IP Library Granted Patent US 11,703,021
Granted Patent B2
US 11,703,021 · App. 17/352,665 · Granted Jul 18, 2023

Fuel injection device

Inventors: Ryo Kusakabe (Hitachinaka, JP); Motoyuki Abe (Mito, JP); Tohru Ishikawa (Kitaibaraki, JP); Noriyuki Maekawa (Kashiwa, JP); Masahiro Soma (Hitachi, JP); Takao Miyake (Hitachinaka, JP); Yasuo Namaizawa (Naka, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,703,021
App. No.
17/352,665
Granted
Jul 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a fuel injection device, a driving unit structure has a magnetic aperture, in which an inner diameter is gradually enlarged toward the mover side, provided in an inner peripheral surface of the magnetic core. It is possible to reduce magnetic delay time upon valve opening from the supply of the electric current to the coil to the rise of magnetic flux and magnetic delay time upon valve closing from the stoppage of the electric current to the coil to reduction of magnetic flux, by providing a magnetic aperture in the inner peripheral surface of the magnetic core. Thus it is possible to improve the dynamic responsiveness upon valve opening and valve closing.

Claims (30)

1. A fuel injection device comprising:

a valve body that comes into contact with a valve seat to close a fuel passage, and moves away from the valve seat to open the fuel passage in order to inject fuel through at least one injection orifice;

a mover that performs valve opening and closing operations in collaboration with the valve body, wherein the mover has a slope provided on an upper end surface of the mover and includes a through hole through which the valve body is inserted; and

a magnetic core that is excited by energization of a coil and that generates a magnetic force to drive the mover, wherein

the magnetic core has a hole that is opened in an end surface opposite to the mover and formed in a direction along a valve stem,

the hole has, provided on the mover side end surface of the magnetic core, a magnetic core inner diameter enlarged part in which an inner diameter is gradually enlarged from a back side of the hole toward the end surface opposite to the mover,

the magnetic core inner diameter enlarged part and the slope are located on an inner side of the magnetic core and an inner side of the mover, respectively,

in a region where the mover and the magnetic core face each other, the end of a face of the inner diameter enlarged part of the magnetic core and the end of an inner diameter side of a slope portion are provided at positions corresponding to each other, and

an interval between a surface where the magnetic core inner diameter enlarged part is formed and the slope of the mover in the direction along the valve stem is increased as the inner diameter of the inner diameter enlarged part becomes smaller.

2. The fuel injection device according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic core inner diameter enlarged part is provided within an inner diameter of the mover end surface that is opposite to the end surface of the magnetic core.

3. The fuel injection device according to claim 2 , wherein the slope is provided within an inner diameter of the magnetic core end surface that is opposite to the end surface of the mover.

4. The fuel injection device according to claim 2 , wherein the magnetic core inner diameter enlarged part and the slope face each other.

5. The fuel injection device according to claim 2 , wherein the magnetic core end surface and the mover end surface are horizontally arranged and parallel to each other.

6. The fuel injection device according to claim 2 , wherein, in an axial cross-section, virtual connecting points between the magnetic core end surface and the surface of the magnetic core inner diameter enlarged part, and between the mover end surface and the surface of the slope are arranged, substantially, on a same virtual vertical line.

7. The fuel injection device according to claim 2 , wherein the mover has a fuel passage hole communicating from an upper end surface of the mover facing to the magnetic core toward a downstream side.

8. The fuel injection device according to claim 7 , wherein a central position of the fuel passage hole in the mover is on an inner diameter side from an inner diameter of the end surface of the magnetic core.

9. The fuel injection device according to claim 2 , wherein the mover has a second inner diameter enlarged part, in which an inner diameter is gradually enlarged from an upstream side toward an downstream side, and

a start point of the second inner diameter enlarged part provided in the mover is positioned on an outer diameter side from an inner diameter of the end surface of the magnetic core.

10. The fuel injection device according to claim 1 , wherein the slope is provided within an inner diameter of the magnetic core end surface that is opposite to the end surface of the mover.

11. The fuel injection device according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic core inner diameter enlarged part and the slope face each other.

12. The fuel injection device according to claim 11 , wherein the slope is provided within an inner diameter of the magnetic core end surface that is opposite to the end surface of the mover.

13. The fuel injection device according to claim 11 , wherein the magnetic core end surface and the mover end surface are horizontally arranged and parallel to each other.

14. The fuel injection device according to claim 11 , wherein, in an axial cross-section, virtual connecting points between the magnetic core end surface and the surface of the magnetic core inner diameter enlarged part, and between the mover end surface and the surface of the slope are arranged, substantially, on a same virtual vertical line.

15. The fuel injection device according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic core end surface and the mover end surface are horizontally arranged and parallel to each other.

16. The fuel injection device according to claim 15 , wherein the magnetic core inner diameter enlarged part and the slope face each other.

17. The fuel injection device according to claim 1 , wherein, in an axial cross-section, virtual connecting points between the magnetic core end surface and the surface of the magnetic core inner diameter enlarged part, and between the mover end surface and the surface of the slope are arranged, substantially, on a same virtual vertical line.

18. The fuel injection device according to claim 1 , wherein the mover has a fuel passage hole communicating from an upper end surface of the mover facing to the magnetic core toward a downstream side.

19. The fuel injection device according to claim 18 , wherein a central position of the fuel passage hole in the mover is on an inner diameter side from an inner diameter of the end surface of the magnetic core.

20. The fuel injection device according to claim 1 , wherein the mover has a second inner diameter enlarged part, in which an inner diameter is gradually enlarged from an upstream side toward an downstream side, and

a start point of the second inner diameter enlarged part provided in the mover is positioned on an outer diameter side from an inner diameter of the end surface of the magnetic core.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-052347 · Mar 10, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13415960 · Mar 9, 2012
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