Electronic expansion valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9810461-B2
Application number	US-201214408284-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2012
Priority date	Jun 20, 2012
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

An electronic expansion valve is provided, wherein a piston component and a valve needle component are located at the same side of a valve core seat. When refrigerant flows forwards, the piston component closes the bypass through hole, the refrigerant flows to a side of the vertical connecting pipe via the valve core valve port, and the valve needle component moves in the axial direction to regulate an opening of the valve core valve port. When the refrigerant flows reversely, the piston component moves upwards in the axial direction to open the bypass through hole, and the refrigerant flows to a side of the transverse connecting pipe via the bypass through hole. The electronic expansion valve ensures that the valve needle component seals the valve core valve port easily in a high pressure state when the refrigerant flows forwards, and reduces axial and radial dimensions of the valve seat.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic expansion valve, comprising a valve seat, the valve seat being provided with a valve cavity, a valve core seat being fixed in the valve cavity, and the valve core seat being provided with a valve core valve port and a bypass through hole; the electronic expansion valve further comprising a valve needle component which is movable in an axial direction to cooperate with the valve core valve port and a piston component which is movable in the axial direction to open and close the bypass through hole; and the electronic expansion valve further comprising a transverse connecting pipe functioning as an inlet connecting pipe and a vertical connecting pipe functioning as an outlet connecting pipe, the transverse connecting pipe and the vertical connecting pipe are installed on the valve seat; wherein,
the piston component and the valve needle component are located at a same side of the valve core seat, and in a case that refrigerant flows forwards, the piston component closes the bypass through hole, the refrigerant flows to a side of the vertical connecting pipe via the valve core valve port, and the valve needle component moves in the axial direction to regulate an opening of the valve core valve port; and in a case that the refrigerant flows reversely, the piston component moves upwards in the axial direction to open the bypass through hole, and the refrigerant flows to a side of the transverse connecting pipe via the bypass through hole.

2. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 1 , wherein the valve core seat and the valve seat are formed separately, and the valve core seat is fixedly connected to an inner wall of the valve seat.

3. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 2 , wherein the valve core seat comprises a body portion and a sleeve guiding portion; the valve core valve port and the bypass through hole are arranged in the body portion, and a lower end of the sleeve guiding portion surrounds the valve core valve port, and the valve needle component extends into an inner hole of the sleeve guiding portion to cooperate with the valve core valve port and is guided by the inner hole of the sleeve guiding portion.

4. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 3 , wherein the piston component is provided with a center hole, and the piston component is axially movably sleeved on an outer wall of the sleeve guiding portion via the center hole.

5. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 4 , wherein one of an inner wall of the center hole and an outer wall of the sleeve guiding portion is provided with a positioning groove extending in an axial direction, and the other one of the inner wall of the center hole and the outer wall of the sleeve guiding portion is provided with a positioning protrusion slidable in the positioning groove.

6. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 5 , wherein a side of the piston component facing the transverse connecting pipe has a portion being cut out to form a cutout portion.

7. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 4 , wherein the piston component comprises a piston body portion and a piston guiding portion protruding upwards along the piston body portion, and the center hole passes through the piston body portion and the piston guiding portion.

8. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 7 , wherein a sidewall of the sleeve guiding portion is provided with a sidewall through hole which is configured to communicate the inner hole of the sleeve guiding portion with the valve cavity; and a sidewall of the piston guiding portion is further provided with a piston side hole at a position corresponding to the sidewall through hole.

9. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 7 , further comprising a drive component configured to drive the valve needle component to move in the axial direction, wherein the drive component comprises a screw rod and a nut cooperating with the screw rod by screw threads; and
a lower portion of the nut is provided with a guiding hole, and an upper portion of the sleeve guiding portion is fit in the guiding hole via an outer wall of the sleeve guiding portion and is guided by the guiding hole.

10. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 9 , wherein a compressed elastic component is provided between a top wall of the piston component and the nut.

11. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 8 , further comprising a drive component configured to drive the valve needle component to move in the axial direction, wherein the drive component comprises a screw rod and a nut cooperating with the screw rod by screw threads; and
a lower portion of the nut is provided with a guiding hole, and an upper portion of the sleeve guiding portion is fit in the guiding hole via an outer wall of the sleeve guiding portion and is guided by the guiding hole.

12. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 11 , wherein a compressed elastic component is provided between a top wall of the piston component and the nut.

13. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 3 , wherein a sidewall of the sleeve guiding portion is provided with a sidewall through hole which is configured to communicate the inner hole of the sleeve guiding portion with the valve cavity.

14. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 13 , further comprising a drive component configured to drive the valve needle component to move in the axial direction, wherein the drive component comprises a screw rod and a nut cooperating with the screw rod by screw threads; and
a lower portion of the nut is provided with a guiding hole, and an upper portion of the sleeve guiding portion is fit in the guiding hole via an outer wall of the sleeve guiding portion and is guided by the guiding hole.

15. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 14 , wherein a compressed elastic component is provided between a top wall of the piston component and the nut.

16. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 3 , further comprising a drive component configured to drive the valve needle component to move in the axial direction, wherein the drive component comprises a screw rod and a nut cooperating with the screw rod by screw threads; and
a lower portion of the nut is provided with a guiding hole, and an upper portion of the sleeve guiding portion is fit in the guiding hole via an outer wall of the sleeve guiding portion and is guided by the guiding hole.

17. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 16 , wherein a compressed elastic component is provided between a top wall of the piston component and the nut.

18. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 4 , further comprising a drive component configured to drive the valve needle component to move in the axial direction, wherein the drive component comprises a screw rod and a nut cooperating with the screw rod by screw threads; and
a lower portion of the nut is provided with a guiding hole, and an upper portion of the sleeve guiding portion is fit in the guiding hole via an outer wall of the sleeve guiding portion and is guided by the guiding hole.

19. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 18 , wherein a compressed elastic component is provided between a top wall of the piston component and the nut.

Assignees

• Zhan Caiyi
• Yuan Ze
• Wei Xianrang
• Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhan Caiyi
• Yuan Ze
• Wei Xianrang

Classifications

• F25B2341/06

  Details of flow restrictors or expansion valves · CPC title

• F25B2400/0411

  for expansion valves or capillary tubes · CPC title

• Y02B30/72

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F16K15/18 Primary

  with actuating mechanism; Combined check valves and actuated valves · CPC title

• Y10T137/87177

  With bypass · CPC title