Including Solenoid Patents (Class 251/129.15)
  • Publication number: 20120138828
    Abstract: An on-off flow valve extends along an axis and has a valve body through which a supply duct and a delivery duct pass; a main shutter assembly; and a cover fitted to the valve body by means of a snap-on coupling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventor: Andrea Foglia
  • Publication number: 20120138021
    Abstract: A solenoid valve control method for a high pressure fuel pump of GDI engine includes supplying peak current for closing a solenoid valve during a predetermined peak current supply period and supplying hold current for holding the solenoid valve during a predetermined hold current supply period after the predetermined peak current supply period. The solenoid valve control method for a high pressure fuel pump of GDI engine may reduce impact of closing/opening of a solenoid valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Deok Ryol Kim, Byoungsoo Lim
  • Patent number: 8193890
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for winding a winding wire onto a winding body, and to an associated magnet assembly. The start of the winding wire is threaded into a first wire-receiving slot of a first electrical connection dome. By a winding operation a predefinable number of turns are then wound onto the winding body, and one end of the winding wire is threaded into a second wire-receiving slot of a second electrical connection dome and cut off. According to the invention, the start of the winding wire which has been threaded into the first wire-receiving slot is placed on a first wire support which is arranged downstream of the first wire-receiving slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rafael Gonzalez Romero, Bernd Kellner
  • Patent number: 8191858
    Abstract: According to a solenoid valve of the invention, which is fitted in a pump housing, when ABS/TCS/ESP operate, a valve body with a plunger that forms the internal channel with a plunger seat is formed in a simple cylindrical shape to reduce a cycle time and manufacturing cost while a seat housing that is manufactured by pressing, in which a filter and plunger seat forming an internal channel are assembled is fitted in a vale body by staking. Accordingly, a laser welding is not needed and the length of the end portion of valve body is reduced, such that the entire length is reduced and the weigh is reduced as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Moochul Kam
  • Patent number: 8186379
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve has an electromagnetic coil supported by a cylindrical yoke, a movable armature within a sleeve, a stator core fixed to one end of the sleeve, wherein one end of the stator core protrudes from an end of the yoke. A pressure sensor is attached to a protruding end of the stator core. A magnetic flux limiting portion is formed in the stator core at such a position which is on a side of the protruding end of the stator core toward the pressure sensor. A magnetic flux flow to the pressure sensor is limited by the magnetic flux limiting portion, so that a precise detection by the sensor can be achieved even when the sensor is arranged closer to the electromagnetic coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Murayama
  • Patent number: 8186370
    Abstract: A solenoid valve may include a housing, a solenoid coil, and a plunger. The solenoid coil may be disposed about an external portion of the housing and the plunger may be slidably disposed within the housing. The plunger may include a recess in a first end thereof having a seal assembly located therein and including a pin member inserted into the recess and an elastomeric sealing element molded around the pin member while inserted into the recess of the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership
    Inventor: J. Brian Cloud
  • Patent number: 8186317
    Abstract: Combination of a housing having a fluid passage and one or more solenoid actuated fluid control valves communicated to the fluid passage wherein a permanent magnet is disposed in fluid passage upstream of the fluid control valves to magnetically capture or getter ferrous particles in fluid prior to entry into the fluid control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Saturn Electronics & Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Hamid Najmolhoda, David Seid
  • Patent number: 8186647
    Abstract: A solenoid valve includes a bobbin, a coil, a rod, and at least one ball. The bobbin has a through hole and a multiple-turning-point groove in the inner wall of the bobbin. The coil winds around the bobbin. The rod is disposed in the through hole and is capable of moving inward or outward along the through hole, and has a recess in the outer wall of the rod. Each ball is received in the groove and the recess at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chieh-Cheng Chen, Ming-Chih Tsai, Chien-Chia Lin
  • Publication number: 20120126158
    Abstract: An oil pressure regulation valve includes a spool supported in a sleeve to be slidable in an axial direction, a solenoid actuator disposed to generate an electromagnetic force for driving the spool to one axial end side, and a biasing portion configured to bias the spool to the other axial end side. The sleeve is provided with an input chamber to which an oil pressure input port is open, and an output chamber to which an oil pressure output port is open. The spool includes a land portion that is exposed to the output chamber to be biased to the one axial end side by using oil pressure in the output chamber, and the spool is movable to the one axial end side when the land portion is biased to the one axial end side by using the oil pressure in the output chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi YASOSHIMA, Akinori Hirano
  • Patent number: 8181757
    Abstract: An adjustable damping valve including an actuator, which exerts an actuating force on a valve body against the force of a spring to influence the throttle cross section which determines the damping force, where an emergency valve is connected in parallel with the throttle cross section with respect to the flow direction of the damping medium, where the two control surfaces of the valve body move in the axial direction and can thus can come to rest alternately on the two valve seating surfaces, and where the valve body is divided into two parts in the longitudinal direction, and each valve body assembly has its own control surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Steffen Heyn, Bernd Zeissner
  • Publication number: 20120119122
    Abstract: A magnetic control valve is to block an outlet end of a water inflow passage and an inlet end of a water outflow passage of a connection pipe by using a rubber ring. A valve of the rubber ring is opened or closed by a magnetic control switch. The magnetic control switch mainly takes a valve rod carrying permanent magnetic force that completely controls direction of electromagnetic pole as a power source for moving. When a valve plug at an end of the valve rod seals the valve, a metal plate capable of being sucked by magnetic force is combined with the rubber ring to allow both to generate magnetic sucking effect, thereby firmly closing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: Chi-Han Cheng
  • Publication number: 20120117984
    Abstract: A valve assembly is provided for dynamically controlling the inlet and exhaust of refrigeration gas between a cryocooler coldhead and a remote compressor. The valve assembly is optimized to minimize friction, power consumption, and wear while providing complete flexibility as to the timing, duration, and amplitude of its inlet and exhaust actions. The valve assembly comprises two separate open-close sections for the inlet and exhaust functions. These are mounted along a single rod, the position of which is controlled by a linear motor. The two sections are configured so that only one is open at each the rod's travel and neither is open at the midpoint of travel. A microprocessor and appropriate drive circuits precisely control the position of the rod as a function of time, and of displacer position when used with a Gifford-McMahon (G-M) cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: QUANTUM DESIGN, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Bancroft Simmonds
  • Publication number: 20120119123
    Abstract: A valve device is formed with a through-channel and a field generating device. A fluid which can be influenced by a field is provided in the through-channel and the field generating device is configured to act on the field-influenced fluid in the through-channel by way of a field. At least one adjustment device is provided with which the field that is active in the through-channel can be adjusted. A portion of the cross-sectional area of the through-channel can be adjusted, the portion being exposed to a field of a specific intensity so that the through-channel can also only partly be exposed to a field of a specific intensity. Thus, the through-channel, as seen in the direction of the flow, can be divided into regions of different flow resistance, whereby characteristic curves, which were previously attained only with difficulty, are easily obtained when using the valve device in a damper, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: INVENTUS ENGINEERING GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Battlogg, Juergen Poesel, Gernot Elsensohn
  • Publication number: 20120112106
    Abstract: Provided is a damping force controlling valve assembly for a shock absorber using a solenoid part for variation of a damping force. The damping force controlling valve assembly includes: a first valve body having an inlet passage through which a working fluid flows in from the shock absorber; a second valve body coupled to the first valve body with a gap therebetween; a main valve disposed at the front of a back-pressure chamber to resist the working fluid flowing through the inlet passage; and a valve spring disposed in the gap between the first valve body and the second valve body and elastically supporting the main valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: Young Whan JEE
  • Publication number: 20120112105
    Abstract: High-pressure regulating valve (1) with a valve body (2) with an inlet (20) and an outlet (21), a sealing element (4), which acts on a valve seat (3), which is disposed on the valve body (2) between inlet (20) and outlet (21) and has a valve bore (30), an activating element (5) that is mounted able to move along a longitudinal axis and can be activated by an appropriately configured electromagnet (6), wherein an armature (62) of the electromagnet (6) and the activating element (5) are configured as nonconnected, separate structural elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Harald Burkart, Wolfram Maiwald, Rolf Hermann, Frank Zelano, Ralf Heingl, Klaus Schiess
  • Publication number: 20120112107
    Abstract: The solenoid valve assembly (1) comprises first and second shut-off solenoid valves (2; 3) for controlling the supply of hot water and cold water, and which have a body (2a; 3a) with an inlet duct (2b; 3b) and at least one outlet port (2d; 3d, 3e), and with at least one control winding (2f; 3f, 3g) that extends from the body (2a; 3a) orthogonally to the respective inlet duct (2b; 3b) and is provided with electrical connection terminals (2h; 3h, 3i) which are parallel with one another. These solenoid valves (2, 3) are arranged with their respective bodies (2a; 3a) interconnected in a side-by-side arrangement, with the inlet ducts (2b; 3b) parallel with one another and with their respective windings (2f; 3f, 3g) also parallel with one another. The assembly (1) further comprises a connecting structure (12) with an electrically insulating plate-like body (13) carrying a plurality of electrical conductors (14) coupled to an electrical connector portion (15) integrally formed with the connecting structure (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: ELBI INTERNATIONAL S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Da Pont, Maurizio Rendesi, Giorgio Molino, Giorgio Carrer, Edwin Bolduan, Grzegorz Lewy, Dirk Aurich
  • Publication number: 20120104296
    Abstract: Solenoid operated fluid control valve for controlling the pressure of a fluid in a fluid control system comprises a solenoid housing having therein a solenoid coil, an armature movable in response to electrical current applied to the solenoid coil, a valve member for controlling fluid flow to a fluid passage, an actuator pin disposed between the armature and the valve member for moving the valve member in response to armature movement, and one or more features including an armature damping member, tubular actuator pin support body, flow diverter, coil bobbin support sleeve, and/or internal particle gettering magnet to improve valve operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Hamid Najmolhoda, David Seid, John T. Kovitz, Brian K. Baker
  • Publication number: 20120104298
    Abstract: An electromagnetic drive for a valve includes a housing comprising at least one electromagnetic circuit comprising a coil wound onto a coil support, a valve closing member, at least one core, at least one magnetizable reflux member, an armature having an annular shape at least on a side facing away from the valve closing member, an adjustment device having an adjustment screw, and a device to fix the armature in a non-energized state. The armature moves between a first end position and a second end position so as to act at least indirectly on the valve closing member. The adjustment device adjusts a magnetic force. The adjustment screw is insertable through the at least the magnetizable reflux member or through the core into the armature. Supplying the coil with an electric current causes the armature to move into the first end position or into the second end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: PIERBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Werner Buse, Alvito Fernandes
  • Publication number: 20120104297
    Abstract: Solenoid operated fluid control valve for controlling the pressure of a fluid in a fluid control system comprises a solenoid housing having therein a solenoid coil, an armature movable in response to electrical current applied to the solenoid coil, a valve member for controlling fluid flow to a fluid passage, an actuator pin disposed between the armature and the valve member for moving the valve member in response to armature movement, and one or more features including an armature damping member, tubular actuator pin support body, flow diverter, coil bobbin support sleeve, and/or internal particle gettering magnet to improve valve operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Hamid Najmolhoda, David Seid, John T. Kovitz, Brian K. Baker
  • Publication number: 20120097875
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve includes a valve case, a covering member, a valve member, an urging device, and an electromagnetic driving unit. The case includes a side wall; a bottom wall; an opening; a peripheral end face; a valve accommodating part eccentrically relative to a central axis of the opening; and a first port. The covering member includes a top plate part welded on the end face to cover the opening; a second port; a cylindrical part; and a valve seat on an end face of the cylindrical part. The valve member is accommodated in the accommodating part, and engaged with/disengaged from the valve seat to close/open a flow passage of fluid between the first and second ports. The case includes an auxiliary wall symmetrically to the side wall located closer to a valve axis with respect to a shorter symmetry plane. The plate part is welded on an opening-side end face of the auxiliary wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kunio NANBA
  • Publication number: 20120097282
    Abstract: An integrated manifold system maximizes space for the circuit board while enabling efficient control of one or more pneumatic devices. The manifold system includes a manifold block, a solenoid valve attached to the manifold block, and a circuit board for controlling the solenoid and other components of an air suspension system. The manifold block includes at least one service port for connecting to a pneumatic device such as an air spring, and a supply port for connecting to a compressor. The solenoid valve is mounted to the manifold block with its longitudinal length being generally parallel to the service port. The circuit board is mounted adjacent to the solenoid valve and oriented generally parallel to the solenoid and service port. A cover encloses the solenoid valve and the circuit board. In one embodiment, the solenoid valve is in fluid communication with the supply port. The solenoid valve is uniquely associated with the service port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: AIR LIFT COMPANY
    Inventors: Joshua D. Coombs, Aaron Mulder
  • Publication number: 20120097876
    Abstract: An electromagnetic drive for a valve includes a housing and at least one electromagnetic circuit comprising a coil wound onto a coil carrier, a valve closing member, an armature movably supported between a first and a second end position which acts on the valve closing member. A device fixes the armature in a currentless state. A core is disposed at an end of the electromagnetic drive directed toward the valve closing member. A magnetizable reflux device has an adjusting bore and a circumferential recess in an area of the adjusting bore on a side facing the coil. An adjustment device has an adjusting screw and adjusts a magnetic force. The adjusting screw influences a course of magnetic field lines and is insertable into the adjusting bore in a direction of the armature. Supplying the coil with a current moves the armature into the first or the second end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: PIERBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Werner Buse, Alvito Fernandes
  • Publication number: 20120085953
    Abstract: A multiple electromagnetic valve includes a main valve portion in which four or more valve holes are formed parallel to each other inside a valve body, and a spool for switching flow paths is placed in each valve hole, and a pilot operating portion having solenoid-operated pilot valves that drive the spools with pilot fluid. The valve holes are disposed inside the valve body in two upper and lower tiers. A plurality of valve holes belongs in each of the upper tier and lower tier. The valve holes in the upper tier and the valve holes in the lower tier occupy different positions in the width direction of the valve body. The valve holes in the upper tier and the valve holes in the lower tier partially overlap each other in the plan view of the valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Hisataka KATO
  • Publication number: 20120085348
    Abstract: A breathing assistance device includes a gas regulating valve (1300). The gas regulating valve is operated by a linear actuator (1330). The linear actuator may include a movable member that moves an obstruction member between an open position and a closed position. The linear actuator is isolated from a gas flow path through the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: ResMed Paris SAS
    Inventors: Philippe Auguste Chalvignac, Nan Hai Wu, Ken Taylor, Daniel Robert Judson, Paul Jan Klasek, Christopher Kingsley Blunsden
  • Patent number: 8154370
    Abstract: A linear solenoid includes a plunger to slide in an axis direction, and a stator core. The plunger includes a magnetic base, and a nonmagnetic plating layer defined on the magnetic base. The stator core has a first blocker arranged between a first magnetic core and a second magnetic core. The second magnetic core has a second blocker distanced from the first blocker in the axis direction. Each of the blockers limits a magnetic reaction. The plunger directly slides on an inner circumference face of the stator core at only two sections corresponding to the first and second blockers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 8151815
    Abstract: A solenoid valve control apparatus has a solenoid valve having first and second solenoid valves that output first and second solenoid pressures respectively, a pressure regulation valve that works with the first and second solenoid pressures being working signal pressures, and a foreign matter removal controller that removes a foreign matter that adheres to a valve open/close portion of the solenoid valve. Each of the first and second solenoid valves has a solenoid coil that drives a plunger inside the solenoid valve in accordance with an application current. The foreign matter removal controller is configured so that when applying the rectangular-wave current, which performs a reciprocating movement of the plunger and removes the foreign matter, to the solenoid coil of one solenoid valve of the first and second solenoid valves, a current application to the solenoid coil of the other solenoid valve, by which the solenoid pressure becomes a maximum pressure range, is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Jatco Ltd
    Inventors: Youji Tabuchi, Nobufumi Yamane, Hiroki Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 8151823
    Abstract: A fluid power valve arrangement with at least one solenoid valve whose solenoid is connected or able to be connected via only two control lines with an electrical control and/or communication device. The solenoid valve has integrated in it a non-volatile storage device containing identification data of the solenoid valve, and furthermore a modulator for modulation of data of the solenoid valve in the two supply lines. The control and/or communication device possesses a demodulator for demodulation of the modulated data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Festo AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Gehrke, Helmut Deichert
  • Patent number: 8151819
    Abstract: A fluid supply valve attachment device that has a tank, a fixing member in which a recessed fitting section is formed, a fluid supply valve that is inserted in and fixed to the recessed fitting section, a first seal member which seals a space between the tank and the fixing member, and a second seal member which seals a space between the fixing member and the fluid supply valve. The maximum inside diameter of the recessed fitting section is defined as D, a distance between a cross-sectional center of the first seal member and a cross-sectional center of the second seal member in a direction that a central axial line of the recessed fitting section extends in an attached state is defined as L1, and L1 is set within 2.5×D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Suzuki, Munetoshi Kuroyanagi, Takuya Suzuki, Kazushi Numazaki, Toshikatsu Kubo, Toshihiko Shima
  • Publication number: 20120080624
    Abstract: A solenoid device having an armature and a corresponding armature element which is arranged on the inside of the armature is disclosed. The armature and the corresponding armature element can be moved in relation to one another. An intermediate element which is provided for producing a supporting contact with the corresponding armature element is mounted in an axially movable fashion in a guide recess in the armature, and the intermediate element is operatively connected, on its side facing away from the corresponding armature element to a spring element. The intermediate element is at least partially conical. A driver assistance device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolf Stahr, Michael Eisenlauer
  • Publication number: 20120080625
    Abstract: A safety valve includes a cylinder having an open end and a plug for closing the open end with a hermetic seal. The interior of the cylinder communicates with a high-pressure gas passage. The cylinder is deformed as a function of gas pressure in the high-pressure gas passage to widen the open end. This allows gas in the high-pressure gas passage to escape and thus prevents the gas pressure from increasing beyond an acceptable level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicants: TOYOOKI KOGYO CO., LTD., JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Imoto, Hiroaki Suzuki, Kazushi Numazaki, Chihiro Uchimura, Akira Yamashita, Tsukuo Ishitoya, Noritaka Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120080626
    Abstract: A connecting element for electrically connecting two components to a first electric contact element for electrically contacting a first component, to a second electric contact element for electrically contacting a second component, and to at least one tolerance compensating element is disclosed. The fluid assembly includes at least one such connecting element. The connecting element is configured as one piece and the first electric contact element and the second electric contact element are connected to each other by way of the at least one tolerance compensating element. The first variable tolerance compensating element enables a compensation in length in at least one spatial direction in order to predetermine a desired spatial position of the first contact element and the second contact element in relation to each other. The first variable tolerance compensating element may be three-dimensionally shaped by bending.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GMBH
    Inventor: Rainer Fuerst
  • Publication number: 20120082916
    Abstract: A valve for a pressure vessel system includes a housing having a cavity defined by an inner surface of the housing. The housing further includes a rod aperture and a pair of fluid flow ports. An actuator is disposed adjacent the housing. The valve also includes a piston having a rod coupled to a piston head. The piston head is disposed in the cavity of the housing, and the rod disposed through the rod aperture. The rod is also coupled to the actuator. A ring seal is disposed between the piston head and an inner surface of the housing. The ring seal biases the piston head toward one of the fluid flow ports and seals the one of the fluid flow ports to close the valve when the actuator is deactivated. The ring seal is elastically deformed and the fluid flow ports are opened when the actuator is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Oliver Maier
  • Patent number: 8141959
    Abstract: A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control unit including a base body including a brake fluid flow path and a mounting hole portion having a bottom sealing surface and an inner circumferential sealing surface and an assembled part which is assembled into the mounting hole portion so as to communicate with the flow path. The assembled part includes a lower end sealing portion hermetically contacting with the bottom sealing surface of the mounting hole portion to form a lower side sealing portion and an outer circumferential sealing portion hermetically contacting with the inner circumferential sealing surface of the mounting hole portion to form a circumferential sealing portion. A hermetic accommodation space is defined by the lower side sealing portion and the circumferential sealing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ota
  • Patent number: 8144448
    Abstract: A control unit has a closed-loop controller which is connected to a regulating electrovalve by way of a feedback branch, forming a closed-loop control circuit, in order to regulate the electrical coil current of the regulating electrovalve. The armature of the electrovalve is used to adjust a desired volume flow in a motor vehicle hydraulic device. The armature of the regulating electrovalve is continuously subjected to an armature oscillation in order to reduce the static friction and/or magnetic hysteresis. Inside the closed-loop controller of the closed-loop control circuit itself, the nominal current, which is supplied to the closed-loop controller on the input side as a command variable, is subjected to a dither signal generated inside the closed-loop controller for producing the armature oscillation, essentially synchronously to the clock cycle of the closed-loop controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Lehner, Michael Robl
  • Publication number: 20120067258
    Abstract: A manifold actuator assembly is provided with a manifold comprising a block, and a hydraulic actuator connected to a solenoid valve within the block. The solenoid valve controls hydraulic, linear movement of a rod of the hydraulic actuator. The manifold actuator assembly may be used in a metering system to open and close movable gates disposed downstream from a meter roller before product enters a distribution system. The manifold actuator assembly may also be used as a locking apparatus to lock and unlock members in a wide variety of applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Randall A. Maro
  • Publication number: 20120068095
    Abstract: A servovalve torque motor includes first and second pole pieces and an armature. Each of the first and second pole pieces includes an armature face that opposes the armature. The area of the armature face of the second pole piece is smaller than the area of the armature face of the first pole piece. The unequal areas of the first and second armature faces create a bias in the servovalve torque motor while allowing the first and second pole pieces to be disposed at equal distances from the armature to define substantially equal air gaps. The inclusion of substantially equal air gaps between the pole pieces and the armature reduces the maximum flux in the armature for the same bias and torque output, compared to conventional servovalve torque motors. The reduction in maximum armature flux decreases armature saturation and improves linearity during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: WOODWARD HRT, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald D. Olson, Torin R. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20120068096
    Abstract: An actuator base, bobbin, and pole piece form a pocket for an armature that a flexible membrane encloses to form an armature chamber filled with an incompressible fluid. The membrane protects the armature from exposure to corrosive fluids flowing in a conduit. Conduit flow can be stopped by driving the membrane against a valve seat. Pressure from the controlled fluid in the conduit is transmitted through the membrane to the fluid within the armature chamber so that the armature does not need to counteract force applied to the membrane by the conduit fluid's pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Kay Herbert, Natan E. Parsons, Xiaoxiong Mo
  • Patent number: 8136788
    Abstract: A coupling element has a first interface, which is adapted to mechanically connect the coupling element to an actuator, a second interface, which is adapted to mechanically connect the coupling element to a valve, and a deformable portion, which is shaped in such a manner, that, as a result of a compression along an axial direction of the coupling element, the deformable portion irreversibly bends such that a projection is formed. Thereby, the projection is adapted to permanently engage with an annular groove formed at the actuator, such that the coupling element and the actuator are connected with each other in a non-detachable but rotatable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Jan Nilheim
  • Patent number: 8136790
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator for a hydraulic directional control valve is provided. The electromagnetic actuator is used for adjusting a hydraulic directional control valve, for example, for the variable adjustment of the control times of an internal combustion engine. The electromagnetic actuator includes a housing (08) with which the electromagnetic actuator is mounted opposite the hydraulic directional control valve. The electromagnetic actuator further includes a coil (01) that is arranged in a coil body (03). The electromagnetic field that can be generated with the coil (01) acts on an armature (09) that is arranged in the electromagnetic actuator so that it can move axially. In order to prevent that the hydraulic medium of the hydraulic directional control valve leaks from reaching the electromagnetic actuator, the actuator includes a seal (13; 24) between the coil body (03) and the housing (08). The coil body has a holder (26, 28) for holding the seal (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Hoppe, Markus Kinscher
  • Patent number: 8138871
    Abstract: A pole tube of a solenoid actuator including a non-magnetic intermediate piece having a first intermediate end face and a second intermediate end face, a pole piece having a pole end face configured to join the first intermediate end face at a first joining region, and a tube piece having a tube end face configured to join the second intermediate end face at a second joining region. At least two of the intermediate piece, the pole piece and the tube piece are configured to be connectable to each other using electric fusion. At least two of the intermediate piece, the pole piece and the tube piece have a different conductivity. A respective part of the pole and tube pieces disposed in corresponding first and second joining regions are configured to each have an electrical resistance substantially equal to an electrical resistance of a part of the intermediate piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Gruen, Christoph Giegerich, Roland Schempp
  • Publication number: 20120061600
    Abstract: A diaphragm sealed, pressure balanced valve assembly includes a valve body and a cartridge connected to the valve body. The cartridge includes a cartridge loading end having a retaining member engaged to the cartridge loading end. A valve member slides coaxial to a longitudinal axis of the valve body. A resilient material first diaphragm is connected to and extends diametrically outward from the valve member having a diaphragm body clasped between the retaining member and the cartridge loading end, creating a first diaphragm fluid pressure boundary. A resilient material second diaphragm is connected to and extends diametrically outward from the valve member at an opposite end of the valve member with respect to the first diaphragm and has a diaphragm body clasped between first and second adjustable retention members, creating a second diaphragm fluid pressure boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: MAC Valves, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Neff, Jeffrey Simmonds
  • Publication number: 20120061599
    Abstract: A solenoid plunger for a solenoid-driven metering system comprises a solenoid-actuable armature shaft and a plunger head secured to a first end of the armature shaft. The plunger head comprises a campanulate portion whose wide end is further from the first end of the armature shaft than its narrow end, and a closure member further from the first end of the armature shaft than the campanulate portion. The closure member defines a first end of the plunger head. The second end of the plunger head has a threaded shaft and the first end of the armature shaft has a threaded bore, and the plunger head is secured to the first end of the armature shaft by the threaded shaft being threadedly received in the threaded bore. The plunger head may be made from metal, preferably from aluminum or an aluminum alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventor: William H. Keizer
  • Patent number: 8132590
    Abstract: A valve assembly with at least one transverse channel in a substantially tubular valve housing, the assembly including a valve closing member that is positioned in the valve housing and that co-operates with a valve seat situated on a hollow cylindrical valve seat body that is fixed in the valve housing, the valve seat body being attached to one end of the valve housing. To simplify the production process, the transverse channel is formed by a longitudinal slot which extends in some sections of the valve housing from a starting point at the end of said housing in the longitudinal direction of the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventor: Christoph Voss
  • Patent number: 8134436
    Abstract: A linear solenoid includes a biasing portion to bias a ring core onto a bottom of a cup-shape yoke in an axis direction. The ring core has an attachment portion to which the biasing portion is attached, and the attachment portion is located only on an outer circumference side of the ring core. The biasing portion shortens a dimension of the ring core in the axis direction only on the outer circumference side, and the biasing portion is located between the attachment portion of the ring core and a coil accommodation resin to accommodate a coil in the axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yasoshima
  • Patent number: 8132779
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a solenoid valve for a brake system and a manufacturing method thereof, to achieve easy manufacture and low manufacturing costs via a more simplified configuration than the related art. The solenoid valve includes a valve core, a sleeve into one side of which the valve core is inserted, an armature movably received in the sleeve, a seat having an orifice that is opened or closed by the armature, a return spring to press the armature toward the orifice, a filter member press-fitted in a modulator block having an inlet path and outlet path, a filter being coupled to the filter member, and a seat housing having one side press-fitted into the filter member and the other side press-fitted into the sleeve, the seat being press-fitted in the seat housing. The seat housing takes the form of a tubular member having an approximately constant thickness and is provided with a stepped portion to determine a position of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Mando Corporation
    Inventor: Chung Jae Lee
  • Publication number: 20120056117
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solenoid valve 10 having a valve sleeve 41 in which a spool 60 is arranged on the interior so as to move freely in axis direction, and a solenoid portion 20 which is mounted at one end along axial direction of the valve sleeve 41 and which gives a force to move the spool 60 in axial direction. A plurality of ports 51 to 54, which properly communicate with an internal flow passage 47 formed in the valve sleeve 41, is formed inside the valve sleeve 41. In at least an outlet port 51 of the plurality of ports, a relation of S1?S0 is fulfilled, where S1 is an opening area of valve portion when the spool 60 moves in axial direction to maximally open the valve portion between the outlet port 51 and the internal flow passage 47, and S0 is the total flow passage cross-sectional area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishinosono, Yoshinari Kasagi
  • Patent number: 8128060
    Abstract: A non-sliding solenoid valve has an armature supported by a spring for movement with no sliding contact with other valve surfaces. An inner perimeter of the spring is snapped into position adjacent to an inner perimeter reference surface on the armature. An outer perimeter of the spring engages a reference surface on a shell of the valve, and another reference surface spaced, from the spring reference surface, receives an outer perimeter of a seat for the valve. When the seat is positioned against its reference surface, this urges the inner and outer perimeters of the spring against respective reference surfaces and completes the assembly with assured accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Valve Tech, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Mullally
  • Patent number: 8127788
    Abstract: A parts assembly includes a housing including a first part assembly hole on which a first apparatus component is assembled, the first apparatus component being fixed to the housing by a caulking for forming a caulking portion by a deformation of a bearing surface of the housing on which the first apparatus component is seated. The housing includes a second part assembly hole provided in the vicinity of the caulking portion and on which a second apparatus component is assembled. The housing includes a sacrificial deformation portion deformed by a force applied to the housing when the bearing surface is deformed by the caulking, the sacrificial deformation portion attenuating a force propagated to a portion including the second part assembly hole where the second apparatus component is assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Yamashita, Fumitoshi Koyama
  • Patent number: 8128059
    Abstract: In a certain brake control apparatus, a valve main body of a hydraulic control valve and a coil unit are separately formed, are assembled with each other, and are mounted on an actuator block. Further, bias current is secured even though the supply of current is temporarily unnecessary depending on a control state and a period between the termination and the start of the driving of the hydraulic control valve. Accordingly, it may be possible to maintain a contact state between the inner peripheral surface of the coil unit and the outer peripheral surface of the valve main body during the driving control period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Uechi, Eiji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8128061
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes a solenoid portion; a tube placed in the solenoid portion; and a movable core which forms a slide surface that is fitted to the tube. An actuation rod has a joint portion and a valve body, the joint portion being engaged with an abutting surface of a solenoid rod portion, and the valve body opening or closing a control fluid passage. The joint surface of the solenoid rod portion or the abutting face of the actuation rod has a concave cone-shape surface while the other has a convex cone-shape portion. A bottom face of the concave cone-shape surface is formed as a wide area of either a planar surface or a circular cross section, wherein a head portion of the convex cone-shape portion is truncated to form a truncated cone surface, the truncated cone surface corresponding to the bottom face of the concave cone-shape surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Uemura, Toshiaki Iwa, Katsuya Shirai, Keigo Shirafuji