Pressure control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10907665-B2
Application number	US-202016789396-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2020
Priority date	Feb 28, 2019
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

A pressure control device includes a body having a groove-shaped flow path including a groove part and a widened part, and a filter unit capturing foreign matters mixed in a fluid which passes through the groove-shaped flow path; the filter unit having a frame body including a through hole part and a filter member in a planar plate shape disposed with respect to the through hole part, and the filter unit being accommodated in the widened part. The frame body has: a first part having a first shape, a second part having a second shape smaller than the first shape, and a step part located at a boundary part between the first part and the second part The second part has a storage part provided in a penetrating manner on a bottom part side of the groove-shaped flow path and storing the captured foreign matters.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pressure control device comprising:
an oil passage body that includes therein an oil passage through which oil flows;
a spool valve that is attached to the oil passage body;
a body that is at least one of a lower body and an upper body that constructs the oil passage body, and the body comprises a groove-shaped flow path, and the groove-shaped flow path comprising:
a groove part; and
a widened part, connected to the groove part and having a width larger than a width of the groove part; and

a filter unit which captures foreign matters mixed in a fluid which passes through the groove-shaped flow path, wherein the filter unit comprises:
a frame body, comprising a through hole part which penetrates in a direction orthogonal to a central axis of the frame body; and
a filter member, being in a planar plate shape disposed with respect to the through hole part,
wherein the filter unit is accommodated in the widened part so that a direction of the central axis of the frame body is along a depth direction of the widened part,

wherein the frame body is in a columnar shape along the direction of the central axis, and the frame body comprises:
a first part whose outer side shape in a cross section along a central axis of the through hole part and viewed from the central axis is a first shape;
a second part whose outer side shape in a cross section along the central axis of the through hole part and viewed from the central axis is a second shape smaller than the first shape; and
a step part which is located at a boundary part between the first part and the second part,

wherein the second part comprises a storage part which is provided in a penetrating manner on a bottom part side of the groove-shaped flow path and which stores the foreign matters that have been captured.

2. The pressure control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the widened part comprises a receiving part which is formed to have a depth larger than a depth of the groove part and which a part of the filter unit enters, and
the storage part is connected to the receiving part.

3. The pressure control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the storage part is open on a side opposite to the first part.

4. The pressure control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the storage part comprises an inclined part inclined with respect to a direction of an axis of the groove-shaped flow path.

5. The pressure control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the storage part is configured by a groove along a direction of an axis of the groove-shaped flow path.

6. The pressure control device according to claim 1 , wherein
when viewed from the central axis of the frame body, a contour shape of the first part of the frame body is an arc shape, and a contour shape of the second part of the frame body is a quadrangular shape.

7. The pressure control device according to claim 6 , wherein
the filter member is disposed on the first part of the frame body, and
the filter member in the planar plate shape is curved in an arc shape along the arc-shaped contour shape of the first part of the frame body in the same manner.

8. The pressure control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plate-shaped member which is attached to the body to cover the groove-shaped flow path in a state where the filter unit is accommodated in the widened part,
wherein the filter unit comprises a seal member in a ring shape disposed on the step part.

9. The pressure control device according to claim 8 , wherein
the seal member is made of an elastic material.

10. The pressure control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the frame body and the filter member are an insert-molded product.

Assignees

• Nidec Tosok Corp

Inventors

• Miyagi Masaru
• Ozawa Kenichi

Classifications

• B01D2201/307

  Filtering elements contained in an insert body mounted in a filter housing (double casing), e.g. to avoid contamination when removing or replacing the filter element · CPC title

• B01D2201/16

  Valves · CPC title

• F15B13/0402

  for linearly sliding valves, e.g. spool valves · CPC title

• F15B21/041 Primary

  Removal or measurement of solid or liquid contamination, e.g. filtering · CPC title

• F15B13/025

  Pressure reducing valves · CPC title