling element between a valve housing of the fuel injector and a wall of the receiving bore. The decoupling element has a nonlinear progressive spring characteristic as a solid-state joint, at least one bearing collar including a valve contact surface, which is designed to be spherical, i.e., convex, extending upward from a flat annular area, the flat annular area being supported on a supporting base, and the inside of the annular area has a smaller inside diameter D than the bearing collar and the supporting base, which is supported on the wall of the receiving bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Markus Friedrich, Martin Scheffel, Martin Buehner
  • Publication number: 20150000640
    Abstract: A nozzle assembly for a gaseous fuel injector of an engine is disclosed. The nozzle assembly may include a gaseous fuel injector having a nozzle with a tip end. The nozzle assembly may also include a blocking member having an inner contact surface configured to receive a periphery of the nozzle at the tip end, and an outer contact surface configured to engage an air intake port of a cylinder and create a hermetic seal between the gaseous fuel injector and the air intake port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Deep BANDYOPADHYAY, Farhan DEVANI, Edward John CRYER
  • Patent number: 8919324
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the fuel rail may include an inlet channel, one or more injector cavities with a fuel gallery, and an outlet channel. The fuel in an injector cavity may exist in varying ratios of liquid-to-vapor phase with liquid-phase fuel in a middle or lower portion of the injector cavity and with the vapor-phase fuel in an upper portion of the injector cavity. The inlet channel and the outlet channel may each intersect with the injector cavities on opposing sides of the injector cavities. The inlet channel may provide liquid-phase fuel to each injector cavity in a parallel manner. As the liquid-phase fuel is pumped into each injector cavity through the inlet channel, vapor-phase fuel in the injector cavities may be purged to the outlet channel in a parallel manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Inventors: Robin B. Parsons, Paul Litterski
  • Patent number: 8905002
    Abstract: A fuel injector assembly has a fuel injector and a coupling device for hydraulically and mechanically coupling a fuel injector to a fuel rail of a combustion engine. The coupling device includes a fuel injector cup configured to be hydraulically coupled to the fuel rail and to engage a fuel inlet portion of the fuel injector, a plate element fixedly coupled to the fuel injector cup and comprising a groove, and a snap ring arranged in the groove and configured to fixedly couple the plate element to the fuel injector to retain the fuel injector in the fuel injector cup in direction of a central longitudinal axis of the fuel injector and to prevent a movement of the fuel injector relative to the plate element in a first direction of the central longitudinal axis. A circlip arranged axially between the fuel injector and the plate element prevents a movement of the fuel injector relative to the plate element in a second, opposite direction of the central longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Giandomenico Serra, Gisella Di Domizio, Edoardo Giorgetti, Daniel Marc
  • Patent number: 8875682
    Abstract: A coupling device for hydraulically and mechanically coupling an injection valve to a fuel rail of a combustion engine has a fuel injector cup with a central longitudinal axis, is hydraulically coupled to the fuel rail and in engagement with the injection valve. A first retaining element is fixedly coupled to the fuel injector cup, a second retaining element is fixedly coupled to the injection valve, the second retaining element being coupled to the first retaining element to prevent a movement of the second retaining element relative to the first retaining element in a first direction of the central longitudinal axis to retain the injection valve in the fuel injector cup, and an interface element which is operable to axially couple the injection valve with the second retaining element in a fixed way. Fuel injection arrangement with a coupling device and an injection valve which is coupled to the coupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Gisella Di Domizio, Giandomenico Serra
  • Patent number: 8875683
    Abstract: An annular two-phase spring has a plurality of first waves providing a first spring rate and a plurality of second waves providing a second spring rate. The two-phase spring can be used for installing a fuel injector in a fuel injector bore to improve sound performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Jason D. Holt, Robert R. Schaser, Jeremy R. D. Tuttle
  • Publication number: 20140305411
    Abstract: A fastening structure of a fuel delivery pipe and a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine includes three or more bosses provided on each of the cylinder head and the fuel delivery pipe, and fastening portions formed by bolting the bosses on the cylinder head to the bosses on the fuel delivery pipe. The fastening portions at both end potions of the fuel delivery pipe are less rigid than one or more fastening portions in a middle between the fastening portions positioned at both end potions of the fuel delivery pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicants: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Ikoma, Hiroyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 8844502
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine direct injection fuel injector system includes a fuel rail which is welded to a fuel rail bracket. A fuel rail mounting sleeve has a flange and is bolted to the engine cylinder head. The bracket fits around the flange and is held in place by a steel washer and a pair of stepped isolator washers which are positioned in pockets formed on either side of the bracket. The isolator washers serve as springs which form a shock absorber between the bracket and cylinder head. Compression forces on the bracket and isolator washers are controlled by bolt tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vince P. Solferino, Paul W. Zeng, Patrick C. Brostrom, Michael R. Kaput, Scott Lehto, Syed M. Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20140261332
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for mounting a fuel injector to a fuel rail. The mounting assembly includes a mounting boss and a fuel cup. The mounting boss is configured to be mounted to the fuel rail and receive a bolt within the mounting boss to couple the fuel rail to a cylinder head. The fuel cup is coupled to the mounting boss and configured to receive the fuel injector therein, as well as be mounted to the fuel rail to direct fuel from the fuel rail to the fuel injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Dhyana Ramamurthy, Steven Roseborsky
  • Patent number: 8826890
    Abstract: A covering body (10) made of a synthetic resin and including a rear shoulder part (16) oriented toward a fuel inlet part (6) side is formed around an outer periphery of an intermediate portion in an axial direction of a fuel injection valve (I). The rear shoulder part (16) includes: a first semicircular shoulder part (16a) extending over a half periphery of the covering body (10); a second semicircular shoulder part (16b) shifted in the axial direction with respect to the first semicircular shoulder part (16a) and extending over the other half periphery of the covering body (10); and a standing wall (16c) standing to connect the first and second semicircular shoulder parts (16a, 16b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20140237998
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for an injector is located in a curved portion of an exhaust line having an exhaust flow from an upstream end to a downstream end. The mounting assembly includes an indent extending at least partially into the exhaust line curved portion and disposed in the exhaust flow. The downstream wall has an interior surface oriented to substantially face the exhaust line downstream end. A recess extends from the downstream wall in a direction away from the exhaust line downstream end, and a recess aperture is formed in the recess and configured to fluidly communicate with the injector. The recess reduces the amount of exhaust heat reaching the injector tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Matthew F. Fahrenkrug, Jason W. Hudgens, Richard A. Crandell
  • Patent number: 8813722
    Abstract: A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine having an elongated body with a fuel inlet end and a fuel discharge end. The injector body includes an outwardly extending plate attached at a position between its ends and this plate includes at least one radially outwardly extending tab so that the cross-sectional shape of the plate is noncircular. A fuel cup receives the fuel inlet end of the fuel injector and includes a radially inwardly extending ledge at a mid position of the cavity. This ledge includes a through bore complementary in shape to the shape of the plate so that, with the fuel injector and plate aligned at a predetermined angular assembly position, the plate passes through the ledge upon insertion of the fuel injector into the cavity. Thereafter, rotation of the fuel injector and attached plate to a locking position positions the tabs above the ledge thus locking the fuel injector to the fuel cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Products (USA)
    Inventors: William T. Harvey, Steven J. Miller, Hiroaki Saeki
  • Patent number: 8794214
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method that is intended for operating an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle and that flushes the temporarily unused injection valves with fuel for the purpose of preventing and/or removing deposits. In order to make possible in a simple way a complete conversion of the undesired exhaust gas constituents in a catalytic converter of an exhaust gas aftertreatment system of the internal combustion engine when the internal combustion engine is running, the invention proposes flushing the temporarily unused injection valves with fuel during an overrun mode of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Bodo Odendall
  • Publication number: 20140202432
    Abstract: A connecting device for fuel injection systems is used for connecting a fuel injection valve to a fuel-carrying component. A wire-shaped connecting element is provided in this context, which is fastened, on the one hand, to the fuel-carrying component and, on the other hand, to the fuel injection valve. The wire-shaped connecting element is embodied closed in an annular manner, and, on the one hand, is guided about a shoulder of the fuel-carrying component and, on the other hand, about a shoulder of the fuel injection valve. A fuel injection system having such a connecting device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Michael FISCHER, Michael KNORPP, Martin RIEMER, Hans-Georg HORST, Andreas GLASER, Philipp ROGLER, Jan HERRMANN, Andreas REHWALD, Michael MAYER, Volker SCHEEF, Wilhelm REINHARDT
  • Publication number: 20140182554
    Abstract: An injection system for cold start improvement of a flexible-fuel vehicle (FFV), may include a first injector installed in an intake port, and a second injector installed in the intake port in which the first injector may be installed and having a built-in heater, wherein the first injector and the second injector may be positioned upstream of intake valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyung Ju Lee, Min Kyu Shin
  • Publication number: 20140182556
    Abstract: An intake system for a vehicle includes an air cleaner assembly in a compact size. Intake passages introduce intake air to front and rear cylinder blocks of a multicylinder engine, and an air cleaner assembly is connected to upstream ends of the intake passages. A space inside an air cleaner case of the air cleaner assembly is partitioned into upper and lower sides by a partition wall, forming a clean chamber above the partition wall and a dirty chamber below. The intake passages are arranged to pass through the dirty chamber in an up-down direction, and inlets of the intake passages are arranged in the clean chamber. A through hole is formed in the partition wall between the intake passages for the front and rear cylinder blocks. An air cleaner element, configured to clean incoming intake air, is arranged to occlude the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shin NISHIMURA, Masahiro KONTANI
  • Publication number: 20140182555
    Abstract: An engine includes two injectors that inject fuel in an intake port connected with one combustion chamber and allows overcoming the technical limits of the related art and achieving more appropriate fuel injection in accordance with the operation sections of an engine, thereby improving fuel efficiency and output of the engine with more efficient operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Joon Won Lim, Chun Woo Lee, In Gee Suh, Hyung Ju Lee, II Joong Hwang, Woo Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 8763588
    Abstract: A vibration insulator which can compensate for axial eccentricity occurring in a fuel injection valve and suppress vibrations of the valve during operation of a combustion engine and a support structure for the valve. The vibration insulator is interposed between a step height portion of the valve and a shoulder portion. The step height portion is increased in diameter in a tapered fashion and inserted into an insertion hole of a cylinder head. The shoulder portion is annularly extended in an inlet portion of the insertion hole opposed to the step height portion. The vibration insulator includes an annular tolerance ring on an inner circumferential inclined face thereof with recessed tapered faces opposed to the tapered face of the step height portion and which abuts the tapered face. The taper angles of the tolerance ring and of the step height portion are set so as to be different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Uchiyama Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventors: Natsuki Sugiyama, Tomokazu Sumida, Seizo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8757133
    Abstract: A gaseous fuel mixer for an internal combustion engine includes a mixer body and a mixer element supported in a mixer passage formed in the mixer body. The gaseous fuel mixer attaches to an intake manifold at a first end and receives intake air at a second end. A distal end of the mixer element accepts gaseous fuel from a manifold passage extending from a port positioned in the intake manifold. The gaseous fuel flows through the mixer element and then through a plurality of openings formed in an exposed proximate end of the mixer element. The gaseous fuel mixes with the intake air, and the mixture of intake air and gaseous fuel flows from the second end of the mixer body to the first end of the mixer body and then to the intake manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Cummins Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Czapka, Edward J. Lyford-Pike
  • Patent number: 8757128
    Abstract: A fuel injection device includes at least one fuel injector, one mounting hole in a cylinder head for the fuel injector, and a decoupling element between a valve housing of the fuel injector and the wall of the mounting hole. As a lenticular spring element, the decoupling element has a nonlinear, progressive spring characteristic curve, such that a low rigidity of the decoupling element prevails during idle operation and a high rigidity of the decoupling element prevails during nominal system pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Fischer, Friedrich Moser, Markus Friedrich
  • Patent number: 8739763
    Abstract: A fuel injector assembly for use with an engine block of a direct injection engine. The fuel injector assembly includes an elongated tubular fuel rail which is fluidly connected to a high pressure fuel source. At least two fuel cups are attached to and extend downwardly from the fuel rail and each fuel cup is adapted to receive one fuel injector. First fasteners attach a bracket to the engine block while second fasteners attach the bracket to the fuel rail. These second fasteners, furthermore, are positioned so that the second fasteners are coplanar with a plane extending through a longitudinal axis of each fuel injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas Inc.
    Inventors: William T. Harvey, Steven J. Miller, Hiroaki Saeki
  • Publication number: 20140137841
    Abstract: A fuel injector includes a body having a fuel injection port, and a seal ring on the body. The body has a diameter-shrink portion of which an outer diameter is shrunk. The seal ring is engaged with the diameter-shrink portion. The diameter-shrink portion has a radially concaved annular groove with which a tip end portion of the seal ring is engaged. It is restricted that the seal ring is rubbed against an inner surface of the assembling hole and the seal ring is damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo OOHATA, Eiji ITO
  • Publication number: 20140123952
    Abstract: In a fuel injection valve support structure which can apply a substantially constant set load, the fuel injection valve has first and second load receiving portions, the first load receiving portion being supported on the engine, the second load receiving portion being supported on an elastic support member which receives a set load from a fuel supply cap. The elastic support member includes a base plate placed on the second load receiving portion, and an elastic piece curving rearward from one end toward the other end of the base plate, with an apex portion in pressure contact with the cap, the base plate has a portion overhanging from the second load receiving portion and supporting a tip end portion of the elastic piece. The overhang portion starts bending when a load the overhang portion receives from the cap through the elastic piece reaches or exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro YASUDA, Noriaki SUMISYA, Daisuke KONDO, Kenichi SAITO
  • Patent number: 8714139
    Abstract: A dual-phase spring assembly configured for use with a fuel injector system includes a metal main body and a rubber ring. The main body includes a base integrally connected to a circumferential wall having a radially-canted lip. The base defines a central opening. The radially-canted lip angles away from a center of the main body. The rubber ring secures over the base and to an internal surface of the circumferential wall. The rubber ring covers a ledge of the base, while the radially-canted lip is exposed. The rubber ring is configured to directly abut at least a first portion of the fuel injector system, and the radially-canted lip is configured to directly abut a second portion of the fuel injector system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Jason D. Holt, Glenn G. Heavens, James D. Jones, Robert R. Schaser, Jeremy R. D. Tuttle
  • Patent number: 8713795
    Abstract: A remanufacturing and salvaging strategy for fuel injector tips such as high flow fuel injector tips includes blocking a first set of spray orifices in the fuel injector tip, including at least partially filling the first set of spray orifices with a material, for example by laser welding. New spray orifices are formed in virgin material of the fuel injector tip, offset from the former spray orifices, also for example via a laser. A remanufactured fuel injector tip includes blocked former spray orifices as well as new spray orifices configured to permit spraying of fuel from the fuel injector tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Howard D. Jenkel, James S. Millar
  • Publication number: 20140116393
    Abstract: A fuel system for an engine is disclosed. The fuel system may have a gaseous fuel injector configured to inject gaseous fuel radially into a cylinder of the engine. The fuel system may also have a primary cooling line configured to circulate coolant through the engine. The fuel system may also have an auxiliary cooling line fluidly connecting the primary cooling line with the gaseous fuel injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott B. Fiveland, Farhan Devani
  • Publication number: 20140116392
    Abstract: A fuel system for an engine having a cylinder liner is disclosed. The fuel system may have a gaseous fuel injector having a nozzle located at an air intake port of the cylinder liner. The gaseous fuel injector may be configured to inject gaseous fuel radially into the cylinder liner at an oblique vertical angle with respect to a plane perpendicular to an axis of the cylinder liner. The fuel system may also have a liquid fuel injector configured to inject liquid fuel axially into the cylinder liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott B. Fiveland, David T. Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20140116391
    Abstract: A fuel system for an engine is disclosed. The fuel system may include a gaseous fuel injector configured to inject gaseous fuel into a cylinder of the engine. The gaseous fuel injector may include an end fluidly connected to an air intake port and a tip creating an axial flow path for the gaseous fuel directed toward a center of the cylinder. The fuel system may also include a blocking member located in the axial flow path at a distal end of the tip. The blocking member may include at least one aperture to allow the gaseous fuel to pass through the blocking member on the axial flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: ELECTRO-MOTIVE DIESEL, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron G. Foege, Deep Bandyopadhyay, Edward J. Cryer, III