HYDRAULIC CONTROL VALVE HAVING INTEGRATED CHECK VALVE

• US 20100288384A1
• Filed: 12/04/2008
• Published: 11/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• 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: Hoppe, Jens, Bayrakdar, Ali
• Application Number:
  US12/863,135
• Publication Number:
  US 20100288384A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 137/843
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 1/344 changing the angular relationship between crankshaft and camshaft, e.g. using helicoidal gear
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 15/144 the closure elements being fixed along all or a part of their periphery
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 15/147 the closure elements having specially formed slits or being of an elongated easily collapsible form
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7879 Resilient material valve

Abstract

A hydraulic control valve for controlling pressurizing medium flows, which has a hydraulically unlockable cheek valve that includes a closing element by which a valve opening can be closed. The closing element is equipped with at least one through-hole such that a locking part that is spring-loaded via at least one flexible tongue is formed for locking the valve opening.

Claims

1. A control valve for controlling hydraulic fluid flows, comprising:

a hollow valve housing having at least one inlet connection, at least two working connections and at least one outlet connection;

a control piston, which is guided so that the control piston is axially displaceable inside the valve housing and which serves to connect the inlet connection to either working connection via at least a first hydraulic fluid line as a function of position, while the other working connection is connected to the outlet connection via at least a second hydraulic fluid line;

at least one hydraulically openable check valve opening the first hydraulic fluid line in an inlet direction and having a closing element, which serves for closing a valve aperture,

wherein the closing element is provided with at least one perforation, such that a sealing part, resiliently supported by at least one flexible tongue, is formed for sealing of the valve aperture.

2. The control valve of claim 1, wherein the closing element is formed from the sealing part and an outer part at least partially surrounding the sealing part, the outer part being provided with a plurality of perforations surrounding the sealing part in a spiral shape in order to form flexible tongues.

3. The control valve of claim 1, wherein the closing element is formed from the sealing part and an outer part at least partially surrounding the sealing part, the outer part being provided with a plurality of annular perforations concentrically surrounding the sealing part in order to form flexible tongues.

4. The control valve of claim 1, wherein the closing element is of disk-shaped design.

5. The control valve of claim 2, the wherein at least one of the perforations is of slit-shaped design and has a minimum slit width of at least 1 mm.

6. The control valve of claim 5, wherein the at least one of the perforations has a minimum slit width in the order of 1 to 2 mm.

7. The control valve of claim 1, wherein the closing element is composed of spring steel.

8. The control valve of claim 7, wherein the spring steel has a thickness in the order of 0.1 to 0.5 mm.

9. The control valve as of claim 1, wherein a hollow hydraulic fluid baffle insert having a hydraulic fluid duct for a fluid-conducting connection of the inlet connection to a control groove of the control piston and accommodating the control piston so that the control piston is axially displaceable in a hollow cavity thereof, is arranged inside the valve housing, the hydraulic fluid baffle insert being provided with a structured portion for fixing the closing element to a seating face.

10. The control valve of claim 9, wherein the seating face is formed by a seating face insert inserted into housing cavity.

11. The control valve of claim 10, wherein the seating face insert is provided with a retaining element for the relative axial fixing of the hydraulic fluid baffle insert.

12. The control valve as of claim 9, wherein the hydraulic fluid baffle insert forms a stop for the closing element situated in an open position.

13. A camshaft adjuster comprising a control valve as claimed in claim 1.

14. The control valve of claim 3, wherein at least one of the perforations is of slit-shaped design and has a minimum slit width of at least 1 mm.

15. The control valve of claim 14, wherein the at least one of the perforations has a minimum slit width in the order of 1 to 2 mm.