Dryer circuit for a pneumatic regulating device of a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9829248-B2
Application number	US-201214002194-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2012
Priority date	Mar 1, 2011
Publication date	Nov 28, 2017
Grant date	Nov 28, 2017

Abstract

A dryer circuit for a pneumatic regulating device of a vehicle, comprising an air dryer, and a first compressor, wherein the first compressor is designed to compress system air present in the pneumatic regulating device, wherein the air dryer, the first compressor and subsystems, which can be connected to the first compressor, of the pneumatic regulating device are arranged in such a way that, in the operating mode of a closed air supply, air delivered between the components of one of the subsystems by the first compressor is delivered so as to bypass the air dryer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A dryer circuit for a pneumatic regulating device of a vehicle, comprising:
an air dryer,
a first compressor and a second compressor,
wherein the first compressor is designed to compress system air present in the pneumatic regulating device, wherein the air dryer, the first compressor and subsystems, which can be connected to the first compressor, of the pneumatic regulating device are arranged in such a way that, in a closed air supply operating mode, air delivered between the components of one of the subsystems by the first compressor is delivered so as to bypass the air dryer, and wherein:
the air dryer is arranged between an inlet side of the first compressor and an outlet side of the second compressor,
the second compressor is designed so that, in an open air supply operating mode, the second compressor compresses newly supplied air from an external environment to a first, lower pressure level and delivers this compressed air through the air dryer into the first compressor as dried air, and
the first compressor is designed to compress the dried air to a second, higher pressure level and to deliver it onward to the subsystems of the pneumatic regulating device which are connected to the first compressor,
wherein a first check valve is arranged on an outlet side of the first compressor separate from the inlet side of the first compressor, and is designed to prevent the air compressed to the second pressure level from flowing back into the first compressor, and
wherein a first subsystem of the subsystems comprises a dryer valve, wherein the dryer valve is arranged between an outlet side of the first check valve and an outlet side of the air dryer.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a second subsystem of the subsystems comprises a pneumatic actuator system having a first opening valve arranged upstream of the pneumatic actuator system, a compressed air reservoir and a second opening valve arranged upstream of the compressed air reservoir, wherein the first opening valve and the second opening valve are connected to one another by an air path and to the first check valve.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a second subsystem of the subsystems is provided for operation in the operating mode of a closed air supply and comprises a pneumatic actuator system having an upstream opening valve, a compressed air reservoir and a switchover valve, wherein the switchover valve is designed to adopt a first operating state and a second operating state, wherein, in the first operating state, an air flow is allowed exclusively in the direction from the pneumatic actuator system to the compressed air reservoir while bypassing the air dryer and, in the second operating state, an air flow is allowed exclusively in the direction from the compressed air reservoir to the pneumatic actuator system, likewise while bypassing the air dryer.

4. The device as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a second check valve and a third check valve, wherein the second check valve is arranged between the switchover valve and the first compressor, and the third check valve is arranged between the first compressor and the air dryer, wherein the third check valve is arranged in such a way that an air flow is allowed between the switchover valve and the first compressor while bypassing the third check valve.

5. A dryer circuit for a pneumatic regulating device of a vehicle, comprising:
an air dryer,
a first compressor and a second compressor, and
first, second, and third check valves,
wherein the first compressor is designed to compress system air present in the pneumatic regulating device, wherein the air dryer, the first compressor and subsystems, which can be connected to the first compressor, of the pneumatic regulating device are arranged in such a way that, in a closed air supply operating mode, air delivered between the components of one of the subsystems by the first compressor is delivered so as to bypass the air dryer, and wherein:
the air dryer is arranged between the first compressor and the second compressor,
the second compressor Is designed so that, in an open air supply operating mode, the second compressor compresses newly supplied air from an external environment to a first, lower pressure level and delivers this compressed air through the air dryer into the first compressor as dried air, and
the first compressor is designed to compress the dried air to a second, higher pressure level and to deliver it onward to the subsystems of the pneumatic regulating device which are connected to the first compressor,
the first check valve is arranged on an outlet side of the first compressor and is designed to prevent the air compressed to the second pressure level from flowing back into the first compressor, and
the second check valve is arranged between a switchover valve and the first compressor, and the third check valve is arranged between the first compressor and the air dryer, wherein the third check valve is arranged in such a way that an air flow is allowed between the switchover valve and the first compressor while bypassing the third check valve, and wherein the second check valve and the third check valve are designed to allow an air flow exclusively in the direction of the first compressor.

6. The device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the switchover valve is designed as a 4/2-way valve or as a combination of two 3/2-way valves.

Assignees

• Folchert Uwe
• Hein Dierk
• Witala Christian
• Continental Teves Ag & Co Ohg

Inventors

• Folchert Uwe
• Hein Dierk
• Witala Christian

Classifications

• B60G2202/416

  using a pump, e.g. in the line connecting the lower chamber to the upper chamber of the actuator · CPC title

• F15B21/048

  Arrangements for compressed air preparation, e.g. comprising air driers, air condensers, filters, lubricators or pressure regulators · CPC title

• B60G2202/412

  Pneumatic actuator · CPC title

• B60G17/0523

  Regulating distributors or valves for pneumatic springs · CPC title

• B60G2500/205

  Air-compressor operation · CPC title