Needle-type Projection Patents (Class 239/585.5)
  • Patent number: 7886718
    Abstract: A fuel injector includes a body piece that defines a nozzle supply passage and a chamber in fluid communication therewith and configured to contain a fluid pressure within the fuel injector. The body piece has a threaded segment and a second, unthreaded segment that includes an outer surface of the fuel injector. A tip piece is clamped via a clamping piece to the body piece to form a fluid seal therewith, and a needle check extends within the body piece and the tip piece. The body piece is configured to contain fluid pressures, for example up to and exceeding 200 MPa, and has a wall thickness between the chamber and the unthreaded segment that is linked to a fluid pressure of fuel passing through the chamber. The fuel injector is configured via integrating portions of a nozzle case and a body guide to contain the extremely high fuel pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Avinash R. Manubolu, Stephen R. Lewis, Shriprasad G. Lakhapati, Zhenlong Xu
  • Publication number: 20110006131
    Abstract: Provided is the structure of a control valve of accumulator fuel injection equipment wherein an adverse effect by bounce can be reduced by a low-cost means without requiring any special device in the control valve structure of accumulator fuel injection equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventor: Go Tomatsu
  • Publication number: 20100313852
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injector comprising a nozzle retainer or an injector body, a valve body and a nozzle body, in which a preferably needle-shaped injection valve member is arranged to be vertically movable, said member releasing or closing at least one injection port leading to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine depending on the pressure relief of or the pressure load on a control chamber. The invention is characterized in that a valve comprising a preferably ball-shaped valve element is arranged in the nozzle retainer or in the injector body for the pressure relief of the control chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Matthias Schnell
  • Publication number: 20100307455
    Abstract: The invention relates to an injector including a needle mounted in a nozzle and having an end defining a valve, the needle being connected at the other end to an actuator including first, second and third portions, the first and third portions being provided on either side of the second portion, the three portions being tightened together in order to form a block having two axially opposite limits, the first portion being connected with the needle at one of said limits, and an excitation means for vibrating the second portion according to setpoint period ?. According to the invention, the length between the two limits of the block is such that the propagation time T of the acoustic waves generated by the vibrations of the second portion of the actuator and running along that length meets the equation: T=n*[?/2], where n is an integer positive multiplication coefficient different from zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Andre Agneray, Nadim Malek, Laurent Levin, Marc Pariente
  • Patent number: 7832661
    Abstract: A fuel injector apparatus and method is provided for use in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine that includes a body, a valve seat, closure member, and an orifice plate. The valve seat comprises the intersection of two angled surfaces with a radius before assembly of the fuel injector. During assembly of the fuel injector, a member presses against the radius edge of the sealing surface of the valve seat to create an oblique third sealing surface or sealing band that is coined into the valve seat. The sealing band provides an improved seal between the valve closure member and the valve seat which operates to prevent leakages of fuel in the fuel injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Imoehl, Sidney Barry Judkins
  • Patent number: 7832660
    Abstract: A fuel injector apparatus and method for use in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine that includes a body, a valve seat, closure member, and an orifice plate. The valve seat comprises the intersection of two angled surfaces before assembly of the fuel injector. During assembly of the fuel injector, a member presses against the edge of the sealing surface of the valve seat to create an oblique third sealing surface or sealing band that is coined into the valve seat. The sealing band provides an improved seal between the valve closure member and the valve seat which operates to prevent leakages of fuel in the fuel injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventor: William J. Imoehl
  • Patent number: 7828233
    Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, in particular for direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an engine, including an actuator, a valve needle which is mechanically linked to the actuator and is acted upon by a restoring spring in a closing direction, for actuation of a valve closing body, which together with a valve seat face forms a sealing seat, and including a sleeve which pre-stresses the restoring spring. An adjusting body is situated adjustably in the sleeve so that a fuel amount flowing through the fuel injector per unit of time is a function of the position of the adjusting body in the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Heinz Luft
  • Patent number: 7828232
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a valve body having a valve seat, a nozzle plate arranged on an injection side of the valve body, a valve plug for intermitting fuel injection through the nozzle hole, and a sleeve. The nozzle plate has a nozzle hole through which fuel is injected from the injection side of the valve body. The sleeve makes contact with an end surface of the nozzle plate on an opposite side of the valve body with respect to the nozzle plate to partially cover the nozzle plate. Fuel is injected to an outside of the sleeve through the nozzle hole of the nozzle plate and an opening of the sleeve. The end surface of the nozzle plate makes contact with the sleeve in a contact portion. The contact portion has at least one groove that extends from the opening outwardly with respect to a substantially radial direction of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Ryutaro Oomori, Akio Imai, Tetsuharu Matsuo
  • Patent number: 7810745
    Abstract: A nozzle device has a nozzle holes for injecting sprays grouped into spray groups respectively in injection directions. The nozzle device has an injection axis extending through the center in the thickness direction thereof. The injection axis perpendicularly intersects with an imaginary plane, which is at a predetermined distance from the nozzle device. The nozzle holes respectively have passage axes from which imaginary lines are respectively extended. The imaginary plane and the imaginary lines therebetween have intersections respectively defining outer intersections and an inner intersection in at least one of the spray groups. Each of the nozzle holes is inclined at an inclination angle being determined in such a manner that: the outer intersections exist in a polygon or a circle, and the inner intersection exists inside the outer intersections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekazu Oomura, Masanori Miyagawa
  • Publication number: 20100252659
    Abstract: A fuel injection apparatus includes a body, a nozzle, a pressure control unit, a physical quantity measurement unit, a first terminal, a second terminal, a positioning member, and a resin connector main body portion. The pressure control unit controls opening and closing of the nozzle The physical quantity measurement unit outputs an electric signal in accordance with a physical quantity of high pressure fuel. The first terminal is connected to the pressure control unit. The second terminal connected to the physical quantity measurement unit. The positioning member integrally holds the first terminal and the second terminal and locates the first terminal and the second terminal at predetermined positions. The connector main body portion receives therein the positioning member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki FUJINO, Jun KONDO, Shu KAGAMI, Yutaka MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20100252003
    Abstract: An injector has a body that defines a high-pressure passage for passing high-pressure fuel to an injection hole inside, a needle that is accommodated in the body and that opens and closes the injection hole, an electric actuator that causes the needle to perform the opening and closing action, a lead wire that is arranged in a lead wire insertion hole formed in the body and that supplies an electric power to the electric actuator, and a fuel pressure sensor that is fixed to the body and that senses pressure of the high-pressure fuel. An outlet hole, via which the lead wire extends from the lead wire insertion hole to an outside of the body, is located at a position closer to the injection hole than the fuel pressure sensor is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki FUJINO, Jun Kondo, Shu Kagami
  • Patent number: 7798433
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve device is capable of thinning a nozzle hole plate and improving fuel spray characteristics by a construction for reducing stress concentration that occurs at the weld part of the nozzle hole plate. The fuel injection valve device includes: a nozzle having a fuel passage inside and in which a valve seat is formed at an end; a needle valve for opening and closing the fuel passage by coming in contact with and separating from the valve seat; and an nozzle hole plate that is disposed at the tip of the nozzle and injects a fuel in the fuel passage at the time of opening the needle valve. The nozzle hole plate and the nozzle are fixed by welding in a state of forming an even gap between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Onishi, Shigenobu Tochiyama, Kazunori Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20100229832
    Abstract: This nozzle assembly (1) comprises a first needle (11) and a second needle (12) controlling respectively fuel flow towards a first series of outlets (213) and a second series of outlets (223). It includes a passive control valve (18) adapted to select, on the basis of the fuel feeding pressure, the needle (11 or 12) to he activated for fuel delivery to the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. An injector with such an assembly is economic and efficient to spray fuel with two different patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Renault Trucks
    Inventors: Guillaume Millet, Nicolas Dronniou
  • Patent number: 7789322
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a main body having a nozzle hole and a compression chamber. The main body accommodates a compression unit for pressurizing fuel accumulated in the compression chamber. The fuel injection valve further includes a valve element being axially movable in the main body. The valve element includes a valve portion and a pressure-receiving portion. The valve portion is movable in an opening direction to open the nozzle hole in response to pressure of fuel being pressurized by the compression unit and applied to the pressure-receiving portion. A regulating unit is provided in the compression chamber for regulating movement of the valve element with respect to the opening direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Yamamoto, Kouichi Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20100213288
    Abstract: A Fluid injector has a housing (8) with a cavity and a coil (34) being arranged in the cavity. A valve needle (12) is arranged axially moveable along a predetermined axis (L) of the fluid injector. An armature (14) is arranged axially moveable along the predetermined axis (L) and is mechanically coupled to the valve needle (12). A reluctance element (42) is designed to have a permeability which is much smaller than the permeability of the housing (8) and is arranged such that a magnetic circuit with the housing (8) and the armature (14) also has the reluctance element (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventor: Mauro Grandi
  • Patent number: 7775464
    Abstract: In an electromagnetic fuel injection valve, a valve housing is formed by sequentially connecting a valve seat member, a magnetic cylinder, a nonmagnetic collar, and a stationary core. A coil housing is fittingly fixed to an outer periphery of the magnetic cylinder, and houses a coil assembly provided in an outer periphery of the stationary core. The coil housing includes a shell part surrounding the coil housing, an annular bent part bent radially inward from a front end of the shell part, and a cylindrical boss part projecting forward from a front end of the annular bent part. An inner peripheral surface of the annular bent part and an inner peripheral surface of at least a rear half part of the boss part are shrinkage-fitted to an outer peripheral surface of the magnetic cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Shoji, Kiyomi Honda
  • Patent number: 7775463
    Abstract: In an injector used for an internal combustion engine, a favorable magnetic attraction force is obtained to reduce a controllable minimum injection amount of a fuel injection amount. In a fuel injection valve in which a fixed core and a moving element is contained inside a pipe-shaped member, and a coil and a yoke are provided on an outer side thereof, a space for placing the coil is placed so that an inner circumference length in a vertical section of the space becomes smaller than an outside diameter of the yoke, or a height of the space in an axial direction of the fixed core becomes smaller than a diameter of the fixed core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Abe, Masahiko Hayatani, Tohru Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 7774126
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injection valve device for an internal combustion engine is configured to carry out an energization to an electromagnetic coil of an injection valve actuator for a valve opening motion and additionally carry out a mid-term energization at a time interval between both an energization for valve opening of a previous fuel injection and an energization for valve opening of a subsequent fuel injection. A current of the mid-term energization is smaller than a current of the energization for valve opening motion and has the same direction as a direction of the current of the energization for valve opening motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Abe, Masahiko Hayatani, Tohru Ishikawa, Takehiko Kowatari, Noriyuki Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20100192914
    Abstract: In a method and a device for operating an injection valve, a relevant time (t_ACT) is determined during a catch phase (PH_CATCH) when the electromagnetic actuator reaches a predetermined fraction value of the electric current, which value is smaller than a maximum current value, and a fraction of interval (T_FRAC) since the start of the respective catch phase (PH_CATCH) is determined depending thereon and the injection valve is diagnosed depending on the fraction of interval (T_FRAC) and the predetermined minimum and maximum threshold interval values (THD_T_MIN, THD_T_MAX).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Erwin Achleitner, Dirk Baranowski, Franz Kunz
  • Patent number: 7766254
    Abstract: A heated fuel injector includes a heated body, liquid fuel flowing through a fuel passage within the body, and a member that increases heat transfer from the heated body to the fuel within the fuel passage. The thermal efficiency of the fuel injector is increased separately or in combination by diverting the fuel flow along an inner circumferential contour of the heated body, by limiting the volume of fuel bypassing the heated inner surface of the body, by redirecting heat from the body to unheated portions of the fuel flow field within the fuel passage, and by increasing the available contact surface area for heat transfer. Improved heat transfer from the heated body to the fuel is achieved by integrating features that increase the contact surface area into the inside surface of the body or by positioning an insulating or a thermally conductive spacer within the fuel passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Trapasso, Arthur R. Williams, Kevin S. Hoyer, Tanto Sugiarto, Michael A. Breed, Adrian G. Grammar, Keith E. McClain, Jason C. Short, Orlando Volpato Filho, Luciano Felice
  • Patent number: 7762478
    Abstract: A gasoline unit injector includes a high speed, high force actuator such as a magnetrostrictive or piezoelectric actuator. The actuator operates a positive displacement diaphragm pump. The pumping volume is isolated from a supply rail by an inlet check valve, and is isolated from the engine manifold by an outlet check valve. Each of the check valves includes a disk having a central anchor and a peripheral valve seat. Diaphragm movement reduces pump volume and thereby displaces fuel at high pressure through outlet valve. Fuel spray is formed by geometry of outlet valve, the frequency of actuation, and mass and pressure of the displaced fuel. Relaxation of actuator, and therefore diaphragm, increases pump volume and thereby draws fuel into pump volume through the check valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventors: Perry Robert Czimmek, Hamid Sayar
  • Patent number: 7753337
    Abstract: In a fluid injection valve, a valve needle and a moving core are installed in the valve housing to be slidable in an axial direction. The moving core has a through hole in which the valve needle is slidably inserted. A stopper provided on the valve needle moves the valve needle integrally with the moving core when the moving core travels toward the fixed core with respect to the needle valve. An elastic member biases the valve needle away from the fixed core, and a helical spring biases the moving core toward the fixed core. A spring seat supports one axial end of the helical spring in both of the axial direction and a radial direction of the helical spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Nippon Soken, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Suzuki, Moriyasu Goto, Toyoji Nishiwaki
  • Patent number: 7744020
    Abstract: A fuel injector includes a seat, a movable member cooperating with the seat, and an orifice plate. The orifice plate includes a member and an orifice penetrating the member. The member includes first and second generally parallel surfaces. The first surface generally confronts the valve seat, and the second surface faces opposite the first surface. The orifice is defined by a wall that couples the first and second surfaces. The wall includes a first portion that extends from the first surface and a second portion extending between the first portion and the second surface. The first portion of the wall extends at a first oblique angle with respect to the first surface, and the first oblique angle varies so as to define an asymmetrical chamfer. The second portion of the wall defines a cylinder extending along an axis at a second oblique angle with respect to the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventor: J. Michael Joseph
  • Patent number: 7740187
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine fuel injector (1) has a rod (10) movable along an axis (3) to open/close a nozzle, and a servovalve (7) having a control chamber (23) with a discharge passage (26, 48) which is opened/closed by a shutter (17) movable axially under the control of an electro-actuator; the servovalve also has a fixed axial rod (33) having an outer lateral surface (34) through which the discharge passage (26, 48) comes out; the shutter (17) is fitted to the axial rod (33) to slide axially in substantially fluidtight manner, and, when closing the discharge passage (26, 48), is subjected to substantially zero resultant axial pressure by the fuel; and a calibrated portion (42, 52) of the discharge passage (26, 48) is formed close to the outlet of the discharge passage to produce swirl and/or cavitation in the fuel outflow near to the closing area between the shutter (17) and the axial rod (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Mario Ricco, Sisto Luigi De Matthaeis, Adriano Gorgoglione, Alfonso Di Meo, Sergio Stucchi
  • Publication number: 20100147977
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injection valve comprising: a metallic cylindrical-shaped vessel provided at a tip end thereof with a fuel injection port, the other end thereof being closed by a stationary core provided centrally thereof with a through-hole; a movable member arranged between the stationary core and the fuel injection port and provided at a tip end thereof with a valve element, which opens and closes the fuel injection port, a maximum outside diameter of the movable member being smaller than a minimum inside diameter of the through-hole; and an electromagnetic drive mechanism that reciprocates the movable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko HAYATANI, Motoyuki Abe, Atsushi Sekine, Tohru Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100126471
    Abstract: The present invention is provides a fuel injector having a hydraulically actuated injection pin, also referred to as an injector stem. In accordance with invention, the fuel injector provides for more efficient fuel combustion within internal combustion engines, such as vehicle engines. According to various embodiments of the invention, the fuel injector achieves efficient fuel combustion by (i) fast and responsive actuation, (ii) heating the fuel to a supercritical temperature, (iii) maintaining fuel at a supercritical pressure, and (iv) using a catalyst in the oxidization of the fuel. Some embodiments of the invention utilize a dual solenoid to actuate the fuel injector pin and a heating element to heat the fuel to a supercritical temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Michael C. Cheiky, David L. Grottenthaler
  • Publication number: 20100123030
    Abstract: A module, direct fuel injector (10) includes a fuel module (46) having a valve body (12) defining an outlet opening (20) and including a seating surface (18). A needle 14, disposed in valve body, has a sealing surface (16). An armature (28) is coupled with the needle such that movement of the armature moves the needle between a closed position with the sealing surface engaging the seating surface and an open position with the needle moving outwardly from the valve body with the sealing surface being disengaged from the seating. A spring (38) biases the armature and thus the needle to the closed position. An inlet tube (22) is coupled to the fuel module defining an inlet of the injector. A power assembly (42) is separate from, but coupled to, the fuel module. The power assembly includes an electromagnetic coil (44) for causing movement of the armature, and a connector (43).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Hornby
  • Patent number: 7717400
    Abstract: A body 20 has body wall surfaces 21, 22 defining a body space inside. A core 30 is disposed within the body 20. The core 30 has a core wall surface defining a core space inside which has a bottom having an opening 33a. A valve 50 is inserted through the opening 33a of the core 30 with a clearance and can move along the core wall surface of the core 30. The valve 50 has a hole with a bottom which is comprised of holes 52a, 53a, 57a, a contact surface 58 that contacts the core wall surface of the core 30, a valve head 59 that can contact a valve seat 40, at least one first communication hole 55 that provides communication between the hole 53a and a second inflow fuel passage 30a within the core space, and at least one second communication hole 54 that provides communication between the hole 52a and the first inflow fuel passage 21a, 22a within the body space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoji Tsuduki, Hikaru Kikuta, Takuya Ito, Hiroshi Oda, Yasunori Takaku
  • Patent number: 7712686
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a valve member for regulating a flow of a fuel to a nozzle hole, a movable core axially slidable in an integrated body with the valve member, a fixed core being faced by an end of the movable core, and a coil portion having an increasing number of winding of a winding wire toward the movable core in a bobbin to have a magnetic attractive force between the movable core and the fixed core upon application of an electric current. The number of winding wire increases toward an end on a movable core side in the coil portion. Therefore, the generated magnetic field increases on the movable core side. In this manner, the magnetic attractive force between the fixed core and the movable core is increased without increasing a cross-section and/or a body of the movable core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Shinsuke Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7703707
    Abstract: In the valve, fuel, flowing down as a valve side flow along the side of the valve, further flows down toward an orifice plate through a fuel path which closes and opens upon forward and backward movement of the valve, and is injected as a mist from each orifice. The valve moves forward and backward by sliding on a valve surrounding portion through a guide portion constituted by plural sliding guides arranged between the valve and valve surrounding portion. Since the sliding guides are tapered from the valve to the surrounding portion, the side flow from the guide portion has a flow velocity distribution biased toward the surrounding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Yasukawa, Yoshio Okamoto, Hiroshi Yamada, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Satoshi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20100090034
    Abstract: An injector for an injection system is provided, including a first opening, a second opening, an open position and a closed position. The first opening is for spraying the fluid out of the injector, and the second opening is for allowing the fluid to exit the injector. When the injector is in the open position, the injector sprays the fluid from the first opening and the flow of the fluid to the second opening is substantially blocked. When the injector is in the closed position the injector allows the fluid to exit the injector from the second opening. The injector substantially blocks the spray of the fluid from the first opening when the injector is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventor: Dale A. Stretch
  • Publication number: 20100090035
    Abstract: An injection valve (16) has an actuator module (4) with a cavity (20) and an actuator unit (14). The injection valve (16) further has a fluid module (2), being disposed at least partially within the cavity (20) of the actuator module (4) and a housing and a valve needle (8). The valve needle (8) is disposed in the housing and is actuatable by the actuator unit (14). The valve needle (8) is operable to prevent a fluid injection in a closing position and permit the fluid injection in further. The actuator module (4) is adhered to the fluid module (2) via a metal adhesive (16), which is arranged between a surface of the housing of the fluid module (2) and a surface of a wall of the cavity (20) of the actuator module (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Paolo Bertini, Massimiliano Cipriani
  • Publication number: 20100077994
    Abstract: A fuel injector includes a body piece that defines a nozzle supply passage and a chamber in fluid communication therewith and configured to contain a fluid pressure within the fuel injector. The body piece has a threaded segment and a second, unthreaded segment that includes an outer surface of the fuel injector. A tip piece is clamped via a clamping piece to the body piece to form a fluid seal therewith, and a needle check extends within the body piece and the tip piece. The body piece is configured to contain fluid pressures, for example up to and exceeding 200 MPa, and has a wall thickness between the chamber and the unthreaded segment that is linked to a fluid pressure of fuel passing through the chamber. The fuel injector is configured via integrating portions of a nozzle case and a body guide to contain the extremely high fuel pressures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Avinash R. Manubolu, Stephen R. Lewis, Shriprasad G. Lakhapati, Zhenlong Xu
  • Publication number: 20100071665
    Abstract: The invention relates to an injector for injecting fuel into combustion chambers. According to the invention, a valve piston of a control valve is provided with low pressure on both faces thereof. The valve piston is arranged in a valve chamber hydraulically connected to a control chamber and is guided inside a sleeve received in the valve chamber. The valve chamber contains a spring supported on one end against the sleeve and on the other end on the valve piston such that the spring presses the valve piston onto a valve seat and the sleeve onto an opposing bottom surface. The valve piston diameter inside the sleeve corresponds to the effective valve piston diameter at the valve seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Francois Rossignol, Stephan Amelang, Friedrich Howey, Olivier Charvet, Tony Dumont
  • Publication number: 20100065021
    Abstract: In a fuel injection valve used for an internal combustion engine, a valve closing lag time due to fluid resistance in a fuel path is shortened to decrease a minimum injection limit. More specifically, in the fuel injection valve in which an anchor is attracted to an end face part of a stationary core having a fuel path formed at a center part thereof by means of electromagnetic force, and in which a fuel injection hole is opened and closed by controlling a valve disc driven in conjunction with the anchor, there are provided a fuel reservoir part at a center part of an upper end face part of the anchor, a through hole extending axially in a fashion that an end part thereof is open to the fuel reservoir part, and a fuel path extending radially outward from the fuel reservoir part so that fuel is fed to a magnetic attraction gap between an upper end face part of the anchor and a lower end face part of the stationary core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hayatani, Motoyuki Abe, Toru Ishikawa, Eiichi Kubota, Takehiko Kowatari
  • Publication number: 20100065022
    Abstract: A method is for operating an injector, in particular a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, the injector having a piezoelectric actuator for driving a valve needle coupled, preferably hydraulically, to the actuator. Starting from a starting voltage corresponding to a first operating state of the injector, the actuator is recharged, i.e., charged or discharged, by a predefinable voltage swing to a target voltage corresponding to a second operating state of the injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Erik Toner, Hans-Peter Lehr
  • Patent number: 7677479
    Abstract: When a fuel injection valve is mounted on an engine, a distance between a core and an armature during non-energization of a coil can be prevented from becoming narrow. The coil is arranged inside the core, and a body is fixedly secured at its one end to an end of the core. A housing is arranged outside the coil with its one end abutting a cylinder head. A cap is arranged at the other end of the housing, and abuts at its side opposite to the housing with a fastening unit. The armature is arranged for reciprocation inside the body, and is magnetically attracted to the magnetized core. A gap is formed between the housing and the body, with the cap and the core being fixed to each other, and upon mounting the valve on the engine, the housing and the fastening unit abut the cylinder head and the cap, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Kitagawa, Kouichi Ojima, Yoshihiko Onishi
  • Patent number: 7673818
    Abstract: In an electromagnetic fuel injection valve designed so that the contact of a movable attraction face at a rear end of a movable core with a stationary attraction face included at a front end of a stationary core is inhibited, a ring-shaped stopper (28) made of a material non-magnetic or magnetic weakly more than a movable core (18) is press-fitted into an inner periphery of a rear portion of the movable core (18), and a flat abutment face (51), which is disposed at a location displaced from a flat movable attraction face (41) formed at the rear end of the movable core (18) toward a stationary attraction face (42), is formed at a rear end of the stopper (28) to be able to abut against the stationary attraction face. A slant (52) is formed on an inner periphery of the rear end of the movable core (18) and an outer periphery of the rear end of the stopper (28) to continuously and smoothly connect the movable attraction face (41) and the abutment face (51) to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Akabane
  • Publication number: 20100050989
    Abstract: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine comprises: a first fuel injector which is arranged within a housing unit; an accumulator volume for supplying fuel to the first fuel injector; a first fuel pump arrangement comprising a pumping plunger which is driven, in use, to cause pressurisation of fuel within a first pump chamber; a first metering valve which is operable to control fuel flow into the first pump chamber; a first fuel passage providing communication between the first pump chamber and the accumulator volume; and a first non-return valve located in the first fuel passage between the first pump chamber and the accumulator volume; wherein the first fuel injector communicates with the first fuel passage at a position between the first non-return valve and the accumulator volume; and wherein communication between the first fuel injector and the accumulator volume is uninterrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Anthony John Williams
  • Publication number: 20100037862
    Abstract: This fuel injector assembly (1) is used to inject fuel into a combustion chamber (52) of an engine. It comprises a needle control unit (14) adapted to actuate a needle (15) to deliver fuel to the chamber (52), an amplifier unit (13) adapted to increase the pressure of a quantity of fuel coming from an accumulator (3) of fuel under pressure and a cam (4) driven feeder unit (12) adapted to feed the accumulator (3) with fuel under pressure. No external pump is needed to feed the accumulator (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: RENAULT TRUCKS
    Inventors: Guillaume Millet, Mourad Hedna
  • Publication number: 20100012754
    Abstract: In relation to injectors used for internal-combustion engines, it is important to decrease valve closing delay time and also the minimum injection quantity, while these are affected by remanent magnetism in the fixed core, surface tension of the fuel, etc. With reference to a fuel injection valve with a pipe-shaped member to enclose a fixed core and a movable part and further with coils and yokes to cover up the above pipe-shaped member, the anchor to drive the movable member has a plurality of through holes for fuel passage extending in the axial direction, while these through holes are arranged at a certain intervals in the circumferential direction, and projections formed to constitute a contacting surface to touch the fixed core arranged randomly in between the through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hayatani, Motoyuki Abe, Toru Ishikawa, Eiichi Kubota, Takehiko Kowatari
  • Publication number: 20100006679
    Abstract: A valve assembly including an armature and a valve member that are coupled when the solenoid coil is de-energized but are decoupled after the solenoid coil is energized. A first spring biases the armature and the valve member to a closed valve seat position while a second spring having a smaller preload than the first spring biases the valve member to an open valve seat position. When the solenoid coil is energized, the magnetic force of the coil overcomes the force exerted by the first spring pulling the armature away from the valve member. The valve member moves to the open valve seat position by the force exerted by the second spring. When the coil is de-energized, the magnetic force decays, thereby allowing the armature and the valve member to re-couple.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Avinash R. Manubolu, Shriprasad G. Lakhapati, Stephen Lewis, Christopher D. Hanson
  • Publication number: 20090308353
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injector (1) for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, said injector comprising a nozzle needle (4) which moves back and forth in an injector body (2) and/or in a nozzle body (3) in order to release and/or to close at least one injection opening (5) in the nozzle body (3). The movement of the nozzle needle (4) can be controlled by a control valve which co-operates with a control chamber (6). The control valve comprises a valve needle (7) which is guided back and forth and can be moved in relation to a sealing seat (8) in order to ventilate the control chamber (6) in a fuel return (8) when the valve needle (7) is lifted from the sealing seat (8). The valve needle (7) has a differential surface which enables the needle to be subjected to a fuel pressure and held in the direction of the sealing seat (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventor: Hans-Christoph Magel
  • Publication number: 20090288640
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to realize the structure, of a fuel injection valve, in which bouncing of the needle can be suppressed and the armature position can be fixed while the valve is closed, without increasing the number of components and the number of processes. In a fuel injection valve including an armature that is repelled or attracted by a core, by de-energizing or energizing a coil, a needle that opens or closes a valve seat in accordance with a reciprocal travel of the armature, and a valve-closing spring that biases the needle so as to close the valve, when the coil is de-energized, the valve-closing spring is disposed on the armature, and the needle and the armature are fixed in such a way that the armature can travel in an axis direction by a predetermined amount with respect to the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio SHINGU, Masayuki AOTA, Tsuyoshi MUNEZANE
  • Publication number: 20090289131
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to realize the structure, of a fuel injection valve, in which bouncing of the needle can be suppressed and the armature position can be fixed while the valve is closed, without increasing the number of components and the number of processes. In a fuel injection valve including an armature that is repelled or attracted by a core, by de-energizing or energizing a coil; a needle that opens or closes a valve seat in accordance with a reciprocal travel of the armature; and a valve-closing spring that biases the needle so as to close the valve, when the coil is de-energized, the needle and the armature are fixed in such a way that the armature can travel in an axis direction by a predetermined amount with respect to the needle, and the coil is preliminarily energized while the fuel injection valve is closed by the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio SHINGU, Masayuki Aota, Tsuyoshi Munezane
  • Publication number: 20090272824
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve has a first and a second injection ports whose central axes are parallel to each other, the central axis of the second injection port is out of alignment with respect to the central axis of the first injection port so that, when the largest length M1 of a longer-side line along which a plane including the central axis of the valve seat member and the central axis of the second injection port intersects with an inner wall of the second injection port is larger than the shortest length M2 of a shorter-side line along which the above plane intersects with an inner wall of the second injection port, the distance W1 from the inner wall of the first injection port to the longer-side line of the second injection port as measured within the plane is larger than the distance W2 from the inner wall of the first injection port to the shorter-side line of the second injection port as measured within the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori KITAGAWA, Masayuki AOTA, Tsuyoshi MUNEZANE
  • Publication number: 20090266921
    Abstract: A fuel injector having an injector body and a fuel inlet communicates with a high-pressure fuel source outside the injector body and including an actuator received in a hollow chamber from which a high-pressure inlet extends to an injection valve member. Depending on the pressure in the first hydraulic chamber, fuel is injected into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine when the injection valve member lifts from a seat. The actuator acts directly upon a stepped piston which defines the first hydraulic chamber and actuates a control piston. The injection valve member is guided in the control piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Friedrich Boecking
  • Patent number: 7607593
    Abstract: In an electromagnetic fuel injection valve in which a non-magnetic cylinder is coaxially coupled at its front end to a rear end of a magnetic cylinder forming a portion of a valve housing to surround a portion of a movable core having a rear end face serving as a movable attraction face, and a stationary core having a front end face serving as a stationary attraction face is fitted and fixed at its front portion in a rear portion of the non-magnetic cylinder, so that the stationary attraction face is opposed to the movable attraction face, the stationary core (22) is fitted and fixed at its front portion in the non-magnetic cylinder (26), so that it is in close contact with an inner surface of an intermediate portion of the non-magnetic cylinder (26) in a region corresponding to the stationary attraction face (42), and an annular recess (44) having a flat portion (44a) flush connected to the stationary attraction face (42) is provided in an inner surface of the non-magnetic cylinder (26) to form an annular ch
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Akabane
  • Patent number: 7600702
    Abstract: A fuel injection system for preventing fuel leakage to a combustion chamber when an engine is stopped includes an injector for injecting fuel, a case receiving the injector, a solenoid valve provided in a fuel passage connecting the injector and a nozzle pipe through a fuel supplying pipe, so as to supply and shut off fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignees: Hyundai Motors Company, Motonic Corporation
    Inventor: Guk Hyun Park
  • Publication number: 20090241908
    Abstract: A controlling apparatus of a variable capacity type fuel pump, for avoiding noises caused due to drive of the fuel pump and noises caused due to drive of injectors from overlapping or duplicating with each other in the timing thereof, wherein signals for driving the pump reduced, or the timing thereof is shifted forward/backward, within a specific timing where the o overlapping can be prospected, or a specific timing where they are determined to overlap or duplicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro TOKUO, Satoshi Usui, Hiroyuki Yamada