EP3418550B1 - Kraftstoffverteilerleitungen mit gewinde - Google Patents
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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
- F02M55/00—Fuel-injection apparatus characterised by their fuel conduits or their venting means; Arrangements of conduits between fuel tank and pump F02M37/00
- F02M55/02—Conduits between injection pumps and injectors, e.g. conduits between pump and common-rail or conduits between common-rail and injectors
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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
- F02M2200/00—Details of fuel-injection apparatus, not otherwise provided for
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- F02M2200/8015—Provisions for assembly of fuel injection apparatus in a certain orientation, e.g. markings, notches or specially shaped sleeves other than a clip
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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
- F02M2200/00—Details of fuel-injection apparatus, not otherwise provided for
- F02M2200/80—Fuel injection apparatus manufacture, repair or assembly
- F02M2200/8076—Fuel injection apparatus manufacture, repair or assembly involving threaded members
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- the technical domain of the invention relates to threaded fuel rails.
- One aspect of this disclosure incudes a fuel rail assembly for gasoline direct injection fuel delivery to an engine.
- a fuel rail or tube is often provided. Frequently, the main fuel is gasoline.
- Current high pressure fuel rail assemblies are made of a stainless steel tube and numerous stainless steel components such as injectors that are tack welded and thermally brazed together into a complete assembly.
- Current rail operating pressures are around 20 MPa (2900 PSI) maximum.
- Conventional designs have some difficulty in dealing with a higher maximum pressure of approximately 30 MPa (4400 PSI) and beyond. Such pressures raise concerns as to the integrity and reliability of the brazed joint connection.
- brazed joint One of the concerns on any welded or brazed joint is the inability to easily verify the reliability of the connection.
- a brazed joint can visually look satisfactory but be compromised due to variations in the braze process. At higher pressures this would raise concerns about rail safety and performance.
- Japanese patent Laid-Open No. 2005-69023 discloses a tube or rail along which fuel travels under pressure. Through holes are defined in a wall section of the tube.
- the fuel rail is formed of diverging branch pipes.
- metal fittings are connected to the tube by a brazing step after the metal fittings are inserted into through holes provided in a peripheral wall section of the main rail.
- Fuel rails made of aluminum for direct-injection internal combustion engines cannot be used where injection pressures may reach 150-250 MPa. This is because the strength of aluminum is low. Further, the fuel rail may have disadvantageous layout characteristics because the wall thickness of the rail must be sufficient to withstand high fuel pressures. Consequently, production costs rise because contact surfaces with fuel must be treated by expensive surface treatment protocols. This may be required if the aluminum fuel rail is sensitive to alcohol and corrosive fuel.
- One aspect of this disclosure involves gasoline direct injection fuel delivery systems in which screw threads are provided on the components to be assembled. This allows for process control that will ensure a reliable connection that can withstand increased pressure and performance requirements.
- one departure from conventional approaches and structures includes the method of attachment of injectors to the tube. A brazing step is no longer used. This attachment method and significantly increases allowable rail pressure and structural reliability while decreasing rail cost.
- the present disclosure relates to a fuel rail (a delivery pipe) for supplying high pressure fuel from fuel booster pumps. Fuel is injected through a fuel injector (an injection nozzle) into an engine cylinder.
- a fuel injector an injection nozzle
- One embodiment of a fuel rail assembly for gasoline direct injection fuel delivery to an engine includes a common rail tube with internal and external walls, an upstream end and a downstream end.
- the tube has one or more threaded orifices extending between the internal and external walls.
- Injector sockets are threadingly engaged with the orifices.
- Each of the injector sockets has a proximal nipple end region connected to the tube and a distal end region. Screw threads are disposed around the proximal nipple end region. At the tube and at the proximal end of the injector socket, the screw threads begin with a lead thread and thus form registered mechanical connections between the injector sockets and the tube that are adapted to withstand higher maximum pressures than those at which conventional fuel rail assemblies can operate safely.
- An orientation notch is provided in the distal end region of at least some of the injector sockets.
- the lead thread of an injector socket is defined so that it is aligned with an associated orientation notch, which has its own lead thread.
- the associated orientation notch is situated in a home position after threading engagement of the proximal nipple end regions of the one or more injector sockets by the tube.
- a pre-defined angular position of the injector sockets is created after torquing the injector sockets. In the predefined angular position, mechanical connections thereby formed seal the joints between the tube and the injector sockets.
- the fuel rail assembly has end threads defined in the internal wall of the tube at its the upstream and downstream ends.
- a fuel inlet with threads engages the upstream end thread at the upstream end of the tube.
- An end cap sensor boss with threads engages the downstream end thread at the downstream end of the tube.
- the disclosed structure is expected to be used at higher maximum pressures equal to or in excess of approximately 35 MPa (5000 PSI) and will address concerns as to the integrity and reliability of conventional brazed joint connection.
- One aspect of this disclosure involves gasoline direct injection fuel delivery systems that operate under pressures that may be as high as 35 MPa (5000 PSI).
- pressures that may be as high as 35 MPa (5000 PSI).
- precisely oriented screw threads are provided on the components to be assembled. This allows for process control that will ensure a reliable connection between a tube 10 and an injector socket 12 that can withstand the increased pressure and performance requirements ( FIGS. 1-5 ).
- one departure from conventional approaches and structures includes the method of attachment of the injectors 12 to the tube 10. A brazing step is no longer used.
- the disclosed attachment method allows safe and reliable operation under high rail pressures and provides structural reliability while decreasing rail cost.
- the present disclosure relates to a fuel rail (a delivery pipe, 10) for supplying high-pressure fuel from fuel booster pumps through an inlet 11. Fuel is injected through a fuel injector (an injection nozzle, 12) directly into an engine cylinder 13.
- a fuel injector an injection nozzle, 12
- a fuel rail assembly for gasoline direct injection fuel delivery to an engine includes a common rail tube 10 with internal 14 and external 16 walls, an upstream end 18 and a downstream end 20.
- the tube 10 has one or more threaded orifices 21 extending between the internal and external walls 14, 16.
- Injector sockets 12 are threadingly engaged with the orifices 32.
- Each of the injector sockets 12 has a proximal nipple end region 22 to be connected to the tube 10 and a distal end region 24.
- Screw threads 26 are disposed around the proximal nipple end region 22.
- the screw threads 26 begin with a lead thread which mates with a lead thread 30 in an aperture 32 that extends through the tube wall, thereby forming mechanical connections between the injector sockets 12 and the tube 10 that are adapted to withstand higher maximum pressures than those at which conventional fuel rail assemblies can operate safely.
- An orientation notch 34 is provided in the distal end region 24 of at least some of the injector sockets 12.
- the lead thread 28 is formed so that it is aligned with an associated orientation notch 34.
- the orientation notch 34 is oriented before engagement with the tube 10 in relation with a longitudinal axis A - A of the tube 10.
- the fuel rail assembly has end threads defined in the internal wall at the upstream 18 and downstream ends 20 of the tube 10.
- a fuel inlet 38 ( FIG. 3 ) with threads engages the upstream end thread at the upstream end 18 of the tube 10.
- An end cap sensor boss 44 with threads engages the downstream end thread at the downstream end 20 of the tube.
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Claims (6)
- Kraftstoffverteileranordnung für die Kraftstoffversorgung eines Motors mit Benzin-Direkteinspritzung, wobei die Anordnung umfasst
ein Common-Rail-Rohr (10) mit einer Längsachse, Innen- und Außenwänden, einem stromaufwärts gerichteten Ende (18) und einem stromabwärts gerichteten Ende (20), wobei das Rohr (10) eine oder mehrere Gewindeöffnungen aufweist, die sich zwischen der Innen- und Außenwand (14, 16) erstrecken; und
eine oder mehrere Einspritzdüsenbuchsen (12), die eingerichtet sind, um mit den Gewindeöffnungen (32) zusammenzupassen, wobei jede Einspritzdüsenbuchse (12) einen mit dem Rohr (10) verbundenen proximalen Nippelendbereich (22) und einen distalen Endbereich (24) aufweist, durch den Kraftstoff an den Motor abgegeben wird;
Schraubengewinde (26), die um den proximalen Nippelendbereich (22) herum angeordnet sind, wobei die Schraubengewinde (26) ein Leitgewinde (30) aufweisen, wobei die Schraubengewinde (26) von einer oder mehreren Gewindeöffnungen aufgenommen sind, wodurch eine oder mehrere mechanische Verbindungen zwischen den Einspritzdüsenbuchsen (12) und dem Rohr (10) gebildet werden, die geeignet sind, einem maximalen Kraftstoffdruck standzuhalten;
wobei die Kraftstoffverteileranordnung dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass sie ferner umfasst:
eine Orientierungskerbe, die im distalen Endbereich mindestens einiger der Einspritzdüsenbuchsen (12) vorgesehen ist, wobei das Führungsgewinde einer Einspritzdüsenbuchse (12) so ausgebildet ist, dass es mit einer zugehörigen Orientierungskerbe vorjustiert ist, die Orientierungskerbe (34) in Bezug auf die Längsachse nach dem Gewindeeingriff der proximalen Nippelendbereiche (22) der einen oder mehreren Einspritzdüsenbuchsen (12) mit dem Rohr (10) in einer vorbestimmten Winkelposition in Bezug auf die Längsachse des Rohres (10) nach dem Anziehen der Einspritzdüsenbuchsen (12) angeordnet ist, um die dadurch zwischen dem Rohr (10) und den Einspritzdüsenbuchsen (12) gebildeten mechanischen Verbindungen abzudichten. - Kraftstoffverteileranordnung nach Anspruch 1, ferner mit Endgewinden, die in der Innenwand an den stromaufwärts und stromabwärts gerichteten Enden (18, 20) des Rohres (10) definiert sind;
einem Kraftstoffeinlass (11, 38) mit Gewinden, die in das stromaufwärts gerichtete Endgewinde am stromaufwärts gerichteten Ende des Rohres (10) eingreifen; und
einen Endkappen-Sensoransatz (44) mit Gewinden, die in das stromabwärts gerichtete Endgewinde am stromabwärts gerichteten Ende des Rohres (10) eingreifen. - Kraftstoffverteileranordnung nach Anspruch 1, wobei imaginäre Zentren der einen oder mehreren Gewindeöffnungen (32) mit der Längsachse ausgerichtet sind.
- Kraftstoffverteileranordnung nach Anspruch 1, ferner mit in der Innenwand (14) am stromaufwärts gelegenen Ende des Rohres (10) definierten Endgewinden; und einem Kraftstoffeinlass (11, 38) mit Gewinden, die mit dem stromaufwärts gerichteten Endgewinde am stromaufwärts gerichteten Ende des Rohres (10) in Eingriff stehen.
- Kraftstoffverteileranordnung nach Anspruch 1, ferner mit in der Innenwand (14) an den stromabwärts gerichteten Enden des Rohres (10) definierten Endgewinden; und einem Endkappen-Sensoransatz (44) mit Gewinden, die in das stromabwärts gerichtete Endgewinde am stromabwärts gerichteten Ende des Rohres (10) eingreifen.
- Kraftstoffschienenanordnung nach Anspruch 1, worin der maximale Druck 35 MPa (5000 PSI) beträgt.
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