Magnetically controlled material-based magnetorheological pilot operated safety valve for hydraulic support, and applications of the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11480263-B2
Application number	US-202017435704-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 7, 2020
Priority date	Dec 12, 2019
Publication date	Oct 25, 2022
Grant date	Oct 25, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed is a magnetically controlled material-based magnetorheological pilot operated safety valve for a hydraulic support. The safety valve comprises a valve body, a valve core, a reset spring, and a pilot valve; the valve core is disposed in a valve core chamber provided in the valve body, and the pilot valve is disposed in a pilot valve chamber provided in the valve body; the pilot valve includes a magnetically controlled shape memory alloy, an electromagnet, a push rod, a piston, a magnetorheological fluid control coil, and a pilot valve core, which are arranged sequentially from left to right; a plurality of magnetically controlled material control coils are provided on the electromagnet; the magnetically controlled shape memory alloy runs through the electromagnet and is then connected to the push rod, the push rod is connected to the piston, the magnetorheological fluid lies between the piston and the pilot valve core.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A magnetically controlled material-based magnetorheological pilot operated safety valve for a hydraulic support, comprising a valve body, a valve core, a reset spring, and a pilot valve; wherein the valve core is disposed in a valve core chamber provided in the valve body, the pilot valve is disposed in a pilot valve chamber provided in the valve body, the reset spring is disposed in a spring chamber provided at the top end of the valve core and in a spring chamber provided in the valve body, the pilot valve chamber and the valve core chamber communicate there between via a first control oil flow passageway and a second control oil flow passageway, a magnetorheological fluid is filled in the pilot valve chamber, and an emulsion is filled in the valve core chamber;
the pilot valve includes a magnetically controlled shape memory alloy, an electromagnet, a push rod, a piston, a magnetorheological fluid control coil, and a pilot valve core, which are arranged sequentially from left to right; a plurality of magnetically controlled material control coils are provided on the electromagnet; the magnetically controlled shape memory alloy runs through the electromagnet, a front end of the magnetically controlled shape memory alloy being connected to the push rod; the push rod is connected to the piston, the magnetorheological fluid lies between the piston and the pilot valve core, and a damping hole is provided in the axial direction of the magnetorheological fluid control coil.

2. The magnetically controlled material-based magnetorheological pilot operated safety valve for a hydraulic support according to claim 1 , wherein the valve body comprises a housing, a valve seat, an end cap, and a plug; the housing is disposed on the valve seat, a fluid inlet being provided in the housing and communicating with the valve core chamber; the valve core chamber is disposed in a vertical direction of the housing; the pilot valve chamber is disposed in a horizontal direction in the housing, one end of the pilot valve chamber being enclosed by a pilot valve end cap, and the other end being enclosed by the plug; the bottom of the valve seat is enclosed by the end cap of the valve body; and a bleed port communicating with the valve core chamber is provided on the valve seat.

3. The magnetically controlled material-based magnetorheological pilot operated safety valve for a hydraulic support according to claim 2 , wherein the bottom end of the valve core is provided as a conical body, such that when the valve core descends, the conical body blocks the bleed port on the valve seat.

4. The magnetically controlled material-based magnetorheological pilot operated safety valve for a hydraulic support according to claim 2 , wherein the pilot valve end cap is provided with a fine adjusting screw, the fine adjusting screw contacting a terminal end of the magnetically controlled shape memory alloy.

5. The magnetically controlled material-based magnetorheological pilot operated safety valve for a hydraulic support according to claim 2 , wherein the bottom of the housing is in threaded connection with the valve seat.

6. The magnetically controlled material-based magnetorheological pilot operated safety valve for a hydraulic support according to claim 1 , wherein the valve core has a cross-shaped appearance, one of the spring chambers is provided at the top end of the valve core, and a third through control oil flow passageway and a fourth through control oil flow passageway are provided in the axial direction of the valve core.

7. The magnetically controlled material-based magnetorheological pilot operated safety valve for a hydraulic support according to claim 1 , wherein a displacement sensor is provided in the pilot valve chamber, the displacement sensor being disposed at the piston side.

8. The magnetically controlled material-based magnetorheological pilot operated safety valve for a hydraulic support according to claim 1 , wherein the pilot chamber is a step chamber, including a big compartment and a small compartment, the first control oil flow passageway and the second control oil flow passageway respectively communicating with the big compartment and the small compartment; one end of the pilot valve core is provided as a conical body, the pilot valve core being disposed in the big compartment, such that when the pilot valve core moves, the conical body blocks the small compartment.

9. The magnetically controlled material-based magnetorheological pilot operated safety valve for a hydraulic support according to claim 1 , wherein the reset spring selects a Belleville spring, a rubber spring, or a gas spring.

Assignees

• Univ Shandong Science & Tech

Inventors

• Wang Chenglong
• Miao Genyuan
• Chen Yifang
• Wang Xueting
• Chen Meng
• Zeng Qingliang

Classifications

• E21D23/26

  Hydraulic or pneumatic control · CPC title

• F15B13/02

  Fluid distribution or supply devices characterised by their adaptation to the control of servomotors · CPC title

• F16K31/124

  servo actuated · CPC title

• F16K31/0679

  with more than one energising coil · CPC title

• E21D23/16 Primary

  Hydraulic or pneumatic features, e.g. circuits, arrangement or adaptation of valves, setting or retracting devices · CPC title