Flow path control device and vehicle height adjustment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017282993-A1
Application number	US-201715463756-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 20, 2017
Priority date	Mar 31, 2016
Publication date	Oct 5, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A flow path control device according to one embodiment includes a first valve, a unit main body and a control valve. The unit main body has an accommodation portion, a first radial communication hole and a side recess portion. The accommodation portion is recessed from a chamber accommodating the oil to cause the first valve to close the first radial communication hole. The side recess portion is recessed from the chamber so as to be continuous to the accommodation portion and not to be continuous to the first radial communication hole. The control valve is movable in the accommodation portion of the unit main body between a position at which a groove of the control valve communicates with the side recess portion and the first radial communication hole and a position at which the groove does not communicate with them.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A flow path control device comprising:
a first valve which opens and closes a first flow path in which a supplied fluid is oriented toward a first chamber; a flow path forming member formed with
a first recess portion which is recessed from a second chamber accommodating the fluid that applies a force in a direction in which the first valve is closed to the first valve,
a communication path which communicates with the first recess portion and the first chamber, and
a second recess portion which is recessed from the second chamber so as to be continuous to the first recess portion and not to be continuous to the communication path,
wherein the flow path forming member forms a second flow path oriented toward the first chamber from the second chamber via the communication path and the second recess portion; and
a second valve formed with a groove which is recessed from an outer surface,
wherein the second valve is fitted to the first recess portion of the flow path forming member, and
wherein the second valve opens and closes the second flow path by moving between a position at which the groove communicates with the second recess portion and the communication path and a position at which the groove does not communicate with the second recess portion and the communication path.

2 . The flow path control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second recess portion of the flow path forming member is recessed in a direction which is the same as a moving direction of the second valve, and wherein the communication path is formed in a direction which intersects with the moving direction of the second valve.

3 . The flow path control device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the second recess portion and the communication path communicate with each other in a case where the groove of the second valve overlaps the communication path of the flow path forming member in the moving direction of the second valve, and wherein the second recess portion and the communication path do not communicate with each other in a case where the groove does not overlap the communication path.

4 . The flow path control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second valve has a columnar shape and moves in an axial direction of the columnar shape, and wherein, when viewed in the moving direction of the second valve, the communication path of the flow path forming member is formed on a side opposite to the second recess portion across a center of the second valve.

5 . The flow path control device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the second valve has a columnar shape and moves in an axial direction of the columnar shape, and wherein, when viewed in the moving direction of the second valve, the communication path of the flow path forming member is formed on a side opposite to the second recess portion across a center of the second valve.

6 . The flow path control device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the second valve has a columnar shape and moves in an axial direction of the columnar shape, and wherein, when viewed in the moving direction of the second valve, the communication path of the flow path forming member is formed on a side opposite to the second recess portion across a center of the second valve.

7 . A vehicle height adjustment apparatus comprising:
a first valve which opens and closes a first flow path in which a fluid supplied from a pump is oriented toward a storage chamber which stores the fluid; a flow path forming member formed with
a first recess portion which is recessed from a back pressure chamber accommodating the fluid that applies a force in a direction in which the first valve is closed to the first valve,
a communication path which communicates with the first recess portion and the storage chamber, and
a second recess portion which is recessed from the back pressure chamber so as to communicate with the first recess portion and so as not to communicate with the communication path,
wherein the flow path forming member forms a second flow path oriented toward the storage chamber from the back pressure chamber via the communication path and the second recess portion; and
a second valve formed with a groove recessed from an outer surface,
wherein the second valve is accommodated in the first recess portion of the flow path forming member, and
wherein the second valve opens and closes the second flow path by moving between a position at which the groove communicates with the second recess portion and the communication path and a position at which the groove does not communicate with the second recess portion and the communication path.

8 . The vehicle height adjustment apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a spring, wherein one end of the spring is supported on a vehicle body side, and the other end of the spring is supported on a wheel side; and a changing device which changes a length of the spring in accordance with an amount of the fluid in an accommodation chamber that accommodates the fluid, wherein, in a case where the second valve closes the second flow path, the first valve is closed and the fluid supplied from the pump is supplied to the accommodation chamber.

Assignees

• Showa Corp

Inventors

• Miyata Hiroyuki
• Murakami Yosuke

Classifications

• B60G2500/30

  Height or ground clearance · CPC title

• B60G2300/12

  Cycles; Motorcycles · CPC title

• B62K25/08 Primary

  for front wheel · CPC title

• B62K2201/04

  Helical springs · CPC title

• B62K2025/045

  Suspensions with ride-height adjustment · CPC title