Hydraulic valve and cam phaser

• US 9,909,463 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2015
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hilite Germany GmbH (AVIC Electromechanical Systems Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hilite Germany GmbH (AVIC Electromechanical Systems Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Schulze, Dietmar, Scheibe, Christian
• Primary Examiner(s): Leon, Jr., Jorge
• Application Number:
  US14/848,456
• Publication Number:
  US 20160230612A1
• Time in Patent Office: 909 Days
• Field of Search: 123 9017
• 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: F16K 15/023 the valve member consisting only of a predominantly disc-shaped flat element
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 15/042 with a plurality of balls
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/122 the fluid acting on a piston F16K31/143, F16K31/163, F16K31/363, F16K31/383 take precedence

Abstract

A hydraulic valve for a cam phaser, the hydraulic valve including a bushing element, including a longitudinal channel, a pressure medium connection that is arranged at an end of the longitudinal channel, three hydraulic connections that originate from the longitudinal channel, and a pressure balanced hollow piston that is arranged axially moveable within the longitudinal channel, characterized in that the hydraulic valve includes a check valve at the pressure medium connection and a cam phaser including a stator and a rotor that is rotatable relative to the stator between a first end position and a second end position for adjusting a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine and a hydraulic valve for controlling a rotation of the rotor.

Claims

1. A hydraulic valve for a cam phaser, the hydraulic valve, comprising:

a bushing element, including

a longitudinal channel,

a pressure medium connection that is arranged at an end of the longitudinal channel,

a first hydraulic connection, a second hydraulic connection and a third hydraulic connection that originate from the longitudinal channel, and

a pressure balanced hollow piston that is arranged axially moveable within the longitudinal channel,

wherein the hydraulic valve includes a check valve at the pressure medium connection,

wherein the check valve includes a sleeve shaped carrier, a valve seat plate and at least one blocking element that is movable between an open position and a closed position, and

wherein the valve seat plate has plural pass through openings which are closable by the at least one blocking element in a closed position.

2. The hydraulic valve according to claim 1, wherein the check valve opens in an inlet direction and closes in an outlet direction.

3. The hydraulic valve according to claim 1, wherein the check valve is configured as an insert that is arranged at an end of the longitudinal channel which end is oriented towards the pressure medium connection.

4. The hydraulic valve according to claim 1, wherein the at least one blocking element has a spherical shape.

5. The hydraulic valve according to claim 1, wherein the at least one blocking element has a disc shape.

6. The hydraulic valve according to claim 1, wherein the check valve has a stop for the at least one blocking element in the open position.

7. The hydraulic valve according to claim 6, wherein the stop is arranged at the valve seat plate.

8. The hydraulic valve according to claim 6, wherein the stop is formed by a protrusion arranged at the bushing element.

9. The hydraulic valve according to claim 1, wherein a filter is arranged at the check valve.

10. The hydraulic valve according to claim 1, wherein the check valve is connected in a form locking manner with the bushing element.

11. A cam phaser including a stator and a rotor that is rotatable relative to the stator between a first end position and a second end position for adjusting a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine, wherein the cam phaser includes a hydraulic valve according to claim 1 for controlling a rotation of the rotor relative to the stator.