EP1884654B1 - Unité d'actionnement piezo pour un injecteur - Google Patents

Unité d'actionnement piezo pour un injecteur Download PDF

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EP1884654B1
EP1884654B1 EP20060015489 EP06015489A EP1884654B1 EP 1884654 B1 EP1884654 B1 EP 1884654B1 EP 20060015489 EP20060015489 EP 20060015489 EP 06015489 A EP06015489 A EP 06015489A EP 1884654 B1 EP1884654 B1 EP 1884654B1
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Cristiano Zanoboni
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Continental Automotive 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
    • F02M51/00—Fuel-injection apparatus characterised by being operated electrically
    • F02M51/06—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle
    • F02M51/0603—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle using piezoelectric or magnetostrictive operating means
    • 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
    • F02M51/005—Arrangement of electrical wires and connections, e.g. wire harness, sockets, plugs; Arrangement of electronic control circuits in or on fuel injection apparatus
    • 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
    • F02M61/167—Means for compensating clearance or thermal expansion
    • 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
    • F02M63/00—Other fuel-injection apparatus having pertinent characteristics not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00; Details, component parts, or accessories of fuel-injection apparatus, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus of groups F02M39/00 - F02M61/00 or F02M67/00; Combination of fuel pump with other devices, e.g. lubricating oil pump
    • F02M63/0012—Valves
    • F02M63/0031—Valves characterized by the type of valves, e.g. special valve member details, valve seat details, valve housing details

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  • the invention relates to a piezo-actuator-unit for an injector.
  • the piezo-actuator-unit comprises a piezo-element, a tube-shaped housing, a needle body, and an actor spring.
  • the tube-shaped housing takes in the piezo-element and has a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion is coupled to a first axial end of the piezo-element.
  • the bottom portion has a needle recess and is coupled to a second axial end of the piezo-element.
  • the needle body protrudes from the needle recess and is axially coupled to the piezo-element.
  • the actor spring is axially coupled to the piezo-element and the bottom portion of the tube-shaped housing for forcing the piezo-element away from the bottom portion of the tube-shaped housing.
  • US 6,969,009 B2 discloses an injector with a piezo-actuator-unit.
  • a jacket surface of the piezo-actuator-unit is surrounded by an injector housing.
  • the injector housing maintains an intermediate space to the piezo-actuator-unit.
  • the injector housing is cooled by direct contact with an inert fluid which does not conduct electricity.
  • a fluid space in the injector housing is filled with fluid except for an air reservoir.
  • a volume of the air reservoir is at least large enough to allow the thermal expansion of the heat coupling fluid which occurs at the highest operating temperature of the piezo-actuator-unit.
  • a piezo-element of the piezo-actuator-unit is incorporated into a tubular spring which is the housing of the piezo-actuator-unit. The producing of such a tubular spring is time intensive, complicated, and very expensive.
  • WO 03/040545 A1 discloses a fuel injection valve for directly injecting fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine.
  • the fuel injection valve comprises a piezoelectric actuator which is encapsulated in an actuator housing, a valve needle which is actively connected to the actuator and on which a valve closing body is provided that forms a tight seat with the valve seating, and a nozzle body into which the actuator housing can be introduced.
  • the actuator housing and the nozzle body are closed by a common connection part.
  • the connection part has a first and a second diameter step.
  • the object of the invention is to create a piezo actuator unit which may be produced very cheaply.
  • the invention is distinguished by a piezo-actuator-unit for an injector.
  • the piezo-actuator-unit comprises a piezo-element and a tube-shaped housing.
  • the tube-shaped housing takes in the piezo-element.
  • a top portion of the tube-shaped housing is coupled to a first axial end of the piezo-element.
  • a bottom portion of the tube shaped housing has a needle recess and is coupled to a second axial end of the piezo-element.
  • a needle body protrudes from the needle recess and is axially coupled to the piezo-element.
  • An actor spring is axially coupled to the piezo-element and the bottom portion of the tube-shaped housing for forcing the piezo-element away from the bottom portion of the tube-shaped housing.
  • the top portion and/or the bottom portion comprises plastic.
  • the tube-shaped housing is a simple tube. This contributes to a very easy and cheap production of the piezo-actuator-unit.
  • the actor spring contributes to a proper coupling of the piezo-element to the tube-shaped housing independent from the axial expansion of the piezo-element. This contributes to a proper function of the piezo-actuator-unit.
  • the needle body in a closing position of the needle body, prevents a fluid flow through an injection nozzle of an injector at an axial end of the needle body facing away from the piezo-element.
  • the needle body is coupled to a needle which prevents the fluid flow through the injection nozzle in the closing position of the needle. That the top portion and/or the bottom portion comprise plastic may contribute to a very cheap production of the piezo-actuator-unit.
  • the piezo-actuator-unit comprises a spring washer.
  • the spring washer couples the actor spring with the piezo-element. This contributes to a proper coupling of the actor spring to the piezo-element and to a low abrasion of the piezo-element.
  • the piezo-element has at least a first wire.
  • the top portion of the tube-shaped housing has a first wire recess for guiding the first wire of the piezo-element to the outside of the tube-shaped housing. This enables in a very simple way an electrical contact to the piezo-element.
  • the piezo-actuator-unit comprises a metallic washer which is axially arranged between the actor spring and the bottom portion and/or between the piezo-element and the top portion of the tube-shaped housing. This contributes to a low abrasion of the bottom portion and, respectively, of the top portion. This is especially advantageous, if the bottom portion and, respectively, the top portion comprise plastic.
  • An injector ( Figure 1 ) comprises an injector body 2 with an injector body recess 4 and an injector head 7.
  • a piezo-actuator-unit 6 is arranged in the injector body recess 4.
  • the piezo-actuator-unit 6 is coupled to a needle body 8 which is arranged in the injector body recess 4 movable in axial direction.
  • the injector may be used to inject fluid into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine.
  • a spring 12 is arranged in the injector body recess 4 in such a way that the spring 12 forces the needle body 8 away from an injection nozzle 10 via a needle plate 14.
  • a fluid may flow through a fluid path 16 into the injector body recess 4 towards the injection nozzle 10.
  • Bellows 18 prevent the fluid from leaking into that area of the injector body recess 4 in which the piezo-actuator-unit 6 and the spring 12 are arranged.
  • the needle body 8 prevents in a closing position of the needle body 8 a fluid flow through an injection nozzle 10 of the injector body 2. Outside of the closing position of the needle body 8 the needle body 8 enables the fluid flow through the injection nozzle 10.
  • the needle body 8 may be made of one or more pieces.
  • the needle body 8 may comprise a pressure transferring element which is coupled to the piezo-element 26 and a needle element which forms the injection nozzle 10.
  • a first force acts on the needle body 8 in the closing direction of the needle body 8 because of the spring 12.
  • a second force may act on the needle body 8 against the closing direction of the needle body 8 because of the piezo-actuator-unit 6, for example, if a piezo-element 26 ( figure 2 ) of the piezo-actuator-unit 6 gets energized and increases its axial length.
  • a third force acts on the needle body 8 because of the pressure of the fluid in the injector body recess 4.
  • the needle body 8 If the sum of the forces in the opening direction of the needle body 8 is bigger than the sum of the forces in the closing direction of the needle body 8, the needle body 8 is not in its closing position. If the needle body 8 is not in its closing position, there is a gap between the needle body 8 and the injector body 2 at an axial end of the injector body 2 facing away from the injector head 7. The gap forms the injection nozzle 10.
  • the injector is of an outward opening type.
  • the injector may be an injector of an inward opening type.
  • the injection nozzle 10 preferably is at least one injection hole in the injector body 2.
  • the piezo-actuator-unit 6 comprises a tube-shaped housing 20 and a piezo-element 26.
  • the piezo-element 26 is arranged in the tube-shaped housing 20.
  • the tube-shaped housing 20 is made of a simple tube. Simple means in this context that the tube is not elastic like a spring. Using the simple tube for the tube-shaped housing 20 contributes to a very simple and cheap production of the piezo-actuator-unit 6.
  • the tube-shaped housing 20 has a top portion 24 which closes the tube-shaped housing 20 in a first axial direction.
  • the top portion 24 of the tube-shaped housing 20 may be made of one or of two pieces with the tube-shaped housing 20. If the piezo-element 26 comprises a first wire 32 for connecting the piezo-element 26 to a first terminal 39 of the injector, the top portion 24 of the tube-shaped housing 20 comprises a first wire recess 35 through which the first wire 32 of the piezo-element 26 may protrude. If the piezo-element 26 comprises a second wire 34 for connecting the piezo-element 26 to a second terminal 37 of the injector, the top portion 24 of the tube-shaped housing 20 comprises a second wire recess 36. Alternatively, if the wires of the piezo-element 26 are arranged at different positions of the piezo-element 26, the wire recesses may be arranged at different positions of the tube-shaped housing 20.
  • the first and the second terminal 39, 37 are connected to an electric circuit for controlling the axial expansion of the piezo-element 26.
  • the axial expansion of the piezo-element 26 may be controlled by energizing the piezo-element.
  • the piezo-element may be energized by applying a voltage on the first and, respectively, the second wire 32, 34 of the piezo-element 26. If the piezo-element 26 gets energized, it increases its axial length in some microseconds. If the piezo-element 26 gets de-energized, it decreases its axial length in some microseconds.
  • the piezo-element 26 mainly comprises stacked piezoelectric crystals.
  • the tube-shaped housing 20 is closed towards a second direction through a bottom portion 22 of the tube-shaped housing 20.
  • the bottom portion 22 of the tube-shaped housing 20 may be made of one or two pieces with the tube-shaped housing 20.
  • the bottom portion 22 has a needle recess 23.
  • the needle body 8 protrudes through the needle recess 23 into the tube-shaped housing 20.
  • the needle body 8 is not rigidly coupled to the piezo-element 26.
  • a spring washer 30 may be rigidly coupled to the piezo-element 26 and the needle body 8 just has a loose coupling to the piezo-element and, in case, to the spring washer 30.
  • the actor spring 28 forces the spring washer 30 and the piezo-element 26 away from the bottom portion 22. So, the piezo-element 26 has a proper coupling to the tube-shaped housing 20, in particular to the bottom portion 22 and the top portion 24 of the tube-shaped housing 20 independent from the axial expansion of the piezo-element 26.
  • the bottom portion 22 and/or the top portion 24 of the tube-shaped housing 20 may comprise plastic. This may contribute to a very cheap assembling of the piezo-actuator-unit 6. In this context it is very advantageous, if there is a metallic washer arranged between the actor spring 28 and the bottom portion 22 which comprises the plastic. Additionally, there may be arranged a further metallic washer between the piezo-element 26 and the top portion 24 of the tube-shaped housing 20.
  • actor spring 28 may be directly coupled to the piezo-element 26.

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Claims (4)

  1. Unité d'actionnement piézo-électrique (6) pour un injecteur comprenant
    - un élément piézo-électrique (26),
    - un boîtier en forme de tube (20) qui renferme l'élément piézo-électrique (26),
    - une partie haute (24) du boîtier en forme de tube (20) qui est accouplée à une première extrémité axiale de l'élément piézo-électrique (26),
    - une partie basse (22) du boîtier en forme de tube (20) qui présente un évidement d'aiguille (23) et qui est couplée à une seconde extrémité axiale de l'élément piézo-électrique (26),
    - un corps d'aiguille (8) qui fait saillie de l'évidement d'aiguille (23) et qui est couplé axialement à l'élément piézo-électrique (26),
    - un ressort d'actionneur (28) qui est couplé axialement à l'élément piézo-électrique (26) et à la partie basse (22) du boîtier en forme de tube (20) pour repousser l'élément piézo-électrique (26) à l'écart de la partie basse (22) du boîtier en forme de tube (20),
    caractérisé en ce que la partie haute (24) et/ou la partie basse (22) comprend ou comprennent une matière plastique.
  2. Unité actionneur piézo-électrique (6) selon la revendication 1, comprenant une rondelle élastique (30) qui accouple le ressort d'actionneur (28) à l'élément piézo-électrique (26).
  3. Unité d'actionnement piézo-électrique (6) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle l'élément piézo-électrique (26) a au moins un premier fil (32) et la partie haute (24) du boîtier en forme de tube (20) a un premier évidement de fil (35) pour guider le premier fil (32) de l'élément piézo-électrique (26) jusqu'à l'extérieur du boîtier en forme de tube (20).
  4. Unité d'actionnement piézo-électrique (6) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, comprenant une rondelle métallique qui est disposée axialement entre le ressort d'actionneur (28) et la partie basse (22) et/ou entre l'élément piézo-électrique (26) et la partie haute (24).
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DE200660005809 DE602006005809D1 (de) 2006-07-25 2006-07-25 Piezoaktoreinheit für ein Einspritzventil
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