Valve with Valve Body, and Crankcase Ventilation Device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021363902-A1
Application number	US-202117392915-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 3, 2021
Priority date	Feb 4, 2019
Publication date	Nov 25, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A valve has a valve housing with a valve seat and a valve body holder with a fluid-permeable flow opening. A valve body is arranged in the valve body holder and axially displaceable between an open state and a closed state of the valve. The valve body has an envelope surface with a sealing region for fluid-tightly contacting the valve seat in the closed state. It has a base region adjoining the sealing region in longitudinal direction. A cross section contour of the envelope surface increases monotonously from the sealing region to the base region. In the open state, an axial end of the base region contacts the valve body holder. The envelope surface has a weakened region connecting sealing region and base region to each other. The weakened region has a reduced stiffness along the longitudinal direction. The valve body is formed of a thermoplastic polyhalogen olefin.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A valve comprising:
a valve housing; a valve seat arranged in the valve housing; a valve body holder arranged in the valve housing and comprising at least one fluid-permeable flow opening; a valve body arranged in the valve body holder in the valve housing, wherein the entire valve body is configured to be axially displaced between an open state of the valve and a closed state of the valve; wherein the valve body comprises an envelope surface that comprises a sealing region configured to fluid-tightly contact the valve seat in the closed state of the valve and further comprises a base region adjoining the sealing region in a longitudinal direction of the valve body; wherein a cross section contour of the envelope surface increases monotonously from the sealing region to the base region; wherein, in the open state of the valve, an axial end of the base region arranged opposite the sealing region contacts the valve body holder; wherein the envelope surface further comprises a weakened region connecting the sealing region and the base region to each other; wherein the weakened region comprises a reduced stiffness in relation to the longitudinal direction of the valve body; wherein the valve body is formed of a thermoplastic polyhalogen olefin.

2 . The valve according to claim 1 , wherein the polyhalogen olefin is a polytetrafluoroethylene; a polytetrafluoroethylene comprising one or more admixtures selected from a fluoro admixture, a carbon admixture, and an oxygen admixture; or a thermoplastically processed polytetrafluoroethylene.

3 . The valve according to claim 1 , wherein the weakened region, at least in sections thereof, is embodied together with the sealing region and the base region so as to be free of material interruptions and is embodied circumferentially in a circumferential direction of the sealing region.

4 . The valve according to claim 3 , wherein the reduced stiffness of the weakened region is at least partially influenced by at least one material parameter of a valve body material.

5 . The valve according to claim 4 , wherein the reduced stiffness of the weakened region is influenced by a reduced modulus of elasticity of the valve body material in the weakened region.

6 . The valve according to claim 1 , wherein the reduced stiffness of the weakened region is at least partially influenced by at least one material parameter of a valve body material.

7 . The valve according to claim 6 , wherein the reduced stiffness of the weakened region is influenced by a reduced modulus of elasticity of the valve body material in the weakened region.

8 . The valve according to claim 1 , wherein the valve body comprises a first plateau region arranged on a side of the sealing region facing away from the weakened region, wherein the envelope surface comprises a second plateau region arranged between the weakened region and the base region, wherein the first plateau region and the second plateau region are parallel to each other.

9 . The valve according to claim 8 , wherein the valve body comprises one or more first pressure compensation openings, wherein the one or more first pressure compensation openings connect an inner side of the valve body with an outer side of the valve body, wherein the one or more first pressure compensation openings extend in a radial direction of the valve body from the weakened region across the second plateau region at least partially into the base region.

10 . The valve according to claim 9 , wherein the valve body comprises one or more second pressure compensation openings, wherein the one or more second pressure compensation openings connect the inner side with the outer side, wherein the one or more second pressure compensation openings are arranged between two neighboring ones of the first pressure compensation openings, respectively, and extend in the radial direction of the valve body from an axial end of the base region in a direction toward the second plateau region.

11 . The valve according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the cross section contour is in a range of 1/10 mm to 1 mm.

12 . The valve according to claim 11 , wherein the range of the thickness of the cross section contour is 1/10 mm to 5/10 mm.

13 . The valve according to claim 12 , wherein the range of the thickness of the cross section contour is 3/10 mm to 5/10 mm.

14 . A crankcase ventilation device comprising at least one valve according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Mann & Hummel Gmbh

Inventors

• Mbadinga Mouanda Gelase
• Jessberger Thomas
• Kuemmerling Volker
• Bock Lukas
• Fischer Claus
• Schleiden Thomas
• Warth Tobias
• Teschner Matthias

Classifications

• F16K15/141

  the closure elements not being fixed to the valve body · CPC title

• F16K15/023

  the valve member consisting only of a predominantly disc-shaped flat element · CPC title

• F16K25/005

  Particular materials for seats or closure elements · CPC title

• F01M13/0011 Primary

  Breather valves · CPC title

• F02M35/10222

  Exhaust gas recirculation [EGR]; Positive crankcase ventilation [PCV]; Additional air admission, lubricant or fuel vapour admission · CPC title