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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1998
Rudolf Heinz, Renningen, DE;
Dieter Kienzler, Leonberg, DE;
Roger Potschin, Brackenheim, DE;
Klaus-Peter Schmoll, Lehrensteinsfeld, DE;
Friedrich Boecking, Stuttgart, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A valve for controlling fluids, which is provided with a fluid-filled coupling chamber that is disposed between an actuator piston of a piezoelectric actuator and a piston that actuates a valve member. In order to compensate for a leakage in the coupling chamber that is intermittently under high pressure during a switching procedure, a filling valve is provided that is disposed radially on the coupling chamber, but outside the chamber, and this valve monitors an inflow from an inlet conduit that is under ambient pressure in the valve. In this manner, on the one hand, the clearance volume produced by the attachment of the filling valve is very small and on the other hand, the filling valve is independent of the accelerated movements of the pistons, i.e., independent of their acceleration forces. The valve is designated for use in fuel injection devices for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles.