Switch valve for controlling a hydraulic fluid flow and connecting rod for a variable compression internal combustion engine with a switch valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10677155-B2
Application number	US-201816120374-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2018
Priority date	Sep 4, 2017
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

A switch valve for controlling a hydraulic fluid flow, the switch valve comprising a tapping element that is arranged in a valve housing, wherein the tapping element is displaceable into a first switching position or a second switching position and interlockable by a spring loaded interlocking element in the first switching position or the second switching position, wherein a first hydraulic connection is connected with a relief connection in the first switching position and a second hydraulic connection is connected with the relief connection in the second switching position, wherein a switching travel of the tapping element is limited, wherein the interlocking element is at least partially arranged in a recess of the tapping element, wherein the valve housing includes a first groove that is oriented in an axial direction of the valve housing and limited in the axial direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connecting rod for a variable compression internal combustion engine, the connecting rod comprising:
an eccentrical element adjustable arrangement arranged in a connecting rod body and configured to adjust an effective connecting rod length,
wherein an adjustment travel of the eccentrical element adjustment arrangement is adjustable by a switch valve,
wherein a valve housing of the switch valve is axially secured in a borehole of the connecting rod by at least one safety element, and
wherein the connecting rod and the valve housing include first boreholes into which one or plural safety pins are impressed to form the at least one safety element.

2. The connecting rod according to claim 1 ,
wherein the switch valve includes a tapping element that is arranged in a valve housing,
wherein the tapping element is displaceable into a first switching position or a second switching position and interlockable by a spring loaded interlocking element in the first switching position or the second switching position,
wherein a first hydraulic connection is connected with a relief connection in the first switching position and a second hydraulic connection is connected with the relief connection in the second switching position,
wherein a switching travel of the tapping element is limited,
wherein the spring loaded interlocking element is at least partially arranged in a recess of the tapping element,
wherein the valve housing includes a first groove that is oriented in an axial direction of the valve housing and limited in the axial direction,
wherein the spring loaded interlocking element is arranged axially displaceable in the first groove by the tapping element, and
wherein the spring loaded interlocking element cooperates with an interlocking pin which is arranged in the valve housing in a portion of the first groove,
wherein the switch valve is inserted into a connecting rod cover without a seal.

3. The connecting rod according to claim 2 , wherein the interlocking pin is provided as a safety pin that provides additional axial safety for the switch valve in the connecting rod.

4. The connecting rod according to claim 3 , wherein a second borehole is provided in the connecting rod cover for mounting the spring loaded interlocking element in the valve housing of the switch valve.

5. The connecting rod according to claim 1 , wherein the first boreholes are provided as dead holes.

6. The connecting rod according to claim 1 , wherein the first boreholes have a slip fit in which the one or plural safety pins are secured by forming against dropping out.

7. The connecting rod according to claim 1 , wherein the valve housing is fixed at the connecting rod cover by a weld forming a safety element.

8. A connecting rod for a variable compression internal combustion engine, the connecting rod comprising:
an eccentrical element adjustable arrangement arranged in a connecting rod body and configured to adjust an effective connecting rod length,
wherein an adjustment travel of the eccentrical element adjustment arrangement is adjustable by a switch valve for controlling a hydraulic fluid flow, the switch valve including:
a tapping element that is arranged in a valve housing,
wherein the tapping element is displaceable in an axial direction of the valve housing into a first switching position or a second switching position and interlockable by a spring loaded interlocking element in the first switching position or the second switching position,
wherein a first hydraulic connection is connected with a relief connection in the first switching position and a second hydraulic connection is connected with the relief connection in the second switching position,
wherein a switching travel of the tapping element is limited,
wherein the spring loaded interlocking element is at least partially arranged in a recess of the tapping element,
wherein the valve housing includes a first groove that is oriented in the axial direction of the valve housing and limited in the axial direction,
wherein the spring loaded interlocking element is arranged axially displaceable in the axial direction in the first groove and axially displaceable together with the tapping element, and
wherein the spring loaded interlocking element cooperates with an interlocking pin which is arranged in the valve housing in a portion of the first groove.

9. The connecting rod according to claim 8 , wherein the spring loaded interlocking element includes an interlocking contour which facilitates at least two interlocking positions for the spring loaded interlocking element in cooperation with the interlocking pin.

10. The connecting rod according to claim 8 , wherein the spring loaded interlocking element includes a spring element that is arranged an interlocking sleeve.

11. A connecting rod for a variable compression internal combustion engine, the connecting rod comprising:
an eccentrical element adjustable arrangement arranged in a connecting rod body and configured to adjust an effective connecting rod length,
wherein an adjustment travel of the eccentrical element adjustment arrangement is adjustable by a switch valve for controlling a hydraulic fluid flow, the switch valve including:
a tapping element that is arranged in a valve housing,
wherein the tapping element is displaceable into a first switching position or a second switching position and interlockable by a spring loaded interlocking element in the first switching position or the second switching position,
wherein a first hydraulic connection is connected with a relief connection in the first switching position and a second hydraulic connection is connected with the relief connection in the second switching position,
wherein a switching travel of the tapping element is limited,
wherein the spring loaded interlocking element is at least partially arranged in a recess of the tapping element,
wherein the valve housing includes a first groove that is oriented in an axial direction of the valve housing and limited in the axial direction,
wherein the spring loaded interlocking element is arranged axially displaceable in the first groove by the tapping element, and
wherein the spring loaded interlocking element cooperates with an interlocking pin which is arranged in, the valve housing in a portion of the first groove,
wherein the valve housing includes boreholes in a portion of the first groove, and
wherein the interlocking pin is impressed into the boreholes.

12. The connecting rod according to claim 10 ,
wherein the spring loaded interlocking element and the spring element are at least partially arranged in a transversal recess of the tapping element, and
wherein the spring loaded interlocking element is arranged axially displaceable in the first groove to limit a switching travel of the tapping element and to secure the tapping element against rotation.

13. The connecting rod according to claim 8 , wherein the spring loaded interlocking element functions as a stop element and limits a displacement travel of the tapping element in the valve housing.

Assignees

• ECO Holding 1 GmbH

Inventors

• Huber David
• Schulze Dietmar
• Mudra Alexander
• Jung Christian

Classifications

• F16C7/06

  Adjustable connecting-rods · CPC title

• F16C23/10

  Bearings, parts of which are eccentrically adjustable with respect to each other · CPC title

• F01B31/14

  Changing of compression ratio · CPC title

• F16K11/0704

  comprising locking elements · CPC title

• F02B75/045 Primary

  by means of a variable connecting rod length · CPC title