1. Field Of The Invention
The invention relates to an electromagnetically actuatable valve, in particular for braking force systems in motor vehicles.
2. Description of the Prior Art
One valve of the type with which this invention is concerned is already known and has a valve body that is press-fitted into a valve housing. Between the valve body and the valve housing, preferably a plurality of longitudinal grooves extend in the longitudinal direction of the valve; these grooves discharge into radially outward-projecting outlet bores that are covered by a filter element embracing the outlet bores. When the valve closing member has lifted from the valve seat, a pressure medium flows through the valve or the valve body, initially essentially in the longitudinal axis of the valve, and after passing through the seat is first deflected 180° in order to reach the aforementioned longitudinal grooves. Next, the pressure medium is deflected a further 90°, so that after passing through the outlet bores and the filter element, it can leave the valve. Because of the multiple deflection motions of the pressure medium, relatively high flow resistances arise, which adversely affect the function and valve properties of the valve.
The electromagnetically actuatable valve of the invention, in particular for braking force systems in motor vehicles, has the advantage over the prior art that its valve properties are improved, and its throttling losses are reduced. This is achieved essentially by providing that a pressure medium, after passing through the sealing seat at the valve body, has to be deflected out of its flow direction only once, by 90°, in order to reach the outlet bores.
Advantageous refinements of the valve of the invention are disclosed. It is especially advantageous if the valve housing has a reduced-diameter portion on its outer circumference, in the region of the outlet bores, that is surrounded by the filter element. This makes it possible for the pressure medium, after flowing through the outlet bores, to be distributed over a larger region of the filter element, which especially with high pressure medium viscosities of the kind that occur at low temperatures, leads to reduced flow resistance and hence to improved valve properties. To make a secure, pressure-tight connection between the filter element and the valve housing possible, it is also provided in a preferred embodiment that the filter element is equipped with a mounting rib which engages an encompassing annular groove embodied on the valve housing and which can be pressed with this annular groove in the axial direction.
The invention will be better understood and further objects and advantages thereof will become more apparent from the ensuing detailed description of a preferred embodiment, taken in conjunction with the drawings, in which:
The electromagnetically actuatable valve 10 shown in
On the end of the tappet element 15 diametrically opposite the extension 16, the tappet element 15 cooperates with an armature 18, which contacts one face end 19 of the tappet element 15. The armature 18 is surrounded, with slight radial play, by a capsule 21, in which the armature 18 is axially displaceable by a small distance. The capsule 21 is joined in fluid-tight fashion with the valve housing 11 circumferentially by means of a welded connection 22.
A region of the armature 18 and partly also a region of the tappet element 15 are surrounded by a coil element 25 that can be supplied with electric current. The coil element 25 has a flux guide element 26 and a coil body 27; the electrical terminals 28 and 29 of the coil body serve to supply current to the coil element 25.
Below the coil element 25 and the flux guide element 26, the valve housing 11 has an encompassing mounting flange 31. The mounting flange 31 is located approximately at the level of the extension 16 of the tappet element 15. On the end of the tappet element 15 toward the extension 16, a valve body 32 is press-fitted into the through bore 12. In the exemplary embodiment, the valve body 32 has a graduated, multiply stepped bore 33. On the side toward the extension 16, the stepped bore 33 is conically widened and, together with the valve closing element 17, forms a sealing seat at a conical face 34. The extension 16 of the tappet element 15 is surrounded by a compression spring 36, which is braced between the face ends 37, facing one another, of the valve body 32 and the ribs 14 of the tappet element 15 and presses the tappet element 15, with its valve closing element 17, away from the sealing seat or from the conical jacket face 34.
On the side facing away from the tappet element 15, a preferably plastic valve closing connecting element 40 is press-fitted into the stepped bore 33 of the valve body 32. The valve connection element 40 has a through bore 41 that communicates with the stepped bore 33 of the valve body 32. The through bore 41 communicates with an inlet conduit, not shown. The valve connection element 40 also has an integrated check valve 44 with a conical valve body 45.
At least nearly at the same height as the face end 37 of the valve body 32, a plurality of transverse or outlet bores 47 (
The valve 10 described thus far can be inserted into a valve block, not identified by reference numeral; the mounting flange 31 serves to secure the valve 10 to the valve block. Inflow and outflow conduits that communicate with the inflow conduit via bore 41 and the outlet bores 47, respectively, are embodied in the valve block.
When there is no current to the valve 10, the compression spring 36 lifts the tappet element 15 and the valve closing element 17 away from the sealing seat at the edge 34. Depending on the current supplied to the coil element 25, a closing force counter to the force of the compression spring 36 is generated on the tappet element 15 via the armature 18 and presses the tappet element 15 together with the valve closing element 17 in the direction of the conical jacket face 34 of the valve body 32. By way of the current supplied to the coil element 25, the flow through the valve 10 can thus be varied. In the state shown in
The valve 10 of the invention can be modified in various ways without departing from the concept of the invention. In particular, it is possible and conceivable to provide a different number of outlet bores 47, which need not be uniformly located relative to one another and may have different diameters, or may be attached at different angles from the 90° angle to the longitudinal axis shown in the flow course 60.
The foregoing relates to a preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention, it being understood that other variants and embodiments thereof are possible within the spirit and scope of the invention, the latter being defined by the appended claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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10 2004 050 221.8 | Oct 2004 | DE | national |