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Fuel injection nozzle
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Filing: 1981-05-06
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Granted: 1983-09-13
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Expires: 2001-05-06
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a fuel injection nozzle in which a control piston acts on the valve needle, which control piston can also be acted upon by another fluid with an arbitrarily changeable pressure. In this manner it is relatively simple to meet the ever increasing requirements to apply an influence of engine characteristic values to the fuel injection process.
Inventors
- 👤 Ewald Eblen
- 👤 Karl Hofmann
- 👤 Odon Kopse
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 15:53
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02M; F02M45/00; F02M45/02; F02M45/04; F02M45/08; F02M45/086; F02M45/083; F02M61/00; F02M61/04; F02M61/10; F02M61/16; F02M61/161; F02M61/20; F02M61/205; F02M2200/00; F02M2200/46
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
165 words
A fuel injection nozzle for internal combustion engines comprising, in combination, a nozzle body having a first set of fuel injection openings and fuel inlet means for applying pressurized fuel to said first set of injection openings, a slidable valve needle in said nozzle body, means for applying a closing force to said valve needle against which said valve needle opens for moving said valve needle into closing relationship with said first set of injection openings, a control piston slidably disposed in said nozzle body for acting at one side on said valve needle, a spring in said nozzle body for loading said control piston in a closing direction of said valve needle, inlet means in said nozzle body for applying a pressurized control fluid from an associated source of fluid pressure to said control piston and means for controlling said control fluid pressure independently of the pressure of said pressurized fuel supplied from said fuel inlet means to said first set of injection openings.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
165 words
A fuel injection nozzle for internal combustion engines comprising, in combination, a nozzle body having a first set of fuel injection openings and fuel inlet means for applying pressurized fuel to said first set of injection openings, a slidable valve needle in said nozzle body, means for applying a closing force to said valve needle against which said valve needle opens for moving said valve needle into closing relationship with said first set of injection openings, a control piston slidably disposed in said nozzle body for acting at one side on said valve needle, a spring in said nozzle body for loading said control piston in a closing direction of said valve needle, inlet means in said nozzle body for applying a pressurized control fluid from an associated source of fluid pressure to said control piston and means for controlling said control fluid pressure independently of the pressure of said pressurized fuel supplied from said fuel inlet means to said first set of injection openings.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A fuel injection nozzle according to claim 1 wherein said valve needle is arranged to act on said control piston after the completion of an idling opening stroke.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A fuel injection nozzle according to claim 1 including a pressure control valve responsive to engine characteristic values for changing said means for controlling said control fluid pressure.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A fuel injection nozzle according to claim 1 wherein said control piston is acted upon by said control fluid pressure on the other side opposite said valve needle.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
A fuel injection nozzle according to claim 1 wherein said spring at least compensates for the mass of said control piston and also influences said control piston in the opening direction of said valve needle.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A fuel injection nozzle according to claim 1 including an intermediate spring for loading said control piston in the opening direction of said valve needle.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
A fuel injection nozzle according to claim 6 including a spring plate in said nozzle body serving as a stop for said valve needle and wherein said intermediate spring is arranged between said control piston and said spring plate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
43 words
A fuel injection nozzle according to claim 7 including a mandrel on said spring plate, a closing spring for said valve needle in said nozzle body, said mandrel being arranged in coaxial relationship with said closing spring in engagement with said spring plate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
A fuel injection nozzle according to claim 1 including a second set of injection openings in said nozzle body and a further needle slidably mounted in said nozzle body for controlling said second set of injection openings.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
A fuel injection nozzle according to claim 9 wherein said further needle comprises a hollow valve needle and wherein said valve needle is disposed within said hollow valve needle.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
69 words
A fuel injection nozzle according to claim 9 including a pressure chamber in said nozzle body for said valve needle, a pressure chamber in said nozzle body for said further valve needle and wherein said fuel inlet means is arranged to conduct pressurized fuel first to said pressure chamber of said further needle and after a movement of said further needle to said pressure chamber of said valve needle.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
A fuel injection nozzle according to claim 1 including a separate spring in said nozzle body for loading a further needle in closing relationship with a second set of injection openings.
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