Electromagnetic fuel injection valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9528482-B2
Application number	US-201314416693-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2013
Priority date	Jul 27, 2012
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

Provided is an electromagnetic fuel injection valve in which in both operations of opening and closing a valve, a movable element is made to free run before a valve element starts to operate, and bounding motion of the movable element occurring at the time of the valve opening operation is reduced, thereby balancing improvement of responsiveness and improvement of stability of operation. There are equipped with: a first movable element 105 , which is biased by a first spring 106 biasing in a valve closing direction, as a movable element which opens and closes a valve when being attracted by a magnetic core 109 of the electromagnetic fuel injection valve; and a second movable element 104 biased toward the magnetic core 109 by a second spring 112 biasing in a valve opening direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electromagnetic fuel injection valve comprising:
a valve element which opens and closes a gap between the valve element and a valve seat;
a movable element which transmits force to the valve element to cause the valve element to operate;
a magnetic core which causes a magnetic flux to flow between the magnetic core and the movable element to generate a magnetic attractive force; and
a coil configured to generate a magnetic flux in the magnetic core, wherein
an electricity supplied to the coil is controlled to cause the valve element to open and close a fuel passage,
the movable element is configured with a first movable element and a second movable element,
each of the first movable element and the second movable element has a magnetic attractive surface facing the magnetic core,
the first movable element is biased by a first spring in a valve closing direction,
the second movable element is biased in a valve opening direction by a second spring which has a biasing force smaller than a biasing force of the first spring,
the first movable element and the second movable element are movable relative to the valve element,
the valve element is configured to be biased by the second movable element in the valve opening direction,
an abutting part is provided between the first movable element and the second movable element, on which the abutting part the first movable element and the second movable element are apart from each other with a clearance in a relative displacement direction in a valve-opened state, and
from a valve-opened state to the valve-closed state, the first movable element moves to abut against the second movable element, and the valve element is configured to start moving in the valve closing direction after abutment of the abutting part.

2. The electromagnetic fuel injection valve according to claim 1 , wherein in a closed valve state, the first movable element is in contact with the valve element to transmit the biasing force of the first spring to the valve element.

3. The electromagnetic fuel injection valve according to claim 1 ,
wherein a clearance created between an magnetic attractive surface of the first movable element and the magnetic core in the closed valve state is larger than a clearance created between a magnetic attractive surface of the second movable element and the magnetic core in the closed valve state.

4. The electromagnetic fuel injection valve according to claim 1 , wherein a bottom surface of the magnetic core faces both the first movable element and the second movable element.

5. The electromagnetic fuel injection valve according to claim 4 , wherein when the valve element is in a closed state, a gap is formed at a position of a second abutting part that is provided between the second movable element and the valve element.

6. The electromagnetic fuel injection valve according to claim 4 , wherein when the valve element is in an open state, a gap is formed at a position of a third abutting part that is provided between the first movable element and the valve element.

7. The electromagnetic fuel injection valve according to claim 5 , wherein when the valve element is in an open state, a gap is formed at a position of a third abutting part that is provided between the first movable element and the valve element.

8. The electromagnetic fuel injection valve according to claim 4 , wherein the first movable element is inside the second movable element.

9. The electromagnetic fuel injection valve according to claim 1 , wherein the first movable element includes a side surface radially facing the second movable element in a portion closer to the magnetic core than to the abutting part, and an area of the side surface of the first movable element is larger than an area of the magnetic attractive surface of the second movable element.

10. The electromagnetic fuel injection valve according to claim 1 , wherein a protrusion is provided between the magnetic attractive surface of the first movable element and the magnetic core.

11. The electromagnetic fuel injection valve according to claim 1 , wherein an outer diameter of the magnetic attractive surface of the first movable element is smaller than an outer diameter of the magnetic attractive surface of the second movable element.

12. An electromagnetic fuel injection valve comprising:
a valve element which opens and closes a gap between the valve element and a valve seat;
a movable element which transmits force to the valve element to cause the valve element to operate;
a magnetic core which causes a magnetic flux to flow between the magnetic core and the movable element to generate a magnetic attractive force; and
a coil configured to generate a magnetic flux in the magnetic core, wherein
an electricity supplied to the coil is controlled to cause the valve element to open and close a fuel passage,
the movable element is configured with a first movable element and a second movable element,
each of the first movable element and the second movable element has a magnetic attractive surface facing the magnetic core,
the first movable element is biased by a first spring in a valve closing direction,
the second movable element is biased in a valve opening direction by a second spring which has a biasing force smaller than a biasing force of the first spring,
the first movable element and the second movable element are movable relative to the valve element,
the valve element is configured to be biased by the second movable element in the valve opening direction
an abutting part is provided between the first movable element and the second movable element, on which the abutting part the first movable element and the second movable element are in contact with each other in a relative displacement direction in a valve-closed state, and
from a valve-opened state to the valve-closed state, the first movable element is configured to abut against the valve element after abutting against the second movable element.

13. An electromagnetic fuel injection valve comprising:
a valve element which opens and closes a gap between the valve element and a valve seat;
a movable element which transmits force to the valve element to cause the valve element to operate;
a magnetic core which causes a magnetic flux to flow between the magnetic core and the movable element to generate a magnetic attractive force; and
a coil configured to generate a magnetic flux in the magnetic core, wherein
an electricity supplied to the coil is controlled to cause the valve element to open and close a fuel passage,
the movable element is configured with a first movable element and a second movable element,
each of the first movable element and the second movable element has a magnetic attractive surface facing the magnetic core,
the first movable element is biased by a first spring in a valve closing direction,
the second movable element is biased in a valve opening direction by a second spring which has a biasing force smaller than a biasing force of the first spring,
the first movable element and the second movable element are movable relative to the valve element,
the valve element is configured to be biased by the second movable element in the valve opening direction
an abutting part is provided between the first movable element and the second movable element, on which the abutting part the first movable element and the second movable element are in contact with each other in a relative displacement direction in a valve-closed state, and
from a valve-opened state to the valve-closed state, the first movable element is configured to start moving i

Assignees

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Abe Motoyuki
• Kusakabe Ryo
• Ehara Hideharu
• Yasukawa Yoshihito

Classifications

• F02M51/0685

  the armature and the valve being allowed to move relatively to each other or not being attached to each other · CPC title

• F02M51/0675 Primary

  the valve body having cylindrical guiding or metering portions, e.g. with fuel passages · CPC title

• F02M61/12

  characterised by the provision of guiding or centring means for valve bodies · CPC title

• F02M61/20

  Closing valves mechanically, e.g. arrangements of springs or weights {or permanent magnets; Damping of valve lift} · CPC title