IP Library Granted Patent US 11,199,168
Granted Patent B2
US 11,199,168 · App. 17/009,164 · Granted Dec 14, 2021

Distributor apparatus of a common-rail system

Inventors: Robby Gerbeth (Tettnang, DE); Oscar Blasco (Friedrichshafen, DE); Hubert Lugger (Friedrichshafen, DE); Frank Mlicki (Messkirch, DE); Thilo Kreeb (Ravensburg, DE)
Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
F02M55/025F02M55/004F02M55/04F02M2200/247F02M2200/28F02M2200/315
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Patent No.
US 11,199,168
App. No.
17/009,164
Granted
Dec 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A distributor apparatus of a common rail system for an internal combustion engine. The distributor apparatus is designed with at least one distributor device having a high-pressure line for fuel and a plurality of feed lines branching off from the high-pressure line within the distributor device. Each feed line leads to an individual accumulator and an injector. The feed line is associated with a restriction device and a discharge bore, which is designed to cooperate with a pressure-measuring device and which is arranged downstream of the restriction device, such that the restriction device is arranged in the feed line and the discharge bore, arranged in the distributor device, is connected to the feed line downstream of the restriction device.

Claims (29)

1. A distributor apparatus of a common rail system of an internal combustion engine, the common rail system comprising a plurality of accumulators and a plurality of injectors fluidly connected to the plurality of accumulators, the distributor apparatus comprising:

at least one distributor device configured for distributing a fuel, the at least one distributor device comprising:

a high pressure line for conveying the fuel; and

a plurality of feed lines branching off from the high pressure line inside of the at least one distributor device, each feed line of the plurality of feed lines being configured for leading to a respective accumulator of the plurality of accumulators;

a plurality of throttle devices, each throttle device of the plurality of throttle devices being arranged in a respective feed line of the plurality of feed lines;

a plurality of pressure measuring devices connected to the at least one distributor device; and

a plurality of discharge bores, each discharge bore of the plurality of discharge bores being arranged in the at least one distributor device, each discharge bore of the plurality of discharge bores interacting with a respective pressure measuring device of the plurality of pressure measuring devices, each discharge bore of the plurality of discharge bores being allocated to and connected with a respective feed line of the plurality of feed lines downstream in series of the plurality of throttle devices.

2. The distributor apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each feed line of the plurality of feed lines has allocated to it a respective throttle device of the plurality of throttle devices and a respective discharge bore of the plurality of discharge bores for interaction with a respective pressure measurement device of the plurality of pressure measurement devices.

3. The distributor apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one distributor device defines a longitudinal axis, wherein the high pressure line extends axially along the longitudinal axis.

4. The distributor apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each discharge bore of the plurality of discharge bores is arranged axially parallel or perpendicular relative to the high pressure line in a plane parallel to the high pressure line.

5. The distributor apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one distributor device is in the form of several distributor devices.

6. The distributor apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the high pressure lines of the several distributor devices are hydraulically coupled with one another.

7. The distributor apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein each distributor device of the several distributor devices is in the form of one of a rail and a distributor block.

8. A common rail system of an internal combustion engine, comprising:

a plurality of accumulators;

a plurality of injectors fluidly connected to the plurality of accumulators; and

a distributor apparatus, comprising:

at least one distributor device configured for distributing a fuel, the at least one distributor device comprising:

a high pressure line for conveying the fuel; and

a plurality of feed lines branching off from the high pressure line inside of the at least one distributor device, each feed line of the plurality of feed lines being fluidly connected to a respective accumulator of the plurality of accumulators;

a plurality of throttle devices, each throttle device of the plurality of throttle devices being arranged in a respective feed line of the plurality of feed lines;

a plurality of pressure measuring devices connected to the at least one distributor device; and

a plurality of discharge bores, each discharge bore of the plurality of discharge bores being arranged in the at least one distributor device, each discharge bore of the plurality of discharge bores interacting with a respective pressure measuring device of the plurality of pressure measuring devices, each discharge bore of the plurality of discharge bores being allocated to and connected with a respective feed line of the plurality of feed lines downstream in series of the plurality of throttle devices.

9. The common rail system according to claim 8 , wherein each feed line of the plurality of feed lines has allocated to it a respective throttle device of the plurality of throttle devices and a respective discharge bore of the plurality of discharge bores for interaction with a respective pressure measurement device of the plurality of pressure measurement devices.

10. The common rail system according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one distributor device defines a longitudinal axis, wherein the high pressure line extends axially along the longitudinal axis.

11. The common rail system according to claim 8 , wherein each discharge bore of the plurality of discharge bores is arranged axially parallel or perpendicular relative to the high pressure line in a plane parallel to the high pressure line.

12. The common rail system according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one distributor device is in the form of several distributor devices.

13. The common rail system according to claim 12 , wherein the high pressure lines of the several distributor devices are hydraulically coupled with one another.

14. The common rail system according to claim 12 , wherein each distributor device of the several distributor devices is in the form of one of a rail and a distributor block.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 13, 2021
From: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
To: ROLLS-ROYCE SOLUTIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 058741/0679 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2020
From: GERBETH, ROBBY; BLASCO, OSCAR; LUGGER, HUBERT; MLICKI, FRANK; KREEB, THILO
To: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
Reel/Frame 054460/0431 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 104 848.3 · Mar 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2019055348 · Mar 4, 2019
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