EP1112446A1 - Soupape d'injection de carburant - Google Patents

Soupape d'injection de carburant

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EP1112446A1
EP1112446A1 EP99953591A EP99953591A EP1112446A1 EP 1112446 A1 EP1112446 A1 EP 1112446A1 EP 99953591 A EP99953591 A EP 99953591A EP 99953591 A EP99953591 A EP 99953591A EP 1112446 A1 EP1112446 A1 EP 1112446A1
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Prior art keywords
valve
swirl
valve seat
fuel injection
downstream
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EP1112446B1 (fr
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Ralf Trutschel
Frank Dallmann
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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
    • F02M61/18—Injection nozzles, e.g. having valve seats; Details of valve member seated ends, not otherwise provided for
    • 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
    • F02M51/00—Fuel-injection apparatus characterised by being operated electrically
    • F02M51/06—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle
    • F02M51/061—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle using electromagnetic operating means
    • F02M51/0625—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle using electromagnetic operating means characterised by arrangement of mobile armatures
    • F02M51/0664—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle using electromagnetic operating means characterised by arrangement of mobile armatures having a cylindrically or partly cylindrically shaped armature, e.g. entering the winding; having a plate-shaped or undulated armature entering the winding
    • F02M51/0671—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle using electromagnetic operating means characterised by arrangement of mobile armatures having a cylindrically or partly cylindrically shaped armature, e.g. entering the winding; having a plate-shaped or undulated armature entering the winding the armature having an elongated valve body attached thereto
    • 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
    • F02M61/162—Means to impart a whirling motion to fuel upstream or near discharging orifices

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  • the invention relates to a fuel injector according to the preamble of the main claim.
  • valve closing section formed on an axially movable valve needle interacts with a fixed valve seat for opening and closing the valve.
  • the valve closing section is tapered in the downstream direction, while the valve seat is frustoconical.
  • This valve closing section forms the downstream end of the valve needle, which ends in a cone tip.
  • the valve needle is provided with a plurality of spiral fuel channels through which the fuel to be sprayed reaches the valve seat in a swirled manner in order to improve the atomization of the fuel and to control the fuel flow rate.
  • valve needle In addition to the tapered, tapered downstream end of the valve needle, for example from US Pat. No. 5,350,119 Fuel injector with an axially movable valve needle known that a rounded
  • Has valve closing portion which forms the downstream end of the valve needle.
  • the fuel injector according to the invention with the characterizing features of the main claim has the advantage that compared to known valves with a swirl generation in the fuel upstream of the valve seat, an improved fuel preparation is achieved. In particular concerns the improvement of
  • Preparation quality the so-called pre-jet.
  • This pre-jet is formed by fuel which, when the valve is closed, has collected in an inner swirl chamber of the swirl-generating agent in front of the valve seat. This fuel largely flows when the valve is opened axial and not twisted to an outlet opening arranged downstream of the valve seat.
  • the measures according to the invention effectively enable better preparation of the fuel in the pre-jet. This takes advantage of the fact that the start-up flow forming the pre-jet and the formation of a wall film in the outlet opening can be very strongly influenced by the design of the valve needle tip, which shapes the flow area of the swirl flow.
  • the droplet size can be reduced in the manner according to the invention, as a result of which a finer fuel spray is sprayed off. Due to the energy loss of the fuel at the flattening of the valve needle, the rather harmful pre-jet is reduced in its extent. Compared to tapered or rounded valve needle ends, a shortened pre-jet with less penetration advantageously results.
  • the diameter d of the flattening formed at the downstream end of the valve needle is chosen with a known size of the outlet opening with the diameter D such that the ratio d / D is approximately 1.5.
  • the swirl-generating means are advantageously designed as a disk-shaped swirl element, which is very simple structured and therefore easy to form.
  • an inner opening area can be created in the swirl element with the simplest means, which extends over the entire axial thickness of the swirl element and is surrounded by an outer peripheral edge area.
  • the guide element is also easy to produce.
  • the guide element with an inner guide opening serves to guide the valve needle projecting through it.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first exemplary embodiment of a fuel injection valve
  • FIG. 2 shows a second example of a fuel injection valve, only the downstream valve end being shown
  • FIG. 3 shows a first guide and seat area as an enlarged detail from FIG. 2
  • FIG. 4 shows a second guide and seat area
  • 5 shows a third guiding and seating area
  • FIG. 6 shows a partially illustrated valve needle end with a geometry that has changed compared to the previous exemplary embodiments
  • FIG. 7 shows a swirl element and FIG Fuel injection valves according to Figures 1 to 5 can be used.
  • a continuous longitudinal opening 7 is provided in the core 2 and extends along a longitudinal valve axis 8.
  • the core 2 of the magnetic circuit also serves as a fuel inlet connection, the longitudinal opening 7 representing a fuel supply channel.
  • a fuel filter 15 is provided, which ensures that those fuel components are filtered out which, because of their size, could cause blockages or damage in the injection valve.
  • the fuel filter 15 is, for. B. fixed by pressing in the core 2.
  • the core 2 forms with the housing part 14 the inlet-side end of the fuel injector, the upper housing part 14, for example, just extending beyond the solenoid coil 1, seen downstream in the axial direction.
  • a lower tubular housing part 18 connects tightly and firmly, which, for. B. an axially movable valve part consisting of an armature 19 and a rod-shaped valve needle 20 or an elongated valve seat support 21 encloses or receives.
  • the two housing parts 14 and 18 are, for. B. firmly connected to each other with a circumferential weld.
  • Valve seat carrier 21 With its lower end 25, which also represents the downstream termination of the entire fuel injector, the Valve seat carrier 21 a disc-shaped valve seat element 26 fitted in the through opening 24 with a valve seat surface 27 tapering downstream in the shape of a truncated cone.
  • Cross-sectioned valve needle 20 is arranged, which has a valve closing section 28 at its downstream end.
  • This for example spherical or partially spherical or rounded or tapered valve closing section 28 interacts in a known manner with the valve seat surface 27 provided in the valve seat element 26.
  • the valve closing section 28 as the downstream end of the valve needle 20 ends downstream with a flattening 29 according to the invention, which is flat and runs perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 8 of the valve.
  • the flattening 29 is e.g. around a flat surface. Downstream of the valve seat surface 27, at least one outlet opening 32 for the fuel is introduced in the valve seat element 26.
  • a guide opening 34 provided in the valve seat support 21 at the end facing the armature 19 and on the other hand a disk-shaped guide element 35 with an accurate guide opening 55 arranged upstream of the valve seat element 26 19 is surrounded by the intermediate part 4 during its axial movement.
  • Another disk-shaped element namely a swirl element 47, is arranged between the guide element 35 and the valve seat element 26, so that all three elements 35, 47 and 26 lie directly on top of one another and are accommodated in the valve seat carrier 21.
  • the three disk-shaped elements 35, 47 and 26 are, for example, firmly bonded to one another.
  • An adjusting sleeve 38 inserted, pressed or screwed into the longitudinal opening 7 of the core 2 serves to adjust the spring preload of the return spring 33, which is located on the adjusting sleeve 38 with its upstream side and is supported with its opposite side on the armature 19 by means of a centering piece 39.
  • the armature 19 one or more bore-like flow channels 40 are provided, through which the fuel can pass from the longitudinal opening 7 in the core 2 via connecting channels 41 formed downstream of the flow channels 40 near the guide opening 34 in the valve seat carrier 21 and into the through opening 24.
  • the stroke of the valve needle 20 is predetermined by the installation position of the valve seat element 26.
  • One end position of the valve needle 20 is determined when the solenoid coil 1 is not energized by the valve closing section 28 bearing against the valve seat surface 27 of the valve seat element 26, while the other end position of the valve needle 20 when the solenoid coil 1 is energized is determined by the armature 19 resting on the downstream end face of the core 2 results.
  • the surfaces of the components in the latter stop area are chromed, for example.
  • Plastic encapsulation 44 can also extend over further components (eg housing parts 14 and 18) of the fuel injector.
  • An electrical connection cable 45 runs out of the plastic encapsulation 44, via which the energization of the magnet coil 1 takes place.
  • the plastic encapsulation 44 projects through the upper housing part 14, which is interrupted in this area.
  • Figure 2 shows a second embodiment of a fuel injector, only the downstream
  • Valve end is shown.
  • a plurality of connecting channels 41 running parallel to the axis are provided in the valve seat support 21 in the region of the guide opening 34.
  • the through opening 24 is of larger diameter formed, while the valve seat support 21 is made thinner.
  • FIG. 3 shows the guide and seating area as a detail from FIG. 2 again on a changed scale in order to better illustrate this valve area with the valve needle end designed according to the invention.
  • the guide and seat area provided in the discharge-side end 25 of the valve seat carrier 21 in its through opening 24 is formed in the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 3 by three axially successive, disk-shaped, functionally separate elements which are firmly connected to one another.
  • the guide element 35, the very flat swirl element 47 and the valve seat element 26 follow one after the other in the downstream direction.
  • the valve seat element 26 partially has such an outer diameter that it is tight with little play in a lower section 49 of the through opening 24 of the valve seat carrier 21 downstream one in the
  • the guide element 35 and the swirl element 47 have, for example, a slightly smaller outer diameter than the valve seat element 26.
  • the guide element 35 has a dimensionally accurate inner guide opening 55 through which the valve needle 20 moves during its axial movement. From the outer circumference, the guide element 35 has a plurality of recesses 56 distributed over the circumference, one of which
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 Fuel flow along the outer circumference of the guide element 35 into the swirl element 47 and further towards the valve seat surface 27 is guaranteed.
  • An embodiment of the swirl element 47 and the guide element 35 is described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.
  • the three elements 35, 47 and 26 lie directly against one another with their respective end faces and are already firmly connected to one another before they are installed in the valve seat carrier 21.
  • the individual disc-shaped elements 35, 47 and 26 are firmly connected to the outer circumference of the elements 35, 47, 26, welding or bonding being preferred joining methods.
  • welding spots or short welding seams 60 are provided in the peripheral areas in which the guide element 35 has no recesses 56.
  • the entire multi-disc valve body is inserted, for example, into the through opening 24 until the upper end face 59 of the guide element 35 bears against the step 51.
  • the valve body is attached e.g. by means of a weld seam 61 achieved by means of a laser at the lower end of the valve between valve seat element 26 and valve seat carrier 21.
  • the downstream end of the valve closing section 28 and thus also the entire valve needle 20 is provided with the flattening 29 running perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 8 of the valve.
  • the flattened portion 29 provided on the valve needle 20 has a diameter d that is larger than the diameter D of the outlet opening 32 adjoining downstream, so that d> D applies. It is particularly advantageous if the diameter d is chosen with a known size of the outlet opening 32, that the ratio d / D is about 1.5.
  • This pre-jet is formed by fuel which, when the valve is closed, has collected in an inner swirl chamber 92 of the swirl element 47 in front of the valve seat. When the valve is opened, this fuel flows largely axially and has no swirl to the outlet opening 32.
  • the actual main jet which is formed by fuel which has flowed through the swirl element 47 directly beforehand and which has a corresponding swirl, follows only immediately thereafter.
  • the flattening 29 on the valve needle 20 now advantageously improves the preparation of the pre-jet, since the flattening 29 enables the fuel to be vortexed. In this way the droplet size can be reduced, as a result of which a finer fuel spray is sprayed off. In addition, an increase in the homogeneity of the main jet compared to pointed or rounded valve needle ends can be achieved.
  • the design of the swirl element 47 arranged upstream of the valve seat 27 has no influence on the invention.
  • swirl-generating means can also be used in any design (for example, cylindrical swirl bodies, swirl grooves on the valve needle).
  • valve seat element 26 has a circumferential flange 64 which engages under the downstream end of the valve seat carrier 21.
  • the top 65 of the circumferential flange 64 is clamped with the guide opening 55 and
  • FIG. 5 essentially corresponds to the example shown in FIG. 4, the essential difference being that an additional fourth disk-shaped spraying element 67 in the form of a spray hole disk is now provided, which has the outlet opening 32. In comparison to Figure 4, this is
  • Spraying element 67 is made of a more weldable material.
  • the weld seam 68 must also be only slightly resilient.
  • the outlet opening 32 can be inexpensive late in the manufacturing process, e.g. be introduced by drilling. At the entrance to the outlet opening 32 there is a sharp perforated edge, through which turbulence is generated in the flow, from which atomization results in particularly fine droplets.
  • FIG. 6 shows a partially illustrated valve needle end with a geometry that has changed compared to the previous exemplary embodiments.
  • d ⁇ D i.e. the flattened portion 29 provided at the downstream end of the valve needle 20 has a diameter d that is smaller than the diameter D of the outlet opening 32 that follows downstream.
  • FIG. 7 shows a swirl element 47 embedded between guide element 35 and valve seat element 26 as a single component in a top view.
  • the swirl element 47 can be inexpensively, for example, by means of punching, wire EDM, laser cutting, etching or others known methods can be produced from a sheet or by electrodeposition.
  • An inner opening area 90 is formed in the swirl element 47 and extends over the entire axial thickness of the swirl element 47.
  • the opening area 90 is formed by an inner swirl chamber 92, through which the valve closing section 28 of the valve needle 20 extends, and by a plurality of swirl channels 93 opening into the swirl chamber 92.
  • the swirl channels 93 open tangentially into the swirl chamber 92 and, with their ends 95 facing away from the swirl chamber 92, are not connected to the outer circumference of the swirl element 47. Rather, a peripheral edge region 96 remains between the ends 95 of the swirl channels 93 designed as inlet pockets and the outer circumference of the swirl element 47.
  • the swirl chamber 92 is delimited on the inside by the valve needle 20 (valve closing section 28) and on the outside by the wall of the opening area 90 of the swirl element 47. Due to the tangential confluence of the swirl channels 93 in the swirl chamber 92, the fuel receives an angular momentum which is maintained in the further flow up to the outlet opening 32. The fuel is sprayed out in a hollow cone by centrifugal force. The ends 95 of the swirl channels 93 serve as collecting pockets, which form a large-area reservoir for the low-turbulence inflow of the fuel. After the flow deflection, the fuel enters the actual tangential swirl channels 93 slowly and with little turbulence, as a result of which a largely trouble-free swirl can be generated.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une soupape d'injection de carburant, notamment une soupape haute pression, qui permet d'injecter directement du carburant dans l'espace de combustion d'un moteur thermique à allumage par bougie et compression du mélange. La soupape est caractérisée par le fait qu'une aiguille (20) de soupape, pouvant se déplacer axialement le long de l'axe longitudinal de ladite soupape, présente à son extrémité aval une zone de fermeture (28) de soupape de forme particulière. La zone de fermeture (28) coopère avec un siège (27) de soupape fixe pour ouvrir et fermer la soupape. En amont du siège (27) sont disposés des moyens (47) permettant de générer des turbulences, tandis qu'en aval dudit siège, l'extrémité aval de la zone de fermeture (28) de soupape présente une zone aplatie (29) perpendiculaire à l'axe longitudinal de la soupape.
EP99953591A 1998-08-27 1999-08-25 Soupape d'injection de carburant Expired - Lifetime EP1112446B1 (fr)

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DE19838949 1998-08-27
DE19838949 1998-08-27
DE19907860 1999-02-24
DE19907860A DE19907860A1 (de) 1998-08-27 1999-02-24 Brennstoffeinspritzventil
PCT/DE1999/002658 WO2000012892A1 (fr) 1998-08-27 1999-08-25 Soupape d'injection de carburant

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