IP Library Granted Patent US 6,978,948
Granted Patent B2
US 6,978,948 · App. 10/362,884 · Granted Dec 27, 2005

Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines

Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Patent No.
US 6,978,948
App. No.
10/362,884
Granted
Dec 27, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, has a valve body with a pressure chamber that can be filled with fuel under pressure. Embodied in the valve body is at least one injection conduit, which originates at the wall of the pressure chamber, where it forms an injection opening; the injection conduit connects the pressure chamber with the combustion chamber of the engine. By means of a valve needle, the injection opening can be closed or opened. The injection opening of the injection conduit has a cross section in the form of an oblong slot, so that the injection of the fuel into the combustion chamber is optimized.

Claims (7)

1. A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, comprising a valve body ( 1 ) in which a pressure chamber ( 19 ) that can be filled with fuel under pressure is embodied,

at least one injection conduit ( 11 ) embodied in the valve body ( 1 ), the injection conduit originating at the wall of the pressure chamber ( 19 ), where it forms an injection opening ( 111 ),

the injection conduit ( 11 ) connecting the pressure chamber ( 19 ) to the combustion chamber of the engine,

a valve needle ( 5 ) which opens and closes the injection opening ( 111 ), and

the injection opening ( 111 ) of the injection conduit ( 11 ) having a cross section in the form of an oblong slot, wherein the injection conduit ( 11 ), on its end opposite the injection opening ( 111 ), forms an outlet opening, which is embodied as circular.

2. The fuel injection valve of claim 1 , wherein the injection conduit ( 11 ) comprises a straight wall ( 311 ), by which the oblong slot-shaped injection opening ( 111 ) communicates with the circular outlet opening ( 211 ).

3. The fuel injection valve of claim 1 , wherein the pressure chamber ( 19 ) is embodied between a bore ( 3 ), disposed in the valve body ( 1 ), and the valve needle ( 5 ), and wherein the bore ( 3 ) has a center axis ( 4 ), which is oriented at least approximately in the direction of the longitudinal axis ( 17 ) of the oblong slot-shaped injection opening ( 111 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2003
From: HEINECKE, RALF
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 014368/0723 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 101 32 449 · Jul 4, 2001 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040011890A1 · Jan 22, 2004