JP2009540203A - Fuel injection device for internal combustion engine - Google Patents

Abstract

A fuel injection apparatus having a support sleeve having a support function and a filter function without additional labor and cost.
An allowable range includes a casing (2) and an insertion member (8) disposed in the casing bore (7), and the insertion member (8) is urged in the axial direction between the insertion member (8) and the casing (2). In the fuel injection device 1 for an internal combustion engine configured to support the support sleeve 18 that can be loaded up to the yield point, the support sleeve 18 is formed as a fuel filter having a filter surface on its wall surface.

Description

  The present invention relates to a fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine based on the superordinate concept of claim 1.

  In Patent Document 1 in which the fuel injection device as described above is disclosed, the insertion member is formed as an integral unit that is assembled in advance and inserted into the casing bore. This unit consists of a bush with a central bore, which receives the valve plunger while being guided along the support sleeve and is energized on the opposite side in the axial direction of the regulator which controls the valve plunger. It has a valve seat.

  The pilot valve opens the pressure regulating chamber of the pilot valve, which is loaded at a high pressure behind the needle valve in the fuel injection device, to the low pressure side. Further, the valve seat is hermetically supported with respect to a plate-like upper member as one module in the casing of the fuel injection device that is formed in a planar shape and is modular in the axial direction.

  Such support is disposed between the shoulder portion of the bush and the shoulder portion of the casing bore that accommodates the bush, and is within an allowable range up to the yield point in the axial direction of the modular fuel injection device. Made by a support sleeve loaded with

  Patent Document 2 discloses a fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine provided with a flow restriction valve integrated with the fuel injection device. Both the flow restricting valve and the pressure regulating chamber arranged at a spaced apart position on the opposite side in the axial direction of the flow restricting valve are housed in the hole of the casing of the fuel injection device. The hole is disposed in an extension extending rearward of the nozzle needle hole extending to the valve seat of the nozzle needle valve, and in this hole, the closing piston of the flow restricting valve in the boundary region with the nozzle needle hole. Is slidably guided within a predetermined range.

  The nozzle needle valve is inserted into the closing piston together with its shaft, and is supported by a control piston which is a part of the boundary of the pressure regulating chamber while being guided in the casing behind the nozzle. The pressure regulating chamber and the space that is disposed behind the closing piston and defined by the guide on the casing side of the shaft of the nozzle needle valve are both under high pressure. Then, in order to bring the nozzle needle valve to the valve opening position according to the pressure and perform fuel injection, it is necessary to connect the pressure regulating chamber to the low pressure side by the control valve.

  The maximum possible injection amount at the time of fuel injection is set to a predetermined amount, and this predetermined amount is urged by a spring between the valve seat of the nozzle needle valve and the closing piston, and the nozzle needle valve The initial position where the load is limited corresponds to the closed position.

  Here, when the nozzle needle valve is opened, the predetermined amount decreases according to the injection amount, while the closing piston receives a force against the urging force of the spring, and causes the fuel to flow to the nozzle needle valve. Slide to the closed position to close.

  However, such an operation is not normally achieved and is achieved only when more fuel is injected from the nozzle opening than the fuel set during normal operation. Therefore, during normal operation, a predetermined amount of fuel remains between the closed piston and the nozzle needle valve after the nozzle needle valve is closed. This remaining predetermined amount does not cause the closing piston to slide into its closed position and is then filled by the throttle inlet from the high pressure side. Therefore, the closing piston is slid again to the initial position in accordance with the pressure so that the injection can be performed so as to supplement the urging force of the spring.

  Patent Document 3 discloses a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine configured to supply fuel to a fuel injection device via a separated high-pressure connection. In this fuel injection system, the flow restriction valve and the filter are juxtaposed in the fuel flow direction at the high-pressure connection. Here, the arrangement | positioning location of the filter is provided in the upstream and downstream with respect to the flow restriction valve, and this flow restriction valve is operated by a closed piston.

  The closing piston is biased by a spring to its initial position, and the amount of fuel flowing in during fuel injection is greater than the amount that the closing piston pushes when sliding from its initial position to the closing position. It is designed to slide to the closed position against the urging force. The filter disposed in the fuel flow path is formed as a long gap filter.

  Further, in Patent Document 4, for a plurality of fuel injection devices of an internal combustion engine, a flow restriction valve provided in the fuel injection device is three-dimensionally connected to each fuel injection device, and a spring is attached from an initial position. It is disclosed to integrate a fuel filter with a flow restricting valve that slides to a closed position against force. According to this configuration, the fuel filter forms a part of the closed piston arranged to cover the closed piston in the fuel flow passage, and operates with the closed piston.

German Patent No. 10212002 German Patent No. 19647304 German Patent Application No. 10323430 German Patent No. 4427607

  An object of the present invention is to achieve further functions without additional labor and cost in the fuel injection device as described at the beginning.

  This object is achieved by the features of the invention described in claim 1. That is, it is achieved by forming the support sleeve as a fuel filter having a filter surface on its wall surface.

  This support sleeve has a filter function in addition to the support function. In the present invention, this filter function is achieved by forming a fine hole (for example, a hole formed by a laser) in the wall surface of the support sleeve. This can be achieved without adding any additional members. About this hole, this can be formed over the arbitrary ranges of the wall surface part of a support sleeve, and the shape of this hole can also be set arbitrarily. For example, the wall surface of the support sleeve can be a filter band extending in the longitudinal direction and / or the circumferential direction.

  The arrangement of the filter band can extend, for example, around the support sleeve so as to appropriately affect the yield point of the support sleeve. On the other hand, the yield point can also be influenced by the cross-sectional shape of the hole.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, the entire support sleeve or only the filter area thereof is formed of a porous foam material, for example, a porous foam metal. Therefore, an additional filter function can be additionally obtained by selecting the material. It is also possible to form the entire support sleeve or only its filter range with a porous sintered material, for example a porous sintered metal. From the above, for the dual function (ie support and filter), the required structure for the support sleeve is achieved without the additional work of producing a porous filter member.

  In the present invention, an opening that allows inflow of unfiltered fuel is provided in the wall surface of the support sleeve, and a filter covering is provided on the outer wall surface and / or the inner wall surface of the support sleeve. Provided. As described above, such a filter insertion member is formed of a filter material such as a porous foam material as a filter sleeve.

  The filter insertion member as described above may be formed by, for example, a pipe-shaped filter element inserted into the support sleeve, or a pipe-shaped filter element that covers the filter sleeve. Here, in particular, in the filter element provided on the wall surface portion of the support sleeve toward the flow direction, the filter structure can be formed on the support sleeve and partially removed from the support sleeve. It is.

  Further, according to the present invention, another simple solution can be obtained. In other words, the filter function can be obtained by a filter cover that is supported on the support sleeve while being elastically biased on the support sleeve. Other features of the invention are described in the dependent claims.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a fuel injection apparatus having a support sleeve having a support function and a filter function without additional labor and cost.

It is sectional drawing of a fuel-injection apparatus. FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the vicinity of a support sleeve in the fuel injection device of FIG. 1.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  A fuel injection device 1 for an internal combustion engine shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 includes a casing 2 and is formed as one unit extending to a fuel injection nozzle 3. This unit is configured to include a needle valve 4. The needle valve 4 is biased to a closed position for closing the injection nozzle opening, and a pressure regulating chamber 5 located above the needle valve 4 is provided. Is connected to the low-pressure side (not shown), the valve is adjusted to the valve-opening position against the urging force according to the pressure.

  According to such a well-known structure of the fuel injection device 1, the high-pressure line 6 extends in the direction of the fuel injection nozzle 3. The high-pressure line 6 starts from a casing bore 7, and a flow restriction valve 9 as an insertion member 8 provided in the casing bore 7 is disposed in the casing bore 7.

  The insertion member 8 formed as the flow restricting valve 9 includes a sleeve-like valve casing 10, and the valve casing 10 extends along the axial center in the casing bore 7 with the high-pressure pipe 6. It is urged to close the connecting portion in the direction toward the connecting portion. The central hole 11 of the valve casing 10 forms a part of the communication portion from the high pressure side connection portion 12 to the fuel injection nozzle 3 in the fuel injection device 1 and is defined by the valve casing 10 in the casing bore 7. It extends to the formed space 13. The high pressure pipe 6 leading to the fuel injection nozzle 3 starts from the space 13.

  The central hole 11 of the sleeve-like valve casing 10 is formed so as to guide the tray-like piston 14 in the flow restriction valve 9, and the piston 14 is a spring supported in the axial direction by the valve casing 10. 15 is biased to a contact portion set in the opposite direction (upward in the figure) to the fuel flow direction. The piston 14 can slide within a predetermined range while depending on the pressure against the urging force of the spring 15. The displacement of the piston 14 is restricted by a concave step 16 disposed in the center hole 11.

  Here, when the piston 14 is seated on the step portion 16 together with its jacket, the communication portion from the high pressure side connection portion 12 to the fuel injection nozzle 3 is blocked. On the other hand, when the flow restriction valve 9 is in the open state, the fuel flows through around the piston 14. At this time, the through flow around the piston is made by a gap between the piston 14 and the central hole 11 that guides the piston 14, and the gap is set so that sufficient fuel can be supplied to the fuel injection nozzle. ing.

  Thus, the contact portion of the piston 14 is positioned by the ring-shaped insertion member 17, and the ring-shaped member 17 is disposed between the sleeve-shaped valve casing 10 and the support sleeve 18. The support sleeve 18 is in contact with the sealing stopper 19 on the opposite side of the ring-shaped member 17. The sealing stopper 19 seals the casing bore 7 and is urged to a position where the support sleeve 18 is supported by a bolt 20 screwed into the casing 2.

  Further, a high pressure side reservoir chamber is formed by a casing bore 7 in an area of the casing 2 through which the support sleeve passes. Here, inflow of fuel from the high pressure side connecting portion 12 is made around the support sleeve 18, and thus the fuel flowing in through the high pressure side connecting portion 12 is formed as a filter surface according to the present invention. After passing through this region, it reaches the internal space 22 communicating with the flow restriction valve 9.

  This flow restriction valve 9 slides the piston 15 in the direction of the shoulder-shaped step 16 in the valve casing 10 when injecting the maximum fuel injection amount in the controlled or periodic operation of the fuel injection device 1. It is only for making it happen. Further, any device that closes the through passage in the direction of the fuel injection nozzle 3 is not provided in the step portion 16.

  Further, except for the time of failure, the periodic operation of the fuel injection device 1 is such that a fuel amount corresponding to each injection amount is continuously supplied to the piston 14. Therefore, the piston 14 can return to the initial position shown in the figure by a predetermined urging force by the spring 15. If the flow rate becomes large due to an abnormality in the injection process or insufficient seal, the flow rate corresponding to the movement of the piston 14 for adjusting the piston 14 to its closed position is not compensated, and the piston 14 While being subjected to the urging force, the contact portion with the stepped portion 16 which is the closed position is reached.

  By the way, the flow restriction valve 9 forming the insertion member 8 enables the support sleeve 18 to be urged to its yield point, so that a relatively wide range can be provided via the support sleeve 18 without depending on the allowable range. Is supported within the limits. Furthermore, the support sleeve 18 is formed as a filter, which is indicated by a fine hole 23 in the figure. These holes 23 can be easily drilled by, for example, a laser.

  Moreover, it is good also as a slit extended in the vertical direction or a horizontal direction in the support sleeve 18 instead of the hole 23. FIG. Further, the perforation may be performed by a method or shape other than the above. At this time, it is preferable to determine the size of the hole from the viewpoint of the influence on the yield point.

  Moreover, the size of the hole 23 or the hole according to another form is set so as to perform the function as a filter as described above. Further, in the present invention, the support sleeve 18 is provided with a filter covering such as a filter cover, or a filter sleeve that covers the support sleeve 18, or a filter mounting portion or a filter sleeve is provided on one side of the support sleeve 18. May be.

  In the present invention, the support sleeve 18 itself may be entirely or partially formed of a material having filter characteristics such as a porous sponge material (foamable material) or a sintered material. Such a porous sponge material, a filter material such as a sintered material can be provided as a deposit on a part of the support sleeve. Further, the support sleeve 18 may have a lattice structure such as a wire mesh.

  As described above, the support sleeve 18 can realize a fuel injection device in which the filter function is integrated without requiring additional labor, cost, and space.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fuel injection apparatus 2 Casing 3 Fuel injection nozzle 4 Needle valve 5 Pressure regulation chamber 6 High pressure pipe 7 Casing bore 8 Inserting member 9 Flow control valve 10 Valve casing 11 Central hole 12 Connection part 13 Space part 14 Piston 15 Spring 16 Step part 17 Insertion member 18 Support sleeve 19 Sealing stopper 20 Bolt 22 Internal space 23 Hole

Claims (20)

Support having a casing and an insertion member disposed in the casing bore, the insertion member being axially biased between the insertion member and the casing and capable of loading up to a yield point within a particularly permissible range In a fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine configured to support a sleeve,
The fuel injection device according to claim 1, wherein the support sleeve (18) is formed as a fuel filter having a filter surface on a wall surface thereof.   The fuel injection device according to claim 1, wherein a filter opening is provided in the wall surface portion.   The fuel injection device according to claim 1, wherein a hole (23) is provided in the wall surface portion and a filter material is accommodated in a cross section of the hole.   The fuel injection device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the support sleeve (18) is provided with a filter region made of a porous foam material.   The fuel injection device according to claim 4, wherein the filter region is formed of a porous metal foam.   The fuel injection device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the support sleeve (18) is provided with a filter region made of a porous sintered material.   The fuel injection device according to claim 6, wherein the filter region is formed of a porous sintered metal.   2. The fuel injection device according to claim 1, wherein a hole (23) is provided in the wall surface portion, and a filter covering is disposed on an outer surface and / or an inner surface of the support sleeve (18).   9. The fuel injection device according to claim 8, wherein the filter covering is formed as a filter sleeve.   9. The fuel injection device according to claim 8, wherein the filter covering is formed as a filter cover.   11. The fuel injection device according to claim 9, wherein the filter covering is formed of at least partially a foamable porous material.   12. The fuel injection device according to claim 11, wherein the filter covering is formed of a porous foam metal.   The fuel injection device according to claim 9 or 10, wherein at least a part of the filter covering is formed of a porous sintered material.   14. The fuel injection device according to claim 13, wherein the filter covering is formed of a porous sintered metal.   3. The fuel injection device according to claim 2, wherein the filter opening is formed by a hole (23) or a slit.   The fuel injection device according to claim 3, wherein the hole is formed as a slit.   The fuel injection device according to claim 16, wherein the hole is formed as a slit extending in a longitudinal direction of the support sleeve (18).   17. The fuel injection device according to claim 16, wherein the hole is formed as a slit extending in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the support sleeve (18).   19. The fuel injection device according to claim 1, wherein a fuel reservoir chamber is formed by the casing bore (7) that houses the support sleeve (18).   The fuel injection device according to any one of claims 1 to 19, wherein the insertion member (8) is formed by a flow restriction valve (9).

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