IP Library Granted Patent US 8,490,600
Granted Patent B2
US 8,490,600 · App. 13/054,877 · Granted Jul 23, 2013

Common rail, common rail holder, and method of producing common rail

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Patent No.
US 8,490,600
App. No.
13/054,877
Granted
Jul 23, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a common rail formed by bonding a common rail body and a common rail holder which has a pressing surface and a convex bonding surface, by means of a heat pressure bonding process and a liquid phase diffusion bonding process, wherein the height H of the convex bonding surface satisfies 1 μm≦H≦50 μm, and the common rail holder includes a deformation introducing portion in which an area of a cross-section parallel to the pressing surface is smaller than the area of the pressing surface.

Claims (49)

1. A common rail formed by bonding a common rail body and a common rail holder which has a pressing surface and a convex bonding surface, by means of a heat pressure bonding process and a liquid phase diffusion bonding process, wherein:

a height H of the convex bonding surface satisfies

1 μm≦ H≦ 50 μm; and

the common rail holder includes a deformation introducing portion in which an area of a cross-section parallel to the pressing surface is smaller than an area of the pressing surface.

2. The common rail according to claim 1 , wherein:

the height h of the deformation introducing portion before the heat pressure bonding process satisfies

1.0 mm≦ h≦ 5.0 mm; and

a wall thickness T at the pressing surface and a wall thickness t at the convex bonding surface satisfy

0.3 mm≦ T−t≦ 1 mm.

3. The common rail according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein

an outside diameter D of the convex bonding surface and a wall thickness t at the convex bonding surface before the heat pressure bonding process satisfy

4.35≦ D/t≦ 21.7.

4. The common rail according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein

an outside diameter D of the convex bonding surface, a wall thickness t at the convex bonding surface, and a height h of the deformation introducing portion satisfy

D/t≦h/ 0.23.

5. The common rail according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein

a thickness of the deformation introducing portion is tapered toward the convex bonding surface.

6. A common rail holder having a pressing surface and a convex bonding surface for forming a common rail by being bonded to a common rail body, by means of a heat pressure bonding process and a liquid phase diffusion bonding process, wherein:

a height H of the convex bonding surface satisfies

1 μm≦ H≦ 50 μm;

the common rail holder includes a deformation introducing portion in which an area of a cross-section parallel to the pressing surface is smaller than an area of the pressing surface;

a height h of the deformation introducing portion satisfies

1.0 mm≦ h≦ 5.0 mm; and

a wall thickness T at the pressing surface and a wall thickness t at the convex bonding surface satisfy

0.3 mm≦ T−t≦ 1 mm.

7. The common rail holder according to claim 6 , wherein

an outside diameter D of the convex bonding surface and a thickness t at the convex bonding surface satisfy

4.35≦ D/t≦ 21.7.

8. The common rail holder according to claim 6 or 7 , wherein

an outside diameter D of the convex bonding surface, a wall thickness t at the convex bonding surface, and the height h of the deformation introducing portion satisfy

D/t≦h/ 0.23.

9. The common rail holder according to claim 6 or 7 , wherein

a thickness of the deformation introducing portion is tapered toward the convex bonding surface.

10. A method of producing a common rail formed by bonding a common rail body and a common rail holder which has a pressing surface and a convex bonding surface, comprising:

performing a heat pressure bonding process to form a molten pressure-bonded portion by arranging an amorphous alloy metal foil between the common rail body and the common rail holder, the common rail holder having a deformation introducing portion in which an area of a cross-section parallel to the pressing surface is smaller than an area of the pressing surface, and

performing a liquid phase diffusion bonding process by heating the molten pressure-bonded portion to a temperature of melting point of the amorphous alloy metal foil or higher, and holding the temperature to solidify the molten pressure-bonded portion.

11. The method of producing the common rail according to claim 10 , wherein

a height h of the deformation introducing portion before the heat pressure bonding process satisfies:

1.0 mm≦h≦5.0 mm; and

a wall thickness T of the pressing surface and a wall thickness t at the convex bonding surface satisfy

0.3 mm≦ T−t ≦1 mm.

12. The method of producing the common rail according to claim 10 or 11 , wherein

an outside diameter D of the convex bonding surface and a wall thickness t at the convex bonding surface before the heat pressure bonding process satisfy

4.35 ≦D/t≦ 21.7.

13. The method of producing the common rail according to claim 10 or 11 , wherein

an outside diameter D of the convex bonding surface, a wall thickness t at the convex bonding surface, and a height h of the deformation introducing portion satisfy

D/t≦h/ 0.23.

14. The method of producing the common rail according to claim 10 or 11 , wherein

a thickness of the deformation introducing portion is tapered toward the convex bonding surface.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 1, 2013
From: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029905/0735 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2011
From: HONMA, RYUICHI; UEMORI, RYUJI; HASEGAWA, YASUSHI; TAKAGI, YUTAKA
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION; FUKUJUKOGYO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025668/0848 →