IP Library Granted Patent US 7,017,840
Granted Patent B2
US 7,017,840 · App. 10/680,323 · Granted Mar 28, 2006

Injection device for injecting fuel

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Patent No.
US 7,017,840
App. No.
10/680,323
Granted
Mar 28, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

An injection device for injecting fuel comprises a nozzle needle ( 2 ), which is arranged in a nozzle body ( 1 ), and a micro-bore ( 10 ) formed in the nozzle body ( 1 ), in which at least one injection hole ( 8 ) is configured. Here one tip ( 3 ) of the nozzle needle ( 2 ) projects into the micro-bore ( 10 ) in such a way that the tip ( 3 ) is arranged at the level of the injection holes ( 8 ) in the axial direction (X—X) of the nozzle needle, with recesses being formed in the tip at the tip ( 3 ) of the nozzle needle ( 2 ) level with the injection holes ( 8 ), in order to ensure a minimum distance between the tip ( 3 ) and the injection holes ( 8 ).

Claims (24)

1. An injection device for injecting fuel, comprising

a nozzle needle, arranged in a nozzle body;

a micro-bore formed in the nozzle body the nozzle body having an injection hole therein, wherein a tip of the nozzle needle projects into the micro-bore;

the tip located in the axial direction of the nozzle needle at the level of the injection hole, the tip having a recess formed therein at a point level with the injection hole in order to ensure a minimum distance between the tip and an uppermost edge point of the injection hole; and

the recess configured as a cirumferential groove, wherein the minimum distance is formed by an area lying in a plane arranged perpendicular to the axial direction with the area between the outer periphery of the tip and the uppermost edge points of the injection hole being greater than or equal to approximately 0.200 mm 2 , and having a nozzle needle lift range between 0 and approximately 80 μm.

2. An injection device according to claim 1 , wherein the minimum distance exists even when the nozzle needle is closed.

3. An injection device according to claim 1 , wherein the plane runs through the uppermost edge point of the injection hole.

4. An injection device according to claim 1 , wherein all the injection holes are arranged in a plane perpendicular to the axial direction.

5. An injection device according to claim 4 further comprising the tip of the nozzle needle having the recess at the level of the plane.

6. An injection device for injecting fuel comprising:

a nozzle needle arranged in a nozzle body comprising a tip,

a micro-bore formed in the nozzle body, in which at least one injection hole is configured, wherein the tip of the nozzle needle is located in the axial direction of the nozzle needle at the level of the injection holes;

said tip having a recess at a point level with an uppermost edge point of the injection holes ; and

the recess configured as a conical area at the level of the at least one injection hole, wherein a minimum distance between the tip and the at least one injection hole is formed by an area lying in a plane arranged perpendicular to the axial direction with the area between the outer periphery of the tip and the inner edge point of the at least one injection hole being treater than or equal to approximately 0.200 mm 2 , and having a nozzle needle lift range between 0 and approximately 80 μm.

7. An injection device according to claim 6 , wherein a minimum distance between the tip and the at least one injection hole exists when the nozzle needle is closed.

8. An injection device according to claim 6 , wherein the plane runs through the uppermost edge point of the at least one injection hole.

9. An injection device according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one injection hole is arranged in a plane perpendicular to the axial direction.

10. An injection device according to claim 9 , wherein the tip of the nozzle needle has another conical area extending from the conical area.

11. An injection device according to claim 10 , wherein the another conical area has a different angle than the conical area.

12. An injection device according to claim 6 , wherein an angle between the conical area and an axis of the nozzle needle being greater than an angle of the tip of the nozzle needle at a seal fit of the needle at the nozzle body.

13. An injection device for injecting fuel, said device comprising:

a nozzle needle arranged in a nozzle body, the nozzle body having an injection hole therein;

a micro-bore formed in the nozzle body, the micro-bore having a tip of the nozzle needle projecting into the micro-bore, the tip located in the axial direction of the nozzle needle at the level of the injection hole, the tip having a recess formed therein at a point level with the injection hole in order to ensure a minimum distance between the tip and an uppermost edge point of the injection hole; and

the recess configured as a conical area at the level of the injection hole, wherein the minimum distance is formed by an area lying in a plane arranged perpendicular to the axial direction, with the area between the outer periphery of the tip and the uppermost edge point of the injection hole being greater than or equal to approximately 0.200 mm 2 , and having a nozzle needle lift range between 0 and approximately 80 μm.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2020
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 053383/0507 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2011
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 027263/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2004
From: KRUGER, GRIT; KULL, EBERHARD; LOBBERING, FERDINAND; SCHINDLATZ, JURGEN; SENGHAAS, CLEMENS
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 014855/0578 →