Relay valve for a compressed-air system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11174953-B2
Application number	US-201916979203-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 20, 2019
Priority date	Mar 23, 2018
Publication date	Nov 16, 2021
Grant date	Nov 16, 2021

Abstract

A relay valve (1′) for a compressed-air system of a vehicle has a working pressure inlet, a working pressure outlet, a venting outlet and a controllable relay piston (19). The relay piston (19) is axially movably guided and, at one axial end, has an annular, radially inner valve seat (20). A sealing piston (9) is axially movably guided coaxially with respect to the relay piston (19). The sealing piston (9) is pushed by a compression spring (8) toward the relay piston (19) and an annular, radially outer valve seat (25), which is a part of a seat ring (24) fastened in an annular collar (23) of the housing bottom part (2). The seat ring (24) is a deep-drawn component shaped as a cylindrical pot of a metallic material. The radially outer valve seat (25) is an axially protruding annular web with a gable-shaped axial cross section.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A relay valve ( 1 ′, 1 ″) for a compressed-air system of a vehicle, comprising:
a working pressure inlet,
a working pressure outlet,
a venting outlet and
a controllable relay piston ( 19 ),
wherein the controllable relay piston ( 19 ) is axially movably guided in a housing top part ( 3 ) and, at one axial end, has an annular, radially inner valve seat ( 20 ),
wherein a sealing piston ( 9 ) is axially movably guided in a housing bottom part ( 2 ) coaxially with respect to the controllable relay piston ( 19 ),
wherein the sealing piston ( 9 ) is pushed by a compression spring ( 8 ) toward the controllable relay piston ( 19 ) and toward an annular, radially outer valve seat ( 25 , 35 ), the radially outer valve seat ( 25 , 35 ) a part of a seat ring ( 24 , 34 ) fastened in an annular collar ( 23 , 30 ) of the housing bottom part ( 2 ),
wherein the seat ring ( 24 , 34 ) is a deep-drawn component shaped as a cylindrical pot composed of a metallic material, and the radially outer valve seat ( 25 , 35 ) for the sealing piston ( 9 ) is an axially protruding annular web with a gable-shaped axial cross section.

2. The relay valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the radially outer valve seat ( 25 , 35 ) for the sealing piston ( 9 ) is embossed into the seat ring ( 24 , 34 ).

3. The relay valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wall thickness of the seat ring ( 24 , 34 ) is within the range of 0.5 mm through 0.8 mm.

4. The relay valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, for axial positioning, the seat ring ( 34 ) has, at a radially outer periphery, an axially protruding annular abutment web ( 36 ) which, in a fitted state, bears against an annular abutment collar ( 31 ) within the annular collar ( 30 ) of the housing bottom part ( 2 ).

5. The relay valve as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the abutment web ( 36 ) of the seat ring ( 34 ) is an annular web, which has a gable-shaped cross section and is embossed into the seat ring ( 34 ).

6. The relay valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, for axial fixing in the housing bottom part ( 2 ), the seat ring ( 24 , 34 ) has a radially outer edge with spring tongues ( 26 , 37 ) arranged in a circumferentially distributed manner, which, in a fitted state, reach behind a radially inwardly directed annular web ( 28 , 32 ) formed at an axial outer edge of the annular collar ( 23 , 30 ) of the housing bottom part ( 2 ).

7. The relay valve as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the spring tongues ( 26 , 37 ) are formed by a circumferentially distributed arrangement of axial separating slots ( 27 , 38 ) at the radially outer edge of the seat ring ( 24 , 34 ), and in that the separating slots ( 27 , 38 ) are punched out of the seat ring ( 24 , 34 ).

8. The relay valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the seat ring ( 34 ) has an outer circumference with at least one radially protruding annular seal web ( 39 ) which, in a fitted state, by way of a radial oversize, bears resiliently elastically against a cylindrical sealing surface ( 33 ) of the housing bottom part ( 2 ) in a sealing manner.

9. The relay valve as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the seal web ( 39 ) of the seat ring ( 34 ) is an annular web which has a gable-shaped cross section and is embossed into the seat ring ( 34 ).

10. The relay valve as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the seal web ( 39 ) is formed at a radially outer periphery at an axial end of the seat ring ( 34 ) proximate to the sealing piston.

Assignees

• Wabco Gmbh

Inventors

• Riediger-Janisch Karl-Heinz
• Hölscher Reiner
• Martini Gerhard

Classifications

• B60T15/18 Primary

  Triple or other relay valves which allow step-wise application or release and which are actuated by brake-pipe pressure variation to connect brake cylinders or equivalent to compressed air or vacuum source or atmosphere · CPC title

• F15B11/068

  with valves for gradually putting pneumatic systems under pressure · CPC title

• F16K11/04 Primary

  comprising only lift valves · CPC title

• B60T15/027

  in pneumatic systems · CPC title