IP Library Granted Patent US 8,844,484
Granted Patent B2
US 8,844,484 · App. 13/742,494 · Granted Sep 30, 2014

Non-return valve of a camshaft adjuster

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Patent No.
US 8,844,484
App. No.
13/742,494
Granted
Sep 30, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camshaft adjuster with a drive element, a driven element, and a pressure chamber formed between the drive element and the driven element for generating a relative rotation between the driven element and the drive element, and a volume accumulator that is arranged in the camshaft adjuster and supplies hydraulic medium via a channel from the volume accumulator to the pressure chamber if there is an under-pressure in the pressure chamber. The camshaft adjuster has a non-return valve with a closing part for closing an opening of the channel, the non-return valve allows a flow of hydraulic medium through the channel from the volume accumulator to the pressure chamber, and there is an elastically expandable component that projects into the channel and can be guided by the channel and is connected to the closing part and is provided for applying tension for pulling the closing part into the channel.

Claims (3)

1. A camshaft adjuster comprising a drive element, a driven element, and a pressure chamber formed between the drive element and the driven element for generating a relative rotation between the driven element and the drive element, a volume accumulator that is arranged in the camshaft adjuster and supplies hydraulic medium via a channel from the volume accumulator to the pressure chamber for an under-pressure in the pressure chamber, a non-return valve with a closing part for closing an opening of the channel, the non-return valve allows a flow of hydraulic medium through the channel from the volume accumulator to the pressure chamber, and an elastically expandable component that projects into the channel and is guided by the channel is connected to the closing part and applies tension for pulling the closing part into the channel.

2. The camshaft adjuster with the non-return valve according to claim 1 , wherein the closing part is a plate with a chamfer corresponding to the opening.

3. A camshaft adjuster comprising a drive element, a driven element, and a pressure chamber formed between the drive element and the driven element for generating a relative rotation between the driven element and the drive element, a volume accumulator that is arranged in the camshaft adjuster and supplies hydraulic medium via a channel from the volume accumulator to the pressure chamber for an under-pressure in the pressure chamber, a non-return valve with a closing part for closing an opening of the channel, the non-return valve allows a flow of hydraulic medium through the channel from the volume accumulator to the pressure chamber, and an elastically expandable component that projects into the channel and is guided by the channel is connected to the closing part and applies tension for pulling the closing part into the channel, and a second closing part for blocking a second opening of the channel, the elastically expandable component is connected to the second closing part and the elastically expandable component is provided between the two openings of the channel for applying tension to the closing parts.

Assignments (4)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2013
From: SCHAFER, JENS; STEIGERWALD, MARTIN; BUSSE, MICHAEL; PLATE, JURGEN; WEDEL, ANDREAS; BOESE, OLAF; RACKLEBE, STEFFEN
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 029640/0328 →