Magnet injector for fuel reservoir injection systems

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6422209
  • Patent Number
    6,422,209
  • Date Filed
    Monday, August 20, 2001
    23 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, July 23, 2002
    22 years ago
Abstract
The invention relates to a magnet injector for fuel reservoir injection systems, having a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet, a control chamber, which communicates with the inlet, a nozzle which communicates with the inlet and a nozzle needle, which has a tip for closing the nozzle opening and has a shaft end that borders on the control chamber; and a magnet valve which has a first electromagnet, an armature, a valve chamber that communicates with the outlet via a first passage and with the control chamber via a second passage, and a throttle body which is located in the valve chamber and is connected to the armature, wherein the throttle body, in the state of repose of the injector, is kept in a first terminal position, in which it blocks one of the two passages, and is moved toward a second terminal position, in which it opens this passage, by triggering of the first magnet. To make shorter switching times possible, the magnet valve has a second electromagnet, which upon triggering acts on the armature oppositely from the first electromagnet. The throttle body is embodied such that in its second terminal position, it blocks the other of the two passages and along the way between its two terminal positions opens both passages.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The invention relates to a magnet injector for fuel reservoir injection systems, having:




a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet; a control chamber, which communicates with the inlet; a nozzle, which communicates with the inlet; and a nozzle needle, which has a tip for closing the nozzle opening and has a shaft end that borders on the control chamber; and




a magnet valve, which has a first electromagnet, an armature, a valve chamber that communicates with the outlet via a first passage and with the control chamber via a second passage, and a throttle body which is located in the valve chamber and is connected to the armature,




wherein the throttle body, in the state of repose of the injector, is kept in a first terminal position, in which it blocks one of the two passages, and is moved toward a second terminal position, in which it opens this passage, by triggering of the first magnet. To make shorter switching times possible, the magnet valve has a second electromagnet, which upon triggering acts on the armature oppositely from the first electromagnet.




2. Description of the Prior Art




A magnet injector of this kind is already known from the book entitled “Dieselmotor-Management/Bosch” [Bosch Diesel Engine Management System], pages 274-277 (2nd Edition, 1998, published by Robert Bosch GmbH, ISBN 3-528-03873-X). At present, fuel reservoir injection systems are predominantly used in diesel engines. Along with the injectors for the cylinders, they also have a high-pressure reservoir (common rail) and a high-pressure pump for the fuel. The high-pressure pump compresses the fuel in the reservoir to the so-called system pressure, which at present can be as high as 1350 bar. This reservoir communicates with the fuel inlet of the injector.




In the known magnet injector, the magnet valve has a single electromagnet; the throttle body in its first terminal position blocks the second passage by way of which the valve chamber communicates with the control chamber, and the first passage, by way of which the valve chamber communicates with the outlet, is disposed such that it cannot be blocked by the throttle body. When the magnet is triggered, it attracts the armature, which carries the throttle body along with it until it is in its second terminal position, in which both the second passage to the control chamber and the first passage to the outlet are open.




The mode of operation of the known magnet injector, when the engine is running, can be summarized as follows.




In the state of repose, the injector is closed, and so the fuel cannot pass through the nozzle to reach the combustion chamber of the cylinder. To that end, the electromagnet of the magnet valve is not triggered, and so a valve spring keeps the throttle body in the first terminal position, in which it blocks the second passage to the control chamber. Thus the system pressure applied by the high-pressure reservoir prevails in the control chamber and also prevails in the nozzle. Since the nozzle needle borders on the control chamber with its shaft end that is opposite its tip, the pressure in the control chamber acts on the shaft end, so that a force in the direction of the tip is exerted on the nozzle needle. A nozzle spring, which serves to prestress the tip into the nozzle opening and thus to close the injector when the engine is not running and high pressure in the high-pressure reservoir is thus absent, likewise exerts a force in the direction of the tip on the nozzle needle. These two closing forces, in the state of repose, exceed the opening force also engaging the nozzle needle; this force originates in the pressure in the nozzle on the tip, which narrows at that point, of the nozzle needle.




At the onset of injection, the injector opens because the magnet valve is triggered. To that end, the so-called attracting current is carried through the electromagnet, which serves to bring about rapid opening of the magnet valve. The magnet valve then exerts a force on the armature, which exceeds the opposite force of the valve spring, so that along its motion toward the electromagnet the armature carries the throttle body along with it and puts it in its second terminal position. As a result, the second passage, by way of which the valve chamber communicates with the control chamber, is opened. Fuel can now flow out of the control chamber through this second passage into the valve chamber and can flow on out through the first passage to the fuel outlet, which communicates with the fuel tank. The pressure in the control chamber consequently drops and is rapidly lower than the pressure in the nozzle, which still is equivalent to the system pressure. Since this reduced pressure in the control chamber is now exerted on the shaft end of the nozzle needle, this closing force on the nozzle needle drops as well, and thus because of the system pressure in the nozzle the opening force predominates, and the nozzle needle is pulled out of the nozzle opening. The fuel at system pressure can now pass through the nozzle opening to emerge from the injector, and the injection begins.




The opening speed of the nozzle needle is determined by the difference between the flow from the fuel inlet into the control chamber and the flow out of the control chamber through the second passage and to the valve chamber. The shaft end of the nozzle needle penetrates into the control chamber far enough that the closing and opening forces on the nozzle needle are equalized, and it then remains in place on a cushion of fuel. This cushion is created by a fuel flow that comes to be established in the control chamber. The nozzle is now fully open, and the fuel is injected into the combustion chamber at a pressure that is approximately equal to the system pressure in the high-pressure reservoir.




At the end of the injection, the magnet valve is no longer triggered, and so the armature is forced away from the electromagnet by the force of the valve spring, and the throttle body again blocks the second passage. Consequently, as a result of the fuel continuing to flow in from the inlet, the system pressure builds up again in the control chamber. This rising pressure causes an increasing force on the nozzle needle. As soon as this closing force from the control chamber and the force of the nozzle spring exceed the opening force from the nozzle, the nozzle needle is moved toward the nozzle opening, until the nozzle opening is again closed by the tip. The closing speed of the nozzle needle is determined by the flow of fuel from the inlet into the control chamber. The injection ends when the nozzle needle reaches its bottom stop and its tip is seated in the nozzle opening. A disadvantage of this known magnet injector, however, is that its switching times are too long to enable a preinjection with replicable, small preinjection quantities of 1 mm


3


and less. This is because the magnet valve used allows only a limited armature speed. The speed can be increased by increasing the attracting current, but then armature recoiling occurs to an increasing extent, which causes a ballistic mode of operation with fluctuations in quantity of up to ±50% of the injected quantity. Increased exhaust emissions and fluctuations in constant-velocity operation are the consequence.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




It is therefore the object of the present invention to make a magnet injector of the type defined at the outset available that makes shorter switching times possible, so that even small injection quantities of less than 1 mm


3


can be replicably defined.




This object is attained in that:




the magnet valve has a second electromagnet, which upon triggering acts on the armature oppositely from the first electromagnet; and




the throttle body is embodied such that in its second terminal position, it blocks the other of the two passages and along the way between its two terminal positions opens both passages.




Consequently, this magnet injector has a magnet valve with two oppositely acting electromagnets and with one common armature. In addition, the throttle body is embodied such that in one of its two terminal positions, it blocks one of the two passages that open into the valve chamber, and opens the other passage, while in its other terminal position, conversely, it opens that passage and blocks the other one.




With this magnet injector, a small injection quantity desired for the preinjection, for instance, is defined simply in that the first electromagnet is triggered with the attracting current, which then attracts the armature.




As a result, the throttle body is moved from its first terminal position to its second terminal position. The time required for this suffices to relieve the control chamber such that a small preinjection is generated. Since in both terminal positions of the throttle body, the fuel flow from the control chamber to the outlet is interrupted, but not along the stroke path of the throttle body, the preinjection is terminated without having to reverse the direction of motion of the throttle body. As a result, in comparison to the known magnet injector with only one electromagnet, the switching time can be reduced markedly.




Furthermore, because of the defined stop of the throttle body at the passage to be blocked, fluctuations in the injection quantity are avoided.




To create the main injection, both electromagnets are triggered, so that the throttle body is moved out of its second terminal position and held in a middle position, in which it opens both passages. In this middle position, the fuel flows constantly out of the control chamber through the second passage into the valve chamber and on through the first passage to the outlet and finally back to the tank. The pressure in the control chamber drops, as in the known magnet injector, so that the shaft end of the nozzle needle is pulled into the control chamber and its tip is pulled out of the nozzle opening. The fuel flowing from the inlet into the control chamber provides for the fuel cushion once the nozzle needle has reached its upper stop.




In the state of repose of the injector, the throttle body can be kept in its first terminal position as a result of the fact that the second electromagnet is triggered. In that case, while the engineering effort and expense are low, nevertheless the requisite current must be furnished by the motor, which with a view to the much longer interval between two injections, compared with the duration of the injection itself, causes a marked drop in efficiency. A valve spring is preferably provided, which prestresses the throttle body into its first terminal position.




It is also preferred that the control chamber communicates with the valve chamber via an outlet throttle and/or with the inlet via an inlet throttle. With the aid of these throttles, the flow from the fuel inlet into the control chamber and the flow out of the control chamber into the valve chamber can be predetermined as desired; these flows for instance determine the opening and closing speed of the nozzle needle or the volume of the fuel cushion in the control chamber when the injector is fully open.




It can advantageously also be provided that a compensation chamber communicates with the inlet, and that the armature is connected to an armature shaft, whose free end face borders on the compensation chamber. This is because as a result, the throttle body is almost completely forcecompensated, so that it can react quickly to the forces exerted by the electromagnet.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS




Other features and advantages; of the invention will be apparent from the detailed description contained; below in conjunction with the drawings in which;





FIG. 1

is a schematic cross section through a magnet injector according to the invention; and





FIGS. 2



a


and


2




b


are timing diagrams, which show the stroke of the throttle body and the resultant stroke of the nozzle needle during the injection event.











DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




In

FIG. 1

, a magnet injector for the fuel reservoir injection system of a diesel engine is shown schematically in cross section. The injector has a housing


10


, which communicates with the high-pressure reservoir (or common rail, not shown) of the reservoir injection system via a fuel inlet


12


and with the fuel tank (not shown) via a fuel outlet


14


. The high-pressure reservoir communicates in turn via a high-pressure pump (not shown) with the fuel tank, which compresses the fuel in the reservoir to the system pressure, at which the injection is to take place.




On the lower end, the housing


10


has a nozzle


16


with a nozzle opening


18


and with a nozzle chamber


20


located above the nozzle opening. The nozzle chamber


20


communicates with the inlet


12


via a nozzle conduit


22


in the housing


10


. The housing


10


furthermore has a longitudinal bore, which discharges at its lower end into the nozzle chamber


20


and at its upper end into a control chamber


24


.




The injector furthermore has a nozzle needle


26


, which includes a shaft


28


and, on its lower end, a tip


30


for closing the nozzle opening


18


. The shaft


28


is guided displaceably in the longitudinal bore of the housing


10


, so that its free, upper end face, which will also be called the shaft end


32


of the needle


26


here, defines the control chamber


24


at the bottom.




In a middle portion, the shaft


28


is stepped back to a reduced diameter, so that it can receive a nozzle spring


34


, which is braced by its lower end on the shoulder at the lower end of this portion and by its upper end on a further shoulder, which is formed by a protrusion of the longitudinal bore. Thus the nozzle spring


34


exerts a downward-oriented prestressing force, that is, a prestressing force toward the nozzle opening


18


, on the needle


26


.




In its housing


10


the injector also has a magnet valve


36


, which in the embodiment shown in

FIG. 1

is disposed above the control chamber


24


. This valve includes a valve chamber


38


and a throttle body


40


received in the valve chamber. The valve chamber


38


communicates with the control chamber


24


via an outlet throttle


42


, which in turn communicates with the inlet


12


via an inlet throttle


44


. The valve


36


furthermore has a first electromagnet


46


and a second electromagnet


48


, as well as a common armature


50


located between the electromagnets.




The two electromagnets


46


,


48


are disposed coaxially around a further bore (hereinafter called the armature bore) in the housing


10


; on its lower end, this bore discharges into the valve chamber


20


, and on its upper end, it discharges into a compensation chamber


54


that communicates with the inlet


12


.




The armature


50


is secured on an armature shaft


52


, which is guided displaceably in the armature bore and whose free upper end face defines the compensation chamber


54


at the bottom. The armature shaft


52


extends downward as far as the lower end of the armature bore, from which the outlet


14


branches off. Its lower end is embodied as a waist


56


and is secured to the throttle body


40


.




Thus via a first passage, which is defined by the lower end of the armature bore and by the waist


56


, the valve chamber


38


communicates with the outlet


14


, and via a second passage, which is formed by the outlet throttle


42


, it communicates with the control chamber


24


.




Adjacent to the lower end of the armature shaft


52


, the throttle body


40


has a first sealing face


58


, and on its lower, free end face it has a second sealing face


60


. Both the edge of the orifice of the armature bore into the valve chamber


38


and the edge of the orifice of the outlet throttle


42


into the valve chamber


38


are embodied as first and second sealing seats, respectively, that fit the sealing faces. A valve spring


62


is braced on the lower, free end face of the throttle body


40


and on the lower wall of the valve chamber


38


and thus exerts an upward-oriented prestressing force, that is, a force oriented toward the first sealing seat, on the throttle body


40


.




The mode of operation of this injector will now be described for an injection event with a preinjection and main injection, referring further to

FIGS. 2



a


and


2




b.






When the high-pressure pump of the reservoir injection system is not running, for instance because it is defective or because the engine is off, then the system pressure in the high-pressure reservoir cannot be maintained, and the injector should remain closed so that fuel cannot flow uncontrolled out into the combustion chamber. Since in this case the two opposed hydraulic forces acting on the nozzle needle


26


, which originate in the pressures in the control chamber


24


and the nozzle chamber


20


, are approximately of equal magnitude, the nozzle spring


34


assures that the tip


30


of the nozzle needle


26


will be pressed into the nozzle opening


18


. The injector is accordingly closed.




When the high-pressure pump is running, the system pressure is built up in the reservoir and maintained, so that fuel can be injected as desired into the combustion chamber via the injector.




In the state of repose, that is, between two injection events, the injector should be closed, so that no fuel can reach the combustion chamber. To that end, the two electromagnets


46


,


48


are not triggered, so that they cannot exert any control forces on the armature


50


and on the throttle body


40


connected to it. In that case, the two pressures in the valve chamber


38


and the compensation chamber


54


are equal to the system pressure supplied from the high-pressure reservoir via the fuel inlet


12


. Since furthermore the orifices of the valve bore into the valve chamber


38


and into the compensation chamber


54


have the same diameter, the throttle body


40


is balanced with regard to the hydraulic forces. In other words, the valve spring


62


assures that the throttle body


40


is pressed by its first, upper sealing face


58


against the first sealing seat and is kept in this position, hereinafter also called the first terminal position.




In

FIG. 2



a


, the stroke h


d


of the throttle body


40


is plotted over time t. In the state of repose of the injector, the first terminal position is accordingly equivalent to the stroke h


d


=0.




In this first terminal position, the throttle body


40


accordingly blocks the first passage, so that no fuel can flow out of the injector via the outlet


14


. Thus both in the control chamber


24


and in the valve chamber


38


, the system pressure applied by the high-pressure reservoir via the inlet


12


and the inlet throttle


44


prevails. Via the inlet


12


and the nozzle conduit


22


, this system pressure also prevails in the nozzle chamber


20


.




Since the nozzle needle


26


with its shaft end


32


borders on the control chamber


24


, the system pressure in the control chamber


24


acts on the shaft end


32


, so that from there a hydraulic force in the direction of the tip


30


is exerted on the nozzle needle


26


. The nozzle spring


34


likewise exerts a force in the direction of the tip


30


on the nozzle needle


26


. These two closing forces, in the state of repose, exceed the hydraulic opening force also engaging the nozzle needle


26


, which opening force originates in the system pressure in the nozzle chamber


20


exerted on the lower end of the nozzle needle


26


, that is, the end that tapers there to form the tip


30


.




The injector is accordingly closed.




In

FIG. 2



b


, the stroke h


n


, of the nozzle needle


26


is plotted over time t, analogously to

FIG. 2



a


. In the state of repose of the injector, the needle tip


30


seated in the nozzle opening


18


is accordingly equivalent to the stroke h


n


=0.




The preinjection begins at time t=T


VB


in

FIGS. 2



a


and


2




b


, as a result of the triggering of the first electromagnet


46


. The triggering current is dimensioned such that the magnetic force exerted by the first electromagnet


46


on the armature


50


exceeds the opposed force of the valve spring


62


, so that the armature


50


moves the throttle body


40


out of the first terminal position and in the direction of the second terminal position.




In

FIG. 2



a


, this course of the throttle body


40


is represented by the line that, beginning at time t=T


VB


, rises from h


d


=0.




As soon as the first sealing face


58


is no longer resting on the first sealing seat, the first passage is opened. Fuel can now flow out of the valve chamber


38


through the first passage to the outlet


14


. Since furthermore along the course of the throttle body


40


between its two terminal positions the second sealing face


60


is likewise not (yet) resting on the second sealing seat, fuel can also flow out of the control chamber


24


into the valve chamber


38


through the second passage, that is, the outlet throttle


42


. Consequently, the pressure in the control chamber


24


drops and is rapidly lower than the pressure in the nozzle chamber


20


, which still corresponds to the system pressure, since the inlet throttle


44


and the long nozzle conduit


22


prevent an overly rapid relief of pressure.




Because of the dropping pressure in the control chamber


24


, the triggering current of the first electromagnet


46


can be reduced, since on the one hand the distance from the armature


50


decreases, and on the other the hydraulic force of the compensation chamber


54


, in which the system pressure still prevails as before, is above that in the control chamber


24


.




Since this reduced pressure in the control chamber


24


is now exerted on the shaft end


32


, the hydraulic closing force on the nozzle needle


26


drops as well, so that the opening force predominates because of the system pressure in the nozzle chamber


20


, and the needle tip


30


is pulled out of the nozzle opening


18


. The fuel which is under system pressure can now emerge from the injector through the nozzle opening


18


; the preinjection begins.




In

FIG. 2



b


, this motion of the nozzle needle


26


is represented by the line that at first, beginning at time t=T


VB


, rises from h


d


=0.




The preinjection is ended as soon as the throttle body has reached the second terminal position, which in

FIG. 2



a


happens at time t=T


VE


. The second sealing face


60


now rests on the second sealing seat and is pressed against it, since the first electromagnet


46


is still triggered. In this second terminal position of the throttle body


40


, the second passage of the valve chamber


38


is blocked. The fuel flow out of the control chamber


24


through the valve chamber


38


to the outlet


14


is consequently interrupted, and thus the pressure in the control chamber


24


cannot drop any further, and instead, the system pressure builds up there again. This is brought about by fuel that continues to flow out of the high-pressure reservoir through the inlet


12


and the inlet throttle


44


into the control chamber


24


, but can no longer escape through the second passage into the valve chamber


38


and onward to the outlet


14


as was previously possible during the motion of the throttle body


40


.




The hydraulic closing force on the nozzle needle


26


consequently increases, until together with the closing force of the nozzle spring


34


, it becomes greater than the hydraulic opening force from the nozzle chamber


20


. As a result, the motion of the nozzle needle


26


is reversed, and the needle tip


30


is pressed back into the nozzle opening


18


.




Thus, as shown in

FIG. 2



a


, although the stroke of the throttle body


40


during the preinjection increases steadily up to the maximum h


d


=h


2


(corresponding to the second terminal position) at time t=T


VE


, nevertheless, as shown in

FIG. 2



b


, the stroke of the nozzle needle


26


after reaching its maximum drops back again to h


n


=0.




The injector is then closed again, and the preinjection is ended.




In the interval between the preinjection and the main injection, the throttle body


40


is kept in the second terminal position, and the injector is thus kept closed, because the first electromagnet


46


continues to be triggered. The requisite triggering current of the first electromagnet


46


for this purpose is markedly less than at the beginning of the preinjection, since the armature


50


is located much closer to this electromagnet.




In

FIGS. 2



a


and


2




b


, for the period of time T


VE


<t<T


HB


(T


HB


stands for the onset of the main injection), the stroke of the throttle body is shown as constant at h


d


=h


2


and the stroke of the nozzle needle is shown as constant at h


n


=0.




The main injection is initiated at time t=T


HB


, in that both electromagnets


46


,


48


are triggered. First, the current


20


through the first electromagnet


46


is reduced enough that its magnetic force, exerted on the armature


50


, is less than the prestressing force of the valve spring


62


acting on the throttle body


40


; the hydraulic force of the control chamber


24


is of no significance in this respect, since as before, it is compensated for by the hydraulic force of the compensation chamber


54


. The throttle body


40


is consequently displaced out of the second terminal position and in the direction of the first terminal position.




Unlike the preinjection, however, the throttle body


40


will not reach the first terminal position but will instead be kept in a middle position, as a result of the triggering of the second electromagnet


48


as well.




In

FIG. 2



a


, this course of the throttle body


40


is represented by the line that at first, beginning at time t=T


HB


, drops from steeply from h


d


=h


2


to h


d


=H


M


(corresponding to the middle position), and then remains constant.




Since in the middle position both passages are open, as before in the preinjection fuel can flow out of the control chamber


24


to the outlet


14


via the valve chamber


38


. The pressure in the control chamber


24


consequently drops, so that once again the hydraulic opening force of the nozzle chamber


20


on the nozzle needle


26


predominates, and the needle tip


30


is pulled out of the nozzle opening


18


. The main injection begins.




In

FIG. 2



b


, this motion of the nozzle needle


26


is represented by the line that, beginning at time t=T


HB


, rises more and more steeply from h


n


=0.




The opening speed of the nozzle needle


26


is determined by the difference between the flow out of the inlet


12


through the inlet throttle


44


into the control chamber


24


and the flow out of the control chamber


24


through the outlet throttle


42


into the valve chamber


38


.




The shaft end


32


penetrates so far into the control chamber


24


that the closing and opening forces on the nozzle needle


26


are balanced, and then it remains on a fuel cushion. This cushion is created by the fuel flow that is established in the control chamber


24


. The nozzle


16


is now fully opened, and the fuel is injected into the combustion chamber at a pressure that is approximately equivalent to the system pressure in the high-pressure reservoir.




As long as the throttle body


40


is kept in the middle position at h


d


=H


M


by the magnetic control forces of the two electromagnets


46


,


48


, the nozzle


16


also remains fully opened.




In

FIG. 2



b


, this is represented by the line that remains at the maximum h


n


=H


V


(corresponding to the fully opened nozzle).




At the end of the main injection, the two electromagnets


46


,


48


are no longer triggered, so that the armature


50


is pressed by the prestressing force of the valve spring


62


in the direction of the second electromagnet


48


, until the throttle body


40


reaches the first terminal position again and blocks the first passage. This motion can be reinforced by switching off the first electromagnet


46


before the second electromagnet


48


. The throttle body


40


is kept in the first terminal position by the valve spring


62


.




In

FIG. 2



a


, this course of the throttle body


40


is represented by the line that, beginning at time t=T


HE


(T


HE


stands for the end of the main injection), drops from h


d


=H


M


to h


d


=0.




Since now the first sealing face


58


rests on the first sealing seat, in the control chamber


24


, because of the fuel continuing to flow in from the inlet


12


, the system pressure builds up again. As soon as the increasing hydraulic closing force of the control chamber


24


and the prestressing force of the nozzle spring


34


together exceed the hydraulic opening force of the nozzle chamber


20


, the nozzle needle


26


is moved in the direction of the nozzle opening


18


, until this nozzle opening is closed by the needle tip


30


.




In

FIG. 2



b


, this motion of the nozzle needle


26


is represented by the line that, beginning at time t=T


HE


m drops from h


n


=H


v


to h


n


=0.




The closing speed of the nozzle needle is determined by the flow of fuel out of the inlet


12


through the inlet throttle


44


into the control chamber


24


.




The main injection is terminated when the nozzle needle reaches its bottom stop and its tip


30


is seated in the nozzle opening


18


.




The injector is now once again in its state of repose.




The foregoing relates to preferred exemplary embodiments of the invention, it being understood that other variants and embodiments thereof are possible within the spirit and scope of the invention, the latter being defined by the appended claims.



Claims
  • 1. In a magnet injector for fuel reservoir injection systems, having:a fuel inlet (12) and a fuel outlet (14); a control chamber (24), which communicates with the inlet (12); a nozzle (16), which communicates with the inlet (12); and a nozzle needle (26), which has a tip (30) for closing the nozzle opening (18) and has a shaft end (32) that borders on the control chamber (24); and a magnet valve (36), which has a first electromagnet (46), an armature (50), a valve chamber (38) that communicates with the outlet (14) via a first passage and with the control chamber (24) via a second passage (42), and a throttle body (40) which is located in the valve chamber (38) and is connected to the armature (50), wherein the throttle body (40), in the state of repose of the injector, is kept in a first terminal position, in which it blocks one of the two passages, and is moved toward a second terminal position, in which it opens this passage, by triggering of the first magnet (46), the improvement wherein the magnet valve (36) has a second electromagnet (48), which upon triggering acts on the armature (50) oppositely from the first electromagnet (46); and the throttle body (40) is embodied such that in its second terminal position, it blocks the other (42) of the two passages and along the way between its two terminal positions opens both passages.
  • 2. The injector of claim 1, wherein a valve spring (62) is provided, which prestresses the throttle body (40) into its first terminal position.
  • 3. The injector of claim 1, wherein the control chamber (24) communicates with the valve chamber (38) via an outlet throttle (42) and/or with the inlet (12) via an inlet throttle (44).
  • 4. The injector of claim 1, wherein a compensation chamber (54) communicates with the inlet (12), and that the armature (50) is connected to an armature shaft (52), whose free end face borders on the compensation chamber (54).
  • 5. The injector of claim 1, wherein the orifice of the first passage into the valve chamber (38) and/or the orifice of the second passage (42) into the valve chamber (38) has a sealing seat that fits the throttle body (40).
  • 6. The injector of claim 2, wherein the control chamber (24) communicates with the valve chamber (38) via an outlet throttle (42) and/or with the inlet (12) via an inlet throttle (44).
  • 7. The injector of claim 2, wherein a compensation chamber (54) communicates with the inlet (12), and that the armature (50) is connected to an armature shaft (52), whose free end face borders on the compensation chamber (54).
  • 8. The injector of claim 3, wherein a compensation chamber (54) communicates with the inlet (12), and that the armature (50) is connected to an armature shaft (52), whose free end face borders on the compensation chamber (54).
  • 9. The injector of claim 6, wherein a compensation chamber (54) communicates with the inlet (12), and that the armature (50) is connected to an armature shaft (52), whose free end face borders on the compensation chamber (54).
  • 10. The injector of claim 2, wherein the orifice of the first passage into the valve chamber (38) and/or the orifice of the second passage (42) into the valve chamber (38) has a sealing seat that fits the throttle body (40).
  • 11. The injector of claim 3, wherein the orifice of the first passage into the valve chamber (38) and/or the orifice of the second passage (42) into the valve chamber (38) has a sealing seat that fits the throttle body (40).
  • 12. The injector of claim 6, wherein the orifice of the first passage into the valve chamber (38) and/or the orifice of the second passage (42) into the valve chamber (38) has a sealing seat that fits the throttle body (40).
  • 13. The injector of claim 4, wherein the orifice of the first passage into the valve chamber (38) and/or the orifice of the second passage (42) into the valve chamber (38) has a sealing seat that fits the throttle body (40).
  • 14. The injector of claim 7, wherein the orifice of the first passage into the valve chamber (38) and/or the orifice of the second passage (42) into the valve chamber (38) has a sealing seat that fits the throttle body (40).
  • 15. The injector of claim 8, wherein the orifice of the first passage into the valve chamber (38) and/or the orifice of the second passage (42) into the valve chamber (38) has a sealing seat that fits the throttle body (40).
  • 16. The injector of claim 9, wherein the orifice of the first passage into the valve chamber (38) and/or the orifice of the second passage (42) into the valve chamber (38) has a sealing seat that fits the throttle body (40).
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
199 41 463 Sep 1999 DE
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a 35 USC 371 application of PCT/DE 00/02783 filed on Aug. 17, 2000.

PCT Information
Filing Document Filing Date Country Kind
PCT/DE00/02783 WO 00
Publishing Document Publishing Date Country Kind
WO01/16479 3/8/2001 WO A
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