DISPLACEMENT CONTROL DEVICE

• US 20200132092A1
• Filed: 10/21/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Danfoss Power Solutions GmbH & Co. OHG (Danfoss A/S)
• Original Assignee: Danfoss Power Solutions GmbH & Co. OHG (Danfoss A/S)
• Inventors: Thoms, Reinhardt, Wustefeld, Martin, Srinivasamurthy, Sumeru Gourbidanur
• Granted Patent: US 10,941,792 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 49/002 Hydraulic systems to change the pump delivery
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 13/0402 for linearly sliding valves, e.g. spool valves
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 13/0407 Means for damping the valve member movement
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 15/204 Control means for piston speed or actuating force without external control, e.g. control valve inside the piston F15B11/02, F15B15/22 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/20553 with pilot circuit, e.g. for controlling a swash plate
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 11/0712 comprising particular spool-valve sealing means

Abstract

Displacement control device for providing pressure fluid to a servo unit for adjusting the displacement of a pressure fluid unit, having a control cylinder in which a control spool is mounted shiftable along the longitudinal axis of the control cylinder, an inlet port, a servo port and a discharge port are formed in the control cylinder longitudinally spaced from each other, wherein the control spool comprising: a basically cylindrical outer surface; a front face on which an actuation force can act for shifting the control spool along the longitudinal axis; a discharge area opposite to the front face; a longitudinal bore inside the control spool, wherein one end of the longitudinal bore opens towards the front face and the other end is connected via a backpressure orifice with the discharge area; a control recess provided lengthwise in the outer surface; a radial bore which connects via a flow limiting orifice the longitudinal bore with the outer surface, wherein the opening of the radial bore at the outer surface is located in circumferential direction beside the control recess, such that the opening of radial bore overlaps with the servo port in an actuated position of the control spool, in which the control recess connects the inlet port with the servo port.

Claims

1. A displacement control device for providing pressure fluid to a servo unit for adjusting the displacement of a pressure fluid unit, having a control cylinder in which a control spool is mounted shiftable along the longitudinal axis of the control cylinder, an inlet port, a servo port and a discharge port are formed in the control cylinder longitudinally spaced from each other, wherein the control spool comprising:

a basically cylindrical outer surface;

a front face on which an actuation force can act for shifting the control spool along the longitudinal axis;

a discharge area opposite to the front face;

a longitudinal bore inside the control spool, wherein one end of the longitudinal bore opens towards the front face and the other end is connected via a backpressure orifice with the discharge area;

a control recess provided lengthwise in the outer surface;

a radial bore which connects via a flow limiting orifice the longitudinal bore with the outer surface, wherein the opening of the radial bore at the outer surface is located in circumferential direction beside the control recess, such that the opening of radial bore overlaps with the servo port in an actuated position of the control spool, in which the control recess connects the inlet port with the servo port.

2. The displacement control device according to claim 1, wherein the control recess in another actuated position connects the inlet port with servo port and the opening of radial bore do not overlap with the servo port.

3. The displacement control device according to claim 1, wherein the radial bore is perpendicular to the longitudinal bore.

4. The displacement control device according to claim 1, wherein the flow limiting orifice is bigger in diameter than the backpressure orifice.

5. The displacement control device according to claim 1, wherein two control recesses and two openings of radial bores, each of the radial bores connecting the longitudinal bore with a flow limiting orifice, are formed on the outer surface preferably opposing each other.

6. The displacement control device according to claim 1, wherein at least one lateral end in longitudinal direction of the control recess is notched or chamfered.

7. The displacement control device comprising a two-sided control spool analogous to a control spool of claim 1, which is symmetrical with respect to the discharge area, is received in a symmetrical control cylinder which comprising two inlet ports and two servo ports both type of ports symmetrically arranged with respect to at least one discharge port.

8. The displacement control device according to claim 7, wherein the symmetrical control spool closes in its initial position both inlet ports.

9. A hydraulic unit comprising a displacement control device according to claim 1, wherein the actuation force on the control spool is transmitted mechanically onto front face.

16. The displacement control device according to claim 2, wherein the radial bore is perpendicular to the longitudinal bore.

17. The displacement control device according to claim 2, wherein the flow limiting orifice is bigger in diameter than the backpressure orifice.

18. The displacement control device according to claim 3, wherein the flow limiting orifice is bigger in diameter than the backpressure orifice.

19. The displacement control device according to claim 2, wherein two control recesses and two openings of radial bores, each of the radial bores connecting the longitudinal bore with a flow limiting orifice, are formed on the outer surface preferably opposing each other.

20. The displacement control device according to claim 3, wherein two control recesses and two openings of radial bores, each of the radial bores connecting the longitudinal bore with a flow limiting orifice, are formed on the outer surface preferably opposing each other.

10. A control spool for pressure fluid displacement control device in which the control spool can be mounted shiftable along a longitudinal axis of a control cylinder;

the control spool comprising;

a basically cylindrical outer surface;

a front face, on which an actuation force can act for shifting the control spool in the longitudinal direction;

a discharge area opposite to the front face;

a longitudinal bore inside the control spool, wherein one end of the longitudinal bore opens towards the front face and the other end is connected via a backpressure orifice with the discharge area;

a control recess provided lengthwise in the outer surface;

a radial bore whose opening at the outer surface is located in circumferential direction beside the control recess, wherein the radial bore connects the longitudinal bore with the outer surface via a flow limiting orifice.

11. The control spool according to claim 10, wherein the radial bore is perpendicular to the longitudinal bore.

12. The control spool according to claim 10, wherein the backpressure orifice is smaller in diameter than the flow limiting orifice.

13. The control spool according to claim 10, wherein two control recesses and two openings of radial bores, each of the radial bore connecting the longitudinal bore with a flow limiting orifice, are formed on the outer surface preferably opposing each other.

14. The control spool according to claim 10, wherein at least one lateral end in the longitudinal direction of the control recess is notched or chamfered.

15. A symmetrical control spool analogous to a control spool of claim 10, which can be actuated on two opposite front surfaces, wherein the symmetrical control spool is designed such that the control spool features of control spool according to claim 10 are arranged symmetrical with respect to the discharge area.