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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002

Filed:

Jan. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Christian Hoffmann, Regensburg, DE;

Wolfgang Lingl, Regensburg, DE;

Richard Pirkl, Regensburg, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ; H01L 4/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ; H01L 4/104 ;
Abstract

A method and a device for charging a capacitive actuator are described. The capacitive actuator, in particular for a fuel injection valve of an internal combustion engine, is charged or discharged with different charging and discharging times. In order to shorten the charging time, the capacitance of the recharging capacitor which is dimensioned for a maximum charging time is reduced at a predefined time during the charging process. Two exemplary embodiments of a device for carrying out the method are explained in more detail.


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