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EP3014105B1
EP3014105B1 EP14731623.6A EP14731623A EP3014105B1 EP 3014105 B1 EP3014105 B1 EP 3014105B1 EP 14731623 A EP14731623 A EP 14731623A EP 3014105 B1 EP3014105 B1 EP 3014105B1
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Joachim Winter
Frank Stadler
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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
    • F02M61/14—Arrangements of injectors with respect to engines; Mounting of injectors
    • 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
    • F02M2200/00—Details of fuel-injection apparatus, not otherwise provided for
    • F02M2200/85—Mounting of fuel injection apparatus
    • F02M2200/858—Mounting of fuel injection apparatus sealing arrangements between injector and engine
    • 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
    • F02M2200/00—Details of fuel-injection apparatus, not otherwise provided for
    • F02M2200/90—Selection of particular materials
    • 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
    • F02M2200/00—Details of fuel-injection apparatus, not otherwise provided for
    • F02M2200/90—Selection of particular materials
    • F02M2200/9015—Elastomeric or plastic materials
    • 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
    • F02M2200/00—Details of fuel-injection apparatus, not otherwise provided for
    • F02M2200/90—Selection of particular materials
    • F02M2200/9053—Metals

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  • the invention relates to a fuel injector according to the preamble of
  • Such a fuel injector is from the DE 10 2012 219654 A1 the applicant known.
  • the known fuel injector has on the side facing the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine on a radially surrounding the injector housing of the fuel injector sealing element, which is attached to a radially surrounding the injector housing sleeve for positioning the sealing element.
  • the sleeve is in turn with a flange radially surrounding edge on a seat surface of a receiving bore of the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine.
  • the known sealing element is used to prevent condensate from entering the annular region facing away from the combustion chamber between the receiving bore and the fuel injector.
  • JP2010101255 is a fuel injector known with two separate sealing elements.
  • a fuel injector has become known whose combustion chamber facing side is provided on the outside of the injector with a coating which is arranged or formed at least in the combustion chamber near end portion of the injector.
  • the coating can be made of different material, which has either a better or a poorer thermal conductivity than the material of the injector.
  • the heat flow therefore takes place in the known from the prior art fuel injectors from the Injektorend Scheme over a portion of the length of the injector to the seat or support area in the stepped bore-shaped portion of the receiving bore, where the fuel injector axially, usually with the interposition of a metallic sealing element, is braced with the cylinder head.
  • the invention has the object, a fuel injector according to the preamble of claim 1 such that a reduced temperature load of the combustion chamber facing Injektorend Schemes is made possible.
  • This object is achieved with a fuel injector with the features of Claim 1 achieved in that a combustion chamber facing the first sealing member axially between the injector and a second bearing surface of the receiving opening is tensioned and adapted to the annular region between the injector and the receiving bore on the first region of the injector facing away from the first sealing element seal.
  • the two sealing elements are formed on a component in the form of a sealing sleeve made of metal, so that the sealing sleeve on the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine facing end side has a conical first sealing region as a first sealing element, while the flange peripheral edge on the other end face of the sealing sleeve a second sealing area or a second sealing element is formed.
  • a sealing sleeve made of metal so that the sealing sleeve on the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine facing end side has a conical first sealing region as a first sealing element, while the flange peripheral edge on the other end face of the sealing sleeve a second sealing area or a second sealing element is formed.
  • the first sealing element is formed as a conical wall portion of the sealing sleeve.
  • the wall section forms an end region of the sealing sleeve on the side of the cylinder head facing the combustion chamber.
  • a further preferred embodiment of the invention which allows a particularly simple assembly or uncritical component tolerance with respect to the dimensioning of the sealing sleeve and a good heat transfer from the injector into the cylinder head, provides that the sealing sleeve except in the region of the first sealing element with a radial distance to the injector is arranged and has a diameter such that the sealing sleeve is positionable in heat-conducting contact with the receiving opening.
  • a portion of a cylinder head 100 of an otherwise not shown internal combustion engine is shown.
  • a receiving bore 101 for receiving a fuel injector 10, in particular in the form of a common rail injector is formed.
  • the receiving bore 101 embodied as a through-bore has at least the three bore sections 102, 103 and 104 shown in the figures.
  • the three bore portions 102 to 104 are preferably each cylindrical, wherein in the transition region between the bore portion 102 and bore portion 103 a first, with respect to the longitudinal axis 11 of the fuel injector 10 by way of example vertically arranged contact surface 105, and between the two bore portions 103 and 104, a second, in relation to the longitudinal axis 11 also exemplarily vertically arranged contact surface 106 is formed.
  • the bore section 102 which has the smallest diameter of the bore sections 102 to 104, opens directly into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine.
  • the fuel injector 10 has a metallic injector housing 15 with at least three regions 16 to 18.
  • the first region 16 forms a nozzle tip 19 with at least one, but in practice a plurality of injection openings 21 for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine.
  • the first region 16 is partially disposed in the first bore portion 102 and protrudes with its dome-shaped end into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine.
  • a nozzle needle or the like which is movable up and down in the direction of the longitudinal axis 11 of the fuel injector 10 is arranged within the injector housing 15 and closes the at least one injection opening 21 in its lowered position and in a raised position releasing the at least one injection port 21 (not shown).
  • the operation The nozzle needle or the injection valve member is also carried out in a known per se, and therefore unspecified manner, for example, by a magnetic actuator or a piezoelectric actuator.
  • the second region 17 is arranged within the two bore sections 103 and 104, while the third region 18 is arranged exclusively in the third bore section 104.
  • the injector housing 15 is arranged in operative connection with a nozzle retaining nut 22, which forces the injector housing 15 or the fuel injector 10 axially with the interposition of a metallic sealing ring 23 against the second contact surface 106 of the receiving bore 101.
  • the sealing ring 23 preferably comprises the second area 17 of the injector housing 15 with only a slight radial play and has an outer diameter which is substantially adapted to the outer diameter of the third area 18 of the injector housing 15.
  • the sealing ring 23 serves on the one hand the positioning of the fuel injector 10 in the receiving bore 101 of the cylinder head 100, and on the other hand the thermal coupling or connection of the injector 15 to the cylinder head 100.
  • the sealing ring 23 is preferably made of a good heat conducting material, for example of copper , educated.
  • a seal 25 in the form of a plastic sealing ring, for example consisting of Viton arranged.
  • the seal 25 is arranged axially between the second region 17 of the injector housing 15 and the first contact surface 105 in the receiving bore 101 with preferably only relatively little radial clearance in the receiving bore 101 and the force applied via the nozzle lock nut 22 axially in the direction of the longitudinal axis 11 of the fuel injector 10 in that a sealing of the receiving bore 101 on the side of the seal 25 facing away from the combustion chamber is made possible.
  • a radial seal between the seal 25 and the receiving bore 101 may additionally be formed.
  • the diameters between the first region 16 and the first bore portion 102 of the receiving bore 101 are matched to one another such that a first radial gap 27 is formed between the first region 16 and the first bore portion 102.
  • the diameters of the second region 17 of the injector housing 15 and of the second bore section 103 of the receiving bore 101 are matched to one another such that a second radial gap 28 is formed between the second region 17 and the second bore section 103.
  • the seal 25, in addition to its function of sealing the second radial gap 28 to the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine out possibly the function of positioning or centering of the fuel injector 10 in the receiving bore 101st
  • the nozzle tip 19 or the first region 16 of the injector housing 15 is thermally stressed due to its proximity to the combustion chamber, that is, the first region 16 has an elevated temperature compared to the other regions 17, 18 of the injector housing 15.
  • the heat flow from the nozzle tip 19 into the region of the cylinder head 100 is shown.
  • the heat transfer from the first region 16 of the injector 15 only over the second region 17 and the third region 18 or via the nozzle lock nut 22 and the sealing ring 23 in the cylinder head 100th he follows.
  • the Indian Fig. 2 shown fuel injector 10a differs from the fuel injector 10 in that instead of a plastic seal 25, a preferably made of good heat conducting material seal 25a is used.
  • the seal 25a is exemplary, but not limiting, formed as a copper ring and also allows a direct heat transfer from the first portion 16 and the nozzle tip 19 of the injector 15 in the cylinder head 100 in a combustion chamber near area, which should be illustrated by the arrows 31.
  • the fuel injector 10b according to Fig. 3 differs from the fuel injector 10a of Fig. 2 in that the seal 25b has moved back from the combustion chamber with respect to the longitudinal axis 11 of the fuel injector 10b, ie lies closer to the sealing ring 23. This will be the one on the other hand, the position of the seal 25b can influence the heat flow through the seal (25b). Furthermore, it can be seen that the first bore portion 102a has a greater axial length than the bore portion 102 in the fuel injectors 10 and 10a. Likewise, the first region 16b of the fuel injector 10b is formed extended with respect to the fuel injectors 10 and 10a.
  • the fuel injector 10c of Fig. 4 is in principle comparable to the fuel injector 10a.
  • a (metallic) seal 25c conical in cross-section is used, which is formed on correspondingly tapered surfaces 33 and 34 on the fuel injector 10c and the injector housing 15 and the receiving bore 101, respectively.
  • the seal 25c has the advantage over the seal 25a in the fuel injector 10a the advantage of an enlarged contact surface on the fuel injector 10c or the cylinder head 100, so that a particularly good heat transfer from the fuel injector 10c on the cylinder head 100 is made possible.
  • a particularly good centering of the fuel injector 10c in the receiving bore 101 is additionally possible by the conical shape.
  • a fuel injector 10d according to the invention is shown, in which the function of the seal 25c and of the sealing ring 23 of the fuel injector 10c of the Fig. 4 be realized by a one-piece component in the form of a sealing sleeve 35.
  • the consisting of good heat conducting material sealing sleeve 35 has on the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine facing end face a conical first sealing portion 36 as the first sealing element, while the flange-shaped peripheral edge on the other end face of the sealing sleeve 35 forms a second sealing region 37 and a second sealing element , It is also essential that the outer diameter of the sealing sleeve 35 in the region of the second bore section 103d is matched to the diameter of the bore section 103d such that the outer circumference of the sealing sleeve 35 abuts against the second bore section 103d of the receiving bore 101, so that a heat transfer from the nozzle tip 19 over the first sealing region 36 and the sealing sleeve 35 is made possible in the region of the second bore section 103d of the cylinder head 100, which should be illustrated by the arrows 38.

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Claims (4)

  1. Injecteur de carburant (10d), en particulier injecteur à rampe commune, comprenant un boîtier d'injecteur (15) qui peut être inséré dans une ouverture de réception (101) d'une culasse (100) d'un moteur à combustion interne et qui présente, dans la position d'installation, une première région (16) tournée vers une chambre de combustion du moteur à combustion interne, à laquelle se raccorde, du côté opposé à la chambre de combustion, au moins une deuxième région (17, 18) de plus grand diamètre, la première région (16) se composant de métal et étant entourée radialement, du côté tourné vers la chambre de combustion, par un premier élément d'étanchéité (36), lequel peut être inséré dans l'espace annulaire entre la première région (16) du boîtier d'injecteur (15) et l'ouverture de réception (101) dans la région d'une première portion d'alésage (103d) de l'alésage de réception (101), et comprenant un deuxième élément d'étanchéité (37) qui peut être inséré axialement au niveau du côté opposé à la chambre de combustion entre le boîtier d'injecteur (15) et une surface d'appui (106) de l'ouverture de réception (101) pour le boîtier d'injecteur (15), le premier élément d'étanchéité (36) pouvant être serré axialement entre le boîtier d'injecteur (15) et une deuxième surface d'appui (105) de l'ouverture de réception (101) et étant réalisé de manière à étanchéifier la région annulaire entre le boîtier d'injecteur (15) et l'alésage de réception (101) du côté du premier élément d'étanchéité (36) opposé à la première région (16),
    caractérisé en ce que
    les deux éléments d'étanchéité (36, 37) sont réalisés au niveau d'un composant en forme de douille d'étanchéité (35) se composant de métal, de telle sorte que la douille d'étanchéité (35) présente, du côté frontal tourné vers la chambre de combustion du moteur à combustion interne, une première région d'étanchéité réalisée sous forme conique (36) en tant que premier élément d'étanchéité, tandis que le bord périphérique en forme de bride au niveau de l'autre côté frontal de la douille d'étanchéité (35) constitue une deuxième région d'étanchéité (37) ou un deuxième élément d'étanchéité.
  2. Injecteur de carburant selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que le premier élément d'étanchéité (36) est réalisé sous forme de portion de paroi de la douille d'étanchéité (35) réalisée sous forme conique.
  3. Injecteur de carburant selon la revendication 2,
    caractérisé en ce que la portion de paroi de la douille d'étanchéité (35) du côté tourné vers la chambre de combustion constitue une région d'extrémité de la douille d'étanchéité (35).
  4. Injecteur de carburant selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1, 2 ou 3,
    caractérisé en ce que la douille d'étanchéité (35), à l'exception de la région du premier élément d'étanchéité (36), est disposée à une distance radiale du boîtier d'injecteur (15) et présente un diamètre tel que la douille d'étanchéité (35) puisse être positionnée en contact de conduction thermique avec l'ouverture de réception (101).
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DE102013212321.3A DE102013212321A1 (de) 2013-06-26 2013-06-26 Kraftstoffinjektor
PCT/EP2014/062889 WO2014206850A1 (fr) 2013-06-26 2014-06-18 Injecteur de carburant

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ES (1) ES2646549T3 (fr)
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WO2014206850A1 (fr) 2014-12-31
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BR112015032184A2 (pt) 2017-07-25

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