IP Library Granted Patent US 8,662,472
Granted Patent B2
US 8,662,472 · App. 12/489,069 · Granted Mar 4, 2014

Electromagnetic fuel injection valve

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Patent No.
US 8,662,472
App. No.
12/489,069
Granted
Mar 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an electromagnetic fuel injection valve, a valve housing includes: a cylinder-shaped valve seat member having a valve seat in its front end portion; a magnetic cylindrical body coaxially connected to a rear end portion of the valve seat member; a nonmagnetic cylindrical body coaxially and liquid-tightly welded to a rear end of the magnetic cylindrical body; and a hollow cylindrical stationary core coaxially and liquid-tightly welded to a rear end of the nonmagnetic cylindrical body. A valve assembly is housed in the valve housing and includes: a valve body capable of being seated on the valve seat; and a movable core connected to a rear end of the valve body and opposed to a front end of the stationary core. The valve body and the valve seat member are respectively made of different martensitic stainless steels so that a hardness of the valve body is higher than that of the valve seat member. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an electromagnetic fuel injection valve for alcohol fuel which is capable of preventing the adhesive wear from occurring in the seat portion while a valve body and a valve seat member made of martensitic stainless steel are used.

Claims (11)

1. An electromagnetic fuel injection valve, in which:

a valve housing includes: a tubular valve seat member having a valve seat in a front end portion thereof; a magnetic cylindrical body coaxially connected to a rear end portion of the valve seat member; a nonmagnetic cylindrical body coaxially and liquid-tightly welded to a rear end of the magnetic cylindrical body; and a hollow cylindrical stationary core coaxially and liquid-tightly welded to a rear end of the nonmagnetic cylindrical body,

a valve assembly is housed in the valve housing and includes: a valve body capable of being seated on the valve seat; and a movable core connected to a rear end of the valve body and opposed to a front end of the stationary core, and

a stopper member is provided to the valve housing so as to make the valve body abut against the stopper member and thus to restrict an opening stroke of the valve body,

wherein each of the valve body and the valve seat member is made of a martensitic stainless steel, and

wherein the valve body and the valve seat member are respectively made of different martensitic stainless steels so that a hardness of the valve body is higher than that of the valve seat member,

wherein the stopper member is made of a martensitic stainless steel different from the martensitic stainless steel used for the valve body so that a hardness of the stopper member is lower than that of the valve body.

2. The electromagnetic fuel injection valve according to claim 1 , wherein a passivation film is formed on a surface of each of the valve body and the valve seat member by passivation treatment.

3. The electromagnetic fuel injection valve according to claim 1 , wherein the movable core also encompasses the rear end of the valve body.

4. The electromagnetic fuel injection valve according to claim 3 , wherein the movable core comprises at least one cutout formed on an end of the movable core opposing the front end of the stationary core.

5. The electromagnetic fuel injection valve according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one cutout places a hollow port of the stationary core in communication with an inner chamber of the magnetic cylindrical body and the nonmagnetic cylindrical body.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: KEIHIN CORPORATION
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058951/0325 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2009
From: SUZUKI, KATSUYUKI; KATO, GEN; MIYASHITA, JUNICHI; TSUNOTA, KENICHI
To: KEIHIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023158/0483 →