IP Library Granted Patent US 7,802,559
Granted Patent B2
US 7,802,559 · App. 11/664,354 · Granted Sep 28, 2010

Hold-down device for a fuel injection device, and fuel injection device

Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,802,559
App. No.
11/664,354
Granted
Sep 28, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The hold-down device for a fuel injection device is distinguished by a particularly simple design that nonetheless permits a very effective holding down of a fuel injection valve. The fuel injection device includes at least one fuel injection valve, a receptacle bore for the fuel injection valve, and a connecting fitting of a fuel distributor line, the hold-down device being clamped between a shoulder of the fuel injection valve and an end surface of the connecting fitting. The hold-down device has a partially annular base element from which there extends, in a bent-away fashion, an axially flexible hold-down clip that has at least two webs, two oblique segments, and two support segments. The fuel injection valve is particularly suitable for use in fuel injection systems of mixture-compressing externally ignited internal combustion engines.

Claims (25)

1. A hold-down device for a fuel injection device that includes at least one fuel injection valve, a receptacle bore for the fuel injection valve, and a connecting fitting of a fuel distributor line, the hold-down device being clamped between a shoulder of the fuel injection valve and an end surface of the connecting fitting, the hold-down device comprising

a partially annular base element from which extends in a bent-away fashion an axially flexible hold-down clip that has at least two webs, two oblique segments, and two support segments.

2. The hold-down device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the base element is capable of being placed onto the shoulder of the fuel injection valve.

3. The hold-down device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the support segments of the hold-down clip are capable of being placed against the end surface of the connecting fitting.

4. The hold-down device as recited in claim 1 , wherein surfaces, loaded by bending tension, of the oblique segments and the support segments run perpendicular to cut edges that result from a detaching of a blank for the hold-down device from a corresponding sheet.

5. The hold-down device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the hold down device is realized as a stamped bent part.

6. The hold-down device as recited in claim 1 , wherein a sheet used for the hold-down device is made of one of spring steel and high-grade steel.

7. The hold-down device as recited in claim 6 , wherein the hold-down device has a wall thickness of approximately 1.5 mm, corresponding to a sheet thickness used.

8. The hold-down device as recited in claim 2 , wherein the base element includes a flat partial ring, corresponding to a sheet thickness used.

9. The hold-down device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the base element is realized as a partial ring standing edgewise having a wall thickness corresponding to a sheet thickness used.

10. The hold-down device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the two support segments are connected to one another directly via a connecting segment, so that the hold-down device forms a closed clip element.

11. The hold-down device as recited in claim 10 , wherein a peripheral extension of the hold-down clip corresponds largely to that of the base element.

12. The hold-down device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the two support segments terminate a hold-down clip, so that the hold-down device is open.

13. The hold-down device as recited in claim 12 , wherein the webs run, with respect to their wall thickness, in rotated fashion in relation to the base element.

14. A fuel injection device for a fuel injection system in an internal combustion engine, comprising:

at least one fuel injection valve;

a receptacle bore for the fuel injection valve;

a connecting fitting of a fuel distributor line; and

a hold-down device having a partially annular base element located between a shoulder of the fuel injection valve and an end surface of the connecting fitting, wherein, independent of the hold-down device, on the fuel injection valve there is provided a raised cog that engages in an opening on the connecting fitting.

15. The fuel injection device as recited in claim 14 , wherein the cog is provided in an area of transition of an electrical connecting plug to a plastic molding that at least partly surrounds the fuel injection valve.

16. The fuel injection device as recited in claim 15 , wherein the opening on the connecting fitting runs in the manner of one of a slot and a groove.

17. The fuel injection device as recited in claim 16 , wherein the connecting fitting has on its downstream end a collar that stands out in an annular fashion.

18. The fuel injection device as recited in claim 17 , wherein the hold-down device has a partially annular base element from which there extends in a bent-away manner an axially flexible hold-down clip that has at least two webs, two oblique segments, and two support segments.

19. The fuel injection device as recited in claim 15 , wherein the hold-down device, seen in a peripheral direction, has an open area through which a connecting plug of the fuel injection valve penetrates.

20. The fuel injection device as recited in claim 19 , wherein the hold-down device is mounted on the fuel injection valve in such a way that a hold-down clip is oriented away from a connecting plug of the fuel injection valve.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE FIRST ASSIGNOR'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 021616 FRAME 0855. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 2, 2010
From: FURST, THOMAS; BOLZ, THILO
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 024777/0321 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2008
From: FUERST, THOMAS; BOLZ, THILO
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 021616/0855 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2004 048 401 · Oct 1, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
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