Value for an internal combustion engine and production method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12366182-B2
Application number	US-202418412990-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2024
Priority date	Jan 16, 2023
Publication date	Jul 22, 2025
Grant date	Jul 22, 2025

Abstract

A valve for an internal combustion engine and a method for producing such a valve is disclosed. The valve includes a valve bottom and a valve stem projecting from the valve bottom. An interior of the valve delimits a hollow space, in which sodium for cooling is received. In the hollow space, a non-evaporable getter is arranged.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A valve for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a valve bottom and a valve stem projecting from the valve bottom,
an interior that delimits a hollow space, in which sodium for cooling is received,
wherein in the hollow space a non-evaporable getter is arranged,
wherein the getter is a single contiguous body arranged on a side of the hollow space facing towards the valve bottom, and
wherein the getter has a zirconium base and further includes vanadium and/or titanium.

2. The valve according to claim 1 , wherein following the introduction into the hollow space, the getter is activated.

3. The valve according to claim 2 , wherein the getter has a passivation layer comprising oxides and/or carbides and/or nitrites prior to activation.

4. The valve according to claim 1 , wherein the getter has a physisorption passivation layer.

5. The valve according to claim 1 , wherein the getter includes both of the vanadium and the titanium.

6. A method for producing a valve, comprising:
introducing sodium and a non-evaporable getter in the form of a single contiguous body into a hollow space of the valve, wherein the getter is introduced initially and then the sodium such that the getter is arranged in the hollow space on a side facing a valve bottom,
closing the hollow space,
activating the getter, and
wherein the getter has a zirconium base and further includes vanadium and/or titanium.

7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
providing a starting body,
the starting body comprises a valve bottom of the valve and a valve stem of the valve projecting from the valve bottom at least partially forming a stem portion;
the starting body comprising the valve bottom and the valve stem delimits a hollow space, which extends into the stem portion and on the side facing away from the valve bottom is open towards an outside via a stem opening;
wherein the getter and the sodium are introduced via the stem opening into the hollow space, and
closing the hollow space includes closing the stem opening with a closure.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the closure and the stem portion are welded to one another.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein:
the valve after the closing of the stem opening is treated with heat for balancing the microstructure changed through the welding, and
during the heat treatment the getter is activated at the same time.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the getter is passivated before being introduced into the hollow space by forming oxides and/or carbides and/or nitrites on a surface of the getter via physisorption.

11. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the getter further includes both of the vanadium and the titanium.

12. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the getter is activated following closing the hollow space.

13. An internal combustion engine, comprising:
a valve, the valve including:
a valve bottom and a valve stem projecting from the valve bottom;
the valve having an interior that delimits a hollow space; and
wherein a non-evaporable getter is arranged in the hollow space;
wherein the getter is a single contiguous body arranged in the hollow space on a side facing the valve bottom; and
wherein the getter has a zirconium base and further includes vanadium and/or titanium.

14. The internal combustion engine according to claim 13 , wherein the hollow space further includes sodium arranged therein.

15. The internal combustion engine according to claim 13 , wherein the getter further includes both of the vanadium and the titanium.

Assignees

• Mahle Int Gmbh

Inventors

• Kroos Peter
• Mueller Alexander
• Puck Alexander
• Wege Tobias

Classifications

• F01L3/02 Primary

  Selecting particular materials for valve-members or valve-seats; Valve-members or valve-seats composed of two or more materials · CPC title

• F01L3/20

  Shapes or constructions of valve members, not provided for in preceding subgroups of this group · CPC title

• F01L2303/00

  Manufacturing of components used in valve arrangements · CPC title

• F01L3/14 Primary

  by means of a liquid or solid coolant, e.g. sodium, in a closed chamber in a valve · CPC title

• F16K51/00

  Other details not peculiar to particular types of valves or cut-off apparatus · CPC title