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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100349 | Fuel injection device A piston can reciprocate in a piston guide cylinder in an axial direction and has a cavity on a piezo driver side thereof. If the piezo driver is energized, a tip of a projecting section of a pushing member pushes a bottom wall of the piston defining the cavity. If ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7360528 | Electroinjector for controlling fuel injection in an internal-combustion engine An electroinjector is provided for controlling fuel injection in an internal-combustion engine. The electroinjector includes an electroactuator, an injection nozzle, and a pin, which is movable along an opening stroke and a closing stroke for opening/closing the noz... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347182 | Injector double row cluster configuration for reduced soot emissions A direct injection fuel injector system includes a fuel injector defining nozzle holes in an optimized cluster configuration. Each hole of a conventional multi-hole nozzle is replaced by two smaller, closely spaced holes in a two-hole-per-cluster configuration. The ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341205 | Fuel injection nozzle for DME fuel, and diesel engine including the fuel injection nozzle for DME fuel An existing diesel engine vehicle of light oil fuel is enabled to run as a diesel engine vehicle using DME as fuel without exchanging a whole diesel engine and at very low cost and easily. The shape of a tip part 21 of a needle valve 2 is set by a cent... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334741 | Fuel injector with injection rate control A closed nozzle fuel injector is provided which effectively controls the fuel injection flow rate, especially during an initial portion of an injection event, while also permitting accurate control over pilot and/or post injection flow rates at all operating conditi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7320441 | Injection nozzle The present invention relates to an injection nozzle (1) for an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle. A first nozzle needle (3) controls at least one first injection opening (5). A second nozzle needle (4) controls... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309029 | Fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection, and method for producing it the device A fuel injection device includes at least two valve elements, disposed in a housing and coaxial with one another, with at least one fuel outlet opening associated with each valve element. On the outer valve element, radially outward from the at least one fuel outlet... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7273185 | Device for attenuating the stroke of the needle in pressure-controlled fuel injectors The invention relates to a device for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, and which includes a fuel injector which can be acted upon by fuel at high pressure via a high-pressure source and is actuatable via a metering valve. As... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7258283 | Fuel injector with direct needle control for an internal combustion engine A fuel injector with a direct needle control for an internal combustion engine, having an actuator, a hydraulic booster, and a nozzle needle guided in a nozzle body and acting on a nozzle needle sealing seat. The hydraulic booster includes a booster piston connected... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249722 | Fuel injector with hydraulic flow control A fuel injector incorporates a flow control into the needle valve and valve body to regulate fuel flow through the injector. The flow control defines an initial pilot fuel flow path that is closed by needle valve movement away from the nozzle seat. A primary fuel fl... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240856 | Fuel injection control device This fuel injection control device includes: a fuel injection valve; a piezoelectric element or a solenoid which drives the fuel injection valve; a fuel pump which pressurizes fuel and supplies it to the fuel injection valve; a magnetostrictive element which drives ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240859 | Fuel-injection system for an internal-combustion engine and corresponding method for controlling fuel injection A fuel-injection system in an internal-combustion engine is provided with an electroinjector (1) comprising an injection nozzle (5), and a needle (7) mobile along an opening stroke and a closing stroke for opening/closing the nozzle (5) u... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7225996 | Fuel supply method and fuel supply system for fuel injection device A fuel injection device includes a fuel injection unit provided with a plurality of fuel injection members. The fuel injection unit is held by a holding-and-supplying unit. The fuel injection members are connected to the holding-and-supplying unit by a connecting-an... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216632 | Fuel injection valve A valve body surrounds a first passage connecting with a cylinder of an engine. A valve member is adapted to be seated on and lifted from the valve seat. An injector body connects with the valve body. The injector body has a pressure control chamber for controlling ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210640 | Fuel injector spray alteration through a moveable tip sleeve An apparatus and method for multi-mode fuel injection is disclosed. A sleeve is disposed about a fuel injector tip movable between a first and second position and wherein the sleeve is capable of impinging the fuel spray as it enters into the combustion chamber. By ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7188788 | Common rail injector with active needle closing device A fuel injector includes a needle valve having a metering land that corresponds with the metering edge to define a metering gap. The metering gap produces a pressure drop utilized to tailor needle valve opening and closing response times. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188790 | Fuel-injection valve The fuel injection valve, for an internal combustion motor, has a valve body with injection openings (20) at its point. A valve needle has an axial movement within the valve body, with a conical needle point to give a selective blocking and release of the fue... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185828 | Hydraulic control device, system and method for controlling actuator device A supplying unit supplies energy to an actuator so that the supplied energy is kept therein, making displacement the actuator. An interrupting unit interrupts the supply of energy to cause the actuator to discharge the kept energy, making displacement the actuator. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175112 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, with a housing that contains a moving valve element whose movement counter to the elastic force of a spring element controls the fuel supply to the combustion chamber of the engine. The spring element has the f... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7159799 | Fuel injector A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine has a nozzle body (36) provided with a nozzle bore (42), an inner valve (16) which is engageable with an inner valve seating (48) to control fuel delivery through one or more first nozzle ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7143964 | Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines includes a valve body (1) in which a bore (5) is defined in one end, in which a first row of injection openings (20) and a second row of injection openings (22) are formed. In the bor... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7121480 | Fuel injector and an engine including such as injector A fuel injector for spraying fuel into a combustion chamber comprises a spray head (6) extending along a central axis (X) from a base (6a) to a free end (6b), the head comprising a free outside face (6c, 6d | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097114 | Fuel injector adapted to remove deposits by sonic shock The present disclosure provides a self-cleaning injector nozzle or other fluid conduit that maintains deposits at a low level by sonic tuning the shock wave generated during fluid flow through that nozzle or conduit. Methods of producing an injector nozzle and a met... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7086377 | Dual mode fuel injector A dual mode fuel injector having first (15) and second (30) valve members. The valve members are actuatable independently of one another and are arranged to open in opposite directions. The valve members control the flow through first (18) and s... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082921 | Fuel injection valve and direct-injection engine with the same A fuel injection valve with high freedom to optimize the direction of fuel spray, the shape of spray, the length of penetration, the existence/absence of lead spray and the like, in correspondence with each type of internal combustion engine is provided. A swirling ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077341 | Fuel injection device A new fuel injecting device is comprised of a nozzle body formed a fuel supply hole in the center top end for injecting the fuel to a combustion chamber, a plurality of the spiral grooves and the edge grooves formed vertically and alternately on the outer peripheral... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063272 | Fuel injection nozzle and method of manufacture An injection nozzle (10), for use in a fuel injector for an internal combustion engine, has an inner valve needle (26) which is engageable with an inner valve seating (24, 58) to control fuel delivery through one or more first nozzle outlets ( | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055765 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injector, in particular a fuel injector for fuel-injection systems of internal combustion engines, including a piezoelectric or magnetostrictive actuator, which, via a valve needle, actuates a valve-closure member arranged on the valve needle, the valve-closu... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7032846 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve for fuel injection valve systems of internal combustion engines is described, having an energizable actuating element, a valve closing element which is axially movable along a valve longitudinal axis and which works in conjunction with a rigid... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021567 | Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, having a housing with a bore inside it that contains a longitudinally sliding outer valve needle which in turn contains a longitudinally sliding inner valve needle and the end of each valve needle oriented towa... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011256 | Device for supplying high pressure fuel to an internal combustion engine A device for supplying fuel at high pressure to an internal combustion engine, having a pistonlike element which is disposed longitudinally displaceably in a bore of a component. The pistonlike element is guided with a sealing portion in a guide portion of the bore,... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007869 | Seal between elements of a fuel-injection nozzle for an internal combustion engine A fuel-injection nozzle for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The nozzle comprises a nozzle body (2), in which a nozzle needle (10) with a stop (34) is positioned so that it can be displaced, and a nozzle holder (6), in which a ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000856 | Valve with radial recesses A valve having a valve needle axially displaceable in a bore of a valve body and which has a conical valve needle tip having a radial valve sealing face, which in the closing position comes to rest on a conical inner wall of the valve body on the closed end of the b... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997392 | Injection valve comprising a pump piston The invention relates to an injection valve (1) comprising a booster piston (23), said piston delimiting a pump chamber (22) and a booster chamber (29). A valve (14) is provided in the inlet to the chamber (22). The valve is... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6975061 | Apparatus for moving a pair of opposing surfaces in response to an electrical activation An apparatus for moving a pair of opposing surfaces in response to an electrical activation having a support including a rigid non-flexing portion, at least one pivotable arm portion extending from the rigid non-flexing portion, a pair of opposing surfaces with one ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6945475 | Dual mode fuel injection system and fuel injector for same A fuel injection system has the ability to produce two different spray patterns depending on the positioning of a needle control valve member. Positioning of the needle control valve member determines which of the two needle control chambers are placed in a low pres... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935578 | Fuel injection valve A fuel swirling means 15 for giving a swirling force at the upper stream of the valve sheet 7 to the fuel passing through the surrounding area of the valve body 13 and a nozzle 16 injecting a swirling fuel are provided. A fuel spray 47... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6924586 | Uni-body piezoelectric motor An apparatus according to the present invention includes a support structure having a primary portion with first and second arm portions formed thereon for movement relative to one another, and a secondary portion with either a clamp portion or valve portion integra... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6923387 | Deposit control in fuel injector nozzles An injector nozzle for a fuel injected internal combustion engine, said injector nozzle including a port (5) having a valve seat surface (15) and a valve member (3) having a seating surface (17), said valve member (3) being movable... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918377 | Inward-opening variable fuel injection nozzle A fuel injection nozzle is proposed, in which an inner nozzle needle and an outer nozzle needle can be actuated independently of one another. Upon opening of the outer nozzle needle, a stream of fuel is injected into the combustion chamber in the direction of the lo... | 07/19/2005 |
