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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2014
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Jens Maase, Regensburg, DE;
Volker Hertes, Regensburg, DE;
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
A method actuates a fuel injector having a coil drive with a solenoid and a magnet armature. The magnet armature can be moved along a longitudinal axis by a magnetic field generated by the solenoid. In the method, an amplification voltage is applied to the solenoid at a predefined point in time to move the magnet armature from a closed position into an open position. The amplification voltage is made available by a voltage-regulated direct voltage transformer from a supply voltage. The direct voltage transformer has a storage capacitor for supporting the voltage made available at the output of the direct voltage transformer. The storage capacitor is charged to a pilot control voltage by the amplification voltage before the given point in time, with the result that the voltage present at the solenoid is higher than the amplification voltage at the predefined point in time.