Thermostat for a transmission oil circuit and transmission oil circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11216019-B2
Application number	US-201916363200-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2019
Priority date	Nov 3, 2016
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

A thermostat for a transmission oil circuit has a thermostat inlet, a thermostat outlet, and a bypass channel, which fluidically connects the thermostat inlet to the thermostat outlet. A circuit inlet and a circuit outlet are provided for coupling to a cooler. A control element and a pressure loss element are accommodated in the interior of the thermostat housing. The pressure loss element is arranged in the bypass channel, and the control element is arranged between the thermostat inlet and the circuit inlet or the circuit outlet and the thermostat outlet. The thermostat can be connected directly to a housing of the transmission.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A thermostat for a transmission oil circuit, comprising:
a thermostat inlet;
a thermostat outlet;
a bypass channel which connects the thermostat inlet fluidically to the thermostat outlet;
a circuit inlet which is connected fluidically to the thermostat inlet;
a circuit outlet which is connected fluidically to the thermostat outlet;
a control element to control flow through the bypass channel via a gap configured by a variable position of the control element; and
a pressure loss member, the pressure loss member being arranged in the bypass channel such that an annular gap is formed, wherein in one position of the control element:
the gap is larger than the annular gap such that pressure loss in the bypass channel is set by the annular gap and not the gap of the control element, and
a throughflow cross section, configured by the annular gap of the pressure loss member, through the bypass channel is independent of the position of the control element.

2. The thermostat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the control element is configured so as to control a volumetric flow of oil through the circuit inlet and/or the circuit outlet in a manner dependent on oil temperature.

3. The thermostat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the control element has an expansion element.

4. The thermostat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the control element has a spring for prestressing a closure member in a switching direction.

5. The thermostat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the pressure loss member is configured separately from the control element and has a body which protrudes into the bypass channel and constricts the bypass channel in sections.

6. The thermostat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the annular gap is configured between the pressure loss member and a wall of the bypass channel, wherein
the annular gap has a length in a flow direction which is at least half of an internal diameter of the annular gap.

7. The thermostat as claimed in claim 6 , wherein
the annular gap has a length in the flow direction of an entire internal diameter of the annular gap.

8. The thermostat as claimed in claim 5 , wherein
the pressure loss member is provided exchangeably in the thermostat.

9. The thermostat as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a housing, wherein
the thermostat inlet and the thermostat outlet are provided on a side of the housing,
the circuit inlet and the circuit outlet are provided on an end side of the housing, and
an assembly opening for exchanging the pressure loss member is provided on an upper or lower side of the housing.

10. The thermostat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
two parallel channels are provided in an interior of a housing of the thermostat, the thermostat inlet opening laterally into one channel, and the thermostat outlet emanating laterally from the other channel, with a result that the two channels are divided in each case into two sections, of which in each case one is directly coupled to the bypass channel and one is directly coupled to the circuit inlet and/or circuit outlet.

11. The thermostat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the thermostat is configured for a transmission oil circuit of a vehicle transmission.

12. A transmission oil circuit, comprising:
a transmission; and
a thermostat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the transmission has a transmission oil outlet which merges directly into the thermostat inlet, and/or the transmission has a transmission oil inlet which merges directly into the thermostat outlet.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Brielmair Martin
• Ruhstorfer Stefan

Classifications

• G05D23/022 Primary

  the sensing element being placed within a regulating fluid flow · CPC title

• F16H57/0412

  Cooling or heating; Control of temperature · CPC title

• G05D23/025

  the sensing element being placed within a regulating fluid flow · CPC title

• F16H57/0413

  Controlled cooling or heating of lubricant; Temperature control therefor · CPC title