With Antifriction, Guide Or Seal Means For Flow Regulator* Patents (Class 239/533.11)
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Patent number: 6354520Abstract: Fuel injection valve with a nozzle body (300) which has a central guiding bore (312) and, laterally of the guiding bore (312), a fuel inlet passage (338), both leading into a pressure chamber (334), and between them a dividing wall (346) with a very thin wall section. The nozzle body (300) has at its held end a step whereby the fuel inlet passage (338) runs more steeply into the pressure chamber and thus the wall thickness is greater. Thus a greater pressure resistant strength is achieved in the nozzle body.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2001Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Hakan Yalcin
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Publication number: 20020020770Abstract: A fuel injection valve is capable of minimizing the waste of fuel and variations in the air-fuel ratio by weakening a water hammer action occurring as a result of sudden closing of a needle valve and thus suppressing the occurrence of a bouncing phenomenon. A water hammer absorbing member is provided between an armature and an injection hole to absorb and damp a water hammer pressure wave produced by sudden closing of the needle valve. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the pressure wave propagated to the armature, to which the needle valve is integrally secured, and hence possible to reduce the amount of lift of the needle valve due to a bouncing phenomenon. Accordingly, the amount of fuel excessively discharged is reduced. Thus, it becomes possible to minimize the waste of fuel and variations in the air-fuel ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2001Publication date: February 21, 2002Inventors: Takahiro Miura, Hitoshi Asano
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Publication number: 20020017576Abstract: The invention relates to an injector for injecting fuel into combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine. A control part is provided in the housing of the injector and protrudes into a control chamber, in which a control volume is enclosed. The control chamber can be pressure-relieved via an actuator. In the housing of the injector body, the control part is acted upon by spring elements. The control part is guided in a guide sleeve that defines the control chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2001Publication date: February 14, 2002Inventor: Friedrich Boecking
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Publication number: 20020008158Abstract: A fuel injector includes a needle valve for injecting fuel from an injection port, a cylindrical member containing therein a pushing spring to the needle valve and a sleeve body for receiving the cylindrical member in an abutment condition so as to expose the injection port. A support portion having an enlarged diameter toward an inner circumference of the sleeve body is provided in a part of an outer circumference of the cylindrical member. A posture of the other cylindrical members may be corrected by the cylindrical member having the support portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2001Publication date: January 24, 2002Inventor: Hiroshi Kuzuyama
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Patent number: 6340017Abstract: An outwardly opening fuel injector comprises a valve needle movable within a bore provided in a nozzle body and engageable with a seating to control the supply of fuel from the bore. The valve needle is biased towards its seating and is moveable outwardly of the bore to move the valve needle away from its seating. The fuel injector comprises a sleeve member which is moveable with the valve needle, the valve needle and the sleeve member together defining a chamber for fuel such that, in use, fuel pressure within the chamber serves to dilate the sleeve member to reduce fuel leakage from the injector. A surface associated with the valve needle may be engageable with an additional seating defined by the bore to limit outward movement of the valve needle within the bore.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2000Date of Patent: January 22, 2002Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Malcolm David Dick
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Publication number: 20020003176Abstract: A fuel injector includes a flexural element connected to a valve armature for restricting radial movement of the armature within a fuel passage. The flexural element is flat and exerts no force on the valve when it is closed but is flexed when the valve is opened and supplements the valve spring force during closing of the valve. The flexural element also is used to set the valve stroke length equal to the element's thickness. A flat tool presses a valve ball into the armature while the ball is seated on a valve seat until the flexural element engages a seat related surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2001Publication date: January 10, 2002Inventors: Otto Muller-Girard, Karl Jacob Haltiner, Michael Schneider, Harrie William Bonnah, Timothy P. Landschoot
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Patent number: 6311901Abstract: A fuel injector seat for a fuel injector assembly, and more particularly for a high-pressure fuel injector assembly, having a number of features for minimizing the formation of combustion chamber deposits on the seat, providing a selected finish on a needle-sealing portion, and reducing sac volume. These features include positioning a transition portion between the needle-sealing portion and an orifice portion, positioning a sharp edge at the outlet of the orifice portion, and applying a coating to certain surfaces of the seat. This invention also relates to a fuel injector seat and method of manufacturing the fuel injector seat, and a method of evaluating when the transition portion is required between the orifice and needle-sealing portions for a particular seat arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2000Date of Patent: November 6, 2001Assignee: Siemens Automotive CorporationInventors: William James Imoehl, Bryan Hall
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Publication number: 20010027772Abstract: A laminated fuel swirl element is employed, in which a strong swirl force flow is imparted to the fuel at a remote position relative to an injection hole, while on the other hand, at a position near the fuel injection hole, a weak swirl force is imparted to the fuel. A complex solid cone spray can be obtained in this way, which spray has a superior dispersion characteristic obtained by attracting small diameter droplets, which are generated at an outer peripheral portion of the spray, through a spray portion which is generated in the vicinity of a central area of the spray and has a large velocity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2001Publication date: October 11, 2001Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Yzo Kadomukai, Yoshiyuki Tanabe, Yasunaga Hamada
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Patent number: 6283389Abstract: A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines having a valve member axially displaceably guided in a bore of a valve body, the end of which valve member toward the combustion chamber has a valve sealing face that to control the passage of fuel to an injection opening discharging into the combustion chamber of the engine cooperates with a valve seat provided on the end of the bore toward the combustion chamber, and having a guide face on the end of the valve member remote from the combustion chamber, which guide face guides the valve member slidably displaceably in the bore. In the guide face of the valve member, many recesses are provided, which center the valve member hydraulically in the bore.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2000Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Karl Hofmann
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Publication number: 20010017324Abstract: A fuel injector nozzle assembly comprises a lower tip component which includes a first locating surface. The lower tip component defines a lower guide bore with a first centerline and a nozzle outlet. The nozzle assembly also includes an upper tip component which is in contact with the lower tip component. The upper tip component includes a second locating surface and defines an upper guide bore with a second centerline. The first centerline is concentrically coupled with the second centerline by an interaction of the first locating surface with the second locating surface. A needle valve member includes an upper guide portion that is positioned in the upper guide bore and a lower guide portion that is positioned in the lower guide bore. The needle valve member is moveable between an open position, in which the nozzle outlet is open, and a closed position, in which the nozzle outlet is blocked.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 1999Publication date: August 30, 2001Inventors: DANA R. COLDREN, GREGORY W. HEFLER, ALAN R. STOCKNER
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Publication number: 20010013556Abstract: An injection valve member for the closing and opening of injection orifices of a valve seat element is installed longitudinally adjustably in a central housing bore of a fuel injection valve. The opening and closing movement sequence of the injection valve member is controlled by a control device. A control piston operatively connected to the injection valve member is loaded, on the one hand, by the fuel system pressure prevailing in a high-pressure zone and, on the other hand, by the fuel control pressure in a control space. The high-pressure zone includes the central housing bore which is closed off sealingly by a control body fixed to the housing. The control space is arranged between the control body and a piston end face and is at least temporarily delimited radially by a control sleeve which is moveable transversely to the longitudinal axis of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2001Publication date: August 16, 2001Applicant: CRT COMMON RAIL TECHNOLOGIES AGInventor: Marco A. Ganser
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Patent number: 6260776Abstract: A high pressure gaseous fuel injector for injecting natural gas or other gaseous fuels at high pressures (eg. 300 to 700 psig more or less) into combustion engines for improved efficiency, better performance and reduced environmental emissions. The fuel injector is powered by hydraulic signals from an electrohydraulic valve. The fuel injector includes an outer cartridge housing and a universal valve cartridge mounted therein. The cartridge comprises an activator body and a valve body secured together, and the valve body has a gas valve slidable therein. The stroke of the valve is adjustable by controlling the size of shims in the valve body assembly, thereby providing a universal valve cartridge that can be easily adapted to differing fueling requirements for models and sizes of engines. The valve body includes a spring chamber between upper and lower valve guides.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2000Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Woodward Governor CompanyInventor: Roger Popp
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Patent number: 6250569Abstract: A spraying head for feeding pressurized air and an atomized liquid substance, for example a releasing agent, for cleaning and treatment of molds in hot molding of ferrous and non-ferrous materials; the spraying head comprises a main body having at least a mixing chamber in which a first conduit for the injection of pressurized air opens on a side opposite to a spraying nozzle; a second conduit for feeding a liquid, opens into the mixing chamber through a Venturi which tapers towards the same mixing chamber, at right angle to the air injection conduit. A normally closed control valve is slidably supported inside a flow regulator having a tapering end portion protruding into the Venturi, to regulate the delivery of the liquid substance into the mixing chamber; the spraying head may be provided with a single or independent spraying nozzles and mixing chambers on opposite sides of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2000Date of Patent: June 26, 2001Assignee: Tacoon Costruzioni Meccaniche di Girona A. & Taccon D. S.N.C.Inventor: Danizzo Taccon
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Patent number: 6224001Abstract: An outwardly opening fuel injector comprises a valve needle movable within a bore and engageable with a seating to control the supply of fuel from the bore, the needle being moveable outwardly of the bore to move the needle away from its seating, the needle being biased towards its seating by a spring, the spring engaging a spring abutment arrangement associated with a part of the needle remote from the part thereof engageable with the seating, the spring abutment arrangement further acting to guide movement of the needle.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 1999Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Assignee: Lucas Industries Public Limited CompanyInventors: Michael Peter Cooke, Malcolm David Dick Lambert, Trevor Alan Fuller
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Patent number: 6213413Abstract: A fuel injection valve is provided with an injection nozzle having an injection hole for fuel injection, a valve body for closing the injection hole, and an elastic body provided on one of a wall surface of the injection nozzle and a wall surface of the valve body. The elastic body is provided such that when the valve body closes the injection hole, the wall surface of the valve body comes into abutment with the wall surface of the injection nozzle after the valve body has come into abutment with the injection nozzle through the elastic body.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1999Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Susumu Kojima, Keiso Takeda
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Patent number: 6189817Abstract: A fuel injector comprising a nozzle body provided with a first bore and defining a first seating, a valve member engageable with the first seating to control fuel flow from the first bore towards an outlet opening located downstream of the first seating, the valve member being provided with a second bore defining a second seating. A valve needle is slidable within the second bore and is engageable with the second seating to control fuel flow from the second bore towards a second outlet opening provided in the valve member. The fuel injector also includes a transmission arrangement whereby movement of the valve needle beyond a predetermined position is transmitted to the valve member.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2000Date of Patent: February 20, 2001Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Malcolm David Dick Lambert
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Patent number: 6170763Abstract: A fuel inject includes an orifice plate which is arranged on a valve-seat member, particularly at its downstream end face, the valve-seat member having a fixed valve seat, the orifice geometry of the orifice plate being bounded by the valve-seat member, so that the flow ratios in the orifice plate are influenced by the valve-seat member. The valve-seat member covers an upper inlet region of the orifice plate, at least to the extent that downstream outlet orifices of the orifice plate are overlapped. The fuel injector is particularly suited for use in fuel systems of mixture-compressing internal combustion engines with externally supplied ignition.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1998Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Heinz Fuchs, G{umlaut over (u)}nter Dantes, Jörg Heyse