Needle-type Projection Patents (Class 239/585.5)
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Publication number: 20090230220Abstract: A leak-free injector is proposed, the closing force of which is increased by a closing piston. An injector has a nozzle needle and a control valve, the nozzle needle being guided in an injector housing and cooperating with a nozzle needle seat of the injector housing. A high-pressure chamber is present between the control valve and the nozzle needle seat, and the closing piston is provided on the nozzle needle. The closing piston subdivides the high-pressure chamber into a first region and a second region. The two regions of the high-pressure chamber communicate hydraulically via a closing throttle restriction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2007Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventors: Michael Mennicken, Hans-Christoph Magel, Matthias Burger
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Publication number: 20090212136Abstract: An armature and a valve member reciprocally slide in a slide hole of a valve body. The valve member seats on or lifts off from a valve seat to close or open a valve hole. One of the armature and the valve member includes an engaging concave surface. A connector is formed separately from the armature and the valve member, or is formed integrally with the other one of the armature and the valve member. The connector includes an engaging convex surface that is in contact with the engaging concave surface of the one of the armature and the valve member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Chihiro WAKABAYASHI
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Publication number: 20090205614Abstract: In a device for the injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, including an injector nozzle (5) and a nozzle needle (7) which is guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner within the injector nozzle (5) and, for the control of its opening and closing movements, is capable of being pressurized in the axial direction by the pressure prevailing in a control chamber (12) filled with fuel, wherein the control chamber (12) communicates with a supply line (14) and a discharge line (19), and a magnetic control valve (16) is arranged in at least one of the two lines, said magnetic control valve comprising a valve-closing member (25) coupled with an actuating member (21) and pressable against a valve seat (26), and said actuating member (21) being separated from the closing member (25) and the valve seat (26) by a bellows seal (28), the valve-closing member is configured as a valve ball and pressable against a conical valve seat (26).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2005Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Jaroslav Hlousek, Franz Guggenbichler, Helmut Giessauf, Joachim Lackner, Bernd Kogler
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Patent number: 7575183Abstract: A fluid injector has a housing, an actuator unit and a valve body (2). The valve body (2) has a needle (22), which closes or opens a nozzle (213) depending on its position and comprises a guided zone (221). It further has a first part (21), which is arranged in a fixed position relative to the nozzle (213) and has a guided zone (215). It further has a second part (24), which has a first guide zone (242), that guides the guided zone (221) of the needle (22), and which has a second guide zone (243), that guides the guided zone (215) of the first part (21), with the second guide zone (242) having a greater diameter than the first guide zone (242).Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2004Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive SPAInventor: Angelo D'Arrigo
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Publication number: 20090200406Abstract: An injection system (1) for injecting fuel at a predetermined fuel pressure has: an actuator (2, 3) providing a stroke for lifting an injector needle (4) that opens a nozzle into which the fuel is injected; a leverage apparatus (5) for translating the provided stroke into a modified stroke, the apparatus has a compensating device (6) coupled to the actuator (2, 3), and a lever device (7), which is coupled to the injector needle (4), wherein the lever device has at least two symmetrically disposed, single-arm levers (8a, 8b), which each come in contact with an injector needle head (10) of the injector needle (4) when lifting the injector needle (4) by means of a single needle head support (9a, 9b); and wherein the compensating device (6) is suited to compensate a varying force application of the actuator (2, 3) on the single-arm lever (8a, 8b).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2006Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventor: Maximilian Kronberger
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Patent number: 7571603Abstract: The invention relates to a metering system for injecting pollutant reducing medium into an exhaust system includes a metering pump, and at least one self-opening nozzle for injecting fluidic media into the exhaust gas system. The nozzle is self-opening with a needle chamber, a nozzle needle and a spring chamber with a spring element. The needle chamber and spring chamber are separated by a flexible membrane which prevents fluidic media from escaping from the needle chamber into the spring chamber, and also permits an excess pressure to prevail in the needle chamber in relation to the spring chamber, causing the nozzle needle to be displaced in opposition to a spring force, thus releasing a nozzle opening. The inventive metering system is cost-effective, robust and can also be used at low operating temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2005Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Ripper, Johannes Schaller, Markus Buerglin, Ulrich Meingast, Dirk Heilig
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Patent number: 7571868Abstract: A fuel injection valve has a connection piece for a fuel-supply line, a valve-seat support having a valve-seat body provided with a valve opening, a solenoid for activating a valve member, which controls the valve opening, and a plastic extrusion coat enclosing the connection piece, the solenoid and the valve-seat support. To achieve a cost-effective manufacture by requiring fewer components for the injection valve and providing a reduction in the assembly costs, the connection piece and the valve-seat support are made of plastic and designed as one-piece plastic housing together with the plastic extrusion coat. The yoke element for closing the magnetic circuit of the solenoid, which extends across the magnetic core and magnetic armature, is a magnetic material extrusion coat, which encloses the solenoid coil and adjoins the magnetic core in a gapless manner and ends in front of the magnetic armature with a gap clearance.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Johann Bayer
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Patent number: 7568633Abstract: Digital fuel injector, injection and hydraulic valve actuation module and engine and high pressure pump methods and apparatus primarily for diesel engines. The digital fuel injectors have a plurality of intensifier actuation pistons allowing a selection of up to seven intensified fuel pressures. The disclosed engine operating methods include using at least one cylinder for a compression cylinder for providing compressed intake air to at least one combustion cylinder. A pressure sensor in each combustion cylinder may be used to indicate temperature in the combustion cylinder to limit combustion temperatures to below temperatures at which substantial NOX is generated. A re-burn cycle may be used to complete the burning of hydrocarbons, providing a very low emission engine. A compression cylinder may be provided with a pump actuated by the piston in the compression cylinder. Various aspects and embellishments of the invention are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2006Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Sturman Digital Systems, LLCInventor: Oded Eddie Sturman
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Publication number: 20090188996Abstract: An injector used for an internal combustion engine includes a valve needle which closes a fuel passage by contacting a valve seat and opens the fuel passage by separating from the valve seat. A coil and a magnetic core are provided to drive the valve needle, and an anchor is held in a relatively displaceable state with respect to the valve needle. A first biasing device biases the valve needle in a direction opposite to a direction of a drive force, and a second biasing device biases the anchor in the direction of the drive force with a set load smaller than that of the first biasing device. A restricting feature restricts relative displacement of the anchor with respect to the valve needle in the direction of the drive force.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Motoyuki ABE, Masahiko Hayatani, Atsushi Sekine, Yasuo Namaizawa, Tohru Ishikawa, Noriyuki Maekawa
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Publication number: 20090184185Abstract: A fuel injector and a method of assembly includes a determination of various flow areas through clearances or openings formed in various components of the injector. With the various flow areas determined, the various components can be classified according to their flow areas such that sets of components can be selected having desirable flow area characteristics for assembly of the fuel injector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.Inventors: Stephen R. Lewis, Shriprasad Lakhapati, Christopher D. Hanson, Avinash Manubolu, Daniel R. Ibrahim
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Publication number: 20090179091Abstract: A fuel injector includes a solenoid coil, which cooperates with an armature acted upon by a restoring spring, the armature forming an axially displaceable valve part together with a valve needle. A valve-closure member, which forms a sealing seat together with a valve-seat body, is provided on the valve needle. Furthermore, a reliable sealing of a thin-walled valve sleeve or of the magnetic coil exists that is made of a sealing body that is secured beneath the magnetic coil. The sealing body is tetragonal in cross-section, in particular, it has a trapezoid-like shape, and is put in between the magnetic coil and a valve housing. In its installed state, the sealing body is clamped and compressed. In its compressed state, the sealing body assumes an elliptical or egg-shaped cross-section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2006Publication date: July 16, 2009Inventors: Ferdinand Reiter, Christof Vogel, Chris Louis
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Patent number: 7559488Abstract: An injection nozzle for an internal combustion engine includes a nozzle body having a first nozzle outlet, a second nozzle outlet and a delivery chamber for fuel, an outer valve needle engageable with an outer valve seating to control fuel injection through the first nozzle outlet and an inner valve needle engageable with an inner valve seating to control fuel injection through the second nozzle outlet. The outer valve needle is provided with an axial bore within which the inner valve needle is slidable. The injection nozzle further includes a sleeve member coupled to the inner valve needle and a ring member coupled to the outer valve needle, wherein the ring member is brought into engagement with the sleeve member when the outer valve needle is moved axially through a distance that is greater than a predetermined distance ‘L’ so as to cause axial movement of the inner valve needle.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2005Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher D Smout, Louise A Connelly
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Patent number: 7556017Abstract: A fuel injector having an injector body defining a hollow interior configured to receive pressurized fuel, a first nozzle configured for providing a first fuel spray pattern, and a second nozzle configured for providing a second fuel spray pattern different from the first fuel spray pattern. The first and second nozzles may be configured to inject fuel supplied from a common source into a combustion space. The fuel injector may further include first and second needle valve members corresponding to the first and second nozzles, respectively. The first and second needle valve members may be positioned within the hollow interior of the injector body, with the second needle valve member being spaced from, but adjacent to the first needle valve member.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventor: Dennis Henderson Gibson
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Patent number: 7552880Abstract: A fuel injector has a housing extending along a longitudinal axis between an inlet and an outlet. The housing has an elongated member connected to a body by a thin shell connector member with a stepped portion. The connector member has a generally constant thickness with a first internal volume and a second internal volume where the second internal volume is at least 1.1 times the first internal volume.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2005Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.Inventor: Michael Dallmeyer
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Publication number: 20090140080Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injector having a solenoid valve which actuates a multi-part armature assembly. The armature assembly comprises an armature bolt, an armature bolt which is acted on by a valve spring, and an armature plate. As a result of the lifting motion of the armature bolt, a closing element is opened or closed, whereby an injection valve member can be actuated, in order to relieve the pressure in a control space. The armature plate is guided, decoupled from the armature bolt, on an armature guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2006Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventor: Friedrich Howey
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Patent number: 7540435Abstract: A pressure-effected interconnection of a metal part and a plastic part which is slipped over the metal part with a press fit, in particular in a fuel injector for internal combustion engines, is provided in which, for a reliable connection between the pressing pieces, without high demands on manufacturing tolerances, the outer wall of the metal part has circumferential ribs disposed one behind the other in the axial direction, with a back that rises from the outer wall towards the outside in the slide-on direction of the plastic part, and a flank that falls steeply from the back to the outer wall. Each rib has disposed in front of it—viewed in the slide-on direction of the plastic part—an annular groove, the annular groove being introduced into the outer wall, directly at the foot of the back.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2005Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Martin Mueller, Elmar Okrent
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Patent number: 7533834Abstract: A fuel injection valve for fuel injection systems of combustion engines, in particular for the direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of a combustion engine, comprising a fuel inlet which is adapted to have fuel flow into the fuel injection valve, an electrically controllable actuation means which cooperates with a valve arrangement in order to cause the fuel in a directly or indirectly controlled manner to exit into the combustion chamber through a fuel outlet, with the actuation means comprising a magnet coil arrangement to be supplied with current, an essentially soft magnetic magnet yoke arrangement cooperating with same, as well as an essentially soft magnetic magnet armature arrangement cooperating with same, with the magnet yoke arrangement and/or the magnet armature arrangement comprising a configuration which reduces eddy currents.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2004Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Compact Dynamics GmbHInventors: Andreas Gründl, Bernhard Hoffmann
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Patent number: 7527210Abstract: The fuel injector comprises a hollow casing, fixed on which is a nozzle having a nebulizer for the fuel under pressure, a needle axially mobile for opening and closing the nebulizer by means of a first end thereof, and a control rod, substantially coaxial with the needle and in direct engagement therewith. The needle is normally pushed into a closing position of the nozzle by the fuel under pressure acting on the rod, aided by a compression spring, which acts on the needle through a sleeve that is in axial engagement with a portion of the rod. The sleeve further comprises a surface designed to engage at the front and directly one end of the needle. The spring engages another surface of the sleeve so as to transmit its action directly onto the needle.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2006Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Mario Ricco, Adriano Gorgoglione, Onofrio De Michele, Domenico Lepore
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Publication number: 20090108093Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injector having an injector housing which has a high-pressure fuel connection which is connected outside the injector housing to a central high-pressure fuel source and inside the injector housing to a pressure space. From the fuel injector highly pressurized fuel is injected into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine as a function of the pressure in a control space when a nozzle needle opens In order to provide a fuel injector which can be manufactured inexpensively, the pressure in the control space is controlled directly by a magnetic actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Inventors: Patrick Mattes, Michael Mennicken, Hans-Christoph Magel, Friedrich Boecking
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Patent number: 7520449Abstract: In an electromagnetic fuel injection valve in which a coil assembly is housed within a solenoid housing, an inlet tube is provided coaxially and integrally so as to be connected to the rear end of a fixed core, and the solenoid housing and at least a front part of the inlet tube are covered by a synthetic resin covering section having an integral power-receiving coupler, the resin-molded section (7) includes a first resin-molded layer (41) and a second resin-molded layer (42), the first resin-molded layer (41) being formed from a glass fiber-incorporated synthetic resin while forming a coupler main portion (40a) that defines a framework part of the power-receiving coupler (40), and the second resin-molded layer (42) being formed from a synthetic resin into which glass fiber is not incorporated so as to cover the first resin-molded layer (41), and in a section of the inlet tube (32) on the fixed core (23) side, when the thickness of the first resin-molded layer (41) is t1, the thickness of the second resin-molType: GrantFiled: September 22, 2005Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Keihin CorporationInventors: Daisuke Matsuo, Tomoyuki Omura, Eisaku Sakata
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Publication number: 20090078799Abstract: An injection valve has a magnetic actuator and an injector needle able to be moved axially by the magnetic actuator. To meter a fluid by the injection valve the magnetic actuator is activated for an individual metering process with at least one actuation signal with a first or second signal waveform. The two actuation signals differ from one another in that, on activation of the magnetic actuator by the actuation signal with the first signal waveform, less energy is transmitted to a magnet unit of the magnetic actuator than during activation of the magnetic actuator by the actuation signal with the second signal waveform. The magnetic actuator is activated by the actuation signal with the second signal waveform if an activation of the magnetic actuator by the actuation signal with the first signal waveform leads to an undesired premature closure of the injector needle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2008Publication date: March 26, 2009Inventors: Erwin Achleitner, Dirk Baranowski, Franz Kunz
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Patent number: 7506827Abstract: A fuel injector (1) having an injection valve (7) with a movable pin (15); and an actuator (5) for moving the pin (15) between a closed position and an open position; the actuator (5) has a movable armature (10), and an antirebound device (20) interposed between the movable armature (10) and the pin (15) to connect the movable armature (10) and the pin (15) mechanically; the antirebound device (20) has a deformable elastic plate (32; 45; 48) which is annular in shape, is connected centrally to the pin (15), and is connected laterally to the armature (10) to transmit at least the closing movement of the injection valve (7) from the armature 15 (10) to the pin (15).Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2004Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.Inventors: Michele Petrone, Luca Cagnolati, Luca Mancini, Marcello Cristiani, Mauro Venturoli
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Patent number: 7497391Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel-injection systems of internal combustion engines includes a valve-closure element cooperating with a valve seat, and a restoring spring which is situated in a spring pocket opening and acts upon the valve-closure element by a restoring force in the direction of the valve seat. The restoring spring has at least one holding coil in a region of the inflow side, whose area of cross section is positioned perpendicular to an area of cross section of the restoring spring.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2005Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Ferdinand Reiter
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Publication number: 20090045269Abstract: A fuel injection nozzle for a diesel engine. The fuel injection nozzle may include a plurality of injection hole groups, each having two injection holes respectively. A distance between the two injection holes, an angle between longitudinal axes of the two injection holes and an angle between horizontal axes of said two injection holes of each injection hole group are each set such that fuel sprays injected from said two injection holes will form a single fuel spray cloud after the fuel sprays collide with a side wall of a combustion chamber formed in a top surface of a piston of the engine, and such that the distance between collision points of the fuel sprays will be in a predetermined range in which a penetration force of said fuel spray cloud along a longitudinal direction of said combustion chamber received after collision with said wall of said combustion chamber is at or near a predetermined maximum value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2008Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Shimo, Masahiko Fujimoto, Motoshi Kataoka, Sangkyu Kim, Daisuke Fukuda
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Patent number: 7481383Abstract: A fuel injector includes an orifice disc. The orifice disc includes a peripheral portion, a central portion, and an orifice. The peripheral portion is with respect to a longitudinal axis and extends parallel to a base plane. The peripheral portion bounds the central portion. The central portion includes a facet that extends parallel to a plane that is oblique with respect to the base plane. The orifice penetrates the facet and extends along an orifice axis that is oblique with resect to the plane. As such, the orientation of the orifice with respect to the longitudinal axis is defined by a combination of (1) a first relationship of the plane with respect to the base plane, and (2) a second relationship of the orifice axis with respect to the plane. A method of forming a multi-facetted dimple for the orifice disc is also described.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2007Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.Inventor: J. Michael Joseph
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Publication number: 20080315019Abstract: A fuel injecting device and method of controlling the fuel injection device. The fuel injection device includes a cylindrical body, a needle whose end includes with a head forming a valve on a seat supported by the end of the cylindrical body, an actuator made of an electroactive material, including a rod and that displaces the head such that the valve is opened, and a prestressing device holding the needle and a counterweight such that they are pressed against the rod opposite end. The needle extends coaxially to the cylindrical body in a form of a rigid bar and axially resonates when exposed to axial pulses at a determined excitation frequency by the actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2006Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S.Inventors: Samir Guerbaoui, Andre Agneray, Laurent Levin
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Patent number: 7464884Abstract: A fuel injection valve is provided in which a funnel-shaped fuel collecting depression (35) is provided between a valve seat (8) and an outlet hole (7) of a valve seat member (3), the depression (35) collecting fuel that has passed through the valve seat (8) and guiding it to the outlet hole (7), and a flat fuel diffusion chamber (36) for radially outwardly diffusing fuel that has passed through the outlet hole (7) and guiding it to a plurality of fuel injection holes (11) is provided between opposing faces of the valve seat member (3) and an injector plate (10), an inner peripheral face (7A) of the outlet hole (7) being formed along a curved face on the inner peripheral side of a virtual torus (T) so that the inner peripheral face (7A) is continuous with the base of the fuel collecting depression (35) and the roof of the fuel diffusion chamber (36).Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Keihin CorporationInventor: Akira Akabane
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Patent number: 7461795Abstract: A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines, having a fuel injection nozzle supplied with fuel by a high-pressure fuel source, which fuel injection nozzle has a movable nozzle piston for opening and closing injection openings, an injection nozzle high-pressure chamber, and an injection nozzle control chamber. A pressure boosting device connected between the fuel injection nozzle and the high-pressure fuel source has a movable piston, a work chamber, and a high-pressure chamber, in which a filling connection which is open for filling the high-pressure chamber when the fuel injection nozzle is closed and is itself closed when the fuel injection nozzle is open.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2003Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Hans-Christoph Magel
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Patent number: 7458531Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes a valve body having a valve seat, a valve element adapted to sit on and leave a valve seat, a nozzle hole for the injection of fuel, and an electromagnetic drive section. A holding member surrounds and holds, on one end side thereof, at least a partial area of an opposite-to-nozzle-hole-side end face portion of the valve element. The holding member surrounds and holds, on an opposite end side thereof, a predetermined surface area of a constant position holding portion without being influenced by the pressure of fuel flowing through a fuel passage of the valve body and irrespective of movement of the valve element. An internal area of the holding member is shut off so as not to be influenced by the pressure of fuel present around the internal area.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2006Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Kouichi Mochizuki, Kimitaka Saito, Hiroaki Nagatomo
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Patent number: 7458530Abstract: A fuel injector having a housing including an inlet, an outlet, and a passageway for fuel flow from the inlet to the outlet. A coil assembly is disposed proximate the inlet. A seat is disposed proximate the outlet. A closure member is disposed in the housing and is operable by the coil assembly. The closure member includes a sleeve and an armature. The sleeve extends along a longitudinal axis and includes first and second ends, and an outer surface a first distance from the longitudinal axis. An armature is coupled to the first end of the sleeve so that the sleeve is movable with the armature. The armature includes an outer perimeter a second distance from the longitudinal axis, such that the second distance is not greater than the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2004Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.Inventor: Greg R. Morton
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Publication number: 20080283633Abstract: A fuel injection valve (1) configured such that control of the escape of high-pressure fuel inside a control chamber (45) to a fuel low-pressure portion is conducted by an electromagnetic valve (5) for controlling fuel injection configured such that a lift operation of an armature plate (51) is controlled by an electromagnetic solenoid (68) and an armature stopper (67) incorporated inside a fixed sleeve (61), wherein a gap (G3) is disposed between a fixed core (63) and the armature stopper (67), through holes (67B) are disposed in the armature stopper (67), and drain fuel flows to the fuel low-pressure portion via the gap (G3) and the through holes (67B) when the electromagnetic valve (5) is powered. As a result, the lift amount of the armature plate (51) can be prevented from changing as a result of debris or the like included in the drain fuel becoming caught between the armature plate (51) and the armature stopper (67).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2004Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: BOSCH CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Nozaki, Eiji Hoshikawa
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Publication number: 20080283634Abstract: In a device for the injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, including an injector nozzle (5) and a nozzle needle (7) guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner within the injector nozzle (5), which nozzle needle (7) is at least partially surrounded by a nozzle prechamber (8) and, for the control of its opening and closing movements, capable of being pressurized in the axial direction by the pressure prevailing in a control chamber (12) filled with fuel, a supply line runs into the control chamber (12) and a discharge line (19) in which a magnetic control valve (16) is arranged leads away from the control chamber (12). The supply line to the control chamber (12) is guided through at least one bore (14) of the nozzle needle (7), which communicates with the nozzle prechamber (8) via a supply throttle (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2005Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Jaroslav Hlousek
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Publication number: 20080277505Abstract: A fuel injector, in particular for the direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing internal combustion engine having externally supplied ignition, includes an armature which cooperates with a solenoid coil, and a valve needle which is joined to the armature by force-locking and on which a valve-closure member is provided which forms a sealing seat together with a valve-seat surface. The armature is swingingly supported on the valve needle by a spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2005Publication date: November 13, 2008Inventor: Anh-Tuan Hoang
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Publication number: 20080264383Abstract: A first valve element (32) and second valve element (34) are arranged in a pressure switching chamber (30) of a three-way valve (8). When switching a destination of a fuel flow passage (15) from a high pressure fuel feed passage (5a) to a low pressure fuel return passage (26a), the state where the first valve element (32) is open and the second valve element (34) is closed is switched through a state where the first valve element (32) and second valve element (34) are both closed to a state where the first valve element (32) is closed and the second valve element (34) is open. Fuel pressure of a pressure control port (55) sealed by a sliding seal face (53) formed at an outer circumference of the second valve element (34) is used to control an opening timing of a needle valve (9).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2005Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Omae, Yoshimasa Watanabe
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Patent number: 7429007Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 18, 2001Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Heinz Luft
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Patent number: 7429006Abstract: A fuel injector and various methods relating to the assembly of the fuel injector. The fuel injector includes a power group subassembly and a valve group subassembly having a respectively connected first and second connector portions. The power group subassembly includes an electromagnetic coil, a housing, at least one terminal, and at least one overmold formed over the coil and housing. The valve group subassembly insertable within the overmold includes a tube assembly having an inlet tube and a filter assembly. A pole piece couples the inlet tube to one end of a non-magnetic shell having a valve body coupled to the opposite end. An axially displaceable armature assembly confronts the pole piece and is adjustably biased by a member and adjusting tube toward engagement with a seat assembly. A lift setting device sets the axial displacement of the armature assembly. The seat assembly includes a flow portion and a securement portion having respective first and second axial lengths at least equal to one another.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2005Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive CorporationInventor: Michael Dallmeyer
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Publication number: 20080230635Abstract: A fluid injector has a housing, a valve body and an actuator unit, that is inserted into the housing. The valve body has a cartridge with a recess, that takes in a needle (22). A receptance (221) is formed in the needle (22) and fixes a locking element (233) in an axial direction relative to the needle (22). A return spring (24) rests on the spring rest body (23) which is pretensioned in a way that it presses the spring rest body (23) against the locking element (233).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2005Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventors: Gianbattista Fischetti, Cristiano Zanoboni
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Publication number: 20080217439Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel-injection systems of internal combustion engines has a solenoid coil; a valve needle that is operatively connected to the solenoid coil and acted upon by a restoring spring in a closing direction, in order to actuate a valve-closure member which, together with a valve-seat surface formed at a valve-seat member, forms a sealing seat; and at least two spray-discharge orifices which are formed in the valve-seat member. The spray-discharge orifices are formed in the valve-seat member in such a way that they are shielded from mixture flows circulating in a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2007Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventors: Guido Pilgram, Joerg Heyse
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Publication number: 20080217441Abstract: An injector has a lift limiting member provided by a single plate member. The plate member has a stopper face, multiple hole sections, a flow passage hole, and a spring seat face. An axial end face of a needle head section of a needle contacts the stopper face when the needle lifts by a predetermined amount. Transmitting sections of a pressurizing piston are loosely inserted in the hole sections. High pressure fuel can pass through the flow passage hole. The spring seat face receives an end portion of a spring that biases the needle in a valve closing direction. The lift limiting member limits a valve opening lift position of the needle, so a stable injection quantity is obtained. Thus, a surface area of the single plate member can be used in multiple functions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kouichi Mochizuki, Masatoshi Kuroyanagi
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Publication number: 20080217440Abstract: An injector has an inner sleeve between a needle pressure receiving face of a needle and a rear end face of a valve body. The inner sleeve is slidably fitted to an outer periphery of a middle shaft section of the needle. The inner sleeve receives a reaction force of a spring located between the inner sleeve and a pressurizing piston, so an axial tip end (edge section) of the inner sleeve is pressed against the rear end face to achieve close contact therebetween. Thus, a volume of a pressure chamber can be reduced, so a valve opening force for lifting the needle can be acquired efficiently. Accordingly, injection of a large flow rate can be performed by increasing a lift amount of the needle and also quick lifting of the needle can be performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kouichi Mochizuki, Masatoshi Kuroyanagi
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Publication number: 20080217437Abstract: Methods and systems for efficiently driving, diagnosing and configuring an electric spray gun system use a pulse width modulated driving signal to achieve fast gun opening and closing times while minimizing the power consumption of the gun. Additionally, an example method and system for detecting the opening and closing of an electric spray gun is provided. Finally a method for determining parameters such as an electric spray gun's on current, off current and holding current is provided. Through use of the methods and systems provided herein, a technician can easily and effectively configure an electric spray gun for efficient use in a spraying system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2007Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: Spraying Systems Co.Inventors: Jan Vanden Berghe, Hans Saelens
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Patent number: 7422165Abstract: A fuel injector provided with an injection jet, an injection valve, the latter having a mobile plunger for regulating the flow of fuel through the injection jet, and an electromagnetic actuator, which is capable of displacing the plunger between a closed position and an open position of the injection valve and has a pair of electromagnets, each having a coil, a fixed magnetic armature, and a mobile armature; on the outer surface of a tubular supporting body of the injector, there are produced two annular slots, in each of which there is wound a corresponding coil of an electromagnet.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2005Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignee: Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A.Inventors: Fabio Cernoia, Luca Cagnolati, Massimo Mattioli
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Publication number: 20080210773Abstract: A fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine. The fuel injection device includes an injecting head integral with an end of a needle mobile in translation inside an injection housing supplied with high pressure fuel and having a seat for the injecting head, and a piezoelectric or magnetoresistive vibratory element capable, when energized, to act on the needle, maintained by a return spring, to cause the needle to vibrate, such that the injecting head co-operates with its seat to periodically open and close a passage for fuel injection. A controller controls movement of the needle in translation, countering the return spring, independent of the vibratory element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2006Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: RENAULT s.a.sInventors: Nadim Malek, Andre Agneray
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Patent number: 7410245Abstract: The invention relates to a solenoid valve made using certain materials which is capable of operation at high frequencies and which can be made as a compact unit. The plunger (1) is made from an electromagnetic material having a saturation flux density greater than 1.2 Tesla preferably more than 1.6 Tesla, the bore leading from the valve head chamber (14) to the nozzle orifice (12) has a length to diameter ratio of less than 5:1 preferably between 2:1 and 4:1 and the nozzle orifice (12) has a diameter of 80 micrometer or less. The invention also relates to method for operating a drop on demand ink jet printer incorporating such a valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2006Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Willett International LimitedInventors: David Andrew Horsnell, Matthew Brian Tomlin, Ammar Lecheheb, Oliver John Prime, Michael John Fox, Christopher Michael Bates
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Patent number: 7407119Abstract: A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine including a body, a stator member, an armature, an electromagnetic coil, and a diamagnetic member. The body includes a passage extending along a longitudinal axis between inlet and outlet ends. The armature member is movable with respect to the stator member between a first configuration and a second configuration, and includes a closure member proximate the outlet end and contiguous to a seat in the first configuration, and spaced from the seat in the second configuration. The electromagnetic coil surrounds the passage, is disposed in a housing, and is energizable to provide magnetic flux that moves the armature between the first and second configuration to permit fuel flow through the passage. The diamagnetic member is proximate the electromagnetic coil so that when the electromagnetic coil is energized the magnetic flux flows around the diamagnetic member.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.Inventor: Perry R. Czimmek
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Patent number: 7407120Abstract: An adjustable racing injector injects fuel by carrying out an opening and closing of a fuel orifice in a valve seat. The fuel orifice is controlled by a signal, typically provided by an engine control unit, which energizes a magnetic circuit including coil which in turn will effect movement of a needle. The adjustable racing injector is field reconfigurable and may be provided as discrete components, or may be provided as an assembly together with a collection of replaceable components that are designed to controllably alter the performance of an engine to which the injector is attached. All of the performance components may be readily replaced in the field, while still obtaining repeatable performance across a plurality of injectors.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2003Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Inventor: Jack French
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Publication number: 20080163852Abstract: A fuel injection systems for direct-injection diesel engines, has a piezoelectric actuator contained in an injector body and acted on by a first spring mechanism so that it remains in contact with the injector body at one end and with a sleeve-like booster piston on the other. A nozzle body connected to the injector body has at least one nozzle outlet opening, and in which a stepped first nozzle needle an axially movable, and a second spring mechanism is contained inside the booster piston and the injection pressure hold the first nozzle needle closed. An outer control chamber communicates via at least one leakage gap with a fuel supply under injection pressure; fuel in the control chamber acts on the first nozzle needle in the opening direction. A large diameter rear region of the first nozzle needle is fitted into the internal chamber of the booster piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2004Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Sebastian Kanne, Godehard Nentwig
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Patent number: 7377040Abstract: Various methodologies relating to a polymeric fuel injector are disclosed. One method provides for manufacturing the fuel injector by forming a polymeric housing over a coil assembly and electrical connectors to provide a polymeric passage extending from an inlet to an outlet along a longitudinal axis; inserting components into the polymeric passage from at least one of the inlet and outlet; and securing a polymeric support member of a metering assembly to the housing. Another method provides for manufacturing a fuel injector housing by hermetically enclosing a polymeric housing over a coil assembly and electrical connectors to provide a continuous polymeric passage, the polymeric passage directly facing the longitudinal axis. Yet another method provides for manufacturing a metering assembly by providing a seat; and molding at least a portion of the seat to provide a polymeric support member that surrounds the outer circumference of the seat.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2004Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.Inventor: Michael J. Hornby
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Patent number: 7370817Abstract: An actuated atomizer is adapted for spray cooling or other applications wherein a well-developed, homogeneous and generally conical spray mist is required. The actuated atomizer includes an outer shell formed by an inner ring; an outer ring; an actuator insert and a cap. A nozzle framework is positioned within the actuator insert. A base of the nozzle framework defines swirl inlets, a swirl chamber and a swirl chamber. A nozzle insert defines a center inlet and feed ports. A spool is positioned within the coil housing, and carries the coil windings having a number of turns calculated to result in a magnetic field of sufficient strength to overcome the bias of the spring. A plunger moves in response to the magnetic field of the windings. A stop prevents the pintle from being withdrawn excessively. A pintle, positioned by the plunger, moves between first and second positions.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Isothermal Systems Research Inc.Inventors: Charles Tilton, Jeff Weiler, Randall Palmer, Philip Appel
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Patent number: 7357338Abstract: A fuel injector. The fuel injector includes a fuel channel configured to receive pressurized gaseous fuel from a fuel rail, and a nozzle in fluid communication with the fuel channel. The fuel injector also includes a pintle having an opened position and a closed position, wherein pressurized gaseous fuel is delivered from the nozzle when the pintle is in the opened position and wherein introduction of the pressurized gaseous fuel is substantially blocked when the pintle is in the closed position. A support aligns the pintle with the nozzle. A pintle controller is configured to selectively move the pintle between the closed position and the opened position.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2006Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Larry Reatherford, Carl Johnson