Electromagnetic valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11054040-B2
Application number	US-201916507212-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2019
Priority date	Jul 18, 2018
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

To provide an electromagnetic valve with less parts count of components for opening-closing operation. An electromagnetic valve 2 includes a solenoid unit 4 including a cylinder-shaped coil 10 with a flow path formed at an inner circumferential side of the coil 10 , a valve body portion 20 , a plate spring portion 22 urging the valve body portion 20 toward a valve seat 16 formed on an end face 14 on a downstream side in a flow direction of the flow path 12 out of end faces of the solenoid unit 4 , and a casing 8 accommodating the solenoid unit 4 , the valve body portion 20 and the plate spring portion 22.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electromagnetic valve comprising:
a solenoid unit including a cylinder-shaped coil with a flow path formed at an inner circumferential side of the coil;
a valve body portion having a first portion and a second portion different from the first portion;
a plate spring portion configured to generate an urging force, due to elastic deformation of the plate spring portion, that urges the valve body portion toward a valve seat formed on an end face on a downstream side in a flow direction of the flow path out of end faces of the solenoid unit such that (i) in a case where the valve body portion is in a closed position, the first portion of the valve body portion contacts a third portion of the valve seat, and the second portion of the valve body portion contacts a fourth portion of the valve seat different from the third portion of the valve seat, and (ii) in a case where the valve body portion is in an open position, a first distance from the first portion of the valve body portion to the third portion of the valve seat is less than a second distance from the second portion of the valve body portion to the fourth portion of the valve seat; and
a casing accommodating the solenoid unit, the valve body portion, and the plate spring portion.

2. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 1 ,
wherein the casing includes a plate spring fixing portion fixing the plate spring portion, and
the plate spring fixing portion is arranged outside the coil in a radial direction of the coil.

3. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 1 , wherein the valve body portion and the plate spring portion are made of materials different from each other.

4. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 3 , wherein a magnetic permeability of the valve body portion is larger than a magnetic permeability of the plate spring portion.

5. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 3 , wherein a thickness of the valve body portion is larger than a thickness of the plate spring portion.

6. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 3 ,
wherein the plate spring portion includes a ring-shaped portion,
an inner diameter of the ring-shaped portion is larger than an outer diameter of the valve seat,
the ring-shaped portion holds the valve body portion on an opposite side to the coil, and
the valve seat is arranged capable of contacting to the valve body portion at the inner circumferential side of the ring-shaped portion.

7. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 1 ,
wherein the flow path is a flow path through which coolant for an engine flows,
the solenoid unit includes a cylinder-shaped inner yoke arranged at the inner circumferential side of the coil,
the valve seat is formed on an end face of the inner yoke at the downstream side of the flow direction, and
the inner yoke is formed as satisfying S<Q, where S denotes an area of the valve seat and Q denotes a sectional area of the inner yoke at a center position of the coil in the flow direction.

8. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 1 , wherein the casing includes a plate spring fixing portion fixing a first end portion of the plate spring portion, and among the third portion of the valve seat and the fourth portion of the valve seat, the third portion of the valve seat is closer to the first end portion of the plate spring portion.

9. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 8 , wherein the valve body portion is arranged at a second end portion of the plate spring portion opposite the first end portion of the plate spring portion.

10. An electromagnetic valve comprising:
a solenoid unit including a cylinder-shaped coil with a flow path formed at an inner circumferential side of the coil;
a valve body portion;
a plate spring portion urging the valve body portion toward a valve seat formed on an end face on a downstream side in a flow direction of the flow path out of end faces of the solenoid unit; and
a casing accommodating the solenoid unit, the valve body portion, and the plate spring portion,
wherein the casing includes a plate spring fixing portion fixing the plate spring portion, and the plate spring fixing portion is arranged outside the coil in a radial direction of the coil,
wherein the plate spring fixing portion includes a tilted face tilted so that a distance in an axial direction of the coil to the valve seat of the solenoid unit increases toward the outside in the radial direction of the coil, and
the plate spring portion is fixed to the plate spring fixing portion as being deformed along the tilted face.

11. An electromagnetic valve comprising:
a solenoid unit including a cylinder-shaped coil with a flow path formed at an inner circumferential side of the coil;
a valve body portion;
a plate spring portion urging the valve body portion toward a valve seat formed on an end face on a downstream side in a flow direction of the flow path out of end faces of the solenoid unit; and
a casing accommodating the solenoid unit, the valve body portion, and the plate spring portion,
wherein the casing includes at least one regulating portion regulating a deformation amount of the valve body portion at a position opposite to the coil with respect to the valve body portion.

12. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 11 ,
wherein the at least one regulating portion includes a plurality of regulating portions arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction of the coil,
each of the plurality of regulating portions is protruded toward the valve body portion,
a top face of each of the plurality of regulating portions is tilted so that a distance d 3 in the axial direction of the coil to a base end of the plate spring portion increases with increase of a distance d 2 in the radial direction of the coil to the base end, and
the top faces of the respective regulating portions are arranged on the same plane.

13. An electromagnetic valve comprising:
a solenoid unit including a cylinder-shaped coil with a flow path formed at an inner circumferential side of the coil;
a valve body portion;
a plate spring portion urging the valve body portion toward a valve seat formed on an end face on a downstream side in a flow direction of the flow path out of end faces of the solenoid unit; and
a casing accommodating the solenoid unit, the valve body portion, and the plate spring portion,
wherein the plate spring portion includes a ring-shaped portion and an arm portion extending from the ring-shaped portion,
the casing includes an arm accommodating portion accommodating the arm portion, and a cylinder-shaped terminal accommodating portion accommodating a terminal of the coil, and
an angle θ, viewing in the axial direction of the coil, formed between a line segment L 1 that connects an axial center O of the coil and an outer end P 1 and a line segment L 2 that connects the axial center O and a sectional center P 2 is 90 degrees or smaller, where P 1 denotes the outer end of the arm accommodating portion in the radial direction of the coil and P 2 denotes the sectional center of the terminal accommodating portion at a leading end of the terminal accommodating portion.

Assignees

• Mikuni Kogyo Kk

Inventors

• Kimura Takahiko

Classifications

• F16K31/0651

  the fluid passing through the solenoid coil · CPC title

• F16K31/0655

  Lift valves · CPC title

• F16K1/2007 Primary

  specially adapted operating means therefor (operating means per se F16K31/00) · CPC title

• F16K27/0227

  with the valve members swinging around an axis located at the edge of or outside the valve member · CPC title

• F16K31/08

  using a permanent magnet · CPC title