IP Library Granted Patent US 8,740,316
Granted Patent B2
US 8,740,316 · App. 13/521,103 · Granted Jun 3, 2014

Compressed air preparation device

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Patent No.
US 8,740,316
App. No.
13/521,103
Granted
Jun 3, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

For a motor vehicle, a compressed air preparation device includes a pressure line configured to conduct compressed air, a drying device disposed in the pressure line, a governor valve coupled to the drying device, and an electrically actuatable solenoid valve, the governor valve being (i) pilot controllable by the solenoid valve at a high pressure level to allow the compressed air to be fed through the pressure line when the solenoid valve is actuated and (ii) configured to control regeneration of the drying device in response to a low pressure level from the solenoid valve when an electrical supply to the solenoid valve fails.

Claims (10)

1. A compressed air preparation device comprising: a pressure line configured to conduct compressed air; a drying device disposed in the pressure line, a pressure-actuatable governor valve coupled to the drying device; and an electrically actuatable solenoid valve, the governor valve being (i) pilot controllable by the solenoid valve at a high pressure level to allow the compressed air to be fed through the pressure line when the solenoid valve is actuated and (ii) configured to control regeneration of the drying device in response to a low pressure level from the solenoid valve when an electrical supply to the solenoid valve fails.

2. The compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a regeneration line connected to the governor valve, the regeneration line being configured to feed regeneration air to the drying device via the pressure line downstream of the drying device in a through-flow direction of the pressure line; and a ventilating line that branches off from the pressure line upstream of the drying device in the through-flow direction.

3. The compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a ventilating valve disposed in the ventilating line, the ventilating valve having a control input connected to the regeneration line.

4. The compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the electrically actuatable solenoid valve is configured to control air flow in the regeneration line the compressed air preparation device further comprising a compressed air feed control element; and a compressor valve that controls feeding of the compressed air, the compressor valve having a working connection that is connected to the feed control element.

5. The compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a throttle element disposed in the regeneration line.

6. The compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a throttling valve switchable by pressure actuation, the throttling valve having a control input connected to a working connection of the solenoid valve.

7. The compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the throttling valve has a coupling input that is (i) switchable by the pressure actuation, (ii) connected to a working connection of a compressor valve, and (iii) acts counter to actuation of the throttling valve by the control input and counter to a restoring force of a valve spring.

8. The compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the throttling valve has two switching states with different passage cross-sections, a passage cross-section in a non-actuated state of the throttling valve being smaller than a passage cross-section in an actuated state.

9. The compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the throttling valve is disposed in a connecting line that opens into the pressure line substantially parallel to a regeneration line downstream of the drying device in a through-flow direction of the pressure line, wherein the throttling valve is connectable to a pressure-conducting store line via a compressor valve, and wherein a supply connection of the throttling valve is connected to one of the store line and a working connection of the compressor valve.

10. A motor vehicle having the compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2022
From: ZF CV SYSTEMS HANNOVER GMBH
To: ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV
Reel/Frame 059540/0990 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 29, 2022
From: WABCO GMBH
To: ZF CV SYSTEMS HANNOVER GMBH
Reel/Frame 059819/0146 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2012
From: SCHAL, ANDREAS
To: WABCO GMBH
Reel/Frame 028586/0436 →