IP Library Granted Patent US 8,931,449
Granted Patent B2
US 8,931,449 · App. 13/775,331 · Granted Jan 13, 2015

Filter arrangement of a control valve for a camshaft adjuster

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Patent No.
US 8,931,449
App. No.
13/775,331
Granted
Jan 13, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A filter arrangement ( 2 ) of a control valve ( 1 ) for a camshaft adjuster is provided in which the filter arrangement ( 2 ) has a filter ( 3 ) and a frame ( 4 ) with two articulated legs ( 5, 6 ) that are each provided with a change in cross section in a peripheral direction ( 10 ), so that the resistance to bending moments of each of the legs ( 5, 6 ) is constant along the entire leg ( 5, 6 ).

Claims (10)

1. A filter arrangement of a control valve for a camshaft adjustment system, wherein a flow of hydraulic medium to a camshaft adjuster is controlled by the control valve and the filter arrangement is placed on the control valve such that the flow of hydraulic medium passes the filter arrangement, the filter arrangement comprises a filter and an annular frame, the filter is held by the annular frame on the control valve, the annular frame has through flow openings for the hydraulic medium and the annular frame is divided into two legs that are moveable about a joint of the frame, so that ends of the two legs are connected to each other, a cross section of the legs, along an increasing angle in a peripheral direction, is subjected to a constant and continuous change that is adapted to a resulting bending tension of the entire leg, such that the entire leg has a constant resistance to bending moment.

2. The filter arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a dimension of the cross section, with the increasing angle in the peripheral direction, is subject to a change in an axial direction.

3. The filter arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein an axial end face of each of the legs is formed planar.

4. The filter arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein two end faces of the legs are arranged parallel to each other.

5. The filter arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a dimension of the cross section, with the increasing angle in the peripheral direction, is subject to a change in the axial direction and the change in cross section is formed in an area of one of the through-flow openings of the frame.

6. The filter arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a dimension of the cross section, with the increasing angle in the peripheral direction, is subject to a change in a radial direction.

7. The filter arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the change of the cross section is formed, with the increasing angle in the peripheral direction, by a half of the leg that connects to the joint.

8. The filter arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the change of the cross section is formed, with the increasing angle in the peripheral direction, by a half of the leg that connects to an end of each of the legs that is provided for connecting to the end of the other leg.

9. The filter arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the change of the cross section is formed, with the increasing angle in the peripheral direction, by round sections in the through-flow opening of the frame.

10. A control valve with a filter arrangement according to claim 1 .

Assignments (5)
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 Dec 5, 2014
From: SCHAEFFLER VERWALTUNGSHOLDING FUNF GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 034535/0905 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2014
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER VERWALTUNGSHOLDING FUNF GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 034535/0911 →