Hydraulic coupling bush

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11536404-B2
Application number	US-202117507238-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2021
Priority date	Nov 9, 2020
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

A hydraulic coupling bush which is actuated in order to close or open the coupling includes a coupling housing and a bush body which displaceable therein and which has a plug space for receiving a coupling plug, a supply space for fluidic connection to an external supply channel, a low pressure space for fluidic connection to a pressure medium sink, and an interior space connected fluidically to the supply space, a supply seat valve device being provided, via the actuation of which a supply flow path can be configured between the supply space and the plug space, and a relief seat valve device being provided, via the mechanical actuation of which the interior space can be relieved of pressure toward the low pressure space, and via the hydraulic actuation of which, which is dependent on the pressure in the interior space, the pressure in the interior space can be limited.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hydraulic coupling bush for coupling to a hydraulic coupling plug, comprising:
a coupling housing
a bush body which configured to be displaced within the coupling housing, and configured to be actuated in order to close or open the coupling, the bush body including
a plug space configured to receive at least sections of the coupling plug and configured for fluidic connection of said coupling plug,
a supply space configured to be fluidically connected to an external supply channel,
a low pressure space configured to be fluidically connected to a pressure medium sink, and
an interior space fluidically connected to the supply space;

a supply seat valve device via the actuation of which a supply flow path is configured between the supply space and the plug space;
a relief seat valve device via a first actuation of which the interior space is relieved of pressure toward the low pressure space, and via a second actuation of which, which is dependent on the pressure in the interior space, the pressure in the interior space is limited, wherein the relief seat valve device has an actuable first valve body with an associated first valve seat for the pressure relief, and a second valve body which is actuated in a manner which is dependent on the pressure in the interior space and has an associated second valve seat for the pressure limiting, wherein the first and second valve seats are arranged coaxially.

2. The coupling bush according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second valve bodies have actuating directions which are opposed.

3. The coupling bush according to claim 1 wherein the first and second valve bodies of the relief seat valve device are coupled via a first spring, the first spring biasing the first and second valve bodies toward the respective associated valve seat.

4. The coupling bush according to claim 3 wherein:
a diameter of the first spring is greater than that of the sealing section of the second valve body; and
the coupling bush further comprises a supporting section on which the first spring is supported.

5. The coupling bush according to claim 4 wherein:
the supporting section is separate from the sealing section and is movable.

6. The coupling bush according to claim 4 wherein:
the supporting section is fixed with respect to the sealing section.

7. The coupling bush according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second spring coupling a mechanically actuable valve body of the supply seat valve device and the second valve seat, the second spring biasing the mechanically actuable valve body and the second valve seat toward their respective closing directions counter to their respective actuating direction.

8. The coupling bush according to claim 7 , wherein the first valve body and the mechanically actuable valve body have opposed actuating directions.

9. The coupling bush according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a guiding sleeve in which the first and second valve bodies are arranged and guided in series.

10. The coupling bush according to claim 6 , wherein the guiding sleeve is pot-shaped, and the first valve body projects out of a pot opening of the guiding sleeve.

11. The coupling bush according to claim 10 , wherein the second valve seat is configured on a pot bottom of the guiding sleeve which, starting from the second valve seat, is penetrated in the direction of the interior space by a first throttle bore.

12. The coupling bush according to claim 1 , wherein a sealing section of the second valve body is a solid ball.

13. The coupling bush according to claim 9 , wherein:
the first and second valve bodies of the relief seat valve device are coupled via a first spring, the first spring biasing the first and second valve bodies toward the respective associated valve seat;
a diameter of the first spring is greater than that of the sealing section of the second valve body; and
the coupling bush further comprises a supporting section on which the first spring is supported.

14. The coupling bush according to claim 13 wherein:
the supporting section is separate from the sealing section and is movable.

15. The coupling bush according to claim 13 wherein:
the supporting section is fixed with respect to the sealing section.

16. The coupling bush according to claim 1 , wherein a sealing section of the second valve body is a solid cone.

Assignees

• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Knapper Steffen
• Rieckhof Frank
• Grammer Markus
• Kunz Reiner

Classifications

• F16L37/32 Primary

  at least one of two lift valves being opened automatically when the coupling is applied · CPC title

• F16L37/28 Primary

  with fluid cut-off means · CPC title

• F16L29/007

  Joints with cut-off devices controlled separately · CPC title

• F16L37/23 Primary

  by means of balls · CPC title

• F16L37/33

  the lift valves being of the ball type · CPC title