Control valve for a camshaft adjuster

• US 8,511,346 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2009
• Issued: 08/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co.KG (INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co. KG)
• Original Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co.KG (INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co. KG)
• Inventors: Scheidig, Gerhard, Bayrakdar, Ali
• Primary Examiner(s): Fristoe, Jr., John K
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sanchez-Medina, Reinaldo
• Application Number:
  US12/864,268
• Publication Number:
  US 20100294387A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,669 Days
• Field of Search: 137/596.12, 137/625.2, 137/625.66, 137/625.25, 137/596.18, 123/90.17, 123/90.18, 123/90.27, 123/90.31
• US Class Current: 137/625.66
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 1/022 Chain drive
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 1/34 characterised by the provision of means for changing the timing of the valves without changing the duration of opening and without affecting the magnitude of the valve lift
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 1/3442 using hydraulic chambers with variable volume to transmit the rotating force
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/34426 Oil control valves
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/3443 Solenoid driven oil control valves
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/34433 Location oil control valves
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/3444 Oil filters
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/34479 Sealing of phaser devices
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/34483 Phaser return springs
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2820/041 Camshafts position or phase sensors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/8663 Fluid motor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86751 Plug

Abstract

A control valve for a device for variably setting control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine. The control valve has a valve housing, which is hollow, and at least one inflow connection, at least one exhaust connection, and at least two working connections; a hydraulic medium conduction insert disposed in the valve housing and implemented as hollow, having hydraulic medium conduction channels, which are disposed in the wall of the hydraulic medium conduction insert and communicate with the working connections; and a control piston, which is disposed in the hydraulic medium conduction insert. The hydraulic medium conduction insert has a guide sleeve, in which the control piston is guided. The guide sleeve has a plastic encapsulation, in which at least two of the hydraulic medium conduction channels are disposed, and a filter fabric is provided between the plastic encapsulation and the guide sleeve.

Claims

1. A control valve for a device for variable setting of control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine, comprising:

a valve housing of hollow construction having at least one inlet port, at least one outlet port and at least two working ports; and

a hydraulic fluid conduction insert of hollow construction arranged in the valve housing, with hydraulic fluid conduction channels arranged in a wall of the hydraulic conduction insert and communicating with the working ports, and a control piston arranged in the hydraulic fluid conduction insert, wherein the hydraulic fluid conduction insert comprises a guide sleeve, in which the control piston is guided, the guide sleeve comprising a plastics injection-molded encapsulation, in which as least two of the hydraulic fluid conduction channels are arranged, and a filter fabric is provided between the plastics injection-molded encapsulation and the guide sleeve, where the filter fabric is a complete cylinder and is arranged at least partially over the guide sleeve.

2. The control valve of claim 1, wherein the filter fabric is associated with at least two of the hydraulic fluid conduction channels.

3. The control valve of claim 1, wherein the filter fabric is associated with at least one inflow and/or one outflow channel.

4. The control valve of claim 1, wherein at least one section of the filter fabric is surrounded on both sides by the plastics injection-molded encapsulation.

5. The control valve of claim 1, wherein the device for variable setting of control times of gas exchange valves is connected directly or indirectly to a camshaft of the internal combustion engine, and the plastics injection-molded encapsulation forms a guide for a nonreturn valve at an end facing the camshaft.

6. The control valve of claim 5, wherein the guide is formed of an orifice into which a closing member of the nonreturn valve can be introduced from an outside, and a sealing part is provided which can be connected in a noninterlocking manner with the injection-molded encapsulation, against which sealing part the closing member rests when the nonreturn valve is closed.

7. The control valve of claim 1, wherein the guide sleeve is a steel part.

8. The control valve of claim 1, wherein the filter fabric is resiliently expandable.

9. The control valve of claim 1, wherein the filter fabric is a plastics fabric.

10. The control valve of claim 1, wherein the filter fabric is a steel fabric of stainless steel.

11. The control valve of claim 1, wherein the filter fabric comprises rhombus-shaped openings.