EP2649293A4 - Allumeurs intégrés à des injecteurs de carburant conçus pour l'injection de carburants et/ou agents de refroidissement multiples, et procédés associés d'utilisation et de fabrication - Google Patents

Allumeurs intégrés à des injecteurs de carburant conçus pour l'injection de carburants et/ou agents de refroidissement multiples, et procédés associés d'utilisation et de fabrication

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EP2649293A4
EP2649293A4 EP10860454.7A EP10860454A EP2649293A4 EP 2649293 A4 EP2649293 A4 EP 2649293A4 EP 10860454 A EP10860454 A EP 10860454A EP 2649293 A4 EP2649293 A4 EP 2649293A4
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ignitors
injection
manufacture
integrated
fuel injectors
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EP2649293A1 (fr
EP2649293B1 (fr
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Roy Edward Mcalister
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McAlister Technologies LLC
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McAlister Technologies LLC
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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
    • F02M57/00—Fuel-injectors combined or associated with other devices
    • F02M57/06—Fuel-injectors combined or associated with other devices the devices being sparking plugs
    • 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
    • F02M43/00—Fuel-injection apparatus operating simultaneously on two or more fuels, or on a liquid fuel and another liquid, e.g. the other liquid being an anti-knock additive
    • F02M43/04—Injectors peculiar thereto
    • 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
    • F02M51/06—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle
    • F02M51/061—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle using electromagnetic operating means
    • F02M51/0625—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle using electromagnetic operating means characterised by arrangement of mobile armatures
    • F02M51/0664—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle using electromagnetic operating means characterised by arrangement of mobile armatures having a cylindrically or partly cylindrically shaped armature, e.g. entering the winding; having a plate-shaped or undulated armature entering the winding
    • F02M51/0671—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle using electromagnetic operating means characterised by arrangement of mobile armatures having a cylindrically or partly cylindrically shaped armature, e.g. entering the winding; having a plate-shaped or undulated armature entering the winding the armature having an elongated valve body attached thereto
    • F02M51/0682—Injectors peculiar thereto with means directly operating the valve needle using electromagnetic operating means characterised by arrangement of mobile armatures having a cylindrically or partly cylindrically shaped armature, e.g. entering the winding; having a plate-shaped or undulated armature entering the winding the armature having an elongated valve body attached thereto the body being hollow and its interior communicating with the fuel flow
    • 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
    • F02M63/0003—Fuel-injection apparatus having a cyclically-operated valve for connecting a pressure source, e.g. constant pressure pump or accumulator, to an injection valve held closed mechanically, e.g. by springs, and automatically opened by fuel pressure
    • F02M63/0007—Fuel-injection apparatus having a cyclically-operated valve for connecting a pressure source, e.g. constant pressure pump or accumulator, to an injection valve held closed mechanically, e.g. by springs, and automatically opened by fuel pressure using electrically actuated valves
    • 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
    • F02M63/0014—Valves characterised by the valve actuating means
    • F02M63/0015—Valves characterised by the valve actuating means electrical, e.g. using solenoid
    • F02M63/0017—Valves characterised by the valve actuating means electrical, e.g. using solenoid using electromagnetic 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
    • 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
    • F02M63/0033—Lift valves, i.e. having a valve member that moves perpendicularly to the plane of the valve seat
    • F02M63/0036—Lift valves, i.e. having a valve member that moves perpendicularly to the plane of the valve seat with spherical or partly spherical shaped valve member ends

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Fuel-Injection Apparatus (AREA)
  • Ignition Installations For Internal Combustion Engines (AREA)
EP10860454.7A 2010-12-06 2010-12-06 Allumeurs intégrés à des injecteurs de carburant conçus pour l'injection de carburants et/ou agents de refroidissement multiples Not-in-force EP2649293B1 (fr)

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EP15155090.2A EP2918815A1 (fr) 2010-12-06 2010-12-06 Procédés d'utilisation d'un dispositif intégré d'allumage et d'injection de carburant conçu pour injecter des carburants multiples et/ou des agents réfrigérants

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PCT/US2010/059147 WO2012078133A1 (fr) 2010-12-06 2010-12-06 Allumeurs intégrés à des injecteurs de carburant conçus pour l'injection de carburants et/ou agents de refroidissement multiples, et procédés associés d'utilisation et de fabrication

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EP15155090.2A Division EP2918815A1 (fr) 2010-12-06 2010-12-06 Procédés d'utilisation d'un dispositif intégré d'allumage et d'injection de carburant conçu pour injecter des carburants multiples et/ou des agents réfrigérants
EP15155090.2A Division-Into EP2918815A1 (fr) 2010-12-06 2010-12-06 Procédés d'utilisation d'un dispositif intégré d'allumage et d'injection de carburant conçu pour injecter des carburants multiples et/ou des agents réfrigérants

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EP2649293A1 EP2649293A1 (fr) 2013-10-16
EP2649293A4 true EP2649293A4 (fr) 2014-08-06
EP2649293B1 EP2649293B1 (fr) 2015-12-02

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EP10860454.7A Not-in-force EP2649293B1 (fr) 2010-12-06 2010-12-06 Allumeurs intégrés à des injecteurs de carburant conçus pour l'injection de carburants et/ou agents de refroidissement multiples

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EP (2) EP2918815A1 (fr)
JP (1) JP2014500932A (fr)
CN (1) CN103370528B (fr)
AU (1) AU2010365037A1 (fr)
BR (1) BR112013014122A2 (fr)
CA (1) CA2820719A1 (fr)
MX (1) MX2013006432A (fr)
WO (1) WO2012078133A1 (fr)

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CN103370528B (zh) 2015-01-07
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EP2649293A1 (fr) 2013-10-16
BR112013014122A2 (pt) 2016-09-27
WO2012078133A1 (fr) 2012-06-14
EP2649293B1 (fr) 2015-12-02
CA2820719A1 (fr) 2012-06-14
AU2010365037A1 (en) 2013-07-04
CN103370528A (zh) 2013-10-23
JP2014500932A (ja) 2014-01-16

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