Daimler Chrysler Ag

Guenter Stoehr

Frank Kirschbaum

Bernd-Heinrich Schmitfranz

Hans Gander

In a method for ascertaining the position of a mobile closing element of an injector valve in a motor vehicle engine, in which the closing element is driven by a piezoelectric element for opening or closing the injection valve and a voltage signal allocated to an electrical voltage recorded on the piezoelectric element, the position of the closing element is ascertained from the ascertained voltage signal. Through a two-way valve arranged on the injection valve, a change in the voltage signal is brought about based upon a change in the electrical voltage on the piezoelectric element as a function of the position of the closing element.

Method for ascertaining the position of a mobile closing element of an injection valve

The invention is based on an electromagnetic actuator for activating a gas exchange valve. The latter has both an opening magnet and a closing magnet, between which an armature which is connected to a valve stem is arranged in a coaxially displaceable fashion. The armature is held in a position of equilibrium between the magnets by means of an upper and a lower prestressed valve spring when the magnets are in a currentless state. In order to be able to control the actuator better, a plunger coil is connected to a valve stem of the gas exchange valve and is arranged coaxially with respect to said valve stem. Said plunger coil dips into a radially magnetized air gap of an annular, axially magnetized permanent magnet.

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Neuhausen, Germany

Guenter Stoehr