Control valve

• US 8,863,710 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2010
• Issued: 10/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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: Bayrakdar, Ali
• Primary Examiner(s): Denion, Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): BERNSTEIN, DANIEL A
• Application Number:
  US13/392,321
• Publication Number:
  US 20120145105A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,545 Days
• Field of Search: 123/90.15, 123/90.17, 123/90.33, 123/90.34, 137/625.34, 137/625.37, 137/625.67, 137/625.69
• US Class Current: 123/90.17
• 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 2001/34433 Location oil control valves
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/3444 Oil filters
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2303/00 Manufacturing of components used in valve arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 11/0716 with fluid passages through the valve member F16K11/0704, F16K11/0708, F16K11/0712 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/8671 With annular passage [e.g., spool]

Abstract

A control valve which has a substantially cylindrical valve box and a substantially cylindrical control piston. The control valve can be arranged in a cylindrical receptacle and the control piston is arranged so as to be axially displaceable inside the valve box.

Claims

1. A control valve capable of being arranged inside a cylindrical receptacle, the control valve comprising:

a substantially cylindrical valve housing comprised of at least two axial subsections having ends that are open in a circumferential direction, stand opposite one another in the circumferential direction and bear one against the other;

a substantially cylindrical control piston arranged axially displaceably inside the valve housing; and

a securing ring, wherein at least one formfit element is formed on each of the at least two axial subsections so as to fasten the securing ring to the valve housing,

wherein each of the at least two axial subsections has an axial side face and on the axial side face at least one hook-shaped formfit element, which has a radially extending section, is formed, the at least one hook-shaped formfit element is open radially outward and engages behind the securing ring in an axial direction so that the securing ring bears both against the axial side face of each of the at least two axial subsections and against the radially extending section of the hook-shaped formfit element and holds the at least two axial subsections in position in relation to one another.

2. The control valve as claimed in claim 1, further comprising two axially spaced-apart axial stops formed on at least one of the at least two axial subsections for the control piston.

3. The control valve as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ends of the at least two axial subsections are connected to one another positively or in a materially integral way.

4. The control valve as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least two axial subsections has a spring receptacle for receiving a spring element, which acts on the control piston.

5. The control valve as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least two axial subsections has a nonreturn valve receptacle for a closing body of a nonreturn valve.

6. The control valve as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a sleeve bearing against an inner surface area of the valve housing and positioning elements formed on at least one of the at least two subsections, orientation of the sleeve in relation to the valve housing being defined by the positioning elements.

7. The control valve as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least two axial subsections are produced from plastic.

8. The control valve as claimed in claim 1, wherein the securing ring defines a position of the valve housing in a receptacle of a camshaft.

9. The control valve as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least two axial subsections are connected to one another pivotably by a thin material layer.