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| 20080197215 | Tool for the Electrochemical Machining of a Fuel Injection Device - The invention relates to a tool for the electrochemical machining of a fuel injection device, the tool comprising an electrode holder and an electrode element which forms a cathode during the machining operation in order to be able to electrochemically remove material from the fuel injection device in a machining region. The electrode element is arranged in such a way that it can be displaced in relation to the electrode holder. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080296411 | Fuel Injection Valve for an Internal Combustion Engine - A fuel injection valve with a valve member axially displaceable in a bore of a valve body comprises a valve stem, the combustion chamber end, with which it interacts with a valve face of the valve body, at least one injection opening downstream of the valve face and opening into the combustion chamber to be supplied with fuel, a guide section of the valve body guiding the valve member and being disposed axially between an annular gap connected to the high-pressure fuel line and an annular space leading to the valve face, a first throttle connection permanently interlinking the annular gap and the annular space, and a second throttle connection interlinking the annular gap and the annular space as of a defined opening stroke of the valve member and having a smaller throttle resistance than the first throttle connection. The guide section is configured by a guide sleeve that is fastened at the combustion chamber end of the valve body in the bore so as to be stationary. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080296412 | Fuel injector having a flow passage insert - Fuel injectors having control passages with relatively large volumes may have limited responsiveness. The injector described herein may help to reduce the control passage volume and improve responsiveness by providing a chamber for receiving a fluid, a control valve, a flow passage, and an insert. The control valve may be moveable between a first position and a second position. The flow passage may extend between the control valve and the chamber, and the flow passage may define a first volume. The insert may be located within the flow passage, and the insert may occupy a second volume. The placement of the insert within the flow passage reduces the volume of the flow passage that is available to receive the fluid to a third volume equal to the first volume less the second volume. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090026292 | Coatings for use in fuel system components - A method of controlling wear in a fuel injector assembly is provided. The method can include selecting an injector assembly including a fuel injector plunger including a plunger substrate material and a first coating on the plunger substrate material, and a fuel injector bore including a bore substrate material and a second coating on the bore substrate material. The first and second coatings of the plunger and bore are in sliding engagement and can include chromium nitride. Fuel may be supplied to the bore assembly using a fuel that includes at least one of an ultra-low sulfur fuel and a low lubricity fuel. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090090794 | LOW PRESSURE FUEL INJECTOR - A low pressure fuel injector capable of atomizing fuel at relatively low pressure is configured to have reduced hydraulic resistance. Reduction in the hydraulic resistance minimizes the pressure drop within the fuel injector and thereby improves atomization of the fuel for improved fuel economy and performance, and decreased emissions. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090145983 | GAS TURBINE FUEL NOZZLE HAVING IMPROVED THERMAL CAPABILITY - Embodiments for minimizing relative thermal growth within a fuel nozzle of a gas turbine combustor are disclosed. Fuel nozzle configurations are provided in which a heating fluid is provided to one or more passages in a fuel nozzle from feed holes in the fuel nozzle base. The heating fluid passes through the fuel nozzle, thereby raising the operating temperature of portions of the fuel nozzle to reduce differences in thermal gradients within the fuel nozzle. Various fuel nozzle configurations and passageway geometries are also disclosed. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090184180 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE - A fuel injection valve in which, even in an engine in which a fuel containing many foreign matters is used, pinching of solid foreign matters, such as impurities, dirt and dust, and combustion residues, in a sliding part on the outer periphery of a needle valve, the tip of the needle valve, and a seat of a nozzle tip, malfunction an seizure of the needle valve due to such containing, and poor combustion due to irregular injection are prevented from occurring. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090242667 | Protection device for a solenoid operated valve assembly - A fuel injector is disclosed. The fuel injector includes an injector valve needle and a valve actuation assembly including a stator, an armature, and a valve, the valve in fluid communication with the injector valve needle. A stator protection device is positioned between the stator and at least a portion of the armature. The stator protection device is configured to prevent contact between the stator and the armature. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100006675 | FUEL INJECTOR WITH DIRECT CONTROL OF THE INJECTION VALVE MEMBER - A fuel injector with direct triggering of an injection valve member in which an actuator is received in the hollow chamber which is subjected to fuel that is at high pressure via a high-pressure source disposed outside the fuel injector. The actuator is supplied with current in the closing position of the injection valve member and is not supplied with current in the open position of the injection valve member. The actuator acts directly on a booster piston of a pressure booster, which booster piston acts upon the booster chamber. A control chamber sleeve defining a control chamber is movably received in the booster piston. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100006676 | FUEL INJECTION APPARATUS - A needle is received in a nozzle body and is adapted to reciprocate relative to an injection hole to open and close the injection hole. A pressure chamber receives the fuel and exerts a pressure against the needle in an opening direction away from the injection hole upon increasing of the pressure of the fuel in the pressure chamber. A damper arrangement is actuated upon increasing of the pressure in the pressure chamber to alleviate a change in the pressure in the pressure chamber. A pressurizing piston reciprocates to increase and decrease the pressure of the fuel in the pressure chamber. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100038456 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING A MULTIPLICITY OF CERAMIC COMPONENTS FROM A COMPONENT BLOCK - In a method for detaching a plurality of ceramic components ( | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100051723 | ELECTRONIC UNIT INJECTORS - An electronic unit injector comprising a spray tip including a valve seat, a needle valve arranged to close on the seat to prevent discharge of fuel from the spray tip or to open off the seat to dispense fuel from the spray tip, a spring biasing the needle valve to a closed position, a spring seat between the spring and the needle valve, the needle valve overcoming the biasing force when the pressure reaches a predetermined level, the spring and seat being disposed in a cage having port areas circumferentially arranged about said spring and spring seat to supply low pressure fuel to the area occupied by said spring and spring seat to reduce the risk of cavitation in said spring cage. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100065664 | DOSING DEVICE - The invention relates to a dosing device for liquid fuels, in particular for the supply into a chemical reformer to obtain hydrogen, or into a postcombustion device to produce heat. The dosing device has at least one metering device to meter fuel into a metering line, and a conditioning unit, which abuts the metering line and delivers the fuel into a metering chamber. The conditioning unit is designed as a purely mechanical valve, which opens and closes at a frequency of approximately 1500 Hz. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100147975 | IDENTIFICATION NAMEPLATE FOR A DIESEL ENGINE FUEL INJECTOR - Disclosed is a nameplate which can provide both part and manufacturer information and timing guidance is a functional identification nameplate for a diesel fuel injector. The nameplate is attached to the top of the injector body and provides an alternative to the practice of re-machining the injector body's front face to remove past information in the remanufacture of the injector. Additionally, the nameplate serves as a functional static timing reference indicator in providing a vertical riser extending up from the top of the injector. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100163650 | ACTUATOR MODULE WITH A SHEATHED PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - An actuator module including a piezoactuator, for example for a piezoinjector for metering fuel in an internal combustion engine, is proposed. The piezoactuator has piezoelements stacked one above another between an actuator head and an actuator foot and is provided with at least one elastomer layer enclosing the piezoelements. The elastomer layer is enveloped by a corrugated bellows or by telescopic tubes, composed of a material that is diffusion-impermeable with respect to a fuel to be metered by the piezoinjector. The corrugated bellows or the telescopic tubes have on their periphery grooves which can absorb expansions of the elastomer layer or of the piezoactuator. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110073681 | REMANUFACTURED FUEL INJECTOR TIP AND FUEL INJECTOR TIP REMANUFACTURING PROCESS - A method of manufacturing a fuel injector having high-flow orifices in its tip includes removing a bulb from a fuel injector tip having at least one spray orifice with a first diameter, and friction welding a slug to the fuel injector tip, including forming a fused interface of material of the slug and material of the fuel injector tip. The method further includes modifying the slug subsequent to friction welding the slug to the fuel injector tip, including forming a new bulb from the slug having at least one spray orifice therein with a different diameter than that of the removed bulb. A remanufactured fuel injector, and fuel injector tip, includes an injector tip body having a first tip portion of a first material and a second tip portion of a material compatible for friction welding with the first material. The injector tip body further includes a third tip portion attaching the first tip portion to the second tip portion, the third tip portion including a friction weld formed during remanufacturing of the fuel injector tip. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110089266 | FUEL NOZZLE LIP SEALS - The present application provides a fuel nozzle assembly. The fuel nozzle assembly may include a number of concentric tubes and one or more lip seals positioned between a pair of the concentric tubes. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110108638 | RETURN LINE CONNECTOR - The invention relates to a fuel injection system having a return line connector, having a return inlet and at least two return outlets. To improve the service life of the fuel injection system, a check valve device, which prevents the passage of a fluid from the return outlets to the return inlet is integrated with the return line connector. A return line connector is provided for each fuel injector in the fuel injection system. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110127357 | ELECTROMAGNETIC VALVE FOR CONTROLLING AN INJECTOR OR FOR REGULATING PRESSURE OF A HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL ACCUMULATOR - Electromagnetic valve, particularly for controlling a fuel injector or for regulating the pressure of a high-pressure fuel accumulator, comprising a casing ( | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110147493 | METHOD FOR FORMING PERIODIC STRUCTURE AND FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM HAVING THE PERIODIC STRUCTURE - A method is for forming a periodic groove arrangement. According to the method, a base material made of metal is provided. Furthermore, the periodic groove arrangement, which includes a plurality of periodic grooves, is formed on a surface of the base material by irradiating and scanning the surface of the base material with a pulsed laser. A fuel injection system includes a nozzle hole forming part and the periodic groove arrangement formed by the method. The nozzle hole forming part includes a nozzle hole, which passes through the nozzle hole forming part and through which fuel is injected. The periodic groove arrangement is formed on an outer surface of the nozzle hole forming part. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110147494 | FUEL INJECTOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY THEREFOR - 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. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110155824 | DECOUPLING ELEMENT FOR A FUEL INJECTION DEVICE - A fuel injection device includes at least one fuel injector, one mounting hole in a cylinder head for the fuel injector, and a decoupling element between a valve housing of the fuel injector and the wall of the mounting hole. As a lenticular spring element, the decoupling element has a nonlinear, progressive spring characteristic curve, such that a low rigidity of the decoupling element prevails during idle operation and a high rigidity of the decoupling element prevails during nominal system pressure. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110180634 | NOZZLE BODY, NOZZLE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL INJECTOR, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A NOZZLE BODY - A nozzle body ( | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110220739 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel injection valve of an internal combustion engine includes a measuring plate that has at least one injection hole. Fuel that has flowed along an inner wall surface of the measuring plate flows into the injection hole through an injection hole entrance that is formed in the inner wall surface of the measuring plate, passes through the injection hole, and is injected through an injection hole exit that is formed in an outer wall surface of the measuring plate. A recess is formed from an injection hole entrance rim to an injection hole exit rim in an upstream section of the inner wall surface of the injection hole in a fuel flow direction along the inner wall surface of the measuring plate. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110233308 | INTEGRATED FUEL INJECTOR IGNITERS SUITABLE FOR LARGE ENGINE APPLICATIONS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE - Embodiments of injectors suitable for injection ports having relatively small diameters are disclosed herein. An injector according to one embodiment includes a body having a first end portion opposite a second end portion. The second end portion is configured to be positioned adjacent to a combustion chamber and the first end portion is configured to be spaced apart from the combustion chamber. The injector also includes an ignition conductor extending through the body from the first end portion to the second end portion, and an insulator extending longitudinally along the ignition conductor and surrounding at least a portion of the ignition conductor. The injector further includes a valve extending longitudinally along the insulator from the first end portion to the second end portion. The valve includes a sealing end portion, and the valve is movable along the insulator between an open position and a closed position. The injector also includes a valve seat at or proximate to the second end portion of the body. When the valve is in the open position the sealing end portion is spaced apart from the valve seat, and when the valve is in the closed position the sealing end portion contacts at least a portion of the valve seat. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110233309 | FUEL INJECTION DEVICE - In a fuel injection device, a pressing surface of a pressing member presses an opening wall surface to interrupt communication between an inflow port and a pressure control chamber when communication between an outflow port and a return channel is made by a pressure control valve, and the pressing surface of the pressing member is displaced and separated from the opening wall surface to open the inflow port of the opening wall surface to the pressure control chamber when the communication between the outflow port and the return channel is interrupted by the pressure control valve. One of the pressing surface of the pressing member and the opening wall surface of the control body is provided with an inflow depressed portion and an outflow depressed portion partitioned from each other, and a depressed dimension of the inflow depressed portion is larger than a depressed dimension of the outflow depressed portion. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110240768 | FUEL INJECTION DEVICE - In a fuel injection device, a pressure control valve is configured to make communication between an outflow port and a return channel and to interrupt the communication so as to control pressure of a fuel in a pressure control chamber, a valve member is configured to open and close a valve portion in response to the pressure of the fuel in the pressure control chamber, and a pressing member is arranged to be reciprocated and displaced in the pressure control chamber. The pressing member has an outer wall surface portion that is opposite to an inner wall surface portion of the control body to be capable of contacting the inner wall surface portion of the control body, and at least one of the outer wall surface portion of the pressing member and the inner wall surface portion of the control body is provided with a recess portion that is recessed to a side separated from the other one of the outer wall surface portion of the pressing member and the inner wall surface portion of the control body. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110248101 | Fuel Injector Remanufacturing Method And Remanufactured Fuel Injector - A remanufacturing and salvaging strategy for fuel injector tips such as high flow fuel injector tips includes blocking a first set of spray orifices in the fuel injector tip, including at least partially filling the first set of spray orifices with a material, for example by laser welding. New spray orifices are formed in virgin material of the fuel injector tip, offset from the former spray orifices, also for example via a laser. A remanufactured fuel injector tip includes blocked former spray orifices as well as new spray orifices configured to permit spraying of fuel from the fuel injector tip. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110253811 | Electromagnetic fuel injector for gaseous fuels with anti-wear stop device - Electromagnetic fuel injector for gaseous fuels comprising: an injection nozzle controlled by an injection valve; a movable shutter to regulate the flow of fuel through the injection valve; an electromagnetic actuator, which is suitable to move the shutter between a closed position and an open position of the injection valve and comprises a fixed magnetic pole, a coil suitable to induce a magnetic flux in the magnetic pole, and a movable anchor suitable to be magnetically attracted by the magnetic pole; an absorption element, which is made of an amagnetic elastic material and is arranged between the magnetic pole and the anchor; and a protective element, which is made of a magnetic metal material having high surface hardness and is interposed between the absorption element and the anchor. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110272495 | FUEL INJECTOR AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING A FUEL INJECTOR - The invention relates to a fuel injector ( | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110284666 | LASER WELDING METHOD AND PIPE JOINT PRODUCT JOINED BY THE METHOD - According to a laser welding method, an inert gas injection process and welding process are performed. In the inert gas injection process, inert gas is injected into an inside of a first metal pipe; and air inside the first pipe is discharged into the outside. In the welding process, a second metal pipe is irradiated with a laser from radially outward of the second pipe; metal is melted with a penetration depth of a penetration part adjusted such that a leading end of the penetration part is located within thickness of the first pipe; and the first and second pipes are welded together along the circumferential direction to form a pipe joint product. An inner wall of the first pipe maintains its pre-welding metallic luster. An injector includes an injection nozzle, a fuel passage member, a valve member accommodated in the fuel passage member, and a driving unit driving the valve member. The fuel passage member is welded as the first pipe by the laser welding method to maintain pre-welding metallic luster on an inner wall of the fuel passage member. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110284667 | INJECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN INJECTION VALVE - A jet needle has a front face turned away from an injection opening. An injector assembly has a chamber within the body adjoining the front face, a throttle module arranged in the chamber having a fluid supply chamber being hydraulically coupled to the fluid inlet, a control space hydraulically coupled to the fluid supply chamber via an inlet throttle, and a valve chamber hydraulically coupled to the control space via an outlet throttle for accommodating a valve that is designed to lead fluid into a fluid return line arranged in a control module. There are precisely two sealing edges designed between the throttle module and the injector body and/or the control module by which additional hydraulic couplings of the fluid supply chamber to the control space and the valve chamber are cut off. A third sealing edge is designed between the injector body and the control module. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110290915 | LASER WELDING METHOD, PIPE JOINT PRODUCT, AND INJECTOR USING THE PRODUCT - In a fitting process, a first pipe made of metal and a second pipe made of metal are fitted together such that an outer wall of the first pipe and an inner wall of the second pipe are opposed to each other. In a preheating process, the pipes are heated such that temperature of a fitting surface converges at a first temperature, which is lower than melting points of the pipes. In a welding process, the second pipe is irradiated with a laser to heat the pipes such that the temperature of the fitting surface converges at a second temperature, which is equal to or higher than the melting points; a vicinity of the fitting surface is melted to produce a weld penetration part; and the pipes are joined together to form a pipe joint product. An output and irradiation time of the laser in the welding process are set, so that the second temperature becomes such a temperature that a leading end of the penetration part is located within thickness of the first pipe. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110297760 | DEVICE FOR DISCHARGING UREA SOLUTION INTO AN EXHAUST GAS CONDUIT - A device for the discharge of urea solution into an exhaust gas conduit ( | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110309164 | INJECTOR FOR A FLUID - An injector for a fluid is provided, in particular for fuel, which has a valve housing, an intake nipple for the fluid disposed at one housing end, a nozzle body disposed at the other housing end, which has a valve seat surrounding a spray-discharge orifice, and a valve chamber disposed upstream therefrom, and a fluid-carrying pipe which extends in the valve housing and connects the valve chamber to the intake nipple. To achieve a connection of the fluid-carrying pipe to the valve chamber that is impervious to high operating pressures and is suitable in terms of production and convenient in terms of assembly, an axial blind hole which has an internal thread and is disposed at a radial offset to the housing axis of the valve housing, is formed in the nozzle body, and a fluid connection us established from the blind hole to the valve chamber. At its pipe end facing away from the intake nipple, the fluid-carrying pipe is screw-fitted in the blind hole and the threaded connection is sealed with respect to the blind hole. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120006914 | HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PIPE CONSTRUCTION FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A high pressure fuel pipe construction for an internal combustion engine, such as a direct injection engine. A conduit for the fuel is open at each end and a ball having a throughbore is slidably positioned over one end of the conduit. A reinforcing sleeve is positioned inside the end of the conduit so that the sleeve extends entirely through the ball. The sleeve, ball and the end of the conduit are then brazed together to attach the ball and conduit together. A double chamfer is provided at one end of the ball throughbore to facilitate inspection of the brazing quality. Additionally, a loop is formed in the conduit and a dampener is attached to the loop. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120012679 | DEVICE FOR INJECTING FUEL - A device for injecting fuel includes an electrodynamic drive having a movably situated coil, an inwardly opening needle which opens and closes injection holes on a valve seat, a connecting element which connects the needle to the movably situated coil, and a pressure chamber which is situated at the needle upstream from the valve seat and contains pressurized fuel. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120012680 | FUEL INJECTION DEVICE - A fuel injection device has therein a recovery channel provided in a first valve body, and a fuel channel provided in the first valve body and a second valve body. The fuel channel is opened by openings at a first end surface of the first valve body and a second end surface of the second valve body. One of the first end surface and the second end surface is provided with an end surface groove connected to the recovery channel. In the fuel injection device, the end surface groove is provided to enclose at least a part of the opening and is separated from the opening by a clearance, and one of the first valve body and the second valve body has a side surface groove extending in a circumferential direction at an outer periphery of the one of the first valve body and the second valve body. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120012681 | FUEL INJECTOR HAVING BALANCED AND GUIDED PLUNGER - A closed nozzle injector for injecting fuel at high pressure into the combustion chamber of an engine, is provided including a lower supply chamber positioned in the nozzle housing, an injector plunger including a lower guide sized to form a close sliding fit with a nozzle housing to guide the plunger during reciprocal movement, and a plurality of restriction orifices formed in the injector plunger and positioned about the injector plunger to restrict fuel flow from an upper supply chamber to the lower supply chamber. The lower guide is positioned axially between the lower supply chamber and the injection orifices. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120037727 | INJECTOR - An injector for the metered ejection of a fluid, in particular fuel, has a housing and a plastic extrusion coating, which encloses the housing, and from which the housing protrudes at an upper housing end on the fluid inlet side and at a lower housing end on the fluid ejection side. To achieve a so-called “fording capability” of the injector, the peripheral separation point of the housing and the plastic extrusion coating, at the lower end of the plastic extrusion coating, is sealed, preferably with the aid of a sealing collar. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120061491 | STATOR ASSEMBLY AND FUEL INJECTOR USING SAME - A fuel injector for a common rail fuel system includes a common rail inlet port fluidly connected to a high pressure common rail, and a cooling inlet fluidly connected to an output from a lower pressure fuel transfer pump. The cooling fluid circulates internally through the fuel injector to cool a single pole solenoid via both internal and peripheral cooling passages. In order to accommodate a small spatial envelope while providing superior performance, a thin insulating layer may separate the solenoid coil winding from an inner pole piece, and small flux gap clearances may permit a flux carrying portion of the injector body to be a portion of the single pole solenoid assembly. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120074243 | CARBON CONTAMINATION RESISTANT PRESSURE ATOMIZING NOZZLES - A pressure atomizing nozzle for injecting fuel includes an inlet housing configured to thermally isolate the interior space from external conditions and to remain relatively cool under operation so as to substantially eliminate heat soak back from the inlet housing to the interior space thereof after operation. First and second coolant conduits cool the nozzle tip region actively during operation and passively after operation. A cooling air jacket is configured to thermally isolate inboard components from exterior conditions, to provide clean air during operation to the nozzle tip region for diluting carbon to reduce carbon deposits in the nozzle tip region and for cooling the same, and to provide passive cooling to the nozzle tip region after operation. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120080542 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE - A movable core includes a through-hole, which receives a main body of a needle therethrough, and a receiving recess, which is axially recessed in a stationary core side end surface of the movable core. The receiving recess is configured into an annular form and radially outwardly extends from the through-hole to receive a flange of the needle. A movable plate is placed on an axial side of the movable core, which is opposite from the nozzle. An axial length of the flange is smaller than an axial distance between a contact surface of the movable plate, which is contactable with the needle, and a bottom wall of the receiving recess in a contact state where the movable core and the movable plate contact with each other. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120085841 | DIRECT INJECTION INJECTOR FOR ENGINE - A direct injection injector for an engine includes a body forming the outer structure and having a space therein, a needle inserted to slide linearly in the body and having a hole therein forming a fuel channel, and a cylinder nozzle fitted on needle to communicate with hole and having a nozzle hole for injecting fuel, such that it is possible to prevent caulking in which the nozzle of the injector is clogged with soot while injecting fuel at relatively low pressure, change the spray type of the injected engine in various shapes, and sufficiently decrease the size of droplet of the fuel. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120104120 | TWO-PHASE SPRING - An annular two-phase spring has a plurality of first waves providing a first spring rate and a plurality of second waves providing a second spring rate. The two-phase spring can be used for installing a fuel injector in a fuel injector bore to improve sound performance. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120132728 | INJECTOR FOR VEHICLES - An injector for vehicles improves utilization rate of air and mixing rate of air and fuel by disposing first and second nozzle holes having different K factors alternately. The injector for vehicles may include a housing of cylindrical shape, a plurality of nozzle holes communicating an inside of the housing with an outside thereof at a lower end of the housing, and a needle adapted to move reciprocally in the housing, and selectively opening or closing the nozzle hole, wherein the plurality of nozzle holes has a plurality of K factors. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120153052 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FUEL INJECTION VALVE - In an electromagnetic fuel injection valve including a magnetic coil housing ( | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120175434 | Anti-Wear Layer Arrangement and Structural Element having an Anti-Wear Layer Arrangement - An anti-wear layer arrangement, in particular for components of a fuel injection system that are subjected to high pressures and high temperatures. The anti-wear layer arrangement has a protective layer formed from tetragonally bonded amorphous carbon or having a proportion of tetragonally bonded amorphous carbon, and also an adhesion promoter layer having titanium between the structural element and the protective layer. The adhesion promoter layer contains at least one oxidation-resistant element in addition to titanium. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120175435 | FUEL INJECTION DEVICE - A fuel injection device includes a cylinder that defines a pressure chamber at an end portion of a nozzle needle. A floating plate as a control member is placed in the cylinder. A cutout portion and multiple grooves are formed in the floating plate. The cutout portion and the grooves causes a gap between a large-diameter inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface to communicate with the pressure chamber. The cutout portion and the grooves reduce a contact surface portion between the cylinder and the floating plate and divide the contact surface portion into multiple island portions. As a result, it is possible to reduce the contact surface portion. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120217323 | INJECTOR SLEEVE - An injector sleeve adapted to be mounted in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, where the injector sleeve comprises a tapered inner surface which constitutes a sealing surface for an injector, where the hardness of the tapered inner surface is higher than the hardness of the outer surface of the injector sleeve. The injector sleeve is produced in a cold forming process. The advantage of the invention is that the injector sleeve is provided with a sealing surface for an injector which is harder than the outer surface of the injector sleeve. In this way, a sealing surface for an injector having small tolerances is obtained without further machining, where the outer surface may be turned to the desired dimensions. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120228406 | INJECTOR FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A hole axis of a communication hole is placed at a location, which coincides with a translated location of a hole axis of a connector hole that is translated toward an axial distal end portion of a main body in an axial direction of the main body. In this way, with respect to a high pressure flow passage, which is bent by 90 degrees and extends through the connector hole, the communication hole and an axial flow passage, the amount of projection of a projecting portion at an inner side area of this bent, which is located on the inner side of the bent, is reduced. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120261497 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FUEL INJECTION ELEMENT HAVING CHANNELS, AND A FUEL INJECTION ELEMENT - The invention relates to a method for producing a fuel injection element having channels, as well as to a fuel injection element. A fuel injection element according to the invention has helically extending channels and is produced with use of an extrusion tool. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120280067 | COUPLING DEVICE - A coupling device for mechanically coupling a fuel rail to a cylinder head of a combustion engine comprises a fuel injector cup designed to be hydraulically and mechanically coupled to the fuel rail and comprising a through hole extending between a first surface and a second surface of the fuel injector cup, the second surface arranged to face the cylinder head, and a fastening element designed to be fixedly coupled to the cylinder head, the fastening element comprising a head portion facing the first surface of the fuel injector cup and a shank portion partially arranged in the through hole and designed to be in engagement with the cylinder head. The coupling device comprises a first spring element arranged axially between the head portion and the first surface of the fuel injector cup, and a second spring element facing the second surface of the fuel injector cup and arrangeable axially between the second surface of the fuel injector cup and the cylinder head. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120292409 | NOZZLE - The present invention concerns a nozzle with a nozzle body on the back of which a blind hole or seat hole is realized, whereby at least one spray hole leads outward from the blind hole or seat hole, in such a way that the spray hole displays a non-round cross section in the area of the spray hole aperture. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120305673 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector includes: a pilot injector configured to spray fuel so as to form a first combustion region in a combustion chamber; and a main injector provided coaxially with the pilot injector so as to surround the pilot injector and configured to supply a fuel-air mixture that is a mixture of the fuel and air to form a second combustion region in the combustion chamber, wherein the pilot injector includes: a center nozzle configured to eject air jet flowing straight in an axial direction on a central axis of the pilot injector; an inside swirler provided on a radially outer side of the center nozzle and configured to cause inflow air to swirl around the central axis; and a pilot fuel injecting portion configured to inject the fuel from between the center nozzle and the inside swirler to air flow in the center nozzle. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120305674 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector is described having a multi-orifice nozzle provided with a multitude of spray orifices through which fuel is injected, the multi-orifice nozzle having at least two spray orifices that have different spray-orifice diameters. Furthermore, a method is described for producing, by laser drilling, a multi-orifice nozzle having a multitude of spray orifices, at least two spray orifices having different spray orifice diameters. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120305675 | FUEL INJECTOR AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND/OR ASSEMBLY OF A NOZZLE NEEDLE ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to a fuel injector for a fuel injection system, in particular a common rail injection system, having a nozzle body ( | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120312900 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE - An injection hole inlet is disposed at the upstream side face of the injection hole plate in such a way that, assuming that α denotes the angle between respective lines obtained by vertically projecting a straight line that passes through the center of the injection hole inlet and the center of the valve seat and the major axis of the injection hole inlet onto a perpendicular plane that passes through the center of the injection hole inlet and is perpendicular to the center axis of the valve seat and assuming that β denotes the angle between respective lines obtained by vertically projecting the straight line that passes through the center of the injection hole inlet and the center of the valve seat and the minor axis of the injection hole inlet onto the perpendicular plane, α<β is satisfied. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120318892 | Plastic-metal connection and fuel injector having a plastic metal connection - A fuel injector for fuel ignition systems of internal combustion engines includes a magnetic circuit having a core, a magnetic coil and an armature, and a movable valve needle, which has a valve-closure member that cooperates with a fixed valve seat, the valve seat being shaped on a valve-seat member and being provided with a valve-seat support in which the valve-seat member is inserted. At least one metallic component of the fuel injector, in this context, has a serrated structure on its outer circumference for producing a solid connection to a corresponding component made of plastic. The plastic components may be the connection piece, the valve-seat support, the coil shell and the connecting pipe of the valve needle. The fuel injector is particularly suitable for use in fuel-injection systems of mixture-compressing internal combustion engines having externally supplied ignition. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120325935 | FUEL INJECTION DEVICE HAVING A NEEDLE POSITION DETERMINATION - A fuel injection device includes a nozzle needle, an actuator for actuating the nozzle needle, a force sensor for detecting a force applied by the actuator, and a control unit which is connected to the force sensor. The force sensor supplies signals to the control unit and the control unit is designed for determining a position of the nozzle needle and for precisely determining an injected fuel quantity, based on the supplied signal. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120325936 | FUEL INJECTOR - The invention relates to a control chamber ( | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120325937 | TWO-STAGE FUEL INJECTION VALVE FOR A DIESEL ENGINE, COMPRISING A SOLENOID VALVE AND A SHUTTLE VALVE - Disclosed herein is a two-stage fuel injection valve for a diesel engine. The valve includes a fuel valve block ( | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130020412 | ELECTRONIC UNIT INJECTOR - An electronic unit injector for a diesel engine that has a check valve for maintaining a pressure greater than vapor pressure and being located as close as practical to a plunger chamber to minimize fluid hammer effects on the check valve and has a fuel capture volume below the check valve that is proportioned to store sufficient static energy in compression of the captured fuel to reclose the check valve if opened by fluid hammer action. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130020413 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector comprising: a prefilmer; a plurality of discrete fuel sources each arranged to supply fuel to a surface of the prefilmer; wherein the prefilmer comprises circumferential dispersion structure which, in use, spreads the fuel in a circumferential direction as it passes from an impingement point on the surface of the prefilmer to a downstream edge of the prefilmer. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130112780 | MULTI-SAC INJECTOR - A multi-sac injection includes a main sac located at the center of a nozzle such that an injected fuel formed a low load cone angle to inject a fuel for pre-mixed combustion, and sub-sacs located at sides of the nozzle such that the injected fuel forms a middle/high load cone angle large relative to a low load cone angle to inject a fuel for diffusive combustion. Accordingly, smoke and NOx are significantly reduced in a low load region while maintaining features of a middle/high load region with a single injector. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130119161 | INJECTION DEVICE - The invention relates to an injection device ( | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130168472 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWAGED LIQUID INJECTOR SPOKE - A liquid fuel injection spoke for a gas turbine engine. The liquid fuel injection spoke may include an inlet end and an outlet end. The liquid fuel injection spoke may further include a head located at the inlet end and a stem extending along a longitudinal axis from the head to the outlet end. The stem may define a fluid passageway therein. The head may include a cavity with an inner wall. The inner wall may include an annular protrusion. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130270369 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector is provided that includes various precise configuration parameters, including dimensions, shape and/or relative positioning of fuel injector features, resulting in improved efficiency of fuel flow through the fuel injector. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130284825 | FUEL NOZZLE - A fuel nozzle includes a center body and a shroud circumferentially surrounding at least a portion of the center body to define an annular passage between the center body and the shroud. A plurality of vanes extend radially between the center body and the shroud in the annular passage. A first ceramic extension extends downstream from the shroud to define at least a portion of the annular passage downstream from the shroud. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130292496 | MICRO FLOW CONTROL INJECTOR FOR USE IN ULTRAMICRO MONO-PROPELLANT BASED PNEUMATIC GENERATOR - Disclosed is a micro flow control injector for use in an ultramicro mono-propellant based pneumatic generator, including: a first check valve installed on a first supply pipe connected to a fuel tank charged with a mono-propellant and preventing a flow from the first supply pipe to the fuel tank; a small-sized driver connected with the first supply pipe and minutely controlling the supplied flow while repeatedly generating a decompression state and a pressurization state in the first supply pipe by a reciprocating movement; a second supply pipe connected to a cylinder of the small-sized driver to discharge fuel to a reactor in a pressurization state; and a second check valve installed on the second supply pipe and preventing a flow from the second supply pipe to the small-sized driver and the first supply pipe, in order to minutely control a flow. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130341430 | ACTIVE PURGE MECHANISM WITH BACKLOW PREVENTER FOR GAS TURBINE FUEL INJECTORS - A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine includes an injector body having a feed arm with a nozzle body mounted thereto. A fuel conduit fluidly connects a fuel inlet portion of the feed arm to a fuel circuit in the nozzle body to form a fuel path through the injector body and an insulative gap is defined between the fuel conduit and an inside of the feed arm wall to thermally insulate the fuel path of the injector body. An aperture through the feed arm wall provides fluid communication between the insulative gap and ambient conditions existing on an outside of the feed arm wall. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140021272 | LIQUID PHASE INJECTION TIP ICING PREVENTION - A fuel injector assembly is provided herein. The fuel injector assembly includes an insulated delivery conduit in fluidic communication with a fuel pump and a conductive enclosure at least partially surrounding the insulated delivery conduit. The fuel injector assembly further includes a seal positioned between the insulated delivery conduit, conductive enclosure, and the fuel injector outlet with radial and axial forces against an exterior surface of the insulated delivery conduit, interior surface of the conductive enclosure, and the exterior surface of fuel injector outlet. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140027543 | FUEL INJECTOR MOUNT - A direct fuel injection fuel system includes a fuel rail cap and a fuel injector received within the fuel rail cap. A clip extends through slots in the fuel rail cap and engages the fuel rail to support the fuel rail within the fuel rail cap. The fuel rail cap includes a groove adjoining the slots to accept a portion of the clip. The clip engages a shoulder on the fuel injector assembly. The shoulder may be on the injector body or on an adapter secured to the injector body. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140117118 | Detecting Leaks In A Feedthrough Device - A feedthrough device includes first and second opposing outer end faces. The feedthrough device includes an opening, between the first and second opposing outer end faces, that allows fluid communication between an interior and an exterior of the feedthrough device. A conductor extends through the feedthrough device from the first end face, through the interior, to the second end face. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140239097 | VENTURI FLUID PUMP WITH OUTLET FLOW CONTROLLER - A fuel pump for a fuel system includes a nozzle, a venturi, a pump inlet and a flow controller. The nozzle has an orifice through which fuel is ejected and the venturi is downstream of the nozzle and has an inlet through which fuel discharged from the orifice flows, a passage downstream of the venturi inlet through which fuel flows to create a drop in pressure in the area of the venturi, and an outlet through which fuel is discharged from the venturi. Fuel is drawn through the pump inlet fuel by the drop in the pressure created in the area of the venturi and the flow controller is downstream of the outlet and has a chamber in which fuel from the venturi outlet is received. The flow controller causes fuel to fill the venturi to ensure performance of the fuel pump. | 08-28-2014 |
