Patent Application
20160265499
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a fuel injection valve which is mainly used for a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine, and relates to a manufacturing method for the fuel injection valve.
2. Background Art
In a conventional fuel injection valve, a movable valve component, which forms a valve mechanism, is composed of an armature and a valve portion, and the valve component is pressed to a valve washer by a spring when the valve is opened, and when an electrode terminal is energized, a magnetic field, which is generated by a solenoid device, generates a magnetic attractive force by which the armature is aspirated to a core side, whereby the valve component is shifted to the core side, and the valve is opened by producing a gap between the valve portion and the valve washer, and fuel is flowed (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).
Moreover, in a conventional fuel injection valve, a magnetic passage is composed of a core, an armature, a holder, an unequal-diameter-cylindrical-shaped housing, and a cap. A solenoid device is installed in the housing, and the cap is welded and fixed to the housing in such a way that the cap covers the solenoid device in a cap shape. In this case, the housing and the cap are manufactured by a press processing or a squeeze processing, of which cost capability is excellent, so that a notch, which is used as an exit of an electrode terminal, is generally provided at the cap which is easily processed. Moreover, the cap is press-inserted to the holder, so that a gap is formed between the housing and the holder in order to absorb an axis deviation.
In the conventional fuel injection valve, the housing is not a component which contributes to a bending strength of the fuel injection valve, and the bending strength is maintained by the holder and the core. Therefore, a thin portion or the like, by which magnetic saturation is caused, for example, as described in Patent Document 2, is not formed in the holder.
Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Publication No. 4130771
Patent Document 2: U.S. Pat. No. 5,769,391
In recent years, FI (Fuel Injection) of an internal combustion engine is evolved in a field of a small displacement motorcycle, and an adoption of a fuel injection valve is increased, so that it is required toward the fuel injection valve that an engine layout capability, in which an attachment length and an outer diameter are downsized, is improved. Moreover, it is required that a capability of injection-amount control, which is equivalent to a capability of injection-amount control of the conventional fuel injection valve, is provided.
However, in the conventional fuel injection valve, a gap is formed between the holder and the housing as described above, so that a magnetic resistance is caused at a magnetic passage by the gap, and a loss of a magnetic flux is caused. Therefore, the fuel injection valve is configured is such a way that a facing area of the holder and the housing is widely maintained so as to suppress the loss of the magnetic flux. As a result, there has been a problem in that an attachment length to a vehicle is increased.
An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection valve having a configuration in which an attachment length to a vehicle is shorter than an attachment length of a conventional fuel injection valve and a capability of injection-amount control is not worsened, and to provide a manufacturing method for the fuel injection valve.
A fuel injection valve of the present invention includes a housing; a holder in which a core is fixed to an end portion in an axis direction; a solenoid which is installed between an inner circumference surface of the housing and the an outer circumference surface of the core; a cap which is welded and fixed to the housing and the core in a state where the solenoid is installed; an armature which is faced to an end portion in an axis direction of the core so as to be arranged, and is held at an inner circumference surface of the holder in a state where the armature is freely slid in an axis direction; a valve portion which is fixed to the armature, and can be seated to or separated from a valve washer which is provided at the holder; a spring which constantly biases the armature in a direction where the armature is separated from the end portion in the axis direction of the core; and an electrode terminal which is arranged at the outside of the housing so as to be connected to the solenoid, in a state where, when an energization for the solenoid is interrupted, the armature is separated from the core by the spring, and the valve portion is seated to the valve washer so as to stop an injection of fuel, and when an energization for the solenoid is performed, a magnetic flux, which is generated in the solenoid, is passed from the core through a magnetic passage which includes the armature, the housing, and the cap, whereby the armature is aspirated by the core so as to be shifted in a direction of the core, and the valve portion is separated from the valve washer so as to inject the fuel; wherein the holder is press-inserted to the housing so as to be fixed to the housing; and the cap includes a notch portion for notching an annular portion, and is arranged in such a way that an inner circumference surface of the cap is faced to the outer circumference surface of the core via a gap; and the electrode terminal is connected to a terminal of the solenoid via the notch portion of the cap.
Moreover, a manufacturing method for the fuel injection valve includes a first process in which the cap and the housing are welded at an opposite side of the notch portion of the cap; and a second process in which the cap and the core are welded in a state where the cap, which is welded in the first process, is displaced in a direction of the notch portion.
According to a fuel injection valve of the present invention, it can be realized that an attachment length L of the fuel injection valve of the present invention is shorter than an attachment length of a conventional fuel injection valve. Moreover, a bending strength of a holder is complemented by the housing, so that the strength of the holder can be easily maintained.
Moreover, according to a manufacturing method for the fuel injection valve of the present invention, a width of a gap between a core and a cap is uniform, and it can be suppressed that a magnetic passage loss between the core and the cap is increased.
Firstly, in order to understand a fuel injection valve according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, the fuel injection valve, which is a base of the present invention, will be explained.
A valve component 8 is composed of the armature 9 and the valve portion 11. A notch is formed in a cap 6, and a terminal of the solenoid 2 is connected to an electrode terminal 7 via the notch of the cap 6. The electrode terminal 7 and the terminal of the solenoid 2 are integrally molded by a connector mold 13 made of an insulating material. The connector mold 13 is fixed to the housing 5.
In the fuel injection valve 1 which is configured as described above, when the solenoid 2 is not energized so as to be set in a non-energized state, the armature 9 is separated from the core 3 by a bias force of the spring 14, and the valve portion 11, which is provided at the armature 9, is seated to the valve washer 10, and a fuel injection hole is closed, and a fuel injection is stopped. In this state, when the solenoid 2 is energized and biased, a magnetic flux, which is generated in the solenoid 2, is passed through a magnetic passage which is composed of the core 3, the armature 9, the holder 4, the housing 5, and the cap 6, and the armature 9 is opposed to the bias force of the spring 14 and is aspirated by the core 3, whereby the armature 9 is shifted to the core 3 side in an axis direction. As a result, the valve portion 11, which is provided at the armature 9, is separated from the valve washer 10, and a gap is formed between the valve washer 10 and the valve portion 11, and fuel is injected from the fuel injection hole to a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine via the gap. The energization of the solenoid 2 is controlled, whereby a required amount of fuel is injected from the fuel injection valve 1 to the fuel supply system.
As described above, the housing 5 and the cap 6 are manufactured by a press processing or a squeeze processing, of which cost capability is excellent, so that a notch or the like is easily processed. Therefore, a notch portion, which is used for leading the terminal of the solenoid 2, is formed at the cap 6 which is easily processed. The terminal of the solenoid 2 is led from the solenoid 2 via the notch portion, and the terminal of the solenoid 2 is connected to the electrode terminal 7. Moreover, the cap 6 is press-inserted to the outside of the holder 4, so that a gap is formed between the housing 5 and the holder 4 in order to absorb an axis deviation.
In addition, the housing 5 is not a component which contributes to a bending strength of the fuel injection valve 1, and the bending strength is maintained by the holder 4 and the core 3. Therefore, a thin portion or the like, by which magnetic saturation is caused, for example, as described in Patent Document 2, is not formed in the holder 4.
In the fuel injection valve 1 which is configured as described above, the gap is formed between the holder 4 and the housing 5, so that a magnetic resistance is caused at a magnetic passage by the gap, and a loss of a magnetic flux is caused. Therefore, the fuel injection valve 1 is configured is such a way that a facing area of the holder 4 and the housing 5 is widely maintained so as to suppress the loss of the magnetic flux. As a result, there is a problem in that an attachment length L to a vehicle is increased.
Hereinafter, a fuel injection valve according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be explained.
The valve component 8 is composed of the armature 9 and the valve portion 11. A notch, which is described later, is formed in the cap 6, and a terminal of the solenoid 2 is connected to the electrode terminal 7 via the notch of the cap 6. After the electrode terminal 7, the terminal of the solenoid 2, and the solenoid 2 are attached to the housing 5 as described later, those are integrally molded with the housing 5 by the connector mold 13 made of an insulating material.
In the fuel injection valve 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, which is configured as described above, when the solenoid 2 is not energized so as to be set in a non-energized state, the armature 9 is separated from the core 3 by a bias force of the spring 14, and the valve portion 11, which is provided at the armature 9, is seated to the valve washer 10, and the fuel injection hole is closed, and a fuel injection is stopped. In this state, when the solenoid 2 is energized and biased, a magnetic flux, which is generated in the solenoid 2, is passed through a magnetic passage which is composed of the core 3, the armature 9, the holder 4, the housing 5, and the cap 6, and the armature 9 is opposed to the bias force of the spring 14 and is aspirated by the core 3, whereby the armature 9 is shifted to the core 3 side in an axis direction. As a result, the valve portion 11, which is provided at the armature 9, is separated from the valve washer 10, and a gap is formed between the valve washer 10 and the valve portion 11, and fuel is injected from the fuel injection hole to a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine via the gap. The energization of the solenoid 2 is controlled, whereby a required amount of fuel is injected from the fuel injection valve 1 to the fuel supply system.
Hereinafter, a manufacturing method for the fuel injection valve 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be explained.
Next, a partial portion of an outer circumference portion of the cap 6 is welded to an aperture end portion of the housing 5, and both portions are fixed, in a state where the cap 6 having a notch 61 is inserted from the core 3 side so as to be pressed to a tapered surface which is formed at an inner circumference surface of the aperture end portion of the housing 5. A symbol “W1”, which is illustrated in
Next, an inner circumference portion of the cap 6 and an outer circumference portion of the core 3 are welded, whereby both portions are fixed. This process is defined as a first process in the present invention. A symbol “W2”, which is illustrated in
As described above, the notch 61, which is used for leading the terminal of the solenoid 2, is formed at the cap 6, so that an outer circumference surface of the cap 6 is not formed in a circular shape, and a circular portion is lacked as illustrated in
A control method for manufacturing the subassembly 15, which is explained in
In the above-described fuel injection valve 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, the holder 4 is press-inserted and fixed to the housing 5, so that a magnetic passage loss between the housing 5 and the holder 4 can be prevented, and a fit length of the housing 5 toward the holder 4 can be shortened, in other words, it can be realized that an attachment length L of the fuel injection valve 1 of the present invention is shorter than an attachment length of a conventional fuel injection valve. Moreover, the holder 4 is press-inserted and fixed to the housing 5, so that a bending strength of the holder 4 is complemented by the housing 5, and the strength of the holder 4 is easily maintained.
However, when the holder 4 is press-inserted and fixed to the housing 5 as described above, it is required that a gap having a predetermined width is formed between the cap 6 and the core 3 in order to absorb an axis deviation between the holder 4 and the housing 5, so that a magnetic passage loss is caused. Although it is required that a facing area between the cap 6 and the core 3 is increased in order to complement the magnetic passage loss, the notch 61 is formed at the cap 6, so that it is difficult that the facing area is maintained even when a total length of the cap 6 is increased. Moreover, when the cap 6 is constricted at a timing of welding the cap 6 to the housing 5, and a central axis of the cap 6 is deviated to an opposite side of the notch 61 with respect to a central axis of the core 3, a magnetic passage does not exist at the notch 61, so that there is a problem in that the magnetic passage loss is increased.
The above-described problem can be resolved by the manufacturing method for the fuel injection valve 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In other words, in the fuel injection valve 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, an amount of the deviation of the cap 6, which is indicated in
Hereinafter, a manufacturing method for the fuel injection valve 1 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be explained.
Moreover, as described above, when the central axis X2 of the cap 6 is deviated to the notch 61 side of the cap 6 with respect to the central axis X1 of the core 3, and the load P is applied by the jig in a state where the cap 6 is contacted or nearly contacted to the core 3, and the cap 6 and the core 3 are welded and fixed, a width of the gap between the core 3 and cap 6 is increased at the notch 61 side of the cap 6 and is decreased at the opposite side of the notch 61 of the cap 6. However, when the welded portion W2 of the core 3 and the cap 6 is positioned at an opposite portion toward the notch 61 of the cap 6, in particular, at a portion which is positioned within 90 degree from an opposite central position of the notch 61 toward both sides, the core 3 and the cap 6 are not welded at a position where a width of the gap is increased, so that it can be suppressed that a variation of the welding is caused.
In addition, in the scope of the present invention, it is possible that each of embodiments is freely combined, or each of embodiments is suitably modified or omitted.
The present invention can be applied in a field of a fuel injection valve, in which fuel is supplied to a fuel supplying system of an internal combustion engine, and can be applied in a field of an internal combustion engine and a vehicle, in which the fuel injection valve is used.
“1” is a fuel injection valve; “2,” a solenoid; “3,” a core; “4,” a holder; “5”, a housing; “6,” a cap; “7,” an electrode terminal; “8,” a valve component; “9,” an armature; “10,” a valve washer; “11,” a valve portion; “12,” a rod; “13,” a connector mold; “14,” a spring; “15,” a subassembly.
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/JP2013/081033 | 11/18/2013 | WO | 00 |
