Purge control solenoid valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10662902-B2
Application number	US-201816162600-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2018
Priority date	Dec 19, 2017
Publication date	May 26, 2020
Grant date	May 26, 2020

Abstract

A purge control solenoid valve may include a middle housing in which an inlet flow path is formed and a middle flow path is formed on a center; a valve housing in which a driving module selectively communicating the inlet flow path and the middle flow path is installed; an upper cover coupled to the upper part of the middle housing and including a upper flow path selectively communicated with the middle flow path on the center; and a membrane provided on the upper cover and selectively communicating the middle flow path and the upper flow path.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A purge control solenoid valve, comprising:
a middle housing in which an inlet flow path is formed and a middle flow path is formed on a center of the middle housing;
a valve housing in which a driving module selectively communicating with the inlet flow path or the middle flow path is installed;
an upper cover coupled to an upper part of the middle housing and including an upper flow path configured to selectively communicate with the middle flow path by a negative pressure formed in the upper flow path; and
a membrane provided on the upper cover and configured to selectively close an upper part of the middle flow path based on the negative pressure formed in the upper flow path,
wherein:
the membrane includes a membrane body including a ventilation hole formed on an outer part of the membrane body along a circumferential direction of the membrane body, and
a fuel vapor exhausted from the middle flow path selectively flows into the upper flow path through the ventilation hole when the driving module opens a lower part of the middle flow path.

2. The purge control solenoid valve of claim 1 , wherein an entire area of the ventilation hole is formed to be larger than a cross-section of the upper flow path.

3. The purge control solenoid valve of claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of guide protrusions formed to be protruded inside the upper cover in a radial direction of the upper cover.

4. The purge control solenoid valve of claim 3 , further comprising:
a plurality of upper stoppers formed on a lower surface of the upper cover facing a center of the upper cover.

5. The purge control solenoid valve of claim 4 , wherein
the plurality of upper stoppers respectively extend toward the center of the upper cover from the plurality of guide protrusions.

6. The purge control solenoid valve of claim 1 , further comprising:
a center stopper formed on a center of a lower surface of the upper cover.

7. The purge control solenoid valve of claim 1 , wherein
the middle housing includes:
a middle body in which the inlet flow path is formed;
a middle connection part extending inwardly in a radial direction of the middle body; and
a middle protruded part extending from the middle connection part in an up/down direction and including the middle flow path.

8. The purge control solenoid valve of claim 1 , wherein
the driving module includes:
a coil configured to be magnetized when power is supplied from a power source;
a core configured to generate a magnetic force when the coil is magnetized;
a steel armature configured to selectively open or close the lower part of the middle flow path by the magnetic force generated from the core; and
a spring providing an elastic force in a direction that the steel armature closes the lower part of the middle flow path.

9. The purge control solenoid valve of claim 8 , further comprising:
a shock absorbing member installed at an upper part of the steel armature and absorbing an impact when being in contact with the middle flow path.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp
• Hyundai Kefico Corp

Inventors

• Choi Choo Saeng
• Lee Ahn Hee

Classifications

• F02M25/0872

  Details of the fuel vapour pipes or conduits · CPC title

• F02M2025/0845

  Electromagnetic valves · CPC title

• F02M25/0836 Primary

  Arrangement of valves controlling the admission of fuel vapour to an engine, e.g. valve being disposed between fuel tank or absorption canister and intake manifold · CPC title

• F16K15/145

  the closure elements being shaped as a solids of revolution, e.g. cylindrical or conical · CPC title

• F16K15/10

  integral with, or rigidly fixed to, a common valve plate · CPC title