EP1346143A1 - Soupape d'injection de carburant destinee a des moteurs a combustion interne - Google Patents

Soupape d'injection de carburant destinee a des moteurs a combustion interne

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EP1346143A1
EP1346143A1 EP01270695A EP01270695A EP1346143A1 EP 1346143 A1 EP1346143 A1 EP 1346143A1 EP 01270695 A EP01270695 A EP 01270695A EP 01270695 A EP01270695 A EP 01270695A EP 1346143 A1 EP1346143 A1 EP 1346143A1
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valve member
bore
combustion chamber
throttle
collar
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EP1346143B1 (fr
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Detlev Potz
Friedrich Moser
Thomas Kuegler
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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
    • F02M45/00—Fuel-injection apparatus characterised by having a cyclic delivery of specific time/pressure or time/quantity relationship
    • F02M45/12—Fuel-injection apparatus characterised by having a cyclic delivery of specific time/pressure or time/quantity relationship providing a continuous cyclic delivery with variable pressure
    • 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
    • F02M61/04—Fuel-injectors not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00 having valves, e.g. having a plurality of valves in series
    • F02M61/042—The valves being provided with fuel passages
    • 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
    • F02M61/04—Fuel-injectors not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00 having valves, e.g. having a plurality of valves in series
    • F02M61/10—Other injectors with elongated valve bodies, i.e. of needle-valve type
    • F02M61/12—Other injectors with elongated valve bodies, i.e. of needle-valve type characterised by the provision of guiding or centring means for valve bodies

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  • the invention relates to a fuel injection valve for
  • a valve body has a bore in which a piston-shaped valve member is arranged to be longitudinally displaceable against a closing force. At its end on the combustion chamber side, the valve member merges into a valve sealing surface which interacts with a valve seat and thus controls the opening of at least one injection opening.
  • the valve member is guided in the bore in a sealing section facing away from the combustion chamber and in a guide section facing the combustion chamber in the bore.
  • the guide section is divided into an annular collar facing away from the combustion chamber, which is separated by an annular groove from lateral recesses formed on the valve member, so that fuel can flow through these recesses between the wall of the bore and the valve member.
  • the annular collar At its end facing the combustion chamber, the annular collar has a control edge which interacts with a sealing edge formed on the wall of the bore.
  • a bore is formed in the valve member, which runs obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the valve member and the pressure chamber, which faces away from the combustion chamber to the collar is formed between the valve member and the wall of the bore, connects to one of the recesses on the guide portion of the valve member.
  • the bore is designed as a throttle bore, so that fuel throttled from the pressure chamber 5 to the recesses and thus to a second pressure chamber, which is formed between the valve member and the wall of the bore between the guide section and the valve sealing surface.
  • the injection opening is injected into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. As long as the control edge on the valve member faces the sealing edge of the combustion chamber, only a little fuel can get from the first into the second pressure chamber through the throttle bore. If in the course of the opening stroke movement of the valve
  • the first pressure chamber is connected to the second pressure chamber via the annular groove and the recesses in the guide section of the valve member, and fuel can flow from the first to the second pressure chamber almost unthrottled. This increases
  • the known fuel spray valve has the disadvantage that the necessary throttle bore is expensive to manufacture, which makes the production quite expensive. Furthermore, there is the disadvantage that the throttle bore has to be introduced at an early stage of the production process because of the necessary clamping of the valve member, which makes subsequent adjustment of the throttle bore to other tolerances that are impossible.
  • the fuel injection valve according to the invention with the characterizing features of claim 1 has the advantage that the throttle cross section between the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber by a
  • Throttle channel is realized, which connects both end faces of the ring collar with each other.
  • This throttle channel can be introduced after completion of the entire valve member, so that an adaptation to the other tolerances of the injection valve, for. B. the size of the annular gap between the collar and the bore of the valve body is possible.
  • the throttle duct is designed as a throttle bore which runs at least approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis of the valve member in the collar.
  • a throttle bore can advantageously be produced by laser drilling, which is a non-contact method, so that the throttle bore can be introduced without problems after the entire valve member has been completed. It can also be provided that a plurality of such throttle bores are arranged distributed over the circumference of the annular collar in order to ensure a uniform flow of fuel from the first into the second pressure chamber.
  • the throttle bores are preferably arranged in such a way that one of the recesses on the guide section of the valve member the combustion chamber-side extension of the throttle bore, so that there is free access to the combustion chamber-facing end face of the collar by a laser beam coming from the combustion chamber end of the valve member.
  • the throttle connection is formed by at least one side bevel on the collar. These cuts can be carried out over a large area, which is easy to produce and enables a very precise adjustment of the cross section of the throttle connection.
  • FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal section through a fuel injection valve according to the invention with an uncut valve member
  • FIG. 2 shows an enlargement of FIG. 1 in the region of the guide section of the valve member
  • FIG. 3 shows a cross section along the line III-III of Figure 2, Figure 4 the same detail as Figure 2 of another
  • a fuel injection valve according to the invention is shown in longitudinal section in FIG.
  • a bore 3 is formed in a valve body 1, which is open at the end of the valve body 1 facing away from the combustion chamber and merges into an essentially conical valve seat 13 at the end on the combustion chamber side.
  • a piston-shaped valve member 5 is arranged in the bore 3 so as to be longitudinally displaceable. The valve member 5 is guided with a sealing section 105 in a bore sealing section 103 facing away from the combustion chamber in the bore 3 and, moreover, with a guide section 205 in a bore guide section 203 on the combustion chamber side.
  • valve member 5 merges into a valve sealing surface 15 which is essentially conical and cooperates with the valve seat 13 so that the injection openings 17 are closed when the valve sealing surface 15 abuts on the valve seat 13 and are released when the valve sealing surface 15 is lifted off the valve seat 13.
  • a first pressure chamber 9 is formed between the valve member 5 and the wall of the bore 3, which can be connected via a feed channel 7 running in the valve body 1 to a high-pressure fuel source, not shown in the drawing.
  • a second pressure chamber 19 is formed between the valve member 5 and the wall of the bore 3 by a radial enlargement of the bore 3. The pressure chamber 19 interacts with the valve sealing surface 15 and the valve seat 13 via the injection openings 17 Combustion chamber is connectable.
  • FIG. 2 shows an enlarged illustration of FIG. 1 in the area of the bore guide section 203.
  • FIG. 3 shows the corresponding cross section along the line III-III of FIG 1 and FIG. 2.
  • the guide section 205 is guided in the bore guide section 203 and has three planar grindings 28, so that fuel can flow past the guide section 205 in the axial direction of the valve member 5. Facing away from the combustion chamber, an annular groove 26 adjoins the guide section 205 and an annular collar 22 thereon.
  • the annular collar 22 is arranged in a radial plane of the valve member 5 and has an end surface 37 facing the combustion chamber and an end surface 36 facing away from the combustion chamber.
  • a control edge 34 is formed on the annular collar 22, which dips into the bore guide section 203 in the closed state of the fuel injection valve, that is, when the valve sealing surface 15 abuts the valve seat 13.
  • the bore guide section 203 is slightly reduced in diameter compared to the bore 3, so that an annular shoulder 30 is formed at the transition from the first pressure chamber 9 to the bore guide section 203, which is delimited by a sealing edge 32 which is formed at the start of the bore guide section 203.
  • the annular collar 22 has a diameter which is only slightly smaller than the diameter of the bore guide section 203, so that when the fuel injection valve is closed, practically no fuel from the first pressure chamber 9 past the annular collar 22 through the annular groove 26 and the recesses 28 into the second pressure chamber 19 can flow.
  • three throttle channels which are designed as throttle bores 40 and which connect the end face 36 of the collar 22 facing away from the combustion chamber to the end face 37 of the collar 22 facing the combustion chamber. It can also be provided to arrange more or less than three throttle channels.
  • the throttle bores 40 are arranged such that they run at least substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis 6 of the valve member 5 and that a bevel 28 is arranged in their extension on the combustion chamber side.
  • valve member 5 is acted upon by a device, not shown in the drawing, with a closing force which presses the valve member 5 with the valve sealing surface 15 against the valve seat 13. Since the valve member 5 tapers from the section guided in the sealing section 103 to the combustion chamber, a pressure shoulder 11 is formed on the valve member 5 and is arranged in the first pressure chamber 9. With a corresponding fuel pressure in the pressure chamber 9, there is a hydraulic force on the pressure shoulder 11, which has a component acting in the longitudinal direction of the valve member 5, which is opposite to the closing force. In this way, the valve member 5 can be moved in a pressure-controlled manner in the longitudinal direction counter to the closing force by the pressure in the first pressure chamber 9, and the injection openings 17 can thus be opened and closed.
  • the fuel injector works as follows: At the beginning of the injection, fuel is conducted under high pressure through the inlet channel 7 into the first pressure chamber 9. From there, the fuel flows through the throttle bores 40 into the second pressure chamber 19, so that the fuel pressure also increases there. If the fuel pressure in the first pressure chamber 9 reaches a certain level, the hydraulic force on the pressure shoulder 11 exerts a force against the closing force on the valve member 5, which force moves it away from the valve seat 13 in the axial direction. As a result, the valve sealing surface 15 lifts off the valve seat 13 and opens the injection openings 17.
  • the fuel can only pass through the throttle bores 40 from the first pressure chamber 9 into the second pressure chamber 19 and from there through the injection openings 17 into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine.
  • the throttle bores 40 only a low pressure is built up in the second pressure chamber 19 and so at the start of the injection only a little fuel per unit of time in the combustion injected space of the internal combustion engine.
  • the fuel supply through the inlet channel 7 is interrupted, and due to the falling fuel pressure in the first pressure chamber 9 and thus also in the second pressure chamber 19, the hydraulic force on the valve member 5 is reduced until the closing force becomes greater than the components of the hydraulic forces acting in the axial direction, and the valve member 5 moves back into the closed position.
  • FIG. 4 shows a further exemplary embodiment of the fuel injection valve according to the invention
  • FIG. 5 shows a cross section through the fuel injection valve shown in FIG. 4 along the line V-V.
  • the throttle channel between the first pressure chamber 9 and the second pressure chamber 19 is formed here by two throttle recesses 42 on the annular collar 22, which are designed as flat cuts parallel to the longitudinal axis 6 of the valve member 5. It can also be provided that more than two throttle recesses 42 are formed on the collar 22. These are preferably distributed uniformly over the circumference of the annular collar 22 in order to enable a uniform flow of fuel to the second pressure chamber 19.
  • the annular shoulder 30 is bevelled so that it encloses an angle with the longitudinal axis 6 of the valve member 5.
  • an annular shoulder 30, which is arranged in a radial plane of the valve member 5 a great deal of effort would be required to manufacture the radius required at the transition from the bore 3 to the annular shoulder 30 so small and with such a close tolerance that it would not reach into the Sealing edge 32 runs out.
  • such a radius would mean a sharp notch and thus a significant weakening of the valve body 1 combined with a reduced pressure threshold strength.
  • the position of the sealing edge 32 would be difficult to position exactly and to measure only with great effort.
  • a beveled annular shoulder 30, however, allows a larger radius with greater tolerance without running into the sealing edge 32. This enables the very important position of the sealing edge 32 to be easily manufactured and measured.

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  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
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  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Fuel-Injection Apparatus (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne une soupape d'injection de carburant comportant un corps de soupape (1), un élément soupape (5) en forme de piston étant logé de manière à coulisser longitudinalement dans un alésage (3) dudit corps de soupape. L'élément soupape (5) est guidé dans l'alésage (3) avec une section d'étanchéité (105) opposée à la chambre de combustion et une section de guidage (205) côté chambre de combustion. L'élément soupape (5) est entouré d'une première chambre de pression (9) pouvant être remplie de carburant, entre la section d'étanchéité (105) et la section de guidage (205), et d'une deuxième chambre de pression (19) entre la section de guidage (205) et l'extrémité côté chambre de combustion. La section de guidage (205) de l'élément soupape (5) présente un collet annulaire (22) comportant une section frontale orientée vers la chambre de combustion (37) et une section frontale opposée à la chambre de combustion (36). Lors du mouvement de levage d'ouverture de l'élément soupape (5), le collet annulaire (22) plonge dans une section de guidage d'alésage (203), et ouvre ou relie ainsi la première chambre de pression (9) à la deuxième (19). Le collet annulaire (22) présente un raccord d'étranglement (40).
EP01270695A 2000-12-16 2001-11-28 Soupape d'injection de carburant destinee a des moteurs a combustion interne Expired - Lifetime EP1346143B1 (fr)

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DE10062959 2000-12-16
DE10062959A DE10062959A1 (de) 2000-12-16 2000-12-16 Kraftstoffeinspritzventil für Brennkraftmaschinen
PCT/EP2001/013921 WO2002048536A1 (fr) 2000-12-16 2001-11-28 Soupape d'injection de carburant destinee a des moteurs a combustion interne

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PL355635A1 (en) 2004-05-04
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