Flow limiting throttle element

• US 5,411,055 A
• Filed: 11/23/1993
• Issued: 05/02/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH (Liebherr-International AG)
• Original Assignee: Mannesmann AG (Vodafone Group PLC)
• Inventors: Kane, Brian
• Primary Examiner(s): Nilson, Robert G.
• Application Number:
  US08/156,078
• Time in Patent Office: 525 Days
• Field of Search: 137/513.5, 137/540, 137/528, 137/513.3
• US Class Current: 137/513.5
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 15/06 with guided stems
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 2200/401 arranged on the closure member
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 47/10 in which the medium in one direction must flow through the throttling channel, and in the other direction may flow through a much wider channel parallel to the throttling channel
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7848 Permits flow at valve interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7904 Reciprocating valves

Abstract

A flow limiting throttle element for restricting the flow of a fluid guided in a delivery line, including a pressure-tight housing having a first bore hole portion, a second bore hole portion adjoining the first bore hole portion and two coaxially arranged working connections. A substantially cylindrical piston is arranged in the first bore hole portion of the housing so as to be freely axially displaceable therein, the first bore hole portion having a length that is at least 50% of the piston length. Overflow ducts are arranged in an outer surface area of the piston and the second bore hole portion of the housing has a cylindrical recess which communicates with the overflow ducts and transits into a first one of the working connections. The first working connection having an inner diameter smaller than that of the second bore hole portion. Additionally, a connection nipple is sealingly arranged in the first working connection, and has an annular end face which is situated in the housing so as to project into a region of the cylindrical recess and form a sealing fit with a first end face of the piston which faces the nipple end face. A first continuous slot is arranged on the first end face of the piston so as to continuously communicate with the cylindrical recess of the second bore hole portion without regard to the axial position of the piston.

Claims

1. A flow limiting throttle element for restricting the flow of a fluid guided in a delivery line, comprising:

a pressure-tight housing having a first bore hole portion, a second bore hole portion adjoining the first bore hole portion and two coaxially arranged working connections;

a piston arranged in the first bore hole portion of the housing so as to be freely axially displaceable therein, the first bore hole portion having a length that is at least 50% of the piston length, the second bore hole portion of the housing having a cylindrical recess which transits into a first one of the working connections, the first working connection having an inner diameter smaller than that of the second bore hole portion; and

a connection nipple sealingly arranged in the first working connection, the connection nipple having an annular end face which is situated in the housing so as to project into a region of the cylindrical recess and form a sealing fit with a first end face of the piston which faces the nipple end face, a first continuous slot being arranged on the first end face of the piston so as to continuously communicate with the cylindrical recess of the second bore hole portion without regard to axial position of the piston.

2. A flow limiting throttle element according to claim 1, wherein the transition of the second bore hole portion of the housing to the first one of the working chambers is formed as a shoulder.

3. A flow limiting throttle element according to claim 1, wherein the transition of the second bore hole portion of the housing to the first one of the working chambers is formed as a relief.

4. A flow limiting throttle element according to claim 1, wherein the connection nipple is a screw fitting.

5. A flow limiting throttle element according to claim 1 additionally comprising overflow ducts arranged in the outer surface area of the piston, the cylindrical recess of the second bore hole portion of the housing being provided so as to communicate with the overflow ducts.

6. A flow limiting throttle element according to claim 5, wherein the overflow ducts include one overflow duct that is a transverse bore hole that extends through the piston, the piston having a second end face and a pocket bore hole which proceeds from the second end face and opens into the transverse bore hole that extends through the piston, the transverse bore hole communicating with the cylindrical recess of the second bore hole portion regardless of axial position of the piston.

7. A flow limiting throttle element according to claim 5, wherein the overflow duct comprises at least one straight portion in the piston that diverges from a circular shape, the straight portion having an axial length that corresponds at least to the length of the first bore hole portion of the housing.

8. A flow limiting throttle element according to claim 7, wherein the axial length of the straight portion of the piston corresponds to the length of the first bore hole portion of the housing, the piston further having a region with reduced diameter that adjoins the first bore hole portion and communicates with the recess of the second bore hole portion regardless of the axial length of the piston.

9. A flow limiting throttle element according to claim 7, wherein the piston has a second continuous slot at a second end face located opposite the connection nipple, an edge of the straight portion of the piston being outside a bore hole surface of a second of the working connections, as viewed from above.

10. A flow limiting throttle element according to claim 9, wherein the slots arranged in the end faces of the piston have identical cross-sections.

11. A flow limiting throttle element according to claim 9, wherein the slots arranged in the end faces of the piston have different cross-sections.

12. A flow limiting throttle element according to claim 9, wherein the second continuous slot has a correspondingly large cross-section so as to permit a free flow from the first working connection to the second working connection.