EP0489124A1 - Soupape d'injection de carburant. - Google Patents

Soupape d'injection de carburant.

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EP0489124A1
EP0489124A1 EP91909756A EP91909756A EP0489124A1 EP 0489124 A1 EP0489124 A1 EP 0489124A1 EP 91909756 A EP91909756 A EP 91909756A EP 91909756 A EP91909756 A EP 91909756A EP 0489124 A1 EP0489124 A1 EP 0489124A1
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Prior art keywords
protective cap
fuel
fuel injection
injection valve
nozzle body
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EP0489124B1 (fr
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Waldemar Hans
Christian Preussner
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Robert Bosch GmbH
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Robert Bosch GmbH
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M61/00—Fuel-injectors not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00
    • F02M61/16—Details not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus of groups F02M61/02 - F02M61/14
    • F02M61/168—Assembling; Disassembling; Manufacturing; Adjusting
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M61/00—Fuel-injectors not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00
    • F02M61/16—Details not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus of groups F02M61/02 - F02M61/14
    • F02M61/18—Injection nozzles, e.g. having valve seats; Details of valve member seated ends, not otherwise provided for
    • F02M61/1853—Orifice plates

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  • the invention relates to a fuel injector according to the preamble of the main claim.
  • a fuel injector has already been proposed, in which a cup-shaped protective cap is provided which has a through opening in its bottom downstream of the at least one injection opening.
  • the protective cap is intended to prevent damage in the region of the at least one injection opening and to prevent particles from the surroundings of the fuel injection valve protruding into the intake manifold with its nozzle body from being deposited in the region of the at least one injection opening and leading to a narrowing of the at least one injection opening, as a result of which the amount of fuel injected undesirably reduced.
  • the narrow gap formed between the bottom of the protective cap and an end face of the fuel injection valve by a contact section of the protective cap ensures that, even when the internal combustion engine is in operation for a longer period of time, fuel deposits due to the successive operating and shutdown phases do not result in the fuel metered by the fuel injection valve tight is undesirably reduced.
  • the fuel injection valve is closed and any fuel present in the gap and the passage opening is partially evaporated due to the increased heating of the internal combustion engine, only the components of the fuel evaporating at lower temperatures evaporate , while the components evaporating at higher temperatures are not sufficiently heated, move through the capillary action of the narrow gap in the radial direction outwards in the gap and are deposited there, so that the at least one injection opening and the through opening are free of deposit ' e stay unung.
  • the fuel injector according to the invention with the characterizing features of the main claim has the advantage of a simple and inexpensive manufacture and the possibility of an exact axial adjustment of the narrow gap, which is achieved in a simple manner by the elevations.
  • the narrow gap formed between the base of the protective cap and the end face of the fuel injection valve exerts a capillary action on the fuel and reliably prevents fuel deposits from having a free flow cross section of the at least one injection opening and the through opening and thus from the fuel injection when the internal combustion engine is operated for a longer period of time Reduce the metered amount of fuel in an undesirable manner.
  • the protective cap has at its end facing away from the base a radially outwardly projecting retaining collar, in which at least two bulges are formed. These bulges serve to increase the strength of the retaining collar, which serves as a side surface for a sealing ring.
  • the protective cap is made of a metallic material.
  • the protective cap is formed by sheet metal forming.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment on the left of the longitudinal valve axis and a second exemplary embodiment of a fuel injector designed according to the invention on the right of the longitudinal valve axis
  • FIG. 2 shows a view of the protective cap according to the first exemplary embodiment in the direction of the arrow X in FIG. 1.
  • the partial view of the fuel injection valve shown in FIG. 1 coincides essentially with a fuel injection valve for a fuel injection system of a mixed-compression spark-ignition internal combustion engine described in DE-OS 37 10 467 and is used for fuel injection, for example, into the intake manifold of the internal combustion engine.
  • a nozzle body 1 is connected to a valve housing (not shown), in which a valve needle 3 is guided in a guide opening 2.
  • the guide opening 2 ends in the illustrated nozzle body 1 in a backstitch 5, which is followed by a conically tapering valve seat surface 8 in the direction of flow of the fuel.
  • a cylindrical transition opening 11 runs between the valve seat surface 8 and a nozzle body end surface 9 of a nozzle body end 10.
  • the valve needle 3 passes in the region of the valve seat surface 8 of the nozzle body 1 into a sealing seat 12 which tapers conically in the direction of the nozzle body end surface 9, the a cylindrical pin 13 runs out.
  • valve needle 3 In the closed state of the fuel injector, the valve needle 3 rests with the sealing seat 12 on the valve seat surface 8, while in the open state of the fuel injector Sealing seat 12 is lifted off the valve seat surface 8 and fuel can flow to the transition opening 11.
  • a thin perforated plate 15 is tightly attached to the nozzle body end face 9, for example by welding or soldering, and has at least one injection opening 16 serving for fuel metering in its area covered by the transition opening 11.
  • the two injection openings 16 shown for example penetrate the perforated plate 15 and, in the exemplary embodiment shown, are inclined with respect to a longitudinal valve axis 17.
  • the inclinations can run such that the fuel jets emerging from the individual injection openings 16 are directed either in the direction of the valve longitudinal axis 17 inwards or away from the valve longitudinal axis 17.
  • the cross-section of the injection openings 16 measures the amount of fuel injected per unit of time when the fuel injector is open.
  • the fuel injection valve is opened electromagnetically in a manner not shown.
  • the two injection openings 16, for example, are arranged in the perforated plate 15 in such a way that they start from the annular space formed between the plug 13 of the valve needle 3 and the wall of the transition opening 11, the cylindrical plug 13 almost reaching the perforated plate 15 when the fuel injection valve is closed protrudes.
  • a cup-shaped protective cap 20 is pushed onto the nozzle body end 10 and partially surrounds the nozzle body 1 in the axial direction with a cylinder jacket 21.
  • FIG. 2 shows a view of the protective cap 20 according to the first exemplary embodiment in the direction of the arrow X in FIG. 1 on the cylinder jacket 21 of the protective cap 20, for example as four inwardly directed locking shoulders 22 are formed, which engage in an annular groove 23 of the nozzle body 1, for example, and thus serve to fix the protective cap 20 on the nozzle body 1.
  • the protective cap 20 is connected to the nozzle body 1 by notching the material of the protective cap 20 in the region of the annular groove 23 of the nozzle body 1 such that, for example, a circumferential retaining collar of the protective cap 20 engages in the annular groove 23 of the nozzle body 1.
  • a second exemplary embodiment according to the invention which is shown on the right of the longitudinal valve axis 17 in FIG. 1 and differs from the first exemplary embodiment only in the type of connection of the protective cap 20 to the nozzle body 1, at least two are inward on the cylinder jacket 21 for this purpose projecting retaining tongues 25 are formed, which snap into the circumferential annular groove 23 of the nozzle body 1, for example.
  • a base 28 of the protective cap 20 has a through opening 29 concentric to the longitudinal axis 17 of the valve and extends in the radial direction over the perforated plate 15 to the cylinder jacket 21.
  • At least three elevations 30 are formed from the base 28, which are approximately mutually related have the same distance and protrude from the bottom 28 with a predetermined axial distance 31 in the direction of the nozzle body end 10 of the nozzle body 1. For example, four elevations 30 are shown in FIG.
  • the protective cap 20 lies with flat or sharp-edged contact surfaces 32 of the elevations 30 on the perforated plate 15 of the fuel injector.
  • an annular gap 36 is formed between the bottom 28 of the protective cap 20 and the end face 35 of the fuel injector formed by the perforated plate 15, which is due to the predetermined axial distance 31 with which the elevations 30 protrude from the bottom 28 , an exactly definable extension in rieh device of the valve longitudinal axis 17.
  • the axial distance 31 and thus the axial extent of the gap 36 is small compared to the diameter of the through opening 29 of the protective cap 20.
  • the gaps 30 divide the gap 36 by sector.
  • the 'annular gap 36 irrespective of the open state of the fuel injector, exerts such a large capillary action on the fuel that the fuel present in the gap 36 does not flow out of the passage opening 29 due to its weight.
  • the narrow gap 36 can taper or widen starting from the through opening 29 with increasing radial extension in the axial direction. Will only.
  • the fuel injection valve is closed and any fuel present in the gap 36 and the passage opening 29 is partially evaporated due to the increased heating of the internal combustion engine, only the components of the fuel evaporating at lower temperatures evaporate, while the components evaporating at higher temperatures are not sufficiently heated and move radially outward through the capillary action in the annular gap 36, where they are deposited on the wall 38 of the cylinder jacket 21, so that the through opening 29 and the perforated plate 15 in The area of, for example, two injection openings 16 remain free of fuel deposits.
  • the protective cap 20 has at its end facing away from the bottom 28 a radially outwardly pointing retaining collar 40.
  • a radially outwardly pointing retaining collar 40 For example, four bulges 41 are formed in the string collar 40, which serve to increase the strength of the retaining collar 40 and protrude from the retaining collar 40 with an axial distance 42 in the direction of the bottom 28 of the protective cap 20.
  • Both the elevations 30 and the bulges 41 can, in addition to the circular shape shown in the two exemplary embodiments, be configured in any other way, for example oval, rectangular, notch-shaped or annular.
  • the retaining collar 40 with its end face 43 facing away from the bottom 28 and a retaining ring 45 which is arranged on the circumference of the nozzle body 1 facing away from the nozzle body end 10 form the side faces of an annular groove 46, the groove base 47 of which is formed by the circumference of the nozzle body 1 is.
  • a sealing ring is arranged ange ⁇ 48, the fuel injection valve, and did not provide a reliable and safe sealing between the nozzle body 1 of a darge, the fuel injection valve surrounding Vent 'ilfact possible.
  • the protective cap 20 is formed, for example, from a metallic material. Due to the generally higher thermal conductivity of metallic materials compared to plastics and the associated improved heat dissipation of a metallic protective cap 20, condensation effects acting on the fuel occur. After the internal combustion engine, and thus also the fuel injection system, has been switched off, the evaporation of the low-boiling components of the fuel and thus the deposits of the higher-boiling components in the annular gap 36 are substantially reduced. The risk of deposits in the area of, for example, two injection openings 16 and the passage opening 29 of the protective cap 20 is further reduced.
  • a simple and inexpensive manufacture of a metal protective cap 20 according to the invention is made possible by forming the protective cap 20 together with the elevations 30, the retaining collar 40 and the bulges 41 by sheet metal forming.
  • the sheet thickness of the forming sheet is, for example, 0.5 mm. However, it is also possible to form the metal protective cap 20 by machining.
  • the protective cap 20 fastened to the nozzle body 1 of the fuel injection valve not only serves to protect the at least one injection opening 16 from damage and the deposition of particles, but also to avoid deposits of higher-boiling components of the fuel in the region of the at least one injection opening 16 and the through opening 29, since the narrow 'annular gap 36 exerts a capillary action on the fuel and the higher-boiling components of the fuel are deposited therein.

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Abstract

Dans les soupapes d'injection de carburant proposées, une coiffe deprotection en forme générale de pot présente un évidement s'étendant radialement vers l'extérieur et formant avec la soupape d'injection de carburant, une fente tellement étroite que celle-ci exerce un effet capillaire sur le carburant, de sorte que lors d'un arrêt du moteur à combustion interne, les constituants du carburant à hauts points d'ébullition se déposent par capillarité sur le bord extérieur radial de la fente, les ouvertures d'injection demeurant ainsi exemptes d'incrustations. La coiffe de protection (20) selon l'invention présente au moins trois bossages (30) profilés à partir de sa base (28) et émergeant à une distance axiale prédéterminée (31) en direction de la soupape d'injection de carburant, bossages au moyen desquels la coiffe (20) s'applique sur la plaque perforée (15) de ladite soupape. Ceci permet d'obtenir de façon simple une fente axiale déterminée (36) entre la base (28) et la plaque perforée (15). La coiffe de protection peut être utilisée sur des soupapes d'injection de carburant de types variés.
EP91909756A 1990-06-21 1991-06-04 Soupape d'injection de carburant Expired - Lifetime EP0489124B1 (fr)

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DE4019752A DE4019752A1 (de) 1990-06-21 1990-06-21 Brennstoffeinspritzventil
DE4019752 1990-06-21
PCT/DE1991/000469 WO1991019900A1 (fr) 1990-06-21 1991-06-04 Soupape d'injection de carburant

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EP0489124B1 EP0489124B1 (fr) 1995-01-11

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JP (1) JP3193042B2 (fr)
AU (1) AU627979B2 (fr)
DE (2) DE4019752A1 (fr)
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WO (1) WO1991019900A1 (fr)

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