Bleed-type electromagnetic valve

• US 8,100,142 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2009
• Issued: 01/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Sasago, Shunpei
• Primary Examiner(s): SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M
• Application Number:
  US12/382,852
• Publication Number:
  US 20090256094A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,035 Days
• Field of Search: 137/596, 137/596.1, 137/596.17, 137/596.2
• US Class Current: 137/596.17
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 13/0405 for seat valves, i.e. poppet valves
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2061/0253 Details of electro hydraulic valves, e.g. lands, ports, spools or springs
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2061/0258 Proportional solenoid valve
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/0251 Elements specially adapted for electric control units, e.g. valves for converting electrical signals to fluid signals
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/0613 with cylindrical slides
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/87217 Motor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/87241 Biased closed

Abstract

A bleed solenoid valve that includes a valve main body that is hollow and formed with an input port, an output port, and a discharge port; a flow-changing part that is accommodated inside the valve main body and formed with a first flow path and a second flow path, a valve shaft that is accommodated inside the flow-changing part; and a solenoid part that moves the valve shaft in the axial direction.

Claims

1. A bleed solenoid valve comprising:

a valve main body that is hollow and formed with an input port into which hydraulic fluid flows in an axial direction, an output port that outputs hydraulic fluid sideward, and a discharge port that discharges hydraulic fluid sideward;

a flow-changing part that is accommodated inside the valve main body, and formed with a first flow path, wherein hydraulic fluid that enters through the input port and flows inside due to a throttle may be output from the output port and discharged from the drain port, and a second flow path, wherein hydraulic fluid is directly output from the output port without passing through the throttle, with the flow-changing part switching between blocking and opening the second flow path in accordance with movement in the axial direction;

a valve shaft that is accommodated inside the flow-changing part, and capable of switching among a state in which the discharge port is closed with axial movement of the flow-changing part and the valve shaft, and hydraulic fluid flows through the first flow path and the second flow path, a state in which the second flow path is blocked and hydraulic fluid flows through the first flow path with adjustment of the open state of the discharge port, and a state in which the input port is closed and the output port is in communication with the discharge port; and

a solenoid part that moves the valve shaft in the axial direction.

2. The bleed solenoid valve according to claim 1, wherein

the flow-changing part is a hollow member having an end part that is formed with an opening part having a diameter smaller than the input port, wherein

entry through the opening part corresponds to the throttle of the first flow path,

the second flow path is set between an outer peripheral face of the flow-changing part and an inner peripheral face of the valve main body, and

when the flow-changing part contacts the valve main body in accordance with axial movement, the second flow path is blocked by a face of the flow-changing part contacting the valve main body.

3. The bleed solenoid valve according to claim 2, wherein

the flow-changing part is attached with biasing means that biases the valve shaft toward the solenoid part side, wherein

the valve shaft terminates contact with the flow-changing part due to the biasing force of the biasing means to release the throttle and block communication between the output port and the discharge port when the solenoid part is not driving;

moves in cooperation with the flow-changing part while the throttle remains open through the biasing force of the biasing means until the flow-changing part contacts the valve main body when the solenoid part is driving, so as to move in a direction that gradually blocks the second flow path;

moves after the flow-changing part contacts the valve main body to block the second flow path without moving in cooperation with the flow-changing part against the biasing force when the driving force of the solenoid part exceeds the biasing force of the biasing means; and

uses a flow path that becomes larger nearer the throttle to communicate the output port with the discharge port, and contacts the flow-changing part in the axial direction, whereby the throttle is blocked by a face of the flow-changing part contacting the valve shaft and the output port communicates with the discharge port.

4. The bleed solenoid valve according to claim 1, wherein

the valve main body comprises an output pressure chamber formed such that a fluid pressure that acts on the flow-changing part due to hydraulic fluid laterally entering and being input through the input port is partially canceled out by a fluid pressure acting in a direction opposite to said fluid pressure.

5. The bleed solenoid valve according to claim 1, wherein

the bleed solenoid valve is a valve capable of inputting a line pressure adjusted by a regulator valve through the input port and adjusting the input line pressure, and outputting a direct hydraulic pressure through the output port to one of a clutch and a brake incorporated in an automatic transmission that receives a supply of hydraulic pressure to operate.