IP Library Granted Patent US 7,841,361
Granted Patent B2
US 7,841,361 · App. 11/814,845 · Granted Nov 30, 2010

Electromagnetic hydraulic valve

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Patent No.
US 7,841,361
App. No.
11/814,845
Granted
Nov 30, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electromagnetic hydraulic valve ( 1 ), in particular proportional valve, for controlling a device for the rotational angle adjustment of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, composed of an electromagnet ( 2 ) with a hollow-cylindrical magnet housing ( 4 ), at least one coil winding ( 5 ), an axially moveable magnet armature ( 6 ), a first and a second pole shoe ( 7, 8 ), a valve part ( 3 ) with a hollow-cylindrical valve housing ( 9 ) having a control piston ( 12 ) which can be moved axially by the magnet armature ( 6 ) of the electromagnet ( 2 ) via a plunger rod ( 11 ). The invention consists of a sleeve ( 17 ), composed of a base ( 18 ) and a hollow-cylindrical side wall ( 19 ), which is arranged on that end of the control piston ( 12 ) and situated in the direction of the plunger rod ( 11 ), where the sleeve ( 17 ) has a greater hardness than the control piston ( 12 ).

Claims (9)

1. An electromagnetic hydraulic valve controlling a device for a rotational angle adjustment of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, comprising:

an electromagnet having a hollow-cylindrical magnet housing, at least one coil winding, an axially moveable magnet armature, and a first and a second pole shoe; and

a valve part having a hollow-cylindrical valve housing in which is accommodated a control piston which can be moved axially by the magnet armature of the electromagnet via a plunger rod, with pressure medium connections being formed in the valve housing, which pressure medium connections can be connected to or separated from one another as a function of the position of the control piston, and with a return of the control piston being affected by a pressure spring which acts counter to a force of the magnet armature,

wherein a sleeve, which is composed of a base and a hollow-cylindrical side wall, is arranged on an end of the control piston which is situated in a direction of the plunger rod, and the sleeve has a greater hardness than the control piston, and

wherein the hollow-cylindrical side wall of the sleeve has, at an end remote from the base, a flanged edge which has a smaller wall thickness than the hollow-cylindrical side wall.

2. The electromagnetic hydraulic valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is produced from an iron material, is formed as a part which is produced in a non-cutting process, and undergoes a heat treatment in order to increase its hardness.

3. The electromagnetic hydraulic valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a central elevation, which points in the direction of the plunger rod, is arranged in the base of the sleeve.

4. The electromagnetic hydraulic valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control piston is produced from a plastic or from a light metal.

5. The electromagnetic hydraulic valve as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the control piston is connected to the sleeve by means of injection molding.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037732 FRAME 0347. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE APP. NO. 14/553248 SHOULD BE APP. NO. 14/553258. Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 040404/0530 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG; SCHAEFFLER VERWALTUNGS 5 GMBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0228 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0347 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 11, 2012
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 028533/0036 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2012
From: SCHAEFFLER KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 028523/0790 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2007
From: DAUT, KLAUS
To: SCHAEFFLER KG
Reel/Frame 019612/0391 →