High-pressure pump

US11525421B2 · US · B2

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FieldValue
Publication numberUS-11525421-B2
Application numberUS-202117505803-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateOct 20, 2021
Priority dateSep 29, 2017
Publication dateDec 13, 2022
Grant dateDec 13, 2022

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Abstract

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A high-pressure pump includes a pressurizing chamber forming portion, a suction passage forming portion, a seat member, a valve member, a cylindrical member, a needle, a movable core, a biasing member, a fixed core, and a coil including a winding portion. The coil generates an attractive force between the fixed core and the movable core when the winding portion is energized. The coil includes an outer cylindrical surface and multiple inner cylindrical surfaces that have different diameters. The multiple inner cylindrical surfaces are arranged in order of increasing diameter in a direction toward a pressurizing chamber. The movable core has an end surface that faces the fixed core, and the end surface of the movable core is located between a center, in an axial direction, of a smallest diameter one of the plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces and a center, in an axial direction, of the outer cylindrical surface.

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What is claimed is: 1. A high-pressure pump comprising: a pressurizing chamber forming portion that defines a pressurizing chamber in which fuel is pressurized; a suction passage forming portion that defines a suction passage through which the fuel sucked into the pressurizing chamber flows; a seat member disposed in the suction passage and having a communication path that passes through the seat member between one surface and the other surface of the seat member; a valve member disposed between the pressurizing chamber and the seat member, the valve member being capable of allowing the fuel to flow through the communication path by separating from the seat member to open the communication path and of restricting the fuel to flow through the communication path by contacting the seat member to close the communication path; a cylindrical member disposed on a side of the seat member opposite to the pressurizing chamber; a needle movable inside the cylindrical member along an axial direction of the needle, the needle having one end that is configured to move in concert with the valve member; a movable core disposed at the other end of the needle; a fixed core disposed to face the movable core in the axial direction of the needle; and a coil including a winding portion formed into a cylindrical shape by winding a wire around a winding forming portion, the coil generating an attractive force between the fixed core and the movable core to move the movable core and the needle in a direction from the movable core toward the fixed core when the winding portion is energized, wherein the coil includes an outer cylindrical surface that is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the winding portion and a plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces that have different diameters and are in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the winding portion, the plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces are arranged in order of increasing diameter in a direction toward the pressurizing chamber, the movable core has an end surface that faces the fixed core, the end surface of the movable core is located between a center, in an axial direction, of a smallest diameter one of the plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces and a center, in an axial direction, of the outer cylindrical surface; and the end surface of the movable core is located closer to, in the axial direction, the center of the smallest diameter one of the plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces than the end surface of the movable core is to an end surface of the smallest diameter one of the plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces that faces the pressurizing chamber. 2. The high-pressure pump according to claim 1 , wherein the movable core has an end surface that faces the pressurizing chamber and that is located between the fixed core and an end surface of the winding portion that faces the pressurizing chamber. 3. The high-pressure pump according to claim 1 , wherein the coil includes a connecting surface between adjacent ones of the plurality of the inner cylindrical surfaces, the plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces and the connecting surface are located at an outer circumferential wall of the winding forming portion, and at least a part of the connecting surface is perpendicular to an axis of the winding forming portion. 4. The high-pressure pump according to claim 1 , wherein the coil includes a connecting surface between adjacent ones of the plurality of the inner cylindrical surfaces, the plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces and the connecting surface are located at an outer circumferential wall of the winding forming portion, and at least a part of the connecting surface tapers toward an axis of the winding forming portion in a direction away from the pressurizing chamber. 5. The high-pressure pump according to claim 4 , wherein the connecting surface includes a connecting portion between the smallest diameter one and an adjacent one of the plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces to the smallest diameter one, the connecting portion tapering toward the axis of the winding forming portion in the direction away from the pressurizing chamber, and the smallest diameter one and the connecting surface form an angle in a cross section taken along a virtual plane on which the axis of the winding forming portion extends, wherein the angle is 120 degrees. 6. The high-pressure pump according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces are located at an outer circumferential wall of the winding forming portion, and at least a part of the plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces tapers toward an axis of the winding forming portion in a direction away from the pressurizing chamber. 7. The high-pressure pump according to claim 1 , wherein the wire is wound starting from the smallest diameter one of the plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces to form N layers stacked with each other in a radial direction across the plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces, and N is an even number. 8. The high-pressure pump according to claim 1 , wherein the wire is wound starting from the smallest diameter one of the plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces to form N layers stacked with each other in a radial direction across the plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces, and the wire is wound in the axial direction a same number of times for a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is located radially inward of the second layer. 9. The high-pressure pump according to claim 1 , wherein the wire is wound starting from the smallest diameter one of the plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces to form N layers stacked with each other in a radial direction across the plurality of inner cylindrical surfaces, and the wire is wound in the axial direction a same number of times for each layer among N layers which are wound only in the smallest diameter one.

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What does patent US11525421B2 cover?
A high-pressure pump includes a pressurizing chamber forming portion, a suction passage forming portion, a seat member, a valve member, a cylindrical member, a needle, a movable core, a biasing member, a fixed core, and a coil including a winding portion. The coil generates an attractive force between the fixed core and the movable core when the winding portion is energized. The coil includes a…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Denso Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification F02M21/0245. Mapped technology areas include Mechanical Engineering.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Dec 13 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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