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Metering unit for a fuel injection system for internal combustion engines
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Filing: 1999-06-25
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Granted: 2002-09-10
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Expires: 2019-06-25
Abstract
Abstract A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines, has a distributor tube and a high-pressure pump that is driven as a function of engine rpm and that serves to generate the fuel pressure and throughput required in the distributor tube in the applicable operating state of the engine. The system also includes a fuel metering unit, which is associated with the high-pressure pump and includes a regulating valve which is actuated electromagnetically. The fuel metering unit is disposed in the high-pressure pump, and the outlet of the regulating valve discharges into the low-pressure region of the high-pressure pump. The above design features make a fuel metering unit possible that is capable of metering the exact quantity of fuel desired in the applicable engine operating state to the high-pressure pump of the CR system.
Inventors
- 👤 Erwin Krimmer
- 👤 Rainer Haeberer
- 👤 Helmut Clauss
- 👤 Tilman Miehle
- 👤 Felix Laudaeusser
- 👤 Markus Rueckle
Bibliographic Details
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 11:28
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02M; F02M63/00; F02M63/0012; F02M63/0014; F02M63/0015; F02M63/0017; F02M59/00; F02M59/20; F02M59/34; F02M63/0031; F02M63/004; F02M63/0045; F02M63/0056; F02M63/02; F02M63/0225; F02M2200/00; F02M2200/24
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
353 words
A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines, comprising a distributor tube and a high-pressure pump that is driven as a function of engine rpm and that serves to generate the fuel pressure and throughput required in the distributor tube in the applicable operating state of the engine, and also a fuel metering unit, which is associated with the high-pressure pump, the fuel metering unit being disposed in the high-pressure pump and having a regulating valve actuated by an electromagnet, the regulating valve comprising a valve housing ( 22 ) provided with an inlet communicating with the compression side of a prefeed pump and an outlet discharging into the low-pressure region of the high-pressure pump, the regulating valve further comprising a valve piston ( 25 ), which is biased by a compression spring ( 27 ) to an open position and which is movable to a closed position by an armature bolt ( 14 ) of the electromagnet, the electromagnet including a housing and the regulating valve axially adjoins the housing of the electromagnet, the regulating valve housing having an end face with an axial opening ( 31 ), at least one radial control opening ( 32 , 34 , 35 ) being disposed in a wall of the valve housing ( 22 ) and being exposed by movement of the valve piston, the movement of the valve piston being divided into two distinct regions, the at least one radial control opening being shaped and/or disposed such that during one region of the stroke of the valve piston, the opening area of the control opening which is exposed changes slowly, and in the other region of the stroke of the valve piston the opening area of the control opening which is exposed changes more rapidly and the axial opening in the end face of the valve housing communicating with one of the compression side of a prefeed pump and the low-pressure region of the high-pressure pump and the at least one control opening communicating with the other of the compression side of a prefeed pump and the low-pressure region of the high-pressure pump.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
353 words
A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines, comprising a distributor tube and a high-pressure pump that is driven as a function of engine rpm and that serves to generate the fuel pressure and throughput required in the distributor tube in the applicable operating state of the engine, and also a fuel metering unit, which is associated with the high-pressure pump, the fuel metering unit being disposed in the high-pressure pump and having a regulating valve actuated by an electromagnet, the regulating valve comprising a valve housing ( 22 ) provided with an inlet communicating with the compression side of a prefeed pump and an outlet discharging into the low-pressure region of the high-pressure pump, the regulating valve further comprising a valve piston ( 25 ), which is biased by a compression spring ( 27 ) to an open position and which is movable to a closed position by an armature bolt ( 14 ) of the electromagnet, the electromagnet including a housing and the regulating valve axially adjoins the housing of the electromagnet, the regulating valve housing having an end face with an axial opening ( 31 ), at least one radial control opening ( 32 , 34 , 35 ) being disposed in a wall of the valve housing ( 22 ) and being exposed by movement of the valve piston, the movement of the valve piston being divided into two distinct regions, the at least one radial control opening being shaped and/or disposed such that during one region of the stroke of the valve piston, the opening area of the control opening which is exposed changes slowly, and in the other region of the stroke of the valve piston the opening area of the control opening which is exposed changes more rapidly and the axial opening in the end face of the valve housing communicating with one of the compression side of a prefeed pump and the low-pressure region of the high-pressure pump and the at least one control opening communicating with the other of the compression side of a prefeed pump and the low-pressure region of the high-pressure pump.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
77 words
The fuel injection system of claim 1 , wherein at the onset of the valve piston stroke, the first control region of the control openings ( 32 , 34 35 ) is provided which is associated with idling and lower partial load of the engine, and as the valve piston stroke continues the second control region of the control openings is provided which is associated with the partial load and full load of the engine, are provided.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
75 words
The fuel injection system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one control opening ( 32 , 34 , 35 ) is arranged such that its opening area, plotted over the valve piston stroke, has a shallow characteristic curve ( 37 ) with a low slope angle in the first control region, and a steep characteristic curve ( 38 or 39 or 40 ) with a high slope angle in the second control region.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
71 words
The fuel injection system of claim 1 , wherein the electromagnet is designed so that it has a characteristic curve ( 41 - 44 ) of positioning of the armature bolt in response to the current flowing through the electromagnet ( 10 ) is designed to be opposite to the characteristic curve ( 45 ) of the compression spring ( 27 ) that acts on the valve piston ( 25 ).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The fuel injection system of claim 1 , wherein the electromagnet ( 10 ) is triggered in pulse width modulated fashion by a fuel pressure sensor disposed in the distributor tube.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
77 words
The fuel injection system of claim 1 , wherein the valve piston ( 25 ) is generally sleevelike in shape and in its interior ( 26 ) receives the compression spring ( 27 ) which urges the valve piston towards its open direction, and that the compression spring ( 27 ) is braced toward its rear on a spring plate ( 29 ) disposed in a bore ( 24 ) of the valve housing ( 22 ).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The fuel injection system of claim 6 , wherein the regulating valve ( 11 ) is adjustable by suitable axial displacement and ensuing fixation of the spring plate ( 29 ) in the valve bore ( 24 ).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
48 words
The fuel injection system of claim 1 , wherein the entire fuel metering unit ( 10 , 11 ) is integrated directly within the high-pressure pump, by a screw thread connection, and that both the regulating valve ( 11 ) and the electromagnet ( 10 ) are fuel-flooded.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
The fuel injection system of claim 8 , wherein the coil ( 12 ) of the electromagnet ( 10 ), is housed in a cup-shaped magnet housing ( 15 ), and is completely spray-coated with a plastic jacket ( 17 ).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
100 words
The fuel injection system of claim 1 , wherein the valve piston ( 25 ), on its cylindrical circumferential surface, has a turned recess ( 48 ), and a radial bore ( 47 ) communicating with the intake side of a prefeed pump, and is disposed in the valve housing ( 22 ) in such a way that in the closed position of the valve piston ( 25 ), the control openings ( 32 ) communicate hydraulically, through the turned valve piston recess ( 48 ), with the radial bore ( 47 ) in the valve housing ( 22 ).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
52 words
The fuel injection system of claim 6 , wherein the spring plate ( 29 ) includes a rim oriented toward the valve piston ( 25 ), said rim having an axial sealing seat ( 51 ), and said valve piston having a rim which faces toward the spring plate ( 29 ).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
52 words
The fuel injection system of claim 7 , wherein the spring plate ( 29 ) includes a rim oriented toward the valve piston ( 25 ), said rim having an axial sealing seat ( 51 ), and said valve piston having a rim which faces toward the spring plate ( 29 ).
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